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I have a lot to be thankful for, starting with very good friends and a home office that smells amazing. Thank you, @achepikova! Spasibo!

It's been a great first few days working as Lead Contractor at @reachthearc.#Thanks so much for the healthy, clever, and entirely unexpected welcome gift! #TeamARC #RuralElectric #Freelancer

I rarely work away from my house. Why? Because when you're running a #SmallBusiness, every dollar — and every minute — counts. Driving to and from coffee shops and paying for food and coffee can become a costly distraction from getting paid client work done. Sometimes, though, I just need the energy that comes from working around other people. Today was one of those days. #SelfEmployed #Marketing #Coffee

25 Weeks Pregnant in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Happy New Year! We rang in 2016 beside Lake Bled in Bled, Slovenia, after six days of travel around the central and northwest parts of the country. My exercise this week …

Seeing the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, has been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember. When Nick told me he thought we should travel to Norway in January to see …

#bestnine2016 -- Some good memories here. Looking forward to what 2017 will bring!

NYE 2016 will be marked by a quiet night at home and the accidental discovery of a very drinkable and somewhat local beer. #nevermore #baltimore #poe #thetasteispoetic

This picture is so special to me: We took our kids to see Ice! at the Gaylord last night, and we were able to grab this picture of me with both of them in front of the German portion of the Christmas Around the World exhibit. Both of our kids were born in Germany, so it was neat to have a touch of Germany in our first family Christmas season in the USA. To make things even more special, the Ice! sculptures were carved by Chinese artists from Harbin: home of the world famous Harbin Ice Festival...A festival I had the amazing chance to see in 2007, when I lived overseas for the first time in Taiwan. I had no idea then if I'd ever be blessed with a healthy, happy marriage or two adorable kids. I guess you can never tell quite how your own life's stories will weave into one another until you look back and see the fabric you've created. I'm lucky not just to have lived overseas for more than four of the last ten years, but to have spent part of that time building our family. I'm lucky, I'm so thankful, and I can't wait to look back at the fabric of this precious life of mine in another ten or twenty or thirty years. #Family #Travel #Perspective #latergram

I found #Missouri! #SmallTownGirl #WashingtonDC

Today, I've got a Diary of Slovenia Day 2: In Photos for you. We walked more than seven miles in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia on our second day of vacation. We saw manmade waterfalls, dry lake …

We Fi ally had a romantic child-care date night this weekend. It was the first big date we've had since before the little man was born almost eight months ago. We went to an upscale Chinese restaurant at National Harbor, and this was my fortune: "An old broom knows where the dirt is." If that doesn't make a girl feel romantic, I don't know what would. 😂

My friend Mariah memefied our Nativity picture. That's a word, right? Meme-fied?

As I’m writing this post, I’m curled up in bed for our last night in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Our stay at the City Hotel has been great, and we spent quite a bit of time on …

I’m so excited for our night tonight! Right now, both Nick and Small Shaw are napping in our dark hotel room, but I’ve decided to push through. I don’t sleep well at night when I’m …

Our Visit to the National Arboretum was originally published on MilliGFunk

One of my favorite things about remote self-employed is being able to work from right here.

America does a lot of things right. National museums are one of them. #Smithsonian #Museums #DC