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Month: April 2008

i'm still here

i'm still here

I actually have 9 posts sitting in my draft. I just don’t feel up to finishing any of them, hehe. :-) We’re busy getting the apartment ready for my parents who are coming this weekend. I decided to use their visit as my deadline to finishing “projects”. The painting is all done, and the extra couches are gone. (Remind me to tell you that story.) Some of the pictures are hung, and Paul and I are in the process of…

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4 years ago today…

4 years ago today…

Four years ago today I wrote my very first blog post! :-) Happy birthday to twentysixcats! You can read an overview that I wrote last year here.

in the words of the seagulls from Nemo: Mine! Mine! Mine!

in the words of the seagulls from Nemo: Mine! Mine! Mine!

I have a picture for y’all: That’s a picture of me, my Corolla, and the car title! Yep, a few weeks ago Paul and I wrote the final check to pay off our car, and now it is 100% completely ours! We are so excited about that. We have been working towards this goal ever since we bought the car, and especially the last few months. It’s satisfying paying off our first big purchase. That puts us down to 3…

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hmm maybe HGTV isn't that good for me…

hmm maybe HGTV isn't that good for me…

I really like that channel. It’s the next best thing to Animal Planet (which I don’t have). I also find myself interested in the History channel… I’ve been watching a lot of shows about people buying houses. There are different takes: one shows a couple looking at different houses and then choosing one (which one is it going to be? oh the mystery!). Another is the same except the homes outside the US – I find this interesting to see…

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fat ashley, fit ashley

fat ashley, fit ashley

Our internet is back! Yay! It’s been over three years since I graduated from college, and I have been steadily gaining weight since then. I blame my lack of exercise and my lack of eating right. When my wedding rolled around summer of 2006, the dress I had bought two years earlier didn’t fit anymore. Fortunately, a seamstress friend was able to let it out and I was saved from having to get another dress. However, even if my clothes…

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