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How Does Your Garden Grow

How Does Your Garden Grow

And now for the traditional look-how-awesome-my-garden-looks post. I’ve been a little hesitant to get this garden going for a number of reasons.  For one, our neighbors’ impending renovations threaten to cover our entire back area in debris and sawdust for a large portion of the summer… you know… whenever they want to get started on this 4 month construction project. But also due to our trip to Europe.  Yep, you read that right.  We’re leaving in 5 … Continue reading »

Pinterest Challenge: DIY Maxi Skirt

Pinterest Challenge: DIY Maxi Skirt

For a Pinterest Challenge, I usually do something related to the house or a new recipe I’ve tried out in the hopes of attracting more readers.  For a day or two, I’ll have about 500 new fans and then then I go back to my regular amount of views per day while I eagerly anticipate the next Pinterest Challenge. It was recently that I had a sort of epiphany after the lovely words of a … Continue reading »

Milestones

Milestones

Last night we got to celebrate another milestone at Casa Post Grad.  We’ve officially lived together for a year. Crazy right?  I still remember the day we signed our lease together and that ridiculous excitement we felt walking back to the Mister’s house… incidentally only a few blocks away from where we live now.  Looking back on it, people really must have thought we were crazy.  We’d been dating all of 6 months when we made … Continue reading »

DIY Photography Light Box

DIY Photography Light Box

One of my greatest passions is photography.  It’s probably the only hobby I’ve managed to keep up since I was in high school.  I love taking pictures of everything. For a while, I actually thought I’d become a portrait and engagement photographer.  I even got a few gigs from family and friends for some shoots and started investing in high quality lenses and equipment, but then something happened.  I got my first complaint.  A friend didn’t … Continue reading »

Kitchen Herb Wall

Kitchen Herb Wall

If you’re a Pinterest fanatic like myself, you’ve probably seen a few of these floating around the Blogosphere. And now for a totally random aside.  Something I’ve learned over the past year – never post the inspiration pictures on your blog post… even if you’re properly crediting the author.  Some inexperienced (or just careless) Pinner will come along and pin your post with the other person’s picture.  It’s a sad day when you see that your … Continue reading »