I’m heading off on an airplane today to meet a new man. Actually, a very tiny, newborn man! My brother Mike & his wife Fiona are having a baby today. Alex and I are joining my parents on a quick trip to Nevada for a few days.

I had my best reading year so far since I started using Goodreads to track my books in 2016. I’m so glad I have this tool to keep my accountable to myself for my reading goals. I have always been a bookworm, but lost track of my love of reading for a few years because of my focus on so many online activities. Now I’m careful to keep this part of my life a bigger priority.

Have you ever heard of the term onboarding? It’s a word that has popped into my mind recently because I feel like I’m still in the onboarding stage of 2020.

One of the things I most look forward to about a new calendar year is choosing a new word to focus on. I’ve been following Ali Edwards’ inspiration of choosing one word to guide my year since 2008.

A new year means a clean slate and a fresh outlook. This is true for me personally, and also for my blog. I love the time of year when one calendar closes and the next one begins. So much to recap and savor. Even more to look forward to!

Can you believe we are almost done with 2019? Crazy! Roundup time is a great way to reflect back on the memories of the holidays and the entire month. I also love looking over all of the roundups for the year to do a full recap for our scrapbooks. This is when regular documenting really pays off!

This is a crazy time of year so I think it’s only fitting to share some funnies to lighten the mood. Hope you enjoy these!

It’s been at least a month since I’ve created any sort of scrapbook page and I felt a bit rusty when I first opened up Photoshop Elements. It only took a few minutes to get back in the groove though and I just added and subtracted layers until I ended up with this fun spread.

I've published gift guides in the past and those posts are always among my most popular. I've felt discouraged though when later on some of the products get discontinued or are hard to find from the original links I've included. That's why I'm really excited about my new approach to sharing my favorites using Amazon Idea Lists. All the links are included and you can see the price immediately and also see what I suggest to go along with the general theme. I already have 8 great lists in place and I'm working on a few more.