How to Make Your House Smell Good …
The honest version of how to make your house smell good naturally. Fix the source first, then add the scent. What works in our old farmhouse.
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Madeira With Kids (Why I’m Making It Its Own Trip)
Madeira with kids is a very good week and a bad add-on. Why I took the island off our May itinerary, and how I'd do it when we go.
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Albufeira with kids works if you stay out of the Old Town and the Strip. Where I'd book, the beaches I'd pick, and why Lagos won instead.
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How to be a present mom when your energy is gone. What presence actually means, what I stopped doing, and the five minutes that count most.
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How to Dress a Toddler for Winter (What Actually Works)
Winter here is long. This is how to dress a toddler for winter without losing twenty minutes at the door, plus the pieces I quit buying.
View PostLagos With Kids (The Last Three Days of Our Portugal Trip)
Lagos with kids is the easiest stop on our Portugal trip, once you give up on the staircase beaches. Here is how I would spend three days.
View PostCascais With Kids: The Day I’m Least Worried About
Cascais with kids is the flattest, easiest day on our Portugal plan. The train, the calm beaches, the park with the peacocks, and what I would skip.
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Sintra With Kids (What I’d Change Now That I’m a Mom)
I have been up to Pena Palace three times and never done it the easy way. Here is the Sintra with kids day I am actually booking, and what I would cut.
View PostMake-Ahead Dinner Rolls (Mix Today, Bake Thanksgiving Day)
Make-ahead dinner rolls you shape days early and bake the day of. My method, including how to freeze them raw, which almost nobody explains properly.
View PostHow to Simplify the Holidays (What We’re Actually Cutting This Year)
I counted twenty-six holiday obligations on the back of an envelope last year. Here is how to simplify the holidays without pretending nobody notices.
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