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• It Was Never About The Ceiling Fan.

  

  After twelve months, one broken dishwasher, and thirty dinners burned in a temperamental oven, we moved across the street from one rental house into another.... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2018 DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• a Moment in Time.

  

  Heads up! This post was created in partnership with Artifact Uprising,a brand I love and have purchased from many times. Our family will never look exactly... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2018 DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• How to Support the Writers + Artists You Love.

  

  Last week I watched a series of Instagram stories in which a photographer friend of mine showed two screenshots: an Instagram photo from six months ago, and an... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2018 DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tips + Tricks for Planning A Solo Retreat

  

  New Year's weekend I booked a night at a hotel to set goals for 2018, and promptly received 100 messages on Instagram about it. Everyone was like, "I need to... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2018 DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Favorite Books I Read in 2017

  

  In January I set a goal on Goodreads to read 17 books in 2017, and I fully acknowledge how pitiful that number is. I used to read three times that in a year... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2017 DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Christmas Morning in Photos

  

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  Posted on 26 December 2017 DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lessons I Learned While Taping Leaves To The Wall

  

  If I was a "good" blogger—you know, the type who keeps an editorial calendar and plans out content in advance—I would have blogged about this four weeks ago,... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2017 DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Make It Count

  

  A few years ago I attended a photography workshop in San Francisco. I had been photographing families for a while, but found myself in a rut toward the end of... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2017 DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Morning Pages

  

  After I finished Whole30 a few months ago, I started getting up at 6am to write in the mornings. Pumped on adrenaline and confidence after going thirty days... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2017 DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Worth It: A Backyard Trampoline

  

  A lot of people have asked about our trampoline, but they typically ask the same three questions:1) Does it ruin the grass?2) Does it take up the whole backyard... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2017 DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Gift of Interruption

  

  "The great thing, if one can, is to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions of one's 'own,' or 'real' life. The truth is of course that what... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2017 DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• When the World is Ugly

  

  I started coloring the week after Trump got elected.I’m fairly certain adult coloring was trendy before that, but make no mistake: the 2016 election was the... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2017 DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Introverting at the Grocery Store

  

  Whole30 undoubtedly reinvigorated my love for grocery shopping. I have actually always loved grocery shopping, which is a little strange given my ineptitude... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2017 DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Biggest Lesson I Learned During Whole30

  

  I want to start by telling you that I learned a LOT of things during Whole30. I learned there is sugar in (almost) everything. I learned that cooking real food... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2017 DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Whole30 Results, Recap, + FAQs

  

  It is 6:10am and I am drinking coffee again, with almond milk hazelnut creamer. It is JUST AS DELICIOUS as I remember. At the start of Whole30, I had a long lis... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2017 DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Whole30 Lifesavers + Easy Weeknight Dinners

  

  On a scale from 1-10, there are some people who unabashedly take Whole30 at a level 14. I'm looking at you, crazy people in the Whole30 forums. I would like to... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2017 FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• When Pigs Fly (Let's Talk About Whole30)

  

  Well friends, I drank the Whole30 koolaid. Today is day 20. I'm still alive.(Let me back up.)Two years ago, I bought the Whole30 book after seeing a dozen peopl... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2017 DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Writing Home

  

  Tap, tap. Is this thing on? Heeeeey, there. You know that thing when you stop blogging regularly and then you come back and it feels a bit ... awkward? Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2017 DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• One Very Important Acknowledgment.

  

  For Brett We were up till midnight last night. Well, I was up till midnight. It was 12:07 when I plugged in my phone and I’m pretty sure I disappeared into a... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2017 DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• One Very Important Acknowledgment.

  

  for BrettWe were up till midnight last night. Well, I was up till midnight. It was 12:07 when I plugged in my phone and I’m pretty sure I disappeared into a... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2017 DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION