Because we’re those crazy kids with the too-big garden who moved here from the city and suddenly we think we’re little farmers or something.

Let’s look at Jack’s tree from last year now and pretend that it looks like that this year again because I loved that tree.That was back when he was like 5 minutes old and slept all the time.

In years past I’ve done fun things in the mud room like this.all red mud room.tree farm inspired mud room..

And my heart truly isn’t breaking over it.Sometimes you’ve just got to let go of all of your type A over-the-topness and just enjoy the season for what it is, right?.

I’ll almost definitely return to my time-consuming decorating ways next year when Jack is in preschool, but for this year, I’m enjoying things just as they are.

I hope you enjoyed your little tour too!.So what did you think of this take on an egg salad sandwich?

Just as good as the classic or even better?A couple of weeks ago I told you all about how I learned the right way to mop and how that makes such a big difference for me in getting my floors looking nice and clean.I also shared with you that I usually use my kitchen sink for this process instead of a mop bucket.

Not surprisingly, a few readers were pretty concerned about whether or not that practice was safe and sanitary, so today I thought I’d tell you a little bit more about how I like to clean my stainless steel kitchen sink and sanitize it after I use it for heavy-duty cleaning like that..I use my kitchen sink for almost all of my big cleaning jobs, just like it’s a big bucket of hot soapy water, but more convenient!