January 2012
11 posts
So very many things I have yet to write about
I swear I’ll do longer posts about each, but I’m writing this as a reminder and a Yes I’m Alive sort of post.
1) I ran my first Half Marathon! With a little help from a stranger (seriously)
2) New house - I bought new dishes. no idea why that makes the list, but I think it does
3) I saw a bunch of movies. Okay, really 2, and I’ll do reviews.
4) I’ve read a bunch...
“Self-respect won’t have you calling your girlfriends, debating and analyzing....”
– Don’t Waste The Pretty: on self-respect
Read this post if you haven’t. Immediately.
(via singledoutinchicago)
Seconded.
(via lizlemon)
This is good, and now I’m following yet another blog.
Panama is #1!! →
I told you! (although now I’m concerned you will all go and it will get crazy touristy, but it sort of already is, so oh well, just go! See the sacrifice I made for you there!)
NYT’s list of 45 Places to go in 2012. Some are sort of crazy (umm, SPACE), but others are spot on - part of Poland, Florence, etc.
The best idea ever about picking up the check →
So much better than credit card roulette in my opinion :)
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BVI Challenge!
**I’m putting this on my blog because this really helped me last time around. At a minimum I’ll do a weekly roundup post. Maybe daily posts if I find that it helps.**
Motivation - look and feel great for the family sailing trip to the British Virgin Islands in March. For Christmas, I made photo albums of the last trip. Looking at that many photos of myself in a bathing suit - talk...
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Recipes for Disaster
New cooking feature! Or rather I finally named it. I’ve decided I make so many befuddling mistakes while cooking (yet the food still turns out pretty good) that I should post it so that others can learn from my mistakes.
I made this recipe, and it was super goooooood. I will make it again in February.
Crockpot Beef Stew with Garlic, Olives and Capers.
Scene: Yesterday evening, in my...
kellyoxford:
December 2011
38 posts
Sorry you are at work today... read this and laugh... →
12th Day of Christmas
On this Christmas Eve, I hope you are enjoying time with family and friends or whatever you do on your Christmas Eve.
For me, the last and best gift is the Gift Of An Experience. Giving a gift where you spend time with the person doing something. Something new and amazing, or heartwarmingly familiar.
I used to give my dad coupons for domino games, which was sort of dumb cause I would love to...
“This is the thing: When you hit 28 or 30, everything begins to divide. You can...”
– Relevant magazine
(via Diana)
13 days till 30…
(via lizlemon)
This… is true.
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“Just packing for the holiday will be a challenge, as the fashion icon is...”
– From US Weekly, talking about the British Royal Family’s Christmas Celebration. Honestly, if I were Kate, I’d be more concerned about the Novely Presents than any of these other things.
“Hmmm, would everyone like novelty souvenirs from my wedding? Or maybe koozies with the...
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The Holstee Manifesto Poster
I can’t get the image to work, so just go here and see the amazingness.
On the 9th Day of Christmas… this awesome poster. I plan to buy one and put it someplace in my new home. No idea where, but it just FITS.
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On the 8th Day of Christmas... →
This is actually something I feel really passionately about. Sort of an nontraditional gift, not exactly anything you put under the tree.
Be the Match - Join the National Bone Marrow Registry. It is really easy to join - you sign up online and they mail you a cheek swabbed thing, you do that and then mail it back. Then you are in the registry. People 18-30 are ideal because bone marrow ages,...
Oh, my crazy first realtor
I got a LinkedIn invitation from my crazy first realtor, who I fired. Did I ever tell y’all how bad she was? Oh, so not good. So I had to let her go, and started working with a different (FANTASTIC) realtor and we found the perfect place within a week. I adored my second realtor and have routinely recommended her to friends.
My crazy first realtor: Routinely didn’t set up the...
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Best cookies of all time
A coworker’s sister made the NYT chocolate cookies. I had part of one this morning. And immediately looked up the recipe. I will be making these for Christmas. AH-MAHZ-ING (and no - don’t ever actually say it aloud like that cause you sound like an idiot. Instead say Yummy Yummy in my Tummy! :)
http://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/new-york-times-chocolate-chip-cookies/ link to the...
Fact: I will tear up every time I see a video of a...
elizabethanne:
EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
YES!! Have you ever seen that Coming Home show? Or really, any video where they surprise their kids? It is the BEST type of excitement in the world. I just, well, no words. Smile and tears.
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Unpopular Opinion
elizabethanne:
I think platform heels look weird.
Agreed. I have exactly 2 pairs, and neither are this (basic and popular) style. Also, when I walk in platforms, I feel like I’m on stilts and that if someone were to barely touch me I would topple over.
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So much cooler than me
Do you remember that episode of friends where Monica’s credit card is stolen and the thief does cooler stuff than Monica?
The people who lived in my home before me get much cooler catalogues. I’m talking National Geographic gifts, some Sundance clothes thing that is like wintery anthropologie meets ll bean, and LEGOS. Each day I get excited for someone else’s mail…
“You start to blame yourself for not being able to settle for a regular good...”
– Erin Foster (HelloGiggles)
This made me giggle in my office. Agreed.
storytime (did I tell this already?): Our last night in Chicago my mom and I sat at the hotel bar watching one of the World Series games. The guy next to me was friendly and flirty, but also dropping red flags left and right...
“This is what you do. If you feel low, you stand tall. You mess up, you move on....”
– Hobson Brown
(via mandyisdandy)
If home doesn’t mean what it used to mean, decide what home will be in the future… And if you feel like you’re drowning, go swimming.
(via getyourrunningshoeson)
“The question is not who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me.”
– Ayn Rand. I think it is about time that I reread Atlas Shrugged, one of my favorites.
I AM CONVINCED
mascarah:
…that the key to life is knowing when to stay…and when to go.
November 2011
32 posts
