It’s the last Wednesday of the month, and that means I’m linking up with some of my favorite bloggers Mix & Match Mama and Sheaffer Told Me To to share what has been happening around here! These are my favorite posts – I LOVE seeing what others have going on and love that I can look back at these someday!
As always here’s a recap of what’s been happening around here lately!
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Good morning and happy Tuesday! It’s almost February (which I can’t believe!), which means it’s almost VALENTINE’S Day! This year I found some cute things I wanted to gift the kids and some other items that would be perfect for gifting teachers or loved ones!
I felt like sharing those below and hopefully this week, we will button up the kids valentines for school and I can share those when they’re complete!
moreHappy Friday, everyone! I can’t believe we’re at the end of January! Spring will be here before you know it and I couldn’t be more excited! Though, I have to say, I am enjoying winter this year. I love the slow down and the coziness it brings!
Of course, I’m linking up with some of my favorite bloggers to share some Friday Favorites with you all!
Good morning and what day is it anymore?! Wednesday? My gosh, the kids have been off of school so much, that I can’t even keep track.
My calendar yesterday said, take day in the life blog photos…well it turned out to be an ice day, so that’s what this day in the life is all about!
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Good morning and Happy Tuesday! The kids are off of school yet again! We’ve had a whole string of snow and ice days, but I feel this will be the last of them for a while!
Today, I’m recapping our weekend! It was a “long weekend” as the kids were off Friday for a snow day!
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Happy Friday everyone! The kids have ANOTHER snow day, so we are bunkering down and enjoying another day at home together! We went out to dinner last night in celebration of the snow day, so I’m behind this morning on the blogging front – and that’s OKAY! That’s the perfect segway into my goals in 2024 for my two favorite hobbies, flowers and blogging!
Last year, my flower business got even more real. Not that it wasn’t real before, but I had orders to fulfill, a group of people to get flowers delivered too, a farm that shared my flowers with the local community in their market daily, a group of growers that provide local florists with fresh blooms including mine AND a community event that ended up using my flowers as centerpieces and decorations in their “Italian Market” theme.
It was a crazy fun year and I continue to learn so much! All that craziness, though, led me to “drop the ball” on my other hobby – BLOGGING here!
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Happy Thursday everyone! Continuing where we left off from Tuesday, today I’m sharing my goals for homemaking in 2024. After nearly 6 years of being a stay at home mom, I feel like I’m finally finding my groove. Could it be that the kids are a little older and it’s a little easier to get certain things done during the day, YES, but I’ve also figured out a routine that really works for me.
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Happy Wednesday everyone! Today is a Let’s Look prompt where we link up with Shay from Mix and Match Mama blog and Erica from A Little Bit of Everything blog. I’m super excited about all the topics this year – they are just so creative and fun! So kind of them to do these link up parties!
Today’s topic is, how we clean our closets. I plan to share our closet (nothing to write home about), but the true star is Audrey’s “closets”. She has the best organization going on and I’m so jealous! I am also going to share our mudroom closet, because I just reorganized that over winter break!
Okay, lets have a look at our master bedroom closet shall we?
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Good morning and Happy Tuesday! I hope you had a great weekend with your family! This week I plan on sharing some goals I have for myself and our family for 2024. Each day I’ll highlight a different goal in an area of my life/home and provide details behind it.
I’ve learned so much about myself since last year. I’ve also learned that time is precious and I want my energy to be put into things that value time and those I love. Will other goals and “aspirations” I have for myself suffer – definitely, but I know I’m way better off and in a better place when I know where my priorities are.
moreHappy Friday, everyone! Another week down and another day off coming up for these kids! I am looking forward to spending extra time with them this weekend!
Of course, I’m linking up with some of my favorite bloggers to share some Friday Favorites with you all!
Happy Thursday, everyone! I’ve decided to write a post about our dog, Nellie, today! She will be turning 2 in a month (I can’t believe it!) and I’ve noticed a lot more traffic to my Nellie posts as of recent! I thought I would share a brief update as well as any information I feel could be helpful!
I’ve shared this a million time, we had no intent on getting a dog. We say it all the time, it as the best decision ever for our family. We love her so so much!
I also have shared before, I never grew up with a dog and literally had no clue how to do this dog parent thing. I read through Casear Milans’s (the Dog Whisperer) book – there was really good intel in there, but a lot we didn’t listen to. Nellie is overall a VERY good dog. She is super sweet and has come to understand certain boundaries (i.e. our property and walking without a leash).
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Happy hump day! Today, I’m sharing some recent Amazon purchases from the past couple months. There are a handful of things I have been loving for our house and something that has been very helpful for me personally!
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Happy Tuesday my blog reading friends! As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, we did our annual staycation to end winter break and I have to say it was a good one! Not only was I grateful for the things we have in our life, but I was beyond blown away at how BLESSED we are to live in such a beautiful city.
Cleveland, Ohio gets a bad wrap. Not sure why, but in the past decade at least, there have been incredible transformations to the Downtown area. I have a great pride and love for our hometown and if you chose to visit it, I think you would be shocked too.
I highly recommend making a trip to Cleveland, especially if you have kids, there are plenty of things to do!
Summertime is obviously one of the best times to visit, you have the Flats, which allows you to dine on the gorgeous riverfront. There is Lake Erie and the Lake Erie Islands, where you can spend time on the beach or near the water! There is Cedar Point, an incredible place for families, I’ve shared this before. There are world class museums, beautiful architecture, incredible history, the second best Theatre District outside of New York City AND I cannot fail to mention our awesome sports teams, ha! Basically, you should add it to your bucket list!
moreHappy Monday my friends! I hope you had a nice relaxing weekend! Our weekend was super nice! We are finally seeing some snow, which is a weird thing to be excited for, but it just makes the cold temps feel better!
Today, I’m bringing back my Motherhood Monday post. I got super emotional last week after our annual staycation Downtown. I plan to share a little recap of that 24 hour trip tomorrow, but in the meantime, I spent a lot of time reflecting on the past 5 and a half years of my life.
Okay, let’s back track a bit and for any new readers, now is a nice time to re-introduce myself and share my story!
Continue readingHappy Thursday everyone! The kids are back off to school today and while the peace and quiet is nice, it’s so sad when they head back. We had a blast over break. It felt LONG, thinking back to their first day off, we spent so much fun time together and made many memories!
I figured I would kick off the new blogging year with a winter break recap! I LOVE blogging and always challenge myself to do better. Some way, some how, it always gets put on the back burner, whether I think the posts I share are pointless or I just physically don’t have the time or energy to write it out, I NEED to find a system that works for me here and I look forward to trying to achieve that in 2024!
With that being said, thank you so much for reading, supporting and sharing all your kind words on my blog over the past 5 and a half years! I am so blessed!
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