This post was originally published on FTD By Design. This is not a sponsored post. How you decorate your home is a unique way to express who you are as a person. To begin, we recommend taking the Myers-Briggs personality test if you haven’t already. It is […]

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If you had asked me three years ago if I’d ever be a military spouse, I’d have shaken my head and laughed at the unlikelihood. I didn’t even know anyone close to me in the armed forces, and I lived in a city with no […]

Last fall, when my husband and I were in the middle of our big move to Dallas, my exercise routine was the first thing to fall through the cracks. I knew I’d soon have to forego my beloved (but expensive!) yoga membership in lieu of a more flexible fitness regimen, so […]

So you’ve finally had enough. It seems like everyone you know has an adorable puppy or an adventure-loving dog to call their own. Scenes of tug-of-war and park playtime dominate your daydreams. You’re just dying for a sweet, fluffy companion and it’s totally time to […]

I sat alone in the parking lot under an overcast spring sky, reciting out loud what I was going to say, over and over and over, the same words spilling forth in my car. Finally, hands shaking, I dialed the number. “I think I need […]

We’ve all been there: It’s 4 o’clock in the afternoon on your day off—AKA, the day that you planned to get your whole life together (i.e., clean the apartment, catch up on your side hustle, organize the pile of mail that’s been growing on the kitchen counter, shop […]

January is a strange month, don’t you think? It arrives immediately after the holidays, and yet it feels a world away from the festive chaos of December. It is the return of routine after a season of letting loose and going with the flow. A clean slate, if you […]

This post was written in partnership with a BeautyCounter consultant, but as always, the views and opinions expressed in this post are our own.  It’s that time of year again, friends. ‘Tis the season of peppermint hot chocolate, twinkling red lights, and tacky sweater parties. What’s not to […]

It’s the year of 25! I celebrated my 25th birthday a month ago, and Kristen turned the big two-five just yesterday. (Pop open the champagne!) Come to find out, we’ve learned a few things in the last two-and-a-half decades of being alive. If we could go […]