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How I’m Getting Through Winter
When the holidays end, there’s January, February, and usually a good chunk of March when it’s brutally cold, windy, and worst of all, dark and overcast. Here’s how I’m surviving (maybe thriving?) this winter.
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What I’m Super Into: October 2018
I haven’t posted here in quite awhile. I’ve thought about it a lot but I haven’t really done any big projects at home since my life is pretty much dominated by just surviving since there are now five of us to worry about and it never felt like there was anything to really share. So…
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Happy 4th of July
Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th! We couldn’t have asked for a better weekend weather-wise here in Illinois. 80 with a breeze, yes please. Here are a few shots from the day.
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Goodbye, Chicago House
It’s hard to believe that it’s been more than a year since I’ve posted to this blog, but a lot has been going on and, in all honesty, this just wasn’t high on the priority list (though I’ve started several posts I never finished in the interim). We sold our house in Chicago and…
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New Year, New Start
2013 was a roller coaster of a year for me. It began with the joy of finding out I was expecting a little one, was tempered by the loss of both my grandfathers, and got pretty stressful after I lost my job mid-pregnancy. Luckily, the end of the year got a boost with my husband…
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Baby Bird Has Landed!
I’m post-dating this post to when I actually should have posted it, seeing that I’m a full three months late in actually typing this out. That’s not entirely because I was super busy caring for a tiny human. That carpal tunnel that was supposed to go away right after delivery? Yeah, that stayed around for…
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I’m Back!
I took a bit of a hiatus from this blog (almost five months) and not intentionally. I was just really, really busy! Over the past few months I took on new and challenging job duties, subsequently got laid off, and we found out that we’re expecting our first child this fall, so it’s been a…