In my mind, I’m not a fashionable girl. I love putting together good outfits and I’ve even tried fashion blogging if only to push myself into being more comfortable with it, but in my mind that doesn’t cut it. When it comes to fashion, I look at the outfit posts I see on blogs and how [...]
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For the past few months I’ve been tracking how I spend my work days with a really cool application called Klock (a great free alternative is Toggl) and it’s been helping me make sure I’m spending my time wisely and helping me get an idea of how long my projects take me. But a funny [...]
This week I had my first roll developed, and just in the nick of time! I recently bought a 35 mm back for my Diana that will let me blow through film while I get my sea legs, and keep my developing and processing costs from terrifying my poor husband. The back was easy to [...]
So I have to admit, when I bought my Diana – a lomo camera that uses medium format film (more?) – I was a little obsessed. I was so beyond excited to take all the photos that I could, and have them turn out so incredibly beautifully! I couldn’t wait to take photos of everything [...]
Every Christmas since Jesse and I found each other I’ve had a bit of a dilemma. I love giving gifts. Everything about it is fun for me, from finding the perfect item for each person to wrapping them just so, and especially the reaction when someone really loves what I’ve chosen for them. So I [...]
Managing finances as a couple can be tricky business. In our house we’ve traded off being the breadwinner, we’ve saved, overspent, and tried lots of different methods for managing our money. Because we moved in together quickly, talking honestly about money has always been something Jesse and I have had to manage, and for that [...]
Elsie at A Beautiful Mess is hosting a really wonderful challenge to pick four simple goals for the rest of the year- but not results oriented goals, ones that will get you doing things that make you happy. Every month when I pick my goals for my inspiration & type a-ery posts I seem to [...]
