Are you finished with your holiday shopping yet? (Have you started yet?) It’s my goal every year to be completely finished by Thanksgiving, and I’m happy to say that this year, my goal was met! With my birthday in early December (the 9th), then Christmas travel back to Maryland, and then Riley’s birthday (the 27th), [Continue Reading…]
Archives for 2015
Here’s How To Take The Crazy Out Of This Holiday Season
Peace, joy, light, laughter, love, and rest–the definition of your holiday season–right? Oh, no? What about stress, busyness, heaviness, anxiety, exhaustion and dread? Does that more accurately describe it? The unfortunate reality is that the second set of words, the ugly set, that’s how so many people characterize their holiday season. Yeah, that late Thursday in November [Continue Reading…]
Everything That Has Been Hard About Moving
There’s a really hard thing about sharing my life online: people think they know everything about me, everything that’s going on in my life. Yeah, over and over again it’s the same thing, “I read on your blog…” or “I saw on your blog…” followed by an assumption that I “must be so happy” or [Continue Reading…]
Thanksgiving 2015 Recap
This year’s Thanksgiving was a great success! And by great success I mean that we enjoyed Thanksgiving day with Riley’s family and then did nothing on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. We had planned on going out on the town, but the torrential rain we received kept us inside since the roads were dangerously flooded in many places. At first the [Continue Reading…]
So Much To Be Thankful For This Year ((Happy Thanksgiving!))
What a compilation of unforgettable memories this past year has been. Since last Thanksgiving, I turned another year older, celebrated Christmas in Maryland, watched Riley turn another year older, got engaged, quit my job, began blogging full time, moved to a new city, got married, went on an incredible honeymoon, and settled into newlywed life. [Continue Reading…]
13 Ways I Refocus Myself During The Day
I have a wandering mind full of gypsy thoughts. They just meander, making random connections, pulling my attention away from the task at hand. I believe my bouncing thoughts are often what spark my creativity, so I rarely become frustrated with myself when I can’t focus. Instead, I have an arsenal of refocusing techniques that I use to pull [Continue Reading…]
How To Find Volunteer Opportunities This Holiday Season
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Create the Good. All opinions are 100% mine. I often wonder whether I’m doing enough to help, serve, and love others, especially at this time of year. Despite my best intentions, it’s all too easy to get wrapped up in my own life, selfishly [Continue Reading…]
Dear Younger Self,
Dear Younger Self, First things first, I have some bad news to break. I know you think Hannah Montana is the best show on television, and Miley Cyrus is an awesome role model, but it’s not and she isn’t–don’t worry sister, you’ll come to realize the truth in time. (Oh, and you’re going to marry a [Continue Reading…]
Our Thanksgiving Dinner For 2
As I shared in my Instagram post yesterday, Riley and I had a just-us one-week-early Thanksgiving dinner last night. Why? Because I absolutely love to cook and we wanted some Thanksgiving leftovers of our own–but mostly because we just have so much to be thankful for this year. Why not celebrate with a delicious meal twice? We enjoyed it so [Continue Reading…]
Love Grows Best In Little Houses
A few months ago, I saw a pillow on Instagram with the following words dancing across it… But you know, love grows best in little houses With fewer walls to separate Where you eat and sleep so close together, You can’t help but communicate Oh, and if we had more room between us, think of all [Continue Reading…]
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