Autumn Cartagena

Autumn Cartagena
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Does it involve good conversation? Will it leave people thinking and feeling connected? Is there a chance of diet Coke? Then count me in! I’m a relationship-building, student-advising, psychology-teaching, craft-making, food-experimenting wife to Jensen (July 2007) and mama to Leo and Louie, the two most handsome, dark haired, long-lashed little men I’ve ever met. My current hobbies include finding awesome take-out restaurants, convincing everyone I know that the best party is a THEME party, and adding books to my “to read” shelf on Goodreads.
Take a Lake-cation: Clear Lake, Iowa

Take a Lake-cation: Clear Lake, IA + Giveaway

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Oh Fudge: ABCs of Dealing with Exposure to Foul Language

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During the summer of 2014, my father-in-law had a heart transplant (a story for another time). As a result we spent a lot of time at the University of Iowa hospitals. No one was...