renest life / where in the world did i go?!?

i’m slowly making my way back to this space and it struck me: if you don’t know me IRL, you might not know where in the world i was for the last two years! the short answer: i went back to school! the long story is this: for a long, long time, i always had…
read moreour new 4th of july dessert favorite!

why, hello there. i just looked to see when the last time i paid attention to this blog, and i’m…shocked, but not shocked? (i also just realized that i have never shared my big celebration weekend here, so i’m gonna need to do that too!) so, we have some catching up to do and i…
read morewhat’s cooking // make-your-own salad bar at home!

friends, we are in the t-h-i-c-k of spring over here. i mean, we’re talking color coded calendars (plural), practices galore, other random events, birthdays, work trips, homework (me), and trying to have semblance of fun among all of it. let’s just say that dinner is…not creative these days. easy? yes. creative? nope. for some unknown…
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