Category: Lifestyle
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September: Processing, Things to Come, and Exciting News
You know this meme? Well a meme has never encapsulated how I feel so fully. I cannot believe September is here. Hell, it was here 2 weeks ago. Fall is coming and with it the downward spiral until the new years. Anyone else feel that way? Things that are happening this month: My family is…
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2021 in a Journal
My journal is a time capsule of my life. Going through it even years later reminds me of what was going on when I used the journal. I rely a lot on my journal for to-do lists, reminders, and as a place for random notes and memories. This year I started a new journal on…
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Day in My Life
Hello and welcome back! Today we take a look at what a day in my life looks like. 7:30 Alarm goes off and I wake up slowly. My daughter has always slept pretty well but I only recently decided to start waking up before her. It makes a big difference in how I feel during…
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Reflecting on Twenty-Twenty
2020 was an utterly unique year. So many things and yet nothing happened and yet soooo many things happened. The year started with my husband going back to work after parental leave. He struggled with the return after spending the prior two months at home. It was a struggle for me as well, now having…
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Thanksgiving and your Leftovers
Hello and Happy Holidays! What a crazy time of year in a crazier year. Traditionally, for Thanksgiving, my husband and I are driving 3 hours east to split time between his and mine families. Usually it is something like dinner and hanging out from noon-5 with his family and then drive to visit my family…
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Weekend Round Up
Life is a journey. Sometimes it is hard and sometimes it is fun but it’s always an adventure. Here’s a list of things that got me through last week’s adventures. ember mug. I have the original model (the newest version is linked here) and I LOVE it. This is the way to drink tea or…
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Mom Life Moves Fast
In November of 2019 I became a mom. River is 8 months now and she is such a joy to watch as she navigates life. Watching her figure out how to grab a thing or move to a place or watch me watch her is fascinating. Last month she was working on crawling. She would…
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4 Ways to Relax/De-Stress
What a world we live in. These last few months have been a doozy and 2020 doesn’t seem likely to slow down the curveballs. Between lockdown leaving so many people cooped up or unemployed, BLM making obvious the brutality and injustices that have always been there, and the social media onslaught of too much information…