Yesterday, we made the most of a gorgeous fall day and headed down to Charlottesville (aka enemy territory) to go apple picking. We decided to check out Carter Mountain Orchard. Fun fact: the Page family (of which I am a member) closely intermarried with the Carters. This farm actually borders the land owned by Monticello…
Lisa
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H54F: fall edition
1. I woke up at the ass-crack of dawn this morning to go to the DMV. Now that I’m awake, I have zero motivation to leave my very warm bed and deal with humanity. 2. It’s officially fall. I’m excited because 1) I love fall, and 2) winter is coming (you’re welcome, fellow GOTers). Winter…
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On being a boring lifestyle blogger
My blog is a mish-mash of topics. Mostly, I’d say I fall in the “lifestyle” blogger category, mainly because I don’t cook these days (unless we count heating up Lean Cuisines). Unfortunately for you, dear readers, my life is pretty boring. I don’t recap my weekends because I don’t do anything. Football has helped mix things up,…
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My life as told by cookbooks
The other night, I had my first GMM (membership meeting) for the new year with the Junior League of Northern Virginia. These forward-thinking gals include a copy of the League cookbook in your dues, so I picked up my copy. I’ve been in Junior League four years, and I’ve had the pleasure of serving in…
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And then I didn’t blog all weekend
We headed down to Blacksburg for another game this weekend. My plan wasn’t to not blog all weekend, but that just happened. I was feeling rather uninspired and couldn’t think of any good post ideas to schedule. We arrived in town around dinner and headed over to the Social House, a new, more upscale restaurant…
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26
Today is my 26th birthday, and I’m officially on the downhill side to 30. This past year has been quite a whirlwind. For my 25th, we had been in Georgia for 3 months and were already waiting on a new set of orders. At 26, we’re still waiting on orders. Birthdays during deployment are inherently…