Hey, there. Purrburger here again. I’m writing to you from my new home, though I’m not totally certain where we are. They keep calling it Colorado, but I’m a cat and I don’t know what that means. All I know is that I spent 3 days trapped in the Terror Dome before I could finally…
Lisa
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Recent Reads – January 2015
Sovereign Ladies: Sex, Sacrifice, and Power – The Six Reigning Queens of England – Maureen Waller Sovereign Ladies by Maureen Waller is a composite biography about the six queens regnant of England. It analyzes each woman’s life and her journey to the throne. Overall, I enjoyed it. While it was a bit lengthy, Waller covers the six…
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Culinary adventures
Way back in 2011, I subscribed to a bridal version of Groupon. Right before we went to New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl, they had a deal to buy $100 in Restaurant.com gift certificates for $10 each. I bought $1000 of gift certificates for just $100. My original plan was to use them for our…
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Why I won’t upgrade my engagement ring
Kristyn over at Chits and Giggles wrote a great post about her engagement ring and why she might upgrade it down the road. That got me to thinking about my own wedding set. Mac and I picked it out way back in 2010. It was well under the “two months’ pay” price range, and we…
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Our first Colorado weekend
What, a weekend recap? Could it be that we did something this weekend? In our continuing effort to procrastinate and to not finish unpacking, we decided to ditch town and go exploring. Saturday morning, we headed up to Woodland Park. We had seen a commercial for Williams’ Log Cabin Furniture, so obviously we needed to…
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A month of home-ownership
It seems like a lot longer, but we’ve been homeowners for a whole month! We left Virginia on Monday and got here Wednesday night. Since then, we’ve replaced the dishwasher, shopped at about 10 different stores, and slept in our bed for the first time in over a year. I think all we have left is…