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Baby Room Update
The office/craft room/guest room before we started the baby room makeoverOur nursery creation has begun!… Read MoreInitially, I wasn’t planning to start buying anything until December, but we were already at IKEA for the third time in two weeks, and Matt suggested that we go ahead and buy the sleeper sofa that we had been talking about purchasing for the baby’s room.
We went to IKEA last weekend to buy a bookshelf for our closet. I had planned to reorganize our bedroom closet in September, but we needed a new bookshelf to free up some space in there.
We ended up buying the wrong size, returning it, and going back
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Handmade Holiday Decorations
Are you all going to kill me if I start talking about getting ready for Christmas? (I mean, I’m kind of annoying myself!). I swear I used to be one of those people who rolled my eyes if I heard Christmas carols before December 1. And it’s not even Halloween.… Read MoreBut this year is different. Last year, I pretty much let Christmas slip by with very little handmade goodness, and I made a pact with myself to not let it happen again. Now that I’m pregnant and really trying to reduce stress in my life, I have to work ahead.
So, Christmas talk it is.
Here’s my plan:
- Make bunting
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What Do You Need in Your Life?
When I worked on the national staff of Teach For America, I learned about a helpful exercise for cultivating work/life balance (although we didn’t call it that; the exact name is escaping me). And it’s very simple.… Read MoreIt goes something like this:
You make a list of what you need in your life on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis.
I’m feeling the need to sit down and think through my list again (I’ve done this exercise a lot!). I want to make sure I find that delicate balance between my own needs and my growing baby’s needs.
So here it goes:
Daily
- Engaging and meaningful work
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