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Kearsten's avatar

No pressure, but OMG I am dying to know about all that cool stuff you’ve done! Take as long as you need to post it all, but make sure you share it! We are here (regardless of what insta is saying) and we want to know about everything! 😁

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Ilana Wiles's avatar

I think because everything is so focused on the algorithm now, that if you post it after the moment has passed with something like Christmas or spring break, Instagram and Tiktok are going to serve it up to way less people. It's like posting a trend way after it's over. I'll still do it though!

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Michelle Dymond's avatar

Ohh man, how would I pick, I want to see it ALL! I love the mommy shorts universe and do not care that it is behind. I’m really intrigued by the house Reno though, especially as we haven’t seen the house in so long ❤️

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Kathleen H's avatar

Late to the comment game but just have to say, love having your longer, blog-post style musings back in my rotation! I love your writing! Your line about your February posts in July being like a Matt Healy ballad preluding a Travis love song had me laughing out loud. Love having your authentic voice in my inbox!

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Jodie M's avatar

Thank you for sending this out the old school way - an email. I didn’t realize I had not been seeing your content on insta. It was nice to catch up. And I made sure to give lots of likes so we’ll see if that fixes the issue.

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Kerby Mickelson's avatar

You know that we OGs are here for the long haul. I say just do a story dump of all the little things, kind of like when you speed clean your house just for that peace of mind that at least you don’t look like you are living in a garbage dump even if all you did was shove a lot of stuff into the cabinet it definitely does not belong in.

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Jessica C's avatar

I would love to see the Shopping experience with Em, the Harlow day, and the Grammy visit. And I would love to see a house Reno update, I liked what someone else said, that it doesn’t need to be complete, just curious to see how it’s going.

But really I’m happy to see whatever you post and I don’t mind if you’ve got winter coats on in July!

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Sarah H's avatar

Would obviously love to see all of it….but top of the list is your White House visit!!!

Obsessed with how you related this back to TTPD!

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Jennifer Emerson's avatar

I'd love to see the Mexico day in the life, Mexico outfits, day in the life at the White House, and the Jessiclaus in Rhode Island just because I'm from Rhode Island and I love that you visit here! I love all your content so take your time. I've been following you for a long time on Insta I'll be here to see it all :). I tried Tic Tok but just can't hang

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Andrea On's avatar

I have been wondering about the reno!

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Ilana Wiles's avatar

I am very bad at envisioning how it's all going to come together, not dedicating a ton of my time to it and terrified I won't like it. It's like I have PTSD from the Home Polish debacle. So I guess I'm trying not to build it up too much online and keep it like a low key surprise.

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Andrea On's avatar

I understand that you’re way too busy to give us updates along the way but I figured you would probably have it done before summer vacation so I just thought of it since it’s almost that time. But maybe it won’t be done and you’ll be living in some construction? Either way, hope it all turns out how you’ve envisioned! I just finished building a house so am interested in this stuff!

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Ilana Wiles's avatar

It's supposed to be done by August! But I'm trying to prepare myself for the possibility that it might not happen. I actually went yesterday and it got me excited. I will share soon.

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Betsy Aretz's avatar

Oh shit, I forgot about Home Polish! Did you ever get anything from them or did you just cut your losses?

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Ilana Wiles's avatar

We just cut our losses. They went bankrupt so we would not have gotten any money from them. Going after them would have been more about taking down Noa Santos and I didn't think that was a healthy way to spend my time and money.

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Brandy McFee's avatar

I love all of your posts and don’t mind them being delayed. I’m most excited for the White House DITL, house renovation, Bridgerton, and Broadway shows.

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Ilana Wiles's avatar

I'm working on Bridgerton now because that will be part of my Mother's Day weekend. I decided to make that into a "Three Days in the Life" so I can check a bunch off at once.

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Kristin Ferrell's avatar

I really want to see the reno progress! It doesn't have to be perfect yet - but maybe a glimpse into how things are going! I just recently moved into a new house so I understand. My mom and sister-in-law are these expert decorators just naturally and I feel like they are silently judging my every decor purchase, but they swear they are not! I would also LOVE to hear more about the white house. What an amazing opportunity! And of course, love following along on Mazzy and Harlow's adventures. :-)

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Ilana Wiles's avatar

I think just like you are worried that your mother and sister are judging your decisions, I'm a little worried about the influx of opinions from a few hundred thousand virtual friends. Especially since this is an area I have failed at pretty spectacularly once before!

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Tracy's avatar

Hire a contractor to edit two of those in your style. If you are happy with it, offload all.

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Ilana Wiles's avatar

I have Leah and we tag team a lot and still can't do it!

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Karie Tieszen's avatar

I want to see it all please! 🥰

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Nicole Bodiford's avatar

I’m curious about you our house renovation and Grammys visit with the museum of Broadway!

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Betsy Aretz's avatar

I definitely want to see the White House stuff

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Denise Oakman's avatar

House Reno and your mom’s visit as top 2, but all of it really!!

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