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How to Survive an Alison’s Adventure (Day 3&4)
Day 3 As the sun crept in the curtains for the second time, I yawned myself awake with the slightest smile. After all the buildup for this trip, I was undeniably amongst an adventure, and only my toes were wet. In an attempt to keep hold of a little control of my responsibilities back home, Continue reading
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How to Survive an Alison’s Adventure (Day 1&2)
Day 1 With a bang my eyes were open, the wheels were on the ground, and the lights in the cabin were on. It was 9:15 pm on a Thursday and my dad, my sister and I had just landed in Hawaii. We walked through the terminal, eyes red and hair knotted, looking at all Continue reading
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Wax On, Wax Off, Be Patient
This past Mother’s Day my brother got up in front of our church to talk about a lesson he learned from a rather unlikely source. He started out by relating to all of us, asking if we’d ever felt impatient when it came to getting the things we want out of life. “Have you ever Continue reading
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2018 Olympics Time Capsule Blog
As I have mentioned before (possibly more times than I’ve realized), I love the Olympics. LOVE. So much so that once every two years I repeatedly say, “no, I can’t hang out today—or any day for the next two weeks—because I’m inside watching every single minute of Olympic coverage I can absorb.” (Undoubtedly while wearing Continue reading
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2017 Goals Check-In (#2)
The fact that we are already one week into July has me feeling a little bit like this: This always seems to happen. One minute you’re ringing in the New Year, the next you’re…ringing in the New Year. Everything—except lines at the DMV, clocks in an office building, and lethargic pedestrians—moves so fast! This year Continue reading
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A Quick, Cheesy Metaphor About Fireworks
With yesterday being the 4th of July, I, as well as many others, found myself sitting in a lawn chair, looking up at the evening sky as it filled with fireworks. I was surrounded by my family, as well as hundreds of strangers, and we all “oohed” and “ahhed” in unison, shrieking and geeking over Continue reading
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30 Good Things that Happened in June (2017)
I have good news and good news. I have only good news! As mentioned in this blog post, at the end of every month I’m going to highlight all the good things that happened in that 30-day (or so) span, to give ourselves a break from the well known bad. You can find last month’s Continue reading
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May & June Favorites (2017)
Everybodddayyyy (Yeahhhh) Rock your bodayyyy (Yeahhh) Everyboddayyy Rock your bodayy right Favorites are back ALRIGHT So yeah, I saw the Backstreet Boys in Vegas this month, and yeah, it’s still on my mind, because yeah, it was INCREDIBLE. If there was a slot in the favorites for “favorite concert I saw that made me feel Continue reading
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Thoughts I Had While Watching Star Wars for the First Time: Episode VI
In the final installment of Part 1 (because if all goes according to plan I’ll be watching the rest of the films very soon, which should provoke a Part 2) of this series, I have A LOT of feelings. More than I was ready for. In fact, I hold everyone reading this who has seen Continue reading
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Thoughts I Had While Watching Star Wars for the First Time: Episode V
As stated in yesterday’s blog post, I recently watched the first three Star Wars movies, both to accomplish one of the goals I set for myself this year, and to, you know, catch up with the world. Going into Episode V, I felt a little less like a rookie. I knew (most of) the characters Continue reading
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