Show Your Gratitude With a Thank You Jar

It’s November 1 and that means the Thank You Jar has returned. Chris and I have a Thanksgiving tradition that we’ve been doing for so many years I’ve forgotten where the idea originally came from. This tradition makes us feel connected as a family and truly grateful for all the good things in our lives.…

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Imma Let You Finish

Me and Kanye West have something in common. And I mean besides our vast fortunes and legions of fans. We’re both interrupters. I try to be polite when I have conversations with people, but there’s always a little voice inside of me that is aching to blurt out something. It’s so bad that I actually…

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Funner Ways to Motivate Your Inner Athlete

When I was in 5th grade, I wrote a poem that rhymed the word summer with the word funner. My teacher helpfully informed me that funner wasn’t a real word, but he gave me permission to use it because I had “artistic license.” Now I think of something being funner if it’s edgy fun or…

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Lessons From the Farmers Market

On the weekends, Chris and I like to go to the farmers market on the Embarcadero by the Ferry Building. I’m always finding something new to try. Have you ever eaten a pluot? I’d never seen them before moving to California (they’re a cross between a plum and an apricot). Pluots are absolutely delicious, fresh,…

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Singing in the Non-Rain

It doesn’t rain much here in San Francisco. It actually started raining on Sunday after having no rain for months, so Chris and I rushed outside to take some pictures. Of course, the rain had stopped by the time we hit the street. Hee hee, it was kind of funny, though. We decided to take…

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Be Good to Yourself For No Reason

Today is the official first day of fall (not like all those other days that felt like fall but really weren’t…stinkin’ fakey fall days). Fall is my favorite season. I love the chill in the air, the new school year, warm sweaters, changing leaves, and the start of the “Merry Hallothanksmas” holiday season. But, alas,…

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Maybe It’s For the Best

Do you ever get the feeling like the Universe is trying to tell you something, if only you’d listen? These pictures were taken down the street from our neighborhood Starbucks. Not pictured is my soy latte and Chris’s caramel apple spice just off camera on the brick ledge. I was complaining to Chris the other…

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