Leah

Leah

January Recap.

Do you ever feel like January is the Monday of a new year? Don’t worry – it may feel like 2018 is getting the last laugh by serving us five Mondays this month, but we’ve got eleven whole months ahead…

Sunday Night Knit Night | no. 2

Welcome back to Sunday Night Knit Night. Unfortunately, I haven’t had much time to knit this week, so I’m glad we’re making a little time to sit down and create together. The new year is starting to settle in as…

Circus, Circus

Walking down the Las Vegas strip, Leigh points to the blue and red colored steeples of the Camelot Hotel & Casino. “That’s what I thought I was booking when I made our reservations,” she said. I guess somewhere along the…

The One with the FRIENDS Themed Shower

I don’t like being the center of attention. I’m more comfortable being slightly to the center of attention, making smart remarks and avoiding eye contact with my friends so we don’t laugh out loud. That made throwing me a bridal…

Hawaii Half-Marathon

We picked Hawaii for our honeymoon destination because of a half-marathon. You may think I’m exaggerating, but I googled half-marathons in Hawaii as soon as the islands came out of my fiance’s mouth as an option. As luck would have…

Sunday Night Knit Night

Around the time I got engaged, I jokingly asked my mother-in-law to be if I could join her Monday night knit night once I moved to town permanently. It’s an exclusive circle including her, the owner of the local yarn…

Book Review: A Certain Age

In my quest to not fail my Goodreads Reading Challenge for the fourth year in a row, I went a little overboard in requesting books from the library. One of those books that I recently hauled the three blocks back…

Who Do You Follow?

I used to spend my days running the social media accounts of a brand. Before I changed jobs, my superiors – all ten years my senior – asked who I followed and why specifically on Instagram. They were asking because…

Thirteen Crossings

“When I imagined my honeymoon, I never dreamed I’d be peeing outside,” I thought to myself as I made sure my husband of three days couldn’t see me behind the rock I deemed a restroom. Emerging from my hiding spot,…

Race Recap: Historic Hillsborough Half

Yesterday morning I completed my second Historic Hillsborough Half. The weather was chilly at the start and warmed up to a perfect 56 degrees by the finish. I smiled for all 13.1 miles and trained for only like 2 of…