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Spooky Season Stuff and Ugly Shoes
“Something Good” Sunday There are 3 things that I need to report that are making me happy today. First, last night, Josh and I made our semi-weekly trip to Barnes & Noble. Usually we go on Sunday evenings, but we were out to dinner last night instead of tonight so we went. I had read… →
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Blue Freedom Flowers
I am a spender of money. I come by it honest. Growing up I learned from my mom how to go shopping and buy new things and then sneak the bags into the house before my dad could see and ask questions. That mentality has been in stark contrast to how Josh grew up when… →
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Over for Now
What’s a chapter of your life you’d title “The Hard Years” — and what got you through it? This is an interesting question today. One that’s actually easy to answer. If you’ve read my blog for any length of time, you can probably guess what my answers will be. My first two years of college… →
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Use Lotion!
We’ve had a similar prompt recently asking about advice to our younger selves. At least, I think that’s what it was. Because this one today feels very familiar and because I know I’ve given serious answers before, let me offer some wisdom to young people about to get their first tattoo. But let me not… →
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Tattoos, What Else?
Screenshot Saturday My Timehop today showed me a screenshot that I saved a year ago today: I saved it while sitting in the tattoo shop waiting for my third appointment on my blue flowers. I posted it to Facebook with commentary about how I was feeling awesome and that I kick ass and the tattoo… →
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On the Road Again…but not like that.
“Something Good” Sunday Today is Mother’s Day. Never a good day for me. I’m a daughter whose mother is still alive but I have chosen not to talk to her anymore. I am also a wife unable to have children of my own. Josh and I went out to breakfast because the knobs on our… →
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People Change, Get Over It
Thoughts on Mental Health Thursday I have changed over the past two years. I have written about it extensively on this blog. People change. Not always for the better, but in my case, it was a very good thing. Yesterday, a friend of mine who still works at the place I left two years ago… →
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Fun and Whimsy
BONUS Screenshot I saved this screenshot on this day last year. Today especially, I feel like 13 year old me would look at what I did today and be in total awe that I am who she will grow up to be. And that’s because I got another tattoo today. It has been almost a… →
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New Job, Who Dis?
Today was my first day at my new job. I don’t want to say too much about it because as I grow my social media presence, I’m cautious about that whole “doxxing” thing. What I will say is that the pictures I took this morning are now irrelevant. I was going to say something like…this… →
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“What’s on your needles?”
5Ws Wednesday This is a common question that knitters get asked. It just means, what knitting project are you working on right now? OTN is a popular abbreviation when putting into words what you’re working on. You might say, “I have a short-sleeved sweater OTN”. However, this doesn’t really work if you’re talking about a… →