Blog - Amber Salhus

When You’re Not Sure if You’re Getting it Right…

14 Jul

They were supposed to come over for some chicken salad and swimming. You know, fun, casual, summer-Friday-type-stuff. Instead we wound up lingering on the porch despite the 100 degree heat, asking each other general questions about what's new, when we were all equally caught off guard by the ... Read More about When You’re Not Sure if You’re Getting it Right…

Independence Day: An Ode to Sleeping In

Confessions

4 Jul

If you know me well at all, you know that there's nothing I love more than sleeping in. Maybe that makes me sound like a lazy, slothful woman but I may as well own it because it's the honest-to-God truth. If you ask my husband about how much I love my sleep he'll just shake his head and mutter ... Read More about Independence Day: An Ode to Sleeping In

The Highlight Reel & the Real Reel (June Edition)

Body Love· Motherhood

1 Jul

I tend to start these end-of-the-month letters to you as if we're already in the middle of a conversation. There's not a lot of fluff or formality or neatly packaged antidotes about life. These letters are a lot more personal than the rest of my blog posts and a little less refined than usual (I ... Read More about The Highlight Reel & the Real Reel (June Edition)

How To Have Zero Chill

Confessions

18 Jun

There aren't many things I'd say I'm an expert at. In fact, if we're counting, I have precisely two areas of expertise: 1) How To Order Taco Bell. (There is a right and wrong way to be ordering. There are Taco Bell food groups. There is a system and it works. Ask me how I know.) 2) How To Have ... Read More about How To Have Zero Chill

When You Have to Play it Fast & Loose with the Definition Of “Summer Fun”

Motherhood

14 Jun

I haven't spoken about it a whole lot, but our family has been in somewhat of a stressful season. The details aren't important (or rather, they are, but it's just not the time or place to do a deep dive) so my husband and I have made the intentional decision to deem this our Summer Of Fun. Because ... Read More about When You Have to Play it Fast & Loose with the Definition Of “Summer Fun”