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{Saying Yes} Cruising with Friends
I’m notorious for saying no when people invite me out. Though most people assume I’m an extrovert, I’m not. I can turn “it” on when I have to (like at work), but it’s emotionally draining for me when...
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{Health} Why I Run
I’m pretty sure if you see any or all of the many (many) post-run photos Mike or I share on Instagram you’d think I love running. Well … I don’t. I don’t love running. Actually, I don’t even like it....
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{Parenting} Pedicure Time = Mama Only Time
I recently put my foot down: pedicure time is now “mama only time.” Much to the disappointment of my daughter, I’m no longer letting her (and sometimes her brother) come and get pedicures with me....
View Article{Parenting} Learning + Teaching Compassion
For the last week or so I’ve been driving a fully-loaded, 2015 Suburban. My car is getting some warranty work done and GM gave me a rental car. They have a policy of only giving GM rental cars and the...
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{Simple Scrapper} I Love You
My younger brother is getting married today. As I think about love and marriage (thanks to his impending nuptials) , I’m so grateful for my husband. When we first started dating, it was all about...
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{Vacation} What Matters Most
We just took our kids on vacation. Since Mike is an accountant and does all the the tax work for his firm, we don’t travel from January to late May. He’s just too busy during those months, so it’s...
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{Simple Scrapper} Whole 30
Hola! How’s it going out there? I have been a little quiet lately. We’ve been traveling (for work and fun). And we’ve just been so busy living. Not only has blogging been low on my list of...
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{Health} Whole30: The Holiday Edition
On Sunday, Mike and I started another round of Whole30. We’d fallen off the healthy-eating train and desperately needed a kick start. We let ourselves indulge while on vacation and never managed to...
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{Parenting} Holiday Giving
This year we’re starting a new family tradition: a portion of your Christmas budget is going to giving. We had originally planned on having the kids research different charities they might want to...
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{Simple Scrapper} These Are My People
I have a new layout to share. This one I created for Simple Scrapper using a January 2016 Premium template and Story Starter. The photo is super old, my brother Brad was celebrating his 1st birthday...
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{Simple Scrapper} Oh Lucky Me
Hello! Happy Tuesday to you. Well, hell might have frozen over … since I managed to create two layouts this month AND blog about them. Crazy, I know right?! This layout is one I did for Simple...
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{Parenting} My Heart Breaks a Little Each Day
A few weeks ago as I was driving the kids to school, I had to fight back tears. Though I have no desire to have more kids, I miss my babies. The realization that they are just getting older and moving...
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{Health} Will I Ever Learn?
Will I ever learn? I see a naturopath. I’ve been seeing her for about a year now. She’s kind of expensive. She doesn’t take insurance, so we have to pay out-of-pocket for her services. In addition to...
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{Simple Scrapper} Buddy the Elf
Hello there. Happy Monday to you. I’m back again with another layout to share this one features one of my my favorite photos from the Christmas season: Cooper in full-on elf mode. Journaling reads:...
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{Parenting} Let Them Do It Themselves
I’m a micromanager. I like things a specific way and I’m more than happy to do all the work to make sure things turn out exactly to my liking. This is all fine and dandy, until I starting realizing...
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{Simple Scrapper} Shelby and Her Quotes
Journaling reads: Shelby has suddenly become obsessed with Disney Princesses and all things Disney. She was never much of a “princess” sort of girl when she was little, but now she devours everything...
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{Simple Scrapper} Good Times? Not!
Hello. Long time, no blog. Been super busy. Like really, really busy! I volunteered to be the Cookie Manager for my daughter’s Girl Scout troop. Holy cow. Who knew it would take up so much of my free...
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{Parenting) Relationship vs. Role
I listened to an interesting podcast a few weeks ago. It talked about mothers who don’t actually like motherhood. The mothers who wrote into the podcast for advice listed all sorts of reasons they...
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{Parenting} Not Measuring Myself By the Impossible
Last week Shelby went to her first dance. Her middle school hosted a masquerade dance for the sixth graders and she was super excited to go to her very first dance, ever. It was pretty much all she...
View ArticleRight now … The I can’t sleep edition
I can’t sleep. I go through phases when sleep is hard to come by. Though I’m tired I can’t seem to fall asleep. My house is quiet and I can hear a train rumbling by in the distance. Since I can’t...
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