Happy Friday! It’s my longest time reader’s birthday today — Happy Birthday, mom! xo 1. Surgery Update Thank you all so much for checking in on me since my surgery last week! I am super grateful to have had my mom with us all weekend as the procedure ended up being a little more complicated …
Five on Friday
Happy Friday! Sorry for the radio silence — it’s been a busy week! My mom flew into town on Wednesday and yesterday I had a revision surgery. If you’re new here, I had a prophylactic double mastectomy four years ago to reduce my breast cancer risk down to 1%. It was quite the journey but …
The pictures and news coverage coming out of the Bahamas this week are truly horrific. Dorian is the strongest hurricane to ever make landfall in the Bahamas and the devastation is heartbreaking to watch. I cannot wrap my head around what the Bahamians have gone through and will continue to go through for a long …
Happy Friday! It has been A week. I was out of town for 3 days and without fail the house always explodes the second I get on the plane. Before I landed in Philadelphia, Matt had already taken Thomas to the doctor for extreme ear pain and then cleared his schedule and stayed home with him …
Happy Friday! We’ve got a lot to tackle before getting on the road after work today for Thomas’s birthday camping weekend! So let’s get right down to it… 1. Ice Cream Bucket List We just checked off our second ice cream shop on our summer ice cream bucket list — Golden Cow Creamery. The kids …
I’ve tried to put into words just how thankful I am for all of your feedback on last week’s survey and really don’t have the words to describe how much you all mean to me and your continued readership (many of you have been here for YEARS, and some have even been here even since the beginning)! …
Happy 1st day of summer! It’s been a busy work week for me and Matt and we are so ready for the weekend…because… Our family glamping adventure I mentioned a few months ago is this weekend! We’re staying in a treetop cabin (with air conditioning!) and can’t wait for all the fun activities ahead. The …
Happy Friday! 1. Chore Charts I polled Instagram earlier this week asking for chore chart examples and ideas for age appropriate chores and y’all sent me so many amazing ideas — thank you! The #1 chore chart recommendation sent was this Magnetic Chore Chart. It didn’t quite fit what I wanted so I decided to …
Happy Friday, friends! 1. Spring Porch Refresh We’ve been sprucing up and enjoying our outdoor spaces lately and I am obsessed with our new door mat! It’s so bright and happy (and on sale for $15!). 2. Book Review: The Butterfly Garden Title: The Butterfly Garden Author: Dot Hutchison Genre: Psychological Fiction Back Cover Summary: Near an isolated mansion …
Happy Friday friends! 1. 30A Vacay! I am officially turning on my out of office (and my DMs off in Instagram) because we are heading to 30A this weekend for vacation with my sister and her fam! I can hardly wait! Believe it or not, neither of our little families have been to 30A (we’ve …
Happy Friday! We have a slam packed weekend of fun activities ahead. It’s going to be a good one! Is it 5 o’clock yet? 1. Dry Bar Last weekend I received an invitation to the Charlotte Agenda + Dry Bar + Diet Coke Pop Up and brought my girlfriend Laura for a girly date! We …
Happy Friday, friends! The weekend is finally here! 1. Out of Office We are headed to Florida tomorrow and then Animal Kingdom & Magic Kingdom next week! I can hardly wait. I’ll be signing off after today’s post for all of next week so consider this my out of office! There were lots of requests …