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Ramshackle Glam: The Audioblog (On Divorce)

Today is the official release date of The Big Activity Book for Divorced People (order here!), woo! To celebrate, I tried A New Thing (divorce! evolution!). Caveat: I have zero technical skills and essentially just tried to teach myself how to use GarageBand while sitting under a sheet, so suggestions and feedback are welcome. I have a few more of these planned, so I’d also love to hear whether you…you know…like this.

Listen away below!

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An Important Reminder

If you’re curious, here’s what’s up.

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Shall We Spring Clean?

I do not especially love cleaning…but I love Spring Cleaning. Mostly because you can apply the idea way beyond the reaches of your rugs: Spring is a great time to chop off a few inches of hair, streamline your wardrobe to highlight those pieces you really do wear, and whittle down your beauty products to the bare necessities. You can even – stay with me, here – spring clean your mind. (Click here for a Tarot spread for spiritual decluttering.)

In other words: I think about it less as “cleaning,...

For All The Moms

Giving away 3 copies over on IG today! (Or you can buy it here.)

Are you a mom? Do you have a mom? Do you also love procrastinating? I have gift ideas for you (or for you to forward to the appropriate people) – and all of them can be delivered by Mother’s Day if you order now-ish.

 

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How To Make A Gorgeous Floral Arrangement…With Supermarket Flowers

First experience with floral foam went stunningly well.

Did you know I am a professional flower arranger? Right, neither did I.

First: I am super aware that this does not look easy. It is so easy. I whipped this arrangement – which is nice and low, so you can put it on your dining room table without completely obliterating your view of your fellow diners – up using exclusively grocery store-bought flowers, and in about ten minutes.

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Five Right-This-Moment Favorites

OK, my actual right-this-moment favorite thing is “napping every g-damned day while my kids are in school BECAUSE I CAN,” but putting that aside for a moment: Here’s what I’m very, very into right now.

1. All things vintage Betsey Johnson. Betsey is my neighbor, which is actual #lifegoals – she tools around our neighborhood in a golf cart rocking the most amazing neon dreadlocks, and I have never (like literally not once) seen her emerge into public without red lipstick and what appears to be e...

The Death Knell For Millennial Pink Has Sounded

Let us first begin with a quick story that has absolutely nothing to do with the subject matter of this post, because sure.

By now, I think we are all aware that I hover somewhere on the “holy shit, how are you still alive” end of the clumsiness spectrum (see evidence here, here, here, and here). A few days ago, however, I reached Apex Level Disastrousness, in the form of a Spring Break trip to the desert during which I managed to break 1) my cell phone, 2) my son’s laptop screen, 3) the glass ...

…And Here Is How I Sleep Now

Goals

Remember my 10 years of insomnia? That was followed by several years of raising extremely young children, during which I learned the skill of passing out on the floor in the center of a crowded room, if need be. The pandemic threw that routine off juuuust a touch (thanks, anxiety!), but I would like to emerge from quarantine looking non-zombie-ish, so I decided to apply myself to the task of creating the actual most perfect sleep situation of all time.

I will now share that sleep situatio...

The Ten Best Outdoor Decor Finds At Target Right Now

Trust me and buy this, before it’s out of stock again.

First, the very best news: My beloved egg chair is back in stock, and you need to own it. I’m serious: It’s one of my favorite purchases I’ve ever made, and for $500 it is surprisingly well-made (it has survived an entire year in my possession and looks more or less new, which speaks VOLUMES). It’s also relatively compact for a hanging chair, so it totally works on a smallish patio, just saying.

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Links & Love & Stuff

If you missed my chat with Danielle of @mthrco about our most embarrassing parenting experiences, it’s here. Danielle’s story is…just…yeah.

Sloooooowly moving my daughter towards the whole “sleeping in her own room” thing, and I have a feeling this will help.

One day I will have a backyard. And it will have a tiny house. (This A-Frame Cabin Is Available for Less Than $20K, via Dwell.)

Current obsession: Literally everything from Roxanne Assoulin (this anklet! this bracelet! this necklace! A...