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Your Kitchen Needs These

I’ll be honest with you, my kitchen is one of the reasons I wanted to live in my current house - it has really pretty stone countertops, nice appliances, and a beautiful gas stove that made me swoon. But my kitchen is small. Like — make one step in any direction and you’ve pretty much stood in the entire kitchen — small.  Obviously, I don’t have a large space for cooking and I have even less space for storage. But, I love to cook and I want to be able to cook almost every day. So a small space can’t stop me from indulging my cooking habit, it just means my space and tools must be very intentional and functional. All of my gadgets and appliances must be multi-purposed; I don’t have room for what I call uni-taskers (i.e. anything with a single purpose). When I moved into my house, anything that couldn’t pull double-duty in the kitchen had to go. While I was a little upset at first (no more egg yolk separator thingy! what?) I must admit there is something very freeing about having a minimalist kitchen. Through this process, I’ve determined what gadgets are my must-haves - here are my top 5 kitchen gadgets I can’t do without: 

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What I Read In 2017

Last year, I challenged myself to read 10 'real books' in 2017. And by 'real books' I mean nothing that had to do with work, no medical journals, no school books. Just plain old-fashioned reading for fun. I surprised myself that I was able to do it in addition to all of the other things I read. It was such a fun challenge, I'm going to do it again in 2018! Here are the 10 books I read last year - have you read them? 

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How To Get Back To Sleep

If you're one of the 60 million Americans with insomnia, you know how tough it is to fall asleep or get back to sleep if you wake up in the middle of the night. Even the best sleepers can have a bout of insomnia once in awhile.  Having a toolkit of tips and tricks to help you fall back asleep can help ease the restlessness of sleepless nights. Here are 3 tips to help you get back to sleep. Want more info on this topic? Check out the Healthy Sleep Habit guide in the Free Resource Library.

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