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chocolate-chip banana muffins
One of the first baking recipes I ever learned to make was my mom’s banana bread. To me, banana bread just tastes like home. And it’s a great recipe for someone like me who hates to waste food. I...
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year of kindness challenge: week 17
Hello from California! I have moved back to my home state after finishing up my last semester of grad school, and it feels so nice to be back home in the sunshine with my family! Last week flew by as...
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happy mother’s day!
I feel so blessed that I am able to celebrate my sweet, kind, beautiful, brilliant mama today! We went for a morning walk at the beach, and now are relaxing on the couch. Later I’m making chili &...
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shrimp + sausage stew
Before I leave for my new adventure up north, I asked my mom to teach me how to make one of my favorite dishes of hers: shrimp + sausage stew! This soup is healthy, hearty, veggie-filled, and light...
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happy halloween!
Before we get to Halloween, I first want to give a shout-out to my beautiful Mom whose birthday was yesterday. The older I become, the more and more grateful I am to have been raised by such an...
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fabulous friday #4
Happy Friday, everyone! I’m writing this from the beautiful new John McKay Student Athletic Center at USC … so excited to be back at my alma mater for Homecoming weekend! Here are five things I’m happy...
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fabulous friday #16
Happy Friday, friends! Hope you are having a delightful #TGIF. It’s been a little damp and drizzly up here in the Bay Area this week, which is wonderful because we need all the rain we can get! And...
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goals + recipes for the week of 3/30
Aaaaaand just like that, it’s Sunday again! And the end of March! Where does the time go? My mom is here! My mom is here! :) I’m so happy to see her. Yesterday evening we had a nice, low-key...
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happy mother’s day!!! + goals for the week of 5/11
Happy Mother’s Day, everyone! I feel so lucky that I get to spend part of today at home with my amazing mama. She is one of the sweetest, most kindhearted people I’ve ever had the privilege of knowing,...
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fabulous friday #39
Happy Halloween, everyone!! What fun things do you have planned for today + tonight? Allyn & I are dressing up as Sebastian the crab & The Little Mermaid and we’re going out for dinner in...
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fabulous friday #46
Happy Friday, everyone! I don’t know where this week has gone. Crazy that we’re approaching the weekend again already. Hope you’re having a terrific day, and if you’re back East dealing with the crazy...
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mom to the rescue
I was a freshman in high school, playing in a weekend basketball tournament down in San Diego. It was the off-season and this was sort of like an extra-credit team, separate from the high school team....
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red-rimmed, clear eyes + full, broken hearts {part 1}
For the past couple years, Allyn and I have been slowly working our way through all five seasons of Friday Night Lights, which is perhaps my all-time favorite TV show. We are on the last disk of the...
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red-rimmed, clear eyes + broken, full hearts {part 2}
{If you missed Part 1, you can read it here!} My mom flew out the final week to help me move on and wrap up my Indiana life. Three years before, she had driven out to West Lafayette with me and helped...
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what i’ve learned as a new mom
Hi everyone, and happy 2019! I am thrilled to introduce you to my daughter Maya Woodburn McAuley. She was born on December 4th at 10:57pm. She is the most beautiful thing we have ever seen and my...
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