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The Writings
You have stumbled upon the page that holds just about every blog I've written. Some of my favorites include:
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Who Are You?
Getting to know you, getting to know all about you... getting to like you, hoping you like me too!
Sarita
May 2, 20237 min read
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What Will Be New this Year?
It's Going to be a Happy New Year, Right?
Sarita
Jan 3, 20235 min read
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The Iron Range, a Love Story
A Story of Love for the Place I Will Always Call Home
Sarita
Jul 9, 202212 min read
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And Just Like That, SATC is Back!
The universe may not always play fair, but at least it's got a hell of a sense of humor!
Sarita
Nov 24, 20218 min read
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I Once Held You in My Arms... My Adoption Story Pt. 2
Broken heart, healing heart.
Sarita
Nov 18, 202118 min read
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Now You're Just Somebody That I Used to Know.
Hello Friend. Goodbye, Friend.
Sarita
Sep 9, 202115 min read
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Child Brides, Big Butts-Little Seats, Judgy Me, & Cats
The final blog in my Thrifting series!
Sarita
Dec 7, 20209 min read
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That Hair Post, and the Shear Madness that Followed...
A few days ago, I posted about my frustration regarding a hairy moment on the love-it-yet-hate-it Facebook. The reactions I received...
Sarita
Sep 20, 20205 min read
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That's Not a Knife- THIS is a Knife..."
Adventures in Thrifting & Thrifting Tips Episode 3: “That’s Not a Knife- THIS is a knife!!” Every now and then, we bring a child with us...
Sarita
Aug 10, 20208 min read
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Hangry (han·gry | \ ˈhaŋ-grē) Informal: irritable or angry because of hunger
Adventures in Thrifting & Thrifting Tips Episode 2: “I’m just Hangry ok?” On a particularly beautiful Wednesday, our thrifting adventures...
Sarita
Aug 6, 20208 min read
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That's a Little Spendy...
Adventures in Thrifting & Thrifting Tips Episode 1: “That’s a Little Spendy” So those of you who know me probably know that I...
Sarita
Aug 6, 202010 min read
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"I Learned a Woman is Never an Old Woman." ~ Joni Mitchell
Mothers are People Too! No really, they are. As I get older, I am realizing something I wish someone had told me in my younger years,...
Sarita
Mar 27, 20204 min read
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Deliciousness- Written in Stone
Usually we go to the North Loop in Minneapolis for great food. This is only because we’ve become comfortable there. That’s the main...
Sarita
Oct 11, 20197 min read
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Milk...Bar-None
Milk. The essence of life. The first thing we taste as infants. The first delightful surge of sweet goodness we experience within the...
Sarita
Aug 2, 20195 min read
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So... You Want to Get a Dog...
So you want a dog? Read this first! Let me just preface by letting you know that I’m not a dog trainer. I’m not an expert in all things...
Sarita
Jul 19, 201911 min read
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I'm Just Here for the Tacos
Street Tacos. They’re pretty much everything. They are the heart and soul of us brown people. So when a friend of mine suggested...
Sarita
Jun 26, 20194 min read
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Whatta Man Whatta Man Whatta Mighty Good Man- Yes He Is!
Thank you, stepdads, thank you fathers, thank you dads, thank you Grandpas, thank you all you father figures out there who are stepping...
Sarita
Mar 19, 20197 min read
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...the Heck???
I’ve been secretly annoying myself and laughing at myself at the same time. Here’s how: I’ve started noticing that the older I get, the...
Sarita
Feb 13, 20198 min read
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Touched By an Angel
‘Tis joy when you feel no pain. I’m telling you, if you suffer from any kind of chronic illness, or pain, even fatigue, there is nothing...
Sarita
Feb 1, 20199 min read
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Thank Heaven for Little Girls
In case those of you who see me on the regular wonder why I’m dying my hair more often and keeping a bottle of red wine on hand, it’s...
Sarita
Jan 9, 20199 min read
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"What's In the Box???" (actually, where is it?)
It’s a crazy, crazy world. Things happen. Well, that’s not the term most people use, including myself, but my parents are reading this,...
Sarita
Dec 20, 20186 min read
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Do I Know You? Do You Think You Know Me?
“Wow! And this whole time I thought you were a b***h!” That is an actual thing someone said to me, sober, not in jest, but in a shocked...
Sarita
Dec 12, 20187 min read
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Death Cab for Cutie... A Treacherous Lyft Ride!
I love to travel. My best friend (a.k.a. "the Wife") Kristen loves to travel. We try and go on a little trip together once a year or...
Sarita
Dec 11, 20186 min read
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This Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Who do you love? That is an interesting question. Who do you love? Before you start listing family members, pets, friends... where do...
Sarita
Dec 5, 201810 min read
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Shiver Me Tinder...😱🔥
Just looking at the blank page in front of me is enough to make me shake my head. There’s so much to say and I don’t know where to...
Sarita
Nov 28, 20188 min read
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Not to Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth or Anything but...
Guys, this one’s for you. It’s that time of year when you have to come up with a gift for the significant other in your life. Maybe you...
Sarita
Nov 26, 20187 min read
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40 & Fabulous
Do you any of you have teenagers? They are the best. And sometimes the worst. Hahaha! You know what I mean. I was thinking about...
Sarita
Nov 21, 20185 min read
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"However Motherhood Comes to You... It's a Miracle." - My Adoption Story
A Story of the Greatest Love on Earth
Sarita
Nov 20, 201820 min read
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Under the Sea...🦐
National Seafood month is in October. So we’re a little late to the party (rebels that we are,) but friends let me tell you, there’s...
Sarita
Nov 18, 20185 min read
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Deckles and Peppers and Ramen- Oh My!
If you find yourself in the Cities, (Out of Staters, this is what we Minnesotans call Minneapolis/St. Paul) you absolutely need to pay a...
Sarita
Nov 16, 20184 min read
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Lather, Rinse, Repeat. (Social Media, that is.)
Unfriended. Unfollowed. Unsubscribed. These are words we are familiar with. When it happens to us, it brings out a response that...
Sarita
Nov 14, 20183 min read
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To Tree or Not to Tree...That is the Question
It’s fast approaching that Most Wonderful Time of the Year, and this year I lost the argument with myself and opted to put my tree up...
Sarita
Nov 14, 20184 min read
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Country Girl or City Girl. Pick a Side?😟
Good Morning Friends. I debated blogging about this because I’m pretty non-confrontational and I didn’t want to stir up a dust storm. ...
Sarita
Nov 13, 20183 min read
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Well, We Were Gonna Do Salad but...🤷🏽♀️
So today was definitely a treat! Thankfully the bestie had the day off, so we were able to go and have lunch at one of our favorite...
Sarita
Nov 12, 20182 min read
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Way Up North Where There's Ice & Snow...
My fellow Minnesotans! I'm going to discuss a little area we like to call Ely. Yes, Ely, Minnesota. For those of you out of state or...
Sarita
Nov 11, 20184 min read
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To Stay at Home, or Not...That is the Question
One thing I’ve noticed since I’ve been a stay at home/work from home person, is that I absolutely love the escape from the noise of a...
Sarita
Nov 11, 20185 min read
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Sometimes I Give In...
Ok so those are images from Pinterest. My bacon actually DOES look like that, but... it's bacon so we ate it before I thought of taking...
Sarita
Nov 10, 20182 min read
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Dreams & Friends
Whether you do coffee mornings, wine nights or play dates, what do you chat about with your closest friends? Might I suggest.... your...
Sarita
Nov 9, 20185 min read
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