Change Your Home Decor Without Breaking the Bank When we moved to the beach from our townhouse, I knew I would need to make big changes to my home decor. I would have a very different floor plan to work with (not nearly as open as in the townhouse) and I would need to transition …
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We Got a Puppy… Now What? We are empty nesters, and our sweet dog of 17 years crossed the rainbow bridge at the end of last year. We settled into our new home in Florida and were ready to add a puppy to our family. As things often happen in my life, the stars aligned, …
Why Moving Can Be Good For You Relocating or moving has been ranked as the number one most stressful life event trumping divorce, marriage, changing careers, and even having children! So, the fact that this is my 8th move in 27 years of marriage might make me insane! I look at it as a challenge …
Why You Should Live at the Beach I’m writing this blog as I watch the rain and wind from the outer bands of hurricane Idalia move through. Of course, hurricanes are the one real fear when living near the beach, but along with that comes all the amazing positives of the “beach life”. It has …
5 Reasons Adult Coloring is Good For You Remember coloring as a kid? Now you can bring that nostalgia back with the very popular craze of adult coloring. It’s time to release your inner artist but also experience these five science-backed benefits. 1. Reduce Anxiety Studies have shown that coloring can reduce anxiety in …
Why is it so Hard to Keep New Year’s Resolutions? New Year, New You! Wouldn’t it be great if it were that simple? Only about 16 percent of people can stick to their new year’s resolutions. The rest of us give them up within one to six weeks of starting, just to repeat them all …
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Storyworth is the gift that keeps on giving When Christmas and birthdays roll around each year, I find myself being completely perplexed about what to get my dad as a gift. It’s not that he doesn’t have a million interests, but like I’m sure someone you know, he buys things as he needs them or …
Mel Robbin’s Five Second Journal As we start 2023, I’m sure many of us are making those new year resolutions. A new year always feels like a new slate. Unfortunately, those resolutions are forgotten by February, and we just go back to normal life. Trust me, I know. So today I’m sharing the one change …
Relationships with adult children My husband and I just returned from back-to-back visits with both our boys, one a sophomore in college, and the other starting his first year of law school. Those visits stirred up a lot of thoughts and feelings about how different it is to parent an adult child. Gone are the …
Why you should listen to audiobooks I’m a paper girl. I love the feeling of holding a physical book and turning the pages. But as I get older (and my eyes get worse), part of my simplifying and downsizing phase has incorporated audiobooks into my life. It might be one of the best things I’ve …