This is the long story NOT short of how I said ‘YES’ to a dress. It’s no Cinderella tale — but there is a Fairy GOWNmother of sorts who swoops in to save the day.

‘TIS COMPLETED. My December Daily 2020 is DONE, and the full video flip-through is recorded.

I made the brand new December Daily® Creative Team! This post is a collection of questions I answered about the project.

Big life things trigger OCD. If you know, you know. This post is about the anxieties our engagement has kicked up for us.

Here’s how I documented how Tom and I got engaged in my 36 album (a.k.a the 6x8 album I’ve been memory keeping in for my 36th year of life).

Tom proposed on July 4th, 2021 in Long Island City, NY right under the Pepsi-Cola sign across the river from the Macy’s 4th of July Firework Show! Here’s the whole story…

I completed a VALUES EXERCISE created by Tiffany Han where she has you identify your top ten values and put them in order to inform decisions going forward.

a poem I wrote about a date I went on before Tom

On the first Monday of summer break, I FEEL SO READY for this season’s new rhythms. I’m happy to be here.

This year Ali Edwards’ annual WEEK IN THE LIFE™ project ran from Monday, May 10th through Sunday, May 16th. This post is how I completed the project.

So this is house hunting, huh?

Sometimes the love language I prefer is actual language. Words matter.

December Daily 2020 | Day 31 features our annual New Year’s Eve kiss tradition, with wishes for the year ahead.

December Daily 2020 | Days 27 - 30 is told with two “around here” photos and some journalling about the fours days before New Year’s Eve.

December Daily 2020 | Story 26 was setup weeks ago with my GRID SCAVENGER HUNT and was so much fun to fill in!

December Daily 2020 | Story 25 is about our quarantined Christmas at home with each other & the cats.

I used the 1 Second Everyday app to document these snippets from the first third of 2021 - the last weeks my cat Carmen was still with us. I cherish the few moments captured of her.

December Daily 2020 | Story 24 is a journal-less story over two spreads that basically explains two things: (1) I wrapped all the presents and (2) we were home.

December Daily 2020 | Story 23 talks about the one little word I chose for 2021: FUN.

December Daily 2020 | Story 22 is all about the foil, foil foil and my first homemade coquito.

I saw Alejandro laying in the sun, and I felt Carmen laying with him. So I sang him a song about it called “Sitting with Sissy in the Sunshine”.

On March 11th, 2021 we lost a piece of our family. This is the story of how she left us.

FUN FRIDAY: every Friday from now until the start of 2022, I’ll share some fun things. PART 10 highlights a DIY bouquet, Nick Jonas’ SNL, doodling in my planner, & two new podcasts.

FUN FRIDAY: every Friday from now until the start of 2022, I’ll share some fun things. PART 9 highlights one thing: FLOURLESS ZUCCHINI BROWNIES!

FUN FRIDAY: every Friday from now until the start of 2022, I’ll share some fun things. PART 8 includes our getaway to Mohegan Sun & how I documented it.

With inspiration from 20 years ago, my 4th grade class wrote each other sweet little messages of kindness to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

FUN FRIDAY: every Friday from now until the start of 2022, I’ll share some fun things. PART 7 includes a DIY manicure and some things that cracked me up this week!

Things I’ve been doing LATELY in February 2021 - written in list form and told visually in this photo grid.