Lifestyle
In Loving Memory of Willow
It's heart-breaking and more difficult than you can imagine to share that Willow, our beloved Bernese Mountain Dog whom you've all grown to know and love, has passed away unexpectedly this week. She was a large part (in every sense) of our family, and a bigger part of our hearts. And right now, they're quite […]
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October 30, 2020
Casual Friday
Casual Friday & De-Stressing
flower art | charcoal art How do you cut out stress? Last weekend, I was hit with a Bell's Palsy flare up (I originally had it for the first time nearly nine years ago after having our first born). One side of my face started burning and aching and feeling like needles in every pore, […]
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February 8, 2019
Toolbox
The BIG Thing on my Christmas List this Year
This post is sponsored by eBay. There's one gift me and all of my girlfriends asked for for Christmas--A Dyson cordless vacuum. We've had a big upright ball Dyson for a couple years and then right before Thanksgiving, we brought it up to the cabin and forgot it--conveniently the same weekend we were having a […]
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December 13, 2018
Cleaning & Organization
How We Keep Our Floors Clean with A Big, Hairy Dog (and 3 little kids)
This post is sponsored by BISSELL We get a lot of questions about how we keep our home clean with a big, hairy dog like our sweet Willow romping around. I usually smile and say, "We just love her more than we hate the hair."--which is, I mean, best practice. But the truth is, we […]
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May 24, 2018
Casual Friday
Casual Friday: March 9, 2018
Willow has been acting off. We brought her into the vet and discovered she slipped a disc in her back. We got medication for her and have been trying to help her rest, per her doctor's orders, but she's still not acting like herself. It's so hard to know that something is wrong with your […]
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March 9, 2018
Art
A Fun Place to Hang Pet Portraits
When our first dog, a large Great Pyrenees named Charly, passed away last year, we received a beautiful (and crazy accurate!) watercolor portrait of her from talented artist, Jamie Clark. After we adopted Willow, we added her portrait to our collection. I actually CRIED when I opened it and saw the paintings side by side, […]
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February 22, 2018
DIY
Ep 50: Designing a Home For Airbnb Vs. To Live In & Which Minimalist Are You?
via Though we've talked about our new dog, Willow, on the blog, we share a few thoughts and details about her to start of this episode. We share some comments and messages we received from her previous family, and some stories about rehoming a dog. She's seriously such a sweet dog and was definitely made […]
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November 20, 2017
Casual Friday
Casual Friday: November 3, 2017
This week was one of those that felt never-ending. I think it had something to do with Halloween being on Tuesday, which made it feel like Friday and then we woke up and it was only Wednesday. Anyone else? We've taken on a lot of campaigns in the next few weeks, which means a LOT […]
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November 3, 2017
Lifestyle
Meet Willow.
Meet Willow, the new-to-us 4 year old Bernese Mountain Dog we adopted, sent to us a little over a week ago from our dog Charly, who is absolutely watching over her family from above. Willow is proof of that. After the rough month it has been losing Charly, Chris and I had an idea we'd […]
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October 30, 2017
