Hit the Goal, Get the Gucci (Goal Setting Tips for Big Goals + Big Rewards!)
Happy HUMP Tuesday! I’ve got myself all confused with dates/times this week – anyone else feel like the week is flying by, even though it’s just begun? No? Just me? HA. I think I’m just losing…
View Post14 Self-Love Solutions for However you’re Feeling Today
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY, friends! It’s the day of lovelovelove, so you KNOW I’m all about it. 😉 J + I are keeping things super relaxed this year since it’s our first V-day with the nugget (fun…
View Post“New Day, New Me”
Here we are in February, after a January that was approximately 18 months long. How we doing on those Resolutions??? (Here are 7 ~keepable~ goals to add to your list, for a truly happier year!).…
View PostFrom the CURowd: Bible Verses for Strength + Peace
Somewhere down the line, Mondays got a bad rap. We know it, we feel it – we’ve got Monday Mantras for it. 😉 But sometimes, we’ve just got bad days. Monday or not, sometimes, sh*t…
View Post“If not now, WHEN?”
Happy MONDAY, friends! Back at it again with a #MondayMantra to kickoff this week strong, since I’m sure we could all use a hard dose of positivity + pump up to dive into the first…
View Post7 Keepable Resolutions to Actually Make you Happier in Life
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! Can you actually believe that it’s 2019?! CRAY. Let’s chat for a hot sec about this whole “New Year’s Resolutions” thing. They’re great, in theory. Y’all know I’m as Type A as…
View Post“Create Your Own Joy.”
On November 25th, I was “mom shamed” for the first time. If you follow along on Instagram, you already know the drill. But to quickly catch us all up, I posted a picture on my Instagram…
View Post10 ways to Become a Morning Person
When was the last time you woke up at 5 am? Not because you had to lest you be late to work, but because you wanted to, in the name of productivity? Or in the name of…
View PostWhat next? What now? And…what’s her name?! (Birth Story, Part 2)
AHHHH. Feeling so totally overwhelmed (again) by the responses + outreach + prayers + goodness from so many people in the past week+. ICYMI…we had our baby. Mama had a feeling that girlfriend would make…
View PostFrom almost dying to giving birth. (Literally).
OK…another unexpected post, but a long time coming after last week. ICYMI, things have been quiet on the CUR front because they’ve been a swirl of sheer ~chaos~ on the family front. First thing’s first:…
View Post“Wherever you go, there you are.”
Happy MONDAY. Coming Up Roses comin’ atcha…NOT from a hospital bed, praise the sweet Lord baby Jesus. But comin’ atcha from mandatory “bed rest.” I said it before, I’ll say it here, and I’m sure I’ll…
View PostBumpdate: 32 Weeks + a more serious update.
OK, this is unexpected. Coming Up Roses currently comin’ atcha from the Maternal Fetal Medicine ward of the hospital. *STRIKE THAT* – I’m now comin’ atcha a solid 12+ hours later, from the actual hospital,…
View Post“Unbalance the Scale” (For recovering perfectionists…)
A few weeks ago, I found myself reading Abbie’s guest post for recovering perfectionists (hello, this is me) and she hit the nail so far on the head it split straight through the wood of…
View PostBumpdate: 28 Weeks
So apparently I’m in my Third Trimester now, which just about blows. my. MIND. Like, what? I just found out I was pregnant yesterday, I swear… Time FLIES, yo. I find myself making these comments…
View Post21 Things I’d go back in time to tell my 21-year-old Self
September is my half-birthday month (which is nuts to me – halfway to 25?!)! And especially with a bub on the way, I’ve been in a pretttttty reflective mood as of late. So, today I’m…
View Post15 Ways to Add More Peace of Mind to your Everyday Life
TGIF, friends! By the time you’re reading this, I’m already well en route to the Big Apple for what’s sure to be an ~insane~ week at New York Fashion Week. “Insane” is pretty much the…
View PostBumpdate: 24 Weeks
I cannot BELIEVE that I’m now 6 months pregnant. Like…what?! Where did time go? I’ve also got a feeling that this will be THE primary feeling for basically the rest of ever. Ha! This week’s…
View PostHappy Birthday, Coming Up Roses! Cheers to 5 Years…
Time flies when you’re having fun. 😉 Coming Up Roses is officially 5 years old! WOWZA. I can’t believe it. No really…looking back through the archives, I really can’t believe it actually made it anywhere.…
View Post“Reset, Refocus, Restart.”
Back at it again with a #MondayMantra – cos it’s Monday, and we need a Mantra to start this week strong amiright??? (Right.) If you’re in the CURowd and caught (hey hey – thoughts on…
View PostHow to Dreamline your Life
Hello from DA BEACH! How was your 4th of July??? For the first time in a long time, I feel like I’ve been on true ~vacation mode~. I’ve been pretty MIA on Instastories, haven’t posted…
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