It’s baaaaaack! Money Monday, that is (and I’m publishing this on a Monday, for once, with a few minutes to spare!!!). And I’m jumping back in where I left off – tracking my spending at the grocery store. I know,…
A vision for 2014
Missed my other 2014 goal setting posts? Check them out here – Making things happen in 2014 Lessons learned in 2013 *Before you jump into my post, make sure you read Lara Casey’s take on setting a vision up for…
Sometimes you can go back
These snowy days and cooler temps have me wishing for spring, but I also thought it would be a great time to share a fun little project Alex and I did back in November, to celebrate our 6th wedding anniversary….
Lessons learned in 2013
Continuing from yesterday’s post on making things happen in 2014, the next step is to figure out what the biggest lessons are from my lists of what worked and what didn’t work in 2013. (Make sure you pop over to…
Making things happen in 2014
Remember my post about my 2014 planner, and how I was searching for just the right one even though I kind of already have a planner? Well, in my search, I came across these things called Powersheets. I thought the name…
Some recent happenings
Psst – Did you know you can follow Charmingly Modern on Bloglovin? It’s true! Just click this link > Follow my blog with Bloglovin It’s Friday! And I used to do this little feature called “A glimpse of…” every Friday but…
Plum Paper Planner Review
Every year, it seem I ask myself the same question: What planner should I use?! I spend weeks (sometimes even months) trying to find my answer. And even when I think I’ve found it, I usually spend the better part…
2014 Planner
What are you using for a planner this year? In the past, I’ve made moleskine notebook planners (see my 2012 planner, and my 2013 one too). I’ve also tried Erin Condren’s life planners and, while I wasn’t as big of…
Closing on our house
We sold our house!! I’ve been biting my virtual tongue since we went under contract back in November and it’s been so hard to not spill the beans but I didn’t want a single thing to jinx this process. Let…
Money Monday (on a Tuesday): the cost of prepping to move
We have pretty much knocked off all the items on our To Do List that had a cost associated with them, which is a great feeling. In September, we listed our house for sale (!!!) and have seen a lot…
Six years later
When we were married in 2007, we had no idea. We were 23. We had no idea that we wanted children, how to make a budget, what it meant to plan for anything. We didn’t make our bed every day,…
Some recent custom knitting
Over the last few months, I’ve worked on a lot of custom knitting projects and I thought I would share a few of them here. A good friend of mine asked me to make an army cap for the newest…