Every summer I make a list of fun things and productive things I want to do before summer “kicks the bucket”. I post updates every few weeks to let you guys know how I’m doing (and to hold me accountable!)   Good heavens, it’s August already. Time for another check-in on my bucket list! Productive […]

I’ve mentioned my workouts here and there on the blog and also on Instagram, and lots of you have asked for more info about what I’m doing. So, I thought a post was in order.  This is super off-topic, which is why I haven’t posted about it until now.  But questions keep coming in, so […]

  Sixth Continent gift cards are sometimes not downloading. I have used and loved the site for months now, as have many of you. But recently, problems have begun to crop up. Multiple readers let me know this week that they’ve ordered gift cards and have not been able to download them. Absent customer service […]

This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. See my disclosure policy here. There’s been some slightly troubling news in recent years about the ingredients in regular sunscreen; enough to make me a little nervous about slathering it on our skin at the beach and pool. […]

In 2019, I’m trying one new habit per month that A) promise to increase my happiness levels and B) costs little to nothing. In May, my goal was to read a chapter a day, and I think I exceeded that. I finished seven books in May, actually! Four of them (Vinegar Girl, Dept. of Speculation, […]

1. I sold Zoe’s school books. She finished school last week and I listed, sold, and shipped her non-consumable textbooks. Yay! (The nice thing about your youngest kid finishing books is that you can get rid of them! No more schoolbook storage once she’s done with them.) I’m not super motivated re-seller, but books don’t […]