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  • May15th

    Photo Album

    Posted in: DIY, Travel

    Year one of being married and I moved twice and traveled. A lot. With all the travels, I start to wonder what am I going to do with all of these pictures of us. Some of them would look good in frames (still need to do that!) but a lot of them, even though they’re good pictures, are for remembering, not necessarily for framing. So what to do with all these pictures?

    Enter my super smart husband, who suggested that we make an album for every year; beginning and ending on our anniversary. We’re currently on our third year {yes..still newlyweds!} and we’ve got two albums to show. Sidenote: Should I be embarrassed that I have yet to put together a wedding album (and we have just fantastic photos) but I have albums of our first two years of marriage?

    The only “rules” I’ve set is that the cover photo has to be the entire family. Right now that’s me, the stud, and Roxann. And like our Christmas card, I’ve tried to make the photo something specific to where we were living or what was happening in our life.

    The idea for these started because we were traveling a lot and wanted a way to keep all the pictures without having multiple books. But they’ve evolved into trying to encompass that whole year. The people we’ve spent the year with, the places we visited, how Roxann looked with she was a puppy.  Mixing our travels, with seeing family & friends and special moments that we’ve held onto through out the year that we always want to remember.



    Both of these books are from Shutterfly. Similar, but not identical. And because these are books that are showing the whole year, I used a 12×12 book size. And what I love, it knowing that we do these books, makes me more intentional about taking pictures that aren’t just for the blog or because we’re traveling but taking pictures to document our lives. And I love adding the people we’ve spent that year with doing life. Because we move, it’s not always the same people–and I don’t want to forget.

    Is there a special way you remember your memories?

  • May14th

    Weekender

    Posted in: Weekender

    Anyone out there that thinks the weekends seem to go by way too fast?? I’ll hear an “Amen!”

    I’ve been waiting for this for a while, and this Friday night I got to see the Zac Brown Band in concert. Not only are their songs great, but they sound wicked awesome live too. And so patriotic, ah–I love it! Thier pairing of “American the Beautiful” with “Chicken Fried” is just amazing. And while I didn’t bring my camera…wait. Let’s be honest–who has ever gotten a really good picture while at a concert? So this is what I got…

    {two smiling faces listening to the Zac Brown Band}

    The rest of the weekend was spent eating sushi…

    watching The Avengers, and playing with little miss long-legs.

  • May7th

    I have brilliant neighbors. Neighbors who thought up Cinco de Derby. The perfect combinations of Cinco de Mayo and the Kentucky Derby–which both happened to be on the same day this year. Just our luck. Cinco de Derby.



    all little boys should play with puppies



    Roxann was my date, although she passed on the Mexican food. And I know now that I don’t have a future in betting on horse races; not my skill set. But the margaritas and delicious food made losing okay! Hope you had a great weekend!

  • May2nd

    Office Chair

    Posted in: Furniture

    There’s a new little addition to my office due to the fact that someone (they will remain nameless) sat and broke this chair. It’s from World Market, and it’s pretty.

    Since I’m not working from home anymore, I don’t need a chair I can sit in for hours at a time so comfort wasn’t a huge factor when buying–which is good because sitting on it for hours wouldn’t be super comfortable unless I had a cushion for the seat. So it doesn’t get massive points for comfort, but it matches so well that I had to have it. If I ever find something a little more practical, this chair could easily fill up a corner with a cute little table, or find a place in my bedroom. It’s neutral colors make the possibilities endless. So I’m glad you’re living with us, chair.

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