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Vietnam: Hanoi

December 8, 2017

Written by ashleyrespecki

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Cappadocia (Turkey Part II)

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Excited to share that Baby Respecki is expected to

Excited to share that Baby Respecki is expected to join #therespeckis on October 3! ❤️⁣
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Unintentionally, we’ve waited 21 weeks to share this news broadly. But, we went through a lot of love and loss 🌈 to get to this point, and there is a lot of heavy sh*t going on in the world, so the celebration and joy we’re experiencing has felt a little funny. But, I’m so excited (worried), Nick’s so excited (panicked), and Sawyer’s… meh (iffy on big brother status 🤣). ⁣
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I do feel like right now, it’s important to commit to this much as we begin our journey of parenting: Together we’ll teach our child about compassion, equity, *human* rights, community, diversity, listening, understanding, speaking up, caring for others, learning from history, privilege and unfair disadvantages, faith and hope, and so much more. But most importantly, we’ll teach and show this baby what LOVE is and what it can do in this world. We so hope our community will help us in this journey. After all, it takes a village, right?!

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Usually on Fridays I’m like 💃💃💃. But to

Usually on Fridays I’m like 💃💃💃. But today, Sawyer is a MOOD. ⁣
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Crazy spring weather and temperatures, allergies and sinus headaches galore, a global pandemic (I’m definitely in a grief phase, you??), plus 4 weeks of work-from-home life we’re also calling the never-ending work day around here... and I’m just, *zapped* of energy. Since I can’t actually take an afternoon nap with this pup today, I think I’ll plop myself on the couch tonight for a movie.⁣
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We’ve binged ourselves to exhaustion with tv series, so if you have movie recos, throw ‘em at me! 🎞

We started a basement reno January 1, I took this

We started a basement reno January 1, I took this photo on January 5, last posted on my Instagram feed on January 8, and celebrated my 33rd birthday on January 10. And then, like, a lot of other really crazy and intense things happened in the world 🌎 It’s March 28 and our basement looks different every day because we’re still in the throes of renovation, our dining room doesn’t look like this anymore and is also now Nick’s temporary home office, my love/hate relationship with @instagram has probably gotten worse, and for sure, my 33-year-old heart isn’t anything like it was nearly 3mos ago. ⁣
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I’ve never done well with change. There are plenty of things in my life that probably make this really obvious. I’m also super nostalgic because of it. But thank goodness for Nick because he’s helped make me a little more resilient to change in our life together, and that’s come in realllly handy over the last few months and especially, the last few weeks. ⁣
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Anyways, we got a coat of primer up on a tiny spot downstairs and it feels soooo good to see white walls down there. We’re also selling this beautiful table and I’m feeling less sad about it than I did the day we made the decision (also, trying to sell furniture when you’re socially distancing is oof!). I’m grateful for Instagram memes and this app’s ability to connect me with friends and strangers alike, and I have a lot of photos I’ll try to share since wellll what else is there to do right now?! And with my worrying, anxious heart ten sizes too big, if you need someone to talk to in all of this craziness, call a girl. 🙋‍♀️

This photo is in honor of how prickly I was today

This photo is in honor of how prickly I was today 🌵😂 For real though: first stress panic of the year—check! ✔️ Work deadlines are looming and even though I’m a project manager by day, I’m trying hard to remember that the only thing I can truly control in this crazy world is how I react.
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But, if you’re looking to green-ify your life post-holidays or need some good plant inspo instead of my daily mental health check-in, hop over to @cozy.happy.home’s feed. I’m crushing hard on her home AND her plant babies and she rounded up some great plant inspo and accounts yesterday! 🌱⁣
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Now if you need me, I’ll just be over here doing yoga and working on my breathing techniques🧘‍♀️ Mantra recommendations welcome! (But seriously...)

I made it to day 7 of #januarywhole30 in one piece

I made it to day 7 of #januarywhole30 in one piece!👏 But, truth is, I ate out for dinner twice in 6 days (shout out to @cava and @chipotle for being amazing and having awesome @whole30 options!), and have @territoryfoods to thank for keeping me fed at lunch time during the work week. So yes, my kitchen is really this clean right now since I haven’t spent a ton of time in here. (Actually it almost always is this clean...when you put that much blood, sweat, and tears into a project, you honor it by taking care of it.😂 That’s my real secret to keeping a clean house. Lol) ⁣
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I’m also careening towards my birthday this weekend and feeling conflicted about how to “treat” myself. Our culture is so focused around alcohol, sweets, dinners out, etc when it comes to birthdays and other milestones, so I’m having trouble finding the perfect fit for a celebration. My husband wanted to take me out to dinner, but I dread finding something @whole30-friendly on the menu at a nice restaurant (in my experience, staff and chefs get pissed when you ask them what oil they cook with 😂). Right now, my current thinking is we’ll spend the evening in the kitchen making either fillet or scallops (or both!) from @thedefineddish’s new cookbook. 😋 TBD...⁣
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Share your ideas and recommendations with me below👇 so I’m not depressed on my birthday! Ha!

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