64/365 :: Friday 5 March 2021
​it never gets old.

65/365 :: Saturday 6 March 2021
Easter gift from the dog I dogsit. (:

66/365 :: Sunday 7 March 2021
"new" clothes from ThredUp. I already had this cardigan (also from ThredUp), but I love these Gap merino wool cardigans, so I had to get another. (I think this was the first time I've ever gotten a package on a Sunday.)

67/365 :: Monday 8 March 2021
kitchen ​shadows.

68/365 :: Tuesday 9 March 2021
​snacks for work.

69/365 :: Wednesday 10 March 2021
​cereal hearts.

70/365 :: Thursday 11 March 2021
​the library stack. (and yes, it's true.)

57/365 :: Friday 26 February 2021
I love this guy and kind of wish I had a more prominent place to display him.

58/365 :: Saturday 27 February 2021
​snow moon.

59/365 :: Sunday 28 February 2021
the night before back to teaching!!

60/365 :: Monday 1 March 2021
it took me quite a while to get through Small Sacrifices because I had a couple new releases to read (since they were short loans and probably couldn't be renewed).

61/365 :: Tuesday 2 March 2021
happy mail from You Are Beautiful.

62/365 :: Wednesday 3 March 2021
​I always pass this building on my drive home from Green Bay and finally stopped to take a photo of it.

63/365 :: Thursday 4 March 2021
bright postcards in the mail thanks to Postcrossing.

50/365 :: Friday 19 February 2021
this is my friend Robért. sometimes he's pretty scared. but he's pretty cute and makes intense eye contact.

51/365 :: Saturday 20 February 2021
I wanted a photo of the animal tracks in my backyard, not realizing that I also captured the firepit and plastic chairs that came with the house a year and a half ago but I have yet to do anything about (oops).

52/365 :: Sunday 21 February 2021
​another Sunday sunrise.

53/365 :: Monday 22 February 2021
I do wonder what the librarians think about my selections.

54/365 :: Tuesday 23 February 2021
back on the road to see my fluffy friend.

55/365 :: Wednesday 24 February 2021
​I love this lake. not that you can see it beneath that fog.

56/365 :: Thursday 25 February 2021
I couldn't add to my collection of Carley Baer-designed shirts (because the only color options were blue and orange and we all know I rarely wear anything that isn't black or grey), so I had to get this big mug.

43/365 :: Friday 12 February 2021
​just a few things on my dining room table.

44/365 :: Saturday 13 February 2021
I couldn't not buy a shirt from Phenomenal. (and my Pipsticks arrived.)

45/365 :: Sunday 14 February 2021
Valentine's Day sunrise.

46/365 :: Monday 15 February 2021
new stickers from Pipsticks!! it's always a fun surprise around the middle of the month when they arrive.

47/365 :: Tuesday 16 February 2021
​new print on the wall in my bedroom.

48/365 :: Wednesday 17 February 2021
​blue skies again.

49/365 :: Thursday 18 February 2021
a few hours after my grandma died. I loved this big cloud. and an hour or two later there was a beautiful sunset on Lake Michigan.

36/365 :: Friday 5 February 2021
when your coworkers still aren't 100% sure how to spell your name, so they spell it in funny ways.

37/365 :: Saturday 6 February 2021
I've been ordering stamps online for a few years now to make sure that I get the fun ones that I want. I really love the lunar new year ones, and the current series is really pretty.

38/365 :: Sunday 7 February 2021
I had to leave my lipstick out the night before to remind me of the video I had to film the next day.

39/365 :: Monday 8 February 2021
sunshine and icicles.

40/365 :: Tuesday 9 February 2021
a little cold out there (for a couple weeks) on my half birthday.

41/365 :: Wednesday 10 February 2021
a little corner in my bedroom. I love this fake plant that my stepmom gave me, and that print has been hanging in each of my last four bedrooms. (it looked best on the brick walls when I lived downtown, but I do like the grey walls in this room.)
[ps - it's Functional Gray by Sherwin Williams but I call it Formidable Grey.]

42/365 :: Thursday 11 February 2021
it's been a while since I've taken a books photo here. I'm forever trying to knock books off my Goodreads to read list. I had a bit of a confusing time with Again Again because it would frequently shift to alternate worlds, so there would be several variations of a scenario that the characters went through.

29/365 :: Friday 29 January 2021
back at the lake, of course.

30/365 :: Saturday 30 January 2021
​a surprise thank you note in the mail made my day.

31/365 :: Sunday 31 January 2021
​friends.

32/365 :: Monday 1 February 2021
​first sunrise of the month.

33/365 :: Tuesday 2 February 2021
​blue skies.

34/365 :: Wednesday 3 February 2021
​it's like my own personal hotel here.

35/365 :: Thursday 4 February 2021
​new lovely print from Alyssa Lentz via Spark Haus Vintage.

as of today, I have been sober for five years. five years. so much has happened in those five years.

I have been (essentially) told that I’m not allowed to call myself “sober” because it wasn’t like I had a drinking problem. but that’s not how I see it. no, I wasn’t going out every night or even every week, but I was still going out and getting drunk with certain people because I thought it made me seem cool.

I was young and impressionable, and I thought that this was what I was supposed to be doing. but I wasn’t taking care of myself. it was so easy for me to quickly get drunk with maybe a drink or two because I wasn’t eating like I should have been. I would look back the next day and just didn’t like who I had been the night before. I would look ahead and see the way that my life was going to turn out if I kept this up. one of those cringey moments was when I cried on new year’s eve because the ice in my water melted. I laugh about it now, but I also feel sad for the 22-year-old I was.

so, no, I didn’t really have a big drinking problem, but I could have if I didn’t change my ways. yes, I still crave the whiskey sometimes, but I’m glad that it’s not in my life anymore.

I guess the moral of the story is that you can be proud of who you are and the decisions you make for yourself. just because I didn’t have to dig myself out of a hole doesn’t mean I can’t claim my journey.

here’s to five years clean, and the next five ahead.

22/365 :: Friday 22 January 2021
​one of my favorite drives.

23/365 :: Saturday 23 January 2021
sometimes you have a busy day at work and your coworker had made the wrong menu item for a customer, so she gives it to you for lunch, but then it's too busy for you to really eat much and you take it home with you for later.

24/365 :: Sunday 24 January 2021
I love changing into leggings and slippers after getting home from a long day.

25/365 :: Monday 25 January 2021
ten years with my Luna.

26/365 :: Tuesday 26 January 2021
​I mean, same.

27/365 :: Wednesday 27 January 2021
I bought these pumpkin pie pop tarts on clearance from Target and honestly wasn't really expecting them to be anything special, but they were better than I thought they'd be.

28/365 :: Thursday 28 January 2021
don't worry, I eat vegetables too.

15/365 :: Friday 15 January 2021
I didn't need them, but Amazon told me that they were on a special sale and I went for it.

16/365 :: Saturday 16 January 2021
never have I seen such a large bottle of moisturizer.

17/365 :: Sunday 17 January 2021
​I love changing into leggings after a long day at work.

18/365 :: Monday 18 January 2021
I like stickers! I like stickers! I like stickers, yes I do! (insert high kick)

19/365 :: Tuesday 19 January 2021
I miss Milwaukee so much, and I've been saying that for months.

20/365 :: Wednesday 20 January 2021
I got free brownies from one of the best bakeries in Green Bay and I have to say, the classic ones were actually my favorite.

21/365 :: Thursday 21 January 2021
catching up on podcasts. I love getting to hang out with these ladies' voices in my ears.

early in January, there was a beautiful frosty coating everywhere. a few days of fog brought us some picturesque rime ice. it was one of the many days that I didn't want to leave my house, but the lighting was perfect so I had to walk across the street to take a few photos in the park.