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it's always scary on your first day. but the good kind of scary as in "there's butterflies swarming around my insides" instead of the bad kind of scary like "yikes, i think i'm being chased." like how you felt on the first day of fifth grade, or the first day at your new big girl/boy ...
this friday's blog crush hails from chicago, illinois. liz of sequins & stripes is a pint-sized brunette beauty with a sweet disposition and a wardrobe to die for. not only do i love her simplistic and classy approach to fashion, but i kind of feel like i would want to be friends with her in ...
...The thing about Facebook is that it’s a perpetual success announcing machine that lacks the struggles of life. Eventually all these successes compound on each other and we’re lost in the delusion that every single one of our friends is living an amazing life while we’re stuck here, sitting in our underwear in a dimly ...
sometimes you just need a little happiness for your thursday. you're welcome.
I am not a mathematician, but i know this: there are infinite numbers between 0 and 1. there's .1 and .12 and .112 and an infinite collection of others. Of course, there is a bigger infinite set of numbers between 0 and 2, or between 0 and a million. Some infinities are bigger than other ...
you guys, it's the most wonderful time of the year. no i'm not talking about christmas, (though apparently there are already christmas decorations for sale at costco), i'm talking about the other most wonderful time of the year: premiere week. the bulk of our favorite shows (and some new ones, too) are finally returning from their ...
“Use what you have, use what the world gives you. Use the first day of fall: bright flame before winter's deadness; harvest; orange, gold, amber; cool nights and the smell of fire. Our tree-lined streets are set ablaze, our kitchens filled with the smells of nostalgia: apples bubbling into sauce, roasting squash, cinnamon, nutmeg, cider, ...
so i'd like to think i'm a pretty witty writer (apparently i'm a humble writer, too). but then i read today's featured blog, in my opinion, and i realize, hmm, maybe i'm not as witty as i thought i was. because y'all, sarah is hilarious. and not only that, she can do the serious stuff, ...
i realize you may or may not take my general opinion on things with a grain of salt. if you've read my musings for some time now, you probably deduced long ago that i tend to be quite enthusiastic about certain things that may or may not truly warrant such exuberance (for one, almond butter ...
try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep really to sleep. try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. and when you get angry, get good and angry. try to be alive. you will ...
shawna leeann rivera
san diego-based style blogger and twin mom to henry & delilah. curator of simple, affordable fashion. lover of my husband, family, coffee, traveling, and the bravo network.