The desert is supposed to reset you, right? Well I didn’t spend long enough in Joshua Tree to set myself up for this whirlwind week. Nothing went the way I planned, at all, any day this week. I was stressed. I was overwhelmed. I just couldn’t even. But, Thursday night we made it to Park…
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Effortless Hair with Number 4
Since I was given a sample of the Number 4 Sugar Spray ($22), I’ve been obsessed with it—helps give my hair volume and waviness like the beachiest hair, without any stickiness. I use it when I want my hair straight too, it just helps add body. One spray for beachy waves and/or volume?! Yes. So…
Decadent Peanut Butter Protein Chocolate No-Bake Bars
OK, so I told you I deleted this post in the Blog Posts I Never Wrote post, but I didn’t, because I found the photo I had taken and I didn’t want to waste that. So, resurrected (because nothing ever dies in this digital world) this post from Nov 3, 2014, and then realized this…
Throw Glitter in Today’s Face | Feel GOOD FRIDAY 033018
It’s a Feel Good Friday on Good Friday! But this is how I feel about it: Oh yeah, things I don’t want to do? I’ll make you sparkle. Oh yeah, stressful scenarios? Glitter to the face. Grateful this week for: the mustards’ visit last weekend with maximum wine and general newporting—pretty sure they didn’t leave…
The Best Coffee Table of Ever
This post is purely to brag about my friend who made this coffee table, the best coffee table of ever, which represents all things that are good and wonderful in the world. First and foremost, the love and labor of my marriage certificate trio husband, an amazing friend and craftsman. But after that … a…
Girl Trios | Feel Good Friday 032318
Look at these stellar trios of women (an impressive morning-to-night top row tbh)… Women who love, uplift, support, believe in, and play (football, volleyball, in the general sense of the word) with other women are certainly a thing to cherish. Thankful for girls that don’t compete, belittle, or disparage other girls. Beyond grateful for my…
All the Blog Posts I Never Wrote
RIP, idea from 2012. RIP, one-word blog post. RIP most of the 80+ draft blog posts since 2012 that have been just sitting here on the backend of this blog, sometimes nothing more than a title to remind me what I thought I wanted to write about. Well, I don’t want to write about these…
How do so many things happen at once? | Feel Good Friday 031618
Did all these things really happen in only one week?! Life is moving so fast. And I love it. I am grateful for: Mama’s visit Beautiful baby shower for one of my Aspen girls New football team(s) Impromptu patio hangs Weekend best friends Sharing wine at Mint Leaf Group texts with mom & trainer Sunday…
Perhaps Boring But Awesome: HEX Performance Laundry Detergent
This post is 6 months overdue. I have a new laundry detergent I love. Boring, I know. I’ve long been a Costco laundry detergent buyer—get the free and clear, spend minimal amounts of money, and go. But then HEX sent me a sampler pack of their new eco-friendly, stink-proof laundry detergent six full months ago,…
Smartly EMBA Weekend Round 2 | Feel Good Friday 030918
Business school is coming to an end … my cohort of the Smartly EMBA program (info here) had our final Washington weekend, and it was even better than the first (though came with less existential questions, thank goodness). I LOVE this photo, because we didn’t intentionally plan to be in the EXACT same spots as…