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4 Ways to Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy

5 Cute Ways to Style a Sweatshirt

How to make the best salad dressing ever

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January 15, 2021

4 Ways to Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy

As you probably know MLK day is this upcoming Monday (and if you didn’t, now you do!)–designed to be a day of service in honor of Dr. King’s legacy. Today, I’m rounding up some thought starters on how to do just that. 

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January 14, 2021

5 Cute Ways to Style a Sweatshirt

Happy almost Friday!  It feels good to be back with a little styling session today. I feel like I have been thrown out of my groove for so long with…everything. But today I felt a little wave of productivity and I know getting dressed in a cute outfit, as silly as it sounds, always makes…

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January 13, 2021

How to make the best salad dressing ever

If you’ve never made your own salad dressing, I feel special that I am the one to introduce you to such a joy! It really can make all the difference in taking a homemade salad to the next level.

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January 12, 2021

GG Reader Buys: The Top Bestsellers of 2020

Happy Tuesday! How are you doing?  The sun FINALLY came out here in Chicago this morning (after what felt like weeks of depressing, grey, dreary weather) and my mood was immediately lifted! I rushed to get dressed and out the door for a walk (not knowing how much precious sunlight I would get to enjoy 😂)…

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On a High Note Vol 32

January 11, 2021

On a High Note Vol 32

Here we are again–another Monday! (Which means it’s another Monday closer to lots of good things! The Inauguration, spring, the end of the Pandemic…) Last week was a rough one, and I’m thankful for a fresh start.

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