The vibration plate I still use after a year
A year later I am still on it every day, usually in socks, and I still cannot call myself a gym person. The machine does not seem to mind.
Finding joy in the everyday
Hi, I’m Krissy — welcome to HappyGirlHappyHome.
This is where I write down the ordinary parts of our life: the corner I spent three years getting right, the Tuesday nights that saved my marriage, the five things I put on my face, and the shoes that live in the mudroom cabinet.
Real life, real home, real happiness in my 40s. Come sit down.
Lately
What I’ve been writing
The newest things from the journal — mostly written early in the morning, before anyone else is up.
Why I finally wanted an air fryer
Rey stood on a chair and watched the chicken brown through the glass. That is the moment I knew I was not going back to a coated basket.
Best moisturizers for oily skin while using tretinoin
My face could be greasy and peeling at the same time. These are the moisturizers I actually kept using with tretinoin — and the ones I would buy again.
My honest five-minute skincare routine at 44
No ten-step ritual, no fridge full of serums. Five things, five minutes, most mornings — and the one I would keep if I could only keep one.
Five things I write about
Whatever you came here for, there’s probably a corner of it
I don’t keep the parts of my life in separate boxes, so the blog doesn’t either. But if you’d like a place to start, here they are.
8 posts
Home & Decor
Rooms that get used, not staged. Slow changes, secondhand finds, and the small things that make a house feel like ours.
3 postsKids
Dean is eight, Rey is six, and there is one very loud dog. No advice, just what it actually looks like here.
3 postsMarriage
The long middle of a marriage. The unglamorous, steady, funny work of staying close to the same person for a long time.
5 postsSkincare & Self-care
What I actually put on my face at 44, and the small rituals that keep me feeling like a person.
4 postsStyle
Getting dressed for the life I have — school runs, grocery runs, and the occasional dinner out.
2 postsWellness
The unglamorous stuff that actually makes me feel better: sleep, movement, and the habits I keep.
A letter on Sundays
I’d love to write to you
Once a week, on Sunday morning, I send one email: what’s on the table, what I’m reading, what I got wrong, and whatever small thing made me happy. That’s all it is.
No selling, no spam, and you can leave any time — I won’t take it personally.