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Archives for Personal & Life Updates

How I Finally Broke My Phone Addiction.

Filed Under: Personal & Life Updates 1 Comment

Or, phone rules for fellow people who lack self-control and balance. I have struggled with a love-hate relationship with my phone for soooo long. I love that I can text my friends and family and keep in touch! I hate how I can lose hours of time staring at a little screen and come awayRead the whole post >>

February 27, 2019 · 1 Comment

The Story of Eleanor.

Filed Under: Motherhood, Personal & Life Updates 39 Comments

(Warning, this post will contain mentions of bodily fluid) How Eleanor Came to Be. I want to write this all down while I still have child care (grandparents FTW) and it’s still fresh in my mind! After experiencing a second stillbirth in November 2016, we were done. We couldn’t imagine trying again and ending withRead the whole post >>

April 19, 2018 · Tagged With: birth story, pregnancy 39 Comments

November Update & December Goals.

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[November Update] HEALTH: Walk 6,000 steps a day. // Most days. I missed once a week, so I achieved my somewhat-pathetic-don’t-judge-me goal 80% of the month to be exact. (I use an app to keep track of habits some months. Other months I use a habit tracker in my bullet journal thing). My fitness tracker stopped workingRead the whole post >>

December 1, 2017 · Tagged With: monthly goals 1 Comment

Wake Me Up When November Ends.

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Hello and welcome to my debbie downer corner of the internet. Want to know why I hate this time of year? Pull up a chair. Let me share. (Or click x and escape the sadness.) November 15: The due date for my first miscarriage. A tiny, small part of me still thinks “I’d have aRead the whole post >>

November 20, 2017 · Tagged With: miscarriage & pregnancy loss 3 Comments

Where to Live Angst.

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Yesterday I talked about the BIG where to live. We are here in Massachusetts, but deciding where to live once we landed here was difficult. We spent a year living on the edge of a rich suburb a few miles from Mike’s school. We had nothing to walk to and it was fairly dull. WeRead the whole post >>

November 7, 2017 · 8 Comments

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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

Homeschooling Year 3.

We are homeschooling Gabe again this year for first grade. (Though most homeschoolers seem big into not labeling grade levels and … [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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