[Life Lately]

I promise that this will never be a blog that just regurgitates Instagrams. Not that that’s bad or anything, it’s just not my thing.

BUT, with that being said, this is my blog and I like to get a little personal up in here and so, naturally, sharing bits and pieces of my life is going to happen every now and then. Is that cool with y’all?

Plus, I can say a little bit more here than I can on Instagram. Or something. Right? Right.

Anyway, let’s get to it.

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1. Brooke and I with our Gigi’s cupcakes to celebrate her blogiversary! I have met so many amazing people through blogging, but especially through the triFABB group. Seriously. And I have just been so blessed by my friendship with Brooke – I love this girl.

And if you aren’t reading Brooke’s blog, you need to go check it out. She is one SERIOUSLY stylish momma AND she is hilarious. But what I love about her is not only her fearless approach to fashion (this girl can rock printed pants like there’s no tomorrow), but also her huge heart.

Anyway. Enough doting. But yeah, she rocks.

2. You know you’re an adult when you get excited about a Christmas present like this. My sweet husband got me a new light for our kitchen for Christmas and he installed it last weekend!

I have HATED, LOATHED, DESPISED that light on the left in our kitchen since I moved in after we got married. For real. It felt like you were about to perform surgery it was so fluorescent. It was awful. And now we have a new light in the kitchen that is pretty and warm and awesome! It’s the little things, right?

3. Husband and I have been doing some serious de-cluttering and organizing around here as of late. And that includes going through old boxes of stuff from my childhood and figuring out what is actually worth keeping or what is just taking up much needed space. We live in a tiny little cape cod style house and there is ZERO storage.

But yeah, so we were going through old boxes and I found this gem (pictured below). THIS gem happens to be the ORIGINAL copy of my infamous “Sidewalk Speech” that I gave to the Herndon Town Council when I was eight and a half.

Yeah, I wrote it all by myself (can you tell?) and I got dressed and demanded that my parents take me to the Town Council meeting that night and I stood on that podium and gave that speech.

It took another two or three years, but we did eventually get sidewalks. I even carved my name in them when they were being put down so that I’d be forever remembered in our neighborhood as the girl who got the sidewalks. HA! I was a persistent kid.

4. SO PUMPED TO OWN THIS BOOK. I know, I know, you’re thinking, “Really, Molly? It’s a book!” Well, I’ve wanted this book since it came out, but it just wasn’t in my tight budget to get it – but Santa brought me a Barnes & Noble giftcard and thus, the book was no longer a dream, but a reality!

If you don’t read the Young House Love blog, you are missing out. I love them!

Here’s to so many fun, easy, and cheap DIY projects!

5. I wore this to Waffle House on New Year’s Day. Yeah, I keep it real up in this place, y’all. Sometimes, I don’t want to “get dressed” and so an old t-shirt, old boots, and track pants are my solution. Sue me.

I will have you know that my husband and I were the dressiest people in the Hillsborough, North Carolina Waffle House on New Year’s Day. That is a fact.

What about you? What’s going on in YOUR life lately?

Linking up with Lauren, Jeannett & Allison today.

58 Comments

  2. I almost thought that was you and your hubby on the cover of that book, haha!! ..and nothing wrong with Instagram posts! (In fact, sometimes that’s the only time I can get pictures on mine!) Love it!

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  3. I really wish I lived in your area so I could hang out with you and Brooke! I love her blog too! And your new light is a huge improvement….I would be excited about that too!
    ~Jessica

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  4. Yay for being OK with adult presents..not THAT kind, but I was SO EXCITED to get a blender as an engagement present. Seriously, LOVED IT. Also, I’m SUPER excited that Young House Love is coming to Palo Alto (about 10 minutes from my hizzouse) in a couple weeks for a book signing. I squealed, and I can not wait to see them <3, and DONT worry about the regurgitated instagram. love it.

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  8. It’s posts like these that I read your blog for, Molly. And yes, getting excited about lights and buying yourself DIY Home Improvement manuals definitely means you’re becoming an adult. Some of my best presents this Christmas were power tools and the books telling me how to use them. My grandparents gave me a shop vac – which, given that Kristi and I are sanding down the walls of what used to be our kitchen, will likely be incredibly useful. (It’s been a construction zone for the past two months because life keeps us away from working on it. I’ve been working sixty hour weeks and she’s been pulled away with other problems all the time. I had two solid days this week to work on it, but being that our lingering Christmas colds are determined to keep us bedridden, zero progress got done. Word to the wise – unless you have major time to devote to it, major projects like whole room renovations are the reason why people hire contractors. If I had the money for a professional, this would have been done in a week, tops.) And you know, sometimes you just don’t feel like getting dressed to go out. We’ve been tempted to go out in pajama pants before ourselves, but even to the IHoP by CNU, we still wear at least jeans.

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  9. Share away, sister… It’s your blog! Btw, totally love that letter… That is so something I would have done. I was the crusade-fighting tomboy too 🙂

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  11. Oh man. Can we be friends just so I can eat one of those cupcakes, too? YUM! Plus, your cute cell phone case in the last picture totally makes up for the sweats. And I’m positive that you WERE the dressiest there! Ha! 🙂
    Nice to “meet” you via Jeannett! 🙂

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  14. I love Young House Love, and I also bought their book for Christmas for myself!

    Also, thanks for posting your less than put together waffle house attire. You are always SO gosh darn cute, I feel better knowing you are sometimes in casual clothes. Hahaha!

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  15. Those cupcakes look so yummy! And I actually laughed out loud when I saw the picture of your letter on Instagram a few days ago. It’s SO sweet–and I love how you carved your name into the sidewalks once you got them. So funny! Happy weekend, Molly!

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  19. 1. I want a cupcake now. Thanks. 😛
    2. I hate flourescent lights and my husband loves them (really?!) – I’m jealous your husband will change them out for you. haha
    3. I also bought that book with a Barnes & Noble gift card from Xmas!
    4. I too was at Waffle House New Year’s Day…although for me it was about 2am, bahaha.

    Have a fabulous weekend!

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  20. That pic of you girls with your cupcakes is so cute! (And now I want one!) And that light fixture is gorgeous, I can see why you were excited 🙂

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  24. Ha – if it wasn’t for work I’m pretty sure I’d be in sweats everyday (if anyone I know saw me at the grocery store I’d be ashamed!) – so I loved the shot of the track pants oufit – way to keep it real girl!

    XO
    Pearls & Paws

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  25. Love the new light Molly! Definitely a more attractive piece for your home…
    And LOL at the sweatpants shot! I totally bum it up some days…even more so now that I don’t fit into most clothes. Love that you were still the dressiest people in the Waffle House!
    Have a wonderful Friday friend!
    xo – Marion

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  26. ok its 6:02 AM and im crying in front of the computer!!!! I feel so blessed to have met you this year (really glad I sent that creepy stalker email asking you to lunch) for so many reasons. Thank you for everything you have done for me! There aren’t many “real” people left in this world but you are one of them and i love you for that 🙂 PS i loved your waffle house outfit, very classy for waffle house and the new light looks totes amaze! I can’t wait to continue our friendship this year……its going to be FAWESOME!
    Brooke @ what2wear

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  28. I love the new lamp. We have a SERIOUSLY UGLY pink chandelier in our bedroom from the previous owners that we have just not gotten around to taking out yet.

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