When the Dust Starts to Settle

Here we are at 4 weeks post double mastectomy. It is also 8 weeks since my last chemo injection. My life is slowly but surely coming back together before my eyes, even though some of those days I wasn’t sure it would. The chemo is finally out of my system and my energy levels are […]

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Another Trip Around the Sun

Happy Tuesday everyone! We went to sleep with thunder and lightening and woke up with snow – what a weird this winter has been so far. Not to mention the “skating rink” in our backyard from all the rain yesterday. Imagine if ALL of it would have been snow (yikes). Tomorrow’s my 33rd birthday. I […]

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I Use to Hate Valentines Day

I use to hate Valentines Day. I remember protesting when I was in college by wearing all black and binging on heart shaped pizza, while guzzling the bottom shelf boxed wine and vodka drinks with my equally as bitter girlfriends. It rocked. We had so much fun and celebrated each other, our sisterhood and how […]

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Dealing With the Harder Parts of the Holidays…

Just over two weeks until Christmas is here – December is flying! We have a lot of really fun things going on between now and the end of the year, and also a few hard things, making for some mixed emotions over the next few weeks. We’re hosting Christmas Eve at our house for the […]

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Weekend Roundup: A Petting Zoo + Cinderella

This past weekend was one of the best I’ve had in a while, one of those good for the soul weekends. It was jam-packed with activities ranging from mom time, to family time, to a girls afternoon out. First of all, the weather could not be more ideal in my opinion – this is one […]

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Big Changes Coming Right Up!

Life is getting a little crazy over here. I’ve officially accepted a new position with a fabulous company where, I hope to grow, learn new skills and improve myself professionally. Job hunting with a 4 month old plus maintaining a current busy job was no easy task. I am at the point in my career […]

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Five Things: Mantras for The New Normal

I’ve been back to work for just over six weeks and am still really struggling with how to find the balance between work, home, motherhood, my relationship, social events and time for me. I have always been a multi-tasker – unafraid to take on many projects at once, and somehow able to complete them all […]

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How We Got Here

I’ve always been someone who needs, even craves, creativity in life. It started at an early age with music, drawing and painting and turned into art classes and scrap booking. I took just about every art class in high school, but my favorite was called metal mania… I know you’re thinking… metal what? But honestly […]

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