December is here! And so is a blogging break!

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Ok, so December was here yesterday :) I just love this photo (thank you Unsplash!). I’ve had day dreams of living in a neighborhood like this one, with tree lined streets, where every season shows it’s face. Then again I’ve had dreams of living in a remote cabin on the edge of nowhere…and at the beach (again)…and in an apartment in a big city…I’m still figuring this whole thing out but ANYWAY the point is, that wherever Andre and I end up, I hope that it’s a place that brings us both so much joy and where our children can grow into amazing men&women.

I’ve been reflecting a lot recently on my word for 2015. I believe it was the right word to choose and I believe that I used it and it manifested itself in my life. I want to talk about that more later as well as continue on with my wedding series and a bunch of other things…but I think I need to put this space on hold for a little bit. I love it here and am so excited to execute some of the visions that I have but for now, for the remainder of 2015…I need to just be present and for me, that can only happen if I take some things off of my plate- one being updating here for now.

If you’re a fellow blogger, you’ll probably see me still raiding your comments section (probably more so now, ha!) and I want to keep up with connections but I’m just going to take some time to focus on my vision for 2016 in all aspects of my life (including here!), hopefully come to better understanding of some things I’ve been thinking about and come back here with a bang in January!

I’m going to miss doing holiday updates because I had so much fun sharing those last year but I’m sure I’ll do some throwback December posts first of the year ;) Things are going to be so nuts for us the remainder of the month, I’m not sure I could even publish posts that would make any sense even though I would have lived the experience myself!

Thank you to everyone who comes around here to see what I’m up to (hey Papa!!). I love all of you dearly and can’t wait to begin again in January! Feel free to email me if you’d like, I’ll still be checking those ;)

 

Lots of love to you and yours.

Merry Christmas!

xx

 

Catch up on some of last year’s Christmas adventures here!:

Christmas Traditions

Christmas Decoration Day

Christmas 2014 Recap

 

 

Sunday Brunch // A Series

Hello loved ones!! I hope you had a wonderful weekend and are looking to the upcoming with positivity! I’m super excited about this so I want to get right to it!

Well! The idea for this Sunday Brunch series came during (read: because of) football season. I’m not one of those girls that loves the game but I’m also not one that despises it and won’t watch. Now, would I rather be sipping mimosas or a bloody Mary with my girlfriends over perfectly toasted croissants? Totally. Unfortunately that wasn’t a possibility every Sunday so I found myself hanging out catching up on blog posts on Sunday afternoons once I grew tired of the game(s).

With football season over, I will undoubtedly be getting some of my husbands attention back but we do set aside some time for ourselves usually…even if that just means snuggling up on the couch with a drink, me reading my blogs, him reading his cracked articles. Those are actually pretty good. Maybe I’ll use some of them on here as well! ha!

In reality this is a ‘blogroll’ of sorts. I thought maybe on Sundays, I would post my 5 favorite articles from that week, from the some of the blogs that frequent my blogroll and the Sunday Brunch series was born. Maybe someone will discover a good read that maybe they need to see or are just excited about. I thought about using posts from that specific day (posted on Monday…Tuesday…so on) but we’ll see. I mainly just want to showcase some of my favorite bloggers/writers/posts/articles…however you want to say it! So here ya go! My first Sunday Brunch blogroll!

 

Miranda Writes: Vanilla Chai Tea Smoothie 
I haven’t made this yet but I am planning to this week. It sounds so good. Even as I am typing this, my mouth is watering. Seriously.

Making Mrs. M: Big Picture Instalinkup
I love this idea so much and one of the super cool things about it is that you don’t have to be a blogger to participate. I love it when people create new ways to connect&spread positivity!

Simplicity Relished: How to make almond milk (and a little chat about almonds)
This was so informative and really made me feel like I could do this! I know nothing about the kitchen but I am excited to try this out!

Mother: Grown up Valentine’s day cards
These are hilarious! My favorite is definitely the underwear one ha!

Be More With Less: Maybe variety isn’t the spice of life
This is definitely thought provoking and has given me some motivation&tools to get some stress out of my life and simplify for sure.

 

So there you have it! 5 of my favorite articles from last week. Hope you enjoy those reads and find some motivation and inspiration!

Love you!

xx