Category Archives: Friends

Our honeymoon, Monday-Tuesday

Ahh the honeymoon. Let me just say this: take a honeymoon. Do it. No don’t argue with me, just do it. Mike and I didn’t do anything super special – we just rented a cabin and chilled. We made a … Continue reading

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Wedding recap: photo session

Asking my friend Erica to photograph our wedding was one of the best decisions we made. She did a spectacular job and we love all the photos she captured. As I’ve said before, we bought her a ticket to Michigan … Continue reading

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Wedding recap: the reception v.3

By about 8ish, about a third of our guests had left already. The only survivor from Mike’s family was his mom, all of my grandparents and all but one of my aunts/uncles had left, as well as a few friends. … Continue reading

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Wedding recap: the reception, v.2

One thing I will always remember about our wedding was how EFFING HOT it was! I couldn’t be more grateful though because there was a threat of rain, and hot thick sticky air is better than rain any wedding day. … Continue reading

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Wedding recap: the reception, v.1

Immediately after the ceremony, we went into reception mode. The wedding was at 4, and the “reception-only” guests were invited to arrive at 5, so we had to hustle. Luckily we had a team of amazing people on our side. … Continue reading

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Wedding recap: the ceremony

While everyone got seated, Mike and I stayed inside the house. Through the windows we could see some chaos happening with the chairs – people were scrambling to find more and we weren’t sure why. A couple people came into … Continue reading

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Wedding recap: getting dressed

I’ve told the story of how I found and purchased my dress already. And I even mentioned that I was worried I wouldn’t actually fit into it the day of the wedding—I hadn’t tried it on in months, and I … Continue reading

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Wedding recap: the morning of

The morning of our wedding, we woke up knowing we were getting married, but I can’t say it felt much different than any other day. Just a saturday, hanging out with the fam at dad’s, and oh yeah, we’re getting … Continue reading

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Couch to 5K = Complete!

Today I finished the Couch to 5K running program. That’s right, I so did it! When I introduced the fact that I was going to try this, I fully expected that I might not actually get through it. But today, … Continue reading

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Blog to the Hizzer

Last year I really wanted to go to the BlogHer conference. It was in Chicago, a mere three-hour drive away, and I could have gotten the student rate. But in the end, nearly all of the people I was so … Continue reading

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Craftastic

I don’t want to talk about boobs for a minute, and since there’s not much else going on in my life, I thought I’d show off some of recent crafty work. I like to do this once in awhile because … Continue reading

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The next step

When I started my job two and a half years ago, it was with the mindset that it would get me through my Master’s program, and then I’d be on to bigger and better things. But then the economy fell … Continue reading

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Mr. Bokbok

I won a chicken! Valerie at FogCity Dweller held a contest to give away Mr. Bokbok, a wooden chicken she couldn’t bare to see go anywhere but to a loving home. And I won! Mr. Bokbok came in the mail … Continue reading

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Merci

Right now, I have to admit, I’m most thankful for a four-day weekend and the fact that I got to sleep in until 10 this morning. Family, friends, food, shelter, health, wealth… definitely appreciate that stuff too. I try to … Continue reading

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Shannon, circa 1995-99

My friend Erica just uploaded a bunch of scanned photos from when we were in high school. I haven’t yet dug up my old photo albums, so you’ve never seen the younger me. But don’t worry, I stole a bunch … Continue reading

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