Category: Daily Life
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Favorite Green Smoothie Recipe
In the spirit of making my word for 2014 visible and elevating my health, I wanted to share my favorite green smoothie recipe. It’s beyond simple and requires just a few ingredients: In a typical batch, we blend: 2 large stems of Kale leaves 2 large handfuls of spinach 1 apple 4 carrots a small…
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30 During My 30th Year
A simple Google search of “30 [Goals] Before [Turning] 30” generates an impressive array of hits. With my venture into a new decade mere weeks away, I couldn’t resist creating a set of action steps that will hopefully help guide my year of feeling LIGHT. 1. Dress the Part. I’ve definitely succumbed to “mommy-mode” attire…
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Gratitude for 2013
As I welcome all the LIGHT of 2014, I decided to pause for just a moment and reflect on the prior year. Last night, I went through my planner and intentionally looked for milestones, celebrations, and other memories filled with gratitude. For all the fearful, uncertain, and darn right unpleasant days, 2013 brought us great…
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One Little Word 2014
On December 30th, I saw a Facebook status post from Kris Carr that stopped me in my tracks. She eloquently wished her followers a year of ease. Her words truly resonated with me. She said: “For me, ease at work and at home equals joy, health, creativity and contentment. Ease connects me to my internal…
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One Decoration that I’m Keeping Up…
It’s the end of January and I wanted to share one Christmas decoration that I couldn’t bare to take down right away: my 2013 Holiday Card Display. I LOVE love love receiving these greetings in the mail. Normally, I would have hung them on a decorative frame in the hallway leading to the kitchen. With…
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January 2014
The sun is shining today… but, my oh my…. what a winter we have had. More snow that I can ever remember has graced our Midwestern city. The official report from the airport recorded over 10 inches in one day! I’ll never forget opening our back door up to a wall of snow! Our month…
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Navigating Slowly
Looking for the bright spots this week… I’ve been horribly sick (again). Despite feeling horrendous and having quite possibly the worst sore throat of my life, these tulips still managed to put a smile on my face. Looks like 2014 can only go up from here!
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Happy New Year!
A bit of radio silence for the past few weeks. In the short span of 3 weeks, the following was accomplished: finished post projects related to The Dating Divas blog and the Jessica Sprague community. planned Olivia’s first birthday and completed over 10 handmade projects to complement her theme. hosted 11 people at our house…
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Lately… Fall 2013
It’s been an incredibly busy Fall… I am really looking forward to slowing down the pace of our daily life- embracing the concepts of relaxing, savoring, and dreaming. It seems like we’ve been on a continuous loop of create, publish, start, finish, hurry, document, and perfect. Lately, I’ve been… … reflecting on motherhood after reading…
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30 Days of Thankful: Week 3
Another week has gone by and I am loving Cathy Zielske’s 30 Days of Thankful project. Here’s a peak at my pages through yesterday: Before our trip, my Mom and I stopped at Pottery Barn Kids and I picked up a pack of DIY butterfly paper masks to bring to Wisconsin for Halloween. This darling…