A couple years ago when I got my first Instant Pot Duo 8 Qt, I had no idea how it would revolutionize my cooking. I had never used a pressure cooker before (and to be honest I was kind of scared of pressure cooking after some explosion stories I’ve heard), but I was intrigued by […]
LR Lab #3: Cleaning the Bathroom in Piec...
If you have had a chance to read Lifestyle Redesigned, you have started to get familiar with applying Lean thinking to the processes you do every day. Now I am going to let you in on a little secret that I didn’t cover in the book. Lean thinking encourages quick changeovers between tasks. This usually […]
LR Lab #2: Meal Planning
I have heard from many people that meal planning is a challenge for them. We all have to eat! But whether or not we take the time to plan it out ahead of time is a different story. I am going to use the “me” from 4 years ago as an example. Don’t get me […]
LR Lab #1: Sending Christmas Cards
When my husband and I first got married, we decided we’d make it a point to keep a current address list and send Christmas cards every year, whenever possible. Because of the nature of my husband’s job, which required us to move every couple years, our family and friends were dispersed all over the country […]
Big announcement…
Hey you! I want to share with you something I have been working on. Four years ago, after taking some time to settle in to our busy life as new parents (and having lots of grace for myself for not having it all together), I realized managing my home was harder than I had envisioned. […]
Work as Worship
I will be the first to tell you that I need time alone with God. My spirit craves that daily time of renewing. But I find it a challenge to make time to sit down with Him in this season of life. In my single years in college, I could control my schedule enough to […]