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Funfetti: WEverb11 Prompts #8-18

AH! Can you believe I just wrote all of these, had only 3 to go, and they DISAPPEARED? I have no idea what just happened. So because of that, and how my heart is beating right now because I want to strangle someone, I am going to start from 18 and end with 8. It’s like Sesame Street but not. :) Enjoy! #18. Teach What lesson or advice were you able to pass on to others this year? Why was...

Dec 18th

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Red Velvet #13: Read

Read. What article or book changed your outlook on an issue or life? I just finished reading “Falling for Me: How I Hung Curtains, Learned to Cook, Traveled to Seville, and Fell in Love” by Anna David and while it might not have changed my life, it certainly made feel like I’m not alone. Here’s this intelligent, attractive, successful woman in her 30s who thought that she’d have a husband...

Dec 13th

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Red Velvet #9-12 #WEverb11

#9: Appreciate In which moment did you find yourself flooded with gratitude? How will you rally around gratitude in 2012? I don’t think there’s one big moment that I could choose for this one. Despite the times when I complain, I’m honestly so grateful and appreciative of a lot of things in my life. I may not always show it, but I feel it. Like, every time I’m out with one of my friends...

Dec 13th

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Red Velvet #8: Choose

Choose. What was the biggest choice you made in 2011? What caused you to choose what you chose? I don’t know if there’s one BIG choice I made this year (unless you count treating myself to a much needed vacation). If anything, I tried to look at my daily choices more. I wanted to make choices that would make me feel less stressed or give me opportunities to do things I love. I mean,...

Dec 9th

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Funfetti #7: Travel

Where did you travel this year? What was your favorite part? If you didn’t get to travel, where do you want to go next year? #weverb11 While I sometimes daydream about just buying a plane ticket on a whim and heading to a tropical paradise (usually on a crazy day at work), I’ve never actually acted on it. For some reason, it just never occurred to me to pull the trigger. Though, I did come sort...

Dec 8th

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Red Velvet #7: Travel #WEverb11

Travel. Where did you travel this year? What was your favorite part? If you didn’t get to travel, where do you want to go next year? I went to London and Paris with one of my best friends this year. It was my first time out of the country and one of the most memorable experiences of my life. It’s funny, not only do I remember everything about the trip itself but I also remember all the...

Dec 8th

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Red Velvet #6: Favor #WEverb11

Favor. What was your favorite month of 2011? Why did it beat out all 11 other months? Would it be strange to choose December, even though the month just started? It’s the month I look forward to every year. Aside from the obvious (Christmas!), there are all these other traditions in my life that I get excited about… Every year one of my college roommates throws a party filled...

Dec 6th

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Funfetti #6: Favor #WEverb11

Favor. What was your favorite month of 2011? Why did it beat out all 11 other months? I feel like I’m cheating with this one. It’s just too easy. I would have to say the month that I married my fabulous, kind, patient, generous, laidback, funny husband. After over a year of planning and just wanting the big day to show up already, we were able to finally call each other husband and wife. We...

Dec 6th

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Red Velvet #5: Befriend #WEverb11

Befriend. Did you meet any new friends this year? How did they impact your 2011? I didn’t befriend anyone new this year but I did reconnect with an old friend that I hadn’t talked to in about five years. Meeting up with her felt familiar (we have this way of being able to pick up where we left off) but at the same time very new because there was so much to catch up on. She...

Dec 5th

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Funfetti #5: Befriend #WEverb11

Befriend. Did you meet any new friends this year? How did they impact your 2011? As I’ve gotten older, I’ve realized just how hard it is to make friends. It’s almost as hard as dating. One of you may have more expectations, the other may push a little bit more, life gets in the way, etc. It all takes patience really, and the right person. Since my husband and I moved to our house, a state...

Dec 5th

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Red Velvet #4: Haiku #WEverb11

Write a haiku. Sum up your year, via haiku. A woman with dreams Europe, books and finding love Some wishes came true

Dec 5th

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Funfetti #4: Haiku #WEverb11

Sum up your year, via haiku. (http://www.poetrydances.com/haiku.php) Happy newlywed Surrounded by books and words Adventure awaits

Dec 4th

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Red Velvet #3: Learn

Learn What lesson did you learn in 2011 from “The School of Life” rather than a classroom? I think I learn this lesson in some way, shape or form every year but.. I’ve learned that things don’t always happen the way you imagine or hope they will and that isn’t always a bad thing. I’m 28 years old and the fact that I’m getting closer and closer to 30 will occasionally throw me into a panic....

Dec 4th

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Funfetti #3: Learn #WEverb11

What lesson did you learn in 2011 from “The School of Life” rather than a classroom? Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending how you look at it), I think my lesson of the year is one that will keep on giving in 2012. Accepting that you can’t change people or what they think about you, no matter how hard you try. At some point, you have to choose to just live your own life the best way you...

Dec 3rd

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Funfetti #2: Listen

Listen. What song did you listen to in 2011 to completely change your mood? Think about ways you can you add more music to your life in 2012. My iPod and I are pretty much inseparable when it comes to commuting during the work week. This year though, I’ve discovered the joy of podcasts and don’t listen to quite as much. But it’s still there in the background while I work, when I clean, and...

Dec 2nd

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Red Velvet #2: Listen

Listen. What song did you listen to in 2011 to completely change your mood? Think about ways you can you add more music to your life in 2012. I’m constantly listening to music and looking for new bands so the thought of picking one song seemed pretty impossible. But then I decided to go with the first one that popped into my head - “I Got” by Young the Giant. I heard about the band over the...

Dec 2nd

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Funfetti #1: Choose One Word

Choose one word. Choose one word. Encapsulate the year 2011 in one word. Explain why. Imagine it’s one year from today, what would you like the word to be that captures 2012 for you? 2011: I always thought 2011 would be a year of change for me. I got married in the beginning of the year, planned to find a new job, pay off my credit cards — come out of the year feeling like a new and...

Dec 2nd

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Red Velvet #1: Choose one word

Choose one word. Choose one word. Encapsulate the year 2011 in one word. Explain why. Imagine it’s one year from today, what would you like the word to be that captures 2012 for you? 2011 - Try I think than more any other year, I tried. I tried to make the year more exciting for myself by telling one of my best friends that we should go to Europe. And we did! I don’t think I’ll ever forget...

Dec 2nd

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Summer Break

I know, I know… I should have written this ages ago. Now that I’ve actually had to wear tights and a jacket to work I guess it’s really truly over. You know one of the best things about having your own blog is being able to stretch the summer season for another two weeks. (Yay!) Call it denial or you can call it luck. Luck because we had the luxury of having more guest posts for our summer...

Oct 6th

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Summer Lovin': Culture Shocked

By: Red Velvet Like many, many other people (including our very own guest bloggers), I too vacationed in London and Paris this summer (does September still count as summer?). I could go on and on about how beautiful both cities were, particularly Paris. How the sight of the Eiffel Tower lighting up the night sky took my breath away, how I marveled at the architecture of St. Paul’s Cathedral and...

Sep 29th

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Summer Lovin': Every Decision You Make is the...

Chocolate Chip is a recent recipient of her Master’s degree in Library Science. She loves to read more than anything else, but she also cooks like crazy when she has the extra income. CC is also the proud owner of two of the laziest Jack Russell terriers in existence. She promises to start her own blog someday soon! The girls and guests of COC have dedicated their blog posts to the stories...

Sep 21st

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Story Time: 40 LOVE by Madeleine Wickham

By: Red Velvet 40 LOVE by Madeleine Wickham (best known for Confessions of a Shopaholic, written under her pen name Sophie Kinsella) follows four couples as they all get together at an old friend’s house in the country for a tennis party weekend. There’s Patrick and Caroline (the hosts), Stephen and Annie (considered the most modest, aka not rich, couple), Charles and Cressida (who are as...

Sep 20th

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Summer Lovin': A Birthday (Cheese) Cake

Eatinist Bitch hails from Queens, NY and loves food almost as much as she likes to talk. She’s been blogging since Summer 2010, and is currently interning for Robicelli’s Cupcakes in Brooklyn, NY. Check out her blog and like her on Facebook to get recipes, reviews, and other tasty nibbles. Also be sure to read her first entry in the Summer Series: Little Ghost Girl. My good friend,Tana (aka...

Sep 16th

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Summer Lovin': Family Vacation – All Grown Up,...

Snackcake is a young woman in the midst of a great adventure. Snackcake lives with her wonderful husband in the Middle East, where she is now attending business school, playing house, exploring her surroundings, and trying to keep from melting in her toasty environment. Her motto: “unwrap a smile!” Mr. Snackcake and I recently returned from a 10-day getaway to London and Paris. While I had never...

Sep 14th

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Summer Lovin': Italians taught me how to eat well.

LatteLove is a lady who loves to cook, travel, blog, style, and read - and daydreams about someday writing full-time. This summer she spent a month near Milan Italy this summer while her husband was completing a summer internship there and she loved learning about Italian food ethic. After gorging on some serious eats while in Milan this summer, I fell in love all over again with Italian food....

Sep 9th

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Summer Lovin': finding the silver living in a...

Hey everyone! You can usually find me blogging from MK in Wonderland, but I had to take up Couple of Crumbs when they offered me a spot as a guest blogger. I blog about everything – from money troubles, life as a twenty-something girl, online dating, to the adventures of being a new Mom. Since most of my recent posts have been consumed by the new addition to my life, I wanted to return to my...

Sep 7th

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