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Scene: Yesterday evening. I am in the kitchen talking to Daniel. I happen to be wearing gray jammie-pants, dark gray tee, and his light gray sweatshirt. Daniel: You are awfully monochromatic. Me: Oh, ha, I– Daniel: “By the power of GREYSCALE!” Our friends’ save-the-date that came in the mail today: Impromptu crafts, especially ones that [...]

Yes, yes, it’s true: our first wedding anniversary was on Sunday, May 24th! I really can’t believe it’s been a year already. It has gone by so fast! I didn’t post about it the day of because we were in Newport, Oregon, hanging out on the (not-so-warm, very windy) beach and watching copious amounts of [...]

Yes, the rumors are true: I was finally able to attend An Event Apart! There are so many wonderful things to say about this conference, but I will try to be reasonably brief. Point #1: It is totally worth the money. Since I was lucky enough to have my workplace pay my way to SXSW [...]

It was brought to my attention on Sunday morning that I might need a bike. I do, after all, live in Portland – land of bike-friendliness; Daniel recently acquired a bike; and nearly all of my close friends have and use bikes as a primary mode of transportation. We had visited Little Red Bike with [...]

Since you all were so helpful in assisting my big purchase decision, I am now the proud new owner of a Grown-Up Couch from Room & Board. The couch is positively lovely. It fits both Daniel and I at the same time (lengthwise) and the color is exactly what I expected. It’s a bespeckled white-and-black [...]

If you ever have the chance to see Nine Inch Nails play live, you should TOTALLY GO. The chance to see the screen they use during the show is worth the price of the ticket. Seriously. I have one of their live DVDs so I knew what to expect, but it was so much more [...]

It’s so hard to believe that six months have already passed – it really does feel like just yesterday we were on stage, exchanging our vows. We’re not exchanging gifts or anything, but we are going out to a nice dinner with a gift certificate I received as a bridal shower present. (Yes, way back [...]

All is well on the passport front, thank heavens. I signed up for email updates with the travel.gov website since I was super anxious to know what was going on, and earlier this week I got a notification that said it should get to me on or about May 3rd. Happily, it showed up only [...]

On a whim, I decided to make wedding cake toppers this weekend. I’m not sure if we are going to use them or not, since we’re not having a traditional cake (just cupcakes, plus a giant cupcake for us to cut) but if we need them, we’ve got them. I hadn’t poked eyes in them [...]

I don’t do laundry nearly enough. If it gets really bad, I can usually find some long-neglected, ill-fitting t-shirt to wear for the day until I can get home to do laundry (or ask Daniel to take care of it). Today, though, he threw in a load and then later asked me to go downstairs [...]

If you are not interested in weddings or wedding planning, TURN BACK NOW. I rarely talk about it unless someone else brings it up, so here it all is in one go in case anyone was curious. The Location We have one! It is in Sandpoint, ID. because that is where most of our families [...]

I knew I should have posted this yesterday, as Jem has posted something similar and now I feel like a dolt posting this, but I am in need of help (Amanda? Somebody?) and so I am proceeding. I have a dress that I bought on a whim because it fit nicely and would make a [...]

Last Thursday, Daniel and I took a bus out to Beaverton to see Laurie Perry (Crazy Aunt Purl) at Powell’s. She read the introduction and first chapter of her new book, “Drunk, Divorced, and Covered in Cat Hair” and had a Q&A session afterward. She was just wonderful! I was a bit surprised at her [...]

Katatonia – “Evidence” Today I had a very bad idea (VBI). The idea was to get some food and then go to Powell’s bookstore, but the very bad idea was to do it today, in the rain. We decided that since we’d be out-and-about, we didn’t want to deal with umbrellas. Besides, you’re not a [...]

Type O Negative – “Stay Out Of My Dreams” Today I had to get up early after staying up late. My walk to school left me with blisters on the bottoms of my feet from my new shoes. I spent over eight hours in front of a computer screen only to walk home and sit [...]