Making Home


The First Day of Spring

The First Day of Spring

Yesterday was a good day. what a novelty to read my book on Laurent's iPod! I birthed my first e-book. Spring arrived on the calendar. And it was the birthdate of both my grandmothers. I didn't plan to launch this book the first day of spring. I didn't give any ...

Sunday Skiing and Simple Suppers

Sunday Skiing and Simple Suppers

Sunday is our sabbath. Our one day a week to have a break from regular life responsibilities. A day to play and rest. We do this is in the great outdoors. Although last week the girls and I stayed in pj's and watched a movie - we need those days ...

Sunday with My Girls

Sunday with My Girls

The boys are in the mountains today skiing. We girls are at home. I don't mean to be sexist here but the truth is sometimes the girls slow the boys down. (Sometimes we kick their butts too, like Celine's dogged determination on our backpacking trip last summer.) And though our ...

Finding More Time. For Real.

Finding More Time. For Real.

Do you want to find more time in your day? Time to create. Time to exercise. Time to cook. Time for adventure. Time to visit. Time to nap. Time for... whatever.

My Five Favorite Time Management Strategies

My Five Favorite Time Management Strategies

I've used these strategies through many different life stages. And in each season I tweak them to our needs but they've worked consistently for me, as long as I adapt them to my needs, not the other way around.

Winter Intentions ~ The Nitty Gritty

Winter Intentions ~ The Nitty Gritty

{All the photos in this post and last week's post on winter intentions are from our January ski vacation. Realizing I probably won't get around to writing a post dedicated to that trip I'm working photos of that trip into these two posts.} When I shared my fall intentions last ...

Exercise While You Work & Life is Hard (but oh so beautiful too)

Exercise While You Work & Life is Hard (but oh so beautiful too)

When I gave you a tour of the chalet where we are living for the winter, I left out one part - Damien's "workspace". That was his story to tell because it's not your typical desk, as you can see. Damien recently shared his Treadmill Desk story and set up ...