One My amazing mom and dad came over this morning to help me install a humongous mailbox and post. I don’t know what I’d do without them! Visit my dad’s blog right here for the mailbox installation tutorial and photos of the process (and of me clumsily trying to use a post hole digger). Now I can [...]
I still use the same cheap powder foundation that I’ve worn since high school, because I haven’t found anything that works better. However, it seems that with some beauty potions the “you get what you pay for” mantra holds true. These are my three favorite splurges—now tell me yours! Fekkai Protein RX Hair Mask: The ends [...]
I turned 29 on Thursday and promptly got sick due to my compromised immune system (you know, since I’m an old lady now), so my 29 by 30 list is a few days late. I love creating annual bucket lists each birthday. It’s easy to procrastinate a lifelong bucket list, but if you only have [...]
We had a beautiful snowfall here on Saturday! Big featherlike flakes floated down like remnants of a celestial pillow fight. I couldn’t resist the urge to make a little video. My dog, Mabel, is probably the only one who gets more excited about snow than I do! Watch in HD over on Vimeo for the full snowflakey [...]
I did something crazy this Valentine’s Day. Instead of giving Daniel one of my cards like I usually do, I found the perfect card over at Cool Jane. Daniel has a beautiful beard that he doesn’t really like, and I’m always begging him not to shave it off. He burst out laughing as soon as he [...]
If you live in a place where wintery precipitation is common, you’ll likely think this is the dumbest blog post ever. Winter is my second favorite season, but here in central North Carolina rain is usually the only thing that falls from the sky. On the rare occasion that even the tiniest bit of winter [...]
Here’s the last bit of New Zealand trip documentation—a bunch of random video clips we took along the way! Spoiler alert: How adorable are those ducklings? Our last morning in NZ we sadly packed up our things and prepared to leave Lake Tekapo and head home. When we opened the campervan door we found a row [...]
Here’s another batch of New Zealand trip photos—down to fjordland and up through central South Island. Can you believe how beautiful and varied this place is? Unbelievable! We unknowingly visited when the lupines were in full bloom—field after field of sweet smelling lupines. I made Daniel pull over constantly so I could wade through them. [...]
I got a ukulele this summer, and I’ve been having so much fun learning to play. My piano fingers aren’t quite used to all this awkward contorting yet, but I love being able to cuddle up on the couch with my uke instead of perching on a hard piano bench. I can’t cross “learn to [...]
Here’s the next batch of photos from our New Zealand trip—farther inland to beautiful lakes, rolling green hills, and snow capped mountains. I miss it already! I’m hoping to have a fun post for you on Christmas day, so don’t forget to stop by! (1 Franz Josef Glacier, 2–3 Lake Matheson, 4–6 Lake Hawea, 7 [...]