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Everything I Made in 2023

For my fourth year in this hobby, I continued pushing my boundaries and embracing challenges. In this post, I invite you to join me as I unravel the skeins of the past year…

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Scotland's Urban Gems: Glasgow and Edinburgh Travel Guide

It’s official — I love the UK. Our very first trip to Europe was London in 2018 and we’ve been trying to find an excuse to make a return trip to the UK ever since…

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Knitting Challenge: Recreate the Die Hard Sweater

At this point, I don’t think my knitting obsession is a secret. Sitting in a little yarn shop in Old Town Alexandria in 2019 for my first lesson, I had no idea I’d be making almost all of my winter clothes in a few short years…

23 for 2023 List

Since 2019, the bestie and I have dedicated one of our weekly walk and talks to discussing our yearly list. I love sharing our goals and look forward to this call every year…

Year in Review - 2022

Looking back on 2022, it looks like we were permanently on vacation which is almost the truth. Here‘s how we spent our days this year…

What I Read — July 2022

This month we hit our one-year anniversary of living in Germany! Unlike our first July here, this one has been hot…

22 for 2022 List

For the past few years now, I’ve made a list for the year, as inspired by my favorite podcast, Happier. o help shape the list and to stay focused, I pick a one-word theme every year…

UPDATE: 21 for 2021

If 2020 turned us all on our heads and forced the world to slow down, 2021 hit me like a hurricane. Here’s how I did on the 21 goals I set at the start of 2021…

Year in Review - 2021

Sometimes it feels like a few years pass in the span of a couple of months. I still can’t believe how crazy this past year was…

21 for 2021 List

I know I’m in the minority, but I absolutely love the start of a new year and making resolutions. It’s just this feeling of a fresh, clean slate that feels so freeing and open…

Update: 20 for 2020

Did I just see into the damn future? Just like years past, some of the 20 get a huge ole gold star and others get a demerit…

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Update: 19 for 2019

At the beginning of the year, I shared my 19 for 2019 — 19 things to get done before the ball drop. Here’s the wins, losses and everything in between…

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Design Your Fall

Inspired by the Design Your Summer movement, I decided that this year I would try to make the most of my favorite season. This year, would be the first Design Your Fall…

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19 for 2019 List

Following the relative success of 2018, the most common question I got was: “So what’s next?” Thanks to my bestie, here's what’s going down in 2019…

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