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This is a picture of me from my 30th birthday. I went skydiving with my soon-to-be husband, my soon-to-be father-in-law, my sister, and some dear friends. This photo represents what I feel like this week, with just 4 sleeps until we welcome our...

Cast on 120, Knit Sweater

Jan 25, 2024 | Uncategorized

I don’t watch a lot of knitting YouTube videos. It’s just not something I have in my normal entertainment rotation (currently I am watching True Detective on Max…WHAT IS HAPPENING)…Anyway, I somehow landed on a Fruity Knitting podcast with the...

Aimee musings you didn’t ask for

Jan 8, 2024 | Uncategorized

The first 7 days of 2024 have been full of fix it sessions. Now, we love this part of our job. We really do. It is a part of our business model that is very important to us. We have always wanted to be a place people feel comfortable and welcome and encouraged. We...

Toe medicine made me cry

Oct 4, 2023 | Uncategorized

I was flipping mindlessly through my amazon account last night and found an order shipped to my son in college. Ingrown toenail medicine. I didn’t know he was having trouble. I texted the boy to see how he...

Waltzing Emily

Sep 8, 2023 | Uncategorized

A note from the desk of Emily! In 2016, I took a class at Madison called Black Music History. It was a small class, maybe 15 of us. As Richard Davis went through the list of names on his roster, he paused at my name. He looked up, his unmistakable smirk appearing. ...

Nanny and Find My Friends

Jul 26, 2023 | Uncategorized

My niece, Madisen, has been gone for most of the summer in Barcelona. She’s been studying abroad. She was coming by my place to see us on her way through town and I was so excited to see her after all this time. I was tracking her progress on Find My Friends....

As seen on Good Morning America

Jul 4, 2023 | Uncategorized

It was a fun Monday in downtown Stillwater! Good Morning America was here. Carly and I wandered down to the live taping at 6:45am and the place was hoppin! Our friend and fellow business owner Laura from Toxi Free was there with a prime spot in the Trolley! If you...