Today is our 13th wedding anniversary **insert multiple hearts**! Does anyone follow the traditional anniversary gifts by year? Brian and I typically don’t, but I always tend to check what ours would be. The thirteenth year is lace **insert thinking face emoji**. Four years ago we took professional pictures for our anniversary. Let me tell…
Love, Marriage, and the Mitchells
Ethan’s Garden
Dear Ethan, Three years ago today you were born. You were born on your grandma’s 67th birthday. Three years ago we all spent her birthday at the hospital with you, holding you, rocking you, sad that we were saying hello and goodbye at the same time. Three years ago you changed all of our lives….
Table for 2 more
So, here’s another update to add to my home decorating chronicles! Sometime last year, I set out on a mission to make my dining room a more “dine worthy” room. I bought our dining room table about 11 years ago at a family-owned furniture store in Ann Arbor. The dining area of our previous home,…
Considering Lasik?
Every so often… Scratch that… More often than I would like, I lose my glasses. The majority of the time I wear contacts. But on days were I have reached my sleep deprivation max or I have to get up super early, my eyes scream “no” to the contacts. I started wearing glasses my freshman…
Closer than you might Belem
Time has been on such a roll, I forgot to tell you about my last nail color! By now you are probably aware of my obsession with OPI and my unending love for the Lisbon collection which is where this pretty color reigns from. It’s called ‘Closer than you might Belem.’ OPI describes it as…
What I learned from negotiating my salary
A couple of years ago I was in a place in my career where I wanted to make some changes. I had always worked with both oncology patients (solid tumors, i.e. lung, prostate, kidney, and colon cancers) and hematology patients (liquid tumors, i.e. all lymphoma, leukemia, and even some benign blood disorders). I wanted to swap being…