Several readers have been asking for me to share my goals again on the blog, something I have stopped doing. I even said recently that I didn’t plan to share goals again. And then I began to reflect on my goals for 2024, and I realized, there is plenty to share. I want to get…
Happy New Year! I’m looking forward to a fulfilling and beautiful new year. While we have no idea what 2022 will bring, we can hope for good things, and we can set goals. Goal setting for the year really helps me to focus on what I want out of life this year. Most of my…
The world feels like it has been on pause since March 2020 in so many ways. With a few months left in the year, though, there is a lot that I still want to accomplish. We’re starting to cool below 100, and it’s time to get back to work in the garden. The garden has…
This year, I want to do more for my home and garden. I expect that this is where we’ll be spending most of our time this year, and I want it to be even more beautiful, as this is what we see every day. With that in mind, I’m planning my goals accordingly. The last…
Those of you who follow my photography account on Instagram and then noted it in the comments on the blog here the last few weeks (or noticed others’ comments on the subject of recent blog posts) saw our big news: My eldest is getting married! I know you will want details, so here they are!…
My one-word theme for this year is “achieve.” Over the years, I’ve had goals and plans to do things that never came to fruition. This year, I’d like to change that. I have a lot to do this month! It’s going to be a busy month. Garden: Finish pruning all of the fruit trees, rose…
Have you ever dreamed of your ideal life? Take a minute. What would it look like? What would you do with your time? How would you live? Are you living that now? Most of us would say no. We would decide that’s just not how life is (sigh) and return to life as normal. While…
My most important goal for 2018: Have a healthy pregnancy and deliver a healthy baby in late spring! Garden Goals: 1. Take out dead our peach tree and replace it. We may take out both peach trees in the back, as the other appears to be dying as well. I learned in…
Garden Goals: Weather.com is predicting hotter than usual weather for the southwest U.S. for September and October (and predicting an early fall for the Northeast and South). The heat makes it hard to want to work in the garden (just a couple of days ago it was 113ºF/45ºC), but work still needs to…
It’s been a busy year–so busy, in fact, that a lot of my goals have been put on the back burner while I work to keep up with my regular everyday chores (you can see my daily schedule here). I’ll be picking and processing fruit from the garden this month, organizing, and sewing every chance…
Dress: Amazon — Earrings: homemade–Shoes: Naturalizer Losing weight is one of the most common goals that people have. It’s a big business, too, with lots of ads designed to make you think that you can’t lose weight without buying new things: exercise clothing, exercise videos, diet plans, weight-loss pills, and more. But you don’t have to…
It’s a short month, and I’ve got a ton to do! Last month the baby cut his first teeth, and wanted to be held all the time. I didn’t manage to get any sewing projects from last month done, and now most of those will have to wait until March. In addition, we had a…