hello world, i have some news.

boy, i have been a bit absent from the blog world, no?  well, i have a tiny excuse.

that’s right, mr. halloran and i are expecting.  that you see there is our nugget.  or d-nugg as my sister affectionately refers to it as.  we are 14 weeks now, and this is the strangest thing in the [...]

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thankful.

for my husband.  for my family.  for my extended family.  for my pugs and buhund.  for my friends.  for the health of all of the above.  for sunny mornings.  for a warm home.  for unlimited opportunities.  for good jobs.  for cookies.  for great books.  for delicious foods in our bellies.  for clean clothes.  for all [...]

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currently.

hi friends.  it’s been a while.
listening: cleopatra by stacy schiff on audiobook.  i’m really not a fan of history, nor biographies, but this is book club’s selection this month and by golly i’m going to participate.
eating: there’s focaccia in the oven and minestrone on the stove.
drinking: agua.
wearing: the sweats i was wearing yesterday (it’s sunday, [...]

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anniversary.

mr. halloran and i recently celebrated our one year anniversary.  one year!  that seems like a big one.  until you’re reminded by your in-laws that they’re celebrating their 40th this year (40 years, holy cow).  baby steps, i guess?
we hiked to the top of gold mountain, which is where mr. halloran proposed two years ago. [...]

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whoa.

whoa, guys. hi. it’s been a while.
i guess you could say i haven’t felt very creative lately. i just barely started a new sewing project (yellow + gray duvet cover). my meals keep repeating themselves. the house is a mess. no flowers have been planted. am i not [...]

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dakota bound.

Hey y’all. It’s been an eventful morning thus far. Woke up at 4am. Took a shower. Finished packing. Stepped on a pug in the dark. Apologized to and held said pug. Ate raisin bran. Woke up mr. Halloran. Drove to airport. Waited in longest security [...]

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change.

this post comes at a rather strange time, seeing as how a week ago i was ranting and raving over some so-called “meat candy” mr. halloran and i consumed happily.
since that time, i’ve been reading eating animals by jonathan safran foer.

this book came out about a year and a half ago, and while jonathan safran [...]

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do you want to be happy?

watch this little gem of an npr tiny desk concert, featuring edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros.
click here.
i love me some happy hippies.
also, the second song in the set, “home” (starts around 5:00), is the song mr. halloran and i walked down the aisle to as a married couple, and reminds me more of getting [...]

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meat candy.

we’re not big meat eaters here in the halloran household, so we by no means claim to be meat experts, but my oh my did we find some delicious cow (sorry little cow, this is wishful thinking but i hope you had a happy life).
i have been doing a lot of traveling for work, and [...]

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out of the dark.

hey yall.  we were without internet for five days.  five long days.  crazy how we’ve become so dependent on this little thing we call the internet.  and sad.  but we’re back online.  and my google reader is absolutely bananas.  and my email is stacked high.  one step at a time, anna.  one.  step.  at.  a.  [...]

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