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The holidays are winding down, the calendar has flipped to a new year, and there is no better time to spend a few moments here and there organizing your home. Whenever I pack up the holiday decorations, I try...

I got a bad haircut in December. I'd like to share with you what I learned from the experience. Nothing. I learned almost nothing. There is no silver lining except increased empathy for your bad haircuts, past or future.  While down...

Welcome to our newest series. In "Friday Favorites," our team will share a handful of favorite items. These can range from clothes to beauty products to recipes to books and anything in between. There are lots of apps available to ping...

Let me start off by saying, any spouse who supports his or her service member in any branch of service - I salute you (Wait, can I do that?)! If you are one of the lovely women or men who...

I bought my first indoor plant from the commissary shortly after we returned to the desert just this last spring. The commissary, much to my husband's dismay, does a fantastic job displaying its house plants for purchase. They must know...

When a friend’s birthday is coming up, I usually know what I want to buy her months in advance. When Christmas rolls around and you need gift ideas, I’m your woman. Surprisingly, my love language is not that of...

The front porch portrait and its appeal somewhat elude me. Maybe I'm not sentimental enough; it's definitely the contrarian in me. These family pictures do fascinate me, though. I find myself wondering about their historical significance. If I'm being honest,...

“What if we just stayed in and ordered pizza tonight with the kids, instead of driving into the city for dinner?” It was the late afternoon and I was laying on our bed, still wearing my leisure wear from...

The fact that I started using Stitch Fix when we lived in Alaska has always seemed a little funny to me. Alaska is not exactly known for style or high fashion. In fact, Anchorage was voted the worst dressed...

Welcome to our newest series. In "Friday Favorites," our team will share a handful of favorite items. These can range from clothes to beauty products to recipes to books and anything in between. So you've been trapped in your house...

Being deep in the throes of a PCS purge, I find myself ruminating on one -- seemingly impossible -- idea. So impossible, in fact, I guarantee that as my husband reads these very words, he’ll be left mouth agape,...

Years ago, when I was an elementary school teacher, my kids favorite subject (and mine, too) was Show and Tell. Do you remember Show and Tell? To be given an opportunity to take center stage and share a story...