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I used the 1 Second Everyday app to document these snippets from the first third of 2021 - the last weeks my cat Carmen was still with us. I cherish the few moments captured of her.

I saw Alejandro laying in the sun, and I felt Carmen laying with him. So I sang him a song about it called “Sitting with Sissy in the Sunshine”.

On March 11th, 2021 we lost a piece of our family. This is the story of how she left us.

FUN FRIDAY: every Friday from now until the start of 2022, I’ll share some fun things. PART 10 highlights a DIY bouquet, Nick Jonas’ SNL, doodling in my planner, & two new podcasts.

FUN FRIDAY: every Friday from now until the start of 2022, I’ll share some fun things. PART 9 highlights one thing: FLOURLESS ZUCCHINI BROWNIES!

FUN FRIDAY: every Friday from now until the start of 2022, I’ll share some fun things. PART 8 includes our getaway to Mohegan Sun & how I documented it.

With inspiration from 20 years ago, my 4th grade class wrote each other sweet little messages of kindness to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

FUN FRIDAY: every Friday from now until the start of 2022, I’ll share some fun things. PART 7 includes a DIY manicure and some things that cracked me up this week!

Things I’ve been doing LATELY in February 2021 - written in list form and told visually in this photo grid.

FUN FRIDAY: every Friday from now until the start of 2022, I’ll share some fun things. PART 6 includes a glorious ‘nothing’ day, #The100DayProject, a hot chocolate bomb, & Math Jeopardy!

Sometimes the love language I prefer is actual language. Words matter.

FUN FRIDAY: every Friday from now until the start of 2022, I’ll share some fun things. PART 5 includes puzzles, a funny fortune, coziness in bed, and a dog video.

Today is my grandmother is 88 years old. This is the blog post celebrating her and thinking back to her big family birthday bash eight years ago.

FUN FRIDAY: every Friday from now until the start of 2022, I’ll share some fun things. PART 4 includes a new car, dressing up, a solo weekend, & Inauguration Day!

FUN FRIDAY: every Friday from now until the start of 2022, I’ll share some fun things. PART 3 includes a photo frame, easy scrapbooking, toes, eggs, and a date night.

Ahhhh, FUN FRIDAY…where I'll be sharing something fun that happened the week before, every Friday from now until the start of 2022. PART 2.

Introducing FUN FRIDAY where I'll be sharing something fun that happened the week before, every Friday from now until the start of 2022.

Talking about my one little word™ for 2021: FUN & reasons why I chose it.

I have been writing and keeping some version of this lifestyle/craft blog for the past eleven years, and I have learned what I want this space for.

In this post, I share with you all that went in to our QUARANTEAM holiday card for2020.

December Daily 2020 | Story 21 is a homage to our life-raft of a couch - which all four of us are floating through 2020 on.

December Daily 2020 | Story 20 is a list of twenty random & great things from 2020 paired with a stamped page of some items from the list.

December Daily 2020 | Story 19 is all words about Tom and my first official quarantined day after finding out that we have COVID-19.

December Daily 2020 | Story 18 is about Tom and I testing positive for COVID-19. Yep. The mother effer got us.

December Daily 2020 | Story 17 is about the Thursday snow day we had that wasn’t a snow day at all because we teachers now know how to conduct remote learning.

December Daily 2020 | Story 16 is about a nighttime snow fall and Tom’s little boy reaction to the fat, fluffy flakes.

December Daily 2020 | Story 15 tells the story of those late afternoon coffee runs I make in December and how tired and run down I am even still.

December Daily 2020 | Story 14 is a single page story about stopping by mom’s to pick up meatloaf, accompanied by a photo looking at her tree through the window.