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We’re now half way through January, but I finally wrote down all my business goals for the year! Or at least these are the ones that I’ve thought of or dreamed about so far…I’ll share my personal goals another time, but I wanted to focus on these ones first! Some people don’t like setting goals […]

This will hopefully be the last post I write from my little teeny desk that I got while I was in college!! This weekend I am going desk hunting for one that’s a little bigger so that I can spread out more…My old desk is one of the ones from Ikea that cost less than […]

Have you ever heard the song A House is not a Home? I’ve really only listened to the Glee version of it, but I think the title is so true! To me a house isn’t really a “home” until you make it YOURS and have somehow invested in it, whether that’s just emotionally and because […]

The other day I was thinking about how much time I spent worrying about RAIN in the months leading up to my wedding day…I felt mostly in control when it came to planning out the day, but one thing that I obviously had no control over was the WEATHER. And that was really stressful to me. I started praying MONTHS before my wedding that God would hold off the rain on June 18, 2011..and you know what? He did! It rained for four days BEFORE my wedding day and three days AFTER my wedding day…There was even a DOWNPOUR during my rehearsal, but it did NOT rain on my wedding day. Not even a

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A glimpse into my daily life in Richmond, VA (and travels beyond) with my husband Ryan, our son Gray, and our disobedient puppy Lexie, plus the work, style and attempts at minimalism in between.