Travel

Explore your own backyard: Anahuac, Texas

Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge

I haven’t done one of these in awhile, so I thought it would be fun to talk about a place that’s about an hour away from Houston: Anahuac, Texas. In this series I talk about places that are relatively local to Houston that you can get to and from in a day. You can read the rest of those posts…

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My migraine journey Part II

A couple of weeks ago, I shared my my journey with migraines. You can read all about that here. I shared about when I started getting migraines, my search for triggers and some various medication that I tried. I want to share where I am today with all of this. Beta Blockers I left off my last post sharing that…

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Weekend wrap-up

Cornelius nursery

Happy Monday! I am back to regularly-scheduled programming around here. After losing our Sawyer, it goes without saying that I just wasn’t feeling like my old self, and I needed some time to fully wrap my head around losing him. I still remember him fondly every day, but I am in a much better mindset than I was two weeks…

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Dogs

Goodbye to our Sweet Sawyer

golden retriever

It’s been exactly one week since I was on here last. And so much has happened. With the heaviest heart I’ve ever had, I have to share some news with you. Last Monday, we had to say goodbye to our Sawyer. Just a little over two weeks ago, I shared Sawyer’s diagnosis. We honestly thought he would have more time…

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Our weekend in a nutshell

Aaron and Kendall

This is going to be a random photo dump of our weekend. It was a good one, and I’m ready to start this week of strong. This week I have plans to knock out a work project by Wednesday, and I want to attend a special service at our church on Thursday called the “Broken for You” service. It’s a…

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My migraine journey

Any fellow migraine sufferers out there? I thought I would share my experience with migraines on the blog today, because it might help someone else. This is a fair warning that this going to be a two part post – because migraines are complicated. Background I got my first migraine my senior year in college. It was awful. But before…

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Cooking

Easy Weeknight dinners

sheet pan sausage and veggies

I’ve been a little discombobulated and not feeling the whole cooking thing ever since we got the news about Sawyer. I’m honestly just trying my best to stay focused at work, because I have an incredibly busy next two weeks. By the time I wrap up my work day, the last thing I really feel like doing is cooking. And…

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Work

Top Five Favorite Work From Home Items

Jabra

Since I started working from home a year ago, I’ve gotten used to some items I just can’t live without. I figured I’d share them with you today. If you’ve been reading here any amount of time, you know that my office was a victim of February’s freeze. So, even though, I’m in my makeshift offie (literally in the middle…

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House Updates

House Update: Post-Freeze

solar lights | Costco

In light of yesterday’s news, Aaron and I have just been trying to cope as best as we can. This means spoiling the heck out of Sawyer, but we also have to keep up with our house renovation. I figured I would give you all an update on that. Pex Repipe When I last shared, our re-pipe was still in…

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Dogs

Life update: Sawyer

Sawyer | Houston golden retriever

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. When I decided to start blogging again late last year, I never could have predicted what might lie ahead. But here we are, so it’s only appropriate that I fill you on what’s going on in my life. Sawyer is our 13-year old golden retriever. And earlier last week, he just wasn’t…

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