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Howdy, I'm Laura. I take pictures of crazy things and I write murder mysteries. This is my story.

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[source] I've always been one to plan for the future. All of my biggest dreams are things that I want later in life, like when I'm in my mid-twenties, graduated from college, living on my own,...

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This post is sponsored by Campus Textbook Rentals but all opinions are totally my own. At the beginning of every semester, there's a collective sigh from college kids everywhere as the price tag of...

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Little Known Shenanigans

shirt: thrifted || jeans: target 1. I'm a speed demon on the road. But I can't stand being in the passenger seat with one. I've got trust issues. 2. I absolutely can not for the life of me stand...

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Storm Warning

I don't really know where to start with this post, and I'm sure by the time I'm done writing it, I'll be bawling my eyes out, much to the discomfort of my co-workers. So, I'll start with what I...

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Firmoo Free Glasses

Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by Firmoo.com with opinions of my own and of Firmoo's. Firmoo June Classic & Chic Models -Free for New Customers So, I don't know about y'all, but I'm a college...

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June Goals

MAY GOALS COMPLETED (strikeouts are completed goals). Do well on all my finals. Continue working out. When I go back home, I'll be up at 5 or 5:30 in the morning to go to the gym. Formally launch...

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So Vicious // A Rant on Name-Calling

photo credit Hey y'all, remember me? Well, I'm back and I've got a bone to pick with people. Not these guys in the picture though. You see, I was on twitter this morning and CNN had a link to an...

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Old Fashioned {Why I'm Waiting For Marriage}

Call me old fashioned but I believe in waiting for the simple things in life. For working for the greater things. I believe that you get what you give and nothing should be handed to you on a...

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Suzanne + I

Call me tacky, but for some reason I name my cameras. My first real, semi-professional camera was a little Nikon Coolpix L110 named Betty. I'm pretty sure they don't make Betty's anymore, but...

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Lately

Lately: I've been working a bunch // I've been sleeping like a baby at night // I've been living in a disaster of a room // I've been itching to design // the writing bug also bit me this week //...

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pearls of sharing

I mentioned last week in my may goals that I had started a Mary Kay business. It was just a line on my goals list, but it's something huge in my life. Back in April, my roommate had her Mary Kay...

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I AM Beautiful

Lately, I've been struggling. The depression is eating away at me, little by little. I think part of it was just being extremely homesick. I'm going home tomorrow, and I hope some good quality time...

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A Pretty Campus

I've got three days left. Three days in Huntsville before I move back home for the summer. Figured I'd share some of the pretty parts of my wonderful campus.

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Words of Wisdom

I don't know if y'all have seen the "Blog Everyday in May" idea that Jenni from Story of my Life is doing, but I think it's great! I haven't linked up yet, and obviously won't be able to every...

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Cover Reveal - Sleeper

After a life saving heart transplant, eighteen-year-old Mishca Richardson is plagued by nightmares and an urgent desire to find her birth parents, which she puts down to post-operation depression....

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Behind the Walls

For the past nine months, I've lived in the strangest city in the world. No where else on the planet will you find the state execution chamber half a mile away from a state university. No where...

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May Goals

Okay, since when is it May? I can't believe it! A week from today, I'll be walking out of my last final, done with my freshman year in college. A week from tomorrow, I'll be loading up my mom's...

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Pretty Awesome

Last night, I wrote a mini essay for a scholarship contest for Seventeen Magazine. The topic of the little "Essay" was to write about why I'm "pretty awesome." Specifically, it wanted to know why...

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Cover Reveal - Adorned

When seventeen-year-old Anya finds out she’s actually an angel being trained to protect humanity, she discovers that becoming an angel has nothing to do with wings and haloes. For Anya, becoming an...

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College Apartment • Purple + Gold Chevron

1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7 This year, my dorm room is black and white with pink. My comforter is called "Passport" from Bed, Bath & Beyond. It's okay. I picked pink because I didn't want...

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Unromantic Romance

Last week, I alluded that I personally think that faces like this are at least part of the reason I am still single. While I'm perfectly fine being single, it's led to one tiny problem as a writer....

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Totally Gnarly

I'm Ashley from The Gnarly Whale - an all vegan, eco-friendly minimal-ingredient bath and body shop. Today Laura was gracious enough to let me share our story about our company and our dream and I...

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Tuesday Tune-Up #2

Weight (Sunday night): 188.4 pounds Lost more weight than I was expecting. Always nice to lose more than I was expecting. It was a tough week, and I only went to the gym three times. And I ate like...

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Tragic

It's been a tragic week, personally and for the nation. Everyone knows about Boston. My hearts go out to them, it really does. I don't know what else I can say. Everyone now knows about West. My...

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Thrifty Girl

I am so excited to be able to guest post for Laura today! We actually went to elementary school together and we even share the same birthday. We always joke with each other about being twins, which...

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Tuesday Tune-Up #1

Weight (as of Monday Night): 192.8 pounds I'm on the move to get my body back. About a month ago, I wrote a post about getting it back. And you know what? For once, I actually listened to what I...

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Single Girl

Sometimes, I'm pretty sure it's the faces I make that make me single. Like that one up there. Where I've got my face scrunched up and I'm throwing a sideways peace sign. Or maybe this one. The...

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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

I found this post at Chasing Texas, which was in turned inspired by this post at Two Thirds Hazel. And I felt like it was a great idea, so I had to jump on. Photo Credit The Good 1. I'm making a...

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Introducing Maple Bluebonnet

Y'all all know about my love of photography. How when I'm attached to my camera, I come alive. It's been a dream for years now to have a photography business, but the timing was never right. I...

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Enjoy Today

College Textbooks

Little Known Shenanigans

Storm Warning

Firmoo Free Glasses

June Goals

So Vicious // A Rant on Name-Calling

Old Fashioned {Why I'm Waiting For Marriage}

Suzanne + I

Lately

pearls of sharing

I AM Beautiful

A Pretty Campus

Words of Wisdom

Cover Reveal - Sleeper

Behind the Walls

May Goals

Pretty Awesome

Cover Reveal - Adorned

College Apartment • Purple + Gold Chevron

Unromantic Romance

Totally Gnarly

Tuesday Tune-Up #2

Tragic

Thrifty Girl

Tuesday Tune-Up #1

Single Girl

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