The day that I quit my full-time job was the most terrifying day of my life.  I can remember walking in, with Wrenny Penny, and looking at my amazing boss and saying, “I’m not coming back to work.” I didn’t have any clients.  Chris and I had just purchased a domain name, talked to a […]

September has always been a crazy month for me.  It’s also my very favorite month, so I’m sad when it comes to an end (but then we get Halloween, so, I’m only SO sad about it). For me, it always signified the first day of school, amazing weather, my birthday (because, let’s be honest, that’s […]

Photo by Valerie Demo. Today we lost our Maggie dog.  Dogs can teach us so much – and Maggie taught me more than I ever thought possible.  She was a rescue, a foster fail, and what she taught me I can never be grateful enough for. Maggie taught me how to parent.  She taught me […]

Piper is starting school EXACTLY one month from today.  My first kid, the one who made me a mom (or the semblance of one) – she’s going to be in kindergarten.  It’s Tax-Free weekend in Virginia, so we spent the day at Target going nuts on school supplies.  She picked out her precious little book […]

I have a confession. One that probably won’t surprise you, and one that probably isn’t that big of a deal to you, but totally is to me.  You have to find what drives you.  For me, it’s always been moments, pictures, things that only last for a second but you get to keep forever.  Let […]

It’s so easy to just get things done: to have a to-do list, to check boxes, to make things happen.  As business owners, one of our biggest faults is that we spend so much time just trying to get things done, that we don’t spend enough time being intentional.  You know I’m jumping ahead.  Let […]