Greetings, 2024! New Year’s resolutions are not my thing, but I do like to set some high level intentions for the upcoming year (knowing full-well they are likely to get blown to smithereens).

One of the things I love so much about Melbourne is the absolute plethora of creative options in every direction.

I am attempting to learn my way around Procreate. It’s a process. I’m also attempting to figure out some ideas for jewelry collections, and I’m always inspired by my travels.

Well, it seems fitting that since I posted a Farewell, Charleston post, I should follow it up with a Hello, Melbourne one, yes? Right? Right.

In addition to lots of time taken up with the international move to Australia, I’ve been really focusing on making time for me.

An ode to the beautiful, charming city I’ve called home for the past 10 years…

2020, man. It was a rough one.

On a macro level, it felt nearly impossible and entirely unbelievable that what was happening was actually reality.

On a personal level, while dealing with the intense mental load of 2020, I still managed to pull off one of my most personally successful years yet.

Well, we made it. It’s the last few weeks of a beyond crazy year, and I’m officially on vacation from work for the next two weeks. And I can definitely use the break. I plan to spend it painting, crafting, and baking cookies.

As if it needs to be said one more time, 2020 has been a rough one. For me, it’s also been a year of growth, specifically related to finding my creative and artistic side again. And I’m happy to say that’s been a smashing success.

It really wouldn’t be summer 2020 without a little tie-dye fun now, would it? Of course not.

I’m not entirely sure how an entire year has passed since my last birthday (because it feels like it’s still March 2020), but here we are.

When it comes to a work-from-home wardrobe, there are two ideas that generally float around out there: 1) PJs all day, every day, and 2) It’s a good idea to put on actual business casual clothes, or you know, pants with zippers and buttons. To both of those I say, “psssht, no way!”

Filed Under: things I would not recommend. We’re finally in our new house and we managed to do it with barely any contact with the outside world.

There are a few things I didn’t anticipate for the first quarter of 2020. Like a Global Pandemic. And still not being moved into our new house. And my dog dying. And for those reasons, I’m totally fine with not doing all the things and with adjusting my 2020 goals in the midst of this mess.

Well, friends, these are some strange times. I’ve been stuck at home 24/7 with my kindergartner, thrown into the deep end of homeschooling while also working full-time.

Welp. It’s safe to say this is not how I anticipated the first few months of this new year and new decade unfolding. These times are uncertain and scary, and I feel a heavy emotional load right now.

And just like that, it’s February already. I know lots of people tend to think January lasts for 4 months, but for me, it flew by. And if that’s any indication of how fast the rest of the year is going to go…yikes!

Happy new year and happy new decade!

It’s been a while since I’ve posted here, but I thought I’d come back to recap (briefly) the decade that was and to say, “hey, I’m on a brief blogging break.” While I love this space, right now I feel like I need a hiatus to focus on other things, and to rethink the focus here.

We recently took a long weekend and headed to Disney World. I think we’ve become those people. But it really is a fun place and it’s so close to home for us that it makes an easy trip.

We headed to the Outer Banks for the second year in a row this year, and it was another year of friends, adventure, and relaxing.