Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! Believe it or not, Darren and I have never ever spent a Valentine’s Day together and we’ve been together for nearly 5 years! What can I say? We both work retail jobs and the year or two we made late night dinner plans a snow storm got in our way. The…
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Valentine’s Day Edit – The Secret to Staying in Love is Falling in Love Over & Over Again
In the past 5 years, I’ve fallen in love and not just once, honestly over and over again, but with the same man. The same man who spent a year asking me if I wanted to meet up with him and his dog to go for a walk, the same man who kissed me before…
One Last Christmas
When I was little, my mom would set up a Christmas village every year. In the dining room, on top of a table, I would find myself lost for hours looking at that little village. Tea light candles filled perfect Christmas houses, with perfect Christmas wreaths, and perfect Christmas people. There was a girl with…
thank u, next – Why Just Like Ariana I’m Grateful for my Ex
Ariana Grande just released what is sure to be this year’s anthem for self-love and for being an evolved human being, grateful enough to thank those who taught us love, patience, and even pain. In her new single, she thanks Sean, Ricky, Pete, and Malcom for what they’ve helped her find, a love greater than…
Cooking With Chrissy – Cooking My Way Through Cravings: Red Chicken Curry, Chicken & Dumplings, and Broken Lasagna
When a coworker told me that I had somehow walked through Target and missed the shipper with the Chrissy Teigen cookbook, and the too-small section of her housewares, well, honestly, I didn’t believe her – that just sounded like something I wouldn’t miss, so next time I walked through, you better believe it all found…
An Interview With Darren – 36 Questions That Lead to Love
I’ve had a plan to interview Darren for the blog for a really long time; I always get such sweet feedback whenever I write about us and our love story and I wanted you guys to meet him, but on his terms, and in his words. Recently, I was listening to a Podcast where they…
To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before
If you haven’t watched To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before on Netflix, you’re seriously missing out; you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll remember what it feels like to have never been kissed. Spoiler alert – it’s the coming of age story of Lara Jean, a high school junior and middle sister, who is in love…
Fear and Falling
On Saturday, when my mom shook me awake, I didn’t have time to think, it was fight or flight, and I flew down the stairs before she finished saying that he had fallen. I don’t remember which stairs I skipped with my too long legs, or which ones groaned underneath my too big feet. As…
5 Times Darren was My Lobster
Okay, so I’ve been sharing with you guys how Darren and I first got together, and I’m hoping to add a relationship category on here where I can talk about big moments in our relationship, but also about all the real life stuff that couples go through, you can read about how we first got…
How to Know When to “Ruin the Friendship”
Okay…first of all…if you haven’t listened to the new Demi Lavato album, STOP everything you’re doing and listen to a few songs, namely “Ruin the Friendship,” “You Don’t Do it For Me Anymore,” and “Tell Me You Love Me,” anyway, in “Ruin the Friendship,” Demi sings about the moment she and a friend “ruin the…
Hudson Valley Dog Mom 