This year is about underconsumption—making do with what we already have, maintaining what matters, and getting rid of the cheap, disposable stuff that adds clutter to our lives. I narrowed my goals down to the ones that will actually move the needle.

I love reading gift roundup posts and wanted one to look back on years from now. This Christmas, I leaned into everything my 4-year-old loves right now—bones, trucks, hooks, lights, and learning. From an anatomy torso to construction vehicles, sight word games, and a few fun stocking stuffers, this list captures such a fun stage of childhood.

Farm life update: barn doors ✔️ cow shelter in progress 🐄 hay run completed (barely 😅). It’s been a busy few weeks, but we’re getting closer to the dream — one muddy project at a time.

A chaotic but hilarious day at the vet — between a nervous puppy, a cat with an eye infection, and one very messy truck ride home, this farm mom proves she can handle it all (mostly).

I never want to forget this season of my life so I thought what better way than to put this into writing for me to come back through the...

Hi friends . Long time no see. I’ve changed buildings/managers/projects at work and am coming up at the end of the 2 nd  week here. It’s...

The good news. I’ve finally received my saddle. AND my bitless bridle that the saddle fitter fixed for me. The bad news. Murphy’s is out...

After weeks of not having anything worth writing about I finally have a nice update. I took a vacation day Friday after making a...

Another week has passed. And I am sick again. With a cold that just won’t die. I’m on day 7 and feeling better but still just feel...

It’s Tuesday. I have chatgbt’d that I am overwhelmed and bored all at the same time. It said I should carve out more time for things that...

buying a saddle for a horse

Horse news: A couple more rides in on Murphy. He acted really cold backed when I got on a couple days ago which makes me suspect we need...

Last night we had a momentus evening. I was able to actually work with my horse with no help (aka someone watching kiddo)! low quality...

1.      They’re hyenas. Roger from engineering is watching you take a walk break or play a game on your lunch break and he’s judging you....

SO and his friend came and helped me out removing fence from my sisters. We were so busy I literally only took 1 picture. I wrangled...

I have been obsessed with horses since the first time I saw one. I remember my parents taking our family over to one of their church...

I’ve ridden Murphy for 2 days in a row. It’s quite miraculous. And wonderful, I couldn't stop smiling yesterday our ride was so good. His...

Reality hit this morning as I stumbled out of bed early and hauled myself the hour drive into work. Caught up on a million emails and had...

I completed a no spend January month. I have a few tips now and some lessons learned. The greatest thing I did was set myself up...

I am still on my no spend January. thank goodness we are at the end of January. It's been extremely cold this month and we've had a...