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Best Things I Bought this Year (List-cember #1)
Hello and welcome to List-cember! My own version of a year end roundup series, where all the posts are lists. Since Christmas shopping is in full swing right now (at least for me) I thought this would be the perfect way to start! Whether you’re looking for a gift for yourself, or for someone you… Continue reading
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A Thanksgiving at Our House
My parents’ T-shaped kitchen counter has two bar stools sidled up to it, and on Thanksgiving they offer VIP seating to the organized chaos of the cooks. They also give perhaps too much access to the assortment of chips, salsa, and M&M’s set out to help bridge the gap between breakfast and Thanksgiving dinner, and… Continue reading
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September & October Favorites
If you can believe it, it’s the last favorites post of the year! I do a Rec Roundup in December that recounts my top favorites for the whole year, which is fun, but the next time I’ll pop in with a bimonthly favorites post will be in February 2025!! I don’t need to go on… Continue reading
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200 Day Time Capsule Blog #12
Well, well, well, if it hasn’t been another 200 days. Or, techinically, 400 days if you read #11.5, which confessed that I forgot to send myself a letter last time. My bad! In the panic of realizing that I broke my streak, I filled out the questions back in April and mailed them off, and… Continue reading
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I Threw a Tiny Tantrum
It was all fine. It was a good day with no complications. I went to work, I took an evening exercise class, I had endorphins running through my veins as I mixed together spices for a homemade taco seasoning—life. was. good. Then I realized that the ground turkey I planned to brown was still in… Continue reading
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I’m 34!
Last year I wrote this post about my birthday and I thought I would pop in today with a similar sentiment. A book I read recently described birthdays as “not a day to celebrate progress…[but] a day to celebrate existence.” And I thought, yes! That is exactly how I feel. Because what a treat to… Continue reading
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Don’t Let Anyone Crush Your Wonder
There are so many parts of life that amaze me. Silly parts, little parts, seemingly insignificant parts that I wish I could hold above my head and scream, “Can you BELIEVE this?!” It is a quality I really like about myself, and one that keeps me contently daydreaming. It makes me an avid Googler, constantly… Continue reading
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The Lists Worth Making
In a time when eating was not an enjoyable, sustaining activity, but one that seemed to pose a threat, offer a test, and promise to destroy the goal I believed was most important—being thin—I used to list what I ate out loud. Every day, usually near the end of the day, I would pretend I… Continue reading
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5 Books that Changed My Life
On a recent episode of the Bad on Paper podcast, cohosts Becca and Olivia, as well as listeners, weighed in on books that “changed their life.” If given this prompt ten years ago, I might not have had an answer. Not only because I was still not much of a reader, but because I didn’t… Continue reading
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May & June Favorites
Hello, friends. We’re back with another edition of favorites! Didn’t we just do one of these? Is this year going 75 in a 35 and should be pulled over for speeding? Did that comparison make sense? Anyway. Here’s what we’ve got. — Podcasts To my absolute delight, my brother recently recommended The Lonely Island &… Continue reading
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