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May 4, 2015

Sponsored Giveaway: Working on Balance and Not Sweating the Small Stuff

Laura with Lawnmower

On Friday, I led a women’s book club for my firm where we read The Confidence Code, by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman. I had already read the book before, but like Lean In, it’s the kind of book you can read again and again and get new insights each time based on where you are in your life. The discussion was outstanding, and also really thought-provoking. For example, we talked about the relationship between self-esteem and confidence, and whether they go together or if you can have one without the other. One of the fun and personal parts of …

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April 22, 2015

The Excitement of Home Depot and Bed Bath & Beyond

New Door Handle

This past weekend was a little different than my usual. While I typically pack weekends full of socializing and other events, I mostly spent this weekend getting stuff done around my new house. I got back from a business trip on Friday morning and headed straight for the office from the airport. It ended up being a really busy day, and I was sorry I hadn’t taken the crack-of-dawn flight instead of the 8am! But I was able to get a bunch of work done on the plane, and then meet up with coworkers in person once I arrived, so …

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April 3, 2015

New Home, New Stress, and No Organization

Makeshift Desk in Kitchen

Ugh, and yet again, I have been a terrible blogger and haven’t posted this week outside of my Links I Love. This week has just been insanely busy! In addition to working on two clients plus a major proposal for a third client, I also had my big move from my apartment to the house on Wednesday. I still have a few things left at my old apartment (probably two or three carloads worth?) but for the most part, I’m moved over. Woo hoo! So much space that I don’t yet know what to do with all of it 🙂 …

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March 18, 2015

Healthy Recipe: Turkey Shepherd’s Pie

St. Patrick's Day House Party

Remember how one of my New Year’s resolutions was to have people over at my home at least once a week? I’m not doing well with my other resolutions but that one is going strong. One of my biggest reasons for wanting to host people so often was that I hoped it would make me less uptight and more go-with-the-flow, rather than stressing out about every little detail. Well, you can’t get much more relaxed and go-with-the-flow than everyone sitting around a blanket on the floor in my new den! Even though I just closed on my house yesterday morning …

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March 17, 2015

My New Home – The “Before” Tour!

House

This morning I got up as usual, and went to the gym as usual, but then instead of sitting down at my computer, I spent a lot of time writing on stacks and stacks of paper. I swear, I’ve almost forgotten how to write, since I am pretty much always on a computer… but today it didn’t matter if it was legible or not. I was signing all the paperwork to buy my first home in Colorado! I am soooooo excited for this house, which is basically everything I was looking for. Rather than a big bang approach to moving, …

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