It is Tuesday and you know what that means…Travel Tuesday! Make sure to link up with us all below and then have fun hopping around to visit the other travel and wanderlust posts for the week.  Next week I will announce our theme for the first Tuesday in November.  I was feeling a little nostalgic... Read More »

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It is my half birthday which means it is my younger sister’s Birthday today!  She turns twenty five years old and to mark her quarter of a century birthday I have devoted this post to her.  Zoë, who works as a sommelier in DC, is celebrating this milestone by jetting to California to enjoy the... Read More »

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A con to living the expat life is being many miles and many more miles away from family.   In my life my family is already quite small and scattered across the United States already.   My mother lives in Arizona, her father lives in Arkansas,  my father’s brother lives in New Jersey, and my sister lives in... Read More »

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We moved just a couple of days before Christmas to Bath, England and we able to celebrate the holidays with Nonna (my mum +Teresa Nystrom ) and Zia Zoë (my younger sister +Zoe Nystrom ) at our new place.  It had been a little stressful, but nothing could make our Christmas better than having our family here for... Read More »

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Shout out to my little sister on her 24th birthday today! ‘Hot': The weather has gotten quite hot for English standards. Had to do away with my black tights/leggings and go bare leg. #maycreative #photoadaychallengehttp://instagr.am/p/LFWgu7Iky2/ Found two Olympic coins! #limited #50pence #Olympics #london2012http://instagr.am/p/LEMP4Cok_F/  ‘Unusual': the view outside the backdoor of work…giant baby climbing across the fence. #maycreative... Read More »

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Photo included is my dad’s last trip to Disneyland with my family. Ronan was two and I was pregnant with Maddox at the time. Pictured here with my sister and our friend Austin.   “Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don’t, then who will, sweetie? so keep... Read More »

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Picnic and football at the park with my boys.http://instagr.am/p/Je9Wj2ok_w/ Just discovered Dazzle Dust. Pretty impressive pigment for a drugstore brand. I’m a fan. #makeup #pinkhttp://instagr.am/p/JfN0e1okz6/ I miss my sister Zoë and Snowboarding.http://instagr.am/p/JIDsFSIk0Y/

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