Lisa

  • 25for25: February update

    After the sluggish progress of January, February seems to be flying by. Here’s my progress for this month. In honor of my 25th birthday this year (umm, what?), I’ve decided against traditional new year’s resolutions and am hopping on the 25 for 25 bandwagon. Basically, 25 goals I want to accomplish by my 25th birthday…

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  • Cherry vanilla cupcakes

    Cherry vanilla cupcakes

    I whipped up a batch of cherry vanilla cupcakes yesterday for Valentine’s Day. Mac and I spent a super romantic evening wandering around Lowe’s shopping for lamps and rugs. I originally found the recipe via Pinterest and made it into cupcakes instead of a round cake. I did use pasteurized egg whites which aren’t supposed…

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  • Actions, not words

    Mac and I have only celebrated one Valentine’s Day on the day. We started dating in March and had almost a full year together before one. Senior year, I flew out to Lawton to visit Mac because I didn’t have class on Fridays while he had a long weekend for President’s Day. This involved driving…

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  • Man-catching beignets

    Funny that as I was typing “man,” I typed “Mac.” Very appropriate. I can’t testify to the success of these man-catching beignets as I already had a captive audience of two men. But they both really liked these. In honor of New Orleans hosting the Super Bowl, I decided to make beignets. Mardi Gras is also…

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  • Duty and date nights

    Last night, Mac was on duty, so we really couldn’t make any plans. Being the good wife I am, I brought him dinner (okay, okay, it was KFC, but it still counts). He told me earlier in the week that we would be going out on a date tonight to our favorite Italian restaurant, Luigi’s….

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  • Wanderlust

    So I mentioned a few weeks back that Mac and I will be moving to Augusta this summer. After that, we really don’t have a set destination. But we have created a short list of places we would like to go if Mac could get a job there. Augusta Source Pros: only moving once this…

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