There's not much on this sweet green earth that I love more than gardenias. They are my all time favorite flower (with sunflowers coming in close second place). The aroma is so sweet and nostalgic and will always remind me of summers spent at my grandparents house where the tea was extra sweet, we were …
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I'm gonna be honest with you, this post started off as a rant. After a couple of really tough weeks and feeling like I'm pouring from a completely empty cup, I'm fed up with the way society expects us moms to mother as if we don't have full time careers and work as if we …
Hey friends! I'm starting out todays post a little different than most. First of all, I know I haven't blogged in this space since OCTOBER! And I missed you guys oh so much. I thought I would start off this post by apologizing for letting you guys all down by not keeping you more updated …
Hey Friends, it's been awhile since I've given any sort of personal updates so I thought I would sit down and answer some of the questions we have frequently been getting asked and give a super condensed version of what's been going on in our household over the past month or so. We have been …
Something that seems so ingrained in southern culture is the art of facade casting. I've seen the women closest to me do it and my acquaintances do it all the time. You hear them conversing on the phone or a conversation over coffee "So how have you been" The friend asks. They reply "Oh we've …
Last Friday Fred and I celebrated five years of being married. I have a lot of thoughts running through my head about marriage but I'm going to keep it short and sweet so we can get to the good part (the pictures)! We have been through 6 moves together (one out of state move), we …
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Hey Friends! In good 'ole Philadelphia fashion, our oldest daughter started Pre-school this past week. Georgia kids go back to school the first week of August which is way too early for me so we decided to hold off our official first day of school until last week (when all of my Philly friends started …
This week I turned 24. I like to use birthdays as a time to reflect on my goals (ahem any other type 3s on the enneagram?) and take time to check in with where I want to be vs. where I’m at. But if your like me, this constant striving, this “must push forward always”, …
Hey Friends, Just wanted to pop in and give everyone an update of what's happening with the store and our family. It's been a whirlwind of a week but in a good way! We've been busy working on a lot of the behind the scenes kind of stuff this past week like switching the utilities …
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One of my goals for this year was to make date nights happen more frequently and make them more of a priority. In the spirit of being completely honest, this is way easier said than done. Date night is hard when you have two working parents, limited childcare and three kids. So we aimed for …
