Five Things Friday - March 6, 2020
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3y ago
Since I'm feeling the urge to blog again, I figured I would throw in a light post with some random things that are going on in my life. Everyone likes a five things Friday, right? 1. I've been crazy purging our house lately, much to Dan's dismay. I'm just feeling fed up with having so much stuff and constantly having to tidy and put away and find places for things. So I've been trying to work on going through different areas of the house as I have time. Last week I did half the kitchen and one of the spots I focused on was this little corner shelf by the sink. I pared it down to things that b ..read more
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Our Crazy Journey Into Parenthood: Part 2
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3y ago
If you haven't already, you should go back and read Part 1 of our crazy journey into parenthood. It talks more about our first foster placement and our experience with that. Burrito Baby (our first foster placement) was with us 6 months and left in December. But a few weeks before she left, we got a call for another baby girl! It was once again a random Tuesday and I was running errands in town with Burrito Baby when our social worker called asking if we'd be interested in a situation for a newborn baby. I very calmly (I actually was, surprisingly enough) took down notes and said I would need ..read more
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Our Crazy Journey Into Parenthood: Part 1
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3y ago
Alright you guys, I'm finally feeling a little more ready to share some of the crazy adventure we have been on over the past 9 months. If you read my last post, then you know that we began our fostering journey in June 2019. It all happened so fast and was such a whirlwind that it has taken me a while to even begin to wrap my head around things. As I mentioned in that post, we had about 3 hours between getting the phone call about the situation and having to be at the hospital for the baby girl (nicknamed Burrito Baby). Dan was actually out of town for a few days with work so I headed to the ..read more
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2019: The Year of the Baby (Sort Of)
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3y ago
***This post was originally written on November 17, 2019 but I didn't feel like it was the right time to publish it, and so I didn't. Little did I know much life would change in just a few short days after writing this! But that is for another post. In the meantime, enjoy this little flashback to some of my feelings last fall.*** I can't believe that it's already mid November and this year is almost over. It feels like just yesterday I was writing about my yoga streak and the attempt to lessen my stress and anxiety. But that was actually eight months ago, not yesterday, and I feel like so muc ..read more
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Yoga Every Damn Day
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3y ago
As I wrote a bit about in this post from November, I've been dealing with stress and anxiety a lot this past year. It's been really hard on me in a lot of ways and I told myself that I would try and use 2019 to rest and work on me. Starting January 1st, I was no longer employed outside of the home and since then have been getting into a new flow and rhythm of working from home. I am continuing to do the books for Dan's business, while also taking on new responsibilities like answering the phone, scheduling work, doing bank and wholesaler runs and just being worlds best assistant. Obviously th ..read more
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What If It Isn't Worth It?
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3y ago
You hear it a lot in the infertility community, the little sentence that gives you hope when you're first starting out. "When all this is over and you're holding your precious baby in your arms, all the struggles and hardships and pain will be worth it." But after 8 long years of waiting for our happy ending and beginning to feel like it is probably never going to come, it's really hard to hang on to that hope. What if our end doesn't leave us with a baby? What if it isn't worth the wait? What then? All the negative (and sometimes positive) pregnancy tests, the ultrasounds with no heartbe ..read more
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18 Goals for 2018 - Final Check In
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3y ago
Hello everyone and happy new year! I can't believe it's already 2019 and almost halfway through January at that! Gosh, it's like you blink and the year is over. I figured I would share how I did with my 2018 goals before it's too far into 2019 and then it's just awkward and super late. So here is how I did. 1. Put $2,000 extra on the mortgage Completed! We actually put $3,000 extra! 2. Put 15% of my income into retirement savings There may have been a few slacker months but on a whole, we completed this. I'm super proud of us for starting to contribute to retirement this year. 3. Read 15 book ..read more
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Invisible Stress
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3y ago
2018 is almost over you guys. Which I know may be a little dramatic, since we still have almost two months before we enter the new year, but I know it will go fast and so I'm going to sit here and say 2018 is almost over. Just let that sink in. I don't know about you, but 2018 has been a really hard year for me. Like really really hard. If I look back at the events of the year though, nothing huge stands out as something that should have made the year hard. No traumatic events, no huge life changes, no one thing that made it hard. But my body and mind are telling me otherwise. 2018 is the yea ..read more
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18 Goals for 2018 - Halfway Check In
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3y ago
I'm supposed to check in quarterly, but somehow it is the end of June and I haven't done any updates. That should make this post more impressive right? Or maybe it will just show me how slack I've been on my goals... Oh well. Life happens. Let's see how I'm doing! 1. Put $2,000 extra on the mortgage Completed! This was actually done within the first few months, and we even put an extra $1,000. Go us! 2. Put 15% of my income into retirement savings This one is ongoing, but we have been putting money aside each month so far. 3. Read 15 books I'm slow at this one, I think I've only read 4 so fa ..read more
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Five Things Friday!
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3y ago
Hello readers! That is, if I have any readers left. Life has been crazy and I just haven't been in a mindset to write lately. I might write a post more on all that's been going on later, but for now I thought I'd share a few pictures of some happenings. 1. We bought ourselves a hammock! The backyard has seen a mighty overhaul since we moved in and after a few years with no backyard, I decided a hammock was a necessary purchase to celebrate having grass again. Plus, those two lonely trees were just calling for a hammock between them. 2. I HAVE A CLOTHESLINE AGAIN! Yes, that required all cap ..read more
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