But... a couple of years ago while I was 6 months pregnant with my 5th child and living in a home longer than we had ever lived before, I looked around one day and realized NOTHING seemed organized, nothing seemed to have a place. NO ONE was putting anything away, and I am not sure if they knew where "away" was! I felt like we didn't have any good systems in place to keep our home running smoothly. I had been so tired and so busy trying to keep up with 4 children and their busy lives that I had not even realized that what made our house a home was falling apart. Life had closed in on me (or perhaps I was nesting??) and it was time for an overhaul. I began to go through my home one room, one drawer, one item at a time. I don't think I touched every item, but I came close (its amazing what a crazed pregnant girl can accomplish). We have kept some of these systems going and have changed others.... a lot more still need to be changed, but life is better. It makes it so much easier to breathe and think when your house feels clean and organized to you on a semi-consistent basis, and there is structure in place.
I love decorating my home. I love modern, craftsman, beachy, shiny, light, airy, minimalist things and love trying to mesh them all into one hopefully cohesive space. And I love to do it as inexpensively as possible!
I love health and nutrition. I have tried to follow a healthy diet since I was in middle school. My best friend's family always tried to eat healthy food, and I realized that our family Did Not. (no offense mom). So now I eat perfectly everyday ROUND here.... Okay so I am totally lying. I wish!! I do kind of try.
After having my third child I started to have a few skin issues that would come and go. Dang Hormones!! I tried a bunch of different products with dermatologists. But decided that none of it really seemed to make that big of a difference for me. I always had great skin growing up so this was a new thing for me.
After having my 4th child I decided to eat gluten free (because of my family history of celiac disease); I thought it might help me to feel better and maybe would help my skin. It made a small impact. A while later I started to really try to dive into nutrition. I researched, the Weston Price diet, the gaps diets, and the benefits of soaking grains and other things. I also learned a little more about how products and food effect your hormones. I started to try to use more natural products in our home. Really, in the end, I just became overwhelmed because lets be honest... trying to soak grains, research and use natural products, and make everything from scratch just takes so much time. And Everyone seems to have a different opinion on what is best for our bodies. Even though I really do feel that in these practices there are some really valid points I decided to abandon most of this time consuming craziness and eat mostly whatever I wanted, and try to use more natural products if it wasn't to inconvenient. (Plus, I was pregnant with my 5th child, Baby Z, and while I was pregnant and nursing this crazy boy I was blessed with glowing beautiful skin again!)
About 6 months after I quit nursing my skin started to slowly become less clear again. So I decided I had better make a change before it was a huge problem. I have recently been trying to follow a Paleoish diet and add in a few supplements. It does make me feel better, and does make a difference in the appearance of my skin when I eat healthy, but I am trying not to be to crazy about it. I am trying to remember that my family and our sanity needs to come first.
The things that ground me are my amazing husband that I couldn't live without, my incredible 5 children, my strong faith, and reminding myself that life is not about making everything perfect but in finding the perfect moments that make us who we are. Hopefully my children can look back on these small moments with happiness, and hopefully they have helped them to be the best they can be.
I have a passion for all of these things; Design, organization, Faith, Health, and fun. Life is not perfect, but hopefully by sharing these things with you and trying to keep it real I can help someone else. After all why else are we all on this earth together!
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