We all know the drill. A mother is all the things, does all the things, and knows all the things. To be fair, before my foray into procreation I already had quite the resume. Things like backcountry trail crew worker, biker bar waitress, nanny, estate appraisals, and barista littered the pages of my professional references. … Continue reading A Mothers Resume
In making brunch this morning, I realized how long it has been since I wrote for The Hot Mess Homestead. Admittedly since beginning a more "professional" blog for my new business it is harder to find the time to write the things that center around my family and my home life. Not to mention that … Continue reading Laying A Foundation Stone
To the child that made me a mother, I was resigned to not write a blog post this week. I am exhausted after a long month, after a long season, after a long year. But it's your birthday and with my heart full of love my fingers will not rest. As I browsed the aisles … Continue reading A Letter To My First Born
We all come from different backgrounds, life circumstances, religions, and dispositions. Depending on the family you were born into or the place you were born can have drastic implications on the person you become... if you let it. I was born into a low income family with a schizophrenic con man for a father, and … Continue reading From Inner City Latch Key Kid To A Professional Yogi
This year the holidays are just different. My obnoxious seasonal jubilation seems to be boxed away in our storage unit with just about everything else we own. The kids are suffering having been displaced, promised a visit to go "home" to visit for the holidays that couldn't happen, and all of the physical markers and … Continue reading Same Holidays Different Year
I have never been one to do things the easy way. Thats a fact. So it makes sense in the middle of a sellers market, a world wide pandemic, and an economy on the brink od collapse I would decide it's time to buy a house. Now we decided that we wanted to avoid getting … Continue reading Buying A House In The Worst Of times
I have been talking to a lot of people. I feel as though COVID has prompted a lot more conversations that I have ever had before. Because people keep calling me... to talk. It used to be people called me to make plans, or ask my a quick question, but these are some deep diving … Continue reading A 30 Something Blog Post
I am starting to have an overly romantic view of 2020. It seems to me as if their is ample time and space with minimal availbility for traveling that is triggering a second Renaissance period. Because who hasn't seen 80 thousand loaves of sourdough bread home made on social media? And who hasnt decluttered the … Continue reading A Renaissance Resurgence
Do you ever hear mothers say these super sweet things about being a mom and how much they love it, and then in response have no point of connection to those words or ideas? Yeah me too. To set the record straight, I legit love my kids. And I do my very best every single … Continue reading Bad Mom
Homeschooling my son has been a mixed bag. Each day seems to bring new issues and lessen others. We create something beautiful and then have full on tears about the idea of counting to 100. The kid gets as far as 25 and then starts saying letters as he is looking out the window at … Continue reading Still Learning
