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August 3, 2010
By melissa

First: I am soooo tired, I think that I will go to bed as soon as I finish this post. I don’t know if it’s all of the excitement of meeting so many awesome new people (I still haven’t met everyone), or if it’s that I’m getting up an hour earlier than usual, or...
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Updates and a Request for Help

July 25, 2010
By melissa

I’ve been home from Las Vegas for well over 24 hours now, and I thought I had decompressed enough from the trip to take a look at the blogs I follow on my reader (which I didn’t have time to read while I was out there). I’m almost ready to look through my Foreign...
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Ch-ch-ch-ch-chaaaanges

June 27, 2010
By melissa

There will be no Sunday Food Interlude this evening, because I’ve spent up my blogging time making updates to the website. Recent Updates: New WordPressUpdated from WordPress 2.9.something to WordPress 3.0, or, as some like to call him, Thelonious. This is a great, feature rich update that I actually did early in the month....
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Good morning cherry blossoms

April 1, 2010
By melissa
Good morning cherry blossoms

Oh my goodness! Two posts in just one week – I’m setting myself up for disappointment and disaster here. Anyway, I got a new camera recently and will be starting photography class soon. Since I have this nice new toy now, I felt compelled to meet some friends before dawn this morning at the...
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radio silence

March 28, 2010
By melissa

I read a lot of blogs, almost all of these bloggers are MUCH better about posting updates than I am. It’s been almost a month since the last time I wrote here, so anyone who’s still out there deserves a bit of an update. =) 1. Chad got a promotion! Huzzahs! 2. I’m pretty...
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We wish you a Merry Christmas…

January 8, 2010
By melissa

…and a Happy New Year! Okay, so this post is a little late, but at least I’m getting pictures from Christmas and New Years up on the site. If you head on over to the 2009 Holiday Gallery, you’ll see three sets of pictures. The first is us (me, really) decorating our small, crooked,...
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Weekends with the Halfaker Crew

October 18, 2009
By melissa

I’ve spent a weekend morning with the Halfaker and Associates for the past two weeks, and I must admit, we’re having some fun. Last week we went to Hartland Orchard in Markham, VA to pick our own apples. Chad and I met up with Allison, Cyrus, The Siglers, Mike and his friend James, and...
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Two Years Down!

October 1, 2009
By melissa

Chad and I had our second anniversary on Tuesday evening. Here are some of MY highlights from the past year. - Being and election official - Thanksgiving with my parents and your mom - Passing the Foreign Service Oral Assessment - Getting a new job at Halfaker and Associates - Getting a new bike!...
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Server Switch!

September 26, 2009
By melissa

I’m switching servers today kids, so things may get a little weird… EDIT: DNS switch looks like it went well, everything is pretty much working. Now I just have to mess with the gallery themes… EDIT: Since there was a lag between when I uploaded the database to the new host, I lost two...
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Surprise Trip to New York

June 29, 2009
By melissa

For Chad’s 30th birthday, I surprised him with a trip to New York City for the weekend.  We left Thursday morning, and he had no idea where we were headed.  At first he thought we would be flying out of National, then when we got into the car and headed north, he thought we...
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