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1st Quarter In The Rearview

Hey, Hey, Hey! How is it already April? The beginning of 2018 has absolutely flown by. Just for me? I’ve definitely not been near as productive as I hoped to be these first 3 months of the year. Since I’ve been so lackluster in my approach to getting things done and staying focused, I figured I should sit back down and evaluate what wins I’ve had recently and some wins I’m hopeful to have this month. What wins have I had so far in 2018? Home: Decorated and organized  ...

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The Road to Calming Closet Chaos

* This post contains affiliate links.  Have you heard the saying, “Junk expands to the space allotted?“ If you were to walk into our master closet, you would see a prime example of this truth! It’s like every time we move, which we do quite frequently, instead of either throwing stuff out or putting it a proper place, we (mostly me) just pile (throw) it in the master closet. I mean, I’m not inviting my friends into my master closet for any reason. Grown ups  ...

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Curing Cupid

*This post contains affiliate links. Most of us love a good love story. As little girls, we dream of being swept of our feet by our own Prince Charming. We are conditioned by the Rom Com genre of movies to think that we meet the one; get swept up in a whirlwind romance; endure some tragedy or misunderstanding; reconcile and live happily ever after, right? I mean isn’t that what happens in every Hallmark movie? Especially around this time of year, we have this skewed view that some man  ...

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