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Of Woods and Words

Lost and Found

I know that when Mercury is in retrograde that, if you're inclined towards astrological reasoning, things are prone to go to hell in a hand basket. I've experienced enough wonky Mercury Retrogrades...

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Don't Be So Defeatist, Dear

No new posts in a week?! Someone must have gone back to work full time this week. . . . All winter long, I've posted three posts a week like clockwork to this here blargh, but then on Monday I...

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Green For Good

We've all been there: pushing your heaped cart out of Target and wondering what the heck happened. There appears to be a certain vortex effect inside Target which causes one to neglect their...

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Why We Exercise

Obviously, women's body image has been screwed up for a good long time now. When I was a pre-teen and teen, a lot of fuss was made about anorexia and bulimia. A mere decade later, the country's in...

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Slow Changes

Change is funny, isn't it? We devote a fair amount of our lives to resisting changes and then, at other points, we long for change so badly that we can hardly see straight as we wait for its...

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Knit Happens: Baby Stuff

After a wealth of wedding afghan projects in the last few years, I'm happy to announce that my friends are moving on to the next stage of adulthood: parenthood. This is very exciting because baby...

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What's Been Happening Around Here

It's been a week of quietly significant happenings around here. Nothing to write home about, perhaps, but interesting enough to highlight in a boring blog post. Andy and I spent a bit of time this...

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This Is The Sun's Birthday

"i thank you God for most this amazing day: for the leaping greenly spirit of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes "(i who have...

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Throwback Thursday: London 2003

Ten years ago today I was flying home from my first trip ever overseas. I'd just spent 12 glorious days in London with a group of my peers who were participating in cultural immersion course for...

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The Need for Control

It's been a hard month for control freaks like me. It's felt like the last few weeks have been spiraling out of my grasp and that almost every day brings something unexpected, and often,...

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Snow Day, Earth Day

It may be Earth Day, but it looks more like Snow Day around here. If you're not from around these parts, you might not have heard about the little April shower we had on Thursday night. As we like...

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Lofty Goals

So remember that time when I was all like, "I'm going to start running again." You know, back in March . . . of last year? It's not that I forgot about that little post and my best intentions to...

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The One With Lots of Feelings

Yesterday, when I said April was a hard month, I wasn't just referring Snow-pocalypse 2013. This year, it's been a month filled with illness and the cognitive dissonance that comes preparing for...

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Etsy Flash Sale - Because I Said So!

If you didn't already know that T.S. Eliot was from the Midwest, this quote surely gives him away, "April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire,...

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I Have A Sweet Dream

I have a dream, a song to sing To help me cope with anything If you see the wonder of a fairy tale You can take the future even if you fail -Abba Source: grouprecipes.com via Ada on Pinterest My...

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A Game of Thrones

Being a tv-less household, let alone HBO-less household, Andy and I came to Game of Thrones a little late in the game. (Pun!) We had to wait until the first season was released on DVD before we...

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The Land of Counterpane

The Land of Counterpane When I was sick and lay a-bed, I had two pillows at my head, And all my toys beside me lay, To keep me happy all the day. And sometimes for an hour or so I watched my leaden...

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Smell Like Dirt

“In spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.” - Margaret Atwood When we were in town last week, I ran into the hardware store to pick up a couple bags of seed starting mix. "This...

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Trading Chocolate for Free Weights

On Sunday morning, Andy caught me putting a piece of a Cadbury Caramello bar in my mouth. "Wait a minute," he said. "You can't eat that." "Oh yes I can," I replied. "It's Easter. Lent's oooooover."...

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Easter Monday Greetings

Did everyone have a lovely Easter and/or weekend? I have to admit, I'm in the midst of a particularly murky Monday. May be a bit hungover from copious amounts of jellybeans and chocolate consumed...

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Fridge Triage

I take the adage, "Waste Not, Want Not" pretty seriously, especially when it comes to my groceries. Being a frugal minded person, it kills me to throw out groceries, since essentially I'm just...

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Spring Giveaway

I'm once again participating in a giveaway with fellow bloggers and Etsy shop owners over at Ashley's After Nine To Five. Check out the fun prizes and enter to win below! -Ada Happy Wednesday! We...

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Flutter by Butterflies

One of my favorite parts of the recent trip to Michigan was a trip to the Meijer Gardens. Located in east Grand Rapids, this impressive complex features several conservatories, art exhibits, and...

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Why We Work Hard

I work (relatively) hard not because I believe in the American dream (although I do) but because I believe it makes my life easier. There's one obvious benefit to hard work: mo' money, mo' money....

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Gone and Back Again

I assure you, I did not fall off the face of the Earth this week. Honest. I've been off in the lower peninsula of Michigan with my mom visiting my brother and his plus one (Ashley). While I...

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Hello Insomnia, My Old Friend

Insomnia and I are like good friends. We can not see each other for a long time (months, years!) but when we met again, it's like we've never been apart. Except without all the fun catching up, you...

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Around here, we do our best to be good stewards of the Earth. When you consider the fact that the earth's temperatures have be "above normal" my entire life, reducing the amount of waste we...

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A New Year

I turned 28 yesterday. At this point in my life, especially since I live so far away from the vast majority of my friends, birthdays really are just another day and yesterday was no exception. In...

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Off Our Arses, Into the Woods

So after declaring ourselves lazy bums on Tuesday, we knew we should probably shake off the winter blahs and actually head outside for some fresh air. We'd heard that a couple people had snowshoed...

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Of Woods and Words

Lost and Found

Don't Be So Defeatist, Dear

Green For Good

Why We Exercise

Slow Changes

Knit Happens: Baby Stuff

What's Been Happening Around Here

This Is The Sun's Birthday

Throwback Thursday: London 2003

The Need for Control

Snow Day, Earth Day

Lofty Goals

The One With Lots of Feelings

Etsy Flash Sale - Because I Said So!

I Have A Sweet Dream

A Game of Thrones

The Land of Counterpane

Smell Like Dirt

Trading Chocolate for Free Weights

Easter Monday Greetings

Fridge Triage

Spring Giveaway

Flutter by Butterflies

Why We Work Hard

Gone and Back Again

Hello Insomnia, My Old Friend

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

A New Year

Off Our Arses, Into the Woods

An Apology, Sort Of

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