tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23127062659398006082024-03-14T04:21:44.348-05:00Dashboard DiaryEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873209158004683255noreply@blogger.comBlogger669125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312706265939800608.post-31961283863314744682018-08-08T19:33:00.000-05:002018-08-08T19:45:41.116-05:00Ezra's Birth Story<div class="p1">
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I love birth stories. </div>
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Before I was even pregnant I would google birth stories, read the tales of women around the world, and learn way more than I bargained for about every type of birth under the sun. While I was pregnant, I made a point to ask nearly everyone I came in contact with to tell me about their birth experience. I wanted to know it all. The good, the bad and the ugly. I wanted to be mentally prepared for literally every single thing possible. </div>
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Well, I was prepared for almost all routes a delivery could take, but I got an experience unlike anything I expected. </div>
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Of course. </div>
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Here is the story of how we met our little boy.</div>
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I definitely never expected to go past my due date. Josh and I were both born a week early, so we (my mom, mainly) were convinced our baby would arrive the same way. My due date was January 18th. It came and went. I tried allllllll the things. Well, a few of the things. Pineapple. Essential oils. Walking hills. Prenatal massage (my masseuse told me she had put a few women into labor within hours of their massage, no luck). I was scheduled to be induced (if natural labor didn’t happen) on January 25th, at 41 weeks. I prayed to avoid induction, and I was prepared to schedule another prenatal massage and even acupuncture on the 24th. I was willing to try anything (aside from castor oil and an enema. Well, maybe). Side note: last fall Josh bought tickets for us to see Bon Iver in Dallas on January 23rd. I thought he was crazy for getting tickets to an event so close to our due date, but I knew if I hadn’t had the baby by then, then I would definitely still want to attend. As luck would have it, we didn’t make it to the show. I started having very odd sporadic contractions after work on Monday, the night of the 22nd. I didn’t think it was real labor, so I ate dinner and took a bath like normal (I went ahead and shaved my legs, thankfully, by the grace of God). Looking back on it, I should have known something was up, because I couldn’t sit down for dinner. Josh grilled some incredible steaks and we made mac and cheese, and I literally ate the whole meal standing up because I was too uncomfortable to sit down. A few hours go by, and I start to realize these may not be normal contractions. I never had Braxton Hicks contractions (or any weird pains at all, for that matter) so I literally had no idea what to expect. We googled “what does labor feel like” for about an hour and I watched YouTube video after YouTube video, trying to get some sort of understanding of if this was real labor or not. My doctor said that we should not call her until I had contractions five minutes apart for two hours. I tried to time the contractions and eventually we started to see a trend of 5-7 minutes apart. For some reason, around 10pm I tried to lay down and go to sleep thinking I could sleep through it (wishful thinking). I quickly realized I couldn’t, so we called my doctor. She wasn’t on call, so we spoke with her partner and she told us to head up to the hospital and get checked. I remember feeling like we woke her up, and I genuinely felt terrible. We loaded up the car, apprehensively. We both figured we would get to the hospital, they would check me, tell me I was a little pansy and still only 1cm dilated, and send me home. I vaguely remember the drive to the hospital. I wasn’t nervous. Fleet Foxes new album was playing. I texted my mom to let her know what we were doing, but I specifically said “don’t leave yet, just get ready just in case, but they will probably send me home”. Come to find out she immediately left and had been on the road for an hour by the time I actually told her I was in real labor.<br />
Anyways, by the time we arrived at the hospital my contractions were three minutes apart and they were starting to take my breath away. I remember walking down the hallway and kind of figured this may be the real deal. We got checked in around 11:30 pm and for some reason I felt really bad about showing up so late at night. It’s comical looking back on it now, because it's the nurses job to work the night shift and take take of women in labor, but I just really felt bad they were having to work because of me. Anyways, we met our incredible nurse, and she told me I was dilated to a 4 and that they would be admitting me. We went through the usual stuff, discussed my medical history, monitored the contractions, discussed if I wanted meds and an epidural. I opted for an epidural, but nothing else. We waited until about 1:30 AM for the CRNA to arrive for the epidural, and by that point I’m dry heaving from the pain of the contractions. I had dilated to a 6 by the time she arrived. I mayyyyy have experienced about 15-30 minutes of (what I thought was) the most severe pain of my life, before the epidural kicked in. Looking back on it, I'm glad to have experienced some form of “real” labor, and to see how much labor pain I could handle. In regard to the epidural, I’ve seen tons of them performed at work, so I wasn’t scared of it, but I had never experienced one before so I was definitely nervous. My CRNA was phenomenal and it was truly a breeze. We were then instructed to “try to get some sleep”. This surprised me, but I was grateful because a few hours before, before I knew I was in labor, all I wants to do was to be able to sleep through the night. The epidural had me feeling like a million bucks and we somehow managed to get about four hours of sleep. (After my mom showed up in record time!) While we were waiting for the epidural, we informed friends and family that this was really happening. Again, I felt terrible for the timing. My mom drove in alone from north west Louisiana, my dad drove in alone from a work trip in Houston, and Josh’s mom and step dad were also driving in from north east Louisiana. All of this was happening between the hours of 12-6 am. I’m eternally grateful they dropped everything and rushed to meet us in the middle of the night. I still can’t believe it. </div>
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Back to the birth: I wake up around 6am to be checked, and they inform me that I’m dilated to a 10. I wake up Josh and tell him the news, assuming the baby is about to fall out of me any second now. The nurse says “naw, he can go back to sleep, your water still hasn’t broken yet”. First of all, I didn’t know you could get all the way to a ten without your water breaking. Second of all, I wanted my water to break on it's own, so I’m thankful that the nurses didn’t take it upon themselves to break it. Although *graphic detail coming, brace yourself* she did tell me that I had a “bulging sac”. Cool. So, we wait. The timeline here gets a little fuzzy, but I remember my water eventually breaking, and I assume then that it is go-time. They say it’s not. They say that we need a little bit more time for the baby to drop into position before I start pushing. Again, another thing I wasn’t expecting. Everything was just SO relaxed and seemed to be in slow motion. I was extremely caught of guard by this. I was feeling zero pain and everything was just SO chill. (Things were so relaxed to the point where I even forgot to play my labor playlist I worked so hard to make!) My doctor arrived around 8am (I think?) and we were finally able to start pushing. I had a follow up appointment scheduled that day, and we joked that I guess I would need to cancel my appointment and she joked something about clinic starting at 9, so we needed to get this baby out. Pushing was comical. I remember asking them why I wasn’t sweating. We made small talk between contractions. I felt nothing. Physically. Emotionally, I felt strange. I was mostly shocked at how easy and laid back everything seemed. Granted, the hardest part was holding your breath long enough to push, which I was terrible at. I believe I pushed for around 45 minutes (although it seemed way less than that) and our sweet boy arrived at 8:54am. Time stood still. We were finally able to hold our boy and see him face to face. I distinctly remember giving Josh knuckles and saying “we did it”. How weird. I hope we kissed at least, but I genuinely don’t remember. We were quite mesmerized. I was mostly in shock that everything went so smooth and that things were, dare I say, easy. Just when I start to think "Man that was a piece of cake! Glad it's over! Where's my Chick-fil-a?" things start to get real blurry from here on out. I got to hold him, but I'm not sure how long. We facetimed my sister. Josh cut the cord, and then they took the baby for Apgar testing and whatnot while my doctor began working on getting my placenta out. This was hands down 100 times worse than labor. I thennnnnn start to remember being warned about this. My doctor was having to forcefully push on my abdomen, because that placenta was not quite wanting to come out. She mentioned that the cord had a very loose attachment to the placenta, and if she pulled too hard she was worried the cord would break off, making it even harder to remove. She kept telling me to relax and I swore I was relaxing as best as I could. After about thirty minutes (maybe?) of her trying to force it out, she decided that I needed a d&c (we needed to go to the operating room and surgically remove it). She kept apologizing and I was surprised by this, but I kept telling her how fine it was and how I understood and it was ok. Josh didn’t seem too worried either, but my biggest concern was the fact that I wouldn’t get to do skin to skin. I requested about a million times that he do a lot of skin to skin while I was gone. Funny story regarding that to come later. Anyways, we head to surgery, and on the way there I felt something wet on the side of the bed. We then realize that my epidural had disconnected. We don’t know how long it was disconnected, but my doctor thinks that had sometime to do with the fact that I couldn’t “relax” so my body was holding on to the placenta and not allowing it to pass. Which makes a good bit of sense (and explains why the process of removing the placenta hurt worse than labor). By the time I got to the OR I was feeling very faint and light headed (probably due to the blood loss), my blood pressure dropped, and I started vomiting. Awesome. Being in the surgery world, I know that a vomiting patient is the last thing you want when they are about to get anesthesia. There is a huge risk of aspiration. Lovely. Anyways, I pass out (unsure if it is anesthesia induced or because of the BP drop) but they reconnect the epidural, give me some zofran, and then the placenta was removed, or so I was told. I don’t remember anything else until about 2pm. Which is unfortunate. At the time, it didn't phase me, but the more time that has passed since the deivery, the more I struggle with this gap in my memory. I ask Josh to tell me about it all the time. When I hear about other women recapping those precious first few hours with their baby I get a twinge of jealousy. I remind myself that things could be way worse. I could have had to recover from the pain of a c-section or a much more traumatic delivery, or he could have been in the NICU. I truly feel blessed for having an uncomplicated delivery (well, a delivery with minor complications) and I have so much sympathy for those mamas who are separated from their littles ones after birth, whether it be mentally due to anesthesia or pain medicine or due to far worse complications. It breaks my heart that I wasn't conscious for the excitement of seeing our family meet Ezra. I'm very thankful for pictures of these moments and I'm so grateful for a healthy baby and for the fact that I made it out of labor relatively unscathed.<br />
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Soooo, back to the story of Josh while I was in the OR. I love this story. Basically, he was handed Ezra (who was still nameless at the time), I was wheeled out with the doctor and the nursing staff, and my mom went to the waiting room to get Josh's mom. He was alone. Apparently, the process of getting his mom to come back to the delivery room was time consuming process, because Josh was left alone in the delivery room for a while with a 30 minute old baby, with no assistance and no way to call for help. I think he has only held one other newborn in his life before that moment. </div>
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I would pay gooood money to have witnessed those moments of panic and excitement and what I like to imagine as utter terror. Anyways, other minor details, a day or so after the delivery, I found out I had lost about 1,000 ccs of blood and my hemoglobin dropped to a 6. I ultimately required a blood transfusion. Another thing I never expected to need. That was fun.<br />
We had tons of friends and family come visit, and Nicole surprised us by flying in with her camera and a New Orleans king cake in tow. She snapped some photos of some precious moments in the hospital and during our first few days at home where Ez got to meet the dogs, all pictured below.</div>
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So maybe I’ve just been in post-baby sleep deprived ridiculously happy lalaland since then, but all this time I have genuinely felt that I had an easy, uncomplicated delivery. Now that I’m actually typing this all out, and reliving it detail for detail, six months later, I realize that may not have been the case.<br />
Is that basically the gist of raising a kid?<br />
You think everything is fine and dandy in the moment and then later on you look back at it an you're like yeaaa I guess that kinda sucked?</div>
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I'm genuinely grateful for how everything played out (minus those few missing hours), and so grateful to everyone who made it by the hospital to visit us. The hospital and the staff were phenomenal, and I want to deliver a million babies at Baylor Frisco. Sorry, vagina. </div>
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We brought a healthy, beautiful boy into the world and made it our relatively pain free (don't pay any attention to Josh's complaints about how comfy the couch was).</div>
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It was hands down the most incredible experience of our lives.<br />
Here is a recap in photos, starting with the moment we both realized it was really happening.<br />
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We've lived in our home for three years. In those three years, we never quite found a use for this random room. I suppose it was intended to be a dining room or an office, but my brain wanted it to be a formal sitting room or a craft room. I only lacked the formal sitting furniture and time to craft. So, the room essentially became a storage room. Until September. </div>
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Josh was away a week for work and I happened to have that week off work. My mom came in town (accompanied by her best friend and my dad) and we tackled the nursery. They painted the entire room in a few hours and refused to let me help. Mom turned a closet of shelves into a closet with two hanging racks, she installed a light fixture, we repainted a bed frame and two chest of drawers (white from a former hot pink, harder than it sounds) and we ran around town purchasing (and returning) all the essentials (rugs, bedding, throw pillows, picture frames & lampshades). By the time she left that week, we had a nearly complete nursery. It was pretty amazing. A few weeks later, mom returned with my grandmother and her sewing machine. She helped us turn our old curtains from our first apartment into nursery curtains. They were free (hooray!) and so accidentally perfect because the original bows attached to them were covered with hand stamped sheet music. We had a spare day bed, so we opted to incorporate that into the nursery instead of a changing table. We'll see how that works out. We wanted to avoid an over the top "theme" to the nursery, but we knew we wanted to incorporate music, instruments and clean, calming tones. The abundance of llamas was never intentionally a part of the decor plan, but I'm not complaining. Our babymoon/5th anniversary trip to Chile & Argentina introduced us to our love for llamas, and I can't wait to tell our boy about these llamas all over his room and his first international family vacation one day. There are a few more sentimental items throughout the room, such as a wooden toys from my sister and Josh's sister, a stuffed llama from Argentina, a travel piggy bank made by our friends the Fishers, and on the bottom of the birch shelf you can see a stack of books from my childhood. I desperately hope that this room encourages our boy to develop a love for books and music.</div>
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Before we started work on the nursery (and before I grew too large for my all time favorite clothing piece ever, my overalls) I had my friend Mattie come over to snap some "before" photos of the nursery. We didn't intend to incorporate the dogs in the photos, but they included themselves, and it kind of turned out perfectly. </div>
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I'm so thrilled to share this room with you. It's hands down my favorite room in the house, and we absolutely cannot wait to bring our boy home and raise him in this cozy space.</div>
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paint: sea salt by <a href="https://www.sherwin-williams.com/" target="_blank">Sherwin Williams</a></div>
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crib: <a href="https://oeufnyc.com/collections/nursery/products/rhea-crib" target="_blank">Rhea crib by Oeuf</a></div>
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bumper: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/497292664/braided-crib-bumper-knot-pillow-knot?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=braided%20bumper&ref=sr_gallery-1-2" target="_blank">JuJu and Jake via Etsy</a> <br />
birch wall shelf: <a href="https://www.potterybarnkids.com/products/birch-shelf/" target="_blank">Pottery Barn Kids</a><br />
book shelf: <a href="https://babyletto.com/products/tally-storage-and-bookshelf" target="_blank">Babyletto Tally</a><br />
chandelier: <a href="https://www.potterybarnkids.com/products/wood-beaded-chandelier/?pkey=e%7Cwood%2Bchandelier%7C66%7Cbest%7C0%7C1%7C24%7C%7C1&cm_src=PRODUCTSEARCH" target="_blank">Pottery Barn Kids</a><br />
ABC musical instrument print: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/281500792/music-nursery-music-nursery-decor-gender?ref=related-4" target="_blank">Everyday Summit via Etsy</a> <br />
llama rocker: <a href="https://www.potterybarnkids.com/products/nursery-llama-plush-rocker/?pkey=e%7Cllama%2Brocker%7C67%7Cbest%7C0%7C1%7C24%7C%7C1&cm_src=PRODUCTSEARCH" target="_blank">Pottery Barn Kids </a></div>
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rugs: <a href="https://www.athome.com/rugs/" target="_blank">At Home</a></div>
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day bed bedding + toy basket: <a href="http://www.target.com/">Target</a></div>
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fur rug + llama lamp + floating frames: <a href="http://www.worldmarket.com/">World Market</a> </div>
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wooden play gym: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/464617742/baby-play-gym-and-mobile-accessories?ref=shop_home_feat_3" target="_blank">Clover and Birch via Etsy</a> </div>
Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873209158004683255noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312706265939800608.post-63554141927625017462017-12-27T22:15:00.004-06:002017-12-27T22:15:48.582-06:00Pregnancy Favorites<div style="text-align: center;">
As my pregnancy is winding down, I'm kind of starting to get a liiiiiiiiitle bit sad that I won't be pregnant much longer. I'm aware I will soon be regretting that statement when I'm waddling and peeing every 5 minutes and unable to sleep, but for now things are somehow still great.</div>
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Now, don't get me wrong, we are beyond excited to meet our baby in a few weeks (days?), but it's pretty nice knowing he's safe and sound in my body that is growing a life.</div>
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All the things I have feared about pregnancy like lack of sleep, lack of alcohol, discomfort, constipation, and nausea reallyyyyy haven't been that bad. I've been too lucky, I'm aware. No nausea, I'm still sleeping great, and the lack of alcohol actually isn't that bad.<br />
Not having hangovers and periods is THE BEST.</div>
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Throughout these last eight months I've come to find so many great things I want to share. I am by no means a pregnancy expert, but I do think I'm the ultimate target for all pregnancy related ads on social media.<br />
I've tried it all.</div>
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I love a good pregnancy "must have" list, so I figured I would share my own.<br />
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<a href="https://pinkstork.com/shop/pro/" target="_blank">Pink Stork probiotics</a><br />
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I'm a sucker for all things organic/natural and high quality (aside from the toaster strudels I have recently reacquainted myself with), and the Pink Stork brand of items are some of the best. Constipation was one of my biggest fears throughout pregnancy (I've heard some horror stories) and I'm gonna go out on a limb and attribute my lack of constipation & hemorrhoids (TMI?) to the fact that I've been taking these probiotics daily since the first trimester.<br />
Knocking on wood.<br />
I also recently read that taking a daily probiotic during pregnancy can help prevent eczema with your baby. The cheapest place I've been able to find them is $14.99 at Target. Getchu some.</div>
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Playing music for the baby was a high priority in the early days of our pregnancy.<br />
We started around 14 weeks (it's never too early to culture your offspring amiright?) We refuse to let him grow up with a poor taste in music. <br />
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V-neck pocket maternity tee<br />
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Maternity tee requirements: must have a v-neck and a pocket. Don't ask questions. I needed it. <br />
<a href="http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?pid=708077012&vid=1&locale=en_US&kwid=1&sem=false&sdkw=maternity-short-sleeve-v-neck-slub-tee-P708077&sdReferer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gap.com%2Fproducts%2Fmaternity-t-shirts.jsp" target="_blank">This one</a> from Gap was my all-time fave. I would have ordered it in every color, but they only have it in one color.<br />
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Maternity bras<br />
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Unfortunately, I required new bras from day one of the pregnancy. My only complaint. Boobs.<br />
I'm not usually a "sleep in a bra" kind of gal, but pregnancy has forced it upon me.<br />
After a quick google, I was overwhelmed with every pregnancy bra targeted ad known to mankind. <br />
True & Co sucked me in first with their ad for <a href="https://trueandco.com/bras/true-co/true-body-v-neck-bra/5607" target="_blank">"the most comfortable bra on the internet"</a>.<br />
It was mighty comfy, butttttt it didn't work for me. I would stretch out overnight and the ladies had a hard time staying contained. Just saying. <br />
Day to day I wear these <a href="https://www.amazon.com/iLoveSIA-3pack-Nursing-Black-Light/dp/B00YGSELHK/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1513744223&sr=8-8&keywords=nursing+bras" target="_blank">cheap-o Amazon bras</a> (which double as nursing bras), but at night time I wear the Kindred Bravely bras. These have less padding (so, not appropriate for the public) but they are wayyyyyyyyy more comfortable. I have tried two styles so far: <a href="https://www.kindredbravely.com/products/french-terry-nursing-sleep-bra?variant=26308793475" target="_blank">the French terry</a><a href="https://www.kindredbravely.com/products/organic-cotton-nursing-sleep-bra?variant=17990026883" target="_blank"> </a><br />
and the <a href="https://www.kindredbravely.com/products/organic-cotton-nursing-sleep-bra?variant=17990026883" target="_blank">organic cotton crossover</a>, and the organic one is my favorite. Great support and comfort.<br />
I also ordered some of their postpartum high waist underwear, and I love. <br />
I look forward to seeing how these work during the post-partum/breast feeding phase.<br />
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Nightgowns<br />
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Pajama wise, I've always been a fan of the boxers and oversized tee situation. Pregnancy has turned me into a nightgown + boy shorts kind of gal.<br />
All-time fave nightgown:<br />
Anything and everything in the modal-blend material from GapBody like <a href="http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=1067927&pcid=1021874&vid=1&pid=422185042" target="_blank">this</a>.<br />
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Maternity Jeans<br />
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My first splurge. I spared no expense. Went straight to Pea & The Pod and let them take all my money. Probably my favorite purchase of all. I will be buried in these <a href="http://www.apeainthepod.com/ag-jeans-secret-fit-belly-legging-ankle-maternity-jeans/006-23980-041-001.html?cgid=ag-jeans&dwvar_006-23980-041-001_color=006-23980-41#start=1" target="_blank">AG Secret Fit jeans.</a><br />
Keep an eye out for a sale every so often so you don't have to pay full price.<br />
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Leggings <br />
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A fall/winter staple.<br />
Before I found out I was pregnant, I had recently fallen in love with <a href="https://www.girlfriend.com/products/black-girlfriend-legging" target="_blank">Girlfriend Collective leggings</a>. My sister came across their start-up campaign where they were giving away free leggings if you paid shipping. It honestly sounded like a scam at first. We paid like $20 for shipping and then never heard back from them for over six months. Randomly we both got leggings in the mail and never took them off. They were high waisted and tight (almost like spanx) but they were thick and supportive. The material was unlike anything I had ever worn (come to find out they are made of recycled water bottles). I seriously wore them every single day when we were in Copenhagen and Norway. Then I got pregnant and they no longer fit. I don't know why I didn't just order some in a larger size, immediately. Instead I tried every other legging known to man. <a href="https://www.soma.com/store/category/Leggings/cat5079288/" target="_blank">Soma</a> leggings were comfy and high waisted. The belly didn't cause them to roll down, but they pilled easily and were somewhat sheer in certain places with bending and squatting. I had also heard that <a href="https://shop.lululemon.com/story/girls?mnid=mn;en-US-JSON;girls" target="_blank">Lululemon </a>Align and Wunder Under leggings were perfect for pregnancy. Tried them. They were comfy as heck and so darn soft, but the tops rolled down like crazy. It actually started to really drive me nuts. I think I will definitely wear these post-partum, and love them, but for now, nah. <br />
Back to square one. <br />
<a href="https://www.girlfriend.com/products/black-girlfriend-legging" target="_blank">Girlfriend Collective.</a><br />
My first true love. My original leggings were a size medium. I ordered some XLs and they are the cure to the pregnancy legging debacle. <br />
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Compression socks<br />
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Another pregnancy fear: swelling and spider veins.</div>
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The fact that my job involves a lotttttt of standing and being on my feet (particularly during our busy season which coincides with my 8th month of pregnancy) I knew that compression socks were going to be a requirement early on. I started wearing them during surgery days around month 5, but at this point I'm wearing them every day. I really feel like they have been helping a ton. I haven't noticed any foot or ankle swelling (or any spider veins! Again, knocking on wood). </div>
My two favorite brands are <a href="https://www.sockwellsocks.com/Default.asp" target="_blank">Sockwell </a>& <a href="https://darntough.com/" target="_blank">Darn Tough</a> (which are made in Vermont and guaranteed for life!).<br />
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Call it fate, but I find it miraculous that Clearly Canadian came back on the market during my pregnancy. This stuff has been my sanity. I haven't been able to find any of my favorite flavor (orchard peach) in the area, but I've had two saints from Louisiana smuggle me some across the border (and one friend flew me some all the way from Georgia!) I'm currently rationing them to one a week. Gotta make it last, ya know?<br />
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So, that's all I've got for now.<br />
Quite the wide variety of favorites.<br />
I love the age-old pregnancy question of "what are you craving" because I'm literally craving everything, all the time. Comfy leggings, all the food, sparkling soda from the 90s.<br />
You name it, I crave it and I will find it.</div>
Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873209158004683255noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312706265939800608.post-69412751005296126302017-10-08T22:03:00.000-05:002017-10-09T21:03:51.626-05:00Road Trip to Marfa & Big Bend National Park<div style="text-align: center;">
Visiting Marfa, Texas has been on my to-do list for as long as I've known it existed.</div>
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The not so short eight hour drive from Dallas to middle of nowhere Texas may seem a bit intimidating, but when you add two of your best gal pals to the mix, it's a piece of cake.</div>
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We mapped our route and managed to squeeze Marfa and Big Ben National Park (with a few stops in between) into a weekend trip. We left Dallas on a Thursday night and made the five hour drive to Midland for the night, with a pit stop for some BBQ fuel at Cooper's. Friday morning we loaded up and made the three hour drive to Marfa, with a stop at Monahan Sand Hills State Park just outside of Midland. </div>
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We were very surprised to see a "desert" pop up in the middle of nowhere, and we were also shocked to find out that they offered toboggan rentals for sand "surfing" the hills. The entry fee was $4 and I forgot the cost of the rentals, but it doesn't really matter because you kind of have to do it. We waxed up our discs (wax available for purchase) and made the trek through the sand dunes, which was not as easy as it looks. I was eight weeks pregnant at the time and got a little winded with the steep slope. The ride down was a blast, as was my inevitably awkward wipeout/flip at the bottom of the dune. We snapped many pics, dusted off the sand and made our way to the big city of Marfa to spend the next two nights.<br />
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The drive was easy (we only got pulled over once!) and the scenery made it not so terrible.</div>
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Another shock: seeing mountains. For a second there, we forgot we were in Texas.</div>
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We booked <a href="https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/5013923">this Airbnb</a> for our time in Marfa, and it may be one of my favorite finds yet.</div>
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It was walking distance to pretty much everything in town, anddddddd literally right next door to <a href="http://www.doyourthing.us/">Do Your Thing coffee</a>. We went three times. Incredible coffee options and cinnamon toast better than your mom's circa 1999.</div>
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We arrived mid afternoon on Friday, and to our surprise, everywhere on our to-eat list was closed.</div>
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We ended up at Pizza Foundation, which hit the spot (but it sure wasn't Boyz2Men taco truck or Marfa Burrito and we were a teensy bit sad). Also, Food Shark (made famous by Beyonce's instagram) was another Marfa staple that was closed during our time in town.</div>
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Two main things you need to know before planning a trip to Marfa:</div>
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Adequate A/C is hard to come by, and the hours of operation of nearly every business in town are bonkers. We suggest checking out MarfaList.org to keep up with what is open and when they are open, and we also recommend to not visit Marfa between July-September. We were there in mid June and the temps were in the 90s (in the 100s at Big Bend).<br />
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We spent our first afternoon roaming around town (it took about an hour to make a lap around the downtown area) and then made the drive to Prada Marfa (surprisingly 45 minutes away). Because if you didn't go to Prada Marfa, then did you realllyyyyy go to Marfa?</div>
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It was cool. </div>
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Artsy. Dirty. Weird.</div>
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We returned to town, made it to Planet Marfa for happy hour and made friends with a local who recommended that we spend Saturday in Big Bend. He told us that we needed to drive south to Presidio and take the western, more scenic, entrance into the National Park. This allowed us to drive through the ghost town of Terlingua and Lajitas, the city that has a beer drinking goat for a mayor.<br />
It doesn't get more Texas than that.</div>
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While in Big Bend, we didn't have time (nor the energy, hydration, or strength to endure the 108 degree weather) to do any hikes, but we were able to drive through the entire park to the Santa Elena Canyon where we spent an hour or so swimming in the Rio Grande. The drive through the park in itself was worth the three hour drive from Marfa. The mountains and the landscape were unlike anything we had ever come across in Texas. The park was impressive, to say the least.<br />
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Speaking of unlike anything we had ever come across in Texas, we saw the Marfa Lights later that night. When we got back to town, we gathered up some snacks and beverages from The Get Go and made our way to the Marfa Lights viewing center on the edge of town. The mysterious lights were vague and distant and not what we expected at all, but I do have to say I'm a believer. The most popular theory is that they are headlights from drivers in a nearby town, but I don't buy it. The floating distant objects would change colors from yellow to purple to red and would morph into each other and then separate back apart into multiple lights. I was 100% sober (eight weeks pregnant, remember?) and I can confidently say it was a bit trippy. We enjoyed the lights with a few local critters like jackrabbits and road runners. Oh, and I also ended up getting ants in my pants.<br />
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We didn't have much time to check out the art scene in town, but if we had more time we would have visited the Chinati Foundation and the Judd Foundation. We did, in fact, catch the Target "art installation" on the drive back from Big Bend in the big city of Valentine, Texas. It was neat from a distance, but up close we felt like we were intruding on a homeless shelter, because there was a water bottle, some snacks, a hairdryer and a vaccuum inside the Target. I guess that added to the realism?</div>
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Our favorite meal of the trip was at <a href="http://www.stellinamarfa.com/">Stellina</a>. The service was top notch and the desserts were so amazing we ordered one of each. Other memorable meals were had at Hotel St. George, Squeeze, & Buns 'N Roses (a super cute flower ship/gift shop/bakery, but learn from our mistakes and try to get there early enough for the donuts!)</div>
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Marfa was a town to remember. </div>
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Quirky and eccentric, but there was so much beauty to be found in the most unexpected places.</div>
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If you live in Texas, you have no excuse. It's a rite of passage. You must.</div>
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... after all, you aren't a <i>real</i> Texan, until you've Marfa'd.</div>
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Picture overload, commence. The perks of having a photographer as your best friend. Some of these photos (just the good ones) are courtesy of <a href="http://www.southernshutterphotographyllc.com/">Southern Shutter Photography</a> and the rest are from mine and Mary's real fancy iphones. </div>
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Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873209158004683255noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312706265939800608.post-41837393218456344662017-08-26T23:54:00.000-05:002017-08-27T16:30:54.183-05:00Oh, baby<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Life update: we made a baby!</div>
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Finally. </div>
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In January of 2016 Josh and I decided it was time for us to start a family.</div>
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As it turns out, getting pregnant isn't as easy as Teen Mom makes it appear.</div>
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I think I went into the process with the wrong mentality: I was entirely too positive. I knew getting pregnant could have it's challenges, and I was aware that miscarriages were very, very common, but for some reason I thought we would be the exception. I thought we would get pregnant immediately.<br />
Let's be real here: I'm a millenial, and we live in a society where we can get pretty much anything we want when we want it (thanks Netflix and Amazon Prime).</div>
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Fast forward a year and a half, and after trying alllllll the things (natural things, like the herbal teas, crazy diets, test strips, feet in the air, you know, the things) we were finally coming to terms with the fact that we may not be able to do this on our own. </div>
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We spoke with my doctor and made arrangements to start infertility testing the next week.</div>
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Then, of course, it happened.</div>
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I had a weird feeling one night, so I took a test and we flipped it over together and saw our first positive pregnancy test, ever.<br />
The smiles haven't left our faces since.</div>
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Five months later, and I'm honestly still in shock.</div>
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The emotional rollercoaster that came with trying to get pregnant was unlike anything I ever expected.</div>
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Initially, at the start of each period I told myself "it's fine, at least I'll get to drink at so and so's bachelorette party" (I had three bachelorette parties last spring). Around month four the positive attitude faded. I never, ever wanted to be that girl who resented other pregnant women or couples who had babies so "easily," but I found myself starting to. I was so mad at myself for crying after leaving baby showers, and getting bothered by innocent Facebook posts from friends. I was literally surrounded by babies, left and right (I'm laughing typing that now because our neighbors to the left and right both had babies recently). I was genuinely happy for all of them because I know how severely they wanted babies too, but that happiness was surrounded by jealousy and confusion. Everyone was getting pregnant, except for me.<br />
Comparison is the thief of joy, they say.</div>
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Our thought process and emotions would do a complete 180 every two weeks. My brain flipped and flopped from being filled with excitement and hope and prayers for a baby, and then the start of another period would bring tears that would turn to attempts at positivity by telling myself "oh well, at least we can save money, travel, and eat and drink all the things".</div>
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That wasn't healthy.</div>
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We wanted a baby and our bodies couldn't make it happen.<br />
We never got to the point of experiencing the emotional and financial strain of IVF and IUI. I genuinely don't know if I would have been able to handle those feelings, and through this process I am constantly in awe of the couples who have endured those steps. I had so many encouraging people in my corner who put up with my constant griping and crying and pity parties, and continued to give me positive words of affirmation. I am eternally grateful for them. BUT I could have slapped every human that told us "it'll happen when you aren't trying." Seriously. How do you just not try? How do you take your focus and your every thought off of the one thing you want more than anything in the world? It was truly a mind boggling concept. But I guess I can say it happened for us. I was mentally distracted. I had just returned from 10 days in Europe (could it have been the de-stressing affect of a vacation?), I was focusing on my body and my health (I attempted Whole 30 and lost some weight), and the daunting task of getting pregnant had somehow managed to drop down a few notches on my to-do list. I have zero tips for physically getting pregnant, but I can say that it was SO beneficial for me to reach out to others who have experienced the struggle as well. Many women are dying to talk about this taboo topic, and the words and encouragement from someone who has experienced similar emotions can do so, so much. </div>
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During the most emotionally exhausting stage of the process (last summer, around month 5 and 6) I read Aly Taylor's "How Cancer Made Me a Mommy". Her story of her battle with cancer and infertility helped me understand that getting pregnant has absolutely nothing to do with our desires and our ability. It confirmed to me that this process is 100% according to God and His timing and it is far, far beyond our control. If you are out there struggling with similar feelings, I pray that you find peace with the fact that it is beyond your control and that your time will come. Although it may not make sense now, it will, and it will hands down be THE perfect time for you and your family.</div>
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It's funny how the moment our focus changed from "trying to make it happen on our own" to "considering that we may need assistance," it happens.<br />
We gave up control.</div>
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It happened.</div>
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With a lot of assistance from God (mentally and physically, I suppose) and a lot of patience and time.</div>
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So much time.</div>
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Looking back, I find myself thankful for the time we were given. Extra time to sleep in, time to travel and save money, and time for us to grow as a couple. Josh and I have learned SO much about each other and our relationship has grown immensely throughout this trying time. I also find myself thankful for all the experience and life advice from the moms who have come before me. It's so wonderful to be surrounded by friends with various parenting styles and so much advice (especially when it comes to my daily questions on random pregnancy symptoms like is it normal to sometimes have to push on your bladder to make yourself pee?) It's really great to have multiple opinions and firsthand experience on what products worked or didn't work for them, what to register for and if a wipe warmer or a $230982091832 glider is reallllllly necessary. I'm also very glad Josh has been able to see so many of his friends turn into dads over the last year and learn from them.<br />
Had we become pregnant immediately (when we thought it just <i>hadddd</i> to happen) then we wouldn't have been able to receive near as much advice and experience from friends who have had babies over the last year.<br />
God definitely knew what He was doing when he placed these people in our lives and when He placed these babies in our lives at the most appropriate times.<br />
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Now that I have come to terms with that major life hurdle, here comes the next unexpected wave of emotions: fear of miscarriage.<br />
The fear was so very real. I read a statistic that said over half of first time pregnancies end in miscarriage. It was almost hard to get excited at first, because in a weird way I was expecting the worst. I wanted to be mentally prepared for a miscarriage.</div>
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I'll never forget the feeling when we heard & saw a heartbeat at our first ultrasound.</div>
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The look on Josh's face will forever be engrained in my brain.</div>
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It was real.</div>
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This was happening. </div>
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Neither of us were really expecting to see anything at all at the first visit, because I had heard so many stories about ultrasounds where it was too early to find a heartbeat.<br />
We were able to see our baby and hear it's functioning heart at 7.5 weeks. </div>
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Thankfully, we had three ultrasounds during the first trimester (still not sure how that happened) but we were able to see Baby K quite often in a matter of weeks. Thank you Jesus. I needed some reassurance and sanity after the last year and a half.</div>
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A friend recommended a book called "Expecting Better" by Emily Oster. It was research based information that was very reassuring in regards to many pregnancy myths. It gave actual statistics on the likelihood of miscarriages, week by week, and gave information from evidence based studies on exercise and weight gain and delved into the history of the "bad" foods of pregnancy. </div>
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I also read "Sippy Cups are Not for Chardonnay". It lightened the mood around the seriousness of pregnancy, which helped me mentally survive the first trimester.<br />
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Thankfully, I was really really really blessed with a great first trimester. </div>
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I seemed to only have some very light nausea in the late afternoon (around 5ish) every day, so I was able to work without the pregnancy slowing me down (one of my biggest fears).</div>
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I had also hear horror stories about how truly exhausting the first trimester could be, but again, I didn't find it to be thaaaat bad. I took a lot of naps though. I was even able to squeeze in naps during my lunch breaks on clinic days.<br />
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It has been so amazing to watch Josh's excitement throughout this process. He wants to be at every ultrasound and he gets so, so, so excited to see the baby and talk to our doctor.</div>
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I get emotional every time I get a random text from him asking how the peppercorn is doing.</div>
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(The peppercorn was the first size reference my pregnancy app gave for the baby, and it was a big deal apparently so it kind of stuck).</div>
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Throughout the first trimester, I never threw up (until I got the stomach virus a few weeks ago, which was a doooooozie, but I wonder if it was karma because I had it so easy in the beginning).<br />
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We found out we were pregnant on the Thursday before Mother's Day. </div>
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We couldn't stand to hold the info in for two months (who is able to really do that, anyways?)</div>
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We decided to tell our families on Mother's Day, and it was one of the biggest joys of our lives.</div>
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We found out through genetic testing that Baby K is a boy (praise Jesus, although we already had a girl name picked out, we were both not-so-secretly hoping for a boy). We were planning to do a gender reveal via ultrasound with some friends and family, but when we learned that our genetic testing contained the gender results (three weeks before the scheduled ultrasound), we decided to open the envelope and see for ourselves.<br />
As for all the gender theories, the majority said girl for us: heart rate, Chinese gender calendar, baking soda test. I could never quite figure out the Ramzi method, but my only male gender signs were that I had minimal nausea and I was craving more salty than sweet.</div>
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As of now Baby K still remains nameless, but we are working on it and stressing over it, daily. </div>
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He has been well traveled throughout his first few months of life.</div>
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We went camping in Oklahoma, visited Banff for Canada's birthday, saw Fleet Foxes in Portland, made a road trip to Marfa and Big Bend National Park, and had another camping trip for Josh's 30th birthday in Wisconsin for our third year at the Eaux Claires music festival. </div>
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Work has been somewhat of a challenge, in regards to the workplace hazards that come with orthopedics, like x-ray radiation and avoiding inhaling the potentially toxic cement that comes with total knee replacements. So I get to wear triple layered lead for surgeries that involve x-ray. I just tell myself that I am building my strength for the third trimester. Then I realize that when I'm 8 months pregant in the busiest sesason of the surgery world, I will still be carrying around a baby + a billion pounds of pregnancy weight and stilllllllll have to wear this lead. Then I want to cry.</div>
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I haven't necessarily had any cravings per say (I mean, I've always lived in a continuous state of always craving all the food) but I have had a few food aversions.</div>
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Before I got pregnant, I had just completed Whole 30 (well, 25 days of it, thanks to our trip to Copenhagen and Norway). I'm not going to totally say that Whole 30 had anything to do with me getting pregnant, but I did lose 15 pounds and I honestly feel that cutting alcohol and sugar for that long was a really good detox for my body. Anyways, during that time frame I was living and breathing on eggs and avocados. I probably ate two eggs and half an avo daily for about three months. Now, I can't stand the sight of either of those two things. </div>
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It's tragic, really. </div>
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Chick-fil-A helps me pull through the tough times.</div>
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As does a good mocktail.</div>
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We like to celebrate monumental occasions at Fireside Pies (where we ate before Josh proposed, after seeing the heartbeat at the first ultrasound, and pictured below, as a celebration for making it through the first trimester).</div>
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So here we are.</div>
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I'm almost half way through my first pregnancy and I'm feeling better than ever.</div>
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We have made a TON of progress on the nursery (as in, it's almost complete; we are only lacking the crib, curtains, and wall decor) thanks to my incredibly talented mom (and dad and Mrs. Laura who painted the entire nursery in less than four hours!)</div>
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Nursery tour coming soon, but for now here's a sneak peak at one of my favorite projects so far:</div>
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Stocking up on baby boy clothes has been entirely too fun, and Josh and I thoroughly enjoy imagining our future life with a mini Kerrigan running around (send prayers he gets 100% of Josh's creativity, humor and musical ability). </div>
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I'm so, so grateful to have been given the chance to carry and develop a living, breathing being.<br />
It's so amazing to know that our bodies are capable of creating life, and that right now there is a little boy growing in me who will one day fit into this backpack and travel all over the world with us.<br />
We absolutely cannot wait to meet you baby boy.<br />
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P.S. I've really gotten into reading blogger's lists of pregnancy must haves, so prepare yourself. I've got a gooooooood list the works (if anyone is even still reading after all this jibber jabber)<br />
K, bye.</div>
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<br />Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873209158004683255noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312706265939800608.post-52546683638274823542017-04-09T22:45:00.001-05:002017-04-10T12:38:57.237-05:00Ski Trip in Big Sky, Montana<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Josh and I haven't missed a ski season together in ten whoooooole years.</div>
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We try to mix it up each year and go somewhere different. After skiing Whistler last year, it's SO tempting to break the rules and return there every single year for the rest of our lives. The trip was perfect in every sense. Phenomenal skiing and shockingly cheap ($80 lift tickets! Yay US/Canada exchange rate!) We made the drive up from Seattle (spent a night in Vancouver) and took the Sea to Sky Highway along the mountains lining the coast. There are no words to appropriately describe that drive; it was one of the best of our lives. BUT enough about THAT trip; I'm here to talk about Montana!</div>
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Montana has been topping our domestic "to-visit" list for a while. We've skied Colorado, Oregon, New Mexico and Utah (and Dubai) so we figured we would mix it up this go 'round. </div>
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Also, American Airlines just got a direct flight to Bozeman so that helps. </div>
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More points, more points! #platinumbound</div>
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We arrived on a Saturday and spent four nights in <a href="https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/4409210">this</a> Airbnb bungalow in the Big Sky meadow. We couldn't have found a better place. It had perfect views of the mountain, a prime location in town and the most magnificent wood burning stove of all time. </div>
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(We now have a wood burning stove savings account.)</div>
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Our friends from Jackson Hole drove up to stay with us for a few nights and we ate and drank and skied our little hearts out. We got to experience our first lift with HEATED SEATS. Yes, you read that right. We are living in the future (but maybe that explains why the lift tickets were $2394832094832).</div>
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Although we attempted to fuel our skiing on beer alone, we managed to save room for real food, too.</div>
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Some of our favorite restaurants were: <a href="http://www.ouselandspurpizza.com/">Ousel & Spur Pizza Co</a> (get the perfectly lemon-y shrimp crostini!), Lotus Pad thai, Olive B's Big Sky Bistro, and Blue Moon Bakery (we went back for seconds).</div>
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Must eat on the slopes: Uncle Dan's Cookies (badass paninis) at the base of the Six Shooter lift.</div>
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Heads up: get reservations. No matter how void of humans you think the town is, there are so few restaurants and all the good ones seem to book up fast. </div>
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On our last day in Big Sky we realized we couldn't afford another full day lift ticket, and we decided to hike to Ousel Falls (after carb loading at Blue Moon, again).</div>
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The waterfalls were frozen (not sure why this surprised me), but the hike was worth it. We ran into so many friendly people (and their pups) and took in every ounce of the gorgeous Montana snow-capped scenery.</div>
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We absolutely fell in love with Montana, and can't wait to return for a summer trip!</div>
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Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873209158004683255noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312706265939800608.post-22305578298470850162017-04-03T22:57:00.001-05:002017-04-04T14:34:36.658-05:00Weekend getaway in Fredericksburg<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
For our fourth anniversary, Josh's gift to me was a weekend trip to Hill Country.</div>
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Sticking with the traditional anniversary theme of fruit for your fourth year of marriage, he determined his gift to me was "grapes" (which I think he totally came up with on the spot when I asked him what traditional fruit themed gift he got me. He's lucky Fredericksburg is known for it's vineyards).</div>
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We drove in on a Friday afternoon and had good intentions of catching some BBQ in Llano on the way in, but thanks to good 'ole Dallas traffic, we didn't make it. We spent our days in Fredericksburg wandering around vineyards of Texas Hill Country sipping local wines, and we spent our nights in the cutest bed & breakfast tucked inside a brewery. <a href="http://www.yourbrewery.com/bed%20&%20brew.htm">The Fredericksburg Bed & Brew</a> was smack dab in the middle of downtown Fredericksburg. The location was prime (our favorite wine bar <a href="http://www.lincolnst.com/">Lincoln Street Wine Bar</a> was just across the street!) and they even give you tokens for three free beers included with your stay. </div>
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We got super lucky with an extremely rare weekend of warm weather in January, which also meant the city wasn't too terribly crowded. Saturday morning before we vineyard hopped we visited <a href="http://www.garrisonbros.com/">Garrison Brothers Distillery</a> (to appease my whiskey lovin' husband). Josh has never been a huge wine drinker, but I think our tasting at <a href="https://hilmywine.com/">Hilmy Cellars</a> converted him to the dark side. They were so informative and excited about their wines, and very proud of what they had to offer. We thoroughly enjoyed sitting on the patio with the chickens, guinea fowl and goats (who provide natural insect and weed control at the vineyard).</div>
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The highlight of our trip (for me, at least) was lunch at <a href="https://vaudeville-living.com/">Vaudeville</a>, the cutest little sandwich shop tucked inside an art gallery/home decor store. I had one of best coffees of my life, and Josh and I were both mesmerized by their fresh sandwiches and the cookies. It reminded us of our favorite little sandwich shop in Downtown McKinney, Patina Green. We also had some phenomenal meals at Otto's & Sunset Grill, thanks to the recommendations of friends.</div>
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On our way out of town Sunday, we capped off our trip by participating in every Texan's rite of passage: hiking Enchanted Rock.</div>
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<br />Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873209158004683255noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312706265939800608.post-30478244254506854372017-03-17T06:00:00.000-05:002017-03-17T06:00:24.187-05:00CEREAL MILK chocolate coconut cream pie<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Cereal milk.</div>
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My all-time favorite ingredient.</div>
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Most recently, I have found myself incorporating it into everything.</div>
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Personal fav: dumping it into my morning iced coffee.</div>
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This week each year I find myself craving Lucky Charms.<br />
On Tuesday, Pi Day had me craving pie as well, so I created a Lucky Charms pie.</div>
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Not just any Lucky Charms pie, but a cereal milk chocolate coconut cream pie.</div>
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Check your pulse. and your blood sugar.</div>
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Bake your pie crust (or mini crusts) and let them cool completely.</div>
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Make your cereal milk chocolate pudding (recipes below) and incorporate 2 parts pudding to 1 part whipped cream.</div>
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Fill the crusts with the magical goop.</div>
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Sprinkle with left over Lucky Charms (if you have any left over, why would you have any left over?) and dollop with whipped cream.</div>
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Cereal milk chocolate pudding:</div>
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2 2/3 cups cereal milk</div>
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1/4 cup cocoa </div>
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1/4 cup cornstarch</div>
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1/4 teaspoon salt</div>
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1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract</div>
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1 egg</div>
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(Sweeten with sugar according to how sweet or unsweet your cereal milk ended up being)</div>
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Bring 2 cups of cereal milk to a boil in a saucepan, then remove from heat. Sift cornstarch into a bowl. Whisk in the salt. Drizzle in the remaining 2/3 cups of cereal milk while whisking to incorporate. Whisk in the egg. Drizzle about 1/2 cup of the boiled cereal milk while whisking quickly to incorporate and prevent lumps from forming. Transfer the mixture back into the saucepan of boiled cereal milk and cook over low heat, stirring constantly until the mixture thickens enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon. Press the pudding through a sieve then stir in the vanilla extract. Divide between 6 dishes. Serve warm, or chill in the refrigerator till completely set, about 2 hours.</div>
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Buy a chocolate pudding mix and add cereal milk as the liquid (according to the package directions).</div>
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I'm never too good for the quick & easy (and cheap) Sandra Dee semi-homeade way, but <strike>sometimes</strike> usually homemade is best.</div>
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Also, I prefer coconut milk with my cereal, so I accidentally made my pies dairy free. </div>
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I incorporated <a href="https://www.califiafarms.com/toasted-coconut-almondmilk" target="_blank">Califia toasted coconut almond milk</a> (left over from my bowl of Lucky Charms) into the chocolate pudding mix and used <a href="http://sodeliciousdairyfree.com/products/coconut-milk-frozen-desserts/cocowhip-original" target="_blank">SoDelicious coconut milk whipped cream.</a> </div>
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Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873209158004683255noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312706265939800608.post-58168714948651393662017-03-15T23:03:00.001-05:002017-03-15T23:03:55.781-05:00the great book wall project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
For the longest time, I've had quite the obsession with books. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilrwXZ4NlRYX8IwmOhl7Kb0xqUW7zdrpbIQFp832do9PBGB7Q0gKFHFQm8GddV-WZoqx7be2laGQkF707nlCoOPpmkkYj7PPTqT9GlA_XyRSouBdirKDk7orzbTJZjL00jWs-LQajX5fLU/s1600/fullsizeoutput_97f0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilrwXZ4NlRYX8IwmOhl7Kb0xqUW7zdrpbIQFp832do9PBGB7Q0gKFHFQm8GddV-WZoqx7be2laGQkF707nlCoOPpmkkYj7PPTqT9GlA_XyRSouBdirKDk7orzbTJZjL00jWs-LQajX5fLU/s640/fullsizeoutput_97f0.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>
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As a kid I didn't play with Barbie dolls or baby dolls; I read books. </div>
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As an adult, I find myself incorporating books into all of our decor.</div>
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Books are quite nostalgic.</div>
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The worn pages. The smell. The dog eared corners.</div>
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We used vintage books as centerpieces at our wedding and many of those books have been re-purposed around our home. </div>
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Over the last few months, I've been working hard (and very, very, very slowly) on this book wall project. </div>
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We have a large open wall in our living room and I wanted to fill the space with one huge installation.</div>
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We are lucky enough to live in an area surrounded by many historic homes. Over the last year many of these homes are being renovated. The home across the street from us is one of the oldest in McKinney, housing it's 5th generation.</div>
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The owners recently repaired a fence on their property and I was lucky enough to get some of the scrap wood from their old fence. </div>
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Reclaimed wood.</div>
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Doesn't it have so much character?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNStAnD_7TcYn0lLsRhdU8aSNQYpiofSrtLuAJVT6-08N2ilzANljVV3I2lANsLG8dsWLi3jYKcJ7pYt13efrhWGiKRf3aOPJ56_qkWu86XFuF28BVMewXerk0Z7CFQyGD50skhBKxq_wY/s1600/fullsizeoutput_97f3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNStAnD_7TcYn0lLsRhdU8aSNQYpiofSrtLuAJVT6-08N2ilzANljVV3I2lANsLG8dsWLi3jYKcJ7pYt13efrhWGiKRf3aOPJ56_qkWu86XFuF28BVMewXerk0Z7CFQyGD50skhBKxq_wY/s640/fullsizeoutput_97f3.jpeg" width="530" /></a></div>
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I started off by nailing the wood to some wall studs for extra support.</div>
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Books are heavy.</div>
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<i>Flashback to 5th grade, when books were so heavy, that you just hadddddddd to have a rolling backpack. Anyone else? The great fad of 1999.</i></div>
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After arranging (and re-arranging and re-arranging) the book placement on the floor, I finally became brave enough to nail each book to the wood.</div>
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It literally took me about a month.</div>
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Analysis paralysis.</div>
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I nailed each book (open, nails on both sides, through the pages) and left about 6 pages to spare in the middle (without nails through them) so that I could invisibly hold them down with double stick tape (covering the pages with the nails in them).</div>
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Did that make sense?</div>
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That was oddly very hard to put into words. </div>
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Basically: buy all the nails and all the double stick tape and make it happen.</div>
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Isn't she lovely? </div>
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<br />Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873209158004683255noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312706265939800608.post-68027116949369339502017-02-20T23:54:00.000-06:002017-02-21T15:40:56.786-06:00Our quick jaunt across Europe {Switzerland}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
After spending a <a href="http://www.dashboarddiary.com/2015/02/our-quick-jaunt-across-europe-paris.html" target="_blank">day in Paris</a> then <a href="http://www.dashboarddiary.com/2015/03/our-quick-jaunt-across-europe-southern.html" target="_blank">visiting the south of France,</a> we hopped on a train (or three) to Switzerland.</div>
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Our time in Switzerland was filled with the most magical cheese of all time, a few not so cheap thrills (canyoning, white water rafting and paragliding), and a <strike>little bit</strike> a lot of rain.</div>
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The train ride into Interlaken was one of the most memorable rides of our lives. We rode alongside the beautiful deep turquoise Lake Thun, tucked up against the Swiss Alps. I was initially sad that it was raining during our arrival, but as we pulled into town the rain stopped and a rainbow appeared over the lake.</div>
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This basically set the tone for our time in switzerland. </div>
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We couldn't get discouraged by rain and cloudiness, because they would ultimately bring about some really great experiences.</div>
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One afternoon, we biked through the rain to the lake, among some bright green, foggy pastures, alongside the most blue river we've ever seen. The mystic rain seemed to emphasize the colors and the sounds. </div>
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I can still hear the cow's bells ringing through the pastures.</div>
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Cows with real cowbells.</div>
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It was very unexpected, but those cowbells made me SO happy.</div>
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I would literally smile every time we passed a cow in a field with a cowbell slowly, loudly ringing. </div>
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It was the most swiss thing of all time. </div>
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Aside from the fondue.</div>
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That cheese. That cheese. That cheese.</div>
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Following our experience canyoning down the ice cold glacier water of the Alps (recap <a href="http://www.dashboarddiary.com/2014/07/canyoning-in-interlaken-switzerland.html" target="_blank">here</a> & GoPro video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbx4itY2N_o" target="_blank">here</a>), we ate one of the greatest cheese sandwiches of our lives. We still talk about that plain gruyere cheese sandwich to this day. Once we changed out of our wetsuits into dry warm clothes (the best feeling ever) our guide Stan, with <a href="http://www.outdoor-interlaken.ch/en/winter" target="_blank">Outdoor Interlaken</a> (who we actually had as a guide again the very next day for white water rafting) sliced up some fresh bread, cheese, and tomatoes and cracked open some local beer for everyone. We were beyond exhausted from the combination of adrenaline + shivering, and I swear to you, that cheese sandwich and beer quenched a thirst like nothing has ever done before.</div>
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We spent a total of three nights and four days in Interlaken. The city itself was incredibly charming, and the people were so kind. Every home had bright flowers overflowing in their window sill flower boxes. We didn't get all the gorgeous mountain views we were hoping for because it was quite hazy and rainy most of the time we were there, (darn you, expectations) but the rain made for some really great canyoning and rafting. When the sun decided to come out on our third day, we were able to go paragliding through <a href="https://www.paragliding-interlaken.ch/en" target="_blank">Paragliding Interlaken</a>. Running down the side of a mountain and jumping off the edge strapped to a friendly stranger (who speaks broken English) is fun! …terrifying and exhilarating and more terrifying. Once the pre-jump jitters wore off, the "driver" let each of us take the reigns and "steer" which was also <strike>terrifying</strike> fun. My driver decided to do a u-turn 360 degree loopedy-loop thing which dropped my stomach and freaked me the hell out (the GoPro footage is still too disturbing to watch) BUT THE VIEW WERE INSANE. Empty your wallets, trust the stranger with your life and strap in. It's worth it.</div>
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We stayed at Balmer's Hostel (along with 2394083209483209 other Americans).</div>
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The hostel was great and cheap and clean (we got the only room with a balcony!), and they even had a beer garden and special hammock room. Interlaken is very proud of their spring water. There are many pure water fountains around the city where they encourage you to fill up your water bottles (and because the city is quite pricey, it'll save you a penny or two to drink the free water so you might as well #gogreen).</div>
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Interlaken is mighty touristy (there's a Hooters on the main street), but it's a great central hub for all outdoor adventures. Some call it the adventure capital of Europe. We felt very safe during our time there, and we were able to walk (and bike) our way through all of the city. </div>
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<br />Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873209158004683255noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312706265939800608.post-47548442459834751222017-01-31T13:23:00.000-06:002017-01-31T13:23:21.071-06:0010 days in Nepal {video}<div style="text-align: center;">
In October 2015, we spent 10 days backpacking Nepal for our third wedding anniversary.</div>
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We went white water rafting through the Himalayas, rode elephants through the jungle and became the best of friends with the local monkeys. </div>
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It was hands down the trip of a lifetime.</div>
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<i>If you don't watch the video in HD then you might self destruct.</i><br />
<i>Trust me. Dont risk it. </i></div>
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Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873209158004683255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312706265939800608.post-38441021739500960492017-01-15T15:24:00.001-06:002017-01-15T19:59:50.046-06:00International Travel Tips <div style="text-align: center;">
<i>I'm no international travel expert, but I have learned a thing or two over our years of travel that may be beneficial to anyone interested. Take these tips with a grain of salt, and don't roll your eyes at me if you hate them or if you already knew them. Feel free to contribute more tips in the comments below. </i><br />
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<b>1) Take advantage of your layovers</b><br />
I know, I know. Direct flights are ideal, but if you mustttttt have an international layover then you can definitely make the most of it. Extended layovers can be fun (and somehow reduce jet lag? maybe? wishful thinking?). We got lucky with 12 hour layovers on our last two international trips, one layover being in Dubai and one in Sydney. We had just enough time to go through customs, grab a cab and venture out into the city for about eight hours of food and drinks! The excitement of visiting a new city plus the combination of walking after a longgggg flight seemed to make the new time zone transition much easier. Granted, in our circumstances, the second legs of those flights to our final destination were both brutal- I've never felt more exhaustion in my life. But after that first full night of sleep in a real bed, we felt refreshed and good to go!<br />
P.S. If you are flying from America to Europe, look into flying with <a href="http://www.icelandair.us/" target="_blank">Iceland Air </a>or <a href="https://wowair.us/" target="_blank">Wow Air</a>. They offer free layovers in Iceland that you can extend for up to a few days.<br />
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<b>2) Airline upgrades</b><br />
When checking in at the airport (if you can't afford first class like us peasants) always always alwaysssssss smile really big and ask the worker if there are any upgrades or empty rows available. We did this for both legs of our New Zealand trip (18 hour flights across the Pacific) and got super lucky with an empty row of four seats for the two of us to share. If you can't afford the luxury of those first class lay down flat pods thingys, then this is quite possibly the next best thing.<br />
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<b>3) Avoiding jet lag</b><br />
For the 24 hours before you land at your destination, try to go ahead and adjust your sleeping and eating patterns as best as possible to "pretend" like you are already in the time zone of your destination. The "experts" say to avoid alcohol as well but let's be real here, who can say no to free alcohol on international flights? Besides, a glass or two of wine for me is basically like getting tucked right in to bed.<br />
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<b>4) Airplane mode</b><br />
From the time we leave the states to the time we land overseas, our phones stay in airplane mode. This prevents any unnecessary international data charges and only allows your texts and apps to work when you are connected to wifi. This applies to iPhones only, I think, because you can "text message" through wi-fi via iMessage. Sorry Droiders, I don't have any tips for ya.<br />
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<b>5) Exchange Rates & International Fees</b><br />
Pay with a card as often as possible, because it automatically gives you the lowest exchange rate. I read this somewhere once upon a time, and I'm not a million percent of the accuracy, but money exchanges scare me, ok? We always avoid them. Having some cash on hand is helpful though, of course in case of an emergency, but also because every once in a while certain places may charge a fee for credit cards. This typically seemed to be between 1-2%. Many chip enabled credit cards these days are offering "no foreign transaction fees" so be sure to check the fine print on your card (more on credit cards in number 8).<br />
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<b>6) Visas</b><br />
Buy your international visas in advance (if they are even required at all). Don't wait until you get to the airport. Most countries will allow you to purchase yours online or mail in the forms via mail. It's usually cheaper to do it via snail mail, but faster if you do it online. We learned this lesson the hard way in Nepal when we arrived to the chaotic Kathmandu airport and found out the visa payments were cash only and the only ATM at the airport was down. Not all countries require Americans to have entry Visas, so some research on your part is definitely necessary. For example, we did not need visas to enter New Zealand, but we did need Australian visas if we planned to leave the Sydney airport during our layover. Thankfully, I purchased these in advance online (for about $20/person). On our return flight we had a 5 hour layover in Sydney and Josh left his iPad on the plane from New Zealand. Somehow *thank you Jesus* we were able to track it down, but we had to physically exit the airport to get it. I'm still not exactly sure why, but if we didn't have those Visas on hand then we wouldn't have been able to get his iPad back.<br />
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<b>7) Trip Advisor message boards</b><br />
They are quite the double edged sword; filled with a lot of helpful, valuable information from real people, but also lots of info from negative, grouchy people. We have never used a travel agent; partially because I'm pretty cheap, but also because there is SO much helpful information on the internet. I really trust the input on the message boards in regards to hotel location recommendations, off the beaten path stops, and nightlife/restaurant tips. There seem to be tons of locals who love to provide valuable input. The itinerary planning advice is hit or miss. For both of our recent international trips we were only able to take off work for 6 week days. Counting the weekends before and after, this gave us about 10 days of travel total (bonus tip). I initially assumed this would be "enough time" but according to literally every human on those message boards, you needed "at least 3-4 weeks in said country in order to enjoy it properly". Well we didn't have 3-4 weeks and there's not really anything we could do to change that. We wanted to fully take advantage of our "limited" time in those countries, and we did just that, regardless of what the silly Trip Advisor folks advised. Maybe it's the American in me to thank for the go-go-go mentality. I'm all about taking full advantage of our time and making every second count. From our experience, it has paid off substantially. While in New Zealand, we ultimately traveled about three hours a day, driving a total of over 5,000 km in a counter-clockwise loop around the south island. We were able to see literally everything we wanted and still had time to relax. We never felt exhausted or rushed. Needless to say, totally going against the "Trip Advisors" advice paid off big time.<br />
<i>Side note: A few posts are coming soon on itinerary planning for road tripping New Zealand and backpacking Nepal.</i><br />
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<b>8) Travel credit cards</b><br />
We got our first credit card (ever) about six months before we went to Nepal. The timing was appropriate because it was a surprise trip. Josh was able to book everything for the trip on that card without me seeing it via our joint bank account that I may or may not check on the reg to analyze his daily <i>excessive</i> gas station purchases. Our first credit card came to us circa 2015, before all the debit cards were forced to covert to chip cards. So by using our brand spankin new chip enabled credit card internationally we were able to avoid foreign transaction fees (Phew! We learned that the hard way on our honeymoon in Iceland in 2012). Following the Nepal trip, we earned about $500 worth of "points" that we eventually used as a credit on our statement.<br />
Yay! Free money!<br />
Our first travel card was a Barclay Arrival Plus card. You earn two points per dollar you spend and there is no annual fee for the first year. So pay it off, use your points and cancel it before the first year is up. Most cards offer bonus points if you spend so much within the first few months, which is pretty easy to do with international flights and hotels.<br />
I haven't researched many travel credit cards, so if you are in the market, don't immediately go sign up for the Barclay card, because there may be way better deals out there now. We are currently using a Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier card for all of our travel purchases. <i>(With the main intent of collecting 110,000 miles/points so we can get a Southwest companion pass for 2018-which means anytime we fly we can have a buddy fly free with us!</i> <i>Currently they are offering 50,000 points if you spend $2k in three months).</i><br />
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<b>9) Travel savings account</b><br />
Create a separate savings account just for travel expenses. Our rule of thumb: We never book a trip on our travel credit card unless we have enough money currently in our travel savings account to cover the cost. Before the Nepal trip, we had always been very anti-credit cards. We ultimately decided to get one (for the points and the "secrecy") but agreed that we would only use it if we immediately pay it off (I've even been known to pay it off seconds after credit card purchases. I'm a money psycho okayyyy but there's no sense in paying the crazy high interest rates if you have the money in your account, right?)<br />
Another tip in regards to budgeting money for travel is using the Mint App. This app automatically scan your bank statement and organizes your expenditures (food, clothing, gas, hobbies, travel, medical expenses) each week/month. You can create different budgets for each category and it will notify you as your are approaching your monthly budgets. It has been very enlightening (almost too enlightening) to see exactly how much we were spending on certain categories *cough* food *cough*.<br />
Ignorance was bliss.<br />
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<b>10) Frequent flyer miles</b><br />
We are lucky enough to live near two major airline hubs: American Airlines and Southwest. Because we fly these two airlines the most often, we've been able to rack up quite a few miles. If you pick an airline and really try to stick to primarily using them, the points can add up mighty fast and the perks pay off. After our 739264822772 mile flight to New Zealand (which happened to be booked through American Airlines, but on a plane operated by Qantas) we earned enough points to get updated to gold status.<br />
<i>One free checked bag + complimentary upgrades. No complaints here. Bag fees drive me absolutely bonkers.</i><br />
The same rules apply to rental car programs and hotel programs. Sign up for the rewards program because the more you use the same company or hotel, the more perks you get.<br />
So if you live on planet Earth and you like to take airplanes to far away places or stay in hotels or drive borrow vehicles and you aren't signed up for frequent flyer accounts and benefit programs then you need a rather large spankin'.<br />
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Free money.<br />
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I'm back.</div>
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<i>…nineteen whole months and five passport stamps later</i></div>
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I recently spent six months planning a trip to the south island of New Zealand. </div>
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I will also be periodically deleting <strike>some</strike> most of the garbage that I blogged back in 2012. </div>
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Like this weird-ass post about <a href="http://www.dashboarddiary.com/2011/09/mondo-diet.html" target="_blank">The Mondo Diet</a>.</div>
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Cool?</div>
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Cool. </div>
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Some posts you can look forward to:</div>
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Advice for international travel on a budget</div>
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Backpacking Nepal</div>
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Getting around New Zealand in a campervan + guide to RV parks and freedom camping</div>
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Seattle to Whistler road trip</div>
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Soooooooo stay tuned.</div>
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For real this time.</div>
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Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873209158004683255noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312706265939800608.post-63326543655121805542015-03-26T11:07:00.000-05:002015-03-26T12:27:29.794-05:00Our quick jaunt across Europe {Southern France}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
After spending about <a href="http://www.dashboarddiary.com/2015/02/our-quick-jaunt-across-europe-paris.html" target="_blank">ten hours in the city of love</a> (and eating our weight in croissants, macarons, and baguettes) we hopped on a high speed train headed to the southern coast.</div>
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I absolutely adored every ounce of France.</div>
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Josh slept through most of the ride, but I was too excited to let jet lag win the battle!</div>
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I didn't want to miss a single chateau, the vineyard, or farmhouse.</div>
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Every inch looked like a piece of art. </div>
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We took a rental car from the train station in Montpellier to Pezenas, where Josh's family had a vacation home rented for the week.</div>
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We spent two nights with the Kerrigans in the cutest darn villa around.</div>
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The natural sunlight and fresh coastal air blowing in through the windows was probably my favorite part.</div>
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The villa required absolutely no need for electricity and air conditioning (but it sure was nice to have some wi-fi).</div>
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Our first night, Josh and I wondered down to a nearby hotel bar to have a few drinks and catch a world cup game.</div>
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. . . followed by a quick dip in the pool</div>
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It's safe to say that breakfast was my favorite thing about France.</div>
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Carbs with a side of carbs (and a dollop of Nutella) </div>
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The town of Pezenas was quite the cutie.<br />
I loved it's cobblestone streets, which no cars were allowed on, and it's bright buildings.</div>
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My first (of many) nutella crepes</div>
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Sister, sister (in law)</div>
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For our second day on the coast, we visited the city of La Grau du Roi.</div>
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We thoroughly enjoyed our fair share of France's 1664 beer.</div>
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I finally got to stick my toes into the Mediterranean, sort of.</div>
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This beach was more of a public, city beach.</div>
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It's not necessarily what you would imagine when you think of beaches on the southern coast of France, but we loved it nonetheless.</div>
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We even got to see a (semi) real live bull fight!</div>
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It was basically a "flag football" version of a bullfight, but still, there were real bulls and real bloodshed!</div>
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. . . and it was insanely hot</div>
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We woke up early on day three and took a train (or four) to Switzerland.</div>
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Train life is rough, I tell ya.</div>
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Next stop: Interlaken, Switzerland!<br />
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It should be noted that one of our train stopovers was in Dijon, France and I did in fact have a sandwich with dijon mustard.</div>
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Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873209158004683255noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312706265939800608.post-83953824426988775502015-03-01T16:09:00.002-06:002015-03-02T18:55:02.174-06:00A not so blank space<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
For the last two years I've been hunting vintage marquee letters at every antique shop I visit.</div>
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I have a thing for quotes and lyrics, and I've always wanted a piece of wall art that would allow me to swap quotes in and out as I wish.</div>
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My dreams have finally come to reality!</div>
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Last weekend, mom and I were doing some antique shopping in downtown Mckinney and I FINALLY found my letters!</div>
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It felt like Christmas morning.</div>
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I found the perfect collection of mis-matched shapes and sizes, just like I envisioned.</div>
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I quickly took off to Home Depot, in search of small, thin strips of wood to line the letters on.</div>
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I ended up finding the perfect solution in the crown molding/siding section.</div>
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The "L" shape of the trim made the ideal shelf to hold the letters.</div>
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The pieces were a bit long, so we finally had an excuse to use my new skil-saw!</div>
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I get my first power tool and Josh wouldn't even let me play, he insisted on doing it himself.</div>
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After we trimmed them, I stained the pieces a dark walnut, to match our bed and chest of drawers.</div>
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I have an extraordinary fear of hanging things on walls, which is why we have excessive blank wall space like this.</div>
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Everywhere.</div>
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It was a bit of a challenge for me to choose exactly which blank space I wanted to fill, but I ended up settling on the space between our bedroom door and our chest of drawers. </div>
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I do have to say that I'm pretty darn pleased with the finished product.<br />
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I've got a mile long list of potential quotes and lyrics to display, and I'm hoping to change it out weekly.</div>
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For the first display I chose lyrics from my favorite Head and The Heart song "Coeur D'Alene" </div>
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Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873209158004683255noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312706265939800608.post-8577828942578237142015-02-25T23:30:00.002-06:002015-02-25T23:30:08.156-06:00Our quick jaunt across Europe {Paris} <div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This past summer Josh and I joined his family for a ten day adventure across Europe.</div>
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We met up with the Kerrigans in Atlanta and made that giant leap across the pond.</div>
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We started and ended our trip in the lovely city of Paris.</div>
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Honestly, I had low expectations for Paris.</div>
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I had heard the city was terribly dirty and that the peddlers and pick-pocketers were out of control.<br />
(Looking at you sweet little old lady who acted like we dropped our ring two billion times)</div>
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All those pre-conceived notions were blown out of the water as soon as I experienced my first Parisian croissant.</div>
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I mean the Eiffel Tower was cool and all, but I never knew one thing could be so fluffy and buttery and purely magical.</div>
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I believe I had at least one for every single meal for our entire time in France.</div>
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Within our first twelve hours there, I hit all essentials of Paris cuisine: a croissant (or five), a macaron, and a baguette. </div>
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Naturally, the highlights of the city were the food, but the sights weren't too bad either.</div>
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Here are some of my favorite of our photos from Paris . . . </div>
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I was pretty darn impressed by this cab with a see through roof.</div>
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We just so happened to hop in it when we arrived at the train station, and it allowed us to catch our first glimpse of the Eiffel Tower.</div>
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Against the advice of nearly every Paris travel guide, we ate at a cafe near the Eiffel Tower.</div>
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We then learned the hard way that soda refills aren't free and that the baskets full of the previously mentioned fluffy, magical croissants aren't free either.</div>
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Who cares if they weren't free-all-you-can-eat croissants?</div>
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I'd pay $10 each for one of these cuties.</div>
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I don't think anyone would be surprised to know that my first French meal was a cheese sandwich. </div>
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. . . and by a cheese sandwich I mean, a fresh baguette with the most incredible mozzarella.</div>
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That sounds less kindergartener-y and much more mature, right?</div>
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We couldn't have asked for better weather for our first day in Europe.<br />
The views were phenomenal and the city wasn't even that stinky.</div>
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How cute is this little family of bladers?</div>
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I wasn't quite sure of the purpose of the little red nose on that fella.<br />
Anyone?</div>
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In order to prevent some quickly approaching jet-lag, we took a quick break for a mid-afternoon snack and had our first european adult beverages.</div>
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Meanwhile, some of our gang lost the battle against the jet-lag beast. </div>
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Sometimes I have dreams about the simple Parisian breakfast of croissants, butter, jam and espresso.</div>
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When we arrived back to America, in an attempt to satisfy my cravings for a French croissant, Josh went to the grocery store and returned with a tube of crescent rolls.</div>
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He legitimately thought crescent rolls were croissants.</div>
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Sweet, sweet simple Josh. </div>
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Even though we didn't quite have time to tour the Louvre, we did have time to take cheesy asian-y tourist photos.</div>
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Oh, remember Josh's <a href="http://www.dashboarddiary.com/2011/10/cats-of-world.html" target="_blank">"Cats of the World"</a> <i>thing?</i></div>
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Well, he was pretty successful with finding a cat in every other country but France.</div>
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Soooooo we had to settle for a pet shop cat.</div>
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He did find an entire collection of books about his new favorite french word: <i>chats</i></div>
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I personally loved the little treasure troves of vintage books lining the Seine.</div>
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I couldn't leave France without experiencing my favorite soup, which just so happens to be French.</div>
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One thing I didn't account for was the whole "leisurely lunch" thing.</div>
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French wait staff seem to have literally zero desire to get you in and out.</div>
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It often felt like an act of congress to get a check, which was ultimately fine because that just meant more wine.</div>
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After our honeymoon, Josh and I started a tradition of bringing home an ornament for our Christmas tree from each place we visit together.</div>
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Of our European ornaments, I think this one was my favorite.</div>
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The ideal mid-afternoon snack: </div>
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A pistachio macaron and a larger than life meringue</div>
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On our final day in Paris, it had just begun to rain.<br />
We endured the torrential downpour to see Notre Dame.</div>
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. . . mainly so Josh could take this photo.</div>
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Shortly before we arrived in Europe, a portion of the love lock bridge had just fallen.</div>
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I blame Kim Kardashian.</div>
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Our hotel was near the Arc de Triomphe, so on the way to dinner we stopped to get a quick history lesson from Mr. Nicky.</div>
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I kind of loved Paris in the rain.</div>
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On our final night, before we headed back to America and the Kerrigans jetted off to London, we had one final dinner together in the city of love.</div>
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I LOVE the Kerrigans and I couldn't be more thankful to be a part of such a wonderful family.</div>
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Traveling the world with this guy is probably my most favorite activity of all.</div>
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Paris most definitely exceeded my somewhat low expectations, but what I was truly most excited about was visiting the southern coast of France. </div>
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Much more about our time in France, Germany and Switzerland is coming soooooon!</div>
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"If we are fortunate enough, some of us grow up in a home where we learn that real, fresh food, cooked by you or me or him or her is best."</div>
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This was a quote from the cookbook of one of my favorite food bloggers, Jessica Merchant.</div>
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I've learned that you don't fully appreciate home cooked meals until you are the one cooking the food, in your own home.</div>
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I was raised by a mom who cooked real meals most nights of the week (and a father who loved to cook breakfast anddd breakfast for dinner, often).</div>
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Mom was also raised by a mom who cooked nearly every meal, from scratch.</div>
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My mom, aunts, and grandmother have an uncanny skill to make everything taste great.</div>
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Like GUHHHHREAT.</div>
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Our holidays and family get togethers are basically a never ending feast of greatness.</div>
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Because of the incredible examples these women have provided, I've always wanted to be a great wife who cooks fresh, new, great meals often.</div>
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Josh cooked a lot in college.</div>
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He somewhat slacked off over the last few years saying he would start cooking once we had a "real" kitchen. </div>
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Although, he didn't let our lack of a real kitchen stop him from making a meaaaan steak (and also <a href="http://www.dashboarddiary.com/2014/02/steak-snow-swans-and-something-very-bad.html" target="_blank">getting a second degree corneal grease burn in his eyeball</a>)</div>
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Josh is a dabbler.</div>
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He comes across a new activity or feat and goes all out to learn every single thing he can about it.</div>
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He even learned Mandarin once. </div>
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Just for fun.</div>
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He has to have ALL the gadgets (which is why we have TWO entire closets of our house dedicated to Josh's hobbies and his latest dabble of the day).</div>
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I think it's sweet.</div>
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My current favorite dabble of his is his beer brewing obsession.</div>
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He's five years strong, so maybe it's more of a long leisurely dip in the pool than a simple dabble?</div>
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The last few months (thanks to our brand spankin' new kitchen) he has been hardcore dabbling in the art of fine food.</div>
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He's not making easy mac.</div>
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He's slaving over recipes that take hours of prep work and recipes that call for many hard to find (not cheap) ingredients.</div>
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We have polar opposite cooking styles.</div>
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I like great food that doesn't involve much prep work and includes few, cheap ingredients.</div>
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I can't complain one bit because he has yet to make something that I didn't like.</div>
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Seeing his enthusiasm and his love for the art of food makes me happy, but most of all I absolutely love how proud he is of his work.</div>
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After a meal he will ask at least 10 times, "Sooooo on a scale of 1 to 10 . . . "</div>
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I get it.</div>
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It truly makes you feel good to bake something "from scratch".</div>
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His long winded, complicated recipe ways are rubbing off on me.</div>
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Although, baking my first buttermilk pie from scratch recently didn't quite rub me the right way.</div>
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It was primarily my waistline that was hurting after realizing the insane amount of butter, eggs, and sugar involved.</div>
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Ignorance was bliss.</div>
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I know it can easy to get in a lull and feel like you are running out of things to cook.</div>
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I love sharing new recipes and finding other's recipes online, so if you are in need of some new easy meals then check out these links to some of our favorite meals and snacks:</div>
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<a href="http://www.howsweeteats.com/2014/09/smoked-gruyere-butternut-soup-with-spicy-chickpeas/#more-39716" target="_blank">Smoked gruyere butternut squash soup with spicy chickpeas</a></div>
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Remember my food blogger girl crush Jessica Merchant?</div>
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I've made a bazillion of her recipes but I'm 99% certain this one takes the cake<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP4qUdqdbcsU0lIddTaKN3BIQhhuoXQj7A3mTiKtrpT3VTbUFjRrKfhBHmPcQ0_sugimmp6KgJscDIVbxJFiEcA0hO0eOnLgEh7UDuCbho_IanUdImFBLOIGC2lJ2LZeEQo6IxYK_nt_Gz/s1600/IMG_9416.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP4qUdqdbcsU0lIddTaKN3BIQhhuoXQj7A3mTiKtrpT3VTbUFjRrKfhBHmPcQ0_sugimmp6KgJscDIVbxJFiEcA0hO0eOnLgEh7UDuCbho_IanUdImFBLOIGC2lJ2LZeEQo6IxYK_nt_Gz/s1600/IMG_9416.JPG" height="426" width="640" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.fourteenforty365.com/2014/04/weekend-meal-prep.html?m=1" target="_blank">Sweet potato crusted spinach quiche</a></div>
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I tinkered with this recipe for the sake of my carnivore husband and my cheese loving self.</div>
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<a href="http://www.dashboarddiary.com/2011/12/greatest-salsa-in-world.html" target="_blank">THE greatest salsa of all time</a>.</div>
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I'm really not kidding.</div>
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It's my mom's recipe and we've gifted it out for Christmas for the last million years.</div>
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<a href="http://www.halfbakedharvest.com/sweet-n-spicy-roasted-butternut-squash-pizza-w-cider-caramelized-onions-bacon/" target="_blank">Sweet and spicy butternut squash pizza</a></div>
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Don't let the name or the intimidating recipe fool you.</div>
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This pizza involves roasted butternut squash, apple cider sautéed onions, bleu cheese, bacon, apples, cheddar cheese, thyme, and pumpkin seeds.</div>
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In the infamous words of my mother (who gave me this recipe): </div>
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You will eat it and you will like it.</div>
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It's no secret that our favorite local brunch is Smoke.</div>
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The chef Tim Byers isn't stingy with his recipes either.</div>
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His cookbook includes a recipe for every single thing in the restaurant.</div>
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I thinkkkkkk these pancakes are my favorite of all time.</div>
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Now, this recipe falls in the Josh category of slightly complicated and time consuming but well worth the time and effort (if you have it in you)</div>
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It's paleo/gluten free/sugar free/Whole30 blah blah blah </div>
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Basically, there's hardly any ingredients.</div>
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Pork, lemon & lime juice, chopped onion, some spices AND a crockpot!</div>
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How healthy of me.</div>
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I make this far too often.</div>
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It's so great because you can use it on tacos, nachos, or even on a slider with sweet potato "buns"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1Fl0IRJ1Tymkz8NoMIxpUKVccEpYrKf0Qnrx-5uVA0OBPJkpWBikrzaTOyG2IkTJcTbGIIxnXHuuCqXvcHDADH3W9ZPwjESPTnjRFhaab7nKUyMTpEg0OhZr5q_DQWS7OunSapuBf-dQ/s1600/IMG_5896.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1Fl0IRJ1Tymkz8NoMIxpUKVccEpYrKf0Qnrx-5uVA0OBPJkpWBikrzaTOyG2IkTJcTbGIIxnXHuuCqXvcHDADH3W9ZPwjESPTnjRFhaab7nKUyMTpEg0OhZr5q_DQWS7OunSapuBf-dQ/s1600/IMG_5896.jpg" height="410" width="640" /></a></div>
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I now refuse to ever eat salmon any other way.</div>
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P.S. I don't have a photo because frankly, it looks kind of gross and I literally inhaled it before I could take decent photos.</div>
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Two of my absolute favorite things Josh has made lately are his shrimp & grits and chicken & waffles.</div>
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He's not quite ready to share his recipes soooooooooo until I can blackmail him, I guess you'll just have to stare at these pictures instead.</div>
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Just so we don't end on bad terms . . . </div>
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Did you know you can shred chicken in less than five seconds using your kitchen aid mixer?</div>
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Until a few weeks ago I didn't know this fun fact, and I'm kind of angry thinking back on all the hours I have wasted of my life.</div>
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Do you have any kitchen tricks or favorite recipes to share? </div>
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I'd absolutely love to know!</div>
Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873209158004683255noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312706265939800608.post-37129204025499394962015-02-17T13:30:00.002-06:002015-03-02T18:37:01.870-06:00Love Letters {to Nola food}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Happyyyyyy Fat Tuesday!</div>
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Unfortunately, Texas is somewhat lacking in the king cake and cajun food department, so we won't be able to celebrate this lovely holiday in true form.</div>
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We did, however, enjoy a semi-authentic Mardi Gras parade in the Mckinney Square on Sunday.</div>
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I was quite impressed with the brass band leading the parade, and the dogs were rather excited about the excessive bones and beads that were thrown (and they didn't even have to flash anyone!) </div>
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Over the last few months, we've made quite a few trips to New Orleans to visit friends anddddd stuff our faces with the magic that is Nola food.</div>
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Of course, we also managed to squeeze in just a few alcoholic beverages here and there.</div>
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Because Texas has so graciously provided us with crawfish that is $12 per pound and jambalaya that I'm fairly certain had ketchup in it, we've had to learn the hard way that Louisiana food can not be duplicated.</div>
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In honor of the final day of Mardi Gras and this beautiful day of gluttony, I wanted to write a collective love note to the best food on the planet:</div>
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The food of New Orleans.</div>
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Thanks for making every other food in the world feel inadequate and stupid and worthless.</div>
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(No offense, Chickfila)</div>
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Here are some of our most recent favorite dishes and cocktails of New Orleans:</div>
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Elizabeth's praline bacon.</div>
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Would it be too bold to say that you may just be the best thing I have ever put in my mouth?</div>
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Beignets.</div>
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Starting off #datpiperwedding with these fluffy pillows of heaven was quite magical.</div>
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. . . but Elizabeth's.</div>
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I'm still not over that place.</div>
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Sweet potato and duck hash on top of a cornbread waffle with pepper jelly</div>
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Liz's bridesmaid luncheon at the greatest happy hour spot in all of New Orleans, The Columns.</div>
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Sometimes, I still have dreams about this shrimp pastry.</div>
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This Satsumosa (satsuma mimosa, duh) at Dante's Kitchen.</div>
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I think this drink just kicked the cutie-mosa off of it's throne in my mimosa hierarchy. </div>
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All things King Cake.</div>
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We tried Sucre's king cake, their king cake macaron, anddd their king cake tart (filled with cinnamon cheesecake, bread pudding, and chantilly cream and topped with a sweet baby Jesus)</div>
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All of which were exceptional, in case you were wondering or thought otherwise.</div>
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Brunch at Katie's.</div>
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This crawfish beignet.</div>
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The cheese!</div>
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Oh, the cheese.</div>
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Although I didn't order this for my meal, I snagged a bite or ten from Elizabeth's.</div>
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I truly think about it weekly.</div>
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Cowbell's cocktails were really great BUT THEIR MAC AND CHEESE.</div>
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It's not pictured because we literally inhaled it as soon as we set eyes on it.</div>
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Literally, literally, literally.</div>
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In other excellent New Orleans mac and cheese news, we also fell in love with the mac of Rue 127.</div>
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Thanks to some badass family style skills, we nearly tried everything on the menu.</div>
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Thank goodness.</div>
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At the time, their cocktail menu consisted of drinks appropriately named after Presidents.</div>
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I'm mildly ashamed to even include this on the list, but it's kind of understood if you have ever survived past midnight in New Orleans.</div>
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F&M's cheese fries.</div>
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That one late night "drunchie" that everyone craves, but you are pretty certain would taste like garbage if you at it sober.</div>
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Side note: Ellie, my sister who is a junior at Tulane in New Orleans, taught me the word drunchie.</div>
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Definition: drunk munchie</div>
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Disclaimer: I do not, nor will I ever, use this word in my every day vocabulary.</div>
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These three and their abilities to not order the same thing, share, and try everything are the cure to the awful, sickening disease of menu anxiety.</div>
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Thank heavens for them.</div>
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FYI: 99% of the restaurants/bars on this list (with the exception of F&M's) were recommended by our local tour guides and our best friends, Elizabeth and Jason Piper.</div>
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Now I'm missing Louisiana terribly and starving.</div>
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I guess I'll just go drown my sorrows in a few hundred bags of Zapps.</div>
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Home decor isn't my strong suit.</div>
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Josh loathed my apartment in college because he said it looked like Dr. Seuss vomited everywhere.</div>
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That apparently damaged my soul, because since we have been married the primary color scheme of our home has been brown. </div>
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I spent a good bit of time stressing about the decor in our master bedroom.</div>
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Why?</div>
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The room is massive.</div>
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There is so much room to fill (with all of our non-existent furniture) and so much boring beige wall space to cover.</div>
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Over the last few months we gradually collected a few furniture pieces, like a hand me down armoire from my cousin and a chest of drawers from my parents.</div>
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After we were finally able to get the perfect king bed frame that we had been coveting for a few years (spoiler arlert: it's brown), I spent a while agonizing over bed linens.</div>
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Our previous bed linens for our queen bed were also, of course, various shades of brown.</div>
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I knew I wanted a few things in our king bedding:</div>
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It had to be something extreeeemely fluffy and cozy, we had to have tons of pillows, it must include some colors that were not of the brown family and it all had to be washable.</div>
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Sayonara sweet dreams of every piece of Anthro's gorgeous bedding. </div>
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They wouldn't stand a chance with those darn dirty, dirty, dirty dogs.</div>
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A few months ago I found a quilt that I couldn't quite resist on clearance at Pottery Barn.</div>
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It was the last one in the store, was not available online and was $100 off.</div>
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I didn't necessarily have a choice in the matter, right?</div>
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I wasn't even sure if it would match at all, but I was determined to make it work.</div>
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A few weeks ago my friend Mary (who has mastered the art of the fluffy/cozy bed and whose last name is ironically brown) ventured into West Elm with me to find a duvet and shams.</div>
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Naturally, my un-bold self, chose mostly neutral colors, like shades of cream and beige, which blended greaaaat with our dull mawmaw cream of wheat walls and oatmeal carpet.</div>
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In order to liven things up a bit, <a href="http://www.tinyprints.com/" target="_blank">Tiny Prints</a> helped my plain jane self incorporate a pop of color via some perfect custom throw pillows.</div>
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Thank goodness for them.</div>
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Without their help our bedroom would look like Norman Rockwell threw up everywhere.</div>
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Somehow this hodge podge of hand-me-downs, recycled wedding decor, and boring colors mixed with some bold patterns here and there actually came together nicely. </div>
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I still have a few holes of gaping wall space (<i>I'm looking at you, awkward emptiness over the bed. Any and all advice will be appreciated</i>) but I have a feeling it will fill in over time. </div>
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Until then, check out our progress so far:</div>
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I particularly love the recessed "mood" lighting around the ceiling.</div>
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My mom worked tirelessly on repainting and distressing this hand me down armoire.</div>
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She used Annie Sloan's chalk paint in the shade of Napoleonic Blue.</div>
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The watercolor print in the middle was a custom painting by a local artist from my hometown, Mrs. Chris Broussard.</div>
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This crate was actually used as a planter for <a href="http://www.dashboarddiary.com/2013/01/our-wedding-arch-project.html" target="_blank">the archway at our wedding ceremony</a>.<br />
My mom found the crates at a local flea market and my dad and uncle built the arch.</div>
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I was hesitant to include the closet in our home tour.</div>
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Closets are boring.</div>
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I've never been the type to feel the need for a monstrous Sex and the City type closet, but I did always think it would be great to have a closet with the revolving remote controlled clothes rack like on Clueless.</div>
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. . . butttttt I guess I'll just have to settle for this one.</div>
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All the extra racks and shelves seem a bit excessive and unnecessary, but we primarily use them to store all of our scrubs . . . </div>
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Also, there's the half bath included in this tour.</div>
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I knew you were probably wondering where the heck the guests get to pee, right? </div>
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Me neither.</div>
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It's pretty lame as well (with the exception of the Where the Wild Things Are print from Hobby Lobby).</div>
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Although Charlie is bored to death with my home tours, I swear he loves the new place.</div>
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Primarily the bay windows.</div>
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Heyyyyy, thanks for visiting!</div>
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In case you missed part one of our home tour go <a href="http://www.dashboarddiary.com/2015/01/home-tour-part-1.html" target="_blank">here</a> to catch up.<br />
Part three (the entire upstairs portion that will most likely never get decorated) is coming soon!</div>
Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873209158004683255noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312706265939800608.post-7075545410733604022015-02-10T14:37:00.001-06:002015-02-10T14:46:31.314-06:00Georgia on my mind (and North Carolina too!)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
All this gorgeous weather lately has me itchin' to get outdoors.</div>
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Potential vacations this spring and summer seem to be consuming my every thought.</div>
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Mountains. Camping. Road trips.</div>
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Our college days were filled to the brim with road trips.</div>
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We felt like we had unlimited time to drive wherever, whenever, and for however long we felt like.</div>
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(Even after<a href="http://www.dashboarddiary.com/2012/04/original-dashboard-diary-day-2.html"> totaling our car by hitting an elk</a> on day 1 of a 21 day trip)</div>
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Now that adulthood has officially consumed us, vacations are determined by PTO, weekends, national holidays, and sick days.</div>
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(On that note, is there anything better than a holiday falling on a Friday or a Monday? Three days weekend! Christmas and New Year's 2015 y'all.)</div>
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The high speed pace of work life makes us often feel forced to fly to our destination arriving and leaving as fast as possible; as opposed to being able to relax and enjoy the unpredictability of a road trip.</div>
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Over the last few months Josh and I have made many Friday afternoon flights.</div>
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Having to leave work mid-day and rush to the airport only to barely arrive on time, gives me stress like no other.</div>
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It makes Josh angry, and angry Josh on a plane kind of reminds me of Samuel L. Jackson.</div>
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Road trip Josh (Mr. go with the flow, no stress, no itinerary necessary) is probably the happiest version of Josh I know.</div>
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Last summer we had the chance to make a road trip to visit Josh's family in Georgia.</div>
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While there we made time to do some whitewater kayaking at one of our favorite places of all time, the Nantahala River.</div>
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The short trek north from Georgia to North Carolina through the Smoky Mountains is one of the most gorgeous drives.</div>
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We fell in love with the area a few years back after driving home from an Avett Brothers concert in Asheville, and we love getting chances to return.</div>
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Each year we get our rentals through the Nantahala Outdoor Center.</div>
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Before they drop you off at the entry point of the river, you get to watch a informative little safety video.</div>
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We are convinced that the goal of the video is to convince you that you will probably die a bloody, gruesome death on the river, particularly at the last set of rapids.</div>
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The staff even kindly provides a walk-around path for people who would prefer not to attempt the rapids and therefore not die a gruesome death.</div>
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This year we had our GoPro with us, and we were hoping to catch some bodily harm on video, but it conveniently died literally seconds before the last major rapid.</div>
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Darn it.</div>
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. . . but you better believe we conquered those rapids!</div>
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If you were to ask me to name some of the happiest moments of my life, I would say (in no particular order):</div>
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-seeing <a href="http://www.dashboarddiary.com/2011/09/bon-iver-winspear-opera-house.html">Bon Iver live</a></div>
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-marriage, duh</div>
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-passing my final PA school exam</div>
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-every moment of <a href="http://www.dashboarddiary.com/2013/09/a-weekend-with-dave-at-gorge.html">The Gorge 2013</a></div>
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and thennnnn last but not least white-water kayaking followed by eating North Carolina BBQ and drinking a Sweetwater beer on the bank of the Nantahala River with this gorgeous view.</div>
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My happy place.</div>
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Well, one of the plenty.</div>
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That my friends, is the swagger of a happy boy.<br />
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Some other highlights of our road trip to Georgia:<br />
Getting to meet sweet Lucy Anna<br />
(and watching her wrastle with the other Kerrigan pups)<br />
Enjoying lots of quality family time<br />
Visiting the Sweetwater Brewery again<br />
Indoor rock climbing<br />
Wondering around downtown Woodstock<br />
(and considering buying a house there for five whole minutes)<br />
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Four humans + two pups + twelve hours in a car = another excellent road trip<br />
Making memories > making money<br />
Make time to make it work.</div>
Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873209158004683255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312706265939800608.post-69322474207136895552015-02-03T06:00:00.000-06:002015-02-05T09:23:33.382-06:00Happy 1st Birthday Molly!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
A year ago today this sweet little pup with the most <strike>fake</strike> convincing sad eyes in the world was born. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2T_qfUgQVvZTZe_qSADHS7qMHFN_ito8lhVxR-z12eCN7oj_XTLZ9kGlFPDejLTwqJgSWFL-1QCbUhBayS6yjLRANnhanvLu6HEf4TKZexf_Q_Dpd2xBSZeURdtKwumNgTo_IFd6qzE/s1600/IMG_4541.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2T_qfUgQVvZTZe_qSADHS7qMHFN_ito8lhVxR-z12eCN7oj_XTLZ9kGlFPDejLTwqJgSWFL-1QCbUhBayS6yjLRANnhanvLu6HEf4TKZexf_Q_Dpd2xBSZeURdtKwumNgTo_IFd6qzE/s1600/IMG_4541.jpg" height="640" width="480" /></a></div>
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Last April, we drove to Mississippi to pick Molly up (and to reunite Charlie with his parents).</div>
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In case you've missed the 3482093843290 times I've mentioned it in the past, Molly and Charlie are biological siblings.</div>
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For some reason, I had this bizarre hope that the whole brother-sister connection accompanied by Charlie's well-behaved demeanor would assist in the training of Molly.</div>
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Wrong.</div>
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What's the opposite of well-behaved?</div>
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I'm too tired from cleaning up her latest atomic bomb of damage to use a thesaurus.</div>
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Bad?</div>
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We'll stick with bad.</div>
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She loves to imitate every single move of Charlie's, like a true sibling.</div>
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. . . even to the point that she pees with one leg lifted up while squatting.</div>
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She loves to be held like a human toddler, and for whatever reason we oblige.</div>
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Her tail looks like the grinch's finger.</div>
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She loves to wrestle but hates to share.</div>
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She's affectionate and cuddly when she's tired (5% of the day?) but the rest of the time she's just plain bad.</div>
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So far she has chewed up five pairs of shoes, my sunglasses, two computer chargers, 3489028340938 pairs of panties and underwear, a purse, anddddd our couch.</div>
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For some strange reason, we still love her.</div>
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A lot.</div>
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Every year on Superbowl weekend for the last 33 years, my tiny little hometown has hosted an auction benefiting the children of St. Jude.</div>
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The auction initially started as a "radiothon" but over the years it has fully transformed into a monumental event.</div>
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One elementary school raised and donated $44,000 alone, cars have been given away, and even the infamous Uncle Si has made an appearance.</div>
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The entire city is electric.</div>
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Everyone involved is donating every ounce of their time, talents, money, and effort to help make a difference.</div>
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Our tiny town of 13,000 people raises the most money per capita for St. Jude than any city </div>
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IN THE WORLD.</div>
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We talk about that fact every year, but it's still hard for me to wrap my head around it.</div>
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Somehow, each year we have managed to break the record of the previous year.</div>
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Only a few short years ago, we broke the million dollar mark, and we have kept the tradition each year since. </div>
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Here are the amounts raised from the last nine years alone:</div>
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2005: $509,179</div>
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2006: $703,604</div>
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2007: $755,846</div>
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2008: $788,611</div>
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2009: $876,264</div>
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2010: $881,885</div>
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2011: $943,628</div>
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2012: $1,065,235</div>
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2013: $1,106,269</div>
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2014: $1,198,296</div>
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There are tons of great items being raffled off this year (like a GMC Denali, a Mac desktop, a Rolex, and even a trip to Disney) but the greatest items of all are these playhouses.</div>
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It has become a tradition for our local firemen to create a custom playhouse for each auction.</div>
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They tend to out-do themselves each year, but I'm not quite sure the playhouses of 2015 will ever be topped.</div>
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This time they created TWO campers, one for adventurous boys and one for girly girls.</div>
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The girl camper was decorated by Laurie Sigler (owner of <a href="http://laurieannas.com/">LaurieAnna's Vintage Home</a> in Canton, Texas) and appropriately named Starlet.</div>
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The boy camper is named Danny Boy, after the St. Jude's founder Danny Thomas.</div>
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These campers are the real deal.</div>
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They have flat screen tvs, beds, refrigerators, microwaves, and will even connect to water and power!</div>
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If you don't have little ones of your own, I'm willing to bet you know a few kiddos who would absolutely love this.</div>
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Please take a second to visit the website <a href="http://www.mindenstjude.com/">MindenStJude.com</a> to get in on the action and buy some raffle tickets.</div>
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Prices range from $5-$10 for most of the items, and grand prize tickets are $100.</div>
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Win or lose, you are still making a difference in the life of a child.</div>
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If this video can't convince you to give, I don't know what can.</div>
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Grab a tissue (and your credit card).</div>
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Work has finally settled down, and I have a few spare hours in the day to function.</div>
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. . . and by function I mean cooking and watching Netflix and cleaning and watching Netflix and decorating anddd watching Parks & Rec on Netflix.</div>
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Wife things.</div>
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Thanks to a few creative folks in our lives and some pretty excellent Christmas gifts, our shelves are getting filled and our walls are getting decorated.</div>
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Putting holes in walls that you actually own is slightly more terrifying than drilling excessive, monstrous holes in apartment walls that you personally aren't thaaaat responsible for.</div>
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Over the last weekend, I finally gathered some courage and nailed a few holes into our beloved walls.</div>
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I cleaned up a bit, kicked Josh out, and then snapped some photos so you could have a little peek into our home.</div>
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Enjoy!</div>
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The watercolor portraits of the pups were painted by my sweet friend Maggie.</div>
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Aren't they incredible?</div>
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Most of these items on this shelf (such as the antique books and bottles) were used as <a href="http://www.dashboarddiary.com/2013/02/our-wedding-flowers-table-decor.html" target="_blank">decor at our wedding</a>.</div>
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The flower girls carried the birch J+E bucket, and I made the "would you like to dance around the world with me" sign for our wedding as well.</div>
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I created the words from an antique hymnal and modge podged them to an old wooden map.</div>
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The quote is from one of our favorite songs.</div>
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Having it on display in our home is the perfect reminder of that lovely day two years ago where we said some vows, became travel partners for life, and then jetted off to celebrate in <a href="http://www.dashboarddiary.com/search/label/Iceland%20honeymoon" target="_blank">Iceland</a>.</div>
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The kitchen.</div>
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My favorite room of the house.</div>
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When were first toured this house before we bought it, the kitchen was honestly what won me over. </div>
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I remember thinking it was all downhill from here and that every house from there on out would pale in comparison.</div>
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I was right.</div>
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. . . and now I present to you my favorite house piece in all the land:</div>
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the hutch</div>
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After weeks of coveting this hutch at a local sandwich shop, <a href="http://www.patinagreenhomeandmarket.com/" target="_blank">Patina Green</a>, we finally bit the bullet and made an offer.</div>
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We brought it home last weekend, and I still haven't been able to stop admiring it.</div>
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Josh finds that his picklin' needs to be on display.</div>
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I think it's safe to say that is my favorite detail.</div>
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End table and coffee table :: <a href="http://www.worldmarket.com/search.do?query=aiden" target="_blank">World Market "Aiden" series</a> </div>
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(Are you sensing a creepy World Market <strike>obsession</strike> trend yet?)</div>
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Rug :: World Market (but I couldn't find a link to it on their website - it may be sold out?)</div>
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Our little bar cart (that we found at Trade Days in Canton) is quite stocked with the essentials:</div>
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All the Moscow Mule fixins, High West whiskey from Park City, some random bottle of wine that we never got around to drinking in Switzerland, and a few of our favorite bottles of Sweetwater Brewery's Dank Tank (that we are "aging" for a special occasion).</div>
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The sign you see above the cart is one of my personal favorites.</div>
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We initially fell in love with it at Russian River Brewery in Santa Rosa, California on our <a href="http://www.dashboarddiary.com/2012/05/original-dashboard-diary-day-14.html" target="_blank">three week west coast road trip</a>.</div>
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After a few years of searching, I was finally able to track one down on eBay, and I surprised Josh with it last year.</div>
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Belt shelf : <a href="http://www.cb2.com/belt-shelf/s169560" target="_blank">CB2</a></div>
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End table :: <a href="http://www.worldmarket.com/product/aiden-end-table.do?camp=ppc%3AGooglePLA%3Anone%3A96166704059custom4furniture%26custom0coffee_tables_and_accent_tables&adpos=1o2&creative=61639555019&device=c&matchtype=&network=g&gclid=CjwKEAiAi52mBRDkq5bX0vq1-RQSJAAq_7IGWLJt8E_gTbZUucbr27mCgLYpyProR6ZRROguvLU5MRoCx83w_wcB" target="_blank">World Market</a></div>
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More fake greenery :: <a href="http://www.target.com/" target="_blank">Target</a></div>
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So basically, the moral of the story is that we love fake flowers and <a href="http://www.worldmarket.com/" target="_blank">World Market</a>.</div>
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A tour of our bedroom, master bathroom, formal sitting room/office and the upstairs (sooooo 2018?) </div>
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Until then, let's just admire the hutch.</div>
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Dear <a href="http://torchystacos.com/" target="_blank">Torchy's Tacos</a>,</div>
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Your October taco of the month, with fried chicken coated in a pumpkin seed breading, converted me from a pumpkin hater to a pumpkin kindaaaa hater.</div>
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Dear some of our favorite Dallas restaurants (like Cane Rosso, Smoke, and Liberty Burger)</div>
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Thanks for moving north to the 'burbs.</div>
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Your assistance in helping us avoid highway 75 makes me want to smooch your face.</div>
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Dear awkward local instagrammer meet-up at <a href="http://sissyssouthernkitchen.com/" target="_blank">Sissy's</a>,</div>
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The never ending buckets of chicken smothered the weirdness like gravy on Sissy's glorious mashed potatoes.</div>
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Dear <a href="http://sprinkles.com/" target="_blank">Sprinkles</a>,</div>
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Thanks for allowing mere mortals to make your salted oatmeal cornflake cookies in the comfort of our own home.</div>
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But to only include dough for six cookies in each tub?</div>
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Someone should be fired.</div>
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Dear Trader Joe's,</div>
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You never ever ever cease to amaze me and my taste buds.</div>
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Dear <a href="http://smokerestaurant.com/" target="_blank">Smoke</a>,</div>
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I'm so thankful you and your heavy handed blueberry ricotta pancakes topped with poached vanilla apricots will be only one suburb away from us now.</div>
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Dear Trader Joe's,</div>
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Again.</div>
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Stop it.</div>
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Please.</div>
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My cavities.</div>
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Dear Texas State Fair,</div>
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Although we missed out on the funnel cake beer, your Texas bluebonnet made up for our loss.</div>
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A blueberry muffin stuffed with cream cheese, blueberries, and white chocolate chips sent straight from the heavens.</div>
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Dear <a href="http://www.velvettaco.com/" target="_blank">Velvet Taco</a>, </div>
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Much like my addiction to oversized sweaters, I can't quit you.</div>
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Dear Josh,</div>
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I don't like the way you look at my pie (my key lime pie from Smoke, of course)</div>
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Dear Smoke,</div>
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Have I told you lately how absolutely thrilled I am about you moving 30 minutes closer to us?</div>
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This pulled pork eggs benedict though.</div>
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Jeeeeesus.</div>
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. . . and goat cheese potato cakes on the side.</div>
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Hallelujah.</div>
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Dear King Cake season,</div>
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Fall is great and girl scout cookie season is fun, but let's be honest, king cake season is the only season of the year that really matters.</div>
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Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873209158004683255noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312706265939800608.post-89769172429417726712015-01-21T22:19:00.000-06:002015-01-21T22:19:44.489-06:00Ketchup<div style="text-align: center;">
I loathe ketchup.</div>
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You needed to know.<br />
. . . but let's ketch up.<br />
We've experienced a few major milestones over the last few months (which you also need to know about)<br />
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The most life changing thing of the last few months:<br />
We got a Roomba.<br />
I kid you not.<br />
Life. Changing.<br />
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Our nephew turned ONE whole year old.<br />
Sheesh.<br />
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We survived a few more weeknight concerts (and finally saw Boy & Bear and First Aid Kit anddd Shakey Graves live).</div>
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I wore much more red lipstick than I ever thought imaginable (thanks to these guys).</div>
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We spent lotsssss of time in south Louisiana.</div>
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No complaints here.</div>
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After seven years of music festival-ing together, Josh, Bart, and I kept the tradition alive and went to Index Fest in Deep Ellum.</div>
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For Halloween Josh beat me like a little birthday boy beating his piñata.</div>
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Oh and we met Dan. </div>
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(Which was probably the most repeated phrase of 2014)</div>
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. . . while in Vegas for the bachelorette party of little monkey in the middle.</div>
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I turned 27.</div>
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Yikes.</div>
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It involved a lot of pie. </div>
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We celebrated our second year of marriage (with another pound cake, of course)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDncyBHQ0piTYQdVZBDh6fwTqopO93YNf33Nco5GVHWiXb0isHLbvpWqTT0Ud-JmxjL3Hv9Cs_-Lxl8kpT178iD8rd30zY6ECuio-JLykIQzy3aQHluLacERxUpqLYY9sjWedXZkincEdJ/s1600/IMG_2563.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDncyBHQ0piTYQdVZBDh6fwTqopO93YNf33Nco5GVHWiXb0isHLbvpWqTT0Ud-JmxjL3Hv9Cs_-Lxl8kpT178iD8rd30zY6ECuio-JLykIQzy3aQHluLacERxUpqLYY9sjWedXZkincEdJ/s1600/IMG_2563.JPG" height="426" width="640" /></a></div>
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I somehow managed to sneak this guy ALL THE WAY to Park City for a surprise anniversary trip before he even realized what state we were in.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZo9O-NlHs_proiKHbIeivnV3-T2Mww1YjyYOnTNmGQEKlAA9wZDmPLQnpwLodNdqcUk9bvkMRKJinhA7A8EOJo0ekQkhtsWX8X1pJlIdKyPkIF_zYIEzQrptA2NHXJXxHZlcRPzg37ZX/s1600/IMG_0148.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZo9O-NlHs_proiKHbIeivnV3-T2Mww1YjyYOnTNmGQEKlAA9wZDmPLQnpwLodNdqcUk9bvkMRKJinhA7A8EOJo0ekQkhtsWX8X1pJlIdKyPkIF_zYIEzQrptA2NHXJXxHZlcRPzg37ZX/s1600/IMG_0148.jpg" height="640" width="480" /></a></div>
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After daydreaming about it for months on end, Josh surprised me with tickets to see Once.</div>
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It was every bit as magical as I hoped.</div>
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. . . andddd last but not least, my best friend got married!</div>
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2014 was SO good to us.</div>
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A few recaps of some of the previously mentioned events are coming soon!</div>
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