In Search of a New Normal: How to Overcome Overwhelm & Make Margin For What Matters
For some of us, the end of the pandemic lifestyle is in sight. Or at least, the end of staying home and doing nothing. Events and activities are once again being added to our calendars. YES, we are all craving a sense of normalcy. We long for life to feel familiar again. BUT… Do […]
The Accidental Stay-At-Home Mom: My Story & Search for Purpose. HOW TO RECLAIM YOUR LIFE AND DREAMS.
Some people dream of becoming a stay-at-home mom. I did not. And yet, after three babies and four moves in four years, that’s exactly where I found myself. Today we’re answering the question, “What do we do when the life we end up living doesn’t look like the life we had planned?” So many of […]
Hindsight is 2020: MY TOP TEN TAKEAWAYS of 2020, PART 2
Less than a week before our first OCONUS PCS (overseas move) last summer I found myself headed to the hospital. A week before a total of three sets of moving companies would be showing up at my house…a week before we closed on the sale of our home and officially became (temporarily) homeless. In other […]
Hindsight is 2020: My Top Ten Takeaways of 2020, Part 1
How will you remember 2020? They say hindsight is 2020. However, it will probably be a while before we truly understand the impact that this year has had on us as individuals and collectively as people. I think in the short term, we have a tendency to want to move on, to say good riddance […]
Building A Life You Love
I Didn’t Sign Up For This Since becoming a military spouse, I have moved approximately every two years. The other night hubs and I were talking about just how much of our life is devoted to moving – prepping for a move, actually moving, or getting settled in a new place. In the last ten […]
Failure Isn’t Fatal
Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be. John Wooden Hindsight is 2020 (Especially in 2020) Back in February I had a chance to reflect on and set growth goals for the coming year. (Because who does that in January??). I examined each major category of my life (physical, mental, spiritual, relational, home […]
Five Tips to Overcome Feeling Overwhelmed
Tired of feeling overwhelmed? Last week I wrote about beginning a journey towards a life of less, but better. It sounds wonderful in theory, right? And yet. You’re probably thinking, “Christine, that sounds great, but…” I’m now trying to work from home AND homeschool my kids My spouse is deployed and I’m burning the candle […]
The Military Spouse Guide to Doing Less (But Better)
Hi, I’m Christine. Military spouse. Work from home mama. And chronic over-committer. It happens every time we move to a new duty location. I miss the community we had at our last base. I am impatient to make new friends and find my new community. And my over-committer-ness comes out in full force. I immediately […]
Ten Steps To For Sale By Owner Success
We just sold our third home, all of them for sale by owner (FSBO). I’ve been asked several times: “Did you list with a real estate agent? Why not? Was it hard to sell your home yourself?” What most people really want to know is, “Should I use a realtor or try to do it myself? Is for sale […]
How to Keep Your Home Show Ready with Young Kids
Today I’m answering the question, “How do you keep your home show ready while it’s on the market?” This was the first question I had when we started discussing the possibility of moving and it is the question I am asked most frequently. After having our home on the market for the better part of […]
