Jaki Milakovic
I'm a mama of 2 ambitious and nonstop girls. Firm believer in live and let live, lover of science, learning, teaching methodologies (Montessori, Reggio Emilia, etc), not a great crafter, Harry Potter enthusiast, & vegan. My partner and I have been together for 10+ years and we strive to spend time together hiking, playing board games, watching movies, and spending time with our kiddos and pups. I'm dealing with a recent ADHD diagnosis and trying to figure out my next steps.
What to Do With Your Pets While on Vacation
You've done all the work planning the perfect vacation for your family. Everyone is getting excited as the countdown begins, and you're starting to gather the items needed. You're making lists of things to...
Making the Difficult Decision to Rehome Our Dog
This post is going to start with some backstory. If you’ve read anything of mine before, you know that my little family is a family of vegans. We became vegan for a variety of...
World Vegan Month: Two Questions I Get Asked
For World Vegan Month, I thought I’d jump on here to discuss two of the significant questions we get as a vegan family. Especially a vegan family that grew up in Texas, where BBQ...
ADHD Diagnosis as an Adult
You're welcome to roll your eyes and grumble when I tell you how I first became suspicious of the fact that I have ADHD. It started with TikTok (I see those eyes rolling up...
Self Care: What Is A Float Spa?
I should try out a float spa. I remember where this idea came from. I was doom scrolling on Facebook like one does, and I saw a post from a local woman asking about salt...
Finding My Lost Language
How do you lose a language? That's a question that keeps me up at night. I grew up in a border town in Texas with a father who was born and raised in Mexico...
My Best Friends Don’t Know I Exist
Not to brag, but I have two absolutely amazing best friends. I listen to their banter and laugh so hard that sometimes my dogs will wake up from their peaceful slumber to check to...
Leaning into Digital Notes
I stared lovingly at the rows and rows of blank notebooks. So many different covers, college ruled, wide ruled, blank templates where I would quickly take notes during work meetings, record moments shared with...
Remembering and Using Those Home Remedies
When I originally thought about writing this post one of our girls was dealing with a gnarly ear infection. She was home with us for a week while her sister still went to daycare....
Navigating the Holidays and Food Choices
We became a vegan family in February 2018, after the craze of the holidays had passed. Excited by our new lifestyle we didn't stop to think about how our new food choices would affect...