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Sasha and her Peeps

March 5, 2010

I am working from home for the week, so I got to meet Sasha’s friends that she walks with everyday and whom I read about in the Daily Poop (the note the walker leaves each day) when I get home every night. Mobile Mutts posted a photo of their walking crew back in September; above [...]

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2009: The Year in Photos

January 2, 2010

We’ve admittedly been bad bloggers this year. Between Alex’s own UX blog and my (newish—I guess I can’t claim that a year later) job, we’ve been too busy to maintain our personal blog this year, but we didn’t want to have an entire gap on this site for 2009, so here’s a photo recap of [...]

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The last 7 months (my pregnancy post in a nutshell)

January 2, 2010

As most of y’all probably know by now, Alex and I are expecting a baby this March! Woop! We’re super excited and have been busy getting life in order so that we can focus on our new family member without many other distractions this Spring. When we found out in the summer that we were [...]

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Resolutions for 2009

February 1, 2009

Hello, February! As usual, I have no interest in starting resolutions on new years day. I like to settle in to the new year, see how it starts and then decide what I’d like to work on for the rest of the year. Sounds like a good excuse for being tardy, right? (Shhhh. It is). [...]

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2008 Resolution Checklist

January 6, 2009

It’s been so long since I’ve blogged, WordPress changed the interface. And I forgot my password. Anyway, happy 2009 friends! I hope you had a fun holiday and 2008. It’s time for the annual, “let’s see how I did with my resolutions from last year” post. Take a photo a day I did this! I [...]

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Happy Halloween Patriots!

October 31, 2008

Jack-o-lanterns + Obama + musical montage? It’s like this video was made for the dork in me! Check it out: I mean, they’re no meat-o-lanterns, but they’re still pretty rad. Download the stencils here to get your own Obama lantern. Via Not Martha

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Meat-O-Lanterns

October 26, 2008

This weekend we were supposed to head out to Long Island for our annual pumpkin picking outing for my Mom’s birthday. It’s super fun and we tend to eat everything in sight at the farm (roasted corn, apples, lemonade, hot dogs, cotton candy, baked goods) and then we go home and eat even more for [...]

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Winter of the Witch

September 27, 2008

My friend Meghan and all her dudes (her husband and two twin sons) stopped by this morning for a visit and we got to talking about how in grade school every year around Halloween time, our teachers would show us a movie about a kid and his mom who move from the city to the [...]

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Guess who came in 4h Place in City Chase NYC?!

September 19, 2008

We did! Alex and I came in 4th out of 500 teams on Saturday afternoon, much to even our own surprise. We woke up bright and early on Saturday, headed over to Webster Hall and started the race around 10 a.m. The place was packed—over 1,000 people showed up! We needed to finish 10 out [...]

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Ya-Ya-Sisterhood-Joy-Luck-Club-Weekend in Chicago

July 19, 2008

Last weekend I met up with my three college roommates, Marisa, Lindsey and Julie, in Chicago. Aside from the occasional wedding, this is the first time we have all gotten to spend a full weekend together since 2002. Here we are eight years after graduation in Chicago. Old ladies, with dogs, and kids and jobs [...]

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