once upon a time, i was thrift shopping with my pal sara without an h. i found a hoodie that i sort of liked. and she was like “hey that’s one of my colors”… so. i bought it. and an idea was hatched. with her birthday coming up, i knew i wanted to upcycle the […]
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all things april. mostly.
now that i’ve written separate posts for easter festivities, my camping trip, anna’s grease performance, and our anniverary(ish) getaway, i didn’t leave much left to report from april. i kicked things off with an aprils fools day hang with my good old pal sara without an h. we hit up the new-ish bagel boss in […]
almost 23 years weekend getaway.
next month will mark 23 years of marriage for derek and me. it’s wild. since may is notoriously packed with mayhem, we celebrated a little bit early, escaping for a long weekend in abingdon, virginia, just outside of bristol. we have never really explored this area, so it was all new and exciting. our plan […]
twin meet and greet.
my baby brother and his baby mama (wife), who already have two young boys, decided(?) to have a third kiddo. and, well, that ended up being a third and fourth kiddo. since i am no longer beholden to the chaos of nursing school, when spring break rolled around, we packed up the posse and headed […]
febz things.
again. still in school. february was less eventful than january.so you know what that means… i’ll be kicking things off with my boring nutrition and fitness updates. still fighting this super dumb plantar fasciitis. really kind of at the end of my rope. and it’s hard to find gym time with my school schedule. but. […]
last-ish hurrah getaway.
over the last year, i have been taking prerequisite classes so i can apply to winston-salem state’s accelerated bachelor’s of science in nursing program. i finished then up, took a big entrance exam sort of test, and applied in july. and then waited. if i get in, i’ll start in january, so i had high […]
almost heaven…
just spent an absolutely delightful weekend in fayetteville west virginia with my outdoor loving pal heather. we crammed in a bit of everything: rafting, hiking, coffee shops, dining, shopping, live music and sightseeing. we departed friday afternoon and drove up to our cozy airbnb right in downtown fayetteville. once we were checked in, we set […]
impromptu to boone. (mostly a tale about another solo hike).
in an attempt to spice up our life a little, and not sit around all weekend in this stupid house, we made a semi-spontaneous decision to head to boone with the fam. and then we also made the decision to have me go up a day early to have some alone time without the fam. […]
december (and 2024) wrap up.
december was incredibly busy. decembers and mays always are. here’s the haps between and around the birthdays and holiday events. kicked things off with a literal $997 trip to costco. mostly for baking items for the impending cookie mayhem (and anna’s weekly cookie mayhem), but also grabbed several gifts and some other expensive items (meat!). […]
january.2023.
ok. so here’s the stuff that happened in january, excluding spontaneous trips to western new york to watch the bills playoff game vs. the dolphins, isaac’s 16th birthday festivities, and the one cake i made. spoiler alert. the rest is sort of boring. but here goes. lets begin with some happenings while i was away […]