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Sarah is a thirty-something Texan who works as a freelance writer and reads a lot of books.

She loves renovating her house in Dallas, being married to a very tall Dutchman, and having zero guilt about her pleasures.

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Happy Book Lovers Day! 📚💘 Books are one of my very favorite things. I’ve always got one fiction and one nonfiction book going. I can’t imagine how different the world would be for me without them. I’ve been making pies the past week or so to finally figure out how to make pie crust. This Chicken Pot Pie was so delicious we ate it all before I got any more photos than this. So, success! The dough worked so well throughout. (Recipe from @sallysbakeblog.) RIP, Toby. Five years ago today, my beagle died. He'd developed an illness within the month, so while it felt fast, it wasn't instant. It was one of the saddest days of my life, but also a relief to know he wasn't suffering. . Toby was a rescue so I'm not sure exactly how old he was but probably somewhere around 14 or 15. He moved from Texas to The Netherlands and then back to Texas with me. While we lived abroad, he was my fellow American in a place where we both struggled to understand the language and the cultural differences. I was so thankful to have him there with me as we figured it out. . When we moved, we roadtripped from Houston to NYC, then took a cruise from New York to England, then a combination of train, taxi, and ferry to get to The Netherlands and our new home. He was an excellent travel companion and sidekick. Because of that big move, he was my husband's first dog and they became the best of friends. He went from not really getting what's so special about having a dog, to loving Toby more than he could've ever guessed. . It's been five years, and we don't have another dog yet. We donate our "dog money" to a local beagle rescue while we wait and wonder if we'll meet another dog to bring home one day. I'm not sure when that'll be. Toby left big shoes to fill. . Photos: showing off his little nose wound from burying treats in a blanket, at a birthday party, learning to deal with the Dutch weather, waiting for a ferry in England, on a cruise across the Atlantic. Our new landscaping is coming together. I asked for the design to combine plants that survive easily here in Texas and lots of color. There is so much pink, purple, orange, and more to surprise me as it all grows in over the next year. It’s going to look so great next to my cheerful, painted brick house. 💖 We’ve renovated so much inside and it’s nice to finally make the outside match too. I baked my birthday cake. It’s the Chocolate-Chocolate Birthday Cake by Dorie Greenspan as published by @nytfood. Sprinkles from @fancysprinkles. Good timing for #WorldChocolateDay! Self-portrait on my 36th birthday. 😂 (Invisalign in. 🙃) Happy 4th, fellow Americans. It’s a bittersweet one, huh? On the bright side, it’s my husband’s first as an American citizen, which is pretty great. ... But the U.S. still has kids they (we!) kidnapped in cages and prison camps so it’s not the greatest. May we become the place we’ve always aspired to be, but for every person, not just the men lucky enough to have been in the right place to write a new country into existence and those of us lucky enough to be born here. ... Support @raicestexas & @together.rising! ... Pictured: Soft Cakey Sugar Cookies from @sallysbakeblog. They’re fluffy little cakes but also still cookies and I love them. (Swipe for cakey proof!) Sprinkles from @fancysprinkles.
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