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Friday Favorites + Next Week+Travel Tips for the Home

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Happy Friday, friends! I started my Friday (technically) yesterday. I say technically because I was supposed to have the whole day off, but I spent the better part of Thursday morning trying to wrap up a last minute project. But, I was still able to log off at a decent time and wrap up some last minute things around the…

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A Festive Fourth

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Happy Wednesday, friends. I hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend. Mine began early afternoon on Friday, and it was so nice to have a long weekend away from my computer. The burnout can be real, and there is so much to be said whenever I put my computer and phone down – and enjoy living in the moment. That…

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Friday Favorites: Fourth of July

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Happy Friday, friends! I’m logging off early today to start the long weekend off right! We’ve got a few plans this weekend. I’ve got happy hour with a friend this afternoon, dinner with some friends tomorrow, and we are having some friends over to spend some time in the pool and grill on Monday! It’s one of my favorite holidays.…

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Costco Haul – Stocking Up Edition

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Happy Wednesday! Today is an exciting day because we start Puppy School. Our schedules have been kind of all over the place, and we are finally in a good spot to be able to commit to both of us being home and available to take Tex and Cali to puppy school. It will be good for them – and us…

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Weekend Edit: All things birthday+Easy summer recipes

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Happy Monday! I would be lying if I didn’t say that I was already looking ahead to the July 4th weekend. I can see lots of pool time in our future – and an extra day added to the weekend. Feels like summer! We had ourselves a wonderful (albeit hot) weekend to celebrate the birthday boy. I’m still smiling about…

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Friday Favorites: Birthday Edition

Happy Friday, friends! And what a wonderful Friday it is to celebrate. Today is Aaron’s birthday. And, if you’ve been following here for any amount of time, you know that Mr. Simplywed is someone so deserving of a celebration. But first, on the eve of Mr. Simplywed’s birthday, he accompanied me to the Excalibur Awards – where I was nominated…

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Work from home check-in and the best snacks

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Happy work-from-home Wednesday! Shout out to my fellow remote workers on this fine Wednesday. Does anyone else lack the motivation to get up and away from their desk when the heat index is 100 outside? I knew I wouldn’t be alone on this. But, yesterday, I found myself in meetings all morning – even though I’m really trying to cut…

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Father’s Day and Life Updates

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Happy Monday, Friends! I hope you had a wonderful Father’s Day! Both my dad and my father-in-law live outside of Houston, so we sent cards and gave them a call. But, I’m still lucky to have two dads who I look up very much. There’s my dad – giving a speech out our rehearsal dinner! He’s just the best. He’s…

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Friday Favorites: Sick Week Edition

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Happy Friday, friends! Did anyone feel like this week flew by? How is it Friday already? Before I get into, I loved to see the Golden State Warriors win last night! Did ya’ll watch? That was a favorite of my week. But, what hasn’t been a favorite this week – is that Aaron has been pretty sick. He started to…

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Weekend Digest: Bridesmaid Edition

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Happy Monday to all – I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Ours was fab, and it all started off with a really good Friday. I’ve talked a lot about the pros and cons of working from home. One of the cons is physically missing people in the office – it can certainly be a bit isolating at times. But,…

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