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  • podcast milestone!

    100,000! The Best of Both Worlds Podcast has surpassed 100,000 downloads as of this morning!  Laura and I are thrilled that so many have taken the time to listen and spread the word about our…

    January 23, 2018
  • wedding weekend

    Some weekends are chill . . .  This past one was not!  But it was filled with really good things: a rehearsal dinner, a wedding (Josh’s cousin, to a gorgeous woman that we all…

    January 22, 2018
  • capsule wardrobe thoughts, project 333 & more

    On yesterday’s podcast episode (#24), Laura and I discussed clothing and wardrobe selection.   We had the opportunity to interview Courtney Carver, a leader in the minimalism sphere best known for her wardrobe strategy,…

    January 17, 2018
  • weekend report / weekend thoughts

    NOTE:  It’s MLK day today, which is so important in times likes these.  Hoping to explain to the kids what he did and why there is a day in his honor.  “The time is…

    January 15, 2018
  • kon-mari, round #2!

    I read The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up in 2015.  I’m not tired of it yet. For one, I still fold all of our clothing the way she suggests.  That idea alone, in my…

    January 11, 2018
  • plans, schmans . . .

    Kidding.  Sort of. I was all jazzed up about doing more posting here in the new year (and thank you all for weighing in on topics!), but am definitely off to a slow start.…

    January 9, 2018
  • weekend plans & post requests

    Hi! We’re having a quiet weekend around here.  A lot of couch nursing/reading (finally breaking in the kindle paperwhite reading Little Fires Everywhere*  – I do find it easier to balance on the My…

    January 6, 2018
  • 3 weeks out: update

    3 weeks and 2 days, to be exact. I don’t know if it came across on this blog or the podcast, but I was pretty-effing-emotional (and kind of a mess) the first week or…

    January 4, 2018
  • HI (and birth story)

    Genevieve is 7 days old today and this is the first moment I’ve had to sit down to write anything – as expected, of course. current state of affairs We are adjusting slowly but…

    December 18, 2017
  • Introducing . . .

    Genevieve Hart Unger 7 lb 2 oz / 19.75 inches So far healthy and so so sweet! Definitely resembling her siblings ❤️ More to come later!…

    December 12, 2017