22/366 :: Wednesday 22 January 2020
I didn't think that I'd be able to read Daring Greatly before it was due at the library since I had gotten a couple brand new short-loans from the library. no idea when I'll actually take the time to read The Boston Girl (which was left behind by a guest, so I don't know what it's about nor do I have a deadline by when I need to finish it).

23/366 :: Thursday 23 January 2020
if you know, you know. if you need some, you can buy them here. (they also do toffee and brownies.)

24/366 :: Friday 24 January 2020
I made these banana muffins with some added chai spice and ginger, and I saw that someone else on Pinterest had stored them in Pyrex, which I thought was cute and had to do myself!

25/366 :: Saturday 25 January 2020
​snow rabbits.

26/366 :: Sunday 26 January 2020
​hearts for breakfast.

27/366 :: Monday 27 January 2020
it only took me almost six years of living on my own to buy a cutting board (oops, sorry kitchen counters).

28/366 :: Tuesday 28 January 2020
I also bought a new coat. I washed it and then couldn't bother to put it away since I would be wearing the next day. when you live alone, you can leave your things wherever you want.

15/366 :: Wednesday 15 January 2020
loving this new mug from Spark Haus Vintage!

16/366 :: Thursday 16 January 2020
I finally took down the lace curtains that were on all eight of the windows upstairs at my house. (I moved those frames on the left to my bedroom, but then they fell off the wall and now they no longer exist.)

17/366 :: Friday 17 January 2020
frosted view.

18/366 :: Saturday 18 January 2020
​another snowfall.

19/366 :: Sunday 19 January 2020
​sparkle snow.

20/366 :: Monday 20 January 2020
​George says hi.

21/366 :: Tuesday 21 January 2020
my assistant while shooting some new photos for Monica's website!

December: getting to spend time with two friends for the first time in too long. IKEA. so tired. Mexican food. packed a suitcase as a guarantee that I would make it home. accidentally spent the night. crying. drive home in the morning. so tired.

January: request a decent shitty diner. it’s perfect in that sense. loud children. improperly cooked apples in the crepes. listening to music and laughing. back home early.

February: Discovery World for the aquarium and Les Paul. children everywhere. Mexican food. neighborhood tour. thrift store laughter. a sense of belonging. talking and crying about things that only a handful of people know about. Hotel Showdown. leaving too late in the evening and telling myself I should know better.

March: burgers in the fake treehouse that is Georgie Porgie’s. Target. Goodwills. Timbuk3 following us around. knowing I found a friend for life. The Outpost and Trader Joe’s on the way home because I wasn’t running late.

April: Goodwill. coffee and pizza at Anodyne. being followed by a goose as I wandered a lakeside park. Target. first Milwaukee cemetery: Forest Home, where the brewers reside. Ulta says my perfume is discontinued. the boys call and say that Notre-Dame is on fire and I don’t believe them. VV. sitar and guitar strings and amps. dinner at Kopp’s before finding a first printing of one of my favorite books at Half Price Books. listening to the songs he wasn’t working on all day. don’t stay too terribly late this time.

May: announce that I’m buying a house. American Science and Surplus. Target. migraine. picking a fight about vacuums. Chick-fil-A. IKEA. the lake. driving circles downtown around my hotel because parking is hard. broken toe. long walk. brunch at the Plaza. sort of rainy. art museum. Mac and cheese downtown. My Favorite Murder at the Riverside. Vince annoyed because I kept trying to ask the ladies in front of me if they needed a Sharpie. hugging Georgia and Karen. breakfast at Kickapoo Coffee Roasters. long walk in the third ward. hike at Schlitz Audubon. ignored by a waitress in Whitefish Bay. photoshoot in Cudahy. back to crazy reality after a short break.

June: breakfast with the boys at Morning Glory. they slept on the drive. Trader Joe’s. the Domes. driving around aimlessly. Tip-Top Atomic and a record store with a dog on Kinnickinnic. Insomniac Cookies. drop the boys off and go to a cemetery in St. Francis (Saint Adalberts). peonies and angel statues. back to Trader Joe’s. home at Dad’s by nine.

July: bakery lunch in Whitefish Bay. lakeside park wandering. Goodwills. Big Lots and feeling ignored. frustrated and sad. drive down to McHenry for my first Steak ‘n Shake experience and a city tour. meet the families. leave Illinois too late for an angry drive through Kenosha County. goodbye hugs in the street. home early in the morning.

August: IKEA for the new catalog and my free birthday lunch. wander through the store and buy a new bath mat for my new home. Mayfair outlets and mall. migraine. disappointed. laugh about June 2015. downtown Wauwatosa. frozen yogurt and a lovely long conversation on a park bench while the sun sets. home late, but happy.

September: art museum before one exhibit closes and after another opens. crying in the Nares exhibit remembering April 2017. lunch in the bank building. long walk through downtown and third ward. street art. beautiful library. Monarchs in the cemetery. knowing that I’m here for myself.

October: lunch at Colectivo after driving around because parking is sometimes too much for my brain. Wauwatosa is beautiful. zoo. excited to see flamingos. missing Florida. penguins look like Toad. Halloween decorations. another cemetery before the rain starts falling lightly. a little boy waves at me while I’m leaving. no longer feeling concerned about the Trader Joe’s parking structure. difficult but important phone call on the drive north from Green Bay.

November: excited to go to Sprocket Café. delicious cake. quaint, beautiful space. St. Francis is a favorite neighborhood. antique store. Target has the gloves I’ve been looking for again for years. feeling lost. Sam’s Club. sun sets between Sam’s Club and Aldi. defeat. Trader Joe’s, always.

December: closing a chapter. visit the lake at the end of Layton Avenue. no snow. Sprocket Café. red velvet cake. driving in circles. IKEA. buy too many things. almost cry, but don’t. three-level antique store. happy. weird to be driving a car that’s not mine. traffic.

8/366 :: Wednesday 8 January 2020
my uncle once suggested that I go here. I haven't made it in yet, but their signs make me smile whenever I'm downtown in Green Bay on my way to or from Daily Buzz.

9/366 :: Thursday 9 January 2020
I love little shelves on the sides of kitchen cabinets, especially next to windows. mine have tissue paper flowers, candles, a unicorn, a matryoshka kitchen timer, and a matryoshka salt and pepper shaker.

10/366 :: Friday 10 January 2020
second LuLaRoe dress in three days (and a third one was ordered that week. oops.)

11/366 :: Saturday 11 January 2020
little chicken pot pie from the best bakery in the Green Bay area. the little heart on top made me smile.

12/366 :: Sunday 12 January 2020
still things to add to my bedroom wall, but my favorite is the photo on glass of the MSP airport (upper left). the photo in the center is the view from my bedroom window when I lived on Third.

13/366 :: Monday 13 January 2020
overnight snow.

14/366 :: Tuesday 14 January 2020
book stack of the week.

1/366 :: Wednesday 1 January 2020
bubbly waves on the lake to start the new decade.

2/366 :: Thursday 2 January 2020
hi, house. I'm glad to see you still standing.

3/366 :: Friday 3 January 2020
the stack of currently reading.

4/366 :: Saturday 4 January 2020
it makes me happy that I'm mostly keeping up with updating my happiness project journal lately.

5/366 :: Sunday 5 January 2020
if you don't know what to get someone for a present for someone, a cozy blanket is my suggestion.

6/366 :: Monday 6 January 2020
I love looking at the ice formations on the water.

7/366 :: Tuesday 7 January 2020
is it just me, or is it hard to put things away after the holidays?

358/365 :: Tuesday 24 December 2019
​Christmas on Sand Bay.

359/365 :: Wednesday 25 December 2019
I put together this Sjöpenna floor lamp from IKEA and then looked online and saw that I did it inside out... but I really do like the way that it looks with a smoother outside. it's nice and glowy when it's on (:

360/365 :: Thursday 26 December 2019
too many books, not enough bookshelves. I'm hoping to reread some of these this year.

361/365 :: Friday 27 December 2019
if I keep finding sequins around the house from my dress on Christmas Eve, how many sequins do you think were left at my grandparents' house?

362/365 :: Saturday 28 December 2019
Saturday morning entertainment.

363/365 :: Sunday 29 December 2019
​not enough natural light lately.

364/365 :: Monday 30 December 2019
​some favorite pieces in my bedroom. (I still need to hang my Swedish unicorn.)

365/365 :: Tuesday 31 December 2019
yearly wrap-up.

351/365 :: Tuesday 17 December 2019
the snow is on its way melting (and is now so much further gone), but I love seeing the animal tracks in my yard.

352/365 :: Wednesday 18 December 2019
red velvet cake (by The Cake Lady) at my favorite Sprocket Cafe in St. Francis.

353/365 :: Thursday 19 December 2019
I picked up this dalahäst print at IKEA so fast that it took me a few minutes to realize that it's actually a unicorn! obviously, I had to have it, and it will probably be hanging on my bedroom wall someday.

354/365 :: Friday 20 December 2019
I didn't bake anything in Shauna Sever's Midwest Made, but I loved the photos of the desserts and fun vintage kitchen things.

355/365 :: Saturday 21 December 2019
two very similar photos in a row because I wasn't paying attention since I was so excited about the lovely mail that I picked up after work on Friday night!

356/365 :: Sunday 22 December 2019
my other impulse-because-it's-on-markdown purchase from IKEA was this new pillowcover! I love that it's festive and reminds me of Christmas.

357/365 :: Monday 23 December 2019
​sunrise swirls.

344/365 :: Tuesday 10 December 2019
favorite skies. (but so cold.)

345/365 :: Wednesday 11 December 2019
the only time I went outside was to check the mail.

346/365 :: Thursday 12 December 2019
​just a little dusting.

347/365 :: Friday 13 December 2019
perfect simple gift. can't go wrong with Lindor truffles!

348/365 :: Saturday 14 December 2019
​this guy.

349/365 :: Sunday 15 December 2019
what I'm reading + monthly sticker delivery.

350/365 :: Monday 16 December 2019
the nieces and I will be wearing unicorn slippers at Christmas today. <3

337/365 :: Tuesday 3 December 2019
​this one was cute with a nice positive message.

338/365 :: Wednesday 4 December 2019
I can't take it off my keys, even though I haven't lived there in over six months.

339/365 :: Thursday 5 December 2019
Half-Price Books, you're so good to me. thank you for having price tags that actually come off nicely.

340/365 :: Friday 6 December 2019
baby aloe is getting so big.

341/365 :: Saturday 7 December 2019
literally the one plant that never stops growing.

342/365 :: Sunday 8 December 2019
​I love reading back on what was happening in past years.

343/365 :: Monday 9 December 2019
​no such thing as too many Harry Potter books, right?

330/365 :: Tuesday 26 November 2019
I had to get a sticker for my bullet journal, and when I saw that the color on this one matched so perfectly, it was an obvious choice.

331/365 :: Wednesday 27 November 2019
my aunt and cousin stopped by, and he was immediately drawn in to this jar put together by one of our other aunts. he needed to know if the mousetraps still worked. haha.

332/365 :: Thursday 28 November 2019
it's kind of a joke in the family now that I'm asked to bring the green bean casserole for Thanksgiving, and I'll have the pleasure of making it for Christmas too.

333/365 :: Friday 29 November 2019
the mango flavor is better than the peach flavor, and some days are less inspired than others.

334/365 :: Saturday 30 November 2019
​I love his owl-like eyes.

335/365 :: Sunday 1 December 2019
​first real snow of the winter.

336/365 :: Monday 2 December 2019
it looks so pretty when it's fresh.