Vulnerability breeds confidence, and so it follows that 2020 will be the year of confidence for me. After a long journey through a lot of self-questioning, I’m emerging very comfortable with who I am. Feeling calm, cool, collected. Confident. I may not—definitely do not—know exactly what I want (aka I do not have, er, 2020…
I am so grateful, for this most trying, amazing, high and low, peak- and valley-filled year. I am grateful for this absolutely ridiculous Christmas week, which saw me bounce from San Antonio to Sonoma to Houston back to Austin in just 6 days… San Antonio generations girls getaway at the gorgeous Hotel Emma in the…
The last friend Christmas party turned into backstage at EDM show… The “slow” week turned into long days and a big presentation at work… The manis from ManiMe continue to impress, transforming how this girl sees nails and nail art… The hilarious texts I get from my friends continue to make me so happy and…
What a jam-packed weekend and week! I know the holidays are usually a busy season, but I don’t remember them being THIS intense before. Nonetheless, let’s get to gratitude: The best Tanukiversary one year anniversary party ever! My amazing family and friends were there with 50 of our closest people we don’t know. It was…
Happy Birthday, Dad! I love you and am so grateful you are my dad—my biggest support and most understanding personal psychotherapist, my yard help and dog-watcher, my football- and car(truck)-loving comrade. Let’s go fishin’! I was meant to be in NYC for most of this week, but an 8.5 hour delayed flight changed those plans,…
Pure & Simple Gratitude List Homemade (chef-made) chicken noodle soup NeilMed Sinus Rinse Impromptu rainy date night at Olive & June Caitlin‘s Thursday 8am yoga class (with a hint of pilates) at BFree A healing puppa VERY early Christmas decorating and my Aspen tree The cold weather! This frigid, bitter cold is making me so…
Like my old neighbor in Aspen who woke up every morning, walked out onto his balcony, and sighed “Just another terrible day in paradise!”, so it is about adventuring with my friends. Honest question: Does everyone have it this good with their friends? Like, every trip we—whatever combination of my friends that “we” includes—take is…
Phew… the heath scare for Nali was real, and terrifying, and while better, we’re not out of the woods yet. I love that dawg with my whole heart and am so grateful for her and the family—and friends, last minute, with tears—who love her and me and her and me. Dr. Tim Julien at Paz…
D-Day Wednesday on Lake Austin resulted in my trusty 4-year-old iPhone 6 slipping out of its straw tote during the boat-to-dock handoff and finding a mucky grave at the bottom of the lake. So, no photos for this week’s post. And as of this writing, I haven’t even decided which phone to replace it with……
I am 35! I am headed to Willamette! Soon I will be eating happy chicken tenders before drinking wine all weekend! Relaxing at the best BnB ever! With all my fraands! I am so excited! Birthday Diva The birthday dinner party was such a success that I took very few pics outside of my polaroids!…