tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37238173947108862622024-03-13T13:06:30.066-06:00More Than DiamondsBrittany Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15934238483487008869noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723817394710886262.post-90367717482229060002012-06-19T14:17:00.001-06:002012-06-19T14:17:37.706-06:00March, April, & May 2012<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Once hubby got back, I slowed down with the whole picture-taking-out-of-boredom thing. But I still managed to get a few. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Apparently spring here in Albuquerque isn't the nicest of seasons like it is everywhere else. Here, spring means wind. A lot of wind. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Thankfully, we moved way up into the NE corner of Abq instead of the SE on base. I suppose if you looked at the proper map you'd see that we're right up against the mountains. Apparently those mountains protect us from some of that crazy wind that blows people's trampolines into other people's yards down on base. What's that? Pics or it didn't happen? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Anyway, continuing into March:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I got sick for about a week. I honestly think it was part allergies, which is crazy. I've never had allergy problems before, and here I almost died. Ok, not really. But I did have to get a humidifier.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I put on a vendor show. We had 19 vendors at the Club on base. Everyone had really awesome setups, but that darn wind kind of messed us up. Most people didn't want to go out in it, and I sure don't blame them. It was intense.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> I got better, then I had a birthday (and a very large margarita).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Then hubby had a birthday. Y'all like my decorating job, don't you? I think I gained 5lbs eating this cake. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">We have bunnies near our house. Jackrabbits, too. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I found a place with <i>amazing</i> desserts. What you're seeing here, my friends, is a creme brulee beneigh. Um, yeah. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I've been learning to cook since I want to make healthy recipes. This was a minor setback. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">My super-cool friend Christina and I went hunting for good photo shoot locations in the convertible one day. She's a very talented photographer, and she's brave enough to venture into the world of boudoir. You go, Christina!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> I started making my smoothies a little greener, and I like it!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">We found a new running trail. It's pretty much right across the street from us, which is super convenient.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">And most recently, I attempted a good old cajun shrimp boil. Hubby, being an inlander, was kind of afraid of the heads. I did overcook the shrimp, though, so hopefully the next attempt will be much better.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">All in all, we're liking it here so far. We've made some really great friends in a short period of time, which is a blessing, and we're settling in well. Still adjusting to the altitude when it comes to running, but the weather is fabulous. </span></span></div>Brittany Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15934238483487008869noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723817394710886262.post-1603823514766671072012-06-13T10:00:00.000-06:002012-06-13T11:10:54.027-06:00February 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">In February, we got used to our new view from our home.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">We did some eating on the floor for a lack of furniture.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">After a few weeks, we got a table!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> And a sofa, too! I just wish it always stayed that pretty. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> Then hubby had to leave for training. :( He sent me this picture to show me his new haircut. He's so cute.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">While he was gone, I got one of these.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Which quickly turned into this.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> I did <strike>a lot</strike> <strike>a little</strike> not enough of this.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">And ate a lot of this.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> He sent me these for Valentine's Day. Lilies are the first flowers he ever sent me, and I've been obsessed with their scent ever since. I even had them put in my wedding bouquet just so I could smell them as I walked down the aisle.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> And he missed out on a few days of this. Snow is weird here. It's fluffy and light and melts by noon. It didn't even feel cold outside when I was standing in the snow. WEIRD.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I also made one of these for our bedroom while he was gone. Look for the tutorial coming soon . . . </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Hubby came back at the end of February. I totally wasn't even thinking about whether or not I would get emotional at the airport until I saw this grandma kneel down just outside the gate for her two grandbabies to run to her. Right then, I knew I would lose it as soon as he came out. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Darn it. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Anyway, he's been back for a while now, and we see no more TDYs for him in the near future. That makes me happy.</span></span></div>Brittany Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15934238483487008869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723817394710886262.post-22996555546855265952012-06-11T17:51:00.000-06:002012-06-11T17:51:55.634-06:00Chevron-tipped Nails in Pinks<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">So I found a <a href="http://www.thewonderforest.com/2012/04/chevron-tip-nails.html" target="_blank">tutorial</a> on <a href="http://www.thewonderforest.com/" target="_blank">The Wonder Forest</a> the other day for these fun nails, and wanted to give it a try. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">My base color was Maybelline's Seashore Darling, a fittingly-named coral shimmery loveliness. I just did one coat of that to keep it kind of sheer. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Before leaving, we had lunch with these guys. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Our apartment looked like this. Yikes!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was packed and ready to go!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The movers arrived and made everything look like this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then they came to my MIL's garage to pick up all the tools and spare parts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had sushi with some more friends the night before leaving. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Then this happened to my car before leaving town. It's ok, I got a nice new rental to drive 1900 miles instead of my 1991 miata. :D</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Then we drove 8 hours to Mobile to see my family.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had a fabulous shrimp boil for dinner at my grandmother's house (notice she still had her Christmas tablecloth on). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next morning, we were on the road again. Goodbye Alabama!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But not without one of these from Stuckey's first. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I liked Mississippi. I found cracked pecans, satsumas (if you've never tried one, you need to make that a life goal), and boiled peanuts on the side of the road.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And then we found the most amazing restaurant ever for lunch. Can you see all the animals on the walls? They really like to hunt down there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What you see here is a fried green tomato, fried okra, a roasted chicken leg, green beans, mashed potatoes, corn pudding, fried quail, and mac n' cheese with a roll and a salad with everything on it. I would go back here anytime. Gladly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And more Texas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That second night we got to stay with my husband's Uncle Russell. Yep, his name's Russell Crow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> And then the movers brought our stuff back in late January. Oh my, I still don't think we're completely unpacked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And I think that was January. In the meantime, we lived in temporary lodging on base for about two weeks (long enough for me!) and learned how to deal with the cold wind. We got all our inprocessing done, and hubby prepared to go TDY (temporary duty assignment) to Ohio for training in February. We both attended orientations, and made some new friends right away (perks of military life). </span></div>
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<br /></div>Brittany Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15934238483487008869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723817394710886262.post-39071336003404171032012-01-18T22:36:00.000-07:002012-01-18T22:36:45.229-07:00My First WIWW<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Hi everyone! So I know it's been a while since I blogged, and some of you are probably waiting to hear about the move, but that's not this post. I'm sorry! It'll come soon, promise. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've been trying to regain a sense of normalcy since we left Knoxville two weeks ago, and I still haven't quite found it. I'm sitting in our hotel room on base, sharing a laptop with my husband, and honestly this is the first time I've felt like blogging since we got here. This hotel room is just now starting to feel like home, and now we're going to move again. This time just into our new condo! Soooo excited! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But anyway, that's another post. This one is just </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What I Wore Today, which happens to be Wednesday. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Top: Old Navy (bought at Plato's Closet), Sweater: TJmaxx, Necklace:
Forever 21, Jeans: Old Navy (also bought at Plato's Closet), Boots:
Target. Ignore the combat boots and PT's on the floor. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm not as blonde anymore. Technically this color is considered brown, but it's actually lightened up already to something really close to my natural color, just not as gold. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Earrings I made one afternoon when I was bored. I <3 them. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close-up of my boots. They're pretty much my go-to boots. Need brown boots to balance out my wardrobe. And to have something to wear with the new brown bags I'm going to order from Thirty-One this spring. ;)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And then some yummy-smelling stuff. Yes, those are straws protruding from my jewelry pouch. Yes, I did transport all my necklaces that way. Thank you, Pinterest. </td></tr>
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<br />Brittany Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15934238483487008869noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723817394710886262.post-43226322543569751292012-01-02T14:41:00.000-07:002012-01-02T14:41:09.389-07:00Best of 2011~Part 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Brittany Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15934238483487008869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723817394710886262.post-83688475380714027152012-01-02T14:18:00.002-07:002012-01-02T14:18:56.158-07:00Best of 2011~Part 1<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">So I'm a little late on this amidst all the organizing and cleaning my husband and I have been doing in preparation for our big move (2 DAYS!), but I wanted to share with you what I think are my best photos from 2011. Enjoy. :)</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>Brittany Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15934238483487008869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723817394710886262.post-85819199430188932352011-12-28T16:50:00.000-07:002011-12-28T16:50:38.650-07:00No Sweets?<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm on a <i>diet</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After getting married, I put on a few pounds or twenty . . . five. I'm blaming it on the fact that hubby can eat whatever he wants and still stay thin, compounded with the two mall jobs I had last Christmas that sent me on multiple trips for Starbucks lattes (and I didn't even think to get them skinny) and Chik-fil-a peppermint shakes a week. Before last winter, I was consistently a small girl. Not super skinny, but small. Like 115-120 pounds at almost 5'3". It worked for me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had plans to start counting calories once we got settled into our new home to try to get back to my high school weight, but I got the idea from another blog (<a href="http://www.betterlifebags.com/" target="_blank">Better Life Bags</a>) on Facebook to go sugar-free right after Christmas. Now, I'm not going all out, and I don't think I'll have to in order to see a difference. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm allowing myself plenty of fruit (and lots of veggies, of course), honey, and a limited amount of artificial sweeteners. I already splurged on a diet lemonade at Chik-fil-a yesterday. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next Wednesday when we see my family in Mobile for our "going away-ish" party, there will be ice cream. I originally wanted a cake from the lady who did our wedding cakes, but we opted to spend that money on a fabulous shrimp boil instead (ohmygoodnessicantwaitimissshrimp!). So yeah, I'm eating ice cream that day. Then there will probably be some skinny lattes involved on our four day drive across the country. ;)And then probably Valentine's Day and then my birthday. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My goal is to go clothes shopping on my birthday in March. And by "clothes shopping" I mean "smaller clothes shopping". So let the weight loss begin. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'll probably still end up counting calories a bit in February, and I'm going to try to find a yoga class (talk about some sculpting!) to get leaner and stronger. And hubby wants us to take kung fu. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">As of now, I'm at the end of my third day without sweets, and I really do actually feel a difference. I'm just a little more alert and a little less sluggish. I had to hide the pecan tassies at my MIL's house from myself earlier (that has been my biggest temptation so far), but it'll be worth it. I just have to remember that. </span></span></div>Brittany Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15934238483487008869noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723817394710886262.post-40071861017951592682011-12-21T18:20:00.001-07:002011-12-21T18:20:18.295-07:00So This is Christmas<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">This song <i>always</i> makes me think about how the year really is over and the next one is starting. I try not to let it get to me, but it always does. I feel like this past year has just been one long pause, and in this coming year life will resume. Sure there have been exciting and joyous moments, but we really have spent most of this year waiting. Waiting on information. Waiting on graduation. Waiting on orders. Waiting to plan our life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Christmas is a little different this year. It's not as jolly or special or pretty or . . . Christmasy. The biggest thing on our minds this year is moving (countdown alert: 2 weeks!!!), and it definitely detracts from the joy of the season. With all the commotion and confusion I knew would surround us right now, I chose not to decorate this year. Can you hear my heart breaking? Ugh. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We also won't be with my family this Christmas, but will see them on January 4 on our way to Abq. No, it's not along the way, but it's what we're doing. I so wish we had time to see all the places I love while we're down there, but it just won't happen in one night. Places like these:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So now, a mere four days before Christmas, I'm simply looking ahead to the next Christmas. We'll have our first tree in our own home (hopefully in a place I'd be proud to call <i>home</i>). We'll fill our new home with new friends as often as we can. We won't be waiting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I haven't been nerdy enough lately. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Growing up, I was always the <span style="color: #ea9999;">good</span> kid, the <span style="color: #9fc5e8;">smart</span> kid, the <span style="color: #93c47d;">nerd</span>. And I didn't mind a single bit. I actually loved it. I knew that by being good and learning things I would come out on top, plus I loved learning. I hated homework just as much as the next kid, but I <i>loved</i> learning. Not just one subject, pretty much anything. It all fascinated me how things worked together and subjects often collided (not until probably high school they didn't, but then that just made everything I learned more interesting). I even stayed after school to learn <i>more</i> through three different academic teams. <span style="color: #ea9999;">MAJOR NERD</span>. But it did get me on a LOT of field trips. I think I was averaging two or three a week by senior year. But anyway. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I got to college, I decided I'd nerd it up just a tiny bit less. Actually, that wasn't the original plan. I went into Auburn as an aerospace engineering major (ha, yeah, you see how that turned out--I guess eventually I figured out that it would just be better to <i>marry</i> one instead), but after one semester I changed to Entrepreneurship and Family Business. Entrepreneurship kind of runs in the family. My mom's two brothers have always worked for themselves and done quite well, and my dad has owned his own business as long as I can remember. I can't help it, I want to work for myself. It's in my blood. But this new major was still pretty nerdy. I got to learn accounting stuff--and loved it--and economics and a slew of other subjects that I can't remember now. *The homework thing was a bigger problem in college than it was in high school, though. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I joined the Sailing Club sophomore year. I only went sailing once, but I really truly did want to learn to sail. Because it was <i>awesome</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to learn to fly a plane. Auburn has a program for that, and I knew I could never afford it, but still. It was <i>awesome</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to learn to kayak. I'd been once in Seattle, and it was <i>awesome</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wanted (and still do) to learn to ride a motorcycle. That would be so <i>awesome</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">If I crawled down a rabbit hole, I'm sure the Mad Hatter would tell me that I've lost my muchness</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">. That sophomore year I met my rocket scientist and moved away from Auburn in May to be with him. Oh believe me, it was more than a fair trade-off, but it has been kind of hard. There's something I forgot to take with me:</span><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'd come home from my job at the fancy-schmancy dry cleaner, or the daycare, or the mall, and he would be doing homework for some math class, and he would work a problem to a point where it was down to a calculus level. I could actually recognize it as something I used-to-could do. Or his little brother would be having problems with his math homework (ok, ok, I admit, I liked math. A lot.) and I could tutor him through it. Or hubby would explain to me some concept from orbital mechanics, and I would recognize enough of the components to understand. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I used to love learning. I used to love <i>knowing</i>. It seems like the last two and a half years that I've been here, not in school, I've lost that. And that's a really big part of me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">It may sound silly, but blogging has brought a little of that back. There were things I had to learn to get started, and there are things I still have yet to learn to be more </span><i style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">awesome</i><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">. I mean, I had to learn some coding! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I think that's a big part of why I'm so excited about this next big chapter in our lives. I have a plan to be awesome again. Maybe not in the same ways that I always wanted to be awesome, but in a different way. I mean, awesome is awesome, no matter what it looks like. And out there, with hubby working a "real" job, I have the opportunity to have no distractions from becoming awesome. As long as I'm working my Thirty-One business, I won't have to go out and get a job (you know, the kind where you work for somebody else? They're not my favorite). I'll be able to make my own schedule and push myself to do whatever I want to achieve. If I choose to go back to school, I can. I'll have a proper home (don't even get me started on our little apartment--I can't love a place if I never painted the walls. One day hubby will understand this), and a little cash to hostess a little more. I adore having friends over. The planning, the decorating, the oh-make-yourself-at-home-ing. But to be honest, I didn't put enough energy into making friends here. I have a very few here that are still a part of my life. That will be different in New Mexico. Because I will choose to be more awesome. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Actually, I won two things. One is a Liebster Award that I'm still working on finding the blogs to whom I want to pass it on, and will post about that soon. But the one I'm going to tell you about right now is that I won some free ad space from Nichelle on <a href="http://vwbblog.com/" target="_blank">Vintage Wanna Bee</a>! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hooray for winning something! I'm honestly pretty surprised at how things are moving along, since I just started blogging less than a month ago. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">My hope and my goal is to relate to other women who just may need that in their lives, and people like Nichelle (and other fabulous ladies that I've connected with through this) get that. It's their goal, too. So, without further rambling, I want to say a big <span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">THANK YOU</span> to Nichelle at Vintage Wanna Bee for hosting such a cool giveaway. Go check out her blog and shop!</span></span></div>Brittany Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15934238483487008869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723817394710886262.post-50614522526984955552011-12-04T11:51:00.000-07:002011-12-04T11:51:42.933-07:00Orders!!!<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Friday hubby finally got the email we've been waiting for . . . our orders! He had the afternoon off for doing some extra work on Thursday, so getting to spend some time together that afternoon just made it that much more special. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We took a printed copy to our apartment office to cancel our lease and that was about all we could do right away (I need to take it to the gym to cancel that, too). Now we're trying to figure out how to get a sponsor (an officer that will basically be hubby's guide to getting started out there, even helping us find a home), what kind of emissions testing our cars will have to undergo (we might have to make a few changes to our cars before that), who we call to let them know we're coming, and when we can get our "real" IDs. Actually, I don't have one at all, so I'm pretty excited about getting my dependent ID (hooray for military discounts!). Hubby will just get his fancy schmancy one with an embedded chip instead of his plain reservist ID he's been carrying around since his freshman year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The actual orders themselves are just two pages that look like tax forms--boxes and boxes of stuff printed in them that don't really tell us anything. I'm not even on there. We're still not sure if I'm supposed to be. It <i>does</i> say that we are to leave on January 4 and be there by midnight January 8. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have so much to do, but it just doesn't quite seem real yet. We still haven't decided if we want the AF to just take care of moving all of our stuff, or if we want to do it ourselves (a PPM, or Personally Procured Move, as it's called). We already know for sure that we're going to have to go out of the way to avoid snow and ice, so we don't really want to be driving a U-haul or anything like that. The other problem is that we have belongings at two locations here in Knoxville (our apartment and my mother-in-law's garage), but the AF will only move from two locations once in your career, and we'd like to hang onto that free pass for a later time. Maybe a PODS? That way we could load everything up ourselves from both places but not have to drive it. Have any of you ever used one of those?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday afternoon I had the pleasure of photographing one of my seniors that I photographed over a year ago. She's now in college and looking lovelier than ever, and this time I got to meet her brother, his girlfriend, and her adorable baby boy. </span></div>
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</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well . . . </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hubby took five years to get his bachelor's degree (which, believe me, was completely necessary) in aerospace engineering with a load of ROTC on the side (why yes, I did indeed marry a rocket scientist, hehe). He basically graduated with a year's worth more hours than he needed for his degree, but they were all required for ROTC, which was required for his dream of being an Air Force officer. I was along for the last three years (his junior year, his senior year, and his victory lap as we <strike>not so</strike> lovingly call it), and it was really cool to see how dedicated (and sometimes not so dedicated) he was, even if it meant retaking a class during the summer or barely scraping by sometimes. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sometime in early fall 2010 (during that victory lap I told you about) we filled out a dream sheet. They gave us 8 bases and told us to choose our top 6 in order of where we would most like to go. Of course, our first choice was Coco Beach, Florida (You mean we could live at the BEACH??????). We got our third pick. Or maybe it was our fourth. Either way, they told us we would be moving to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Umm, ok. We can do that. Honestly, I'm just (still) excited about the whole not-living-like-college-kids-anymore thing. It has its charm while you're actually IN college, but that ship has long sailed by now for both of us. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We wait. And wait. And wait some more. When April rolled around and we hadn't heard anything, we were pretty sure we wouldn't be leaving in June or July like we had hoped. Bummer.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finally, May 2011 came! We'd already gotten married and had a cat and gotten credit cards and combined finances and all kinds of grown up stuff in preparation for grown up life. Graduation and Commissioning ceremonies commenced! My parents and his dad and grandma came into town for the festivities. A little fun and a little stress (aren't family gatherings the <strike>worst</strike> best?) was had all around. Although I had to admit, I got a little teary when he and 3 of his fellow new Lieutenants were brought on stage for a salute at the College of Engineering Graduation. I was so proud! And then I got to pin his bars on his service coat at commissioning. <3 However, still no word from the Air Force. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Summer ended, and still we got nothing. The Air Force is supposed to wait no longer than six months after commissioning to have him enter into active duty (EAD--this usually refers to the date). Yeah, that was November 13. And we're still here. In Knoxville. And it's supposed to snow this week. Grrrrr. I hate snow and love the beach, and I'm pretty sure it has to do with the fact that I was raised on the Gulf Coast of Alabama where 40 degrees was freezing. At some point in September, hubby emailed one of his cadre from ROTC to see if he could find any information on his EAD. He sent us a clip of a spreadsheet that said 5 January. DON'T THEY KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE SNOWING THEN??? Ok, we can do this, too. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now it's almost December 5, which is 30 days before his EAD. We are supposed to have <i>at least </i>30 days notice, so we can flash those orders around and cancel all our contracts with everybody (apartment, gym, jobs, whoever we need to) without repercussions (fees). *sigh* Oh, I just can't wait.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Maybe it will be this week. </span></span></div>Brittany Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15934238483487008869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723817394710886262.post-14803199482223495222011-11-27T12:28:00.000-07:002011-11-27T12:28:33.292-07:00Glitter Tipped Nails<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">After my adventures on Pinterest yesterday, I decided to do something interesting with my nails. This would look even better on longer nails, but I'm pretty satisfied. Oh, and sorry for the crummy iPhone pics. I did try to dress them up a bit in Instagram. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Here's how to do this:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">1. Paint your nails whatever main color you want. I obviously chose a <span style="color: #ea9999;">nude pink</span>, but I've seen it with louder colors and it looks <span style="color: #45818e;">AWESOME</span>.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">2. Apply clear coat if you wish. I did, but I really don't think it will matter much. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">3. Grab your bottle of <span style="color: #8e7cc3;">crazy glitter polish</span>, and just do the tips as if you were doing a french tip. Don't worry about clean lines. Let dry, and repeat. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">4. After that second coat of glitter is dry, do the tips again. Except this time use a thinner amount on the brush and do it backwards, pulling toward the nail bed as far as you would like. A thin layer of glitter should extend above the tips. You can play around a bit with this to make it a <span style="color: #6fa8dc;">smooth transition</span>. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">5. Let that dry, and clear coat those puppies like crazy. Make sure you coat the edges of your nails, so they're less likely to peel off. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">6. Enjoy your sparkly nails. <span style="color: #ea9999;">:)</span></span></span></div>Brittany Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15934238483487008869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723817394710886262.post-48587519898517575562011-11-26T17:26:00.003-07:002011-12-01T13:14:33.099-07:00For the Love of Everything . . .<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I just discovered <a href="http://pinterest.com/BrittanyCrow/"><span style="color: red;">Pinterest</span></a>. I mean, I knew it existed, I had just never gone over there to take a look. I think deep down I knew I would be addicted. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #45818e; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And boy am I ever! </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's everything amazing and beautiful and helpful and clever all rolled into one website! My next home is going to be so awesome just because of everything I've found on there! At least, I hope so. I've found recipes and decor projects and organizing solutions and cleaning tips and . . . and . . . just EVERYTHING! </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: large;">What have <span style="color: #45818e;">YOU</span> found? </span></div>Brittany Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15934238483487008869noreply@blogger.com0