Lisa

  • Recipes to master

    I am a lover and collector of cookbooks. The irony is not lost on me that I have literally boxes of cookbooks, but I don’t use them too often. Given that I’ve been baking and cooking since I was eight, you would think I would have mastered most of the cooking basics in these books….

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  • Surprise!

    In case you didn’t see on Instagram, Mac is home!!!!  He flew in yesterday and will be home for about two weeks. Obviously, I’m very excited that he’s back. I might not be blogging regularly, but you can follow our adventures on Insta.

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  • Kittie

    Yesterday, my parents made the difficult decision to put down Kittie two weeks shy of her 19th birthday. The past few months weren’t too kind to my baby girl, and her time had finally come. I am beyond devastated and seriously spent most of yesterday crying. I’m eternally grateful to my parents who quickly acted…

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  • Building a professional wardrobe

    Wherever we move next, I fully intend to reenter the professional world. Sorry, Ann Taylor, we’ll be breaking up. But not until I make the most of my 50% off discount. Given that AT is known for working women’s clothes, I’m building a wardrobe to have at my disposal. I started with two new suits:…

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  • The Lean Cuisines were worth it

    Back in March, we finally ordered our bridesmaid dresses. I went to Nordstrom and tried this Donna Morgan dress (on the left) on in a size 16. The color wound up not being what Leslie wanted, so we ordered this dress from Ann Taylor (on the right). I boldly ordered a size 12 hoping it would fit…

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  • Bachelorette recap

    So remember on Friday when I said that we still hadn’t planned Leslie’s bachelorette party? That was a slight lie in case she happened to stop by here. We (well, Christina) threw Leslie a surprise bachelorette party over the weekend. And I had a complete airhead moment and left my camera (and my glasses) at…

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