As I sit here on this thanksgiving eve a brined turkey in the fridge and traces of my feeble attempts at pie making still on the counter top my mind drifts over these three people... And over all the wonderful things in my life that I often take for granted like: Teddy's babbles coming through the baby monitor in the morning Stumptown's "winter...

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I practically burst into tears upon seeing these photos. Just look at how big my babies are!! With thoughts of gratitude and nostalgia on my mind these days I feel so incredibly lucky that these three people are mine.  On days when nothing goes right and just breathing in and out seems difficult these three precious souls are what keeps me grounded, keeps...

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I told my husband the other day that I've had the worst case of writer's block this week. Every day I open this blank page and stare at the blinking cursor and nothing comes out and I close my laptop. As the week worn on I figured out why... All I've been talking about with friends and family, reading and thinking about has...

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hat, toy, shoes, necklace, bow, socks, sweatshirt, pants, print This past year I've discovered so many wonderful little independently owned shops. The items I have purchased from these shops go beyond being delightful and well made. There is just something really nice about knowing who is making the item and in some cases that person becoming your friend! I've had wonderful experiences with...

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I read all of the little house books voraciously long before we moved to America and in my mind when landed in JFK that snowy December I fully expected to find myself in some log home in the middle of the prairie, lol. Though we didn't live in a log home on the prairie we got pretty close by spending the first three...

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I've been making loaves of no-knead bread for a while now and we absolutely love it. It's stupid easy and no store bought loaf can even come close. Lately though we've been eating a lot of sliced bread. The kids love their pb&j's and I often throw together a sandwich for lunch for myself. So about a month or so ago I decided...

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making: all the peanut butter cookies. This recipe is perfection, they practically melt in your mouth. cooking: every slow cooker recipe I can get my hands on. Send any of your favorites my way! drinking: coffee. Too much coffee. This is the third week in a row that it has been raining here in the ATL and it's the only thing that helps...

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This was the one you guys... The halloween to end all halloweens! We went on Friday because we would be traveling to a wedding on Saturday. It was the most glorious fall day - warm, a hint of chill in the air and all the trees in their peak autumn beauty bathed in an orange pinkish glow as the sun began to set....

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