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Fitness Friday #3: Urban Adventures
Happy Friday everyone. Today is Friday, I hope you have all been taking advantage of the awesome fall weather. I hope you are ready to get out and be active. Last night's Trim and Tone class used steps...so the circuits were not equipment free. So instead, I...
Parks & Rec {Behind the Scenes Up Close ‘n’ Personal}
I thought it would be super appropriate to share some insider photos from my visit to the set of Parks & Rec. I know...how lucky am I to have a super talented, awesome friend that works in production at one of my favorite shows? Pretty darn lucky. Let's review. ...
Dining Room Progress
I like progress. I love to be able to see results. That's probably why I'm so obsessed with B&A photos. The dining room/living room paint job is still a ways from being totally finished, but it's coming along quite nicely. The white is all up {save for one...
Grocery Loathing.
I have about a jillion things I could write and tell you about. But my photos are not loaded off my camera...and it's now late in the day...and I really just want to write to you. Today I had one of "those" days. I guess it's fitting, because it's been a while since...
Hey, where ya been?
Okay. Admittedly I've been more miss than hit this week. But, there hasn't been a lot of time for borrowing a computer to post on lately. I've been more busy experiencing life as a local {kind of}, being a tourist and catching up with two of my besties. But here's...
Fun With Craigslist
You remember the garage sale, right? Well, after it was all said and done we still had a few goodies left that we didn't want to haul off to the thrift shop. A few things we thought just might sell on Craigslist. So after giving myself plenty of time to...
The Power of White Paint
You know I'm a bit of a color-phobe. The one color I'm not afraid of? White. It's fresh. It's clean. It's timeless. When something is dated beyond repair, the first thing I want to do is paint it white. I like color on my walls, but I adore a room framed in pretty...
Paper Bag Wreath Tutorial
I have about a million of those re-useable grocery bags. My problem? I get to the store and realize they are still in my basement at home. Then I'm asked the question. The big question: Paper or plastic? Kill a tree. Or get my groceries in a bag that will never...
Fitness Friday #2
Hey all! Here are the Trim and Tone circuits from last night's class. Get your fit on! Here's how it works. Do each exercise in a row with no rest between moves. Once you've done the whole circuit, recover for 60-90 seconds...then do it again. Do each circuit...
Unexpected Uses of You {and a video too!}
This is a video post. To lessen the frustration of waiting for the video to load...why not scroll down now, then read what I have to say? By the time you're done, you'll be ready to watch. A few months back I got an unexpected email. I'll tell you more about it...
Paint Swatches & A Pleasant Surprise
The other night I was talking to my dad about my carpeted stair situation. He said something that kind of scared me: "Well, if there's one thing I can say about carpet....it's that it's usually hiding something." And it was. Brown stairs, a broken tread, a million...
Nadine and Phinaeus {Sneak Peek!}
Before Labor Day I had the good fortune of photographing Nadine and her son Phinaeus. They are beautiful. Phinaeus is simply stunning. That lovely skin. Those precious curls. And let's not forget the dimples. Once we found each other at our rendezvous point {a...
What Lies Beneath
Nope. I'm not talking about that classic Jodie Foster flick from the early 00's. I'm talking about what lies beneath all of the surfaces in my house. In preparation to paint the living room and dining room I needed to do a little removal. Which led to quite a few...
Unexpectedly Solid {Rushmore Legacies}
Keeping with the blog theme here, let's talk about the unexpected. Over Labor Day Derek and I got some tourist action in down in Rapid City, SD. Tonight I'd like to share some photography and thoughts from our time at the monuments. I don't think the four men...
Fitness Friday {Trim & Tone Circuits}
So...my first ever Fitness Friday did not go as planned. Some things {mostly computer things...} got in the way. But technically, it's still Friday in Minot, ND. So Fitness Friday is still on. If you have never done a Trim and Tone class, here is the drill. You'll...
