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Pancake Mix Strawberry Muffins

Remember that time I spent the entire month of May telling you all about doing this? Yup, England.  It was an awesome trip (And the dear friend I went to visit is visiting for the holidays! WAHOOO! but I digress...) and there were three awesome food stuffs that I found I loved there.  Tikka masala… Continue reading Pancake Mix Strawberry Muffins

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Babyshower in a Box

If you've followed along to my recent adventures to London and Paris, you may remember how the primary purpose of the visit was to see my friend Brynn & her husband as they are expecting their first baby in July.  Of course, throwing a baby-shower from a continent away is a bit tricky, so my… Continue reading Babyshower in a Box

Our Story

Hey girl. May 2013 in Review

May was a busy month, which sadly meant we didn't get nearly as many projects completed as I'd have liked.  And there were no pictures of Bill to turn into a funny hey girl like this one from February.... Or these original ones from January. So for the most part May's recap is a rundown… Continue reading Hey girl. May 2013 in Review

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London Eyes Are Watching You

Mwahahaha now I KNOW you have this song stuck in your head.  Go ahead, thank me.  😉 But visiting the London Eye was the name of the game the evening of our full day in London, on bank holiday no less!  Yes, we managed to be in town for the first Monday after May 1st. … Continue reading London Eyes Are Watching You

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Of Palaces and Towers in London

So we left off after taking a look at Westminster Abbey where I wistfully dreamed of marrying a prince and gawked at the beautiful architecture and almost incomprehensible amount of history that has occurred there. Then we made a mad dash to Buckingham Palace to try and catch the changing of the guard. And a… Continue reading Of Palaces and Towers in London

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Away to London!

When it rains it pours around here!  It seems now I am the one sick with pneumonia for memorial day weekend.  I put together a good number of posts early this week to get things rolling again, but things may get spotty again before we get to Paris.  Ugh. After a few days in southern… Continue reading Away to London!

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Christchurch Priory & Palm Trees

So, resulting from a long-ago funny moment on a cruise, it was essentially decided that all vacations are not legit until a Palm tree is found.FORTUNATELY, Christchurch delivered.  Many times.  But this particular palm was a beaut.  As is the lass modeling with it.So now that the trip is legit, lets move on.The Priory has… Continue reading Christchurch Priory & Palm Trees

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On Baths in Bath

Bath. It's such a blah word. Like Beth. Whatever. HOWEVER, the Roman Baths of Bath are not blah at all. In fact, they were quite fascinating. The whole city of Bath had this same stone look to it, sandy colored and there was a lot of clean-up work to clear the decades of soot from… Continue reading On Baths in Bath

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Eurotrip 2013 Checklist

Pssst - so, a combination of an overwhelming amount of photos, wanting to take some time off to just be in eachother's presence after a paticularly long time apart from Bill, and then a pretty bad bout of food poisoning on Sunday/Monday has left things pretty quiet here on the blog and wayyyy delayed.  So… Continue reading Eurotrip 2013 Checklist

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Toes in the Sand on the Other Side of the Atlantic

Like I mentioned in yesterday's post, after spending the day at Stonehenge and Salisbury Cathedral, we came back to Brynn & Gary's and had a sunset adventure. Ya know what's weird for an East-coaster to see?  The sun setting over the ocean.  Weirder still is when you're not in California or the Outer Banks to… Continue reading Toes in the Sand on the Other Side of the Atlantic

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So This One Time I Flew Across the Ocean…

...and MAN were my arms tired!  *badumcheech* So I've managed to make it back after a wonderful 10 days in southern England, London and Paris.  And what an amazing trip it was!  I went with my childhood best friend, Molly, stayed with our best friend Brynn and her husband Gary, before meeting up with my… Continue reading So This One Time I Flew Across the Ocean…

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London Calling

So, like I mentioned, this week I am off and away in the UK (then Paris!) to visit a dear friend who's expecting her first little girl in July!  (If your comments don't appear, that's because nobody's home to approve them.  They'll show up when I return!)So what better way to celebrate such a trip… Continue reading London Calling