MERYN MADE

  • LIFE LATELY // Q1 2024

    reading Planning spring gardening, courthouse wedding, Grand Teton elopement and honeymoon, house Watching Jeopardy, University of Michigan football culminating in a national championship, many hours of Tik Tok per week e.g. color analysis, Mediterranean meal prep, hair tutorials, make up product recommendations Cooking pork carnitas, glazed apple dutch babies, lasagna soup, greek-inspired chicken and orzo Read more

  • 2024 Q1 | STOPPED MY SCROLL

    2024 Q1 | STOPPED MY SCROLL

    Inspired by Elise Blaha Cripe (blog linked here), here are a couple dozen Instagram images that made me stop, pause, and save over the past 3 months Until next time, Meryn Read more

  • 2023 TBR – CONCLUSION + FINAL THOUGHTS

    2023 TBR – CONCLUSION + FINAL THOUGHTS

    Final reflection on my 3rd annual 30 book TBR After a pretty severe reading slump spanning most of spring throughout the entire summer, I truly can’t believe we’re here, having read 27 (!!!) of my 30 book TBR for 2023. At the end of September, I had only read 13 so to have read an Read more

  • 2024 TBR – INTRODUCTIONS + READING PLANS

    2024 TBR – INTRODUCTIONS + READING PLANS

    The 30 books, new and backlist titles, I plan to read in 2024 There’s nothing I love more than brainstorming and building my 30 book TBR to guide and influence my reading for the next calendar year. The successes have continued since the inception of my 30 book TBR in 2021, so I don’t see Read more

  • LIFE LATELY // Q4 2023

    LIFE LATELY // Q4 2023

    Reading Planning Spring home repairs and projects (exterior, garden, painting living room, house numbers), 2024 goals, dreams, intentions, resolutions, 2024 30 book TBR Watching Jeopardy, Cleveland Browns football, Toledo Rockets football, The Golden Bachelor, booktube, far too much tik tok Cooking Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, French onion soup, experimenting with our new blackstone griddle, annual Read more

  • 2024 VISION BOARDS

    2024 VISION BOARDS

    In other terms: goals, intentions, resolutions, wants, dreams, schemes, aspirations, inspirations, to-do lists Inspired by Jen Warnes tik tok content reviewing her 2023 vision board (linked here) Until next time, Meryn Read more

Meryn is a thrifty physical therapist and book collector based in Ohio.