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I recently came across this company called Artifact Uprising from different bloggers that used them for their photo book services.  I signed up for their mailing list because I wanted to try using them the next time I made a photobook.  Then, recently, I got one of their promotional emails that really inspired me.  There has never been a promotional email that has impressed me as much as this one did with their lovely and timely prose.  I thought I'd share what they wrote as it's fitting for those that are into setting resolutions around this time of year.  Just their branding is inspirational too - to me, it means you're elevating a piece of meaningful history.  Here's their email (with my commentary in parens): In Reflection... May quiet contentment find you.  In all you have evolved in and in all you cannot change.  For we know the gratitude for the past grants us permission to look ahead.  (Whoa - quiet contentment, um, yes...and appr...

You would think that being pregnant again would be just like getting on a bike again.  It should be relatively the same experience, right?  Nope.  I don't know if it's because I was 3 years older, pregnant with the opposite sex, or what, but my second pregnancy was much suckier. 1. Right off the bat, I finally got to experience "morning sickness" this time around.  It wasn't extreme, but it was not enjoyable.  Even with my mild case of it, I can now understand how having it can give you a sense of despair and loneliness.  Not to be overly dramatic, but food is such a social activity that brings happiness and people together.  Without it, a lot of happiness was sucked out of my life. 2. I also didn't wear the same maternity clothes as last time.  There were three dresses that I wore in my last pregnancy that I wore on repeat, but even though I was experiencing the same seasons in this pregnancy, I just wanted to wear different clothes.  Pe...

I wrote this post back in August of last year, but never posted it for some reason or other.  I've added a few to the list now, but here we go... Do you remember the days when you would make a mixtape?  I don't remember making that many for other people, but I remember making them for listening to in the car.  Honestly, most of them weren't really 'tapes,' but were CDs.  I've come to realize that there is a type of song that no matter how old or new it is, I'm instantly attracted to it.  When listening to a recent Ted radio hour podcast, I realized I wanted to make a post about my all-time favorite songs.  The podcast talked about how people tend to favor songs that sound similar to ones they already know as opposed to songs that sound completely different.  So, you're more likely to not change the radio station if a song comes on that you don't like, but you've heard a billion times, just because of its familiarity.  So, I thought about my a...

I've been wanting to write a reflective post about my new year's resolutions like I usually do every year.  I've had one in my drafts for quite a few weeks, but was never really happy with it.  I think I was searching for an overarching theme or motto for the year that would inspire me to tie it all together.  I think I have found it. For the past two years, I haven't set any new year resolutions because I've busied myself with becoming a mom and figuring out how to live a fulfilling family life.  I thought to myself that I wouldn't have the time to set resolutions with small, attainable goals and the willpower to follow through with them.  Lucas reminds me that many years ago I had even questioned whether or not it was necessary to create new year resolutions.  I had the opinion that if you wanted to change something about yourself, you didn't need to wait for a new year to do it.  After being so complacent about it, I've realized the importance of ...

I've completed our family yearbook for 2015.  Luckily, I managed to somewhat keep up with it every few months, so it wasn't an overwhelming project by the end of the year.  Hopefully, I'll keep this up for many years to come... | Design your own photo book with Mixbook's easy online editor.