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August Goals: I'm Really Bad at Bucket Lists
Remember that time I created a Summer Bucket List and I was so excited to do all the fun things this summer? Yeah, about that...Things I sort-of Accomplished:Go to the beach: we haven't gone three...
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Canadian Vacation Part 2: Cabin Life
Canadian Vacation Part 1I'm very fortunate in that I married in to a family that has access to a quaint little cabin on Shuswap Lake in British Columbia, Canada. Before I started dating Derek, I had...
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"I'll Pray for You"
I used to never tell my friends or family that I would pray for them, because I wouldn't. I rarely prayed for myself, I knew I wouldn't be praying for anyone and their certain situation so I wouldn't...
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Canadian Vacation Part 3: Shuswap Lake Adventures
Canadian Vacation Part 1Canadian Vacation Part 2This is the last of my photos from our trip to Canada last month. It kind of makes me sad to say that because it seems so final. Like, even though we've...
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Things I've been doing while not blogging
Hey, what's up, hello! Do you ever just think one day out of the blue, oh hey, I have a blog! I kind of forgot about it! No? Okay well that was me yesterday when I got a notification from periscope...
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Hello, is this thing on?
I know all of you are just dying to know what I've been up to since my last blog post, over three months ago. I'm sure you're all thinking I must be spending my time doing all the fun things. Well, the...
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Holiday Mishaps
This holiday season has been....eventful. To say the least. Back in October, we unexpectedly found the house that we'll be officially purchasing this Friday. I almost said the house of our dreams, and...
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Documenting our first year of marriage
I've talked before about how different mine and my husband's personalities are from one another, and it doesn't just end with personalities. One thing that we really differ in opinions on is...
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We bought a house, now what?
So if you even follow me a teesy bit on social media, you'll know that we bought a house this past Friday. I know some people consider it "taboo" to talk about it before it happens, but I've already...
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A Basic Guide for Basic Stocking Stuffers
This year, we aren't doing an extravagant gift exchange between me and my husband. After all, we just bought a house, so that's pretty sufficient. Even though we aren't doing traditional gifts, we...
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What we did in Las Vegas
In September, my husband had a work function in Las Vegas and when we found out in June that he would be attending, I knew there wouldn't be anything that could stop me from tagging along. I've always...
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Books from 2015 and Reading Goals for 2016
My goal in 2015 was to read 30 books, and I read 28. I'm not going to say I "failed" because 12 of the 28 books were 800+ pages (I read both the Outlander series and the Song of Ice and Fire/Game of...
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My 1001 Days are Over
I can't believe it, but it has snuck up on me: my 1001 days ended on January 19, 2016. While I didn't accomplish everything on my list, I'm still pretty proud of the things I DID finish. A year ago, I...
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February Goals
I kind of (totally) dropped the ball in January when it came to making goals. Basically my only goal was to sleep when I could because we were going balls to the wall working on our house, in addition...
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What I Think of the New Barbie® Dolls
*takes a deep breath* Here it is: I'm not freaking out/doing happy dances about the new "curvy" and "petite"Barbie® dolls that Mattel has released. I'm just not. Do I think it's a bad thing they're...
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This is What I Know For Sure
Have you read Oprah's book What I know For Sure? I haven't read it but my friend Ashten (who actually wrote a similar post to this one) says it's wonderful and I'm going to take her at her word (and...
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Seven (more) Valentine's Date Ideas
Last year I wrote about some realistic date night (or day) ideas to celebrate Valentines day, and while popping each others backne is tons of fun, I figured I could come up with a few more ideas to...
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2016 Word of the Year
In 2015 I chose a word that I would focus on for the year. The word was "growth" and I layed out the ways in which I wanted to grow (you can read the full post here, and update posts here and here)....
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Let's Grab Coffee
I don't know about you but when Monday rolls around, I always feel like I need an extra cup of joe, what about you?mug found hereIf we were out to coffee, I would order an extra large, extra tall,...
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Five Lessons from My First Year of Marriage
Last October marked a full year of marriage for me and Derek, so technically these are things I've learned over the past year and four months but for the sake of a normal-length title, we'll call it a...
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