It’s Christmas Eve and I’m listening to O Holy Night on repeat (this is my absolute favorite version, one I’ve shared the last few years, I think). Granted, I’ve sort of been doing that since before Halloween… but whatever. Some years you just need more…
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All is calm. (Sort of.)
All is calm, all is bright. This is what I’ve been singing to myself as Duplos fly through the air, dishes pile up in the sink, Clark runs through the living room with a plastic ear of corn from the play kitchen in his mouth,…
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November 2016 | Currently
Holy Toledo. Tomorrow is December. This time last year I was a very pregnant, mostly cranky lady. Currently, I’m in disbelief that baby Nick is nearly a year old. I was grabbing a few things at Whole Foods on Wednesday (yes, the day before the…
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Happy Thanksgiving
After traveling north to spend time with Nick’s family and south to see my family, and further south still, we’re tucked in at the Cape, feeling full… and full of gratitude. I’m lucky (and yes, #blessed) in so many ways, and grateful for them all. …
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4 Simple DIY Beauty Gifts
I recently received a complimentary set of beautiful, deep violet glass jars from Infinity Jars and immediately started scroll through Pinterest for DIY beauty gifts that I could make and share with loved ones with this holiday season (…or just, like… keep for myself). There is no…
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When the tide goes out.
This week, it feels like the tide went out. And I’m left waiting for it to come in again. It seems like there’s an ocean between what I want to feel (hopeful and helpful) and how I actually feel (fearful and frustrated, angry and anxious) now…
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Our 4th Wedding Anniversary
Time flies when you’re married to someone as fun (and loving and kind and hardworking) as Nick. Today we’re celebrating our 4th wedding anniversary. It has been a wild, happy and very full (and fulfilling!) four years since we walked down the aisle at Saint…
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Currently | October 2016
Happy Halloween from a very reluctant lobster (Clark), a “dancey dancey unicorn” (Grace), and a penguin that more than one person mistook for a pigeon (baby Nick). Oh, and two grown-ups who sort of wish our children came home with a bit more candy. Sort…
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Happy Weekend.
Happy Weekend, my friends. We spent much of yesterday at the Cape, measuring walls and windows and cabinets in the new house while my parents helped us tremendously by taking the babes for a mystery ride. After dinner at Brax Landing, we headed back to…