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Friday, October 28, 2011

Follow Friday

WOOHOO! It's Friday! You know what that means! Time to get your freaky follow on.

First things first, you BETTER be following me on Twitter and Pinterest and Tumblr.

@luxeandlillies

@delightbydesign

Thursday, October 27, 2011

The other day I sent my Grandma a get well card in which I mentioned how it's getting very cold here in Vermont, but I was staying warm in my nice beach theme room!

So in return she sent me an awesome picture frame to match my bedroom. She knows me too well!

Thanks Grandma! I'm happy you're feeling better :)

Sunday, October 23, 2011

55 and sunny

I'm about to drive back to Vermont now, but it's so beautiful here I don't want to leave!

Monday, September 12, 2011

Embracing a Dairy-Free Lifestyle

I am finally coming to terms with my extreme intolerance to lactose. It's really upsetting because I LOVE CHEESE SO MUCH! But I have come to find that even the slightest bit of dairy in my diet is detrimental.

So I have started bookmarking dairy-free diet blogs to help me embrace this new milk-free lifestyle. Today I plan to head over to the City Market in Burlington and stock up on dairy-free products, such as Tofutti brand treats. I'll be testing them out and to see which brand of fake cheese slices I should carry with me to the next BBQ.

This weekend I completely winter-proofed my garden at Mike's house. I had to rip out all the plants and weeds, before covering the soil with a large tarp. I took apart the fencing and lugged it into the woods. I also threw all the wasted fruits and veggies (mostly rotting tomatoes, weird carrots, yucky swiss chard and damaged apples) into the compost bin Mike and I managed to salvage from the overgrown briar patch in the side yard. Thanks for the help Mike!!

It was a lot of hard yard work, and I'm pretty banged up. Next year I plan to blog a lot more about my gardening, now that I sort of know what I'm doing.

Anyways, before tarping the garden, I pulled out AT LEAST 100 big orange carrots! So of course I got the brilliant idea to make carrot cupcakes for me, Elly and Heather (my roomies), and my lucky duck co-workers at Wyatt Research.

Heather is just starting the nutritionist grad program at UVM, and her program director is putting her and her classmates on a "gluten free" diet. So now I am taking the challenge of making a dairy-free, gluten free carrot cupcake that actually tastes yummy!

Wish me luck :)

Friday, July 22, 2011

DIY: My Beachy Room

As I've been settling into my new place in Vermont I have been collecting pieces for my New England beach themed bedroom along the way. I have done some major garage saleing, on the weekends that I am actually in the state, of course!

That's my desk chair with an awesome throw blanket I snagged for free at a garage sale. I've been using it in my white wicker rocking chair... oh yes, pics to come.

My bed is super comfy! I got that white queen-sized beachy blanket at Christmas Tree Shop. Sweet!

I still have to decide whether I want to put curtains up in front of my large open closets. I'm waiting for the perfect pieces to strike me.

Friday, July 15, 2011

Cape Cod Tomorrow!

Oh I am so excited! Mike and I are driving down to Cape Cod tomorrow morning to spend the weekend with the Miller family! Can't wait for the beach beach beach! I mostly love the New England beach decor. It's so quaint and charming! AND Mike and I may ferry over to Nantucket on Monday to see his sister! Charging my Canon full up tonight to prepare for a picture perfect weekend.

Pics from last year on the Cape, which was around my 22nd birthday and college graduation weekend! I can't believe it's only been a year, so much has changed since then! All for the awesome :)