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this week #57
Happy Monday! We are coming off a really fun, though unexpected, weekend celebrating Erica’s birthday. We rented an Airbnb that was pretty off the grid in central Virginia for Friday-Sunday. It rained all day Saturday and then we lost power! And running water! Since we had no service or Internet, and the power didn’t come Continue reading
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this week #56
Good morning, and happy Saturday! I slept in and am chilling on the couch before I eventually get around to doing my run for the day. After a few nights of staying up late, I needed it. Not to mention, it’s freezing outside. I am in no rush to get out there! It’s been a Continue reading
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2026 Goals
If you’ve been around this blog for a while, you know I love a goal. Having something to orient myself around and work towards makes me feel joyful and purposeful. Not to mention, I love this time of year! While jumping into new year resolutions and assuming you’ll suddenly change your life overnight tends to Continue reading
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an honest self-reflection
Heads up: this is going to be a stream of consciousness, but I need to work something out. Over the last few months, I have felt pulled in a million different directions by a million different things and people. Most of these people/commitments/events/things are good (very good!) but have added stress into my life in Continue reading
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Christmas Coffee Advent Update #3
Less than one week until Christmas! I’m still having so much fun with our Christmas Coffee Advent! 🙂 Here’s how we’ve been enjoying our daily coffee this season. Day 12: Go to a new coffee shop We flew to Dallas this day for our big family gathering, so we went to a White Rhino coffee Continue reading
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this week #55
Good morning and happy Thursday! Christmas is only one week away! I hope you are continuing to have a lovely holiday season. This was a busy week for me between work and travel (and getting sick). But here’s what I’ve been… …Reading: I finished The Great Gatsby and Death on the Nile last week! I Continue reading
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Christmas Coffee Advent Update #2
In case you were wondering, we’re still going strong with our seasonal celebration of coffee! This experience has made me consider doing stuff like this more frequently. Not a whole advent calendar, per se, but maybe a planned week of seasonal activities here and there. We’ll see! Day 5: Make an espresso con panna with Continue reading
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this week #54
Good morning, and happy Sunday! I’m writing to you from the couch. After I finished my run last night, I noticed my throat felt a little sore, but I chalked it up to running in the cold. I tossed and turned all night and woke up feeling extremely blah. My throat was still sore, and Continue reading
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Happy December!
And the coffee advent calendar begins! I figured it would be fun to share our coffee activities throughout the month, so here I am. I must say, I’m having a great time so far. Each night, Patrick and I discuss the next day’s coffee task excitedly, which is making cold December mornings more exciting. Day Continue reading
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Life’s Playlist
On the way to the gym this morning, I decided to take a short break from Christmas music and shuffled my ‘liked’ playlist on Spotify instead. I first started my Spotify in 2011 (I think), and the variety of music on my liked playlist reflects that. At some point I stopped using my account and Continue reading
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