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My Loot | After Christmas Sales

January 1, 2011 holiday January 1, 2011

I have been in a SAVE, SAVE, SIMPLIFY “mode” all year! I don’t want to buy anything unless I have a place and a need for it. I don’t buy things unless I really LOVE them. It’s hard to get me to go shopping and just buy. [The old Tori would buy crap just to buy it and I'm still giving it all away to Good Will!!!] After all, I don’t think the baby coming next year really needs any more Christmas decorations….at least that’s what I told myself when I was walking away from a ton of decor at the stores this last week. The baby really needs things like….diapers, stroller, etc. So, this year, I got a few ornaments. Of course, my ...

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got my hair did | what do you think??!!

October 19, 2010 beauty October 19, 2010

So, what do you think? I went from platinum blonde and tan at my competition in May [see: header] to pale for fall/winter and BROWN hair! I thought it was too ashy but it really looks great in the sunlight. Don’t you wish we could have great lighting everywhere we go??!! I also added a new watermark to my pictures. What do you think? Do you like the cursive one or the old one? My concerns w/ the new one…. should it be bolder? should the apple be at the end again so that if someone steals a pic and it ends up somewhere else on the web, people can find me? I love it as is but I’m wondering if people who don’t “know” ...

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photography | my first camera

September 10, 2010 personal September 10, 2010

I am not a photographer, but I love photography. I have always loved photos. FIThubby still kids that I spent the first year of our marriage obsessed over my wedding photos. I just love pictures! FIThubby bought me my Canon Rebel T1i for Christmas this year as a TOTAL surprise in cahoots with my BFF of styleberryBLOG. That was my first dSLR camera. I am cheap. I would have never agreed to spending that kind of money on something I did not need. BUT, I am so glad he got it for me because I am having so much fun with photography!!! Someday I may be a photographer. It is definitely an interest of mine. But, for now, my passion is nutrition and fitness. And, ...

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memories | today’s wedding

August 28, 2010 family August 28, 2010

Every year when the Today Show starts their Today’s Wedding series it brings me back to a great time and I have “warm and fuzzy” feelings! You know the kind of happiness that comes from the holidays? It’s like that for me when I see the Today’s Wedding series start. In June 2004, my FIThubby (then my FITfiance) graduated from USAFA. I had already transfered colleges (a total of FOUR) and I needed one more semester to graduate. I stayed in Denver to finish my last semester of college. Once I finished my Bachelor’s Degree, I headed to my parents’ home in Atlanta for a month until the wedding. FIThubby was already in Macon, GA at our first assignment in the AF. I was so ...

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FIToby | crime scene

August 25, 2010 personal August 25, 2010

Yes. I’m a nerd. It’s true. It slapped me in the face this week when I got my books for my Nutrition Certification….dove right in and LOVED IT! This is my passion! I love this stuff! I love reading about nutrition, fitness and all things health! Where am I going with this nerd story? Well, one day last week I was talking about Toby (our golden retriever) and how much he’ll miss his daily runs with my ankle injury. (I run him beside me when I ride my bike.) Since he loves exercise, I called him FIToby….it cracked me up…read above that I’m a nerd. :) FIToby is pitifully sad lately without his exercise. He loves his runs even more than I do! He lives ...

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broken ankle | slow down sister

August 15, 2010 personal August 15, 2010

We were supposed to be at the Europa for FIThubby to compete in the huge Grapplers Quest, but there was a change of plans. He was warming up and a few minutes away from starting his match when I stood on a chair to set up my shot and…well…this chair turned out to be a folding chair!!!! &%$#@!!! So, my FIThubby broke my fall and made sure I didn’t fall backward and hit my head, but I still landed on my ankle, sideways. I sat down and took a few deep breaths. I said “I think I really hurt my ankle” to my hubby. He said, “Ok, let me take a look.” He thought he’d see a little black and blue and say, “ok, it’s ...