Well friends, I’ve wanted to spill the beans for awhile now, and today I finally can! Simple Living Media has added a new channel: Simple Design. And it’s going to be full of beautiful goodness. If this site were a house, its welcome mat would read: “Simple Doesn’t Have to be Ugly.” It’s headed up [...]

The photo above? Yeah… That’s our new kitchen as of this afternoon. This is what it was like last week: We didn’t waste any time. And needless to say, we’re very much in that it-gets-worse-before-it-gets-better phase. So grateful for a husband who knows what he’s doing. Or at least pretend to know what he’s doing. [...]

So you’ve probably seen it everywhere—there’s a Simplify Your Life e-book sale going on this week. Tons of blogs are talking about it. But there’s a reason—it’s actually a really cool sale. Really! 38 e-books, valued at $375, for only $29. A total steal. This price is good only through April 20, this Friday. So [...]

Get excited—there’s a new Simple Mom Podcast episode waiting for you. Huzzah! In this one I’m chatting with my fun friend Lisa-Jo Baker of The Gypsy Mama. We talk about having daughters, working from home, smelly boys, living with forts in the living room, and of course, (in)RL. You are going to one, aren’t you? [...]

Good news—you’ve got two new-ish Simple Mom Podcasts for your listening pleasure. Awhile ago I chatted with Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool, and we got in to all sorts of education talk, along with what it’s like to write a book (and what it’s like to be in a Flash Mob). It’s good listening, [...]

This little blog started in 2008 with just my voice. I added six others a year later—not because I felt like mine wasn’t strong enough, but because I value community. Now, almost four years after Simple Mom’s creation (has it really been that long?), I’m surrounded by a plethora of other amazing, brilliant, wise voices [...]

From my family to yours… May your days be merry and bright. “Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.” -Washington Irving “I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every [...]