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And this is how it begins….
Cleaning. Deep cleaning. The kind of cleaning normally attributed to a pregnant woman two weeks out from her due date. Top to bottom. Every room, closet, drawer, and shelf purged with great...
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Who’s Making Herself the Priority? This Bitch.
by Carmen Farrell I’m headed into a new phase. A really exciting phase. A phase where I focus on healing myself. It’s been almost 20 years since I’ve felt vital and energetic. That’s more than half...
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My First Dance With Change
-Erika “starting early” Ray My parents made sure we could handle change. No we didn’t move a hundred times during our childhood. They didn’t swap partners a million times either. We were just given...
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A Long Time Coming
by Jill Greenwood Years ago – 1992 to be exact – I graduated from college with a degree in professional writing. Back then professional writing encompassed all the components of technical writing and...
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evolution of a smile
“if we don’t change we don’t grow. if we don’t grow, we aren’t really living” -gail sheehy i admit, i am a lover of routine. i snuggle up in predictability. there are many reasons why i think i have...
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It’s Cheaper Than Crack . . . I Think
by Jill Greenwood Yup, we’re a little late getting the month started on O + U. Could be the nice weather, but it only became nice in the past few days in my region. Might be all that time I’m spending...
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I got nothing
-Erika Ray Writing is easy for me. I sort of just spew whatever I’m feeling onto the screen. It’s always full of typos, but it’s always easy. Writing is a delicious and therapeutic hobby. But this...
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pedal, pedal, pedal
About 15yrs ago, I bought a bike at the urging of some friends. I was just out of college and hadn’t been on a bike since I was 12yrs old. I felt foolish. I felt giddy. I felt really out of shape....
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hi, my name is jessica . . .
and i’m a serial hobbyist. i enjoy learning new things. if something piques my interest enough i have to try. some hobbies stick, some ebb and flow, and others get put on the back burner. here are...
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bed and a book
i love reading through the previous hobby posts by my fellow o+u ladies. no surprise that we share so many similar likes in hobbies. knitting. i too loved knitting, but i have come to realize what i...
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A Month of Black & Whites.
-Erika Ray New month. New topic! We’re late, but it’s good. We’re back with a video. Ever wondered what I sound like? Now’s your chance. Plus learn how I edit 98% of my black & white conversions....
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Hello Old Friend
Yesterday I took my camera to visit an old friend. I’ve missed these city streets. My soul. My thinking space. We’re celebrating black & white this month at O+U. Take a stroll with me…
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nueve
his wishing will not be rushed… nine times around the sun today. he makes all my days better days.
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hello, sunshine.
it may not be official, but summer is in full swing here. days of running wild, bathing less (i think the boy just went 6 days without a bath. don’t judge, there’s been a lot of water play), collecting...
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Against the Window
By Jill Greenwood Moments are fleeting. They come and go in an instant. Four years ago, we loaded an SUV to the gills and packed four adults into it for a two-hour drive to Philadelphia. Ten hours...
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I Just Don’t Understand
by Jill Greenwood Sorry for the blog silence, folks. When we started O+U, we never really ironed out our schedules. For a while, Erika did the calendars, but when she was selling her house, I took it...
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7am
Reblogged from thehours: Jordan Parks | St Louis, Missouri, USA Sam Wesselhoft | Woodbridge, Virginia, USA Tracie West | Los Angeles, California, USA Audrey Amaro | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA...
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evolution of a smile
“if we don’t change we don’t grow. if we don’t grow, we aren’t really living” -gail sheehy i admit, i am a lover of routine. i snuggle up in predictability. there are many reasons why i think i have...
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It’s Cheaper Than Crack . . . I Think
by Jill Greenwood Yup, we’re a little late getting the month started on O + U. Could be the nice weather, but it only became nice in the past few days in my region. Might be all that time I’m spending...
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I got nothing
-Erika Ray Writing is easy for me. I sort of just spew whatever I’m feeling onto the screen. It’s always full of typos, but it’s always easy. Writing is a delicious and therapeutic hobby. But this...
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