Our Home in Indiana
I love shopping resale. Actually, I love shopping in general, but there are a few reasons that shopping in resale stores can be particularly rewarding. I am of the breed who enjoys the “thrill of the hunt” when it comes to shopping: TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Ross, and thrift stores are…
I have never struggled with “depression”. Or at least not as the medical world defines it. I have felt sadness, grief, heartbreak, remorse, guilt, anxiety, fear, spiritual darkness… a gamut of emotions that seem to fall within the spectrum of this thing called depression. Unfortunately, it is the nature of…
Reagan is my second “holiday baby” (born during the season of Thanksgiving and Christmas) and there really isn’t a better time of year to have a newborn. Work and school schedules tend to be winding down as the year comes to a close, family and friends are gathering near, and…
Since I did this kind of post when I was pregnant with Moira, I figured it would be a worthwhile comparison for pregnancy #3. As before, there have been similarities and differences… every pregnancy is wonderful and unique. I feel very blessed to have experienced it 3 times thus far,…
Reading: More of my favorite: Grace Livingston Hill, currently Bright Arrows. Hopping between that and The Good Life for Less by Amy Clark Jones. I recently stumbled across Amy’s blog through yet another capsule wardrobe search, and was delighted to discover that she is local (lives in South Bend) and…
It’s been about two years since we move to Indiana and around the same time I shifted this blog from “Real Housewife of Chicago” to “The Hoosier Homemaker”, choosing the tagline “Making Indiana Home Sweet Home” to summarize my sporadic blogging moments. It still fits, but the depth of the…