It’s summertime, and the livin’ is easy…or at least it should be. But when it’s too hot to cook and you’re not particularly in the mood to do dishes, you need to be a bit imaginative with dinner, lest you…
Ideas for Summer Fun During a Pandemic
Well, that sucked. The absolute dumpster fire that was the first half of 2020 lingered way too long for most of us. But there’s good news: It’s finally over. It can only get better from here. Let’s hope. And right…
10 Must-Haves that Help Make Home my Happy Place
Especially in the midst of quarantine, not knowing when we’ll be going out again regularly or traveling (my county is the epicenter of the Covid-19 outbreak in the US, so we’re on the slow boat to reopening everything), it’s imperative…
The Ultimate Sweet Comfort Food: Chocolate Oatmeal No-Bake Cookies
When we were young, Mom would whip these Chocolate Oatmeal No-Bake Cookies cookies up for us on the regular. We had them more than any other cookie I remember, I’m sure partly because they are super quick to make, but…
The Best Motherly Advice I’ve Ever Received + How HomeGirl by Design Came to Be
I sat in the driver’s seat sobbing, begging her not to leave, new mama drama at it’s finest. “I don’t know how to do all this stuff without you, Mom!” We had just pulled into the garage from one last…
What Staying at Home is Teaching Us
At first, this mama’s dream came true. Stay-at-Home orders meant having my people together, all of us on generally the same schedule and without the distractions of other places to go and other people to see. I felt like I…