Today I turn another year older! It’s funny, I don’t feel a lot about this birthday. Do you know what I mean? For years as a kid, birthdays were looked forward to year-round; they meant celebrations, parties, and new toys. And then, throughout the teenage years, they signified big things, like getting a learner’s permit, a driver’s license, or [Continue Reading…]
5 Ways to Celebrate Your Dog’s Birthday
Today is Charley’s third birthday. CUE THE WATERWORKS, my baby is growing up too fast. (If you’re not a “dog person,” this post likely won’t be your cup of tea–fair warning.) Oh my gosh, he’s too cute, isn’t he? To celebrate this very important life milestone, we’re feeding him wet food for dinner (oh, the luxury) and [Continue Reading…]
How to Plan an Adult Birthday Party (Post + Vlog)
My sister-in-law’s birthday was last Thursday, and I hosted a party for her to celebrate. She’s one of my very best friends, and this was the first party/event we’ve hosted in our new house, so I was very excited for it! There were nine guests total–six adults and three children, and everyone was family. Today, I’m [Continue Reading…]
Why I Decided To Be A Stay-At-Home-Wife (With No Kids!)
This is a repost from the archives. Original posting date: August 14, 2015. I’m reposting this post because the decision explained here, however “weird” or unpopular, has singlehandedly shaped my husband and my lifestyle, marriage, and routine more than anything else in our life. Me not working in the traditional sense allows us freedom and simplicity that we [Continue Reading…]
Our Very Unglamorous (But Also Fun!) First Anniversary Weekend
If you’re looking for glamour, keep looking. Our anniversary weekend had three hours of glamour–the rest of the time was about as sweaty and unglamorous as possible. 😉 Here’s the story: We ordered a bedroom set on the fourth of July–everything (two nightstands, a dresser, a book shelf, and a bed) was meant to arrive [Continue Reading…]
1 Year Into Marriage: Messy But Beautiful
This is the last installment of my quarterly first-year-of-marriage updates. Previous installments were 3 Months Into Marriage: Finding Our Rhythm as a Couple, 6 Months Into Marriage: Creating Overlap, and 9 Months Into Marriage: Cultivating Laughter. You can also watch our One Year of Marriage video I published yesterday if you’re interested. From here on out, I will update every [Continue Reading…]
Today Marks The End of a Hard Year
On this day last July, I loaded up my entire life into a moving truck, turned in my apartment keys, and drove away in my grey Honda Civic, tears rolling uncontrollably down my ruddy cheeks for the first 50 miles. They say “you don’t know what you got ’till it’s gone,” and that may be a [Continue Reading…]
Today Marks 3 Years In Texas
In 2013, I moved to Texas on the fourth of July in the late afternoon, just a couple of hours before the fireworks began to light up the sky. My mom and I had finally completed our cross-country 25+ hour road trip in my stuffed Honda Civic. I had graduated from college about a month before, [Continue Reading…]
9 Months Into Marriage: Cultivating Laughter
This post is the third installment in my series of quarterly first-year-of-marriage posts. You can read 3 Months Into Marriage: Finding our Rhythm as a Couple and 6 Months Into Marriage: Creating Overlap or check out all of my wedding and marriage posts here. This post was meant to go live a couple of weeks [Continue Reading…]
4 Simple Ways To Make Mother’s Day Special This Year
Mother’s Day is tomorrow! If you haven’t already thought about how you’ll celebrate your mom, your mother-in-law, your mama friends, your grandmothers, your aunts, or your so-close-they-may-as-well-be-your-moms, now is the time! Holidays like Mother’s Day don’t have to be expensive or elaborate to be meaningful and heartfelt. Today I’m sharing four simple ways to make Mother’s [Continue Reading…]
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