January Around The Web

The first month of a new year is always an exciting fresh start — especially this year! Between unfathomable lows leading up to inauguration day and the joy of seeing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris sworn in, this month was a rollercoaster for our country. Personally, I got back into the swing of working from home after a holiday break, embarked on my first ever Whole30 with my parents, and celebrated Dale’s immunity day after his second Covid-19 vaccine!! I’ve also been analyzing and organizing my house — basically a New Year’s tradition. Around the web I loved seeing this sustainable DIY:

  • I’m also really loving browsing for antiques online. I love this piece Mackenzie found for her home!

  • After my Whole30 month is officially over (just a few more days!) I know I’ll have to do at least a little baking. Maybe these cookies? Or my weird recent craving, key lime pie?

  • On a healthier note, two of my favorite Whole30 approved recipes: Jambalaya and Spaghetti Squash Pad Thai

  • Feeling much more patriotic as this month comes to a close!

  • And I LOVED the inauguration fashion. Fancy coats are my favorite, I wear my bright red J.Crew one all winter long.

  • Not so patiently waiting for these lamps to arrive for our bedroom.

  • And I’ve been loving our new humidifier, and so have my dry eyes.

  • Someday I would love to upgrade my IKEA desk I’ve had for years. This one is a contender…

Here’s to Peace and Health in 2021!

December Around The Web

December flew by! This year Dale and I celebrated all month long with advent gifts/activities we planned for each other. It really helped bring some extra joy to this strange holiday season! We also celebrated my mom’s birthday with a luminary walk, Holiday Mart wrapped up with some awesome events including a virtual flower arranging event, and my family did an outdoor cookie exchange. Christmas both felt totally normal and completely different as we moved our celebrations outside, into garages and over zoom. This month around the web I loved getting glimpses of how others decorated this year, especially this dreamy curtain/wreath situation in Kelly’s daughters’s room:

Hope your holidays were merry and bright!

November Around The Web

Hello, friends! I hope you were able to celebrate Thanksgiving safely with your families/friends. We ended up having a small outdoor celebration and I’m really grateful we had warm November weather! This month we made the most of some warm weekends with bike rides and dinner outdoors and I actually did a lot of online Christmas shopping. It felt good to get a jumps start – I even put up our decorations before Thanksgiving this year for the first time ever!

Embracing Gratitude Today!

October Around the Web

Happy Halloween, friends! This October was extra special because we were able to celebrate my sister Sophie’s engagement, she found her wedding dress and she had a birthday! Dale also turned 29 this month and despite being on a busy rotation at work we celebrated with Minsky’s and a fire pit night. We also fit in lots of traditional October things with a visit to Weston to pick apples and pumpkins, we went to Louisberg Cider Mill and watched both the Presidential and Vice Presidential Debates on our outdoor projector. Last night we topped it all off by watching Hocus Pocus with a few friends. We’ve made the most of this extra strange spooky season! Here are a few of my favorite’s this month:

Let’s vote for change, friends!

September Around The Web

Hello, friends! Fall is upon us and September is already coming to a close. The most exciting part of the month was our trip to Colorado but we also enjoyed our new backyard projector to watch movies with friends, celebrated Dale’s mom’s birthday, and watched my sister’s puppy Kaldi during her engagement photos! Here are a few of my favorite finds around the web this month:

Hello, Fall!

August Around The Web

Friends the end of August is already here! Time is still moving both fast and slow but overall this was a pretty good month: work was busy and I even had a chance to stop by my desk to pick up a few things, Dale spent the month working from home (I wasn’t alone!!) and we tackled lots of house projects! In the past few weeks we stained our deck, repainted our bedroom, and finally invested in a dehumidifier for our basement. I got to spend time at the pool, finally had an outdoor happy hour with some work friends I hadn’t seen in months, and made a trip to the lake. Life is adapting to the circumstances and I’m super grateful for my home & family!

  • Around the web this month, Jessica shared how her daughter inspired this new mirror acrylic lettering and it reminded me of my mirror acrylic sign I made a few years ago! Otto unfortunately broke it but would love to get one of Jessica’s.

  • I know I already mentioned that we painted our bedroom this month, but really we painted it twice… in the same week. I got inspired by these moody color palettes and ended up hating what we choose. Take two worked out though!

  • I’m ordering this print for above our bed! And thinking about trying Framebridge, has anyone used them before?

  • My boss shared this last week, it is helpful if you need some background noise!

  • Hoping to get my hands on some old family photos to test out this website!

  • As Summer comes to a close I might need to test this recipe out soon…

  • Save the #USPS

  • And with September right around the corner I’m most excited for Dale and I to take a quick road trip to Colorado! i can’t wait to spend lots of time outside and have a few days away from home!

See you soon, fall!