Category: Life
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Blogmas Day 3: Ultimate Stocking Stuffers
Welcome to blogmas day three! Let’s talk about stocking stuffers for every budget. Opening a stocking on Christmas day has always been one of my favorite things, I guess mostly because it happens first! So type in your email to the right so you won’t miss a single day of blogmas, and subscribe here so…
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Blogmas Day 2: Christmas Movie Madness
Welcome to blogmas day 2! Like I mentioned in my last post, let’s get to the good stuff first! December is always a whirlwind of work, travel, and shopping. Before you know it, December is long gone and we’ve entered the dark and cold bleakness that is January. That’s why, in order to get in…
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Blogmas! My Festive To Do List
Hi all, and welcome to BLOGMAS! Yup, you read that right, blogmas. We’ve got 24 days until Christmas, and that’s 24 back to back holiday posts, because I’m going bauble balls to the wall this Christmas season. This is absolutely going to be a challenge, not only to fill this corner of the internet with…
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Old Year, Old Me
We’re about to round out another year, and there’s no denying that this one has been full of many happy things. However, as I was rushing around this morning, running late for work for about the billionth time in the last six months, I felt incredibly disappointed in myself. If you’re anything like me, closing…
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Thankful
Hi friends! Tis the season to count blessings, and tonight, I’m overwhelmed with gratitude for this life. November is a month of thankfulness, and I thought I’d share with you just a snippet of the abounding goodness in my life. First of all, my phenomenal parents. Just a small, hilarious example of what those two…
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So Long Sweet Summer
It seems like I’m a day late and a dollar short for about everything lately, but hi, I’m alive. When I was a kid, a teenager, hell, even an adult pre having a real job, I absolutely loved the summer. I would milk every ounce of it and wallow in misery in the days leading…
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Let’s Talk Anxiety
Anxiety. A topic I’ve definitely written about, but never really on a personal level. I’ve written about it to defend others. I’ve written about it to defend it as an actual illness, but I’ve never publicly written about how it affects me. If you know me, like at all, it will probably come as zero…
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Love Your Roots
Happy 4th, everyone! There’s something about celebrating the birth of our nation that makes me even more grateful for the beautiful place I grew up in. For 24 years of my life, West Virginia was my little piece of the USA to celebrate yearly, and for that, I feel incredibly blessed. I spent some time…
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I’m the one, I’m the only one
I’ve had this song on repeat for days now (the video is laughably weird), but I also thought that title was very fitting for the latest edition of, ‘I need a pep talk and maybe I can pep talk you in the process.’ The past two weeks have been messy. Par for the course when…
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Ballin’ on a Budget: Vacation
As another wonderful vacation wraps up, and the doom and gloom of reality is weighing heavily, I thought I would share some tips on going on vacation without breaking the bank. I am incredibly blessed that my in-laws live in a super awesome vacation destination so we have few costs involved in a place to…