Hello loves! I hope you’re in the mood to talk beauty and DIY’s today because that’s what I’ve got on the agenda. The internet is filled with sworn-to-work, easy-to-make, budget-friendly, do-it-yourself beauty recipes. Everything from face scrubs to hair lightening…
Travel Diary: Hearst Castle, Monterey, Napa Valley, & Yosemite
Ah, the California coast. It’s jagged yet delicate angles of mountains and sea. It’s eclectic terrain. When I was 16 I had the opportunity to road trip north from Los Angeles to Yosemite. A trip for the hungry, the jubilant…
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Skincare Sunday: Skin Update 2 Years After Accutane
Hello beautiful people! It’s been a loooooooonnnnggggg time since we talked about something other than thoughts and feelings on here. Since sharing my skin journey and skincare is the main reason I started this blog and is always something I…
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Clouds in My Coffee
The other morning I was sitting at my desk dunking an Italian butter cookie into my coffee. I stared blankly into my mug as bits of cookie became coffee-logged and surrendered themselves to the pool of liquid. I sit with…
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To Build or to Damage
I was driving down the Parkway the other day, as good Boonies regularly do, for an unexpectedly long time, as inexperienced Boonies tend to do, and I started doing some serious thinking. For those of you unfamiliar with Boone or other…
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All She Is & All She Is Not
Analise was born 1 month and 3 days after my 4th birthday. I do not have any recollection of her as an infant so I will not type here pretending to know what it was like to bring home a…
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Things I Can’t Carry
About two months ago, I was talking with an old friend over drinks. He and I have been friends for 8 years so you could say he knows me fairly well. Our conversations usually take a turn for the deep…
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All for the Full, None for the Empty
Recently my family and I had to make the gut-wrenching decision to put our oldest dog down. Sophie was 17 years old. She spent those years being tortured and loved by 3 girls. She was dressed up, picked up, accidentally…
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Gluten Free Black Bean Brownies
I find myself craving chocolate about 84% of the time. So as you can imagine, I’m a huge fan of anything containing chocolate. And brownies they usually contain a little bit of chocolate 🙂 which makes them one of my…
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Fresh Mint Tea
Something about a hot cup of tea calms the soul. With the semester coming to an end, all of my classes seem to have reared their ugly heads and are bombarding my life with projects, tests, quizzes, homework assignments, and…
