Now

It’s been said that “someday is made up of a thousand tiny nows.” Here are some of the “nows” happening in my world:

As of JULY 2025

Wow it’s been a wild year and we’re just a little over halfway through! Here are my highlights so far:

  • Headed to Durham for the first time to visit the Duke CE headquarters and the Duke campus – what a magical experience!
  • Celebrated 4 years of being rescued by the goodboy bros, Spud & Sprout. Love our life as a 4-pack so much.
  • Cheered my chef hubby on to quit restaurant life for good (for real this time) then purchased not one but two food trailers – and launched The Chef’s Playground mobile spice-and-snackery! (We’re selling one of the trailers, we’re not that crazy…) It’s a long story, much better told over beers, so follow along on socials and our blog:
  • Started selling our signature chef’s spice blends at our local farmer’s market and exceeded our opening day sales goal.
  • Built my own little backyard fairy garden – which I’m pretty sure is a never-ending project, and source of joy.
  • Got some fresh ink…halfway to a half sleeve, had to tap out after 3.5 hours so I guess it’s a quarter sleeve for now? Going back in August to finish it up! Inspired by my fairy garden, it’s a bunch of woodland wildflowers and mushrooms with me & Chris as lawn gnomes. Stay tuned to see it finished…