Me and my forever friend, Nicole. Some people think were identical. Were not. Shockingly, this is the only photo I could find of me hands-up dancing. So She Danced A paraphrase inspired by Momastery ...
After a full day of backyard bottle-collecting and re-hydration, Im more than ready to talk about the best Cinco de Mayo Ive ever had. Which maybe isnt the most meaningful way to phrase it since Ive ...
Fun story: One of my favorite people in Seattle is this girl: Meet Kelly. We are both from Santa Barbara. We technically grew up together. Meaning there are photos of us running around wi...
Every once in a while I feel minor intimidation toward certain eating establishments in Seattle. Either theyve been written up in one too many foodie magazines, their menus are in a chic foreign lang...
I saw my musical girl crush face-to-face last night! The few songs I have actually managed to write teensy parts of on the piano are due in large part to Ingrid Michaelson and her quirky, cute...
Heres a fun fact: I ate more Top Ramen as a pre-adolescent girl than the average fraternity member consumes in their first year of undergrad. My family called them "big noodles" when I was gr...
A friend (hey Adam!) suggested that its about time I start to highlight some great things in life on the blog. And I couldnt agree more. Things were getting a bit heavy around here. I went on a vacat...
Ed Cooke for Valencourt by Samuel Bradley. Hard Things #2—Addiction [See my quasi-intro to the "hard things" posts here.] This post has been slowly pieced together over many weeks...
This is the first installment of "hard things" posts, where I will be talking about—you guessed it—hard things. My goals through these posts are to: Shed light on the severity of a hard thing...
Lately Ive been feeling extra weighed down by some evils lurking in our world. I hate being vague on the blog, but until I figure out a way to describe some of this in more detail—while remaining sen...
Ever since this happened, Ive been petrified of our mailman. Which is a shame when youre expecting greatness in the mail. This morning he knocked and I ignored it and waited for him to se...
Missing my month in Italy right about now. These photos are of my time in Florence a year and a half ago. The best. Theyll invent teleportation soon enough... &n...
All photos taken October • 2010 • Madeline Jacks Views of Florence from atop the Duomo (the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore) Last photo view of Florence from the Bardini Gardens
Who me? Ha—never. The bloggy, on the other hand...well it was about time. We celebrate change and fresh starts here on Spidatter, so I learned how to make confetti. Now its a party every day here.&nb...
Good thing I wasnt scheduled to work today or else I wouldnt have been home when our Morgan-Freeman-look-alike mailman knocked on our door, asked me my name, and then told me the Lord had blessed him...
“I restore myself when Im alone.” ― Marilyn Monroe SOMETHING HAPPENED THIS PAST YEAR: ...more like a surprising realization of a long-lived lifestyle rather than an actual event. If youve asked me ho...
Image via here. That one time I spent the entirety of the Super Bowl at home reading The Hunger Games... #worthit
Greenlake, Seattle, WA (aka my backyard) No...I didnt run off and elope 12 months ago, but what a fun and unexpected blog twist that would have been, huh?! My mom said she was getting sick of looking...
...is another blog post about making homemade almond milk. In my opinion, there just arent enough of them out there!!!* *Sarcasm. So lets get to it. I soaked about four cups of ra...
via here I had multiple pity parties today. There were tears. There were shouts of anger. There were country music stations playing. Correct me if Im wrong, but I rarely turn my blog posting in...
Also known as...the BEST weekend. Gloriously unfiltered birthday sky. Kel, me and Chels at The Neptune to see Kris Orlowski and Allen Stone. Kris Orlowski Chels made me "Better Than Sex"...
• 26 things to know when youre 26 • Inspired by this article/book. "Many are the plans in a mans heart, but its the LORDs purpose that prevails." —Proverbs 19:21 How to curl your own ha...
Its January 11th and Im just now mentioning New Years Resolutions. Behind much? In a similar vein, we still have Christmas decor hanging around our house. As noted above. I tend to shy away fro...
Do any of you who use social media regularly (in other words...all of you) ever find yourselves phrasing things in your head to create the perfect status/tweet/blog title/caption? #guilty And I mostl...
Trippy photo, right? Above all else, guard your heart, ...
Im one of the cool kids now! The iPhone 4S is pretty dang cool, but Instagram...now that is another animal. Be my Instagram buddy (I dont know what to call it...follower? ...friend?). Use...
Have you seen the new online magazine Sweet Living yet? Its fantastic! Of course, Im a tad biased because theyre highlighting my yarn snowmen family in their first issue! The editor, Jane Wriggleswor...
Im liberal in my definition of "free" here. Essentially, these materials could be free—if youre the type who hoards over-sized skeins of twine and 50-year-old sewing patterns. [Which my famil...
Confusing, Im sure. Both things I love. Yet I think aerial (as in aerial photography) is one of the lousiest words to remember how to spell. I always want to default to ariel...but thats the name of ...
Ill be honest with you. I first jumped on the Pinterest train when it was a brand new and very unheard of thing, but I thought it wouldnt get off the ground. And now its practically become the ground...
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