by Christina Refford | Apr 21, 2022 | Tips + Tricks
With Earth Day’s 52nd anniversary this week, it’s a great time to reflect on ways we might do even more to lessen our negative impact on this place we call home. But where to start? If your family spends as much time as my family of five does thinking...
by Christina Refford | Mar 8, 2022 | Tips + Tricks
A few years ago, I read Marie Kondo’s book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing and could not wait to apply it to my house. Using her mantra of only keeping things that “bring me joy,” I first tackled...
by Christina Refford | Feb 22, 2022 | Tips + Tricks
Feeding a family of five during the worst of the COVID pandemic lockdown definitely made a dent in our budget, but now that things have gotten a little more normal, our spending on food is still so much higher than in pre-COVID days. Whether it’s supply-chain...
by Christina Refford | Feb 7, 2022 | Recipes
Treat your family this Valentine’s Day by surprising them with a stack of gorgeously festive, super indulgent pancakes when they roll out of bed. And with Valentine’s Day falling on a Monday this year, we may kick things off over the weekend so that we can take...
by Christina Refford | Jan 31, 2022 | Shopping Finds
Just to be clear, I adore a box of good chocolates, like Vosges or Philip Ashley, and will never turn it down on Valentine’s Day (or any day). But, if you’d like to surprise your Valentine (or me!) with something beyond the tried-and-true, we’ve...
