Amias Charles was born on October 14th 2019. Normally, I share my birth stories soon after my baby is born, but this time was harder to share, emotionally. He was born two months after divorce papers were filed and at that time, that was something I didn’t know how to say. Now, a year later, […]
Life
Thankful + A New Beginning
I’ve spent the past two weeks working towards launching a new online shop, Wilder Provisions, offering handcrafted wooden provisions. After busy days and long nights of learning the ropes of ecommerce, I managed to meet my deadline of today. I opened up shop with a select amount of hand carved spoons, boards, and other utensils. […]
Living Through a Kitchen Renovation in Photos
It’s been over a year since we broke ground (rather, plaster wall) and began our kitchen renovation. On November 5th, 2017 we spent the day tearing down the wall that turned our kitchen into a cave in the center of our home. We thought we would have the essentials done in time for Christmas. How […]
My Favorite Natural Skin Care Products
This is a little bit off topic than my usual posts but since I recently shared my bathroom makeover, I only thought it made sense to share my favorite natural skin care products. I started to actually care about what I did with my face when I was struggling with postpartum depression. To maintain some […]
It’s Friday!
Baby boy turned six months this week! I know it’s a common thing to say, but I really can’t believe how quickly time has gone by. His belly laughs are the sweetest thing, he is holding himself up on his hands and knees, and he loves scooting around in this walker. One of his favorite […]
How to Treat Postpartum Depression Naturally with Nutrition
Yesterday I shared my postpartum depression story and today I want to talk about the steps I’ve taken to treat postpartum depression naturally. I hope anything I share about this sensitive topic of postpartum depression can offer encouragement to any mother that may be facing it. Postpartum depression is a topic that doesn’t get discussed […]
My Postpartum Depression Story
I’m going a bit off topic from my usual posts these next two days to share something dear to my heart. If this isn’t your thing, I understand, come back next week for some fun DIYs. The first time postpartum depression hit me, it was after my having my third baby. When Philip was born, […]
A Week for Rest
This week I decided to take a much needed break from house projects. One of the bigger shelves in the kitchen is warped, so we will need to cut it shorter to use on another wall and rebuild the big shelf. For now I have it installed even though it’s super unleveled. Next week I […]
Backyard Shed: My New Workspace
Over the past few weeks I’ve been working on running electric to our backyard shed and completed the feat last week. Immediately afterwards, I cleared out my work desk and took these photos to share with you. This is my little oasis, tucked inside the little building my husband and father built (I helped a […]
Dennis’s Birth Story
I’m a big fan of birth stories, so today I’m sharing the story of Dennis’s birth. If it’s not your thing, no worries, I’ll be back next week with the entryway reveal. I woke up one morning in June, one week after we started building our backyard shed, feeling unusually nauseous and took a pregnancy […]