5 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day at Home
1. Start a Compost Starting a backyard compost can drastically decrease the solid waste you add to landfills, where it’s hard to break down, and will provide you with easy access to nutrient rich soil to use in your yard or garden. Starting a backyard compost is easy....
10 Ways to Spring Clean Your Digital Life
Consider adding a digital declutter to your 2023 spring cleaning. A digital declutter creates a tidy and organized digital, or online, space that can support your wellbeing and productivity. Decluttering digitally is clearing out your computer, phone, tablet and...
10 Shows to Binge Right Now
We're all getting through this differently. One of my less-productive quarantine past-times is binge watching a few favorite shows! I would be lying if I said I didn't always love a good binge session but I'm especially enjoying them right now because I have a...
Cranberry Rosemary Mules
Cranberry Rosemary Mules are the perfect winter cocktail. It has all the right colors and flavors to be festive through the holidays. // Ingredients // vodka ginger beer (I use Fever Tree) limes rosemary cranberries Cranberry Juice granulated sugar // Directions //...
Gift Guide: For your Favorite Teachers
The Best Gifts for the Best Teachers The best teachers deserve the best gifts. It can be hard to find a small token of appreciation for a teacher who you don't know well personally. These gifts are full proof ways to show they deserve the finer things in life without...
My Favorite Ways to Earn Holiday Money
When the holidays start to roll around, suddenly I feel like I need some extra money. The holidays are full of extra expenses: gifts, decorations, special occasion dresses, travel, parties, and more! I don't like to miss out on any of the festivities but I don't like...
Halloween Costume Reveal
Cruella DeVil My family hosts an annual Halloween party. I look forward to dressing up for Halloween and celebrating with friends each year. I normally think about characters that I do (or have) really enjoyed in movies, history, books, or television shows. Then I try...
The Best of October
October is hands-down my favorite month of the year! I grew up in a fall loving house I fit right in. My birthday is in the middle of the month so I feel like there is always excitement leading up to my birthday and the hype lasts through the end of the month. Here...
30 Days with an Apple Watch
I have been wanting an Apple Watch for years. My sister has one, a lot of the bloggers I follow have them, and I really wanted one. I decided I would give one a try for thirty days. Here's what I thought. // Week One // Day 1: I picked up my watch after work on...
Cauliflower Pizza
Happy National Cheese Pizza Day! This is definitely a holiday I can get behind. To make it a little healthier (okay, a lot healthier) I am going to celebrate with cauliflower pizza crust + pepperoni! Cauliflower everything is the new everything. We are seeing...
RAGBRAI XLVI
I am working on my United States visit count. I've visited just under 25 states and I have missed a lot of the popular ones (Colorado, Arizona, California). If you asked me which one I would visit next I definitely wouldn’t have guessed Iowa. I have been traveling...
Chia Seed Pudding
This past January I started making some serious changes in my diet. I guess at some point you have to accept you aren't 17 and can't eat whatever you want, whenever you want. Not only do I want to make sure that I look and feel good but we only have one body so I want...
Summertime and Caprese Salad
I am so excited that it is finally time to (unofficially) welcome summer! I get super excited when this time of year finally rolls around... I love the Charlotte weather, being outside, and my time to travel. It means it's also time for lots of fresh fruits, veggies,...