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dear vacation //

July 20, 2013 by Rachel Leave a Comment

Dear Vacation:

Please be full of sleep.

And long, hot, showers.

And naps poolside.

Hell, naps in general would be nice.

Please be full of delicious food.

And sangria.

And ice cream.

Please let the weather be wonderful.

Not too hot.

Not too humid.

Just perfect, would be perfect.

Please let us all survive the 12+ hour drive.

And let us survive the beach.

And the sand.

Please let us all avoid sunburn.

And let me get in that sauna just once.

Let me reconnect with my husband.

Let me make wonderful memories with my family.

Let us enjoy everything we have, be refreshed, and feel grateful for all that has happened over the last couple of years.

weekly mantra

June 3, 2013 by Rachel Leave a Comment

Last week I worked out every.single.day.

I worked hard to fit in workouts; I fit in workouts with Ari; and our house suffered the consequence of my domestic neglect.

But I felt great.

My workouts were a combination of 4 runs, power-walking with the stroller + Ari 4 days, and 3 yoga practices.

I’m finally looking forward to my runs instead of dreading them.

Yesterday we drove 4-hours from Akron to Cincinnati to have family pictures taken with our wedding photographer, Justine, who was in from Maine visiting her family. We spent 2 hours taking photos, and then drove 4-hours back to Akron. All in one day. When we got home, I was dying to go for a run! But, I decided to relax a bit instead.

So my mantra for the week is…

I’ll run more, I’ll rest some, and I’ll be anxious to do it all over again!

weekend wrap up

May 14, 2013 by Rachel 3 Comments

It’s been a busy, busy, few days, y’all!

Saturday morning Ari + I drove 2.5 hours to Columbus, bright & early, to visit with my sister and my parents. When we arrived we ate a little breakfast and headed to the German Village to pick up some yummy macarons and lemon tarts from Pistacia Vera.

The macarons were amazing! Beautiful and delicious!

After hitting up a couple of other places, including Columbus Brewing Company [hello — if I’m in Columbus I’m going to try and locate some Bodhi!], we went wedding dress shopping.

My sister and her fiance are getting hitched October 4th 2014 [the eve of my 30th birthday!]. And even though it seems a little soon to be wedding dress shopping, she is beyond relieved to have chosen THE dress and to be done with it! One less thing to worry about!

Ari did so well running all kinds of errands with us. He even stayed awake through most of dinner. But on the way home, my napless baby went crazy. Well, until he fell asleep. Luckily he slept most of our drive home.

On Sunday we planned to celebrate my first Mother’s Day by having a low-key day and then go out for a late lunch.

Buuuut that didn’t happen. I had an errand to run Sunday morning, and afterward I went for a 3-mile run. Followed by a super cranky Babycakes. I can’t blame him. Our Saturday was full of travel and it threw his schedule way off; but he was pretty much a nightmare all day Sunday.

Oy. My nightmare.

Thankfully, going to the sitters on Monday seems to regulate his schedule and put us all back on track. Who would’ve thought that we’d be looking forward to Mondays??

But Monday was pretty much just as crazy for us. We celebrated Chad’s birthday as a teeny family after work. We ate dinner, opened presents and ate lemon tart [instead of cake!].

Hopefully by the end of today we’ll all be back into our regular routine!