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{our summer vacation, part 2}

July 30, 2010
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It’s now Wednesday and we are leaving… our Northern Michigan summer vacation spot to began our journey downstate. Three hours later we arrived at my parents house. We pulled up their long drive way and in the rear view mirror, as we were parking the car, I saw my mom and 2 nephews standing on [...]

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{our summer vacation, part 1}

July 29, 2010
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Our summer vacation started with the most beautiful sunrise. We left Minneapolis earlllllly Saturday morning, early like 4:14am!, and headed northeast towards Wisconsin/Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. I can’t tell you the last time I saw a sunrise, let alone one I saw in the car while driving with my love. The entire drive was so exciting. [...]

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{hi! hi! hello!}

July 28, 2010
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Hi everyone! {waves} We’re back from a wonderful, wonderful trip visiting family and I can’t wait to show you photos and tell you stories :] I’m reading through emails and taking care of a handful of things, but I’ll be back soon with a real post! Thank you soooooooooooo much for supporting all the guest [...]

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{a pair of sweet surprises}

July 7, 2010
lake calhoun

Friday morning I woke up and thought I was going to sew and work on Gussy until mid-afternoon. But Zack had the day off for the holiday weekend and soon enough swept me away to Red Lobster for a late lunch. I tried so hard to not leave my sewing machine early… I had made [...]

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{happy Father’s Day}

June 20, 2010
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Zack and I have great dads. They love to work hard, build things, and love on the family. We know these things are just part of who they are, and we love that! Great dads are such a blessing. Our Heavenly Father has created such an important role through men. We also want to give [...]

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{Mother’s Day}

May 9, 2010
daisy

This is the first Mother’s Day where Zack and I can’t be with our moms and families. And we are very sad. BUT! Our moms are wonderful women and it’s the memory and truth of our relationships that makes this all “OK.” We can still celebrate in spirit, we can rejoice in the amazing-ness of [...]

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{ebb and flow}

May 5, 2010

Yesterday was a weird-ish day. Life at the day job continues to beat, but there is hardly any proofreading work and it makes me sad. I made it through the day, came home to start dinner and soon found out Zack wouldn’t be home until later. “Later” turned out to be 8:30. Dinner tasted horrible [...]

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{the number game}

March 25, 2010
family goal

Good morning Gussy community :] Notice anything different? Over there, a pink number in a yellow box? I’ve got a really fun “thing” to share with ya’ll, and when that number gets to 100 it will be time. That’s the only hint you’ll be getting. We hope to be updating it every few days — [...]

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{3 winners, Collin, fabric and joy}

March 4, 2010

a big YEOW! goes to: $35 shop credit — Hana @ the MomTog diaries$25 shop credit — Lyndsey @ Adventurous + Lovely $15 shop credit — Paula @ Boogers and Burps *please email me at whitley.maggie{at}gmail{dot}com I stopped the giveaway at 200 comments. I thought that was a nice number Thank you to all that [...]

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{jaw-dropping news}

March 3, 2010

Shriek with me? Ready? AHHHHHHHHHHH {jumps up & down} I’ve got SUCH exciting news for you Yesterday I received an email from Rene, who writes for the Los Angeles Times, saying she featured my Gussy products/blog in her recent Daily Dish post. You can click here to see it for yourself I clicked over and [...]

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{lots o’ photos}

February 18, 2010

Zack and I live such adventurous lives. One minute we’re in Minneapolis, the next we’re in Chicago, then in South Bend, Indiana. Despite the sadness of this past weekend’s events {hooray for heaven, though!}, we had a good time. It was great to see my family, especially since we weren’t able to see them over [...]

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{she is healed}

February 13, 2010

As some of you may know, my grandma passed away Thursday evening after a 4+ year battling Alzheimer’s. This news is especially hard because now all four of my grandparents are in Heaven. Zack and I will be with family in Indiana for the next few days, celebrating her renewed life in Heaven. Thank you [...]

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{get some tissues. I’ll wait…}

January 20, 2010

Yesterday was a busy day. I went into work as usual, but left early so I could take Zack to a doctor’s appointment. A little non-routine for us, but God had His hand on this situation and everything turned out to be fine. After Zack’s appointment we chowed on some lunch together. It was a [...]

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{sewing, Gussy tags, and nephews}

January 6, 2010

Read my guest post, My soul was telling me to sew, by clicking here. *** Last night was such a productive evening for Gussy! Yeow My friend that helped me get my job here in Minneapolis, Nikki, came over after work {we work at the same company}. She sewed on my machine while I cut [...]

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{I’m baaaack!}

January 4, 2010

Holy Heavens, this post is the first personalized post I’ve actually written in like 3 thousand weeks. OK, fine, 2 weeks. Every post from Christmas on {maybe a few before even?!} has been pre-published. And I know, I know, they’ve been a little impersonal. I read your emails about the lack of Gussy stories and [...]

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{banner update, this + that}

December 17, 2009

Has anyone noticed something new on my blog + Etsy shop? After much discussion I learned I needed to showcase more of my products in my banners. Spent an hour or so working on it yesterday and it’s officially Gussy-approved I am defintely going to miss my Gussies while we are away for the upcoming [...]

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{heart}

December 13, 2009

GASP.My poor ironing board cover has a huge tear. And it practically covers the entire board and there is just no room to iron anymore. {Sigh…} What is a Gussy girl to do?! I asked Santa to bring me a new cover this year. That is probably #1 on my wish-list. I heart this cover [...]

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{Christmas tour}

December 5, 2009

Well, it’s done. Hubbs and I have decorated our Minneapolis apartment. As opposed to our condo in Seattle or our house in…. {Just kidding. We only have one home and it’s in Minneapolis.} And it is decorated and it is sooooooo cute. We played Christmas music all day last Saturday while putting up our decor. [...]

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{baaaaaaay-bee}

December 3, 2009

Guess what. It’s baby season. Baby season? Yes. And I know a lot of gals that are having a baby. I bet you do, too. Did you know that my mom knits amazing baby blankets? She does. Her name is Mama Gus around the blogosphere. Sometimes she comments on here {watch for her!} Mama Gus [...]

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{relaxing at the ocean}

October 8, 2009

I am THE WORST at making myself take a break and relax.Two days ago I said I was going to do that, and what did I do that night? I made a sausage & potato skillet {with onions, bacon, spinach and a yummy sauce!}, apple crisp, and then 4 dozen chocolate chip + butterscotch cookies [...]

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{a peek into our home}

September 29, 2009

We moved into our apartment {from Detroit to Minneapolis} four weeks ago yesterday. My goodness! Some days it seems like just yesterday; other days it seems like we’ve been here for a lot longer. There are great pros to Minneapolis, just like there are cons to not living in Michigan. Today I’d like to focus [...]

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{It’s Moooooonday!}

September 14, 2009

{update: this contest is now closed!} HAPPY MONDAY! *** Just trying to start off the week on the right foot. Isn’t that what we hope and wish for when Monday rolls around?! That things go our way, we aren’t late, we remember to bring our lunch to work, the day goes by fast, and alas, [...]

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{26 days}

September 10, 2009

it has been over one week since we moved into our new apartment in Minneapolis.over one week. this new adventure of ours has really allowed us to cling to one another.but some times it gets lonely.being in a new city.being so far from our family.only knowing a few people. until today we didn’t have internet.until [...]

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{our Collin}

August 15, 2009

it is no small thing when children, who are so fresh from God, love us -unknown.

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{we had a real good time}

August 13, 2009

Oh my goodness, OH MY GOODNESS! My sweet nephew, Collin, says that phrase all the time. And I mean all the time. ************** Last week I spent a handful of days watching and playing with my nephews, Collin {4 years} and Jack {16 months}. I was their full-time go-to gal. It was so fun. And [...]

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{my red stamp & Barbie stickers}

August 6, 2009

My two nephews play with a lot of the same toys that my brother, Matt, and I used to play with when we were kids. I have known this fun fact for about three years now, ever since Collin was about 18-months-old. Now that Jack is nearing 18-months, some of the toys that are geared [...]

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{my brother + a new item}

July 29, 2009

Things sure are busy around here. Not only did my one-and-only awesome brother visit us for a few days, but I’ve been sewing, applying for jobs, chatting with him over coffee, and, ya know, doing other things. Dishes, laundry, making lunch, etc. Other things. I am pretty convinced that my busy life is busy because [...]

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{Hello, Minneapolis, I’m GUSSY!}

July 29, 2009

I posted this video a few months back. I’m here to share it again. The composition is so truly beautiful, it gives Gussy goosebumps. I love to listen to it. I hope your day, your entire day, is so very relaxing and where ever you are you are able to take a few minutes to [...]

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{the number is growing}

July 24, 2009

FRIENDS! The giveaway has reached 51%-off — soooooooo incredible. I’m excited to see if there are any other comments over the weekend. A few are still trickling in, but nonetheless, it’s at a great number! I’m so proud of you all for sharing The Gus with your friends. The internet is an amazing tool.Thank you [...]

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{it takes fifteen minutes to say goodbye}

July 15, 2009

I called my mom last night because I was just feeling off. We hadn’t spoken in a few days {since Sunday, actually} and it was time to be Gussy’s together. We talked about all sorts of things: family, jobs, houses, books, birthday parties, sewing, job applications, GUSSY giveaways. Ya know, all sorts of things We [...]

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