Last month, Nick and I decided to get serious about spending. As in, we aren’t typical penny pushers but we came to this realization of, “Look, we want to start a family before too much longer, WE NEED TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT THIS.” And then we looked at where our money goes. And while a...
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Five Years
I put a lot of pressure on myself on what I wanted to write on this day. One that began with a sweet email from my husband with the subject line: “Happy Anniversary!” Knowing this was a post I wanted to write and that these were memories I wanted to relive, I tucked into our...
California, how I want to remember you…
I debated on writing a blog post about my Cali adventures last month. Those days I spent out there felt more personal than so many of my other recent trips I’ve shared on the blog. Not to mention that, because I spent so much time relaxing and, well, being present with friends, I really didn’t...
Dear California…..
I’ll be out of the office August 7-14 and will return to emails and photo questions and requests on August 15. Until then, I’m off to California!
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A Werner family weekend
Meet the Werner kiddos. That’s Isaac, David, Claire, Ben, Sam and little Zachary, bringing up the rear at just two months old. Last month, Nick and I came together with this three siblings, their spouses, and this 6-under-6 gang for a family vacation on his parent’s gorgeous Brown County farm. We baked in the heat...
Explorin’ Asheville with my mama
What to say about Asheville? I always love when a city lives up to my expectations and this Southern jewel was no different — from the hazy blue views of the Smoky Mountains to a revitalized downtown with its (local!) shops, art galleries and outdoor eateries, there was much for us to see and do...
The next best thing to having your own lake house…
Is being friends with people who do!
The Midwest may be short on an ocean, but northern Indiana is lake country and I spent plenty summers of my youth celebrating weekends on the lake at either my grandmother’s campground or at the lake houses of high school classmates. It’s a blessing that, while we no longer...
Sweatin’ to the oldies
It happened a few weeks ago: Nick borrowed my car to run an errand and, when he got back, forgot to lock it back up. Easy enough mistake, right? Well, that was the night a thief decided to take my iPod and my GPS unit FROM MY DRIVEWAY. Talk about feeling violated. Yeesh.
I was upset...
Celebrating my home team
I recently finished reading Shauna Niequist’s “Bittersweet” and it’s a book chock full of essays that really resonated with me. I’ve written once before about Shauna’s books and I found this second collection of hers just as meaningful to me as her first. There were two essays in particular that stuck out to me while...
Somebody loves our new Flokati rug
Mid-way through this living room project and I’m learning to let go—trying to, anyway—of caring so much about making everything look perfect. I’ve been trying to understand why I am stressing out over such material stuff—throw pillows and picture frames and curtains—when, elsewise, I’m a pretty unmaterialistic person. I suppose it’s because I’m a perfectionist....
