I’m back after perhaps my longest blogging hiatus in years. I’ll spare you the details, but I’ve had some not-so-great things happen to me in the past few months. Fortunately things are on the mend emotionally and I’m ready to show you one of the more positive things I’ve been working on. And before your mind gets to wondering, Jim and I are great, my family is fantastic, my pups…
Happy Thursday, friends! We made it. Thursday is garbage day for me and in a weird way, when I drag out my trash barrels on Wednesday night, I feel as though it’s just a quick track in to the weekend. Before I start talking about my fall decor, I wanted to share a very high recommendation for The Social Dilemma on Netflix. Here’s the trailer… Please, please do yourself a…
I think I can speak for just about everybody when I say that I’m pretty sick of the #WFH life. I miss my colleagues. I miss afternoon walks to Bitty and Beaus on the Annapolis dock. I miss taking calls while looking out on College Creek. Sigh, I miss it. Unfortunately I think the current reality isn’t going to change for a lot of us. Even when things go back…
Happy Friday, friends! One of my favorite traditions of this time of year is an Advent wreath. I’m not sure if it’s a uniquely Catholic tradition, but the colors represent the darkness before the light (Christ) and the joy that comes with the light. Plus, let’s be real here, I do also love pink and purple. I created this advent wreath last year with some tacky glue, tape for straight…
[wysija_form id=”1″] Almost two years ago now, my dear friend from college called to tell me she was pregnant. I was walking down a neighborhood street of D.C. on an evening that couldn’t make its mind up as to whether it wanted to still be summer, or to start changing its ways to fall. Even though I wanted to scream at the top of my lungs with elation, I was…
[wysija_form id=”1″] I kind to hate to admit this, but for well over a year, I have been toying with the idea of getting a cleaning lady twice a month. While it’s not super expensive, in the spirit of my prioritization rules (which you can read about HERE) , I decided it made more sense for me to spend that money on upcoming trips rather than hire someone to clean…
One of many things I love about blogging is that it forces me to do the crafts I’d been meaning to for a while. This is the first year that I’ll actually be here for Easter. Under normal circumstances, I actually leave town on Easter Sunday, as that is the start of my spring break. This year my school decided to do spring break during Holy Week, so Easter Sunday…
I am not going to pretend to be an expert in design by any means, but I’m totally on a kick. I was recently down an out with the flu, so I spent plenty of time binge watching Fixer Upper. It’s funny–I had read The Magnolia Story a few months ago, but had never watched the show. Side note, that book is soooo cute and soooo sweet, and I can’t…
My pal, Christina recently moved back home to Arizona.. While I certainly miss her in many ways (devouring wine and dark chocolate; fast food without judgement; pretending to not be spoiled brats and thrifting clothes.; pretending to run ten milers)… I kind of miss her apartment more. I kid I kid.. But, my gosh, this little oasis was nothing short of fabulous… And guess what? To say that she did…
As summer starts to wind down, I thought I’d share a little bit of my former office decor back when I worked on the Virginia side of DC. It was a cute little office, if I do say so myself… To all of my fellow educators, I hope you’re as ready to see your kiddos as I am! I am far from an artist, but I absolutely need to…