Our return from our wild weekend in Colorado was a tough one for me: my body hurt, I needed sleep, and sickness got me. What it was, who knows, but there were a lot of symptoms suggesting my systems needed some hard rest. While I am proud of my still-heavy postpartum body for hiking 1,000…
Andrew is MY celebrity (best boss)
If you dropped into this coffee shop, you’d get a masterclass in marketing. Eavesdrop on: Andrew Kokes is a CMO and my former boss at HGS, where he hired me in my first VP role and taught me a ton about corporate marketing (and playing the game … he used to tell me to just…
Feel Good Tuesday | 081826
I keep missing my self-imposed deadlines. This was written on Thursday: We’re headed to Idaho Springs for Rapidgrass this weekend on top of the mountain, and it’s gonna be awesome. Even if it’s raining, which it might be. I’m excited to get out of the heat. The last couple weeks of summer were really intense…
Meet my celebrity: Pedro! [minipod ep drop]
Pedro is one of my og Austin football friends, and I love this episode where we bop all around topics and get deep too. Drop in!
Meet MY celebrity: Allison! [new minipod ep drop]
Allison and I have been friends for almost two decades, we met working at a beauty startup called Endless Beauty. She married one of my best friends, and we don’t get to see each other often enough but stay in touch on socials. We kick off the ep reveling in our old YouTube channel, which…
More Things I Could Probably Make [alt: Paracord is trending]
I am enjoying trying to make my own versions of some of the accessories I’ve been seeing (first post here). Here is the latest project I tackled and lots of paracord inspo for future DIY! Canvas bag upgrade But for $198 yes that is almost two hundred dollars for a canvas bag, I am pretty…
Natalie is MY celebrity and marriage certificate trio wife [new minipod drop!]
Meet my LinkedIn fluffer, stroller-walk-gossiping, Monday-morning FaceTime. Drop in as we gab about clothes, our marriage certificate trio husband, family dynamics, and more.
My Week in Pleasantville aka Downer’s Grove | Feel Good Monday 072726
Sanne and I spent the last week “in Chicago” with one of my best friends, a mama to two boys, who actually lives in a very sweet suburb of Chicago that is basically a dreamland of boys biking to each others’ houses, mamas texting, and driveway drinks. The parents are all lovely and amazing, the…
Teti is MY celebrity, my sister-in-law [new minipod ep alert!]
Stephanie, aka Teti, is my sister-in-law, and I’m so lucky my brother chose her to be his wife and my sister. She’s hilarious, honest, smart as hell, and I love hanging out with her. Drop into our conversation here.
Shopping List: 40+ Powder
I have no idea what to title this post, because here’s what we’re working with: I am looking for new makeup. I am LOVING my skin. Using Froya Organics* or beef tallow face cream from the Cincinnati Farmers Market (I CANNOT find them online but I LOVE their beef tallow and luckily my Kentucky friend…