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The next big thing

Posted by on Nov 28, 2010 | 0 comments

The next big thing

I am super excited to report that I have taken a huge step forward in my career. I have enrolled in a certification program for holistic nutrition counseling with the American College of Healthcare Sciences. I have been wanting to get certified for a long time now — I feel like I can only go [...]

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10 odd things about our new home

Posted by on Dec 12, 2009 | 7 comments

10 odd things about our new home

Aside from carpet in every room (yes, every room — kitchen and bathroom included) and hundreds of nails in every surface (even window frames and door jambs), our new home is filled with the results of some strange decisions. (When my father-in-law first toured it, he said, “You can just tell some old fart lived [...]

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Not your average honeymoon

Posted by on Oct 23, 2009 | 0 comments

An offbeat wedding wouldn’t be complete without an atypical honeymoon, which is exactly what  Ryan and I experienced earlier this week. Due to several factors (we paid for most of the wedding ourselves, we just took a week-long rock-climbing trip to Colorado in August, and Ryan has an upcoming business trip for which he needed [...]

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My offbeat (and cheap!) wedding

Posted by on Oct 4, 2009 | 2 comments

I said earlier I would provide a little more info about the offbeat and cheap wedding that Ryan and I have put together in a mere two months. Even before we were officially engaged, we kicked around a few ideas for our wedding, including getting married outdoors in Colorado, doing a wedding and adventure honeymoon [...]

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August Martin Eisenbraun, 1918-2009

Posted by on Apr 15, 2009 | 3 comments

My grandpa, August “Izzie” Eisenbraun, passed away early Monday morning. He was 90 years old and in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s, so while it wasn’t completely unexpected, it is deeply saddening nonetheless. He always said he would live to be 100, and I think I believed him, or at least wanted to. But when [...]

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My life illuminated

Posted by on Nov 20, 2008 | 1 comment

While flipping through an issue of Dwell magazine, I came across an interesting ad. Ten seemingly random items — a ticket stub, a birdhouse, a striped glass plate — were scattered across the page. Curious, I paused to read the descriptions provided on a notecard graphic at the bottom of the ad. The items were [...]

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