Ready or not, here it comes: back to school. My siblings are back at school, my teacher friends are back in their classrooms and campus is bustling around me. Back to school is here, whether we like it or not. To make it a little easier, I made almond oatmeal granola bars! I love granola…
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Happy Friday! Can you believe we are already at the end of August?! This month flew! It is so crazy that school is about to start up again. Campus is so quiet and peaceful over the summer and you feel like you have it all to yourself. Sometimes in the summer I forget how busy…
brain tumor trip – nyc part II: central park
In case you missed the introduction to this brain tumor trip series, check out Friday’s post on our first part of NYC! We spent a lot of time in Central Park during our trip, using it as an easy way to walk from place to place while being surrounded by green and city at the…
oatmeal dark chocolate fig bars
Oatmeal dark chocolate fig bars are the perfect end-of-summer afternoon snack. Sometimes you are just in the mood for a bar dessert. Cookies and cake won’t do, but the dense crumb of a one-handed oatmeal bar fits the bill perfectly. I have been trying to make a fruit and oatmeal bar since the spring, with…
brain tumor trip – nyc part 1
Over the weekend my family took a trip to New York City to celebrate health and family. When I was a freshman in high school my dad underwent surgery and a difficult recovery for a benign, but unknown, type of brain tumor. The following year, around the time of the surgery, we went on a…
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Welcome to another Friday! This week seemed really long for some reason and I’m glad to move on to the weekend and more fun things. My family is going on our annual long-weekend city trip and I’m so excited! I hope you have lots of great plans for this weekend, including some Olympic watching! :)…
august goals
August is here! Can you believe it?! And I have my August goals ready before the month is halfway over – what?! :) This day last year I was just starting a new job, and it feels like the year has flown! The first three weeks of July were so busy for us that I forgot…
relaxing lavender latte
Can you believe it is already August?! I feel like this year is flying by at record speed. July was filled with travel and activity and early morning wake-up times, necessitating more caffeine than usual. The combination of stress and little sleep made this lavender latte the perfect weekend treat. Lavender bushes are in full…
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Come faster, weekend, come faster! via Pinterest For some reason this week seemed to drag on and on. It wasn’t crazy busy, but we have been getting up really really early for Will’s rotation, which I think has made the whole week seem longer. But, we’re almost to the weekend – I can see it…
summer picnic recipes
It is hot hot hot outside! I love the long relaxing nights and all of the fresh produce that summer brings, but growing up in North Carolina, I never loved the blazing hot and humid summer days. Sometimes it isn’t bad if you can stay in the shade, or take a dip in the water,…