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    • Choosing between Convenience and Values.
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    • Sleep Training Success without (Many) Tears.
    • On Careers and Ladders and Motherhood.
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    • Anxiety, Committment, and Childbirth, Oh My!
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    • Working Mama // Figuring Out Child Care.
    • Reader Question: Discerning A Career Path.
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“This is where your mom and dad had their first relationship talk, Gabe.”

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 We used to be spontaneous trip-taking people.   Pre-parenthood, I mean.   We’d wake up one Saturday morning and decide to drive three hours to the nearest Ikea. Or decide to road trip to LA just two weeks before doing it, making plans as we went. We love to go places. We love to seeRead the whole post >>

May 9, 2011 · Tagged With: marriage 12 Comments

A Day in the Life of a Vegetarian.

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“You’re a vegetarian?! But what do you eat?” This is what the kids at school ask incredulously, without fail, upon finding out that I don’t eat meat. It seems like a silly question to me, since I don’t feel as though avoiding meat is particularly difficult and I just…don’t eat meat.  *shrugs shoulders* I dunno.Read the whole post >>

May 4, 2011 · Tagged With: food, vegetarianism Leave a Comment

Eight Months.

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He:   – has changed and grown and developed so much this month. – is  around 20 pounds and 28 inches long. He’s officially tripled his birth weight! – can pull a five pound weight toward himself. That’s nearly a fourth of his weight. He’s like a little ant baby. (See also: pulling every cord outRead the whole post >>

May 2, 2011 · Tagged With: monthly Gabe Leave a Comment

Answering More Questions: On Starbucks Drinks, Teething, and Surprise Babies.

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These are only, oh, three months after you asked me these questions. Oops. How many pumps of syrup are in Starbucks drinks? Someone in line behind me got a 14 pump drink, which seemed crazy…but then I realized I had no idea how much was in mine!   Woah. That *is* crazy. Since I amRead the whole post >>

April 29, 2011 · Tagged With: coffee, Gabe Leave a Comment

Feeling Pretty and Such. [Ten on Tuesday]

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I haven’t participated in this sort of thing in the past, but I absolutely loved today’s Ten on Tuesday questions. Friendship, adolescence, girlhood, and crazy roommates. I love chatting about these things and they are such big players in how we identify as women – so here I am! Doing my first Ten on Tuesday!Read the whole post >>

April 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment

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Hey, I'm Ashley & this is my blog

web designer · vegetarian · coffee addict · obsessed with goal-setting · imperfect mother · wife to an academic · wannabe minimalist

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Saving Money & Living Frugally

Doing a Buy Nothing Month.

Every so often, my eating junk food gets a little out of control and do a little juice cleanse. To help reset my body’s ideas of … [Read More...]

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Simple Living & Minimalism

Long Distance Moving and Decluttering – A Few Tips.

We're in the midst of a long distance move to Massachusetts this month (in the nomadic portion of our move - we moved out of our … [Read More...]

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Green Living & Sustainability

Choosing between Convenience and Values.

A reader asks: How do you decide when to focus your energy on better choices versus choosing convenience? I think it can be so … [Read More...]

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Motherhood & Parenting

The Story of Eleanor.

(Warning, this post will contain mentions of bodily fluid) How Eleanor Came to Be. I want to write this all down while I still … [Read More...]

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Career & Business

A New Leaf. Little Leaf.

(Yes, I am a dork.) Your website should be like an extra employee. Who works non stop 24/7. I recently overhauled my site … [Read More...]

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Recipes

Recipe: Curried Greens and Chickpeas

Recipe: Vegetarian Ramen.

Recipe: Sweet and Sour Tempeh with Pineapple and Cashews.

Recipe: Tofu Lettuce Wraps.

Recipe: Bistro Broccoli Chowder

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