I did two things last week to “reset” and get me out of the rut I was in. 1. I baked cookies. Peanut butter blossoms to be exact. My mom used to make these cookies when I was a kid, and I think I hadn’t had them in about 10 years. 2. Went to London. …
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Erin left yesterday evening to spend Christmas in California with her family. A late departing plane out of Reagan left her sprinting across Newark airport to make it to her SFO flight – but she made it and arrived in San Francisco at about 12am this morning. Since Erin and I won’t be able to …
I’ve been back in the U.S. for over a week now, but haven’t spent any time updating the blog. So, here’s a quick post and some pictures to get you up to speed: Wedding We started out a crazy few weeks with a drive to central Illinois for the wedding of our friends Brandy and …
Seeing as we live in Maryland – we decided we should take some time to explore our own new home. We often find ourselves spending Sunday in Virginia, but there are also beauitful places and interesting historical sites right in our area. Last Sunday we headed south and followed the Patuxent wine trail. We hit …
I spent the week of August 6th in Seattle visiting family, friends, and my sweet nephew Rogan who turned 1 on July 31st! As usual, the trip was a whirlwind, and when I was packing up to head back to DC I could hardly believe that nearly a week had passed! Here are some highlights …
I have been really slow in keeping this blog up this summer, mostly because work has been busy, and weekends just as busy. Last week I went to Seattle to visit my family and see Rogan, who turned 1 on July 31st. I’ll post some pictures from my Seattle trip soon – but today I …
Summer has arrived to DC in many forms: fun day trips and mini-vacations, as well as miserable scorching heat and drenching humidity. The weatherman used the word “steamy” to describe the weather today. UGH! The last few weeks have been very busy, and as usual I got behind in posting. Two weeks ago my mom …
Saturday, Erin made me wake up early again. Another beautiful warm and sunny day, we were out the door by about 8:30. Our first stop was Gardener’s Supply Company, for which we receive a catalog, and only learned recently is Vermont owned. We have decided to start composting here in DC and used a 20% …
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Washington DC is on excited lock down! Loads of tourists in town, and loads of police securing the area. Yesterday I met a friend for lunch and a movie before meeting Erin after work. I had a little time to wait before Erin could meet me, so I walked around the Mall looking at rows …
2012 was a strange, stressful year. Lots of uncertainty, changes, and frustrations along the way. Also, Erin and I realized that every major life event that can happen, has happened at least once this year – birth, marriage, death, moving, changing jobs, the list goes on. Not to mention a fiscal cliff… 😉 I can’t say I’m sad …