How Not to Kill Your Houseplant

Sharing tips on how to not kill your houseplant and keep indoor plants alive and thriving! The Pilot says I used to have a gangrene thumb. I was the person who’d walk through the plant shop and plants would instantly recoil in fear that I would bring them home. The unlucky chosen ones were brought…

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DIY Raised Garden Bed

Sharing a full how-to for making your own raised garden bed at home + stay tuned for a printable PDF how-to. Hi friends! I hope you’re having a wonderful week. I wanted to re-share and update this post, since the Pilot made an amazing PDF with the plans he used to build this DIY raised…

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Pool reveal post! (building a custom pool in Arizona)

Sharing the details on our pool! It’s been a long process – we’re still not quite finished with everything – but so so worth it. I’m excited to share more about the pool building process and the finished product. I’ve been waiting for a good time to share this post, especially with everything going on…

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Master Bedroom Update and Reveal (using Havenly)

Note: this post is not sponsored in any way. If you want to check out Havenly for yourself, you can use my referral link to get $50 off a full package and $20 off a mini design package.  Hi friends! I hope you’re having a lovely morning so far. The Pilot is back home from…

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We painted our kitchen cabinets! (Benjamin Moore Swiss Coffee)

Sharing our updated kitchen cabinets! We painted them using Benjamin Moore Advance in Swiss Coffee (satin finish). You guyyyyyyys. We finally did it! These cabinets have been bothering me for almost two years now. There was absolutely nothing wrong with them, but our kitchen always felt kinda dark and gloomy. I knew a coat of…

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Friday Faves

Hi friends! Happy Friday! Hope you’re having a wonderful morning. We’re moving pretty slowly over here after last night’s adventures. P is curled up on the couch with Bella, watching Elena, and I’m here sipping decaf in my jammies. I hope you had a fun and festive Halloween! Ours was a blast. Audrey from Descendants 3 and…

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Keeping The House Clean with Two Kids

Here are my tips for keeping the house clean with kids. I’m sharing my weekly cleaning schedule and my favorite cleaning supplies. The secret: I don’t! The end. Muahah. (<— it would be so nice to say, “Bye, chores) I’m just kidding… keeping the house clean (or at least presentable) is something that’s important to…

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Easy cleaning schedule

Aka the only way I keep our house from looking like a [total] train wreck. Hey hey friends! Sorry about the later posting today! The time I’d spend writing a blog post last night was eaten by a spider. All of the panic is up on my IG stories. It a nutshell, I was driving…

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why I love Valdosta (part 2)

When I wrote this original post, my thoughts on V-town were extremely different than what they are today.  It was my first *real* time being away from family… and about as far as possible as you could get. I was new to this lifestyle of moving every couple of years, didn’t know anyone yet, and…

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unintentional minimalists

Have you guys seen Minimalists on Netflix? We’ve been making our way through the documentary -usually starting it before bed, so we only last about 20 minutes before we crash- but have been fascinated by it. It’s funny because now that we’re in Tucson, we’re getting a hint of unintentional minimalism, and can actually compare how it…

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Healthy sleep, happy family (+ Liv’s new room!)

This post is sponsored through my partnership with Sleep Number.  I mentioned before that we were having some sleep struggles. Liv wasn’t sleeping well in her bed, so we ordered a cot for her to use in our room. (The rule was that she had to go to sleep in her own room, but during…

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Family: Nursery Peek

Hi friends! I’m kind of in shock that we’ll likely be meeting our newest member of the family THIS WEEK. It feels like all of the holidays rolled in one; such a magical surprise, and we’ve been waiting in anticipation. We’ve been getting things ready around the house for a while now, packing hospital bags,…

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