Well hello there! Happy New Year! I almost feel led to reintroduce myself in this space because the Erica you’ve been getting on this blog the last seven-ish weeks didn’t quite feel like myself! The hormones from the first trimester sent me into a tizzy in a way that felt very unfamiliar and uncontrollable, but I continued to pray that… Keep Reading
Top 5 Posts on Whimsical September in 2018
I often use Google Analytics to track this website’s traffic, and on that account I’ve set up a custom report that tells me how much traffic each blog post is receiving. This report makes figuring out my most popular blog posts quite easy, and every year I look forward to diving into this report! There are always a few posts… Keep Reading
How I Made Over $1,000 Selling Items on Facebook Marketplace
Thank you Facebook Marketplace for sponsoring this post. There’s something for everyone! When we moved from Kansas to Alabama last spring, I had an overwhelming amount of household and baby items that I wanted to sell. I didn’t sell anything prior to our move because I had no idea how I was going to set up our new home and… Keep Reading
You’ve Probably Heard the News… :)
Yesterday I shared a big secret that I’ve been absolutely bursting to tell you: baby DeSpain #3 is well on his or her way! And the song I’ve had stuck in my head since the day we found out is Thomas Rhett’s “Life Changes”. Ain’t it funny how life changes You wake up, ain’t nothing the same and life changes… Keep Reading
Christmastime Slice of Life: December 14th, 2018
Happy Friday! I hope this finds you well and that you’ve had a great week despite surely juggling your fair share of holiday to-dos. I can’t quite figure out how my daily list of things to buy and do seems to continue getting longer rather than shorter, but ready or not, we’re 11 days out from Christmas Day. When I… Keep Reading
Gift Ideas for Preteen Boys
Well, this is admittedly not my arena. LOL. But when I asked who the hardest people were for you to shop for on IG (back in September-ish), three people specifically mentioned their preteen nephew, grandson, Godson, etc. So I spent a good chunk of time recently pouring through websites and articles searching for what preteen-ish aged boys are hoping to… Keep Reading
Gift Ideas for Your Husband
So this time of year is actually gift-giving central/chaos for Jamie and me. In a span of three weeks, we celebrate both of our birthdays, Christmas, and our anniversary! Yeesh! It’s pretty wild. After a few years of trying to figure out how to “properly” celebrate all of these special occasions without always combining them, we’ve figured out a good… Keep Reading
Five Reasons I’m Glad My Husband Joined the Army Reserve + A Sweepstakes
This post is sponsored by Operation in Touch, which includes a fabulous sweepstakes at the bottom! This article details a handful of reasons and insight into our experience as a family with the Army Reserve, so I hope both my pointers as well as the sweepstakes are of interest to you! Once Jamie made the firm decision that he’d be… Keep Reading
