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Why I Won’t Take My Husband’s Last Name
A wedding is full of ritual and tradition, but so many of the things that come with marriage (specifically, the wedding) are pretty unnecessary and uncomfortable. Weddings are getting more and more complicated with the excessive bachelorette parties and 15 different showers, but none of these extra things are replacing the outdated parts of the […]
A Little Update On My Busy Life
Life has been really crazy lately. My days have been packed with productivity. At this point, I am truly flourishing. I am getting so much done without driving myself insane and I thought I would take this opportunity to share a little update. About a month ago, I quit my job as an (almost) full-time […]
10 Tips On How To Be A Better Babysitter
When parents put their trust in you to take care of their children, you are bearing a heavy weight on your shoulders. You are completely responsible for the lives of somebody else’s little people. While the safety of the child is of utmost importance, and obviously the ability to ensure this safety is an important […]
Shallow vs. Deep Ecology
The following post is based on a movement by Arne Naess that describes the difference between shallow and deep ecological movements. Please read the original piece written by Naess here. What is Shallow vs. Deep Ecology? Arne Naess, a Norwegian professor, draws a definite line between two areas that he calls Shallow Ecology and Deep Ecology. […]
My Untraditional Life Path
Over the past few weeks, I have been spending more and more time in the offices of my professors at my new school. I have been in this school for nine weeks now and in those nine weeks, the only friends that I have made are double my age. I had a few things to […]
Amish Goods Haul
“So you’re from Pennsylvania, like the Pennsylvania Dutch?” is something I get allll the time. (Please note the heavy sarcasm lost in the translation of the html coding.) I absolutely love Amish people, which is probably a really strange thing for me to say that I love. My mom recently visited Pennsylvania and shipped back […]
Fall Festivities
So according to the calendar, it has been fall for a month now but only today did the temperature drop down below 85. Last week when we went to the pumpkin patch/fall festival at a local nursery, it was just below 90 and my sister decided that it would be the perfect time to wear […]
An Uncommon Gift Guide
Check out some amazing gifts I got from Uncommongoods!
Meet Foxy!
Meet the dog of many names! When we adopted Foxy, our lovely little Chihuahua-Pomeranian, as a puppy 8 years ago (oh my goodness, she’s old), her name was Foxy Lady. About 6 years ago, one of my sister’s friends said something along the lines of “Waxy! What a cute name for a dog!” and we […]
Tea Addicts Anonymous 