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What I Learned at My Sephora Mini Makeover
I’ve been wanting (needing!) to do a makeup refresh for a long time. Here’s why: My hodgepodge of makeup odds and ends finally became too much for me to sort through. My eyeliner was down to a stub of...
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Coffee Date: Body, Mind & Soul
Anyone up for grabbing a quick cuppa-something and chatting? That’s not an uncommon text for me to send to a friend so let’s for good measure pretend you just responded with yes and will ever-so-kindly...
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Our 2017 Family Focus: Simplify and Solidify
During our fireside Christmas chat while the girls tromped around the yard (and with a slow flow of Prosecco as fuel) David and I set about combing over the past year and discussing our hopes for the...
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Changes I’m Making for Smoother Skin
Yesterday felt like a sincere treat. Not only did I get my workout in (a Burn Bootcamp weighted cardio set that almost did me in), but then I got to drive into Charlotte to enjoy a glorious solo lunch....
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Day in the Life: 5 Years and 2 1/2 Years Old
These posts (you can find other day in the life posts here) always make me a little emotional because the seem to highlight the speed that life often passes in. I’m committed to taking a deep breath...
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Prioritizing Marriage While Raising Young Kids
The dynamics of marriage certainly shift once kids come in the picture! Here is what helps us with prioritizing marriage while raising young kids. Yesterday I combed through all your (fantastic!)...
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Handling It All When Your Husband Works Long Hours
Today’s post is a reader request- my favorite! I am a pretty open book and love sharing how we do life and hearing how you do life in return. Today we’re talking husbands that work long hours/travel… I...
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How I Turn Family Memories into Keepsakes
David likes to joke that we have the most photographed children of all time. I giggle sometimes and other times I feel like I haven’t captured enough. I know I have a tendency to romanticize the past...
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Confessions
These are my confessions… Castelvetrano olives are my favorite kind of olive. Might as well start with a riveting admission right off the back huh? I packed our lunches for a park picnic this week and...
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When Faced With A Big Decision, I Always Ask Myself This One Question
Are you ready for a real “out of left field” kind of post? Maybe I should call this shower thoughts, or the more mom-appropriate I’m mentally tuning out the kids’ music thoughts. Whatever the label,...
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5 Tactics for Escaping a Mid-March Funk
March, man. Amiright? I saw on my TimeHop app that 1 year ago we took off for a quick refresher in the mountains. I went back to read about it and laughed because I was feeling the same kind of...
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Living Room Makeover: In Progress Pictures
When we buy another house, whenever that may be, I’m going to force myself to decorate slowly, even if it means bare walls for months or years. When we bought our current home (7 years ago) we owned...
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My Grown-Up Skincare Routine: 3 Months In
Back in January I shared the changes I decided to make to improve my skin. Since coming up with a solid adult skincare regimen was important to me this year, I met with Terri at Carolina Facial...
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Freshening Up My Spring Wardrobe
Spring cleaning has me within its grasp. I have a project list a mile long. Some tasks are as simple as organizing my food storage containers (oh the excitement!) and others are more in-depth, like...
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Let’s Catch Up on Life at the Moment
Happy Thursday yall! I’m currently sipping on my Earl Grey and attempting to organize all the post it note reminders I have scribbled things down on and stuck on various surfaces. Consider this post...
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On Vulnerability and Making Real Connections
I feel I’ve mentioned it no less than 20 times in the past month or so, but it still amazes me how we, as a family, have slowly sneaked into a new phase. 5 and 3 years old means busy days but with a...
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Instagram Q & A {Part 1}
Blogging is a daily writing exercise for me. It’s a creative outlet and a way for me to stay consistent with writing because it’s always been something vital to my sanity (so says my diaries from...
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Instagram Q & A {Part 2}
Two weeks ago I put out a Q&A call on Instagram stories and got some really great questions! I answered the first batch here, and am excited to dive into the second today. I find this to be so much...
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The Baby Phase is Over: How I Came to Embrace It
Kaitlyn is three years old and still feels very much like my baby, despite her ability to talk, run, feed herself (some days), and forego diapers. Hailey is 5 (and a half- that’s very important) and...
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5 Tactics for Escaping a Mid-March Funk
March, man. Amiright? I saw on my TimeHop app that 1 year ago we took off for a quick refresher in the mountains. I went back to read about it and laughed because I was feeling the same kind of...
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