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3 weeks ago | 
centsationalstyle.com | Kate Riley
Greetings friends, it’s been a minute! Happy summer, happy June! I spent last week in Florida working remotely from our house, the one we bought years ago and rent to snowbirds each winter. It was good to be back and spend a few days at the beach. I also took a trip to Greece for 10 days in the early part of May, that was amazing! I’ll post pictures soon. Did you catch the photos I shared of my spring trip to Switzerland last year?
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1 month ago | 
centsationalstyle.com | Kate Riley
Last April I had the delightful experience of traveling through Switzerland with a group of travel besties, what fun we had! We spent nine days wandering through the mountains and valleys, riding trains, catching glimpses of waterfalls, and a little too much fondue. :)I couldn’t let spring pass this year without sharing a few inspirational photos and our route though the country in the last week of April.
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2 months ago | 
centsationalstyle.com | Kate Riley
Greetings all, just popping in to wish you all a Happy Easter! I’ve been keeping busy, mostly working, but I kept a promise to myself and began a fun creative project I’ve been wanting to try for a long time. I’ll have to hit pause on it before I finish because I’m leaving on an international trip on Thursday. Each year my travel besties and I pick a new country to visit together. This year we’re off to the Aegean Sea to tour the Cyclades in Greece.
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Mar 16, 2025 | 
centsationalstyle.com | Kate Riley
This is the first weekend I’ve been home in a month! I was away the past three weekends, first we visited my daughter in Santa Barbara, next we ran away on a 4 day trip to Kauai, and then we drove up north to visit our son at his university. Finally, a weekend to enjoy being at home! I can feel spring in the air, we had a few days of sunshine and the trees are beginning to bud, but there is still rain in the forecast.
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Feb 14, 2025 | 
centsationalstyle.com | Kate Riley
Happy Valentine’s Day all! The sun just popped out after a week of storms and it’s a beautiful day. It’s still so cold, and on winter days I like to work from home sipping my coffee by morning light as I work on my laptop. There’s a a lot of chatter online romanticizing one’s life, and I agree with that when it means cherishing the little things and making your life a reflection of what’s important to you.
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Feb 9, 2025 | 
centsationalstyle.com | Kate Riley
Hello all and Happy February to you. I’m at home today watching the Superbowl and catching up on some little projects around the house. Now that the nest is empty, it’s quiet and clean but still has those cozy touches and that feeling of comfort. I’ve been lighting a favorite candle in the evening and keeping warm in our cozy study with the electric fireplace that gives me just the right amount of heat and ambiance. It’s my favorite room in winter.
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Jan 26, 2025 | 
centsationalstyle.com | Kate Riley
Cold January greetings! We’ve had a week of blue skies but it’s been oh so cold here in Northern California! I saw pictures this week showing snowfall in Florida, woah! My brother and his family in Savannah had snow as well, so they tied a huge inflatable tube to the back of the minivan and went tubing down the street, the photos were so funny. The forecast shows rain this weekend, and being the pluviophile that I am I can’t wait to crack the window and fall asleep to the sound.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
centsationalstyle.com | Kate Riley
Hello friends, happy weekend to you. It’s been a few weeks…. what a somber start to the year reading about all the fires near LA, we have friends and family down there and the stories are tragic. We had our own catastrophic wildfires in Northern California back in 2017 and now watching these recent fires in the Pacific Palisades is heartbreaking. My son left for college this week, so I’m adjusting to his absence. He’s the baby.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
centsationalstyle.com | Kate Riley
We finally picked up our Christmas tree from a local lot and hung a fresh wreath on the front door. We will decorate the tree tonight and play some holiday music like we do each year. Instead of stringing lights on our two story home, this year I bought two snowflake projectors for the front of the house and snowflake string lights for the porch to delight the passing neighbors.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
centsationalstyle.com | Kate Riley
It’s December! Time to decorate and spread holiday cheer! I’m finishing up two craft projects by twilight and hope to photograph them this week. We pick up our tree next weekend and Saturday will be all about trimming the tree and hanging garland up the stairs. Christmas is three weeks away!I have most of my holiday shopping done which is a relief. Just filling in a few blanks with smaller token items before calling it done. We have two holiday parties to attend.
