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52 self portraits // 6 + Links
I may not have been properly warned about how terrible it is to sell a house… waiting, wondering, unable to make the next move until it’s sold… but hey, at least there’s coffee. Lately we’ve been...
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Dreamweave photo DIY with timeshel
This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® and timeshel, but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #timeshelprints http://my-disclosur.es/OBsstV Mark...
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Hoecakes with cream cheese and golden plum jam
My two truths and a lie trump card is that as a junior in high school, I spent a full year traveling to rodeos across Oregon as the Coos County Fair & Rodeo Queen. … I’ll wait while you compose...
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52 self portraits // 7
In Maryland, I get a lot of PNW rain jokes, even legitimate concern – “if you ever moved back, do you think you could take it? Could Mark?” But after a few years on the east coast, I have to be...
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Cinnamon buns with bacon, peanut butter, and banana
This week you guys — we can barely keep up! But we do have a fun treat over on Relish Decor’s blog: warm gooey, cinnamon buns with bacon, peanut butter, and banana. Perfect for those super busy weeks...
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52 self portraits // 8
I feel a little bit like a deer in the headlights in this shot — or maybe that’s how I’ve been feeling in general. Rather than bounce into action, spring has me longing to slow down… to take more time...
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Meyer lemon shaker slab pie
Now, I have to admit… I do like tart. You’ll never offend me with a tart apple or a lemony lemonade. So a case might be made that I’m not the one to talk to about tart desserts. And slicing up a whole...
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52 self portraits // 9 + Links
Over the past couple of weeks, my heart rate has been on permanent high… running from meeting to meeting, fingers crossed, wishing and hoping… so it’s been tough to find the time to devote to a real...
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Hot cross bun bread pudding
I’m terrible at winning contests. Can a person be terrible at winning contests? Put my name in a hat and 999 times of 1000 you won’t see it again. Such is my sad story every Easter. I’m a sucker for...
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Easter salad with avocado, sweet peas, and lemon vinaigrette
April so far… 5:40am: First alarm, groan and dig deeper under the covers. Hope Mark gets up first and makes it stop. He does. 5:50am: Second alarm, sleep right through – bless that man. 6:00am: Mark...
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52 self portraits // 10
Okay you guys, it’s been busy. But there are so many updates to share! First — and I’m so scared to jinx this because so much could still go wrong, but here goes — our house is under contract! We have...
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Spring vegetable ramen
So, buying a house is maybe the biggest roller coaster ever… we’ve been so spoiled. Our first experience, in buying our current home, was probably the dumbest, but also the easiest ever. We didn’t...
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52 self portraits // 11
I’m going to miss this little house of ours. Five years go by so quickly… When we moved in, Austin was just a little bug — it’s hard to even believe now just how little — and Mark and I were just...
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Rhubarb breakfast bowl
During the week, I’m guilty of repeating often that I should pack my lunch, or should eat a good breakfast, but rarely getting it done. As we count down the days to our move, though, to a slightly...
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52 self portraits // 12
The boxes are piling up and we’re down to the wire. I’d hoped it would feel more certain than this, but because of last minute repairs we might not have a final green light on closing until we’ve...
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52 self portraits // 13
We bought a fixer upper. And everything about the idea seemed fun. Carpeted bathrooms, purple toilets, and gardens full of weeds were all just opportunities to put our own spin on the perfect home we...
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Shakshuka with sausage and kale
How do you like your eggs? I feel like this all-important question has haunted me since Runaway Bride. Because as much as I’d like to pick just one… I’m sorry, I like them all, and I like them pretty...
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My grandmother’s date bars // Archiving with HP Sprout
There was a time when I thought we led a pretty minimalist existence — the little voice that told me I could live in a tiny house was strong. Then I moved. In moving spaces, it suddenly occurs to a...
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52 self portraits // 14
We have a new home. There are moments of terror and moments of wonder and all things in between… but the walls that felt so strange just a week ago are beginning to feel more and more like our own....
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Turning that black thumb green
I’ve never fancied myself much of a gardener. My grandmother? Yes. My mother? Hell yes. … but me? Even the paper flowers are afraid to set up shop in my pots. We’ve had some success, in years past,...
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