enJOY it

an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

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  • Today, Mom & Dad celebrate 27 years of marriage. And today, I say thank you to them for being such a great example of Good Love. Of a working partnership. Of a parenting team. Of a couple that enjoys talking to each other. And being each other’s best friend. Thank you, M&D. You are fantastic.

  • I think it was last night, or maybe this morning, that I planned this blog entry. I was going to talk about how I love Thursday nights. About how on Thursdays, I walk out of work with a spring in my step because LIFE IS GOOD and IT IS MY WEEKEND. But today, I walked…

  • I have never really lived in a city that generated a lot of tourist action. I mean there was St. Paul, Minnesota in the pre-MOA days. A.K.A. the frozen tundra. A.K.A. the place where the jacket is actually required for survival. And then there was Santa Rosa, which, to be honest, should be the most…

  • yellow flowers all over…erica shires photography…spring shoes…cupcake week on Martha Stewart…saying I am going to go to the gym and then actually going to the gym…film cameras…Paul.

  • I am in love with flickr favorites. I love to collect colors. I love how they fit together. I love seeing what attracts me on different days. My biggest problem with the whole she-bang is that I cannot carry them around in my pocket. I cannot print them out and play with them. They only…

  • …I am not really a fan of landscape photos. But something about the polaroid camera makes them my favorite in the world.

  • A day off. A DAY OFF! I HAVE ONE! A DAY OFF! I worked for a week. And then I flew away to Vegas and Sactown. And then I got home, opened my suitcase, dumped my clothes on the floor and went to work for eight days straight. And then TODAY I have my first…

  • Over the weekend was my one month anniversary of being 23. Here is where I stand on my To Do List: Make a mini book about Europe : In process. Do yoga 122 times : Ouch. I am really bad at doing yoga on my own. At the house. Surrounded by distractions. So far I…

  • Easter snuck up on me this year. So much so that I forgot to take it off from work. So much so that I did not get to go to church. So much so that I felt a little heavy hearted all day long. Which is really a sad thing. Because if there is any…