My Etsy

Lessons Learned and a Two-Minute Vacation.

Eleven days unplugged got me thinking. Without as much noise and things to check and update constantly, there was space for other things.

Like, learning about myself, even at the ripe ol’ age of 26.

Things I learned about myself on summer vacation:

Being in a quiet space makes my thoughts grow in proportion. It …

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I Can Never Spell ‘Massachusetts’ Right the First Try.

WesternMA (2 of 2)

Eleven days away from home, and we’re back! Our trip was wonderful, and I’m sure I’ll show you eleven million photos sometime soon. We were tucked away on the side of a hill in the Appalachian Mountains under maple trees, next to the farm’s working maple sugarhouse (aka: where all of the liquid gold …

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Excuse Me While I Traipse into the Wilderness.

The refrigerator is bare. My Etsy shop is on vacation mode. My email is set to auto-respond. Our bags are packed. We have a Google Doc with our packing list. Our gas tank is full (though we need an oil change).

Tomorrow morning, we’re waking up and leaving immediately for our farm vacation.

Yes, …

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Traveling with a Babe.

I wasn’t going to post about the ‘how tos’ traveling with Gabe, because I feel like I’m too often spouting Opinions and Advice, but then I got emails, messages, and comments asking me for advice – so, here I am with Lists! And Advice! And Opinions! This summer, we’ve traveled to the beach, the mountains, …

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Gabriel Goes to the Beach.

When I was growing up, my family took yearly trips to were to the beach with my extended family. I looked forward to sharing a giant beach house with a dozen aunts, uncles, siblings, parents, and grandparents. I looked forward to spending hours learning how to make friendship bracelets from my aunts. I looked …

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Apartment, Sweet Apartment.

My, oh my. We are finally home from nearly three weeks away from our little apartment and I am elated. I looked back at the post from a month ago when we first went on a little vacation, and laughed. We spent ONE night in a hotel. ONE. And I was all, “We’re flexible! Yippee! …

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