Author: Cris
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I believe in serendipity and that is exactly how this little blue book found me.
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Life has looked like a lot of exploring lately, but it’s also looked like a ton of… spreadsheets. This is not a sexy topic, but as of late, we have been conscious of our finances putting a big emphasis on replenishing our savings and paying off our investment to the downstairs of our house. It…
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If you know us, you’ll know we have been under construction for some time. We are building two suites in the bottom floor of our home. It’s been challenging and fun, pretty much all the emotions you come to expect when undergoing a project of this scope!
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Happy 4th of July! The gap between these is getting longer, though I don’t feel bad as I’ve been getting my fair fix of writing, contemplating and sharing.
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This may be a little late of a post since Bo is all over my social media. How could she not be with that face?! But I wanted to record my thoughts on the process of being ready for a pup and choosing Bo.
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The right books fall off the shelf when we’re ready to read them. I believe that. This has been such a book for me. My best friend mentioned The Celestine Prophesy by James Redfield in passing without revealing much and it sat on my rotating book list for a while. I chose the title at…
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My writer’s block has been on another level. Lately, all I can manage to write is my personal journal to let out some of the angst I’ve been feeling. Moving has been hard. It’s exciting, and I love North Carolina, but there are parts of moving that have felt downright painful. Some days I try…
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This week, I was clearing out my iphone photos because I reached a scary storage capacity. Upon my deleting frenzy, I stumbled on these photos of our first official drive to Asheville, North Carolina from Miami, Florida. They took me back to that excited, hopeful feeling we had packing our things and taking that big…
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What a day yesterday. It was truly a marathon. Tons of gray and beige hues, crips mantels, bright flower arrangements, blush pink velvet hightop covers and a blazing Miami sun. I took joy in getting ready before our good friend’s co-ed baby shower to celebrate the birth of our group’s next baby girl, putting on…
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We’ve had a BUSY few months here in Bryson City, North Carolina transforming our once gray house into a crisp, fresh coat of marshmallow white. It’s been our fist real effort of changing things up and man, was it laborious! There is a surprising presence that comes with this type of manual work. I’m a…