Nothing like a…

ginger ale…   at the end of a long day 😉 [A face-sized glass of wine is always nice too] Hi friends! How are you? I’m SO stoked the weekend is almost here! The Pilot is off for a 4-day weekend, so that’s always fun 🙂 I’m so glad you’re all excited about making September…

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22 Weeks and Feelin’… Grouchy

I had to call and apologize to my husband again this morning. If you read the blog pretty often, you probably picked up on the fact that he’s the sweetest most amazing man ever, and I’ve been a grouchy punk one more than one occasion to him. I hate it :/ This morning, I was…

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10 Ways to Make September Stellar

Last month, I posted a little goal sheet of things to do for the month of August. I figured I’d made it a little monthly tradition over here, since it was so much fun and quite a few of ya participated along with me 🙂 Here’s the list for September: 1) Exercise… your brain! It’s…

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Party of 2.5

Hi friends! How’s your day going? HOLY roon giveaway entries!! I’ve loved reading all of your comments and feedback- you’re all amazing. I need to do more random giveaways fo sho 🙂 Work today was a lot of fun. I was only scheduled for a half day (a nice break), and got to teach the…

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Wedding Wear

I am the WORST at figuring out what to wear to weddings. Usually you can find me frantically running around the mall on the day of said wedding, buying something expensive and mediocre only to never wear it again. Once in college, I bought a dress, wore it to a wedding and returned it the…

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Was August Awesome? [giveaway]

*******************************This giveaway ended Sept. 1, 2011 at 10:30 EST. Stay tuned for the next one! At the beginning of this month, I posted a list of 10 Ways to Make August Awesome. It’s always fun to have some monthly motivation and goals, so I’ll probably do similar lists for each month 😀 Bella’s August in…

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Cake and Milk

Sometimes after a long day, cake and [almond] milk is a very good thing 😉 I have no idea how I forgot about my chocolate mug cake. It’s been way, wayyyy too long. This morning, after I last saw ya, I went to hit up the weights and do a few minutes of ellipticizing. As…

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I <3 my midwives

When I first told my family that we were seeing a group of midwives for the baby’s birth, they didn’t even think twice about it. They know it’s more “me” to go a non-conventional route, but it’s kind of funny considering midwife-led births are far more common all over the world and are recently starting…

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Will twirl for chicken

Morning <3 How’s your day going? Hope it’s been lovely so far. Last night for dinner, I made something quick and easy since it was cookstravaganza here all weekend: Lemon and garlic asparagus (with garlic powder, sea salt, pepper, a little cayenne, olive oil and lemon slices) Quinoa was goat cheese, walnuts and dried cranberries…

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2 things I learned today

1. All of my dresses that zip up the back no longer will zip over the belly and girls. I will probably have to start buying more forgiving dresses. The only exception is a white J Crew dress, since it’s cotton and has a little give. Which brings me to #2.. 2. If you are…

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Party Rockers

in our houuuuuuusse toniiiiiight 😉 Our first party in the new casa was a success—surrounded by family, friends and food. Not much more I could ask for 😀 Thank you for all of the lovely compliments on how our house is coming together. The best thing is having the boxes out of sight- it feels…

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Befores and Afters

          More pics *here* It’s still a work in progress, but we’re definitely starting to feel settled <3

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