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It's not easy to have a beautiful, flowering garden in New England. Our spring and summer growing season is so short and growing plants can be a challenge. Often, we have lots of spring flowers that bloom all at...

Family travel is a priority for my husband and I; it has been since our boys were young. Every year, we go through a cycle: identifying travel goals, assessing affordability, admittedly going a bit over budget, paying that off…repeat....

My grandparents had a dairy farm in Norway, Maine. My favorite memories are going out to the barn with my Grampa to collect eggs and feed the cows. It amazed me that my Grampa could hold five eggs in...

The swimsuit cover-up. My #1 favorite clothing item of summer. It embodies all the things right about summer days and nights: Sun, warmth, water and fun! Featuring lengths from short to long, here are the best swim cover-ups for...

The other night I heard the first spring peepers in our backyard. For me, that’s the sign that we’ve made it through winter - these tiny frogs that have decided it’s time to brave the elements and come out...

I am always intrigued by the stories of people who live a “zero-waste” life.  They can fit all the trash they create in an entire year into a single small jar. Whoa. It’s so admirable. But frankly, that is...

Talking about getting life insurance can be an uncomfortable conversation. It doesn't feel urgent when everyone is healthy and day-to-day "to dos" are higher priority. Plus, the complexity of determining exactly who needs it and how much they need...

I love to cook but these days, my affinity for culinary arts is laying dormant. We are a family of five with three picky eaters, which is a whole other blog post. Plus, my active husband eats as much...

I recently invested in solar panels for my home. I’ve been wanting to do it for so long, it was finally time! I didn't always have solar panels on the brain because my house was really small. But, I recently...

So, here we are in 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic continues in the Seacoast and across the world. While the light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter and brighter, especially with the new CDC guidelines, I’ve had...