Lisa

  • Improving my photography

    “Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst” – Henri Cartier-Bresson As I’ve gotten older, I’ve discovered how much I love photography. Back in college, I was always the one with camera in hand at every party. I loved being able to capture fun moments and memories. My new interest is landscape photography. I’ve enjoyed photographing…

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  • H54F: four day weekend

    Mac has a four-day weekend. Woot. 1. Today, we’re going up to the Florissant Fossil Beds and Cripple Creek.   2. Even though it poured Wednesday night and Thursday morning, my car still isn’t clean. Whomp whomp. 3. We also have grand plans to order basement carpet and a new upright freezer. 4. I’m about…

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  • Recent Reads – March 2015

    Elizabeth and Leicester: Power, Passion, and Politics – Sarah Gristwood I recently finished Elizabeth and Leicester: Power, Passion, and Politics by Sarah Gristwood. This is a double biography that focuses specifically on the relationship between Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley, eventual Earl of Leicester. It was an easy and enjoyable read. If you’re familiar with…

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  • 21 Day Fix dinners

    These are a few easy 21 Day Fix dinners. A big part of my 21 Day Fix approach has been meal prep. In other words, if I don’t have food ready, I’ll be lazy and order something. So I cook ingredients once or twice a week then use them in a bunch of different meals….

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  • I miss wedding blogging

    Even though our wedding was close to three years ago (yikes, am I that old?), I still love everything wedding. Wedding dresses, wedding shows, wedding cakes. I love them all. Several other bloggers have recently married, and I’ve enjoyed reading all of their wedding recaps. I can’t say I miss the stress, the doubting of…

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  • Weekend warriors

    We had another exciting weekend of house updates. I despise white vinyl vertical blinds, so we replaced them with tan bamboo panels. These are a bit sheer, and we have no privacy in between our homes. We decided to get blackout curtains and found maroon-ish ones on clearance at Bed, Bath, & Beyond to mimic the…

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