I am currently working on revamping some things on my blog, and one of the things I want to update is my about page. The plan is to add mini bios for each of my personal assistants furbabes. In the meantime, these photos should provide you with enough cuteness to hold you over until then!
+ The featherbabe
So, while I may not be a mother, I do have my hands (+ my heart) full. Hope those of you that are moms had a spectacularly wonderful Mother’s Day!
Believe it or not, the “manfriend” has a name. It’s Andrew. Andrew Michael when I’m upset with him.
We’ve been together for six years this month. Like any other couple, we are far from perfect, but he truly is my best friend and has been since college.
Currently, we are working on strengthening our bond by addressing some flaws that we previously neglected to.
The really abridged version of our love story:
He saw me, liked me, chased me. I turned him down. He got a girlfriend, I got jealous. They broke up. I graduated (I’m older), we started dating. We moved in together, and a year after that we were engaged. In 2012, we were supposed to get married. That didn’t work out. We stayed together and moved to Vermont. I got really depressed and started seeing a therapist for seasonal depression and anxiety. I discovered why they say that you can’t love someone else until you first love yourself. My emotional health was hindering my ability to be the best me and a good partner. Then more stuff happened, and here we are, working on us.
Photos courtesty of Once Like a Spark Photography
The three biggest things that have been helping us (I asked Andrew what his thoughts on this were and he said the exact same three things!):
Talking (communication is key)
Showing appreciation and affection
Spending time together
Of those, I really enjoy spending time with Andrew. Our job can be very time-consuming. Yes, we also work together. We used to pass work off as spending time together, but it is not the same. When we do things one (or both) of us enjoys, we get to know more about each other, we learn what we have in common, and we talk more than we normally would.
What do we do together?
Andrew is a gamer, so this past weekend we played Diablo III.
We both enjoy watching movies, so we went for a walk to our local Redbox and rented four movies to watch while we snuggled on the couch.
Spending time together is great, but it is also important to remember that some alone time is much needed and can be just as great.
Do you have a partner/spouse? How do you keep your relationship going? Post a picture of the two of you doing something together on Instagram and tag #spendingtime. This can be a super fun way for us to share some “date” ideas!
I just wanted to wish everyone a happy Easter Sunday!
I’m not always that big on tradition, but something about Easter reminds me of just how blessed I am, so I try to go to church if I can and dye Easter eggs with the manfriend’s mom the night before to use as place markers for Easter dinner.
Me being in line to check out in a drugstore (or any store really) is just bad. While waiting to checkout at CVS, I spotted these cute tiny plants for $2 each.
I picked out three and figured I could finally do something with the small leftover candle jars I had.
This was super easy and didn’t really take much time at all. I had also scored a new bench that I’m using as a coffee table, I can’t want to style it using these mini planters. More photos to come!
I’ve done other succulent and cacti projects in the past but my green thumb isn’t so green. What plants do you like to decorate with, any recommendations?
So…yesterday was my Monday (I had Monday off). Yesterday was also Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry’s.
Ben & Jerry’s is from Vermont. I live in Vermont. So naturally, I had to partake!
Not only did I make it with just one minute to spare (the event ran from noon until 8 pm), but they had my absolute FAVORITE flavor left. And sugar cones.
BEST DAY EVER!
If you’re in the area or ever looking for something to do, you should go on the factory tour!
Do you love Ben & Jerry’s? What’s your favorite flavor?
Now, this is something I NEVER thought I’d do. I’d seen people do the “big chop” and thought how brave of them, or that it looked great on them, but that I couldn’t pull it off. I had already transitioned and had been team natural for about a year, but my hair wasn’t in the best condition, as I took a very, shall we say, Solange approach to my hair (with much different results).
Whenever I considered cutting off my hair, I would shoot it down. When I transitioned, I had grown out my relaxer and then cut off the relaxed ends, so I never did anything even remotely close to a big chop. I had gotten my hair cut shortish in the past, but that was because I’d asked for a Rihanna cut without being on top of the fact that she’d since cut her hair from a bob to a reverse mullet/pixie…big mistake on my part. People said it looked great but I just wanted it to hurry up and grow out.
I cried every morning for months.
So when the school that I work at held a fundraiser for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, my manfriend thought I was crazy when I told him that I wanted to be a shavee and go completely bald. He reminded me of how I’d hated my hair being really short and did not want to go through months of my misery. Got to love him! He even came and took pictures.
But this was different and for a really great cause. No tears, and it makes me happy to know that I stood (well sat) in solidarity with children who don’t get to make the choice to have or not to have hair. So I did it. And I’d do it again.
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If you’re anything like me, then you have a closet full of clothes and nothing to wear.
I have a small closet, so I have a massive overflow and I don’t even wear all of it!
I came across an article this summer in a magazine (I can’t for the life of me remember which one, but if I do I’ll make sure to update!) about closet clutter and how to reduce it, one suggestion was the app Poshmark. I signed up and found that not only could I make money while getting rid of clothes that I wasn’t wearing, but I could also buy things second hand, in great condition, and at a fraction of the retail cost! I didn’t know what to do with myself…so many great features! While there are some minor draw backs as with anything (think eBay) it really is a great community to be apart of and is so worth checking out!
So far I’ve made over $500 and I haven’t even been signed up for a year!
If you do sign up* or already have a Poshmark closet, follow my closet and let me know so I can follow yours.
*The app is free and get a $5 credit with the code: HVIMR
Once I am cleaning it becomes almost therapeutic. And when I’m done, I always feel better. My mind a little more clear.
I hate living in filth. But every so often, I look around and find myself sitting in it and dealing with all it’s chaos.
I have tried almost everything when it comes to cleaning strategies. All I want is for everything to just be clean.
I have learned that you have to work for what you want and that doing things is the best way to get them done, and so, I am just going to start cleaning my apartment, room by room, area by area, until it’s clean.
The bathroom is one of my least favorite rooms to clean, but since it’s small and one of the rooms we (the manfriend and I) use most, I started there. Scrubbing and bleaching (sorry, I know it’s not the greenest way to clean…) every inch.
I have never been one for spring cleaning, but I figure since it’s still winter it doesn’t really count.
Any cleaning or project that you’re working on? Any that you need to work on?
I am forever finding projects on Pinterest that I want to do, but don’t really ever get around to actually doing them. So when I saw the sequin sweatshirt diy on A Beautiful Mess, I didn’t think I’d do it, but I wanted to.
Durning my trip to Old Navy, I bought a sweatshirt similar to the Forever 21 top that was used on A Beautiful Mess. I love F21, but I live in Vermont and there isn’t one in the state. Nor is there a Target. Google it.
Because my sweatshirt was dark gray I had to use a white paint pen instead of a marker so I could see what I was doing, but other than that I just followed their steps and hoped for not the worst…
I am really impressed with how it came out. And don’t worry, I crossed the T before sewing it.
