A dog was here: Week 3

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Finn spent most of his weekend socializing with his friends in the neighborhood. The weather finally warmed up enough yesterday for us to get out and play so I took him over to a new dog park to see what all the hype was about. First of all let me explain that the dog park […]

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Because I’m happy

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I’ve decided to start each morning with this Pharrell phrase. Seriously though. I’m going to use it and you should too. We should listen to the song together and purchase replicas of his magical hat. Too much? Well let’s just try the positive affirmation thing then. I’ll admit I was a little grumpy when I […]

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A dog was here: Week 2

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Thanks for coming back for week two of a dog was here, a photography series. I’d like to thank everyone for their submissions over the past week. And by everyone I mean my dad who alone has submitted enough entries to create a hybrid series I’m calling: Murfdog was here. In this series, Murf documents his life […]

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Don’t you worry ’bout a thing

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For some reason I’m really into song lyrics this weekend. Especially today. Today alone I’ve ‘felt the music’ several times. It started this morning over coffee. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sarah Zalewski (@slmurphy) Easy Like Sunday Morning (Lionel Richie) And continued on our visit to the park to play in […]

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New series: A dog was here

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Sometimes I catch myself seeing life’s moments as photos, only I don’t have a camera in my hand. Have you ever had that feeling? You experience a moment and suddenly life slows down and you picture the way a picture would capture it. I’m sure the analytical folks reading have already opened a new browser […]

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These are not hangover recipes

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One of my girlfriends had a birthday party last night and I’m proud to say I stayed out, in a bar, well past 2 a.m. I know my after-hours-attending, late-night-eating 21 year-old self is laughing right now as she reads that statement but she’s just going to have to deal with the fact that we’re […]

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Workout Wednesday: Arm Candy

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Workout Wednesday really snuck up on me this week. With President’s Day on Monday and, wait for it, another 5 inches of snow, I’m all mixed up with my days. Regardless my calendar says it’s Wednesday so we should probably talk about working out. When I got injured last year, I had a lot of […]

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Everything is Awesome

My apologies for the delay in posting and for getting this tune in your head for the rest of eternity. I traveled home this weekend to see my family and pick up my pooch. I was supposed to pick him up the weekend before but the roads were bad so we pushed it off a […]

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Workout Wednesday: learning to love your body

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Happy workout Wednesday. And an especially exciting one at that because it falls just before Valentine’s Day. Let’s talk about loving your body. Not to discount my oh-so-loyal male readers (ahem Dad), but this week’s post is dedicated to my girls. As women we are often our own worst critic when it comes to our […]

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The Girlfriend Games of 2014

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Let me tell ya ’bout my best friends. Even though my phone is probably going to start blowing up immediately once this is published due to the photos included, I’d be remiss if I didn’t give you a little context before I tell you about my best friends. They are pretty awesome. I know everyone […]

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