The Pretty Goose
A Blog about Home Atmosphere
A year is too long. We underestimate the progress that can be made in 3 months when we focus on one goal and take steps to achieve it each day with our thoughts and actions. This is why my coaching...
My favorite role in the whole world has been motherhood. I LOVED staying home with my kids and homeschooling them. It ticked all the boxes for me of purpose, creativity, passion, love, commitment...
It's November and the holiday season is here - in social media, TV, stores and all the ads.
What are your first feelings when you think about the holidays coming? Don’t filter - just...
Whenever I notice myself not sleeping, scrolling through a LOT of Instagram or constantly trying to fill my mind with someone else’s ideas - through a show or a podcast, I can guess that...
As school districts and government officials make decisions about how to proceed with school this year, it looks like many of us will be helping our kids to complete schoolwork from home whether...
Are you ready for summer? In many ways, Covid created a blank slate in our lives. As we ease into summer and a return to some normalcy, have you decided what you will keep doing and what will...
There is nothing in your email inbox, in the news, on Netflix, or in the government’s stimulus package that is going to truly come to our rescue during this crisis. Whatever is going on in...
I made my first Thanksgiving turkey yesterday - on December 15th. I’ve never hosted Thanksgiving, but the 12 place settings of china and silver I registered for at my wedding 25 years ago...
Have you ever looked back on a particularly disruptive, stressful time in your life and realized that it actually brought some needed progress because of the energy it required of you? When I look...
Our bunny died on Saturday after some digestive issue kept him from peeing or pooping for 2 days - way too long for a rabbit, whose metabolism runs quickly. We had taken him to the vet and were...
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I hope you’ve had a relaxing summer full of all your favorite summer fun. For me that’s relaxing mornings with all my kids at home, toes in the sand...
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It’s been a weird week. After a busy school year, tutoring, teaching and creating a course for homeschool moms and launching it, everything seemed to end...
We lived in an old house - a rental that was broken in many ways - old metal windows let in the cold and, during the rainy winters, the moisture made the brick wall in the kitchen drip white...
