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Thursday Things + Self Care

Terry Hershey park | cycling

I received an email today that made me pause for a brief second. The subject of the email was “Take Care of Yourself,” and it was addressed to my entire Division. You see, we have wonderful IT people who keep things running seamlessly at work. It’s a job that’s often under appreciated – and met with frustrated customers. Add in…

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Bachelor Recap

Bachelor in Paradise Recap

I’m not even sure what week of Paradise we are in, but what you need to know, is that this is the second to the last episode. And there is a lot of Bachelor in Paradise to unpack here (it was a three (!!!!) hour episode after all). So, we better just get right down to the nitty gritty. You…

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Skincare in your 30s

golden retriever puppy | Houston

Happy Tuesday! I’ve mentioned several times now that it was my gift to myself this year to start going more regularly to get facials. Admittedly, I haven’t always taken the best care of my skin. I grew up in California, so I was out in the sun and at the beach a lot when I was growing up. And, I…

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Weekend wrap-up + a puppy playdate

Happy Monday! However you started off your day, I hope it sets the tone for your week. Will your week be productive? Relaxing? Will you knock some items off of that to-do list? As for me, I’m thinking that my week will be a mixture of business – and pleasure. But, before I get too ahead of myself, I’ll share…

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A cold front + Friday things

birdies

Happy Friday! This is Houston’s weekend forecast, and I might just go ahead and get myself my first Starbucks Pumpkin Spice latte of the season: Speaking of pumpkin spice, I still love my Pumpkin Spice Cake Nespresso pods. They are delicious with my Pumpkin Oat Milk creamer – or with some regular oat milk that I froth in my aeroccino.…

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Cooking

Two three-ingredient Trader Joe’s dinners

three ingredient trader joes dinners

Okay okay – my apologies for not doing a Bachelor in Paradise recap. We had a friend drop dinner off, and the dogs got in the pool for awhile. So it was kind of late before I started winding down for the evening, and I had some emails to get through. And friends, it just wasn’t going to happen. But…

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Favorite Trader Joe’s Finds

Trader Joe's pizza items

I always love the posts where people show some of their favorite finds from Trader Joe’s. It’s one of my favorite stores (and that’s how I know I’m old – I have a favorite grocery store). I don’t do my main grocery shopping at Trader Joe’s, but they have some of my favorite specialty finds – and snacks! So, now…

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Happy Monday + A Trader Joe’s Fall Favorite

Trader Joe's chocolate mochi cake

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend – they really go by too fast. I had a long list of to-do’s on my list, but the essential item was a pedicure. No – really – I needed one. Ya’ll know that I started my Friday morning off with that Pumpkin Pie Spice Nespresso goodness. I found new creamer that I’m…

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Friday Favorites: Fall-ish Edition

Nespresso pumpkin spice

Happy Friday. This week has been fast and furious, and I can’t believe we’ve already found ourselves at Friday already. Even though it’s been fast, I’m glad we are here. I hope you’ve had a wonderful week and that you’ve got some fun plans for the weekend. Friday Fall Favorite My friend delivered a special surprise to my door yesterday…

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Travel

Our trip to Seaside, Florida

surfing deer

Happy Thursday!!! I’ve been wanting to recap our (quick) trip to Seaside, Florida since we got back last week. I’m so thankful that we decided a couple of weeks ago to getaway – even if it was just for a couple of days. My friend, Mariam, has a birthday two days before mine, and she are her husband were going…

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