Carrie Saum

If you grew up in a typical Christmas tradition, you probably had the same dinner at Thanksgiving and at Christmas.

I do this thing that I'm really proud of: 

I eat leftovers.

Used clothing and household goods are NOT practical, unless a specific organization is requesting them. Do you know what is practical? CASH.

Apparently, there's a thing happening in Houston this weekend. A sportsball game of some sort and people are super excited about it.

The country is kind of obsessed with KonMari. I get it. Truly, I do.

I grew up in West Texas. When I was a small child, we left the lush, rainy beauty of the Pacific Northwest it made her way down to the dust bowl and flatlands of West Texas. It was traumatic, to say the least.

We saw Hurricane Ike coming for days before it made landfall. It was just two short years post-hurricane Katrina, and all of south Texas and Louisiana were still reeling from her trauma. My husband and I began deliberating if we should stay or go. This is my story of surviving natural disasters.

For the first time in my life, I was lost after leaving Evangelical Christianity. I watched the shores of everything safe and familiar wash away.

SLEEP IS REALLY IMPORTANT. Here ar six ways to help make your sleep sacred.

When I turned 21, my body crashed.