It’s really amazing and surprisingly to me that DIY home bloggers can be so divisive, yet Sherry and John Petersik of Young House Love definitely are. I started reading their blog a few years ago, and it kind of provided the soil for my dormant love of home decor and DIY to finally blossom into a huge, cumbersome, expensive flower. About a year ago, I became aware that there was some kind of malcontent rumbling in the comments section, which was closely linked to a […]
A photo a day keeps a rut away.
I honestly have no idea why I got this book from the library, but I’m really glad I did! I think I must’ve put it on my to-read list a couple years ago, and once I finally got it, it languished in my library pile for ages. I’ve been taking pictures since I could pick up a camera – my mom, grandfather, and godfather are/were truly incredible photographers. I’ve been featured in two art galleries (#humblebrag) I have a little side business doing family […]
Eh. Fine.
Remember last year, when everyone you know – and everyone they know – was reading The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up? I was one of those people. My husband and I really pared down out belongings at a serendipitous time; not a month later we received notice that we had to move, so it was much easier to pack our two-bedroom apartment up with 11 days’ notice after having taken over two carloads of belongings to Goodwill. We continue to tidy following this method, for […]
I feel the need…the need for speed!
Full disclosure: I was drinking one night and accidentally signed up for Kindle Unlimited. My motor skills and reading comprehension were such that I tapped on a wrong button and ended up with a service that I didn’t intend to purchase. However, I went down the KU rabbithole with glee. My first book rental was a Wonder Woman history that I previously reviewed. My second and third downloads, records show, were books on speed reading. One of the books that I downloaded was garbage. It […]