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25 secrets.

Photo One reason I'm excited to get married is that fiancé is the lamest word to say and type.

I look at all actors on television and movies to see if they are right or left handed.

I do this because I wish I was left handed.

It's possible (though less than 25%) that our child might be left handed.

Paul thinks my genetics logic is off.

Nearly every piece of clothing I've bought from Anthropologie has gotten a hole in it. (the one exception: this dress)

This is why I tend to steer towards the homewares section.

I keep a written calendar (printed out iCal), a digital calendar (iCal) and a digital to do list (TeuxDeux).

But I no longer have a paper planner and it's the best feeling in the world.

I love Excel spreadsheets an inappropriate amount.

I also love assembly lines and monotonous tasks.

Facebook was so much better in college.

I'm so excited to have children.

That's not a secret.

I hope we never have to move out of California again.

That's not a secret either.

It's also nearly impossible.

Paul being in med school made me a hypochondriac.

I love my hand writing.

I can't bring myself to buy a digital SLR and I think it's because I don't want to carry it around with me.

My parents are my best friends.

I'll stop looking at wedding blogs on April 23rd.

At least for a little while.

I spend more time not busy than I spend busy.

I would really like to change that. 

(Inspired by Cathy)

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37 responses to “25 secrets.”

  1. jenn Avatar
    jenn

    I’ve been wanting a digital SLR too, and I keep telling myself that I’m not getting it because it’s too expensive, but I think really it’s because I don’t want to carry the thing around either!!

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  2. Lee Currie Avatar
    Lee Currie

    Love your list. Funny comments re: left hand wishes. I am the same, and wished for my four kids – even provided them with a left-handed father! No luck. Wish yours is better 🙂 Have a wonderful week!

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  3. Bluebelle Avatar
    Bluebelle

    I like the list. I have a DSLR and love it – but I partly chose the model I have (Canon D1000) because it was the lightest one on the market at the time. I don’t really notice it in my bag, so for me it’s totally worth it!

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  4. summer Avatar
    summer

    elise, what a fun girl you are. thanks for amusing me with your secrets this morning! (i can completely agree on the facebook thing.)
    ps. you look super cute in scarves.

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  5. leah eggers Avatar
    leah eggers

    fiance IS such a super lame word. I hate saying it.
    you should look at the canon s90 — it’s a point and shoot, but it has a lot of manual settings. it’s probably the closest you’ll get to a DSLR in a tiny package! I’ve had one for a few months now and I absolutely love it.

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  6. Elise Blaha Avatar
    Elise Blaha

    thanks for the camera tip!

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  7. Sara M. Avatar
    Sara M.

    Hey Elise.
    I have wanted to be left handed my whole life. I thought I was the only one who had this weird idea. My husband is a lefty and I hope that our kids are.
    About cameras, I too resisted getting rid of my film SLR. However, that being said, I love my digital SLR, and by love, I mean LOVE. I have a Nikon D60 and I love it. I have had fantastic luck with every Nikon I have ever shot. I do wedding photography and portraits, so I use it quite a bit. Come on over to the dark side. You will like it.
    Sara

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  8. amy tangerine Avatar
    amy tangerine

    what a fabulous list!!

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  9. sandra Avatar
    sandra

    Great list.
    I’ve always wanted to be left handed, too. I’ve heard a lot of people probably were but we were taught/told to use our right hand.
    I don’t know about the word fiance, right now I’d totally take girlfriend. Eh.
    I just bought a DSLR and now I’m looking for a camera bag because I want to carry it around but I have so much other stuff already I want it to be a purse, too.

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  10. Holly Avatar
    Holly

    Haha always check to see if people are left handed too! But, I am left handed.. haha. It’s not all it’s cracked up to be though! It’s so hard to write in binders and I get ink smeared all along my hand… plus I am terrible at using scissors! Haha.

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  11. Nicole Avatar
    Nicole

    You are so funny! Your list was very amusing.

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  12. Sam Avatar
    Sam

    I, too, have been dreaming of the possibilities that an SLR would bring… but then I remember that the majority of my pictures happen because my camera is perfectly pocket-sized and always ready when I just NEED to take a great picture.

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  13. Kimberly Avatar
    Kimberly

    I love being left handed — and my momma is too! So we two are a team against my dad and brother. . . : )
    cute list.

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  14. christina Avatar
    christina

    Fiancé = lame. I agree.
    DSLR — want. But, agree. Too big/bulky, therefore unlikely to cart around with me. My point-and-shoot is a total staple in my life, or at least it had been before I stayed home so much. Because it was so small I could whip it out while I was teaching and take pictures as the kids did labs/projects/presentations. Would never have happened with the DSLR.

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  15. Leslie Avatar
    Leslie

    I used to have a paper planner too…thought I couldn’t live without it! But I chucked it a few years ago and feel so much better without it!

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  16. Jessica McDougall Avatar
    Jessica McDougall

    loved reading this.

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  17. Sandy Avatar
    Sandy

    I think I’m so over Facebook right now. We have 3 DSLR’s. Love your list.

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  18. ashley maureen Avatar
    ashley maureen

    totally agree with you about “fiance”. half the time i say husband or boyfriend because it’s easier. but then someone told me you only get to say “fiance” for a little bit of time over your whole life, so you should use it for all it’s worth… which i suppose is a good argument.
    also, i envy your “not busy” time.

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  19. Melissa Kaye Avatar
    Melissa Kaye

    Oh, I love your little list, Elise! 🙂 Now I’m inspired to do my own. Thank you.

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  20. Charlie Avatar
    Charlie

    I love your list… so inspiring! I also love your scarf in the pic! Please tell where you got it?!

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  21. Elise Blaha Avatar
    Elise Blaha

    hi hi! its from gap…last fall i think. its my favorite ever. they have some cute ones now too. 🙂

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  22. Annelise Kliewer Avatar
    Annelise Kliewer

    great list. thank you for saying you are excited for kids…i have been married coming up on 3 years & we are expecting our first baby in june! it stresses me out when people say negative things about having kids b/c it makes me wonder if we are dumb to be excited 🙂 i’m glad that you will be excited 🙂

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  23. Melissa Mann Avatar
    Melissa Mann

    loved this!
    I, too, always check to see who is a lefty & who is a righty 🙂 I’ve always wished I was a lefty..always wished I had inherited that from my dad!

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  24. Carol T. Avatar
    Carol T.

    Super cute! Thanks for sharing! It’s funny because I agree with some many! I love the Excel spreadsheet one! Too funny!!

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  25. jen Avatar
    jen

    I just found your blog, and I have to say… I love your list!
    I no longer have a paper planner either, and it IS the best feeling in the world!

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  26. Deirdre Avatar
    Deirdre

    Just stumbled here from someone’s tumbler and love your wedding dress and the color orange (I got married in 1994 so it was “peach” back then…)
    Compelled to comment because:
    1. no one in mine or my husband’s family is a leftie, but TWO of 3 sons are.
    2. Buying the DSLR was best thing I ever bought. Worth lugging. Do it now!
    3. Enjoy the little time left with the lame word fiance. I remember teasing my husband on his over-using the word when we were engaged, and he said it’s a word you only use for a short period once in your life and he wanted to get full use out of it:-)

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  27. Deirdre Avatar
    Deirdre

    and, you can get a Canon Digi Rebel XT (not their newest and greatest) for under $500.

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  28. shannon Avatar
    shannon

    EVERY Anthropologie shirt I’ve ever gotten has a hole in it, too! At least they only charge $150 each.

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  29. Gina Avatar
    Gina

    I wish I could figure out Excel! It is impeding my job search and drives me crazy besides because I know it would make so many tasks that much easier. I suppose it is time to take a class. You seem as “Type A” (for lack of a better way to put it) as me, so I imagine once I learn it I will be in love with it as you are. 🙂
    (Love, love, love your blog!)

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  30. Amy Avatar
    Amy

    Funny what you said about facebook since it wasn’t around when I was in college (graduated in 1996). Makes me feel old! Hard to believe how quickly things change.

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  31. Kristie Avatar
    Kristie

    3 out of my 5 kids are left handed my 3 youngest girls… my husband thinks I “trained” them to be this way… NOT — but I think it’s cool. We could be a case study of some sort I believe. I mean REALLY the odds are pretty big to have ONE let along 3!!! 🙂 Anyways, just a tidbit…

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  32. marta Avatar
    marta

    p.s. i so do that too about the left handed thing. and guess what?! we are both right handed but we think our almost 2 year old is TOTALLY left handed. we give him a spoon in his right hand and he always switches. it’s happy crazy. hopefully i’ll know how to raise a leftie right. if you know what i mean.

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  33. elise blaha Avatar
    elise blaha

    thats so awesome!

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  34. Marcia (123 blog) Avatar
    Marcia (123 blog)

    Did you change your mind about the camera yet?
    love your 25 things 🙂

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  35. elise blaha Avatar
    elise blaha

    I did! In October I bought a DSLR.

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  36. Laura Avatar
    Laura

    And do you mind carrying it around? Because that is my major holdback on buying one (well, that and $$s).

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  37. elise blaha Avatar
    elise blaha

    I dont have it with me at all times like my point and shoot, but it is totally worth it for the photos when I do have it.

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