Hi friends. I’m writing this post on my flight home from a weekend in Florida with my family. The occasion for my visit? Mema’s 93rd birthday!!! My sweet grandmother celebrated her birthday on Easter Sunday and there was no way that I was missing out on being there to shower her with love. Ya only [...]
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Early Birthday Celebration Weekend in Florida
April 6, 2022 { 99 comments }I am settled back at home after the sweetest long weekend in Florida with my grandmother and Finn. While my heart always aches when we have to leave, I always arrive back in Charlotte feeling full of gratitude and with my priorities fine tuned. Backstory: I have been trying to get us down to Florida [...]
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Our Christmas Weekend In Florida
December 28, 2021 { 25 comments }It’s our final night in Florida (which is a bonus night…more on that later in this post) and my grandmother and Finn are sleeping. I should be doing the same but I want to capture our Christmas weekend while I am still in it. This time has been exactly what I needed on many levels [...]
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What I Cooked in Florida + What I’ve Been Eating
October 14, 2021 { 1 comment }I’ve been doing a lot of cooking lately which has been quite enjoyable. It was nice to have someone to cook for the last few weeks…first my mom when she was in Charlotte and then my grandmother when we visited her in Florida. It’s also been fun to switch over to cooking and eating more [...]
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Friday Check-In + Favorites
April 10, 2020 { 9 comments }Finn left to spend the weekend with his dad at noon today and I proceeded to eat a donut and some turkey, cheese and avocado roll ups for lunch and then lounged in bed for three hours. I took a short nap and then worked on my laptop and phone for a bit. I love [...]
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A Happy Birthday + A Yoga Weekend with Carmen Aguilar
April 9, 2018 { 15 comments }I have to kick off this Monday morning by wishing a VERY special lady a VERY happy birthday! It’s my Mema’s birthday today so y’all give her lots of love in the comments section. She tells me that Peanut Butter Runner is always her first stop when she turns on her computer! :) I mean, [...]
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How I Told My Grandmother + Florida Visit Recap
December 7, 2017 { 30 comments }Hi from Charlotte. I arrived home last night around 7 p.m. after spending the last five days with my grandmother in Florida. I’m going to share an overview of my visit today but before I do, I thought it would be fun to tell you how I spilled the beans to her about my pregnancy. [...]
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A Very Special Happy Birthday
April 10, 2014 { 20 comments }I’ve spent the last two days in Georgia celebrating a very special birthday! My Mema’s 84th! Last year I cleared my calendar and drove down to Georgia in the middle of the week to surprise her on her actual birthday so I decided to do the same thing this year! Earlier this week I baked [...]