Rediscovering Melissa

Rediscovering Melissa Come slow down with me. Documenting motherhood, blue-collar marriage, and everyday life in our 113-year-old Wisconsin farmhouse.
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09/11/2026

An easy dinner that takes about as long as Cole’s after-work shower? I’ll take it!

Festival Foods just launched their new Culinaria line, and I picked up a few things that sounded like things we’d actually eat at home.

I used the Garlic Parsley Noodles + Roasted Garlic Pasta Sauce with smoked Polish sausage for such an easy dinner (even if I
did boil pasta water all over my stove ). Then I brought the Blueberry Flax Granola + Vanilla-Infused Honey camping with us and added them to yogurt for breakfast.

I really like that these are simple things I can work into food we’re already eating, but the different flavors make them feel a little more special.

Culinaria is rolling out at Festival Foods now, so keep an eye out for it the next time you’re shopping! Which one would you try first?

Festival Foods

I’ve been a Daddy’s girl my whole life, and apparently getting married and moving over an hour away didn’t change that. ...
09/09/2026

I’ve been a Daddy’s girl my whole life, and apparently getting married and moving over an hour away didn’t change that. 😂

I don’t get nearly as much one-on-one time with my dad anymore. But every fall, I go back to where I grew up and we hunt together. Just Dad and me. And it’s become something I really look forward to every year.

Dad recently upgraded his hunting shack to a much roomier 6x14 shack, which left his old one without a job.

So what did he do with it?

Turned it into a bathroom. For me. 😂

Because apparently when your daughter comes home to hunt with you, you make sure she has her own private bathroom in the woods.

Equal parts ridiculous and incredibly sweet.

Some dads say “I love you.”

Mine builds me a bathroom in a hunting shack. 🤎

09/09/2026

September mornings in our 113-year-old Wisconsin farmhouse. 🍂

We officially cleaned out the camper for the year, which meant every sheet, blanket and towel came inside to be washed. Then I moved on to the boys’ sandy bedding, our bedding, the dog-hair-covered stairs and the kitchen floor.

Nothing dramatic. Nothing perfectly styled. Just coffee brewing, wind chimes ringing, rain falling and the ordinary sounds of getting our home put back together for a new season.

I think these are the kinds of mornings I’ll miss someday.

Are you ready for fall—or still holding onto summer?

Morning coffee: Berres Brothers Coffee

09/08/2026

It’s feeling like fall this morning in southern Wisconsin ❤️ Cloudy, slight breeze, low 60’s.. yes please!!

Camping, family, smores, and listening to the Badgers on the radio… perfect ending to a great Sunday ❤️
09/07/2026

Camping, family, smores, and listening to the Badgers on the radio… perfect ending to a great Sunday ❤️

09/05/2026

My content sure has changed in the last few years but the message stays true ❤️❤️

09/05/2026

I’ve made a lot of banana bread over the years, but this was a first. 😂

Vanilla bean baking salt.

I used the a.m. Salt Vanilla Bean Baking Salt in this loaf, and I love the idea of getting that little bit of sweet, salty and vanilla all together. 🍌🍞

There’s just something about homemade banana bread in the kitchen that makes the whole house feel a little cozier — especially once we start getting into these cooler fall mornings.

Now I’m trying to think of everything else I could bake with vanilla bean salt. 👀

What would you try it on first?

09/04/2026

4 years ago, we welcomed the missing piece of our family, albeit much sooner than we anticipated. Rip Ronald was born at 29 weeks, 2 days. Oh, how far he’s come in 4 short years!

Happy Birthday, Rippy! We love you beyond measure!

09/03/2026

I was going through clips from the last 6 months of our life, and it really hit me how much the ordinary ones mean to me now.

Not the birthdays or holidays or anything we planned. Just… our life.

The boys playing outside. Making coffee in the morning. The dogs laying around the house. Cole on the couch. Random evenings at home. Things I probably didn’t think twice about when I pulled my phone out to record them.

And I am SO glad I did.

I think we’re so used to waiting for something “worth” taking a picture of. The house is a mess. We don’t look good. Nothing exciting is happening. So we tell ourselves we’ll take one later.

But take the picture anyway. Record the video.

Especially when nothing is happening.

Because someday you’re going to want to remember more than the birthdays and big milestones. You’re going to want to remember what your kids sounded like. What your house looked like. Where the dog always slept. What an ordinary Tuesday evening felt like when everyone was home.

I want to remember what our life actually felt like. Not just the big parts of it.

Right now is worth remembering. 🤎

Save this as your reminder to document something completely ordinary today.

And tell me — what’s one little thing about your life right now that you already know you’re going to miss someday?

09/02/2026

One thing will always remain true: I am living my dream life right now. Everything else is figureoutable ❤️

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