enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: life
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It was quite a week (or non-week) around here with the frequent Typepad (my blog host) outages. I am sorry if you tried to access the blog or an old post and had issues these past few days. There are still some bugs, like pinning from posts is acting strange and sometimes comments fail, but…
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AND it's Friday. I appreciated the sweet comments on my MAKE29 post. I need to remind myself to just "write it all out" more often. If the Dear Ellerie letters have taught me anything it's that articulating my thoughts helps me to process what's happening. (ps..those early days were so intense I still can hardly…
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around here we are listening to "happy " on repeat. around here we are learning new tricks daily. around here we are loving turning pages and "lift the flap" books. around here we are drinking our coffee in Ellerie's room. around here we are finishing up projects. around here we are scheduling podcast interviews. around…
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celebrating the first "big camera" photo of my family of three in 2014. witnessing Ellerie learn to crawl! thanking Apple for inventing FaceTime. eating this salad (so excellent – but I recommend increasing the dressing!) completing some eCourse content. clearing out my office cupboards. re-watching old Parks & Rec episodes and… crying from laughing so…
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So, it's quite likely that a few of you are going to read this and think "WTF, Elise. How do you have time to sew a top?" And the answer to that is, "I am not sure that I do." But something I have learned over the past months and years of making a career…
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I have a vivid memory from when I was seven years old. It was Christmas Day and my family had opened Santa presents and then driven to Tahoe to make up for the fact that we wouldn't be near extended family in Minnesota for the holidays. That evening, after dinner, we hung out at the…
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l had the pleasure of spending four days on the Oregon Coast this past week, wearing my collection of humongous scarves and teaching at the Your Story Retreat. I said this to the women attending at the very beginning and I say it again here: my job, while awesome, can be very isolating. It's just…
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I'm headed up north today to teach at the Your Story Retreat. This is my first multi-night adventure away from the bug and I have a feeling she'll be crawling and saying "Da-Da" before I return Sunday afternoon. I think (hope?!) I've made peace with that. And overall I am looking forward to getting away…
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This was one of those weeks where I looked up and it was Friday. I feel oddly good and oddly frustrated by that. Not too much to share other than I’m super excited for the ampersand launch tomorrow morning! MAKE29 is proving to be quite the adventure and I am gathering my thoughts for a…
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enjoying the extra sunlight hour so very much. thanking my mom for her help this past weekend. finishing up our income tax paperwork. re-watching Parks & Rec season one and… laughing outloud slightly hysterically. reading Cooked (book report coming soon!) sleeping so well. planting a herb garden. tending my tiny seedlings. working ahead on some…
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