Last week I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to go home to my parent’s house for 5 days. And while it was mostly work helping my parents clean out their basement, we also got in a lot of play time. The dogs ran around the backyard like crazies, and my dog (who previously… Read More Get Your Cookies for Breakfast
After I finished the marathon last year, I broke up with exercising for a while. Burnt out and dealing with some injuries from training, I was over it. Thankfully, I’ve finally rediscovered my grove in staying active. And while I’m so grateful and humbled to have finished a marathon, running and I are over for… Read More Summertime In Chi Town: Get Moving
This post is dedicated to all of those who put their lives on the line so that we can be free. We got to have a magical 4th of July holiday because of the selflessness of others and I am so grateful. We’ve been absent. We’ve been on summer vacation. Not even going to sugarcoat it:… Read More An American Summer: Freedom Isn’t Free
Connection is important. It grounds us, makes us feel loved and fulfilled, and now, more than ever, we have so many ways to be connected. But still, it’s easy sometimes to get caught up in our busy lives working, traveling, traveling for work, traveling for fun, and on and on… that we forget sometimes to… Read More Traveling Goodbyes
Hello long lost friends! Now that we have properly given into summer’s more relaxed and lazy feel, Ro has packed up and moved, and work has settled down, it’s time for some more fun. Here’s 5 tidbits that will be good for your soul today: Ever written a card to yourself? You should. And… Read More 5 things for Friday: no tie zone addition
It’s summer. Finally! Time to bust out the citrus. Cake that is. If I liked dump cakes, I would call this a “dump” cake. But I don’t, so I’m not going to. But that is literally all you have to do to make this- dump in two ingredients. It is kind of a miracle… Read More Lemon Angel Cake. In two easy steps.
Remember when you were little and doctor and dentist offices had those treasure chests you got to dig through and get a prize if you were good during your appointment? Well, I never grew out of that phase. And American Pickers is one of my favorite shows; looking at you- Mike and Frank! (See: borderline… Read More 3 can’t-miss-places for great vintage finds
Sometimes in life, we commit to things that we cannot fully fulfill, and thankfully we sometimes have people in our lives who are patient enough to wait us out. Hi friends! I’m the long lost co-blogger who has yet to hold her own weight in this venture. And I am thankful Amanda has waited patiently… Read More Traveling Closure
Has the world been crazy lately, or has the world been crazy lately? Phew! I’m going to just admit it. I’m in a slump. I keep having those days where you feel like you’re not moving forward, not doing enough with your life, that I haven’t helped the right people, and just a lot of feelings of… Read More Dear diary, I’m in a slump and I can’t get up
I am so grateful for the space I am in right now. I’m still pinching myself that 6 days ago Ro let me coordinate her insanely beautiful wedding. Never have I learned so much in 24 hours, nor felt like time stood still like I did this past weekend. It’s taken me 5 days to… Read More Ro + Rob got hitched. And it was pretty dang magical.