soooooooo....this is happening

it's been calling me.  i've been drawn back in.  of course, this has required me to do some dusting and of course seeing if it sparked joy in me.  clearly it did, because i've folded it up nicely and it didn't end up in the "get rid of pile".  

i think that it is important that we tell our story and write it down. i have felt a pull to do that for a while but the hand writing part of it has kept me procrastinating.  for now, i'm just going to do a monthly post, kind of up date thing and go from there.  i do have a story to tell.  i have changed, evolved and grown.  i'll tell my complete story eventually.  i love this blog.  i love looking back and seeing what we were doing and how we have changed but also, the type of person i was and what has helped get me to where i am now.  

if you're new here, the excitement and entertainment really happened in 2007 and 2008 when we were living in florence, italy.  honestly, how do you continue blogging after that?

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here it is, first photo on 2019.  cloe and i made a delicious brunch.  Cloe has discovered the joy of cooking and baking.  she is vegetarian so her recipes tend to get more expensive than the average recipe and some times are appealing to just a vegetarian.  but she is almost 17! and we love making as much from scratch together.  this meal even included fresh squeezed OJ.

my little sister is living in town with my mom while her husband is deployed in Japan.  She is really loving having free babysitting.  all. the. time.  we see those 2 little ones at our house often.  but they sure are cute and it's fun to get to know them since they have always lived out of state.  

i recently heard a podcast about this girl that would have a once a month night of abundance with her friend.  they get dressed up and go out to eat somewhere new and don't worry at all about the cost.  they only have positive conversations and they talk about their goals and accomplishments.  i love this idea.  i decided to incorporate it into my life.  i don't have a date yet, so i am taking volunteers.  shortly after hearing the podcast, this one dress a month for a year instagrammer showed up in my life.  you could go hear her speak about her experience and the creative process and see the dresses.  oh, and the dress code was semi formal.  so i bought a ticket for my mom and i.  it was a nice evening celebrating another woman accomplishment and enjoying her work.  these dresses were incredible and beautiful!  she designed them all herself and sewed them.  and she didn't use patterns!

i do have to apologize because i feel like you got ripped off.  i wrote a pretty sweet blog post yesterday that included the same info but just, you know, written better.  i couldn't pull out the humor this time.  or the capitalization of letters.  

everyone gather in a circle, hands in.  on the count of 3, 1..2..3..COURTNEY!  alright!  we've got this, i'm doing this.