enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: life
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playing with more rope baskets. Yep. So addicting. planning to work from a coffee shop this morning while I wait for my June roll of film to be developed. going through all the baby girl clothes in the garage. I am embarrassed to admit how many bins we had in there. It was much more…
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MY GIRL IS TWO. We're almost week in and I love two. Of course there will be tears and tough days. But there will also be language and creative play and (requested by her "fam-lee hug!" …it's where we all three hug and she pats our backs and my heart falls on the ground and…
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In May 2013, while Paul was deployed and before Ellerie was born, I wrote a post just like this one. Today in partnership with Olly Vitamins, I am sharing again all the things (some exactly the same and some so very different) that I hope I remember about my current mornings decades from now. I…
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In February 2014 when we baptized Ellerie, Paul and I were talking to the pastor (the same guy who married us four years prior) about how tough it was to "balance" work and parenthood. I'm paraphrasing, but he said something along the lines of: "I know. It always seemed strange to me that the decade…
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I recorded a podcast episode on this topic last fall but some variation of "I have so many ideas, but don't know where to start" continues to be one of the phrases that pops up in my email inbox most often. So I figured I would write it out in blog post form. Sometimes hearing…
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Buying gifts for guys is so hard. Buying gifts for Paul used to be impossible. But I have had one go-to for the past few years. Coffee. Anniversary? Coffee. Birthday? Coffee. Christmas? Coffee. Father's Day? Coffee. And so, I thought I'd pass on a recommendation… Coffee! More specifically, a coffee subscription! I got connected with…
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working on getting at GET TO WORK BOOK pre-orders out the door. This is my greatest organizational undertaking by far and the only thing that's making it work is pure focus. Eyes on today, Elise, not tomorrow. wishing I could push pause on everything else (email, blog, laundry, having to think about dinner) while I…
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We spent the first week of May in Maui. It was absolutely wonderful to get away, though I am always humbled to re-remember that traveling with a toddler is not "relaxing." This was a special trip because both sets of grandparents were able to come with us! We were very lucky to have them. Paul's…
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I'm not sure WHAT I thought when I said I'd be back with a post Monday 5/11. What was I planning to do? Spend a jet-lagged Mother's Day drafting an epic post about our trip? Hmmmmmm. That sounds…like the worst. So instead I'll REALLY be back in the saddle after a full work day on…
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We are headed out on our first big family vacation and the first week long break I've taken from the blog since our honeymoon in 2010. To say I've been looking forward to this would be like saying Ron Swanson is amazing (a gross understatement). Paul and I have spent the spring talking about what's…
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