Turkey Day is gone and Christmas has entered our household! This time of year is for Christmas movies (my favorites are White Christmas and Christmas Vacation), Christmas cookies, decorating, and ugly sweater parties. (I've already been listening to Christmas music since early November!) Should we see how many times I can say the word Christmas in this post?? Happy November! What I'm Reading: I...

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I love cooking and Thanksgiving is the Super Bowl of cooking. The planning, the researching, the shopping - I LOVE it! Thanksgiving is Mark's favorite holiday (food, football and beer...what more could you want according to him) and so every year I have a little bit of pressure to make it awesome. This year we're hosting my parents and I can't wait! Below...

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Sorry I've been gone. Major things have been happening in our household mostly involving me quitting my job. Yes, you read that right. I quit my 8-5 paralegal job and it.feels.AMAZING! Trust me, there have been some sleepless hours, stressful moments, and worry if this was the right decision. But I can honestly say I have never been happier! A weight has been...

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Just read a brilliant article about thank you notes. Thank you notes are such a simple thing, but can also cause me agony. As soon as I could write, I wrote thank you notes to anyone that gave me a gift. There were no ifs, ands or buts about it. My mom made sure a thank you note in the proper format went...

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I just read this article on how to host a soup swap and I'm dying to do one! It would be fun, somewhat easy, and I would have dinner in the freezer ready to go! I think the Swap Card Bid option sounds fun but also just making enough for everyone to be able to take one of each kind home sounds kind...

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It's FFFFFRRRRRIIIIIDDDDAAAAYYYY! Can you tell I'm excited?! We don't have much going on this weekend (except my little sister who has been living with us for 12 weeks is leaving....I'm considering duct taping her to a chair). Is it bad I'm already listening to Christmas music, and loving it?? We're going to try our absolute best to not do much this weekend...make some...

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I just listened to Episode 4 of the podcast Oh Boy by Man Repeller featuring Stacy London. I haven't listened to this podcast before but wanted to because I've adored Stacy London ever since her What Not to Wear days.  The podcast as probably one of the greatest ones I've listened to. It was honest, entertaining, and made me think. This post started out...

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Let's make this happen! {via Scary Mommy} ...

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Today is full of adult decisions, first world problems, and a depressed dog. As my husband said, 'It's only 11 but I'm ready for a beer.' {image via Lulu Lane} ...

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