With Troy finishing packing up the last of his belongings from his childhood home this past Saturday, that left our Sunday wide open for a daytime adventure. Given that he was still pretty spent from all the driving and boxing/unboxing in recent days, he generously stepped back and let me take full control of how […]
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In all my travels in and around Massachusetts this past week or so with Troy, and as I come out of the other side of what I call my “Seasonal/Spring Cleaning Cold” that has resulted in a couple days’ worth of congestion and coughing, I’m still making sure to take time to pause and appreciate […]
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As I’m writing this, I’ve got my windows open to let in the fresh air, the sun is shining, and I can see glimpses of grass on the ground as the snow that has accumulated in record-breaking amounts over the past few weeks is starting to melt away. As lovely as this “False Spring” is, […]
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With all the snow and ice we’ve had in recent days/weeks, some of which I’m still digging my car out of, the last thing I would typically want to eat around this time is a chilled dessert. Give me all of the hot soups, chilis, dips and cocoa – but anything frozen? It would usually […]
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I’m excited that today is my designated “half day” at my job, something I’ve negotiated as a weekly occurrence – not only because it serves as a nice mini break in the middle of the week, which has been quite busy and snowy thus far – but because my boyfriend is flying in this afternoon […]
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I would love nothing more than to be able to wear pretty floral dresses, sandals, or fun-printed shorts while strolling a sprawling garden or having brunch on an outdoor patio right now – but there’s still piles of snow outside that are taller than me – so those Springtime fantasies are going to have to […]
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Although February is, of course, the shortest month of the year – I’m still a little dumbfounded that it’s ending in just a couple of days. It feels like it was just yesterday I was getting my Valentine’s Day décor out of storage to spruce up my apartment for the month, and now I’m tasked […]
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As we start to gradually wind down the month of February and I begin setting my goals and intentions for March, it’s about that time for me to pause and reflect on some of my favorite things from these past few weeks – and with February being the month of Valentine’s Day and sweeping, romantic […]
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Coffee & Chiffon 