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 queens in equal detail and provides a comprehensive summary of each woman. This is also… View Post »
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 trip (there were six of us) because our hotel and game tickets were so expensive…. View Post »
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 even got a military discount. It’s under a single carat, total weight, and the diamonds… View Post »
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 explore there. We found a rug for inside our front door and some placemats. Mac… View Post »
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 to unpack the office and to organize the kitchen. On one hand, I feel like we’ve… View Post »
2015 blogging goals
In addition to my 30 by 30 project, I also have a few blogging goals for this year. 1. Create an actual office space and blog from there (instead of from my bed). 2. Sponsor 3-5 blogs a month. 3. Grow my blog by 20% by the end of the year. 4. Get on a better blogging schedule. 5. Bring back the recipe section! What are your blogging goals?