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Happy Holidays!

I'm dubbing this year's celebration Maskmas, which was the theme of our holiday card:

Our plan it to be extremely choosy and careful with how we celebrate the holidays outside of our own home - restricting ourselves to very small groups (i.e. immediate family only) for limited amounts of time indoors, while wearing face masks, of course. Speaking of face masks, I passed the 300-mask milestone not too long ago! My 299th and 300th masks were Christmas Yoda masks for my nephews in Portland: 


And if you don't follow me on Instagram, you might have missed the biggest news to close out this year (for me, anyway): I got a new job! After spending the past decade at Stitchcraft Marketing, I felt like it was time for a change. Leaving my colleagues and clients (most of whom were truly great friends, too) was the hardest part, but now that I've got a few weeks at Missouri Star under my belt, I can say with 100% certainty that it was the right move. I'm learning a lot about SEO and I also get to concentrate on some very exciting projects without the distraction of social media and a million other random things that I have to juggle. 

This year was a dumpster fire for sure - I think we all feel that way - but Tyler and I were fortunate to have at least a few good things come out of it. We were able to bump up our move plans and just rip that bandage right off (it needed to happen, I was majorly dragging my feet), we both got new jobs, and we are both ready for 2021 to be the most boring year ever. Who's with us?!

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