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Fall 2020 Bucket List
When the pandemic started back in March, I fully believed that it would never last through the Fall. Call me either short-sighted or optimistic, but I didn’t want to think about spending my favorite season in quarantine. But here we are. Rather than let the current state of the world get me down, I tried to think of all the…
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Grandma’s Artichoke Dip
How is today the last day of August?! I feel like time is equally dragging and on hyper speed during this pandemic. Anyone else feel the same? This past weekend we got to celebrate the engagement of our friends, Tim and Erin. I have known Tim since freshman year of high school and could not be happier that he found…
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Fall 2020 Inspiration
To put it lightly, 2020 has been a rough year. But I have decided that 2020 is NOT allowed to ruin my Fall spirit – or yours! So today I have some Fall 2020 inspiration to get everyone psyched up for the best time of year! These are images of home decor, costumes, movies, food, etc. that will give you…
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Our Door County Cottage
Piggybacking on my Fish Creek guide, today I have a tour of our Door County cottage. My parents bought this vacation house before I was born and we have spent every summer visiting Door County. It is a one bedroom white clapboard cottage that was built in the late 1800’s and restored in the late 80’s. My dad actually happened…
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A Long Summer Weekend in Fish Creek
My family has been going to Fish Creek, Wisconsin my entire life and it is my favorite place on Earth. So even though travel is restricted right now, I wanted to give you some wanderlust for a long summer weekend in Fish Creek. Start dreaming now and hopefully you will be able to visit in the near future! I should…
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A Love Letter to Basements
My purple Big Wheel is rounding the steel support beam as my 4-year-old legs pump like crazy to win the great basement race of 1992. Behind me are my best friends on their Big Wheel trikes, and my younger brother in his Cozy Coupe, pushed by my mom. I can still feel the scraping of the plastic wheels on the…
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Simple Lavender Lemon Cake
Like most people on Earth, I have been making quite a bit of banana bread during quarantine, but today I decided to mix it up with a simple Lavender Lemon Cake! This happened for a couple reasons, the main one being that we didn’t have any bananas. I also happened to have a surplus of lemons because margaritas. To top…
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What We’re Cooking During Social Distancing
Hello, friends! I hope you are all staying safe and healthy this week. Colin and I are very fortunate to be working from home and we are so grateful to all those who are working to make sure our country has basic necessities, as well as every healthcare worker fighting this virus. Thank you, thank you, thank you. How are…
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2020 House Projects List
Today I’m sharing our massive 2020 house projects list in hopes that it will give you some inspiration or something to laugh at. Because this list is steeeeeep and NOT cheap. Do we think all these projects will be completed in 2020? Probably not. But it gives us something to reach for- and that’s important! First off, I want to…
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Blinds are Really Expensive. And Other Things I’ve Learned in Two Weeks of Home-ownership.
Holy moly, blinds are really expensive. WHO KNEW?! *Everyone who has owned a home and purchased blinds for said home raises hand.* Here is everything I’ve learned in the first two weeks of home-ownership after years of being a renter. Blinds are really expensive. We have 11 windows in the house that need blinds. Ignorant little me thought we should…
