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Fall bucket list: Wear orange and blue

I think fall is the most wonderful time of the year for so many reasons: ● the smells ● the colors ● the food ● the weather ● FOOTBALL As the first born to a man obsessed with sports, I was destined to love them too. My dad pitched a plastic ball to me as [...]

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Bucket list item achieved: Run a 5k without stopping

I have a love/hate relationship with running. I would prefer to walk all day than to run for an hour, and every time I travel overseas, I actually do walk for hours on end. Give me Zumba, cardio group classes, or weights, and I’m a happy gal. But running? Sigh. I LOVE what it does [...]

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A trip to Carter Mountain Orchard: Apple Harvest Celebration

Ask any Charlottesville or Albemarle County local, and you’ll hear that we’re a community that LOVES to support local business. Ask anyone who knows me personally, and you’ll hear that I LOVE food. A few weeks ago, Gav and I woke up early to visit nearby Carter Mountain Orchard, an apple orchard that’s been part [...]

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I’m Married! Transatlantic love, the fiance visa, and now “I do”

I’m back, and I’m married! It’s been a whirlwind 3.5 weeks to say the least. Gav arrived in the US Friday, October 12 at Washington Dulles International Airport on his K-1 fiance visa. One week later we visited the local Social Security Administrative (SSA) office to file for his Social Security number. He had his [...]

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