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an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

Beforetrip

Today is the beginning of my big vacation. I'll be in Chicago visiting Melanie, a friend from college, for a few days then we're both flying to New York to meet up with four of our other college girlfriends. After a busy weekend, I'll be heading up to Winnipeg to finally meet Kal and her adorable family in real life. Yep, after this, I get to say I crashed with a friend I met online. (And I expect she'll be more awesome than I thought.)

I don't have any blog posts scheduled. And I'm kind of excited about it because that means I'll be inspired to post travel photos and random good stuff over the next week and a half. Keep an eye out for posts at random times every day. I'll keep an eye out for adventures.

And to my sweet friends that were totally down for my "Paul's deployed, please clear your schedule for a vacation" email, I LOVE YOU & I'll see you soon! And to Paul, who now reads this blog, I LOVE YOU, MAN & please home soon.

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p.s. For those of you that were having trouble with all CAPS showing up in the blog posts, I think I have that straightened out. If you are using Internet Explorer and the text still looks strange, try upgrading to the newest version the newest version (IE9) and that should fix it. If you can't do that, I recommend downloading Firefox, which is a great web browser. I am so sorry for the confusion yesterday – readability is the most important thing for a blog and I would never go all caps on purpose. Thanks for your patience!

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30 responses to “ready? set?”

  1. alissa Avatar

    sounds like a great trip!
    and, the blog looks completely fine on google chrome, too. 🙂
    love google chrome!

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  2. Taylor Groneck Avatar

    Sounds like so much fun, Elise! Have a great time on your vacation!
    Oh, and I love your professional photos. Will you be posting more of them on the blog?

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  3. JillT Avatar
    JillT

    What a blast! Have a fabulous time with your girls!

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  4. Amanda Avatar

    Your new blog style looks great Elise! Enjoy your travels and time with friends. Can’t wait to see all the randomness 🙂 so lucky you get to crash with Kal and the girls. Awesome!!

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  5. Ashlee Avatar

    Have a ton of fun and please do take lots of pictures to share! I’m excited to see! ❤

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  6. Brianna Avatar

    Have fun on your adventure! Can’t wait to see photos.

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  7. elise blaha Avatar

    Thank you! And yes!

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  8. Carly Avatar

    So excited you are coming to Winnipeg! It’s a wonderful city, I hope you have a FAB time visiting with Kal here 🙂
    Happy vacationing!

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  9. Nikki Avatar

    I know deployments are hard, but they are also the fuel for some great adventures. Enjoy!

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  10. Laney in Montreal Avatar
    Laney in Montreal

    I’m a IE 8 user. Can’t really upgrade or download another browser because I’m at work. But yes, it’s not all caps anymore, yay! It still does look strange though, like the letters are all spaced (with double spaces between the words)
    I checked last night from home, where I use Firefox, and everything looked perfect.
    Have a great day! And a great vacay too! Welcome to Canada!

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  11. elise blaha Avatar

    Such a bummer still hope typepad can help me out. Glad it is a little better and working at home!

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  12. eeny Avatar

    Have an awesome vacation, Elise.
    Can’t wait to see some vacation pics. =)

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  13. tina Avatar
    tina

    hey! shoot me an email if you want to check out a free dailey method class while you’re in chicago! i teach at the studio in the city as well as in the suburbs where mel is from!
    xoxo

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  14. Sandi Keene Avatar

    Have a wonderful vacation. Oh what I would give to sit in a coffee shop with you and Kal!!
    And please let Paul know that we are all praying for his safe return and that we “blog-love” him too!

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  15. Jennifer Avatar

    oh my goodness! My two fav bloggers in one place, together! I’m so jealous of you both. Have a wonderful time. Can’t wait to see the pics!

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  16. barrentree Avatar

    have tons of fun and enjoy every moment!!! (ps-your new blog design is AWESOME….great job!)

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  17. Sandy Avatar

    I love the new blog and hope you have a great time on your vacation.

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  18. Linda Avatar

    I hope you have a blast! take some nature photos for me, I am totally missing nature in the concrete jungle, here. (be sure to check the weather in NYC.. supposed to be stormy in the coming days – not sure when you’l be here – did you hear about the earthquake in NYC? crazy. glad you weren’t here for it)
    HAPPY TRAVELS!

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  19. ali Avatar

    love the new look blog Elise! 🙂 Happy travels! And I love your blog even moreso that you haven’t scheduled blog posts for while you’re away (or even worse sponsored posts/guest posts). Isn’t that the whole reason we take holidays – to have a break?! 🙂

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  20. desiree Avatar

    oh goodness! Have fun on your vacation! Hope you have a great adventure 🙂

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  21. desiree Avatar

    also, everything is working fine in google chrome – if people want to use that too. 🙂

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  22. tara pakosta Avatar

    have a fabulous time!!!
    I hope you get lots of pix and can’t wait to see all your travel inspired posts!
    chicago ROCKS!
    tara

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  23. sherried Avatar
    sherried

    have a great trip. NYC is the best city.

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  24. Lisa Avatar

    Have fun on your adventure! 😀

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  25. Alexandra Avatar

    Have fun Elise! I’m excited to “hear” about the trip and anxious to see how you document it!!
    The new blog looks AWESOME as well!!! I love the hand-drawn look! I’m having fun clicking around and discovering new things!

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  26. Laura Avatar

    Try the Tall Grass Bakery while you’re in Winnipeg!

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  27. lindsey Avatar

    The blog looks fantastic. My favorite part is the projects photo that flips into an explaination. Way cool! That’s why you’re the bloggin’ guru =D

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  28. Amanda Avatar

    Have so much fun! Looking forward to your posts from away!

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  29. Julia Avatar

    blog looks great and text is back to “normal” 🙂 have a blast visiting your friends and traveling mercies to you!

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  30. Morgan Avatar
    Morgan

    This is my return to the internet after 7 weeks at the cottage and WOW! Things look great all revamped. I hope you L-O-V-E our kick ass city of Winnipeg because it truly does ROCK! Have fun livin’ it up in Peg-city, Holla!

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