tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26240508605512169822012-02-14T22:56:34.547-05:00Newlyweds in a new city and state. The blog is here for friends, family, etc., to keep tabs on us as we learn to navigate through marriage and Virginia.Team LChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05874842118385988246noreply@blogger.comBlogger2151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624050860551216982.post-35742700835314225412012-02-14T22:38:00.000-05:002012-02-14T22:56:34.553-05:00

L and I went and saw a band last weekend with some friends, the Bostonians.  What band, you ask?  Just the one and only YACHT ROCK REVUE! They were as awesome as they look in that picture.  If you aren't familiar with what the term "yacht rock" refers to, check out the source: http://youtu.be/jMTI8vg7A5U L LOVES all the Yacht Rock videos.  Laughs his butt off at every single one.  That's

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I love my dad.  There are things about him that, for the longest time, I completely took for granted because I didn't realize that not all dads do.*  I got home on Wednesday and found a package waiting for me.  This is what it looked like: Yeps, he puts stickers all over the outside of anything he sends me (which is usually at least one envelope a week with newspaper articles he thinks L and

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This little joker of a pup has been causing a LOT of trouble lately. What’s started out as general mischief has become death-defying. Not once, but twice. Plus another instance of helplessness-caused-by-mischief thrown in. In his senior years, Boomer has developed a penchant for trash diving. We have no idea why or where it came from but it drives my parents crazy. His favorite trash cans

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Work has been... stressful lately, so my motivation to come home and get on the computer and write more is at an all-time low.  Consequently, I'm resorting to entertaining you with pictorials of my most recent creative outlets.  I promise I'll be back with stories and adventures soon!  I just need another few days to get my head back in the game. The Ps had a baby girl last August and L asked me

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I've been on a hunt for new, amazing beauty products for about the last five months or so.  I've been to Sephora countless times for samples (which are amazingly convenient for traveling instead of taking full-size containers of moisturizer, cleanser, etc.).  I thought I'd share results thus far of the fruits of my labor. I'll break these out by brand. Perricone MD.  I LOVED all

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The last year I lived in Austin, I lived within walking distance of most things I needed on a daily basis.  I had two grocery stores nearby, a dry cleaner, my gym, a few restaurants, a RedBox, a Target, a couple of places to shop, and even my office.  Although in the two years I lived around the corner from my office (there was literally a fence that divided the property of my office building and

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I love reading.  I finished Catching Fire Friday afternoon and immediately started Mockingjay that evening.  I read a couple hours on Friday, most of Saturday afternoon, and finished it early Sunday morning.  If you haven't started reading The Hunger Games trilogy, start it RIGHTNOW.  I totally didn't think I'd like it after reading the synopsis on the back of the first book so I put

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Just following suit on this one.  A run-down of books I read in 2011 that are worth sharing.  No order of importance; just the random order in which I read them: Half-Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Bossypants by Tina Fey The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein One Day by Dan Nicholls Stories I Only Tell My Friends by

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We rang in the new year with some repeat visitors. The Gamblor, Frohn Dancis, and their girlfriends flew in on Friday and stayed til the following Tuesday.  I'll be honest - I was a little nervous about how this would all go because I'd only met both girlfriends once.  Frohn Dancis and The Redhead visited last spring, so I'd spent a weekend with her and knew we'd get along just fine.  But I'd

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Once again, back after a multi-week absence. Where to start.... I feel it necessary to do a quick re-cap of my work holiday party.  Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures there.  I really am sorry about this because there was a lot going on.  I am also really sorry that it took me three weeks to finish writing this.  Since there are no pics related specifically to this, here's a picture of a

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Check out this fun clutch I won: It just came in the mail today and I can't wait to use it!  Want one?  You can buy one here. Another fun discovery this evening is mussels can be really tasty when you make them at home. I used this recipe and I used half and half instead of heavy cream.  Pretty good!  I might crank up the garlic a big next time and use a little less crushed red pepper,

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Wanna see like 40 pics of our adventure from last weekend?  Probably not.  You might murder me for making the page take an hour to load in your window.  Part two of our Christmas appreciation month!  When we got back from our Thanksgiving shenanigans and had had a day to unwind, I asked L if we could take a Christmas road trip to either Williamsburg or The Greenbriar in West Virginia (both

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I made the executive decision at the beginning of the month that I wanted to do as much Christmas-y stuff as possible this month.  Because you know, that's fun and stuff.  (Note: L is not explicitly aware of this decision, though he has inadvertently taken part in some qualifying activities.)  Who doesn't love the spirit of Christmas?  The first weekend's Christmas activity was hitting up JLW's

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As previously mentioned, my birthday fell during our holiday jaunt in Texas.  It would've been challenging to bring L's gift with us on the trip in order for me to open it on my actual birthday, so instead he surprised me with my present a few days before we left so I could take my gift with me, if I so desired.  I gotta say, L killed it on my gift this year.  L has a history of giving awesome

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We went to three Thanksgiving events this year.  Two were hosted by friends (one here, one in Austin), one was with my entire family.  Both friend functions were standard "friend Thanksgiving" gatherings where everyone brings some kind of dish.  Any time I participate in a potluck event in the fall, I like to make the one dish that we brought to both Thanksgiving events.  I took it to a Junior

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Yeah, so, I'm back after a multi-week absence.  Oops!  In that time, I went with a friend to go see Martha Stewart live and then L and I hit up Dallas (technically three times), Austin, and Shreveport (with two quick stops in Waco); went to a wedding; met three babies; I had a birthday; and we went to three Thanksgivings.  I'd planned to maybe do a post or two on the road but, well, we were a

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Random musings from the last two weeks… ------ HSG, got engaged!!! I’m so excited! 2012 is already shaping up to be a year of weddings and we’re still two months away from it starting! Crazy, but definitely fun and exciting. Now if I can just find five minutes to actually meet HSG’s fiancé… ------ It snowed here. In October. Unacceptable. And of course it was while L was out of town (in

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I mentioned recently that Champagne and Sprinkles and I play that name game, "Guess what horrible name/name spelling I just heard/saw."  We also have an ongoing search and debate about clothing items that are so ugly they're cute.  This started back in 2003 with a summery top I bought that really was simultaneously so cute but also kind of ugly (dark green and light green tie dye with smocking

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Our second anniversary is October 24.  Second anniversary traditional theme is cotton.  But here's the thing: that theme sucks.  So we aren't doing an official gift exchange (yet - the original plan was to do this later on but now I actually think it's just completely unnecessary).  And since the 24th is a Monday, our celebrating took place Friday night. I like to be surprised on occasions such

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Topic of discussion around my office this week: best and worst candy to get trick or treating.  Lots of runners up for best!  Our manager whipped out a massive bag of SweeTarts and among them was one that 90% of us agreed was totally on the Worst list.   What do you think?  Love them or hate them?  What did you love getting as a kid and what did you hate??

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It's the end of another Monday.  Weekends are just never, ever long enough.  I have nothing to complain about, though.  The biggest problem we're having in our house is that L refuses to stop wearing sear sucker shorts.  (Seriously, this actually is a problem.*)  We're in the latter half of October in what is apparently referred to around these parts as an Indian summer (read: temps in the low

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Big news!  A couple months ago, L and I talked about it and agreed we should expand our family sometime in the next year by way of a pet.  Which means a dog, although after cat-sitting Allie a couple of times, I think he sees the allure of  a cat, given our our current lifestyle and the fact that we travel for extended periods.  This all means I search online about once a week for the perfect dog

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L and I headed south to Miami last weekend.  The warm, sunny weather was amazing (though we did not party all night on the beach til the break of dawn).  Mr. FBI is on an assignment this year in Miami, so we decided we needed to head down for a weekend and simultaneously enjoy spending time with fun friends and a free place to stay.  Mrs. FBI went down Thursday night and we joined them on Friday

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I'm drowning in new episodes of Fall TV shows.  I'm not used to having new episodes of my regular favorites on and there were several new shows I wanted to check out.  I love a good teen drama so you know I am game for trying out pretty much any new CW series, plus there's also NBC's and ABC's attempts to create their own versions of Mad Men, and of course I was going to check out that new show

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Totally getting my hair cut tomorrow and I'm ready for a change.  I'm kind of thinking maybe something like this: I'm taking this in as my inspiration but who knows what I'll come out with.  I'm just tired of the length (my hair is currently about 3-4 inches longer than Reese's hair in the pic above).  I haven't significantly cut my hair since before I got married, so I'm thinking maybe it's

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I just had such a great and exhausting weekend, like the kind that's so packed full of stuff that you need a day off to recover from it.  It's not going to sound nearly as full in my retelling, but it felt non-stop to me. L and I stayed in on Friday and layed low.  I knew I had to be up at 7:20 on Saturday morning because I was volunteering at the National Book Festival via JLW.  Apparently at

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In light of the fact that the Saturday morning date didn't pan out, L made pancakes for breakfast on Sunday.  We'd talked about making breakfast together, but he charged ahead without me and put it all together himself.  I do have to say that one of the things I love about L is when he surprises me and does something sweet.  In this case, I was happily getting dressed for the day and suddenly L

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L texted me on Friday and asked if he could take me on a little Saturday morning date.  I thought this was extra cute and of course said yes.  Things didn't exactly go as planned because our morning got off to a weird and consequently late start.  We will be rescheduling his original morning date plan for the first weekend that we're both here with nothing going on, which, sadly, will be in four

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I stumbled upon an amazing find on Labor Day: a marathon of one of my favorite '90s TV shows, circa 8th or 9th grade: My So-Called Life.  Yes, for all you MSCL lovers out there, it still lives on in reruns!  I immediately alerted Nolly to my find as soon as I stumbled upon it and she immediately tuned in.  In case you're wondering, my 14-year old self freaking LOVED this show.  There was

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It's been another nice weekend here.  After a week of nothing but exhausting, seemingly endless, torrential rain (seriously - 5 full days of non-stop rain; Texas, I wish I could have bottled it all up and sent it to you), we finally got a break and saw some sunshine on Saturday. After finishing our morning workouts, Mrs. FBI and I decided to head to Georgetown for a little shopping before

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As I mentioned earlier in the week, L and I went to a Big 12 Kickoff event two weekends ago with a fellow Aggie friend of mine and her boyfriend. We ended up sitting at a random Baylor table because the A&M table was already at capacity (in case you’re wondering, A&M definitely had the highest turnout) and also because it was a table for four and no one was sitting there. It worked out nicely

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I read a lot.  There's rarely a time when I'm not reading something, and actually I'm almost always re-reading something while I'm reading something new (which is exactly the case at this very moment... I'm actually 80% of the way through re-reading Bergdorff Blondes, 60% of the way through re-reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and I am in the midst of deciding on my next new book to

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FYI- we're all safe and sound here after yesterday's earthquake drama.  In case you didn't hear, we had an earthquake on the East Coast yesterday.  Honestly, it was not that big of a deal.  I was actually excited about it because I'd always wondered what an earthquake felt like.  If you have also wondered this, the answer is that a 5.8 one feels like a lot of fast shake/vibrating.  I was in my

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One of my most favorite internet finds of the summer is Pinterest (thank you, Champagne and Sprinkles, HSG, and Nolly).  If you're on Facebook (and I feel like EVERYONE must be on there now since L finally sunk so low as to join a few months back), you've probably seen countless status updates about your friends being obsessed with it and not being able to stop pinning.  It's true, it's

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I kind of love fake moustaches.  One of my favorite parts of my bachelorette party was that on of my bridesmaids randomly brought a ton of fake moustaches for everyone to wear.  Not everyone was willing to play along, but for those who did, well, those are some of my favorite pictures.  It's just funny to wear silly moustaches!  Plus, I also feel like if someone is willing to be silly like that,

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At some point during our dating relationship, I remember L asking me what he could do to get calluses off his feet.  I remember showing him the foot emery board I had and telling him to get something similar or a pumice stone.  He dutifully went out and got pumice stone with a handle and has been using it ever since, although it is now cracked due to a couple of suicide attempts.  I read a blog

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I'm at the end of a fun, relaxing weekend, most of which was spent solo.  L went to Houston for a weekend with his college friends, so I was on my own for 48 hours.  After dropping L off at the airport on Friday night, I came home and went to bed early (it was a loooooooooooong work week last week).  A full night's sleep in a big bed did wonders and I woke up refreshed and ready for a day of

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I happen to be really good at remembering names and faces.  Like, really good.  I almost never forget a face and if I say the person's name at least once, there's a 96% chance I'll commit it to memory.  Consequently, one of my biggest pet peeves is when I remember someone's name or face and they don't remember me.  And when I acknowledge these forgetful people and they act like I'm a total

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Over the last month or so, the kind neighborhood spiders that inhabit our azalea bushes in front of our house have taken it upon themselves to start decorating early for Halloween this year.  Seriously??  It's bad.  It started with one web on the middle bush (which you could see from the street) and has steadily expanded.  The best part?  L didn't seem to notice AT ALL until I pointed it out

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Sooo... remember like a month ago when I was all, "Good things are coming!  Yea!"?  Well, that all panned out so I can actually share my fun exciting news with the interwebs: I am no longer contracting!  I got brought on full time and today was my first day.  I have a week of new hire orientation and then I'll go back to what I was doing before, just with benefits (hooray for 401Ks!), a pay

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I came home this afternoon with the best of intentions to go work out.  I'd intended to hit the gym yesterday after work, too, but a chaotic and frustrating afternoon just took the wind out of my sails and I accidentally fell asleep.  For two hours.  And still went to bed on time and fell right to sleep.  Apparently I've reverted back to infancy sleep patterns.  Anyway, I got home and immediately

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Our flights to and from our recent travels were not my favorite things.  We flew out of Baltimore and the older woman sitting in the row behind me and L felt it necessary to hum randomly from the time she was seated until we were safely in the air.  If she'd been humming an actual song, this might not have been so annoying because then at least I could sing along in my head, but I would equate

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Two of my favorite things about visiting my parents (aside from the two of them) are Boomer (who got his teeth cleaned on Friday - doxies have penchants for plaque and tartar build up when they get older- and was just diagnosed with having high blood pressure!  Yikes!  But all is well; he's on meds for the short term until it's under control.  Also, in case you can't tell, he's totally eyeing

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After all fun in New Orleans, we headed to Dallas for the wedding for one of my long-time bffs, K.  Who is now K-squared.  We spent time with L's family before migrating to my parents' house on Friday.  The bridesmaids were all treated to a fabulous bridesmaids' luncheon at The Zodiac Room at the Northpark Neiman Marcus.  If you've never been, it's such a fun treat to go.  It's a great place to

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And now, a public service announcement: milk does a body good. Mr. Man drinking milk at Cafe du Monde Hurricanes, hand grenades, and cyclones (basically all of Pat O's signature beverages) do not. Instead of hurricanes, we all decided to try sipping on cyclones while we sang along with the pianos on the 4th of July.  You know, because the sugar explosion would be lesser than with

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Now begins the part of the trip where I entered a photo void for basically 3 days. Sorry. I tried.  I even packed my camera charger and my uplink cord so that I could upload pictures during my trip (I had to bring my computer with me for a work thing and also so that my father-in-law could fix something.  It's such a pain to travel with a computer to two different states, especially if it's a

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L and I took our summer vacation last week and met Nolly and Flad and Neredith and Fick (bet you can't guess any of their real names!) in New Orleans for 5 days and then ended the week in Dallas for one of my bff's weddings. We had an AWESOME time and I was thoroughly exhausted by the time we got home on Sunday. Some highlights of Part 1: The trip got off to a bad start.  Why didn't I think to

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1. My plans this summer include a wedding for a bff and a recently completed vacation with 3/4 of last fall's Las Vegas trip and their men.  Woo hoo!  Hooray for lots of fun and excitement! 2. The best summer I ever had was this is super hard to pick.  Fifteen of my summers were all relatively the same and were spent at this place and I loved it.  Since I stopped heading there for summers, I'd

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Good things are happening this week.  Potentially Big things are happening, but nothing is certain yet.  We'll see in the coming days and weeks.  One of the good things is that we have a long weekend coming right up that wil involve a fun adventure, great friends, and a wedding. I can't wait! I had dinner with G-Unit tonight in Georgetown and as we walked down M, I saw a place I'd totally

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  1.  The last thing I ate was a bite of Joy the Baker's Strawberry-Pineapple Crisp (leftovers from an at-home date night last night).  Delicious! 2.  The next thing I'd like to eat is something delicious!  It's probably going to be pizza or a sandwich from The Italian Store.  We're doing Movies in the Park tonight so we need something to take with us that doesn't require utensils. 3.  The best

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This weekend was kind of awesome and totally packed with activity and kind of exhausting.  Here's a recap of our adventures. FRIDAY:  We headed off to the movies to finally see Bridesmaids.  Totes hilarious!  Loved it.  KW and MR at the end singing together = flashbacks of me and KDC in high school.  (Side note: AMC Courthouse is like stepping back into the 90s.  Seriously.  But I kind of loved

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I've been a bad blogger this week. Sorry! I promise to be better. My computer was in the hospital due to heat exhaustion. But fear not, she's back and hopefully good as new. Just an FYI for anyone with a laptop out there that gets pretty hot: there are things called chill pads that help prevent overheating. Who knew?? On to more exciting things. Last Sunday, three of my high school friends (how

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Yet another Fill in the Blank Friday. 1.  This weekend I'm probably hanging out with my cousins and trying to kick a stinky head cold. 2. My last vacation was in Charleston with L and my parents.  Love! 3. My next vacation will be in New Orleans with Nolly, Neredith, and the men in our lives.  Can't wait! 4.  My favorite way to relax is lately with a book.  I also enjoy doing just about

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I realize this might have been more appropriate during colder weather months, but it's never INappropriate.  via

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We have lots of woodland creatures in our backyard.  Black squirrels, chipmunks, rabbits, the occasional deer... we've got it all in terms of annoying animals that eat flowers.  The squirrels really aren't so bad, and actually, I rather like the black ones (thanks, Canada!).  The chipmunks are also cute and tiny, but I'm pretty sure they have a den that spans the entire upper half of our backyard

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Subtitle: I love L. You know what's awesome?  Being proactive about things.  For example, re-ordering your car registration tags as soon as the notice hits your mailbox and then immediately putting them on your license plates as soon as they come in the mail.  You know what's not awesome?  Doing both of those things and then losing the tags because the old ones didn't peel right off.  Allow me

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I feel the need to share some of the random things I've seen lately.  Here they are, in no particular order. First up: I recently went on a shopping trip to my newly relocated Bed Bath and Beyond.  With the move came a huge, new section of beauty products.  Being the shampoo addict I am, I was, of course, obligated to check out their offerings.  Among them: NOT OKAY.  In fact, completely

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Okay, maybe not the greatest day ever, but it was an awesome day at work.  Hooray for new technology!!  So with that, I give you more random facts about me (and L) in this week's Fill in the Blank Friday. 1.  People always tell me I look like actually I rarely get this.  I used to get told that I looked like Jenna Bush.  L, on the other hand, looks strikingly similar Frankie Muniz in My Dog

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Last weekend was my first weekend flying solo in a loooooong time. Normally I dislike when L checks out for weekend trips, but this time I was excited. I had lots of things I wanted to do and a few that I needed to do but didn't want to do on a weekend when L was here because I knew they'd be best accomplished without him (for example, shopping for a bachelorette party gift). On my list of

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(For some reason, Blogger hates apostrophes, so no contraction in the title for me) Today is L's birthday! This is the first birthday in a long time that we're able to have a "normal" celebration.  Last year we were in NYC (and celebrated by dining at Bar Americain and it was AWESOME); I can't remember what we did in 2009, although I'm inclined to think I was up here visiting him; and in 2008,

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Unless you live under a rock, you know Saturday was Kentucky Derby Day. Who doesn’t love the idea of the Kentucky Derby?* Who doesn’t love an excuse to dress up, wear a hat, and partake in delicious cocktails while watching beautiful horses and some jockeys wearing awesome silks?? (Did anyone else notice this guy?) L and I had had grand plans to go to Gold Cup this year, but it didn’t happen for

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1.  What I love most about my home is that L is here with me.  Also I love the yards in the spring time- totally filled with color and blooms of all kinds everywhere you look. 2.  I'm excited because it's the weekend!  And I learned how to use PhotoShop today, so I'm going to try and dabble with it this weekend. 3.  My preferred method for blowing off steam when I'm frustrated is going to the

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What a weekend!  It started off with a royal wedding, it ended with the death of bin Laden, and in between... oh, in between!  In between, we had GORGEOUS weather on Saturday and I decided to ride a bike for the first time in 8 years with Mrs. FBI, who was recently accepted to become an FBI Agent (code: she is in peak physical form and can seriously kick someone's ass.  Seriously.  Self defense

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Back in December, my Junior League committee decided to do a white elephant book swap to celebrate the holidays instead of holding our regular monthly meeting.  The idea was simple: everyone should bring a copy of a book they'd recently read that was 1) good, and 2) from their own personal book collection.  I was on board, although I knew I'd have to buy a new one.  It's hard for me to part with

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L and I spent took a long weekend last weekend and met my parents in Charleston, SC.  Neither of us had ever been to South Carolina but my parents had been twice and loved it, so we decided it would be fun to see if they wanted to join us for a little Springtime getaway.  Y'all, if you've never been, GO BOOK A TRIP RIGHT NOW.  If nothing else, it was just the perfect place to go for a relaxing

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Inspired by the many creations of my friends Jennifer and Julie, I decided to make myself a yarn wreath for spring.  It's incredibly easy, doesn't take too long, and really inexpensive so if you don't like your end product or you don't want to use it for more than one year, you're not out too much cash.  The final product has been hanging on our door for about a month: I don't love the hue of

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We're taking a break from our usual repertoire to discuss something that I saw earlier today.  Articles like this make me want to make sure my kids go to a school where uniforms are required.  When L's first niece was born, I happily went on a shopping spree for all kinds of clothes for her.  It's fun to shop for kids' clothes!  But I also remember telling one of my co-workers at the time that I

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Aaaaaaaaaand I'm back!  It's been a bit of a crazy month or so, hence my lack of posting.  Brief recap: two of L’s close friends visited us back-to-back at the end of March and the beginning of April, then we had a fun weekend exploring H street with some friends, and then L and I went to Charleston with my parents. Recap of our visitors: visitor #1 was L's #1 bff, The Gamblor.  The Gamblor

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Friday was this little devil's birthday. Yes, Boomer is now the ripe old age of 12 and still as young and spry at heart as if he were a puppy.  He's definitely mischevious but our family can't help but love him, despite all the stunts he pulls (don't leave him alone with an unattended trash can, no matter how big or small it is, and Lord help you if you leave leave a laundry basket full of

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I had a Junior League meeting tonight at the JLW headquarters, which is just a few doors down from the DC location of Paper Source.  Anytime I have a meeting, I stop by Paper Source on my way back to my car to see what fun cards and papers they have (great place for letterpress, if you're into that sort of thing).  Tonight's find isn't a normal fun find for me, nor is it something that I would

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Is it gross that I floss my teeth at work? I find this to be the most effective way to make sure I floss. My new thing is that I can’t leave for the day until the spaces between my teeth are clean. I HATE flossing. I’ve never been good at being diligent in my flossing efforts. Obviously that means that I’ve had a few teeth cleanings that have turned into blood baths. Lovely. Consequently, many

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After a few weeks off (sorry, didn't have time with guests and what not), I'm back with another a Fill in the Blank Friday.  1.  The best prank I ever pulled was one of the many I pulled with CB over several summers at CF.  It's hard to pick because we loved us some pranks.  Maybe the one where we snuck into the boys' cabins on a night between sessions and hid and made sobbing noises and

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L and I have two nieces and two nephews.  Our older niece turned 3 last Saturday.  We asked my sister-in-law what the birthday girl wanted and/or needed, and the answer was shoes.  Not being a mother myself, I didn't think to ask what kind of shoes or what season she needed, so I decided to send 2 pair: some sandals (my favorites) and some more casual slip-on tennies.  Check out the fun shoes:

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Once again, I've been a bad blogger.  This is due to many things: work has gotten REALLY busy, which totally negates my desire to get on the computer again once I'm finally home; we've had a house guest; general fatigue/exhaustion from life; and just a general need for a break from a lot of things.  But I'm back, and I have a new challenge for anyone who reads this: enjoy your life.  Stop getting

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Okay, maybe that's a touch extreme.  But I did manage to do this today: No other cars were damaged and no one was injured.  If you find yourself wondering how that happens, here's how:  you mistakenly wear your sunglasses into the gym and accidentally leave them on top of a weight machine.  When you're almost all the way home, you realize you don't have your sunglasses and turn around to go

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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand we're back after a 10-day absence!  Sorry about that.  Last week was a really long week for me, work-wise, and we also had a house guest that occupied our evenings.  This little lady is Allie and she belongs to Mr. and Mrs. FBI.  Mr. FBI is working on a special assignment in another state for a while, so Mrs. FBI went to go visit him for several days.  Allie needed to be

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1.   The phrase or punctuation I overuse most is      not a phrase, but a word, and the word is LIKE.  This totally annoys me.  I'm sure there are other ones, but I can' t think of them right now. 2.  Today I am thankful for    Fridays!!  I'm so glad it's the end of this week.  It's been a looooooong week, especially yesterday. 3.  My best friend is   L, but since he's the husband, that's a given

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Subtitle: I know you like to think your sink don't stank, but lean a little bit closer.  See?  Cracked pipes really smell like poo poo poo. Okay so that title might be a bit extreme.  (Also, those are bad lyrics when taken out of context.  They definitely don't hold up 15-ish years later.)  But we really are experiencing unwanted water problems with our house.  One of the pipes leading to (or

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I made a Mardi Gras wreath!  Mom has had one for many years in honor of her Louisiana heritage and I've always loved it.  I wanted one of my own once I had my own apartment, but I've never pulled the trigger on one because I never liked what I'd find, or if I did, the options were either too expensive or Mardi Gras fell too close to Valentine's Day (because of course I have something for the door

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I had some time to think about these earlier today so I thought I'd partake. 1. I am currently obsessed with my Nevin Morgan candles. Love their scents, particularly Gold and Winter Fig.  I can't stop burning Winter Fig these days. 2. Today I am a little bit tired because there was a mouse fiasco around 4 a.m. last night that caused me and L to be wide awake for a solid hour and a half. 3. The

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Here’s a fun little story for you. Last night, I got in bed around 11 and fell asleep around 11:45. I assume L feel asleep around the same time, but who knows. I was sleeping peacefully until 4:06. I woke up because I knew I was hearing something out of the norm, but I couldn’t figure out what it was. I was pretty groggy, so I laid there listening, trying to make sense of what was going on. I was

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I gotta be honest.  I did not enjoy walking outside this morning and seeing this waiting for me. I mean I know it's February and still winter and all, but the thing is, we're almost into March.  Can't we just be done with the snow?  I'm ready for spring and daffodils.  Last week we had a couple of days where I was able to crank open the sun roof and also finally get my post-winter car wash (

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For Valentine's Day, L planned a whole day of activities for me on Sunday.  I planned a "special" meal (which just means a slightly fancier meal than what I'd normally cook on a week night) for Monday night.  For our V-day dessert, I decided to make this cake: Because why not?  I can't remember the last time I made a cake, and I'm pretty sure I've never made a full-blown cake entirely from

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So, I know I talked a big game the other day about considering giving up meat.  I meant that.  BUT, it doesn't change the fact that our freezer is full of frozen meat of various kinds, and I'm not the type to let things go to waste.  Since we had some ground beef and sausage, I decided to make one of my newest favorite meals: grilled and stuffed bell peppers.  Yeah, we've all had stuffed bell

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Yeah, I just referenced Willow Smith.  And I'm only slightly ashamed because it just fits for this post. Finding a good hair stylist is hard no matter where you live or how long you've lived there.  I lucked out in Austin back in the day and found a great stylist on my first try due to a great recommendation from SRG (check out her blog here).  She's also how I found my colorist (for some reason

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So, it's 2011.  Just in case you missed it.  I didn't make any official resolutions (hence no apparently obligatory post- as made evidence by most blogs I read- on what they would have been), but since we got home from our Christmas travels, L and I renewed our commitments to faith (as previously and briefly mentioned in another post) and physical fitness.  We joined a gym in August and up until

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On this snow day, I was reminded of three things: 1) how lucky I am to have such a good teammate in life (a.k.a., L), 2) how white I am, and 3) how horrible L is at working from home.  I mean he was not meant for a job that requires him to do that daily. If you haven't heard, DC got hit by a snowstorm yesterday afternoon, right around the time rush hour started.  I'd planned to leave work at 3:

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Yes, it's a post about magical things.  Specifically, magical food and magical products. On Friday night, L and I had dinner with an old friend of mine (we go all the way back to 1985) and her husband.  They just moved up here and we thought it was our duty to introduce them to one of our favorite restaurants, Founding Farmers.  (Side note: if you're ever visiting D.C., whether you're with me

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I'm a big fan of reading.  I'm not one of those people who only reads a certain genre; fiction, non-fiction, youth (yeah, I've read all of Twilight and Harry Potter and I'm so not ashamed of it), cookbooks... I read pretty much anything.  I recently finished reading The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo at the suggestion of several friends.  (Yes, I was very late to the Dragon Tattoo party.) I know

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A pic of the wounded phalanx after exactly a week: And a pic after getting the stitches removed, a full 9 days later: Sorry for such poor quality in both photos.  It couldn't be helped. It definitely hurt to remove the one closest to the palm of my hand- the inner-most one (inner-most being the one closest to the bottom side, not the one on the inside of my finger).  I have no idea if this

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One of my favorite things I got to do over my "Christmas break" was go with 3 of my best friends to see Better Than Ezra play at the House of Blues in Dallas.  It was my first time to go to the venue (it's pretty new to Dallas) and I hadn't seen BTE since college.  I was ready for a fun night!  HLS was able to score us tickets to the Foundation Room, which was very cool.  Who doesn't love a

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L and I just got home from the E.R.  You might be wondering, "Why were you at the E.R. on a random Wednesday night?"  We (okay, I) had an emergency, obvi.  I was in my p.j.s, pretty much all ready for bed and was just getting my lunch ready for the morning, which included slicing open a sandwich roll.  Except I didn't stop at slicing the roll; I decided to slice my left pink finger right at the

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L's contribution to our collection of drinkware when we got married was filled with items made solely from plastic, few of which matched and even fewer that weren't commemorating some sort of event.  There's nothing wrong with a commemorative, plastic cup, but those are what I've been referring to as "to go" cups for several years now because I don't mind not getting them back.  Consequently,

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One of the many things I managed to do while back in Texas for a week was get crafty.  I had a special request from my sister-in-law to paint a stool for L's and my soon-to-be-born nephew.  When our niece was born, I made one for her that matched her bedroom.  While I don't have any pictures of the finished product, I have to say, it was pretty stinking cute.  I wasn't planning on doing one for

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Something super weird is that this spot randomly appeared on our duvet: It sort of resembled urine, but I can tell you with absolute certainty neither of us wet the bed.  Especially not the foot of the duvet.  Plus L's been gone for the majority of the last 8 weeks, and I found it the night before I went up to visit him.  It's possible that the stain had been there for a couple of days but I

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My belated Christmas gift for whoever reads this: a list of random things that make me laugh. Bunnies in paper cups.  Two Bunnies, Two Cups - watch more funny videos I have no idea why they're in cups but seeing their little noses move immediately took me back to the days when I had a pet rabbit (RIP, Dusty- best bunny ever) and how his little nose felt.  So cute!  Catalogue Living. 

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I have no idea what the deuce is going on, but our house has been invaded by dozens of house flies in the last week.  The first night, I killed 6-ish.  Then the second night, I lost count but at least 8 were slaughtered.  The next morning I killed another one.  L came home Thursday night and saw at least 3 and I killed 3 more.  We don't know where they are coming from or why, but it is so gross

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That's the base of our tree.  Now see that big box with the ornaments on it in the front?  It's actually not a gift.  It's just there for looks.  BUT!  It does have some fun contents inside... I went to a cookie exchange on Saturday that was hosted by one of my JL friends.  I had planned to make these cookies, but due to my not reading the invitation correctly, I ended up not having time to

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FYI, this was scheduled to be posted the week before Christmas but it didn't for some reason.  Sorry! With L already in Texas for Christmas, I was left to my own devices for most of the weekend.  Obviously that means I needed to go shopping and get a pedicure.  To be fair, I was honestly on a shopping quest that focused specifically on trying to find my sister's Christmas gift (she's very hard

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Union Station is a place L and I have become quite familiar with over the last 8 weeks or so.  L has been working in NYC again since the last week of October (he got a week off for Thanksgiving and another week in November) and he's been taking the train to and from New York.  It tends to take the same amount of time but usually has fewer problems than when he's flown (somehow there's always

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