Currently | April

obsessing over my new upcycled surfboard resin charm necklace. watching a whole lot of Red Sox baseball. We took the plunge and splurged on a MLB TV subscription this season and I couldn’t be more excited. starting a new Runtastic training plan. drooling over delicious Thai food from this place. hoping for some luck in...

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April Link Love

Happiness is a needle and thread away – the mental health benefits of knitting! There! How to Program Your Mind to Stop Buying Crap You Don’t Need. 10 Things Everyone Should Learn as a Kid – isn’t that some god-honest truth? Stop doing shit you don’t like. We’re too old for that. Things...

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Dos and don’ts

A long time ago, my friend Nora wrote a fun post about her “dos and don’ts” and I had saved the post idea in my draft folder. Today, I am going to share my own. I do… + hit the snooze button one too many times every morning. + have...

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A new ride

So, we did something crazy last week. We got a new (to us) car. Ok, it’s not really that crazy, but it felt crazy to me (and I hope some of you might understand the feeling). Let me just say upfront: I am not a car person. I don’t know...

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Awkward & Awesome

This is a regular feature post on my blog. See the archives here. AWKWARD Bad communication. OMG. It’s like the most awkward (and annoying) thing in the world. I don’t know or understand how some people navigate their lives without clear communication, but alas, here we are. All the series we...

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Easter weekend recap

Our Easter weekend was very low-key, but you know, I kinda liked it that way. I did run the usual errands on Friday and Saturday, had a long overdue phone call with a dear friend on Saturday morning, cleaned our apartment and then we had a lazy evening at home....

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Friday Facts

  Three years ago today, I became a U.S. citizen. Time sure went by fast. Considering the fact that I am still not officially hired as a federal employee (which was one of the main reason for me to get dual citizenship in the first place), things at my job...

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