Nail Art: Captain America Inspired Nails Tutorial

Happy Independence day! I thought I'd try my hand at doing a simple nail art tutorial that you can do at home and make your own. These are my Captain America inspired geek chic nails in honor of this holiday! The art is pretty easy (level 1 for the most...

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Herbology Class: First Tomato Harvest

I finally got to harvest my tomatoes! One branch has been really rocking out the tomatoes at the bottom of the plant, while another at the top has 3 more bitty babies all green! I've only eaten one so far. I want to drag this out as long as possible...

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Portrait Studio: Rachel's Surprise Baby Shower

My boyfriend's sister-in-law, Rachel, was thrown a baby shower by the family to celebrate little Eliana coming into this world next month. Eliana makes baby #5, and little Joy couldn't be more excited about finally not being the only girl with all older brothers. Her exact level excitement is extremely apparent in...

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#LoveWins

I try to avoid discussing politics as much as possible, but I can't help but share my infinite excitement for the LGBT community on this historic day where the ban on marriages is lifted and available to everyone. I get where the religious side of the argument comes from. Believe...

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Geek Chic: The Geeky Cauldron Haul

One | Two | Three About a week ago, I jumped onto The Geeky Cauldron during a sale they were having and managed to snag these pretties before they flew off the shelf! I can't tell you how happy I am with them and the quality of the pieces. I'm...

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Captain’s Log: Four Days in Disneyland – Day 3

24-hour DISNEYLAND DAY FTW! This is the day I had been looking forward to since we decided to take this trip! Unlike some of the die-hards, including the fam-bam, we did not stay up and watch the sunrise from the line to get into Disneyland. Instead, we slept an extra few...

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Geek Chic: My first pair of Warby Parker glasses

Half way through my trip to Disneyland my vision went bad. Like, hold-my-phone-down-at-arms-length bad. It scared the crap out of me. All of sudden I was struggling with labels, menus, reading anything on my phone, anything that had to be held up close to my face. I've had 28 years of basically...

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