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To My Daughters
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September 6, 2020

To Nora, at Eleven

Today is Nora's eleventh birthday. At times I feel like Nora's birthdays are celebrations, but also tiny losses. They're bittersweet moments to marvel at future possibilities and find joy in the past year's accomplishments, but also moments when I mourn the loss of tiny, sticky fingers reaching for my hand or slow, warm breath as she slept curled beneath the quilt on my bed. Over the years and months - sometimes over a single day - I watched Nora's babyhood melt away like an ice cream[...]

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Georgetown, TX
Blogging, Life
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August 24, 2020

Hello, Is Anyone Out There?

It has been 1 year, 9 months and 3 days since I last published a blog post on this website. At that time, we had just moved from Colorado to Texas and I thought that I was going to revive my blog. I wrote a handful for posts, but then life and[...]

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Fort Collins, CO
Finances
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November 20, 2018

Colorado House Renovation Before and After, Part 2

This is part two of my blog post about how we flipped our own house, doing a renovation and updating in 6 weeks, prior to listing it for sale.  In Part One, I showed you the major changes upstairs when we took a wall between the dining, liv[...]

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Fort Collins, CO
Finances
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November 10, 2018

Designed to Sell: Flipping Our House, Part 1

It's officially been a year since I arrived in Texas.  When we decided to list our house for sale during our spontaneous cross-country move, I somehow managed to talk Chris into taking a gamble on a full renovation and trying to "flip" our[...]

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moving a family of 5
Georgetown, TX
Life
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July 15, 2018

Logistics of a Cross-Country Move for a Family of 5 With One Week Notice

The last time I published a post, it was about why we spontaneously decided to move to Texas.  This week I thought it might be interesting to share HOW we made that cross-country move happen in almost no time at all. Deciding to Move in[...]

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Georgetown, TX
Life
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June 5, 2018

If It’s Not Working, Fix It

Chris and I have been married for 11 years.  In those 11 years, we have lived in 5 states all across the country - one, twice. That means we've moved a lot.  In fact, for every state we've lived in, we've lived in twice as many hou[...]

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Fort Collins, CO
Business Ownership
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March 21, 2018

Work-Life Balance Interview: Meg Appleby

Last July, as I was working figuring out how to better balance my life, I started interviewing other people who seemed like they have it all together.  I always had the intent of sharing these interviews with you, so I recorded them for bot[...]

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Granger, TX
Life
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March 7, 2018

Spring on the Farm

It's beginning to feel a lot like spring around here.  As much as I think that I've enjoyed living places with 4 seasons, I'll admit that I've also been enjoying living in a place where tank tops and dresses are possible during late Februar[...]

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Feb 22

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Just a picture of the sweetest little girl at nap time. ♥️

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Feb 21

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Bath time with ambiance a la #ERCOT. 

Luckily we have not been affected by the water issues so many others have experienced. I finally decided to bathe the little girls for the first time in over a week (with a tiny amount of water, I promise) and the power went out again. We got out a lantern and decided to just roll with it. At least it's not below 30 anymore and I managed to get the diapers washed earlier today when we thought things were back to normal.

Maybe this is the universe's way of making sure I don't stay up until 2AM working?

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Feb 17

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#snowpocalypse and poor planning on the part of the Texas Electric grid means we're experiencing a candle lit evening. So far every one is still having fun and it's not too cold in here yet so we're calling it an adventure.

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Feb 15

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Well this is something I never thought I would see... a second real snow in the same winter. This one is light and powdery and is promising to hang around for most of the week thanks to freezing temperatures. There are no plows or salt/sand trucks down here so we're all locked in and enjoying an old fashioned snow day.

I figured I had to bundle Vivienne up and take her picture in the snow just so I can prove to her that once we had a real winter in Texas.

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Zara made a #texassnowman - tiny, full of grass and leaves, but a legit snowman. 😂 We have the fastest snowflakes I've ever seen falling down here right now and could get up to 4 inches! The girls are over the moon.
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