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…
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…This Fallen Place Home
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…
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All Natural Beauty Routine
It’s been about a month since my 31st birthday — which included a wonderful weekend full of celebrating — and we are settling into a new back-to-school routine with 3 half-days of preschool for both children. 31 feels pretty good and, honestly, a lot more comfortable than 30 did. I…
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Am I There Yet?
When I was young (like, elementary school young), being in my thirties sound so old. Practically middle aged. Only parents are in their thirties. Being in your thirties means you’re really an ADULT. An old fuddy-duddy. Until a certain point, in your late teens maybe, when “your thirties” take on…
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Why I Listen to Christmas Music Before Thanksgiving
It’s one of those things that has come along with the commercialization of the Advent season… the decorations spew forth, the gaudy tunes stream out in every marketplace, the red Starbucks cups appear, and all of the sudden it feels like Christmas. My gut reaction in years past has been…
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Fall 2016 Capsule Wardrobe
My last capsule wardrobe was during the 4-6 final weeks of my pregnancy with Moira when it was pretty easy to limit my clothing choices to the smaller number of items that still fit. That was actually, technically my first capsule wardrobe. I’ve been intrigued by the concept for a…