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A Handful of Years

In: life

27 Jan 2012

SSH and I tied the knot five years ago today. I’ve been thinking about how I wanted to do an anniversary post, and I’m really not sure where I want to go with it (particularly since he doesn’t read the blog that often). I know I’m planning on writing him a love note, since it’s [...]

And So It Begins

In: life

23 Nov 2011

Today marks the last day of “normal” at my job. Tomorrow we’ll all have off to celebrate Thanksgiving, and Friday morning, bright and early, it is “The Holidays” ™. (It’s been hinting at The Holidays ™ for awhile. The store is already starting to show signs of impending Holiday-ness, with displays of gift books and [...]

Getting over a haircut

In: life

21 Nov 2011

So last Wednesday I went in to get my hair trimmed for the holidays, hoping to have an inch or so trimmed off the ends and the front shaped up around my face. I sat down in the chair and asked for a 2” trim. The hairdresser cut the back of my hair, and then [...]

On Friday SSH and I took a trip to the local bike shop for two things. His 2 month old Raleigh needed it’s 8 week tune up and my 1995 Diamondback needed … well, it needed work. Unfortunately “work” turned out to be pretty substantial. It needed a basic tune up, but also needed a [...]


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NaBloPoMo 2011

NaBloPoMo 2011

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