If you arent familiar with types of cloth diapering systems read this first.
If you’ve been following my cloth diaper journey with Viv – you know I have too many diapers 😂. I fell in love with having lots of prints and colors and I loved the simplicity of pocket diapers. Once they’re stuffed and set up, they look like a disposable. It’s easy.
In fact I loved them so much that I sold Continue reading “Why I switched from pocket diapers to covers and prefolds (or inserts)”
Just wanted to pop in and let you know I started my amazon storefront! Check it out for all my best amazon finds. I update daily because I shop too much 😂
Also I wanted to show you these awesome matching organic cotton the kids got from New Jammies. Make sure to grab some for your Little’s too!
PS: LB was in a bike wreck. He looks way worse than he feels – he’s back to his normal self just caked in neosporan and aquaphor at all times ❤️
Sorry I’ve been a bit MIA. Been working on a few things for the gym (follow us @csswellness) including a new website.
Anywho – what’s new?
LB started 5 (half) day a week preschool AND soccer. And even though Vivian is still always with me – it gives me a lot more free time. In that time I’ve done A LOT of decluttering. Honestly clutter gives me even MORE anxiety than I normally have and I hate not being able to find what I need because I’m too busy looking through junk I DONT need.
I’ve done our kitchen cabinets, shoe closet, and most recently – my clothes/closet.
Guys. I didn’t take before pics but I had SO many clothes. I probably consigned 40 pairs of jeans, 30 dresses, 70 shirts. all stuff I hadn’t worn in years. Not even fashionable stuff honestly.
I had purses so old that I found this in one
Seriously. That ID is from FIFTEEN YEARS AGO.
Continue reading “Updates and still nesting – Closet Clean Out!”
I still to this day get asked questions about our kitchen renovation from 2017. And I’m tired of sharing an old blog post so here’s some updates 😂
Since that post not much has changed in the kitchen other than decor and doing the grout renew pen. But i do get a lot of questions about how things have been holding up.
Somehow I feel like I’m nesting again. So I tackled something that’s bothered me for awhile. For some reason, whoever built this house picked out tile with basically WHITE grout for the floor. When we moved in I was totally unfamiliar with care and didn’t know it wasn’t sealed. So obviously it got disgusting. I really didn’t notice because I was working so much, but my the time we had been living there 6 months the floor looked totally different. So much so that in our painted cabinets before and after someone asked if we had changed the floor 😩
That was after only living here like 6 months! Continue reading “STILL nesting somehow – grout renew”
Writing about my anxiety helps me make light of daily stresses and feel more grateful. I was a little hesitant to publish this one, but here goes nothing:
Picture it: Huntington 2011 (i love golden girls 😂).
One of my first thoughts when i decided to hustle up some summer classes and finish my BS in chemistry a semester early was “I can’t wait until a life without homework”.
I hated college and vowed to never go back to school. Because it never ended – classes ran into other classes ran into study groups ran into labs. It was so much pressure, so many hours of dedication… ONE mistake could ruin everything back then. I was over it and I wanted time to live my life.
When I first started my first job as a chemist I was amazed at how nice it was to leave work – even if it was a long day … and be DONE until the next day. Or be DONE all weekend.
It was absolutely amazing to not have work following me around like a shadow. My anxiety was way down. Life was simpler.
Then i became a mom, which is like getting a PhD in overworking. It’s honestly like college on crack cocaine. Continue reading “I hated school because I never wanted to take work home.”
Having 2 kids is harder than having 1. Especially when one is an infant.
Here are some things that have made life easier for me with LB since I’ve had Vivian: Continue reading “Key tricks for surviving postpartum with LB”
Can I tell you guys something real?
I am a mom who has a lot of anxious thoughts postpartum, and being a woman of color adds to my stress. Being a black woman, specifically.
I won’t go into depth because other black women understand and I am not trying to convince anyone else. Continue reading “The trauma of being a black mother”
LB has been at my mom and dads since Friday and I have been going crazy with organizing and cleaning random stuff while Viv naps. Idk if it’s the dopamine from finally being able to accomplish ANYTHING in peace or some kind of hormonal response but i love it 😂
So far:
– cleaned out and organized kitchen cabinets
– cleaned out fridge
– helped install our home security system (by help I mean hubby did it then I made him relocate the keypad 😂)
– sorted through a bunch of paperwork
– painted around thermostats and home security keypad
Pics for proof 😂
Continue reading “Nesting with Tarra ? – 5 months postpartum 😆”
