Confession: I love signs.
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I had never thought about planning a wedding until I had to. And holy crap are they expensive! And everyone has suggestions for you beyond your wildest dreams! And there goes your budget, whether it was meager or massive. Now looking back, even though I consider myself a low-maintence + practical girl who planned a [...] photo by Emma Bootle The Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado is one of the most surreal places. Or so I heard. Which is why I put it on The List. And so when pal Emily read The List earlier this summer and emailed me to say it was on her places to visit, [...] Mr. Laura recently went mushrooming in the nearby foothills. Apparently he’s been into foraging for fungi for years, according to his beautiful + understanding wife, Neighbor Laura. He snagged like four paper grocery bags full of wild mushrooms. I forget their names; I liked their shape and texture.
[...] Last weekend I climbed my first 14er. Amazing view, huh? See, I moved to Colorado six years ago for a job, not the mountains or the lifestyle like many do. Eventually, though, the active outdoorsy stuff gets in your blood because here it’s constantly in your face. And you get curious – about [...] Mom’s here. Brother’s not. Long story, as alway. Let’s keep moving, shall we? Mom and Kid Sister arrived Thursday evening. Yes, I have a Kid Sister who just turned 9. For you math whizzes, there is more of an age difference between Mom and I (20 years) than Kid Sister and I (21 [...] A few weeks ago, neighbor Laura’s very nice husband offered to turn on the sprinkler system for me. Which was awesome because he even went to Home Depot and fixed a broken part for me. It was also a bit terrifying, since I’m a one-person maintenance crew for the house + yard: I was concerned [...]
Go to ten20 in Boulder. Ask for Kalpana or Marie. And another thing is crossed off The List … Confession: I love Longmont. Which apparently is really uncool to say in Colorado when Denver and Boulder and all the mountain resorts are so close. But I’ve lived in some pretty dire places, so I know a good place when I see it. And Longmont’s really nice. Sure like any place, it has its seedy [...]
Farmers Market in Longmont, Colorado. Taken May 15, 2010, with TiltShift Generator app for iPhone.  |
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