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Hi, I'm Glory

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    Anniversary Dinner

    September 30, 2019

    This past weekend we celebrated our second wedding anniversary–time flies when you’re having fun! We had a romantic dinner at Morton’s The Steakhouse Reston–located in the heart of Reston Town Center. I completely forgot that I’d purchased this maxi tulle dress earlier this summer. Turned out to be the perfect dress for our dinner. I love this look because it’s the epitome of high/low casual style, which is totally me. SHOP THE LOOK

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    10 Grateful Quotes I’m Loving Right Now

    August 30, 2019

    Every morning I start my day in my most creative place—my home office / STUDIO and as my dogs follow right behind I can’t help but feel grateful for my life—all the ups and downs, challenges and opportunities for without it my happiest of days would not be as sweet. “Happiness cannot be traveled to owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.” – Denis Waitley “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero “The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see.” – Mary Davis “Be thankful…

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    how we celebrated memorial day weekend

    May 29, 2019

    Lately I’ve been posting infrequently due to my life being so overwhelmingly busy and I’m not mad about it. Am I the only mama who desperately needed this long weekend to just relax with the kids and hubby? I guarantee if there was a line I was first in line! Lol… This weekend was a much-needed time away to our second home away from home: the beach! We spent the long weekend together sunbathing on the beach then took advantage of the long Memorial Day weekend / Monday holiday to spend some quality r&r together. Before moving forward, I just want to share again: Happy Memorial Day! 🇺🇸 // My…

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    “Always greet the day with gratitude, humor and creativity.” I’ve been thinking a lot about my life journey and how far I’ve come. You know how when you look back on your life and think, wow, I can’t believe I powered through that hurdle or that challenge. Yes, I’ve been thinking about moments, traumatic + stressful life moments that I had to literally grind through so I can come out shiny and happy. I’ve been on this amazing platform (Instagram) since 2012, which is right around the time I went through a very personal traumatic yet transformative period of my adult life. I’ve since created a life that is incredibly…

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    What I Learned in My First Year of Marriage

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    Hi everyone! So it’s my 1st wedding anniversary {read about our wedding}. To mark this special milestone, I wanted to share some of the things I’ve learned. Personally, yes, we knew these lessons, but I found that we had to be very active participants. Read on to find out some of the key principles that we’ve turned to help us stay focused on each other, our kids, our newly blended family. Honeymoon blues It’s a thing and I suffered from this big time. But it didn’t linger long thanks to the holidays. I also put a lot of focus on my event coordination business, Always Creating Studio (www.alwayscreatingstudio.com), which left…

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    Weekend at Ocean City Beach, Boardwalk Fun, and Riverfront Eats

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      As many of you know, Little A is out of kindergarten and soon to be in first grade this fall. To celebrate her milestone and kick-off summer break we took a mommy + me trip out camping with Getaways House then the following weekend we packed up the dogs and headed out to a weekend on the beach. Little couldn’t really go swimming, which I thought she was definitely going to have a fit about, but she was okay with playing the sand; we made sand castles together and walked around the boardwalk. WHERE WE ATE. We had lunch at Brew River Restaurant & Bar, a riverfront eatery serving…

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Instagram post 2193328297940063406_1807745921 Two of my favorite words: weekend and wine! Wine lovers rejoice, weekend's here! 🍷🍷🍷 Happy weekend loves! Xo

#alwayscreatingblog #fridayfeeling #winelover #wineoclock #winetime
Instagram post 2192957678861940507_1807745921 Happy Friday babes!💕 If you need me I'll be buried in receipts HAHAHA

No, seriously though, end of the year closeout for entrepreneurs is not fun but so necessary. I'm trying to get organized for tax season. My accountant is amazing and I love her, but she's very organized and requires things in order!

It sounds boring, I know, but #adulting amirite?

See you all at happy hour aka wine o'clock! 5pm right here! HAHAHA I crack myself up! #friday #tgif #entrepreneurlife #bof #businesofblogging
Instagram post 2192416043740677918_1807745921 Me looking at 2020 like...💥 Did you know that Mark Twain was not only an American writer, he was also a 
humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, according to his Wiki page so the next time someone tells you, you have to focus on one thing or stay on one lane, tell them to f**k off then do as many things as you damn well please!

Step out of your comfort zone, take a leap of faith, take a chance on YOU! I promise you won't regret it!

Are you ready to take a leap in 2020? Let's goooooooo #thursdaymotivation #2020 #gritandgrace
Instagram post 2191651307340043834_1807745921 ❤🧡💛💚💙💜 Dried pink peonies, blush garden roses, ivory garden roses I refuse to throw aaway. I meaaannnn can you blame me?

I haven't sushi in a while... #randomthoughts // who else suffers from a severe case of random thoughts about food mid sentence or in a meeting, or talking on the phone, or writing this caption and now I want french fries.

What was I saying?

#humansareweird #alwayscreatingblog #remainsoftheday #yellow #acblogathome
Instagram post 2191195804700970153_1807745921 <Full look // #tuesday>

No one took away my secret Santa present so I'll call today win all the way around!

Definitely feeling this look! I recommend dressing outside your regular box because #yolo! I'm a quirky dresser, I let my emotions pick my outfit! <Emotional dressing = confident dressing! // be yourself kid, always and forever and remember to be kind!> #kindnesstribe

#mypersonalstyle #proudweirdo #alwayscreatingblog
Instagram post 2190998465046490427_1807745921 on Tuesday we wear dark florals ... #issamood

I slayed Tuesday, hahaha, see last post for inside (insta) joke reference!

All the areas I slayed today...
#momlife ✔
#entrepreneurlife ✔
#wifelife ✔
#dogmomlife ✔
#bloggerlife ✔

speaking of blog life, i drafted three blog posts that i will hopefully be sharing soon. come 2020 my goal for www.AlwaysCreatingBlog.com is to share most of my contents/musings/life/happenings/etc. on the blog, you know, like the old days. it's time to refocus on blogging passion.

now i'm off to a holiday party for my creative collective Hunt Country group (@huntcountryva) where i'm honored to have been serving as Website Committee Chair for a few months now. hey, I have to use all those years as a tech nerd somehow and if it means volunteering to help others market their local small businesses, so be it, sign me up!

alright kids, remember to be kind! we gotta keep our kindness tribe going strong

p.s. it's #givingtuesday. head on over to @alwayscreatingstudio, check-out the last post to see how you can #giveback, because #charitybeginsathome and every little bit counts!

#dontshopdonate // #floral #details #dsfloral #casualstyle #alwayscreatingblog #whatimwearing #womensupportingwomen #womenintech #girlpower //
Instagram post 2190452134603185740_1807745921 Monday: 1
Glor: 0

Had the Mondayest Monday everrrrr // swipe for the battle.... the battle to get into work mode today was REAL. Butttt I was in my coziest of cozy blanket shawl & pink faux fur!

My only question is will Tuesday come for me?! I'm ready!

It's wine o'clock! Oh wait, it was. #goodnight #winelover #monday
Instagram post 2190053389176849797_1807745921 Did you know there are multiple ways to get home?

Think about it. Think about where you live, think about where your house is, and think about how many different ways you can get home should there be an accident or construction and your usual route is closed.

There's always another way to get home. There's always a detour. 
That's the same thing with life. There are multiple ways to go through life. So many in fact that there is not one perfect way to go through life. The only way to go through life that guarantees happiness, true happiness is by way of being kind to other people and yourself.

These are words that flow through my mind when I'm driving (I've so much more, they come out of nowhere). Thanks to my talk to text phone feature for always being there for me. I swear, it's the little things! #alwayscreatingblog 
Happy Monday! #monday #mondaylook #redcoat #vintage #casualstyle #wordabyglor
Instagram post 2189592623491321455_1807745921 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here and I'm not mad about it!

We have our tree up (Little A hung up most of the ornaments, which I loved watching her do w/a glass of wine in hand, naturally) #motherhood #holidayseason

Swipe left to see our tree, watch our tree lighting (hahaha) and see what we're up to today, mostly snuggling and the pups totally are all about it! #sundayisforsnuggling

Side note: Modern Love on @amazonprimevideo is freaking amazing and you should totally watch it! I laughed, cried, laughed again and it's one of the best series I've seen in a long time! So good! Have you seen it?

More in Stories ▶️ #december2019 #christmas #christmastime #liveauthentic #familytime #acblogathome
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