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    For Sale

    by  • April 19, 2013 • Personal • 9 Comments

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    It’s happening… Two years ago, Phil was commissioned into the Air Force with a scholarship to get his master’s degree in Public Health. His graduation is coming up in May, and in July, will start a 3-year commitment as a 1st Lieutenant! All of the unanswered questions about the future have been teaching me...

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    Meet Jaida!

    by  • July 10, 2012 • Personal

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    On Friday we adopted another dog into our family! We always planned on getting a second dog at some point, but not necessarily this soon. But once we stumbled upon this sweet little Leo-look-alike on petfinder, we decided to jump the gun & go for it! It was actually my first time at an...

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    Asheville Weekend

    by  • January 30, 2012 • Personal

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    I hope you all had a great weekend! I definitely did because my family came down to visit! I was super excited for them to come – especially because my sisters hadn’t seen our house yet, & my parents hadn’t seen it since it was filled with moving boxes. So it was fun to...

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    Our First Christmas

    by  • December 29, 2011 • Personal

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    Our first married Christmas was a great one! Here’s a recap - As far as decorating our first home, we pretty much just stuck to the living room & kept it simple, since we haven’t accumulated much festive decor yet. You already saw our tree (complete with the pine cone ornaments) - On the...

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    Leonardo da Mailloux

    by  • October 12, 2011 • Personal

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    This is not at all art or design related, but I just have to share some pictures of our new dog, Leo! Phil & I had been planning on adopting a dog around Christmas, once we had some more of our house projects completed & were more settled. But Phil found this cutie on...

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    Wedding Overview

    by  • September 12, 2011 • Event Planning & Decor, Our Wedding, Personal

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    I like hearing all about other peoples’ weddings, so I thought I would share about mine! As I was planning for the wedding, people would ask me about what the wedding would be like…the style, location, the feel of it, colors, etc. I always had a hard time describing it, usually using a plethora...

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    Hurricane Irene

    by  • September 5, 2011 • Personal

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    We weren’t expecting Irene to hit us that badly because we were more on the outskirts of the storm. But we planned on staying in all day and painting the living room anyways. Saturday came, and it was literally storming the entire day – from the time I woke up around 8, until well...

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    I’m Back Baby

    by  • August 20, 2011 • Personal

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    Well, I didn’t get off to a very good start with blogging. After just one post, I took a 5 month hiatus to focus on graduating, DIY-ing my wedding, marrying my man, and moving to my new home in North Carolina. It’s been a crazy couple of months, but they have been wonderful. I...

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