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2020 Year in Review

December 30, 2020

2020 Year in Review

Oh boy. 2020. Hello from only the fifth post I’ve made this year. Not a lot of blog-worthy stuff going on these past few months, which I’m sure everyone understands. I spent most of the early COVID quarantine days just trying to get through—trying to be a full-time mom with no reprieve, terrified to interact…

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The Time of my Life

February 15, 2020

The Time of my Life

When I started seeing a new therapist in October, it was because I no longer felt like I could handle the disappointment I was feeling, over myself. “I just don’t know who I am anymore,” I told her, explaining how often I’d let myself down, how I couldn’t follow through on any creative ideas, how my identities—as…

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Home Reno Before & After: Master Bathroom

January 12, 2020

Home Reno Before & After: Master Bathroom

* Post contains Amazon affiliate links * It’s finally finished! This project has taken a while to feel (mostly) complete, simply because I had a hard time finding the right mirror. That was delivered this weekend and now the room is finally finished! (Besides the shower stall; more below.) We knew when we moved in that renovating our master…

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2019 Year in Review

December 31, 2019

2019 Year in Review

When I first think about 2019, I think of it as a quiet year…and then I remember that this is the year that we bought our house and moved back to Roanoke, so not as laid back as I’d like to think. While my everyday life is relatively simple, full of the responsibilities of motherhood…

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The Past Decade

December 10, 2019

The Past Decade

I love a good review post, so you know I couldn’t resist going back and highlighting the most important moments and experiences of the past ten years. While I don’t have all of those years recorded here on this blog, I did have them recorded on a previous blog and am sort of glad you…

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