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Hello, goodbye?

I'm cleaning up apps on my iPhone and realized it's been nearly a year since I've touched the Tumblr app. It's been a good run, but it just isn't the same anymore. I'm grateful that I've made more than a handful of friends from tumblr who I text and see regularly. Maybe I'll come back sometime, but for now, catch me on IG: jennbaut.

It was my turn to plan ladies night so I invited my girlfriends over for dinner at my neighborhood night market, a bevmo run, and attempting balloon animals. It was hilarious!

I want to give a huge internet shoutout to my husband for planning an epic weekend in wine country to celebrate our first wedding anniversary. I am a crazy type A planner and did not do a single thing for this trip. We stayed at two ridiculously luxurious resorts and he treated me to surprise trips to the spa at each place. It was magical and better than I could’ve ever imagined. He even braved a pilates class for the first time!

Jeremy, if you ever stumble upon this tumblr post, thanks again for the wonderful getaway!

Recent photos on my phone 1. Making knock off Japanese chocolates at home 2. Cute business I saw in Alameda 3. Jeremy made brioche from scratch then cooked me French toast (what a guy!) 4. Lazy night in with a candlelit Chik Fil A dinner 5. Rare Friday night out with my besties. We were home before midnight because 👵🏼 6. Learning to temper chocolate. I've been daydreaming of quitting my daily grind and building a chocolate business ever since. 7. Wandering the Pace Gallery 8. A flyer I picked up while driving through the most expensive zip code in America. It did not disappoint.

A few photos from a sunset hike with my gals. It was a glorious California weekend.

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After Emma realized that her white-collar job in the Philippines would never pay her enough to send her children to college, she came to New York and became a nanny. “My conscience was telling me, ‘Don’t leave your kids. Don’t leave your kids. They are young and need you.’”

Read Rachel Aviv’s “The Cost of Caring” on newyorker.com.

Photograph by Jehad Nga

Scenes from the goat farm we visited today. It was so much fun!

A few weeks ago, I found those white chairs on the street. Not just any street, but Market Street. And not just any stretch of Market Street. Right next to Montgomery BART station, one of the busiest corners in all of San Francisco. I stared at them for a long time wondering if someone would run out and grab them, like they were moving into a nearby office. When nobody came, I sat in one just to see if anyone would yell, "Hey, those are my chairs!" Except nobody did. So I texted a coworker and asked him to meet me on the corner of Market Street to help me bring them back to my office. He said he could meet me in ten minutes. So, I sat with my legs crossed on one of these white chairs, just next to the entrance of a BART station, for a good ten minutes. I had my sunglasses on and I casually played on my phone until he arrived. Lots of people stared. They sat in my office for a good two weeks until I finally made a special trip into the city with my car to pick them up. And now they are in our living room, fitting in perfectly.

If you guys only knew how much time I spent trying to get to this achievement. Maybe I should delete this app now.

Closet organization attempt #367 Sometimes I don't know why I even bother trying.

The forecast said yesterday would be warm so we took a drive to Santa Cruz for a little sunshine and exploring. I don't know why we don't make it down here more often. It's such a cool beachside city.

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Found an amazing place for grilled cheese sandwiches in Santa Cruz today!

This is a little bit late, but we celebrated our eight year dating anniversary earlier this month. It was an excuse to finally try Commis, a restaurant close to our house that was recently awarded a second Michelin star. We sat at the chef's counter and had a great evening. The food was incredible!

My friends threw me a ridiculous little birthday party last night. There were puzzles, donuts, dumb games, and fancy drinks and desserts. They gifted me with comfort shoes probably meant for women approaching menopause. They know me so well. One of my favorite moments was huddling together under the covered part of the rooftop patio while it rained to pass around a cigar that we shared. I have never smoked before but it was a fun and random experience to have with my close friends. We felt ridiculous and sophisticated at the same time. If this is what adulthood is really like, I wonder why I dreaded it for so long.

2016 goals

My goodreads app prompted me to set a goal of books to read this year. I picked a random number and immediately opened my iBooks app to dive into a new book. What if Netflix did the same thing but for seasons of television? I spent the first week of the year binge watching every single episode of Dexter, but I don't get credit for any of it. 😜 (By the way, worst series finale I have ever seen. And yes, I am super late with this.)

Another year, another birthday. My birthday is two days before Jeremy’s and each year we bake each other a birthday cake. He doesn’t cook much so it’s his big kitchen project for the year. He made me a Japanese “cotton” cheesecake and I made him an almond cake with maple buttercream and salted caramel sauce. It was my first time making caramel and it was so easy! I’ll never buy a jar again.

We celebrated with two great meals - Ramen Shop for me and State Bird Provisions for him. Not a bad way to ring in another year!

My year in numbers: 0: amount of profit I made gambling in Las Vegas 0: number of mannequin hands received as a gift 5/16: new favorite date, our wedding anniversary 1: strangers met from the Internet. (Hi Mayan!) I thought this would be higher but I've met so many of you already, I'm running out of tumblr friends to turn into IRL friends! 1: selfies taken with an alpaca 2: times I requested a mannequin hand for a gift 2: times I threw up during my bachelorette party 2: manservants I met and liked 2: times I got to pet baby sharks 4: countries visited, though I went to Mexico twice 4: weddings attended, other than my own 13: people who crashed at our house 16: domestic flights taken 16: trips to Yogurtland, my not so guilty pleasure 30: my age this year, which scared me at first but have since fully embraced 53: miles I can drive without gas in our new car 485: estimated hours spent binging on Netflix

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