There’s something about baking your own bread that makes you feel like your life is put together. Sure it may not be — it’s been days since you washed your hair, your house is a disaster, and you haven’t exercised in over a month because you got sick and then lazy — but you baked
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Memorial Day Weekend via Instagram
Happy Tuesday! How was your Memorial day weekend? Ours was pretty much perfect. Friday J and I went out to our favorite Mexican restaurant near our apartment. Afterwards J had the brilliant idea to get ice cream sundaes and take them to the airport overlook to watch the sunset. Um, yes! Saturday morning J had
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money
Weekly Money Check-Up: 5/28
1. The most I’ve spent this last week was on J’s birthday present! 2. Today I am thankful for a restful weekend. It was just what I needed. 3. Money can’t buy happiness. One free thing I did last week that made me happy was leaving work early on Friday before a three-day weekend. 4.
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faith
Seeking Rest
It’s pretty universal that The 10 Commandments are good metrics for morality in our society. Do not steal, do not murder, honor your parents. These are intuitive rules that I believe we are all born with – the distinction from right and wrong. However, there is one commandment that is not intuitive in our society:
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health & wellness
Wellness Wednesday :: My Ideal Day
Happy Wednesday y’all! Today I’d like to talk about routine and creating an ideal day. I am borrowing this post idea by Nancy Ray, one of my friends from college and an amazing photographer that lives in Raleigh. She recently posted on her blog what her ideal day would look like — not a day
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Emergency Funds: An Update on our Finances
I’m a list girl. I love making them, I love crossing things off, and I love the structure that it gives me for reaching my goals. I have even been known to write things down after I’ve already accomplished, just to feel the satisfaction of crossing it off. (Come on, I know I’m not the
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Weekly Money Check-Up: 5/21
1. The most I’ve spent this last week was on cable/internet bill, aside from what we saved from our 5/15 paycheck. 2. Today I am thankful for great friendships. This past Friday we went to a goodbye party for an amazing couple J and I have gotten to know in the last year, and it was
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Bike Riding on the Beach
I love bike rides, especially at the beach where the land is flat and you ride with the wind. Saturday morning we decided to get some exercise and rented bikes at a cute little shop. It was by far my favorite thing we did all weekend! The weather was absolutely perfect. Ah to be riding
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My Beachy Weekend
My goodness did I have a wonderful weekend! I have actually had a series of great long weekends lately and am getting used to these four-day weeks. ;) This is my second beach weekend with friends in the last month. The last beach trip I got there to find out my camera battery was dead
