Again I pose the question, how are we even HERE?! My friends, this baby has been rolling around outside of my belly for half a year now. HALF A YEAR. What? When? How?   I can't even.   However. When I say he's rolling around, I mean it. The kid never holds still, which means he's taking after his older brother who is currently screeching the ABC's at the top of his lungs from his bed as I type this. It's a miracle that anyone ever sleeps around here. Or stays asleep when ... continue reading...

[image by Oak & Oats] Well guys, we are officially 10 days away from my birthday. In 10 days I'll be firmly planted in my 30's, which is both exciting and terrifying. The past two birthdays haven't really been that big of a deal, but something about being 32 is kind of freaking me out a bit. Like the typical party animal that I am, I'm sure I'll have a glass of wine and fall asleep at a reasonable hour after eating too much bread and vowing to give up carbs forever and ... continue reading...

I was thinking the other day about several different series of posts I've done on the blog, and y'all? I don't think I've ever officially ended a series. They usually just kind of fall off the face of the blog as I drift into busy work and life seasons and forget the direction I was going with a particular subject. I won't say it's bad - because it's how life has gone and I'm not about to revisit the past - but just an interesting observation.   I have some changes coming up in the ... continue reading...

[via]   YAY for short weeks, amen? I love love love when we have Monday holidays - it feels like a great big extended weekend! This week has been good, easy-ish, and fun, although I'm struggling with figuring out how to cook sometimes. I want so badly to share fun recipes with you guys, but y'all? Life gets in the way. And that's OK. But it's hard to change all of my habits and activities after three+ years.   DID YOU KNOW that the weather is changing drastically and that ... continue reading...

First up, grace. I'll hit on it in a bit, but I need to let you know that I had to give myself a LOT of it after missing last week's Start Somewhere post. I felt like I needed to give you guys an update on the end of Whole30, but just couldn't keep my eyes open long enough to actually write the post. So there's that - grace please? And thank you?   Last Monday marked the end of Whole30 for us, and y'all? I couldn't have been happier. Seriously, it was dragging on F-O-R-E-V-E-R for me, ... continue reading...

This time last weekend I was well into my third Arkansas Women Bloggers University conference, this year in Hot Springs. Y'all, I've talked about it before, but this conference is one that I have deemed a must-do on a yearly basis. It is exactly what a blogging conference should be: informative, fun, relational, challenging, uplifting. And it has ZERO of the cattiness, competition, and clique-iness that I've found at other conferences.   See, when I go to a conference I don't expect ... continue reading...

[via] Last week I talked about joining all of you amazing people on Periscope (my handle is @heathersdish) and then guess what? I totally failed on delivering. BUT! I have an excuse! After my phone flew off my car on the highway a few weeks ago I can no longer turn the camera around...as in the camera on the face of the phone no longer works. Womp womp. And let's face it, Periscope isn't as fun if you can't see the person. So I'm hoping to figure either some fun ways to use it anyway or find a ... continue reading...