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My New Obsession with Press-On Nails
I've always hated having my nails painted. It feels like they're suffocating! No one else in the history of the world seems to feel this way, but I have just never been able to deal with the feeling....
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What I Read This Winter
I've still been reading, but my reviews have fallen by the wayside (as has my bookstagram account, oof). I don't want to stop reviewing books, though, so I finally sad down to comb back through my...
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Small Goals for February 2023
I forgot that setting small goals publicly on this blog also means admitting when I've failed at them! That's why I'm doing this, though, right? Gotta hold my feet to the fire, or whatever. Here's a...
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A Flower Bar, a Great Meal, a Used Bookstore (CLE Weekends, Pt. 6)
Hey, hi, 'sup, etc. I haven't done one of these posts for a while, and surely I've experienced/checked out many more cool things since the last time I did... but hey, might as well round up and...
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Have You Ever Tried EMDR?
I've been seeing my therapist for coming up on a year now, and I really like her. It's never been too difficult for me to get into talk therapy because, well, I like talking, and I think I'm fairly...
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Places I've Eaten Lately, a Roundup (CLE Weekends, Pt. 7)
I share a lot of food content on Instagram, but I enjoy it so much that sometimes it seems a shame for it to be so short-lived! I thought it was worth putting together a roundup here, too, of some of...
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What Dreams May Come (Though I Wish They Wouldn’t)
If you asked me whether I'm prone to nightmares, I'd say no. I don't see monsters or dream of murders. The macabre content I consume during the day (lookin' at you, true crime) doesn't seem to...
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Small Goals for March 2023
February is a short month, so I'm giving myself some grace on not hitting all my goals. Plus, there was a 70-degree weekend in there, and who has time to wallpaper a bedroom on a 70-degree weekend in...
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What I Read in February & March
Two months gone, eight books down. I haven't felt particularly compelled by fiction lately, though it seems surprising that I read only one fiction book in the last two months! I typically prefer...
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Small Goals for April 2023
OK, guess it's April alreadyyyy. Time flies when you're gettin' old, huh? The weather is distinctly springy here right now, and the daffodils in my front yard are in full bloom, so I'm feeling excited...
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Podcasts I Love That Recap TV Shows I Love
Recently I realized that a big chunk of the podcasts I listen to are TV recap-related. Like... a big chunk of them. I thought it might be fun to share which ones I love and see if you listen to any or...
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It's OK to Become Someone New
I've always hated gardening. In fact, it was the thing I was most worried about when we bought this house — that I would have to plant, have to dig, have to mow, have to rake, have to give a shit....
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Don't Let Psychics Give You Health Advice
When I saw that an Instagram friend was in New Orleans the week before I'd be there, I of course asked for her recommendations. When she told me about a "channeler" she loved who has set up shop in...
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8 Apps I Use Almost Every Day (& They're Not Just Social Media!)
I don't know why, but I always love hearing which apps other people use most often. It's sort of like the "What's In My Bag" of the digital world. The boring truth is that the apps I use most often are...
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3 Trips I've Taken So Far This Year (and What's Next)
OK, wow, 2023 is already more than half over? Time flies, et cetera.I've done some traveling lately, which has been a real delight after a whole three years of not going much of anywhere. I haven't...
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What I've Read This Spring and Summer
I haven't posted a books recap since March because I guess I am sort of not really a blogger anymore these days? Ugh, I hate that for me. But I'm always trying to get back into it and not disappear...
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We're Trying to Adopt!
I've shared this news on Instagram and Facebook, but I might as well share it here, too, even if it feels a little weird, for some reason, to do so.Mike and I recently publicly shared that we're...
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Pop Culture That's Making Me Happy Right Now
I started to make a list of things that are making me happy, generally, and then I realized just how much of it was media-related. Listen, I know there's more to life than movies and TV and podcasts...
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If We Were Catching Up Over Coffee...
If we were catching up over coffee, I'd probably still be drinking an iced coffee, even though it's finally gotten chilly. I thiiink I might be one of those people who drinks iced coffee year-round...
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Why I'm So Obsessed with Acupuncture
The first time I ever got acupuncture, I was living in New Hampshire and experiencing significant back pain. I also happened to have more disposable income than ever before, thanks to the military...
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In a Parallel Universe...
Did you ever read the book Dark Matter by Blake Crouch? I loved most of it, but I hated the ending so much that I gave it a very low rating on Goodreads and still complain about it to this day. But...
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Seven Things on a Sunday
How was your Thanksgiving? We spent it in Hilton Head, S.C., with my extended family. My aunt and uncle own a vacation rental home there that we have been fortunate to use for the holiday each year....
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2023 in Review: Ups, Downs, and a Lot of In-Betweens
Honestly, these recaps probably aren't really for anyone but me at this point because, like... who's reading these? But still, they feel valuable to me — so valuable, in fact, that I'm finally...
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What I'm Watching
A very long writers' strike, followed by a very long actors' strike, meant a very long while without any new TV shows. Agonizing, I know! When there was nothing new to watch, I turned to some older...
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All I Do Is Write, Write, Write No Matter What
All I do is write, and I write so much that I never have time to write. This is my primary complaint about my life, and I know, that makes it a pretty damn good life. But in becoming a professional,...
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