August has come and gone! We’re back from Boulder, my oldest is back to school, the weather is delightfully crisp, and I am oh so ready to buckle down on some personal projects and a deeeeeeeep clean of our house. As a cold weather person, I feel SO much more inspired and motivated once the weather cools down. And I love it!
Side note: I kind of love that my most popular posts ever on the blog are about tuna, cold weather and why I’m not a crunchy mom. How’s that for a mix of topics? 😛 Don’t read this blog if you don’t like randomness, haha.… Read More »
We recently returned from a weeklong trip to Boulder—where Eric grew up—and I’ll be sharing some highlights over the next few weeks. Eric and I spent a LOT of time in the Boulder area in college. However, we’ve only visited twice with kids. Our itinerary looks a bit different with a baby, 2-, 4-, and 6-year-old than it did in our early 20s!
The heavens opened up over the Twin Cities yesterday. It rained all afternoon and started up again overnight. I woke up at 5am to rain pounding on the roof, thunder crashing overhead, and… the sound of my baby crying because he had woken up, too. Sigh. 
I write a lot about how we feed our bodies on Just to Claireify… but what about how we feed our minds?
Prior to this year, Eric and I were pretty intimidated by cooking most cuts of meat. Our family mostly ate ground meats, with the occasional chicken breast, salmon fillet, or canned fish. While we still cook these things fairly often, we’ve also expanded our repertoire to include more traditional foods with their unique nourishing properties.