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FeaturedMaking Life Decisions on Wednesday Mornings
Ominous title. Feel the drama… lol But yes I decided to try a dieting app(Noom) on Wednesday three weeks ago. But what lead to this decision to ignore all my past dieting experience? Why now? To answer this we must go back to I a post before COVID, when I discovered a book(Lift like a… Read more
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FeaturedBrim Coffee Maker Review
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FeaturedOne Year Ago…
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FeaturedStitch Fix August 2020
Hello all! It’s been forever since I have done one of these reviews(here’s the last one) But with moving between two houses back and forth and just the craziness that is life right now I have been a bit distracted. But I am going to do another catch up post either this week or Wednesday… Read more
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It’s Okay Being Just Okay
Soapbox Warning!! If you’re not in for a rant don’t read. Ya know I love blogging and watching YouTube videos. But sometimes it gets kinda irritating. It comes to some place where I feel like the pressure of, “You should listen to me because I have a YouTube channel and am therefore know more about… Read more
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FeaturedGeneral Check-in
How is everybody doing? I feel like life around here has been rather regular the last couple of weeks. No big splashes, except in the lake water. And no exciting nanny related events worth writing a blog post about. Not that I’m complaining! This summer full of hot, water logged days have been glorious. Lake… Read more
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The Over-hydration of Curls
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FeaturedBook Review: Imagine a Forest
Another possible title for this post could have been “Shout-out Book of the Month: Imagine a Forest”. If y’all follow me on Instagram(which you should be doing by the way) then you saw my post about dabbling into the realm of Folk Art painting. I know, I know I don’t need another hobby. What with… Read more
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FeaturedBeside the Lake
For the next two months the family I work for will be beside a lake, enjoying the sun and the wildlife. It’s a new experience for us all and has been a bit stressful. But now that we have been here a week I’m praying things will settle down. In approaching this new experience as… Read more
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Summer Style Review
The family I work for is staying at a lake house this summer. Which basically translates to me being outside and in the water 24/7. Since I will probably be wearing my swimsuit like a second skin for two months I decided I wanted to purchase several sun dresses that I could just drape over… Read more
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FeaturedMay 2020 Media Favs
I’m so behind with posts- My apologizes but here is a quick run down of what I have been loving this month. Tv Shows/Series The Mentalist- Sometimes I do think it’s sad how many TV shows I haven’t seen and other times I don’t. (lol) I very rarely watch a show when it’s coming out… Read more
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My Curly Hair Journey
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FeaturedCoffee Traveling Kit
Oh to be traveling again! Hopefully soon things will be lifted enough to allow adventures to continue. But until then here is a coffee kit I put together for my future travels. I think it’s safe to say I have become a coffee snob. I like my chosen roaster(Colectivo based here in Milwaukee) my pour… Read more
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FeaturedBuying Local
A Response to Lockdown Wisconsin has been lifted from quarantine for little over a week and let me just say it is wonderful to be “free”. The process leading to our freedom(which was hard fought) is a post in and of itself, which I won’t cover here. And no matter what your view on the… Read more
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FeaturedStitch Fix: April 2020
Hello everybody! I wasn’t sure I was even going to write this post. I was that disappointed with this month’s box. Out of the four or five boxes I have received from Stitch Fix this is the first dud. So I guess that’s not an awful track record. I’m going to give them another try… Read more
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FeaturedPeople of the Trees Prt.3
Chapter Five Serene and Traek had long ago left the fire ravaged woods for the thriving and living forest. Birds chirped high above them. Their colorful feathers only visible for an instant before they darted back into the leaves. Over yonder a squirrel chattered none stop to his neighbors, and somewhere else a dove cooed.… Read more
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Monthly Media Favs April 2020
Hello guys! Here’s what I have been wasting my time on(lol) this month. Enjoy! TV Show/Series 48 Hours- My sister and I have been watching an episode a night and have almost got through one whole season. On to the next season! The Last Kingdom- I think it was last month when I talked about… Read more
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FeaturedWhere Did Ya Go?
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FeaturedMansfield Park: Dream Cast
With the wonderful adaptions of Little Women and Emma that have come out recently, my mind has once again turned towards my favorite Jane Austin novel Mansfield Park. I believe(and I think few would disagree with me when I say) that it is the only(or at least one of the few) Austin novels that has… Read more
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What I’ve Been Eating
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If My Life Was a Playlist
So I thought of this idea the other day and thought it could be a fun post. I didn’t realize how hard it would be to condense my life into a playlist. Probably should have seen that coming, but whatever. Anyway I set strict parameters for myself, so I didn’t over think this assignment. I… Read more
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FeaturedMonthly Media Favs: March 2020
Hello everyone! Hope you are happy and healthy. This month’s media favs is gonna be a bit extensive, which is to be expected when one is stuck inside. I hope you enjoy! TV Shows/Series A Letter for the King- Let me first state that I have never read the book this show was based of… Read more
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FeaturedWorking as a Team
Being a nanny(as previously covered here) requires one to have great communication skills and the ability to work well with a team while also being a self started, who can still accomplish goals on your own. You will normally find the above listed skills in almost any ad in some form or another. I am… Read more
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The Art of Paper Dollhouses
I just made paper dollhouses for the kiddos. And we had a blast creating our houses and families. Did any of you make paper doll houses? For the uneducated a paper dollhouse is normally created by taking/making a binder and then cutting out furniture, decor and sometimes even people from magazines. Or if one is… Read more
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Introverts and Social Distancing
I read a meme somewhere… I think on FB that stated something to the affect of, “You know you’re an introvert when social distancing becomes a thing and you change zero things in your life.” It’s sad, but true. Now I am not enjoying all the worry and sickness that’s causing this social distancing, but… Read more
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FeaturedWhat I Would Have Worn to New Orleans
With everything that is going on in the world it’s no great shock that my sister’s birthday, girls only trip to New Orleans has been canceled. Which is of course major bum city, but also wise. Since we don’t want to get sick and certainly don’t want anyone else to get sick because of us.… Read more
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FeaturedPeople of the Trees Prt. 2
So I started releasing an old story of mine… a year ago… I think… ??? (Here’s the first two chapters) Anyway I thought since we’re all kinda slowing down and stuck in place you guys might enjoy a brief distraction. (Please judge this sampling with some grace as I wrote this when I fifteen) Anyhoo… Read more
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FeaturedWhat to do with the Kids?
Well we’re stuck inside, or at least within the confides of our lawns. For the most part. I mean if the weather is nice enough you can still go on walks, until they tell us the virus is spread by air… Perish the thought. If you’re like most people than you have been informed that… Read more
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FeaturedThe Coronavirus: The Month the World Ended
Something tell the great grandkids… Let me first say I am not a medical expert, or some survival guru. At this point the Covid-19 emergency has pretty much touched everyone’s lives. (Unless you are a survival guru, who lives out in the middle of no where and has been planning /preparing for this kinda of… Read more
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FeaturedNannying When Parents on Vacation
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What’s in My Book Bag?
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FeaturedMajor Closet Clean Out
Ah spring! I feel you coming and recognize your windy presence with a full heart. What is it about this time of year that makes you want to run and smile and throw all your possessions away? Maybe it’s the idea of new beginnings and throwing off the chains of the old. Maybe it’s because… Read more
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FeaturedBook Review: Lift Like A Girl
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FeaturedStitch Fix: March 2020 Unboxing
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FeaturedMonthy Media Favs February 2020
TV Shows/Series I haven’t been watching any shows this month. Unless you call rewatching Kim Possible a worthy mention? I am such a kid. Movies Light of Life- This movie was recommended to me by a friend and it was not bad. The father/daughter relationship makes the film and Casey Affleck(who is one of my… Read more
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FeaturedGetting a Gym Membership for the 1st Time
Am I crazy? So I have never ever had a gym membership before. Growing up my physical activity consisted of swimming and walking a lot. Like everyday for hours. I lived at the public pool and though I have never been a speedy swimmer, my talent laid in sheer endurance. When my siblings got out… Read more
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My Sister Moving In
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Yes I’m Still Single
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! It seems like only yesterday I wrote my Valentine’s Day post about being single and yet a year has past and I’m in the same boat. Though my thoughts on my single-ness haven’t really changed since then. I mean I guess I am like everyone who is single(well maybe not everyone)… Read more
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My Thoughts on Nannying for 2 yrs.
It’s crazy to think about, but it’s been two years since I started this incredible journey. Two years since my childhood dreams started coming true and doors started opening. Even now when I think back to how everything started and came about, I think, “This is totally a God thing.” All the things that could… Read more
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FeaturedStitch Fix:Unboxing February
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FeaturedMonthly Media Favs January 2020
Can you believe the first month of the year is over?? It just flew by waving it’s snowy, icy hand(at least in Wisconsin) and has been replaced by more ice and snow. I personally love the winter(gives you an actual excuse to stay inside) but then again my commute consists of ten steps from the… Read more
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FeaturedWhat’s Up with the Blog 2020?
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FeaturedArt Journaling
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Needle Art
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New Hobbies
This week is all about the new hobbies I have decided to pick up for the year, plus the ones I am carrying over from last year. In this specific post however we will be covering… *drumroll* COFFEE!!! When someone loves coffee, like me, someone can easily and quite honestly, happily slip into the world… Read more
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FeaturedTrying Stitch Fix
So for Christmas my employers gave me a gift certificate to Stitch Fix “an online clothing shop designed to provide personal styling services for women at an affordable cost”. My boss has been using Stitch Fix for probably six or seven months and has greatly enjoyed it. Thus she decided to share the joy. I… Read more
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FeaturedAnother Year in the Tank
It’s that time of the year. Time for an update on A Nanny’s Notebook mascot… George the Goldfish. (You didn’t know we had a mascot? Here and here– educate yourself!) I think it’s funny the only times I do life updates on this ever grumpy, fat fish is at the beginning of the year, though… Read more
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FeaturedBook List 2020
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Denman Styling Brush Review
As a curly girl with thin, frizz prone hair life of getting your hair to look the same voluminous, lush self day in and day out is a chore. So when I learned of this styling tool specifically designed for such hair I was ecstatic! Imagine a brush that helps create uniform, frizz free spirals.… Read more
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