Life lately

Sarah’s loving relaxing weekends with her family.

Abby is struggling with a moth infestation.

Reading lately

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Sarah read How to Be a Happier Parent: Raising a Family, Having a Life, and Loving (Almost) Every Minute by K.J. Dell’Antonia and Abby finished Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi.

Simplicity

With the holidays upon us, we thought it would be the perfect time to take a step back from the madness and discuss simplicity. We share how we try to find it in our schedules, stuff, relationships, and holidays.

• Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne
• Cohesive Home podcast
• Minimalist Moms podcast
• Joshua Becker
• Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui by Karen Kingston
• Our episode on minimalism

Eating lately

Abby’s happy to meal plan again after not being excited about food in the first half of her pregnancy.

Sarah experimented with adding cocoa to the best chocolate chip cookie recipe to make chocolate chocolate chip cookies.

If you’d like to join in the conversation, please leave us a comment, email us at friendlierpodcast@gmail.com, or find us on Instagram @friendlierpodcast. Thanks for listening!

Life lately

Abby has big news: she’s pregnant!

Sarah is on a spending spree in preparation for winter.

Reading lately

Abby read a duology by Laini Taylor Strange the Dreamer and Muse of Nightmares. Sarah finished the Color of Law by Richard Rothstein. If you want to learn about segregation and housing but aren’t ready to commit to the book, check out this interview with the author.

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Naming humans

In honor of Abby’s announcement, we wanted to share how we chose our children’s names, our naming styles, names that got away, and our favorite naming resources.

• Appellation Mountain
• Swistle
• Nameberry
• One Bad Nugget Facebook Group (must be a member of the One Bad Mother FB group to join)
• Baby Name Wizard Name Voyager

Eating lately

Sarah is loving Dots pretzels and considering ordering in bulk.

Abby made a jazzed up version of the traditional baked potato: fiesta lentil potatoes.

If you’d like to join in the conversation, please leave us a comment, email us at friendlierpodcast@gmail.com, or find us on Instagram @friendlierpodcast. Thanks for listening!