My Favorite Period Dramas

Winter is here and many of us are in winter hibernation mode. I don’t know about you but in this cold I have no desire to leave the house and be social. On these cold dark nights there’s nothing better than putting on a good movie – and if you don’t know by now I […]

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Going Green In 2020

Eco Friendly | My Petite Joys

Over the course of the last year I’ve been focused on living a cleaner and healthier life. In addition to the health of my body and mind, the health of our climate, our environment is just as important. For 2020, I’m working on making changes in my home to live more sustainably and find tools […]

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Marrying My High School Sweetheart

Highschool Sweethearts

This year Ted and I are celebrating four years of marriage, and thirteen years together as a couple. We started dating at sixteen and over these years we’ve been through a lot! Good and bad – but at the end of the day we’re a rare breed of high school sweethearts that are still happily […]

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4 Lessons From My 20s That I’m Taking Into My 30s

This month is a huge milestone birthday for me – 30! I’ve done a lot of thinking about what’s to come and have come to see that the decisions and lessons I learned in my twenties have had such a huge impact on where I am going today. Interested in what they are? Well head […]

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My Summer of Wellness

Veggies | My Petite Joys

I’ve went on a wellness kick this summer and this week I’m sharing some of the changes I’ve made since they are starting to work! Over the last few months I had been feeling really tired, my stomach was always giving me trouble, and my anxiety was through the roof. I knew I wasn’t operating […]

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Lessons from a Rescue Dog

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It’s hard to believe it but we adopted Winston one year ago this month! I can’t imagine life without his little presence. I love his happy greetings when we come home, his quirky personality, and just how incredibly affectionate he is. But believe it or not our start with Winston was actually very rocky and […]

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