Amy and the Great World

Archives for March 2014

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The Sunday Paper (3.23.14)

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Happy Sunday!

I hope you’ve had a great weekend and a great Sunday so far. Mine has been strangely productive which, weirdly, is making me feel more relaxed than binge-watching Netflix.

Who am I?

While I get back to laundry and prepping for my LAST QUARTER WHICH STARTS TOMORROW, you enjoy my favorite links from around the web this week!

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+ In Defense of the Impractical English major. I can’t say I regret choosing English as a major and I now I feel a little more validated in that choice.

+ Can I just raid IKEA when we get to Europe?  And live in one of their adorable apartment models?

+ How cool: maps made out of real food! India is so colorful.

+ Another map: the border changes in Europe over 1000 years.

+ 8 Places to Immediately Add to Your Bucket List. Done! 🙂

+ I just bought these boots for sale at REI. I’m on the fence…I want one good pair of boots, and they are crazy comfortable, they’re just a little lighter in color than I like. What do you think?

+ I missed National Puppy Day…but I kind of think EVERY day should be Puppy Day.

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Five for Friday {One}

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Happy Friday my party peeps!

I have a confession…I was majorly struggling with my blog this week. I think part of it is the first half of my week was (a waaaay too tiny) vacation, and I’m still in that I-don’t-want-to-do-anything-but-sleep-and-look-at-pretty-things mode. Which at the moment, just haven’t included my computer or my little corner of the internet. It’s weird how unplugging for a short period of time just made me want to unplug more. Huh.

Oh well! Hopefully next week I’ll feel more into blogging.

So, what does one do when they aren’t feeling enthusiastic about blogging (which is unusual for me)? Start a new series, of course, full of more personal information to share with the world! Welcome to Five for Friday!

Enjoy!

1. Next week, I get to visit Montana for a few days, and drive back with my sister! She and her boyfriend are staying for their spring break. I’m excited she’s visiting, and looking forward to crossing more items off my Colorado Wish List. Do you have a “wish list” for your home town, state, or country?

my parents' front yard in Montana

my parents’ front yard in Montana

2. I just discovered Talenti gelato (I’ve seen it at King Soopers and Sprouts!) and I’m completely in trouble:

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3. I’ve been doing a major overhaul of my closet this week that has been much, much needed. I’m trying to figure out the best wardrobe to bring abroad. I’m only taking a backpack and a suitcase, plus my camera bag…so I need wardrobe ideas! I’ve been pinning like crazy, and this fabulous blog is full of great tips, but I still need help on how to look great with a few select pieces. Hit me up if you’ve got some ideas…because I’m not sure I can ever be as minimalist as the picture below. Just three pairs of shoes?? What about my boots?

round the world

 

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4. My sister and I were obsessed with the Game of Life as kids. We’d play but not follow the rules–we would rig it so we could pick which job we wanted, which house we wanted, and we’d land on as many of the “It’s a Girl!” or “It’s a Boy!” or “It’s Twins!” spaces as we could. While I still wish I’d love to be able to play that game and magically have the career and house I want, I no longer want cars (yes, cars…I told you we rigged it!) full of kids. Whew!

5. Have you checked out my Travel Planning Services yet? If you haven’t, you should! I’m really excited about it, and, if you’re interested, I’d love to hear from you!

What are some random facts about you?

p.s. I’m once again thrilled to join We Took The Road Less Traveled‘s Fresh Face Friday! Click below to join the link-up, it’s a great time!


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Snapshots and Snippets {Rocky Mountain National Park}

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This past weekend, we were lucky enough to escape for a few days to Rocky Mountain National Park.

While I am over the moon to be moving to Prague, I am going to miss having these mountains a short drive away. While Colorado was an adjustment population-wise after my home state of Montana (where it is ridiculously easy to escape everyone), it still is easy to get away, and we’re spoiled. I am lucky to have spent a few years here and most of my life in the West!

In case you don’t know, Rocky Mountain National Park is located right here in Colorado. We stayed outside the park in the town of Estes Park. Both Estes and RMNP are great places for beautiful views, for wildlife watching (we saw elk and bighorn sheep right by our little cabin), for hiking, other outdoors activities, and just relaxing. We mostly wanted to get away from the rush of Denver…so we found a Groupon (more on that later!), I finished my finals (!!!) and off we went!

Read on for a few snapshots from our travels. IMG_0358 IMG_4869 IMG_4875 IMG_4868 IMG_4805 IMG_0357IMG_4874

{Lake Estes, right in the town / Bighorn Sheep, a a baby “littlehorn” sheep! / the little back porch of our little cabin / walking on a frozen lake (I don’t think Colorado has gotten the “spring” memo yet) / two killer vistas / driving slow on icy roads}

Once again I am THRILLED to be joining Skimbaco Lifestyle for Instagram Travel Thursday! Add your link below and join in the fun. Instagram Travel Thursdays are hosted by Skimbaco Lifestyle, an online magazine, both in the form of a weekly link-up for bloggers, and through the hashtag #IGTravelThursday. I’m so excited to join them in sharing some of my Instagram photos again this week, and hopefully will again in the future!


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