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Let’s Look At…Tidying Up

Posted on August 10, 2022August 16, 2022 by Lauren Lane

It’s Let’s Look day with Shay @ Mix and Match Mama and Erika @ A Little Bit of Everything! If you’re new here, it’s one day a month that we share a little peak into some aspect of our lives. So far this year, I’ve shared:

In February, I shared what we ate in a week.
For March, I shared a look back at college life.
April, we looked at how we plan date night
For May, I shared the things I love about my hometown, Kansas City
In June, we shared our go-to summer lunches
July I shared how I keep a healthy

Being a Type A personality, I have a soft spot for things be orderly and tidy. If you want to speak my love language, talk to me about organizing and everything having a place.

The flip side of that coin is that I would be the most bitter, frustrated mom and wife ever if I spent the time needed to tidy everything at the end of the day.

I used to be that super bitter, exhausted, shell of a human being as a brand new mom. I wanted my house to look the way it did before babies. It’s just not possible, though. There will come a day when the boys are off on their own, and my house can be mostly tidy at all times. But I’m doing my best to enjoy living in a house that’s a little messier.

I try to do a small amount of tidying every day. Usually I take 20 minutes after the boys leave for daycare and tidy things that are at a level that I just can’t live with anymore. I get as much done as a possibly can before the clock hits about 8:10, and then I just let the rest go. For the rest of the day. That’s right. I don’t bother to tidy up at all after the morning.

Come along with me as I tidy one morning…

Always left with a sink full of dirty dishes after the boys’ breakfast.

Let’s Look At…The College Years

Posted on March 16, 2022March 16, 2022 by Lauren Lane

It’s ”Let’s Look” day, where I share a little peek into a random part of our life. I’m linking up today with two of my favorite blogs (Shay @ Mix and Match Mama and Erika @ A Little Bit of Everything), to share a “look” into some little aspect of my life.

Last month, I shared what we ate in a week.

This month, we’re sharing a bit about our high school and college years. I loved this prompt. It took me down a happy rabbit hole of looking at pictures, and thinking about the Lauren of college and how much I’ve changed.

Technically this prompt was let’s look at the high school and college years…but it’s pretty clear looking back at my Amazon Cloud drive that I failed to save very many high school pictures/they’re probably all printed pictures that never got scanned into digital format.

I went to college at a small liberal arts college in Holland, Michigan called Hope College. Undergraduate population of 3,000 students right off of Lake Michigan. It was the most fun four years of my life. I met some of my very closest friends to this day, and I’m forever grateful to the education I received and the genuinely good and kind people I met at Hope.

Let’s Look At…Holiday Meals

Posted on November 10, 2021November 8, 2021 by Lauren Lane

Once a month, I link up with other blogs to share a little peek into some small aspect of our lives. This month, we’re sharing our holiday decor storage. Earlier this year, though, we shared…

In January, we looked at our coffee stations.
February, we looked at our love languages
In March, we shared our perfect night in
April, we looked at our fridge and pantry staples
In May, we looked at our backyard organization
For June, we shared our summer bucket list
July, I shared the most horrendous bathroom organization tour ever
For August, I shared my favorite phone apps and phone case
September, I shared how I meal plan, including my favorite meal planning notepad
And last month, I shared a truly uninspiring look at our unfinished basement. I mean our holiday storage.

Today, we’re sharing our holiday meals!

We don’t have a ton of traditions, but many years ago when we would always go to someone else’s house for Thanksgiving dinner, I started making homemade biscuits and gravy on Thanksgiving morning.

We cook up B&G and watch the parade until football comes on…

Let’s Look at…Holiday Decor Storage

Posted on October 13, 2021October 8, 2021 by Lauren Lane

Once a month, I link up with other blogs to share a little peek into some small aspect of our lives. This month, we’re sharing our holiday decor storage. Earlier this year, though, we shared…

In January, we looked at our coffee stations.
February, we looked at our love languages
In March, we shared our perfect night in
April, we looked at our fridge and pantry staples
In May, we looked at our backyard organization
For June, we shared our summer bucket list
July, I shared the most horrendous bathroom organization tour ever
For August, I shared my favorite phone apps and phone case
And last month, I shared how I meal plan, including my favorite meal planning notepad

Today, I’m taking you into our unfinished basement for a truly glamorous look at our holiday decor storage.

Are you ready for it? Ok…here goes.

Let’s Look At…Meal Planning!

Posted on September 8, 2021September 7, 2021 by Lauren Lane

I’m back! It was so good to step away for a little bit and get out of KC for a little bit and see my family. I’ll recap South Dakota later on this week, but today is the monthly link-up where we share a little look in to a random part of our lives.

First, let’s look back at everything we’ve shared this year.

In January, we looked at our coffee stations.
February, we looked at our love languages
In March, we shared our perfect night in
April, we looked at our fridge and pantry staples
In May, we looked at our backyard organization
For June, we shared our summer bucket list
July, I shared the most horrendous bathroom organization tour ever
And last month, I shared my favorite phone apps and phone case

Today, we’re sharing how we meal plan!

Every Thursday, I take thirty minutes of my day to plan out our meal plan for the next week. I take a look at our calendars, what activities we have going on during the week and any weekend plans, and figure out the number of meals I need to plan to cook at home.

I use this meal planning pad that has a magnet on the back to plan out our meals. Usually, I end up cooking three nights a week, we do take-out on Fridays generally, and then we have leftovers the rest of the nights.

Let’s Look At…Bathroom Organization

Posted on July 14, 2021July 12, 2021 by Lauren Lane

Once a month I link up with two of my favorite blogs (Shay @ Mix and Match Mama and Erika @ A Little Bit of Everything), to share a “look” into some little aspect of our life. Here’s a peak back at what we’ve “looked” at this year:

In January, we looked at our coffee stations.
February, we looked at our love languages
In March, we shared our perfect night in
April, we looked at our fridge and pantry staples
In May, we looked at our backyard organization
And last month, we shared our summer bucket list

Today, we’re sharing…BATHROOM ORGANIZATION. This should be renamed to, look at the disaster in my bathroom drawers.

Disaster. I’ve tried to organizes our bathroom drawers, and it’s just never stuck. So, it’s usually just a mess. A mess on the bathroom counter. A mess in the drawers. So, here’s our mess…

Let’s Look At…Backyard Organization

Posted on May 12, 2021May 17, 2021 by Lauren Lane

In January, we looked at our coffee stations.
February, we looked at our love languages
In March, we shared our perfect night in
And in April, we looked at our fridge and pantry staples.

Today we’re sharing our backyard organization. My backyard is my favorite part of our whole house. It’s peaceful and serene, and it’s our very favorite place to be at home, especially this time of year.

When we originally moved into this house seven years ago, the only thing in the backyard was this screened in porch…

Let’s Look At…Our Love Languages

Posted on February 10, 2021February 14, 2021 by Lauren Lane

In January, we looked at our coffee stations.

Today, we’re looking at love languages. When I hear someone talk about love languages, I immediately think they’re talking about Gary Chapman’s book, The Five Love Languages. Both Nathan and I have read his book, and it clearly speaks to millions of other people, as well. With over 42,000 five star reviews on Amazon 😲, it’s sold millions and millions of copies, been translated into other languages, and is probably the most notable ‘relationship’ book on the market. Even if you haven’t read Dr. Chapman’s book, you’ve probably heard of the five love languages.

Acts of Service
Quality Time
Gifts
Affirmation
Physical Touch

Let’s Look At…Our Holiday Menu

Posted on November 11, 2020November 5, 2020 by Lauren Lane

Once a month, I link up with two of my favorite blogs (Shay @ Mix and Match Mama and Erika @ A Little Bit of Everything), to share a “look” into some little aspect of our life. Sometimes it’s fashion related, sometimes home, sometimes how we do holidays. Here’s a peak back at what we’ve “looked” at so far this year:

In January, we looked at our bedside table
In February, we looked at our winter wardrobe
In March, we looked at what’s inside our purse
In April, we looked at Easter at our house
In May, we looked at our weekends
In June, I shared where I was dreaming about vacationing
In July, I shared my very pregnant summer wardrobe
I missed August and September with a new baby….
and in October, we looked at how we pumpkin

Today we’re sharing our holiday menus.

Let’s Look At…How We Pumpkin

Posted on October 14, 2020October 19, 2020 by Lauren Lane

I’m currently sitting on my couch, holding a baby, and trying to type at the same time. If that isn’t a picture of life lately, I don’t know what is. If your’e new here, once a month, I link up with two of my favorite blogs (Shay @ Mix and Match Mama and Erika @ A Little Bit of Everything), to share a “look” into some little aspect of our life. Here’s a peak back at what we’ve “looked” at so far this year:

In January, we looked at our bedside table
In February, we looked at our winter wardrobe
In March, we looked at what’s inside our purse
In April, we looked at Easter at our house
In May, we looked at our weekends
In June, I shared where I was dreaming about vacationing
In July, I shared my very pregnant summer wardrobe

And I missed August and September adjusting to life with two kiddos.

Today we’re sharing how we pumpkin. So many directions I could take this, but I thought I’d share my outside decor for fall! Plus it gives me good motivation to get in gear to get all of my pumpkins out.