If you recall (or hopefully you didn’t even notice or pushed it out of your mind), I completely failed to post a round-up of the 9th annual Secret SANta Swap 2024 last year. The year was off to a rocky start and then I was never able to catch up....
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As mentioned, we didn’t travel this year for Christmas. It was, once again, just the two of us. With all the hustle and bustle around the holidays, I am sure that sounds nice to some, lonely for others, but we’re ok. We’ve been mastering the quiet Christmas over the years....
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I thought I’d check in before the holidays because this last week of 2025 will go by quickly (I just know it). This Christmas will be a little odd. We’re not traveling to see my family, we won’t be able to spend the holidays with Jon’s mom (because, as you...
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photo credit: @jl1232006 via Unsplash New running shoes Where are my fellow runners at? Do you find that new shoes are always on your wishlist? Or do you refrain from putting it on a wishlist and just buy the goddamn shoes when the old ones need replacement? I bought my...
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READING | Go Tell the Bees That I am Gone (Outlander book #9) by Diana Gabaldon. I finally started the last book in my favorite book series (remember, I started with book 1 again before book 9 came out), and I will be so sad when it ends. (also) READING...
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If you’ve been a regular reader for a while, you know that I have organized a little gift exchange every holiday season for the last few years. Well, I am happy to announce that I’ll be hosting again this year. I originally started this gift exchange as a “mug swap”,...
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If you’ve read my blog for a while, you might remember that I am not a huge Halloween fan. I didn’t grow up celebrating Halloween (in Germany, November 1 – All Saints’ Day – is a national holiday, but we didn’t celebrate Halloween with costumes or trick-or-treating), and I am...
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photo credit: @anniespratt via Unsplash Holiday cards are probably one of my favorite things during the holiday season. So much has moved to emails and text messages, but I’ll continue to put a real card in the mail and I know that many of you feel the same way. So...
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