I was born in a small town
Update: Northside Elementary School is doing awesome in the 2013 Give with Target campaign. Please consider voting for them. It’s a double-post kind of day. I’m from a super small town in Minnesota...
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Cutting fresh flowers from our yard and other simple pleasures
This home is what we think of as our “forever home.” We’ve started planting flowers we love. I planted a blue hydrangea plant this year. And I cut the fresh flowers and keep them in my office, our...
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On rest and family time
Take some time to rest today. And focus on family. Trust me. I know how hard it is. Work is busy. You are running from one thing to the next. Grocery shopping and laundry barely get done. And if they...
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Driveway Happy Hour and creating “community” in your neighborhood
Inspired by Emily Ley and her friends, I sent a message to our entire neighborhood in May asking if anyone would be interested in hosting a Driveway Happy Hour in their driveway on a Thursday or...
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What really matters
I’ve been thinking about and talking about what really matters with close friends and other creatives lately. Sometimes, while I love everything about blogging, party planning etc… it feels like you...
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Autumn traditions and the bad habit of always being busy
I love being on the go. Before B was born, I was never a homebody in any way and even now, I prefer to have plans with people, doing things. But, we’ve been so busy lately with weddings (so many, and...
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Kernels of Kindness: My inspiring neighbor Heidi and her organization Nora’s...
To celebrate 100 years, JOLLY TIME Pop Corn will be awarding 100 $1,000 grants to people and organizations around the country who bring joy and happiness to others by doing good in their communities....
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The story of how I started my business thanks to some “scary” financial...
Talking money is not something we do here much. But, I’ve wanted to share a financial story with you all for a while. When I left my job in 2012 for this craziness that has become my career, we had no...
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A look at our family room plus a little furniture snafu
While I haven’t talked about it much here, I have shared many sneak peeks of our family room on Instagram. We were all set to have the room done this past Friday with the delivery of our furniture and...
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Happy New Year, our year in review and lessons learned
Happy New Year! I’ve enjoyed an extended winter break thanks to some illness in our family. Three weeks of family time has been amazing, even with two sick kids the first week. But I’m also ready to...
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My rules for healthier living, gaining energy plus free motivational prints
We’ve been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #TryALittleGoodness #CollectiveBias I have been pretty focused on healthier living since June. It’s not...
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Random updates
We are just heading to the airport as I hit “publish” on this post. Bodhi is beyond thrilled and is ready for time by the pools, beach and most importantly, playing in the sand. I wanted to share a...
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Update: Northside Elementary School is doing awesome in the 2013 Give with Target campaign. Please consider voting for them. It’s a double-post kind of day. I’m from a super small town in Minnesota...
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