*Molly Ringwald’s book Getting The Pretty Back is lovely and feels like a conversation with a really genuine, interesting friend. *I’ve worn out the link to this wedding from Leigh Miller. Her work is so inspiring. *I love this post from Hula Seventy: Things I’d Like to Tell My 17-Year Old Self. It’s brilliant and...
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I spent the morning with Henry and his lovely parents. He is so beautiful. I posted more from this session on the Paper Boat Photography Facebook Page {please become a fan} and had the hardest time choosing those. He is perfect.
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Figurative Boost Regardless of your religious affiliation, Max Lucado’s piece on writing called The Write Stuff is uplifting. He writes: “Well-written words can change a life. Why is this? Words go where we never go—Africa. Australia. Indonesia. My daughter was in Bangalor, India, last summer and saw my books in the display window of a...
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Drinking: Sweet Tea Riding the cart at Kroger in 2008, she reached up for a Little Golden book. He handed her the one on top, Disney’s Sleeping Beauty. She concentrated on the pages throughout the entire shopping trip. Here’s an iphone pic from that day: SB, as she is known in our house, has been...
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Drinking: Coffee warmed up from the morning Listening to: Weather With You – Neil Finn In the time I spent traveling yesterday, I could have made it all the way to Venice. My girl and I were traveling solo and she was an absolute champ all day which has me dreaming {probably unrealistically} about international...
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Drinking: coffee from the office kitchen Listening to: Mushaboom – Feist I love Michelle Slatalla’s article, 10 Secrets of an Unflappable Working Mom, in the March Real Simple. For 5 years, I’ve read everything from Working Mother Magazine to self-help books on this topic and this may be the most succinct collection of tips that...
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Things to build: -valentine cards- check -fire in the fireplace- check -fort of blankets in the living room – check -yellow cake with chocolate icing – check -Princess Party with DJ and photog- check We hosted a ball for the dolls to attend. “Play the jam out music,” she told me just before she said,...
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Here are some highlights from a recent Paper Boat Photography shoot. To view all of the images click here and log in. Music is Peng! 33 covered by Iron & Wine. I tried something new in this slideshow {a bit of HD video here and there} which slows things down, but it was too adorable...
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Drinking: Twinings camomile tea Listening to: the sound machine set on ocean sounds and my cat snoring. I’m actually writing this close to midnight. I’m hardly ever able to write these posts at 4 pm because I am at work then, but at least I can schedule them to post in time for tea. I’ve...
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This is not the first time I’ve turned off cable TV. As a first year law student living alone, I knew I could not be trusted with unlimited access to TV. Thank heaven I had dial up internet as opposed to something faster or I would never have graduated. I lived alone in an antebellum...
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