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living room / bev cooks

Brrrrrrrrrr! I mean Frrrrrrrrrr! Where the heck did my Viva Signature Cloth paper towels go? You know how I am about Viva Signature Cloth paper towels. If it was a cult, I would be the leader of picking out our monochromatic outfits. Seriously, are they gone or discontinued or only an online luxury now? Because […]

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cozy bedroom / bev cooks

Frrrrrrreedeedeeeee! First of all, it’s difficult to write these silly blog posts and posts these cozy photos with all the devastation in Los Angeles. I watch in stand-still horror as so, so, so many are losing their homes, their pets, their belongings, their whole lives. It’s unreal. I don’t have the words. I’d never want […]

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mirror and faces / bev cooks

Fffffffffffffffffffffahdaaaaah! First of all, we have a new refrigerator!!! (<–three exclamation points desperately necessary) Okay, and I swear to you and Pete and the heavens above, I will never mention this fridge saga ever again after today. Hey, I’m sick of hearing myself talk about it, so I cannot imagine how utterly over this you […]

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snowy morning / bev cooks

Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr r r r r a y! You guys, I am this close to buying Exclamation perfume (!) for Natalie this Christmas. Talk me out of it. Or into it! See, this is why. I accidentally bought her theee most jank little tween perfume. I’m not even going to tell you where from. From where. […]

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living room scene / bev cooks

Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreedideedoooooooo! If there’s one thing I learned this week, it is what I would be like as an appliance technician. And listen, I have no beef with appliance technicians! (except when they misdiagnose a fridge repair and quote you $800 for the fix and it actually ends up being something else entirely, only putting you […]

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fall scene / bev cooks

Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrridge gets fixed today! Let me back up. Our refrigerator started ticking last Saturday morning and I was like, “Oh haha! Listen to that ticking sound in the vent. Isn’t that cute? Must be waking up.” WRONG. The compressor thingamabob went kaput. It’s out of freon. Which means it’s not cold. Started with the freezer, […]

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pretty fall trees / bev cooks

Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrruhduflusuh! We got RAIN!!!! IT RAINED LAST NIGHT!!!! And I leapt (leaped?) from the sofa the moment it hit and threw open the back door and danced around the living room like some deranged weirdo (name that tune) and nearly cried. Stayed up PAST my granny bedtime to walk around the entire house and listen […]

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moody books / bev cooks

Frrrrrrrrrreedledeedoooo! Why is no one questioning who all these bridesmaids are in Father of the Bride? Like, who actually are they? And the groomsmen! So many! Who are these people again? Because remember, earlier in the movie when they’re all sitting around the patio table eating dinner and discussing the word “pit on a wedding […]

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fall walkway / bev cooks

Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrsamflotdayfri! I have a little personal tidbit of info that I think you might find surprising. I’m severely underestimating your interests, in other words. Get this, I can stick my hand down a garbage disposal without barfing or passing out. With the motor off, you psycho! But I can. It took me a long long […]

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sunflowers / bev cooks

Faaaarrrrrrraaaaaaayyyyyyyyddddddaaaaaaai. I bought readers! READERS. Glasses. Like Meryl Streep. I finally bought some. Listen, I’m not going to bore you with how I lost a favorite pair of Warby Parkers two years ago at a winter basketball practice, and am criminally overdue for an eye exam and am in desperate need of a new pair […]

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