I think I’ve told you already that we call this the magic dress? I’ve had it for almost a decade and it’s done a beautiful job weathering a variety of climates and weight points for me. I’d wear it every day if I could. Dress: Gap Jacket: Gap (thrifted) Necklace: Sarah Briggs Earrings: Sarah Briggs [...]

Readers, meet Aims. If you’re part of the Facebook group you may know her as Aims Ca. She is a really inspiring success story from TWLC2 and I’m so happy she was willing to share her story here. I think a rewards chart that broke down my goals and paired them with rewards (not just [...]

Kelli Nicole is here through Sunday and we’ve got some big plans. Shopping, Millennium Park, Navy Pier, our family pictures, a wedding to photograph together, lots of laughing and catching up… See you on Monday! I rented the 5D Mark III for the wedding this weekend and took it out last night for a test-run session with [...]

Remember that Power of Mom’s retreat I did a few months ago? I still think often about the ideas behind Boundaries and Saying No, and I’ve consistently been getting better at utilizing those concepts to eliminate and minimize distractions and responsibilities that were dragging me down. I was committed to something that really wasn’t working [...]

See that light? It was the light showing me that there was hope, that I would someday be done with this Statistics course that felt like it would never end. But ended it has! I took my final today, and should know the results by Friday. I always feel anxious after I take a test, [...]