Cooking

Easy weeknight recipe: Creamy Italian Gnocchi

Creamy Italian gnocchi | The Simplywed

Happy Friday, I thought it would be fun to share an easy weeknight recipe with you today. But, before we begin, I thought I’d share what has been going on in the Gomez household: Yep, that pretty much sums up Aaron’s life right now. I’m putting some finishing touches up in our dining room, and I’ve been measuring away. This…

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Travel

This time last year: St. Louis

St. Louis

I thought it would be fun to share today what Aaron and I were up to this time last year (spoiler alert: we were in St. Louis). At this point, we were starting to hear about the pandemic. Because I work in healthcare, we were beginning to start conversations about COVID-19, but it wasn’t full blown panic. The Backstory I’ve…

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Bachelor Recap

The Bachelor Recap: Episode 4

I’m back today recapping episode four of The Bachelor. You can read my previous recaps here. We ended last week with Sarah eliminating herself. Week 4 starts off with the evening portion of the group date, and Chelsea gets the rose. Meanwhile, there is a little convo between Katie and Queen Victoria back at the house. Katie is officially one…

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Travel

Sea Island, Georgia: Part II

I’m back today recapping the second part of our trip to Sea Island, Georgia in 2019. You can read the first part here. I left you guys hanging at the dinner portion of our evening. And, it really deserves it’s own post. Seriously. It was that good. The Georgian Room I didn’t have one bad meal the entire time we…

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Travel

Sea Island, Georgia: Part I

Sea island | kayaking

Today, I thought it would be fun to recap a trip we took in 2019 to Sea Island, Georgia. Can you tell I’ve got travel on the brain? I’m going to break this up into two parts. First of all, I had never heard of Sea Island, until my friend, Sara, mentioned that we needed to go. So, we looked…

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ETC...

Visit with my In-Laws + George Bush Park

George Bush Park

I hope that you all had a wonderful weekend. We did a Christmas redo (you can read about why we had to redo Christmas here), and my in-laws came to visit us in Houston for the long weekend. Let’s start with Friday. Friday I was working from home all day on Friday, and someone from my office surprised me with…

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Bachelor Recap

The Bachelor Recap: Episode 3

Welcome to week 3 of The Bachelor recaps. The evening starts out by wrapping up the rose ceremony from the previous week (you can read that recap here). We were left with the drama between Queen Victoria and Marylynn when last week’s episode ended. Honestly, Victoria has to be planted by a producer because there is no way she is…

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House Updates

New House: Dining Room Update

Pottery barn | Lucas dining room chairs

If you are new here, we moved into our new house last September. We are slowly furnishing the house as well go. We didn’t have a formal dining area in our previous house, so we needed to completely furnish the dining room. And today, I’m here to give you an update! The two photos above are what the dining room…

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