In my last post I talked about how our baby didn’t have a heartbeat. ACCEPTANCE OR SO I THOUGHT The day we found out, I was completely stoic. My first thought was, 'okay I expected this'. I was even able to ask my doctor calm, logical questions; What if I just got my ovulation dates wrong? Was this because of something I did? Do I need to have a procedure done? It was … [Read more...]
Adulting 105: On Pregnancies and Miscarriages
I was thinking of not posting about this, but I remembered why I started this blog to begin with: I said I wanted to share my perfectly imperfect life with other people, in the hopes that I can send out the message that life can suck sometimes, but it’s okay. So it only seemed apt that I share aspects of my life that I would rather forget. Over a month ago, I found out I was … [Read more...]
Adulting 103: Decorating Our First House on a Budget (Part II)
In my last blog entry, I wrote some ways I was able to decorate our house on a budget. For those who are still interested, here’s another post with more tips and anecdotes: Sometimes it’s actually cheaper to have stuff made Disclaimer: This is not a hard and fast rule. We did a lot of store hopping and canvassing (much to my husband’s dismay) before I settled on the … [Read more...]
Adulting 103: Decorating Our First House on a Budget
Since this category is called “ move” I thought it would be pretty clever to write about how I decorated our house on a budget when I finally moved in (ok, less clever and more obvious). Granted, it’s been almost 3 years since then, I even touched on it in my old blog. But, I figured it would be nice to write a post on practical decorating lessons now that I fancy myself as … [Read more...]