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2015 Goals // February Check-In
Uncategorized ► February 23, 2015

2015 Goals // February Check-In

Happy Monday! How was your weekend? I spent my weekend trying to warm up after a freezing week! It’s days like these that I think back to the hot season in Senegal and remind myself...

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Weekly Wishes // January Check-In
Uncategorized ► January 19, 2015

Weekly Wishes // January Check-In

Happy Monday! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! It’s a long weekend for me, since the school is closed today. I realized how much I needed a break from work and… everything, basically....

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Weekly Wishes // November Check-In
Uncategorized ► November 24, 2014

Weekly Wishes // November Check-In

Another month has come and gone. November wasn’t as productive for me, due to the cold that I got at the beginning of the month, with a bad cough that’s still lingering. Everyone I have...

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Weekly Wishes // November
Uncategorized ► November 3, 2014

Weekly Wishes // November

Hello, everyone! I’m sorry for the lack of a Sunday Snippets post. I sat down to write one and it was literally just a paragraph long. I’ve been dealing with a bad cold all weekend,...

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Weekly Wishes {41} // October Goals
Uncategorized ► October 13, 2014

Weekly Wishes {41} // October Goals

Hello, everyone! It has been awhile since I’ve done a weekly wishes post and I have missed them! I’ve been productive, but I’d like to put more thought into defining my goals, since I haven’t...

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Weekly Wishes { 39 } // August Goals
Uncategorized ► August 4, 2014

Weekly Wishes { 39 } // August Goals

I’ve been looking ahead at August to try and figure out what some reasonable goals for the month will be and it’s going to be a busy month! Let’s hope that I’ll be able to...

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Weekly Wishes // 37
Uncategorized ► July 7, 2014

Weekly Wishes // 37

Hello, everyone! It feels like it has been ages since I wrote a weekly wishes post and I haven’t felt very productive recently, so I’m excited to get back into the swing of things. I...

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Weekly Wishes // 36
Uncategorized ► June 16, 2014

Weekly Wishes // 36

The other day I went into work a little later than usual and I saw an older man in overalls and a hat walking to the lake with his fishing pole and tackle box. I...

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Weekly Wishes // 35
Uncategorized ► June 3, 2014

Weekly Wishes // 35

I couldn’t fall asleep last night and I didn’t sleep well once I did, which made for a very long day today. I was yawning all day long, even when I talked to people, which...

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Weekly Wishes // 34
Uncategorized ► May 20, 2014

Weekly Wishes // 34

I spent the evening yesterday working on blog posts and doing some work around the house (while watching Scandal, of course) so that I can focus on writing, reading and the rest of my weekly...

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I'm Crystal, the storyteller behind Dreams, etc. I'm all about learning how to live slowly & sustainably, while also seeking adventure as we follow our dreams, etc.

Picture it. It’s the day after Thanksgiving. I d Picture it. It’s the day after Thanksgiving. I didn’t go on my weekly dam walk earlier in the week when I was excited about it. On this day I was tired after a long week and my least favorite holiday. My bed was oh so comfortable. I forced myself to roll out of bed and journey to the dam. It was filled with people and I was pokey…taking my time to get there and even journeying down one of the other paths to avoid walking across the dam. (Which isn’t long.) I finally joined the crowd and walked across. And then came back, happy to have made my weekly journey. This is when the top layer of the water started to freeze.
From March: an old mini vlog from a bagpipe rock c From March: an old mini vlog from a bagpipe rock concert, which is mostly me trying the say bagpipe rock. Some word combinations are hard! 😂 There was a sign asking us not to film, which is why there’s no concert footage.
Some of my weekly dam walks have been therapeutic Some of my weekly dam walks have been therapeutic and while the walks haven’t fixed the problems, they’ve help me breathe and connect with the world and relieve stress. 💕
April 2023. We got more snow, but it also melted. April 2023. We got more snow, but it also melted. The dam was almost overflowing. The animals are beginning to emerge. Spring is here!
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! After a coffee st Happy Independent Bookstore Day! After a coffee stop (of course) a friend and I checks out two indie bookstores that we have never been to before. I definitely want to go back to Uncle Hugo’s and Uncle Edgar’s! Did you do anything for #independentbookstoreday

#indiebookstore #indiebookshop
After watching some shopping ASMR videos I had to After watching some shopping ASMR videos I had to try it.

#asmr #groceryshopping #groceryshop  #asmrvideos
I’m a little behind in weekly dam walk reels. Le I’m a little behind in weekly dam walk reels. Let’s go back to the third week in November when there was just a little snow on the ground and the footprints in the snow seemed notable.
Happy Easter! Happy Easter!
March 2023. You felt like a million years, but als March 2023. You felt like a million years, but also ended in the blink of an eye.
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