I’ve been slacking with the blog lately, and completely spaced on Wordless Wednesday this week (sorry, Ruchira!). It’s a long story, and we’ll talk about it eventually, but I wanted to give a quick rundown of some of the things that have been going on. With photos, of course! Joshua got a new swing set […]
My best work friend is leaving the company tomorrow, and I am bummed. She’s my lunch buddy and one of the few people left there who will hang out with me. Not cool, yo. I miss Colorado. Rapping Brian Williams is my favorite. And Jimmy Fallon, for that matter. I want to kick my insecurities
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I really enjoyed this article over at Sisterhood of the Sensible Moms the other day. The article was in response to another article, which claimed that letting kids do chores was harder than just doing the chores yourself. Clearly written by a perfectionist, the article claimed that children are just not capable of doing chores correctly.
I wanted to share with you a video that I discovered last night — “Invisible” by Skylar Grey. I listened to the words and it was one of those “Yes! That’s exactly how I feel!” moments. And then I thought, I bet we’re not the only two who feel this way. In fact, there’s probably
I am my own worst enemy. It has become apparent that I have a core belief that needs to be changed: I believe that I don’t matter. I guess I have always known this, but thinking about it now, I see how ingrained in my life it has become. I don’t feel like my opinions
Last year, I completely surprised myself by making and keeping a New Year’s resolution. I lost about 35 pounds between January and June. An accomplishment of which I was very proud! This year, I started with good intentions of losing the last 10 pounds to get into a healthy BMI range, and to take some
Warning: I am about to go all political and spiritual on you. I tend to stay away from these kinds of topics on my blog, but I just need to say a few things. Obviously, this is just my opinion, but I feel strongly about this. If there is one thing I care about in
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No longer fluffy The snow has turned to ice, but Still welcomes my sled On Sunday, Josh and I made the most of the slush still left in our yard, perfectly spread out over a small hill on the side of the house. It turns out, sledding in the Spring is most delightful — with
A few weeks ago, I had the bright idea that I was going to delete this blog. I wasn’t happy with it. I felt like my content was useless and I was not contributing anything to this world by sharing it. But I did miss writing, and when I thought about the reason that I
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Note: I started writing this very random post a couple of weeks ago. I’m still not sure exactly what it is I want to say. Words cannot describe how much this tragedy has hurt me, and I didn’t even know these people. I can only hope and pray that God will take the bad and
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