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Molly Monday: The Demon Vacuum

Molly Monday: The Demon Vacuum

Are you starting to realize that Molly Mondays are kind of my favorite? Not that I don’t love to cook and take pictures and share recipes, but there is something relaxing about snapping embarrassing pictures of my dog for you all to see. Like many 

April Favorites!

April Favorites!

I hope you had an amazing April! The rain has been coming down here – The grass is finally green, the trees are blooming and it is almost time for my first 5k! Here’s to a great finish to a beautiful month and here are 

Cinco De Mayo Favorites

Cinco De Mayo Favorites

Tomorrow is Cinco De Mayo! I am going to miss my girls in Chicago (especially you, Julia!) on this very special day. We used to celebrate together every year with Mexican foods and far, far, FAR too many margaritas. This year I will be making 

Molly Monday: The Ugliest Neck Pillow Ever

Molly Monday: The Ugliest Neck Pillow Ever

My boyfriend went to Washington state for work last week and I was so excited when he told me he bought a neck pillow because he was coming home on an overnight flight. I’ve been wanting one of these pillows for a while and it’s 

Molly Monday: Good Morning!

Molly Monday: Good Morning!

You know those memes that poke fun at dogs taking up the entire bed during the night. They are 100% true. Molly is not that big, she’s about 18 pounds. When she’s sleeping, she seems to expand in size and weight. It’s impossible to move 

Molly Monday: Spring Haircut!

Molly Monday: Spring Haircut!

Molly got her first haircut of 2014! I actually like her hair a little shaggier, but she was panting in 60-degree weather, so it was time to lighten her up a bit! I took her to Divine Canine in Westover and everything seems to have 

Molly Monday: A Week In Pictures

Molly Monday: A Week In Pictures

For this week’s Molly Monday post I wanted to share a week in the life of Molly! I snapped a bunch of photos with my phone this past week and I think I truly captured all that is the life of Molly Boo. What a 

Molly Monday: April BarkBox

Molly Monday: April BarkBox

When I moved to WV from Chicago, I cancelled Molly’s BarkBox subscription to make things easier on myself for the move. I just finally re-subscribed her and she got her first one this past week! She loves getting BarkBoxes and any time we get a