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May 17, 2013

Time // 5:30 a.m. Place // my desk at home. Eating // refrigerator oatmeal. Drinking // coffee. Watching // nothing at all lately. Reading // Happier at Home by Gretchen Rubin. Wanting // to build up a stash of note cards and be more diligent about sending them for birthdays, anniversaries, and just for fun. Thinking // about how glad I am that David is home from his trip. Single parenting is exhausting! Creating // cards for Mother’s Day, a cross stitch about a quarter of the way finished that I’ve kind of stalled out on, and am ready to start sewing my quilt. Hoping // to make a trip to the garden center over the weekend and bring home a…
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currently

May 17, 2013

Time // 5:30 a.m. Place // my desk at home. Eating // refrigerator oatmeal. Drinking // coffee. Watching // nothing at all lately. Reading // Happier at Home by Gretchen Rubin. Wanting // to build up a stash of note cards and be more diligent about sending them for birthdays, anniversaries, and just for fun. Thinking // about how glad I am that David is home from his trip. Single parenting is exhausting! Creating // cards for Mother’s Day, a cross stitch about a quarter of the way finished that I’ve kind of stalled out on, and am ready to start sewing my quilt. Hoping // to make a trip to the garden center over the weekend and bring home a…
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obsessed with refrigerator oatmeal.

May 16, 2013

I feel kind of like an impostor posting something about food because everyone should know by now that I am not a foodie or a cook by any means. BUT maybe that gives me cred in a weird sort of way? Like, if this works for ME then it could easily work for you? Regardless, here goes. I used to be obsessed with cereal. I’d eat it for breakfast, dinner, snack, anytime I could get it. Then something happened when I got pregnant and I don’t like the feeling of that much milk on my stomach anymore. And I realized that cereal is basically just sugar; even the healthy kinds are not that healthy. In the hospital when I gave birth to Meredith I…
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obsessed with refrigerator oatmeal.

May 16, 2013

I feel kind of like an impostor posting something about food because everyone should know by now that I am not a foodie or a cook by any means. BUT maybe that gives me cred in a weird sort of way? Like, if this works for ME then it could easily work for you? Regardless, here goes. I used to be obsessed with cereal. I’d eat it for breakfast, dinner, snack, anytime I could get it. Then something happened when I got pregnant and I don’t like the feeling of that much milk on my stomach anymore. And I realized that cereal is basically just sugar; even the healthy kinds are not that healthy. In the hospital when I gave birth to Meredith I…
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my mother’s day wish list

May 9, 2013

So this really isn’t a gift guide or anything, unless you are looking to get me a gift. Then by all means! But my husband asked me what I wanted for Mother’s Day and other than time with my family (and some time to myself, let’s be real) I was thinking that even though I keep a running wish list, there are types of things that I never seem to buy for myself but that I always want. So this is what I mentioned to him: House plants – specifically, ones that can stand neglect like succulents. I am actually fairly attentive to my plants but since I’m just learning about them I need hardy ones. I have six small indoor…
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