Sunday, December 28, 2008

cleaned up house

Everyday moments are not perfect.

(One of these days I am going to post a slide show of the usual mess our house is in).

But to preserve the pristine image...well, of me, I share a post holiday party cleaned up house!

I will let these photos serve as inspiration every time we let the mess pile up!




Or you can check out the Flickr set of photos.

You can also check out the house a year ago all decorated for the holidays as well!

Saturday, December 20, 2008

after, words

As I sit alone, enjoying the last of the fire, I am full. Full of happiness and friendship.

We had our 3rd annual holiday party and it was so so so much fun.

It didn't matter that I ironed our bedspread this afternoon or that Jake and I were on our hands and knees scrubbing our floors a few hours before everyone arrived. It didn't even matter because the coats were on the bed the whole night.

It didn't even matter!



Soullyahn even noticed my "secret treasures" on the tree, he noticed the one thing I didn't announce but is probably the most special to me.

Tonight was pretty Amazing.

Oh and Judy was a hit! She really is a good good dog. I love her. As the last person walked out our front door she took her spot on the corner of the rug and closed her eyes and hasn't stirred since. She is probably going to sleep til' 10!

Friends, family - thank you. Thank you for everything. You know who you are.


Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Friday, December 05, 2008

tricking people on craigslist

Yesterday, I sold two lamps to a woman named Bonnie. She read my Craigslist ad and just loved them! I try to take really good photos of my "products" -- to trick people into thinking they are cooler than they actually are...even though these lamps were very cool.

Isn't that a cute photo? This photo contains the lamp that I sold.

There are some awful photos on Craigslist. People, if you are trying to sell something --- REMOVE your CRAP from the something before you take the photo!!!!!

Anyway, I replaced these two lamps with three lamps from IKEA. We set them up last night and they look amazing. I am very happy with my updates. Here is my updated desk lamp.

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

I just went to Walmart.

With sweatpants on.

Monday, December 01, 2008

our tree

Christmas Tree

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

yup, that about sums it up

I started my day off crying. I finally took down the Halloween decorations in the porch. I got a new computer. I took Judy to the Vet, she has an infected insect bite on her shoulder and will be just fine. She loves the Vet, especially Bob, the Vet tech. We walked by this house that has two dogs that go crazy every time we walk by their yard. Judy just wants to run. All the time. Sometimes walking her is frustrating. But most of the time I love her. I made lunch. Pasta, winter squash and broccoli. I watched Brad Pitt on Oprah and loved every minute of it. I wrote some wedding thank you's!!!! I raked up some leaves in the yard. I drank some wine. I am blogging. I have to pee. I am going to bed. But not before I go to the bathroom.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

whoa! look at that closet!



Click on photo Mom!

Sunday, November 16, 2008

sometimes you have it all figured it out

I don't know if you know this, but, I am on a journey --- emotionally and everything else in between. And for some reason, right now, right here, I have time.

Time to?
Figure it all out.
Not saying that I will.
Figure it all out.
Just saying, that I have time.

You know that feeling of anticipation right before you take some days off? The feeling that you are going to accomplish everything you have been putting off. Been putting off for days, weeks, months...maybe even years.

So that feeling.
Do you have it?
Can you feel it?
Well, that is what I feel ALL THE TIME.

In this historic time of economic crisis and HOPE I don't have a job. I am unemployed on my own accord.

I walked away from my job jaded but oh so blissfully happy. I know that for most people my circumstances, of not going to work everyday, is strange, but you know what? I don't regret a thing.

Because I know that deep down every time I stood up slightly for what I believe lead me to the time that made me stand even taller to be able to walk away.

From a pay check.
From health insurance.
From a 401K.

Don't worry I still have a TIA-CREF account with my name on it.

Okay, so that feeling that I can do all the things I have wanted to do because I have time? Yeah, well, it is not as easy as it sounds.

It is hard. To not have, well, anything really to do.

I have days where my biggest accomplishment is going to get milk.

No judgement.

Don't get me wrong. I know that going to get milk is NOT THAT HARD. I know that, of course I know that!

I'm on an emotional journey, remember?

Okay, so this weekend I started to get that feeling that anything is possible. That I CAN accomplish anything. You can't force the feeling. It just happens. And this time I can pin point the exact moment of when it happened.

Jake and I decide that we were going to clean the house. Deep clean the house. I sent Jake to Target to get baking soda and vinegar because we were out. You know, those are two essential ingredients used to environmentally clean your house. Anyway, he came back with both, but also a few other things (which always happens). Jake had bought a bottle of J. R. Watkins Tub and Tile Cleanser, a natural home cleaning product. A stranger recommended it when he was in aisle 8 in Target looking for baking soda and vinegar. OMG. This stuff was amazing! We spent Saturday night scrubbing our bathroom tiles and in the moments of scrubbing, washing and cleaning I knew that anything is possible. Joy is everywhere.

Today we even bought a new toilet seat. To be honest I stood on the old one...and broke it. I had to dust the bathroom light fixture and the only way to reach it was to stand on the toilet seat....anyway, I can't tell you how amazing it feels to really have a clean house (as well as a new toilet seat). To know that you scrubbed the grout in the shower, organized the silverware drawer and dusted the tops of the door frames...well, it just doesn't get any better!

To me it feels like freedom.

I don't know what is next for me. I DO know that for the first time ever, I have TIME. Time to just be. And to accomplish everything I ever wanted.

No pressure though, right?

Saturday, November 15, 2008

If anyone reads my blog anymore I just wanted to let you know that I am still here. 

And am currently working on ----

1. Writing wedding thank you's!
2. Cleaning up the house!
3. Prepping the yard for winter!
4. Procrastinating all three of those things!

Miss you all.


Tuesday, November 04, 2008

barkin' for obama

I don't know if you know this, but, the horn on my car hasn't worked in years. Also, the passenger side door doesn't open from the inside and the power lock in the door behind the driver has NEVER worked.

Anyway.

Judy and I were driving down West 7th coming back from an overnight in Kato where Judy slept her first night without her kennel. And it did NOT go well. She woke me up every hour on the hour ---- you know, just to make sure I was still there.

Anyway.

Judy had been sleeping the entire ride and I had been listening to MPR all morning. Who knows - Judy might have caught a few stories. MPR is a very good radio program. Lots of people listen in.

Anyway.

We were pulling up to the stoplight so I rolled down the windows. One, because it was a gorgeous day and two, because I saw some very excited young people holding Obama and Franken signs --- people were honking in support all around us.

I thought to myself. These are the times I wished my horn worked.

But have no fear Judy was near!!!

She stuck her head out the back window and barked her little head off!

I took her cue, as the light turned green and we started to drive away, I pumped my fist out the window!

What an exciting day!

Monday, November 03, 2008

Sunday, November 02, 2008

halloween housewife

Halloween housewife
I even had chocolate chip cookies in that purse!

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

obama for president

wedding photos!

Our wedding photographer Jenn Henn is coming tomorrow morning to drop off our wedding album! I am so excited! Our online images are only up for the next month - so check them out!

Monday, October 27, 2008

judy in backyard

A few weeks ago fall was in full force in our backyard and I started uploading photos to my flickr account again.

Friday, October 24, 2008

29th birthday

Yesterday was my 29th birthday and it was a fabulous day! Started off at the Tea Garden for a Taro Chai Latte with Jake and Judy (no Chai Latte for Judy though) then we headed to Minnehaha Falls off-lease dog park and it so much fun! Judy chased a dog named Annie for 10 minutes! Paige picked me up for lunch at the Red Stag and Amanda surprised me by meeting us there! At my house later we all enjoyed the carrot cake Jake and I made the night before. We found a delicious receipe from Food to Live By, The Earthbound Farm Organic Cookbook. Then Jake and I went to the movie The Duchess. It was an exhausting day that didn't include my normal afternoon nap but that is fine by me! It just means more naps today! Peter's birthday is today so we are heading to the Chatterbox tonight for dinner to celebrate with family.


p.s. Did I mention that I went to a New Kids on the Block concert on Tuesday night?! Oh yeah!!! It was A.MAZ.ING!


please don't go girrrrl from Anne Ingman on Vimeo.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

pumpkins picked

 Last Friday, as I sat on my back steps enjoying some caramel (and apples), I chatted with Gracie and Liam about what I was doing and what I was going to be doing.

Then I asked, "Do you want to help Jake and me pick out pumpkins like we did last year?"

"Let me ask my mom," as the door slammed shut behind her.

"Do I get to walk Judy?"  Of course you do!

Within minutes Jake, me, Gracie with Judy's leash wrapped around her wrist twice and Liam puttering behind, we were on our way over the three blocks to the house that has pumpkins for sale in their front yard.

With the pumpkins picked we headed home --- always an adventure and hopefully a new tradition!

Monday, October 13, 2008

judy herding

On Sunday we spent the day at Kinnic Creek farm watching bordie collies herd sheep and goats - it was amazing to watch! Jake and I have never seen this many border collies in one place and they were incredibily friendly and determined.

To herd.
To herd the sheep.

Judy was there for her first lesson to see if she had the herding instinct.

Here is the video of us in the pen with three sheep. Her barking did not stop after she got started --- she was a little anxious of these big white animals (definitely bigger than any squirrel she has seen!) and didn't quite know if she was suppose to chase them or what!

p.s. Beware of the sheep jumping into the fence - it looks horrible but the sheep was fine.


judy herding from Anne Ingman on Vimeo.


judy herding 2 from Anne Ingman on Vimeo.

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

right now

With my new found freedom and housewifery I have been experimenting with how to spend my time --- cooking and baking (and sometimes not cleaning up); having bonfires in the backyard and eating smores; going to the dog park so Judy can have that sense of freedom and exploration that she so craves; oh and (sometimes) drinking margaritas and falling asleep in the living room listening to MSNBC. It has been wonderfully relaxing and weird at the same time.

But last night Jake and I ventured out of our house and drove to the Orpheum Theater in downtown Minneapolis for an exciting night out on the town. We had tickets to see Kathy Griffin LIVE (she is my definitely my favorite comedian and did not disappoint).

It was a great night out on the town but as soon as I got home to our warm little house and flipped on MSNBC, got a glass of milk and some Oreos, and fell asleep in the living room...I realized that life doesn't get much better than right now.

Thursday, October 02, 2008

pizza on the farm



Pizza on the farm Tuesday night was amazing! Out under the stars eating, drinking, and talking -- what more can you ask for?!

Monday, September 29, 2008

a little mouse

What are the chances?  
I was in the backyard playing with Judy when she suddenly stopped running back to me.  As I walked closer I could see Judy gently nudging the ground.  As I moved her away, I saw it -- laying on its side.  I thought it was dead but then I saw the gentle rise and fall of its chest.  With adrenaline and speed, and Judy chasing me, we ran inside to tell Jake.  
Jake!  Jake!  Jake!  
Outside again Jake and I leaned over the fence and watched its little chest rise up and down.
It's still alive.  What do we do?
Oh no, what is it doing?  Why are its legs stretching like that?  Is it dying?
Within a few seconds there was nothing.  No rise and fall of its chest.  No breath.  No beat.
It had died and we were there.
What happened?  Was it Judy's intense fetching speed?  Was it somehow stunned or injured? Or did it just find this spot in our yard to be its last?
It made me very sad to think about why this happened.  What are the chances that we were there the moment it died.  
I have never watched anyone or anything die.
I know it is just a little mouse but aren't we all connected?  
Aren't we all worried about who the next President is going to be?  
Aren't we all worried about the economy?
Aren't we all worried about the environment?
Well, maybe not the mouse...but aren't you?
Vote Obama.
I am.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

two weeks

It is important to note that I have been officially unemployed for two weeks. Let me take this opportunity to share all the EXCITING things I have done ---



Hmmmm, let's see. Well, yeah, ummmmmm.

I have done NOTHING over the top exciting!

And it is still worth every nap mid-morning and maybe an extra one in the afternoon, hot topic on The View, Project Runway re-run, extra game of fetch with Judy, and random hug from Jake.

Now that is exciting!!!

Friday, September 12, 2008

rocky

Now that I am currently unemployed and have some free time on my hands I watched Rocky I, Rocky II, and Rocky III today.   

Monday, September 08, 2008

white wedding

For as long as I can remember I have been looking through these little white wedding albums, of my parents and of my aunts and uncles, every time I visited my grandparents -- I have probably looked through those old albums a thousand times.  

Tonight was no different.  As we were talking I asked my grandma how old she was when she got married.

Twenty, she says.  I say, Wow, you were so young!  We were considered old, she says, grandpa was twenty-two.  That's what you did back then, she says. You got married, bought a house, and had kids.  So did you work? I ask.  She says, I got married in June and quit my job in September. 

Hmmm, I just got married in June and quit my job in September, I say.

Oh shit, am I a housewife?

Thursday, September 04, 2008

the box

I walk by the box everyday, sometimes even a half a dozen times, and every time I walk by the box I think the same thing --- Damn, that box is still there!

Damn straight it is!

The box. Out in the open for all to see. And there it remains. Everyday. Sometimes even half a dozen times. The box doesn't move. It really doesn't. The box is in its place. Why would it need to be anywhere else? It is there to remind us. Of something so important. So important that I don't know if you will get. Do you get it? The box isn't moving. Because it has nowhere to go.

I choose to go somewhere.
I choose to move forward.
I choose my choice!



Oh yeah and ALSO.

I have a blog.

And it is NOT password protected.

Because that is not the point.

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

and here is our first dance!


first dance from Anne Ingman on Vimeo.

pure joy

Does anyone remember two months and five days ago?

It was the most perfect June afternoon with just the right amount of a breeze. The clouds parted around our little flower farm and the sun shone bright. The peonies were in bloom and the grass was green. Everyone watched as my Dad and I fidgeting with my veil in the background. Ben hollered hooray when we kissed at the end. We all cried in happiness as we greeted you all. The place cards tied in the breeze and the flowers arranged in bottles and jars. The grandparents and parents wedding photos arranged so all could see. My Dads speech that made everyone laugh and our brothers toasts to us that made us so proud. Jake looking handsome in his perfectly tailored suit and I in the wedding dress I never knew I would wear. All our family and friends looked on as we danced our first dance. The bonfire and smores at the end as sparklers dazzled in the night...and when I walked back into the tent to say my goodbyes I set my camera down and took one final spin of pure joy.


Our wedding photos! Username - ingman; Password - 17802

Thursday, August 28, 2008

amazing

I feel ALIVE.
I feel AWAKE.
I feel POSSIBILITY.

And it feels amazing.

Simply amazing.

Monday, August 25, 2008

corn dogs

After a ten plus year absence I made it to the Minnesota State Fair!

Jake and I decided last minute to bike to the State Fair on Saturday afternoon - it was absolutely gorgeous out and we were craving some corn dogs and cheese curds.

We arrived at 3:15 and left at 7:15 and in those four hours we consumed; 2 corn dogs, 1 bowl of apples, caramel, and vanilla ice cream, 2 pecan candy turtles, 1 almond dipped pretzel, 1 serving of cheese curds, 1 cotton candy on a stick, 2 pronto pups, and 1 glass of fresh squeezed lemonade.

We also saw everything single animal at the fair. Well, maybe not, but it felt like it. The afternoon was fantastic - exhausting but so worth it!













I think we will need to go one more time to make sure we satisfy all our corn dog and cheese curd cravings.

Sunday, August 24, 2008

packing peanuts

Last week I made the final push in the "clean-up/organize" the last of the wedding aftermath....flattening boxes, folding tissue paper, stuffing ribbons in bins, etc.

Jake would tell you he thought I was crazy at the time when I packed up three big boxes of biodegradable packing peanuts. I was going to put them on Craigslist.

You never know, right?

So yesterday I post my ad for these 3 boxes of biodegradable packing peanuts and within 5 minutes I get a call from Mark and he wants them all!

What are the chances? I save the peanuts, I post the ad, someone is looking for them on Craigslist and there they are?! Hilarious.


Who's crazy now Jake?

Thursday, August 21, 2008

guess what?

Yesterday I resigned from my job!!!

I AM SO HAPPY.

More details later.

Monday, August 18, 2008

total success

The Yard Sale was a total success. We got rid of EVERYTHING. Seriously.

Over 150 people total --- 100 people alone on Saturday. I posted on Craigslist on Sunday that all would be FREE at noon and there were people waiting at 11:55 in front of our house.

Best part, by far, were the people...hard core 'garage salers' - smokin' cigarettes in my front yard and scootering in 30 minutes early to "beat the rush".

All in all the weekend was so much fun! Peter, Cassie, Jake and I just hung out in the front yard enjoying the beautiful weather, testing our basic math skills, making a little money and people watching - it was great.

Friday, August 15, 2008

yard sale!

Yard Sale!!!

Cassie and I are having our first Garage Sale (that is actually in my front yard so we are calling it a Yard Sale!).

Jake and I walked all around the neighborhood this morning and put up signs --- I hope people come.

If you want to stop by --- we will be our front from 9-2 on Saturday and 9-12 on Sunday.

Monday, August 11, 2008

I love love love these photos!

Friday, August 08, 2008

8.8.08

I am watching the opening ceremonies of the Olympics from China...and I am speechless.

But there is no way I could let 8.8.08 at 8:08 pm pass without a few words out to the world.

Monday, August 04, 2008

esther rose

We met her last night and she couldn't be more perfect.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

before and after

Monday Jake and I celebrated our one month wedding anniversary! I cannot believe how four weeks feels like forever and also just yesterday.

For months we planned and prepared and cleaned and de-cluttered. It felt great. The house looked good. I felt ready. Ready for the wedding gifts!

Before.....

After.....

Oh my goodness it was overwhelming!

Monday, July 28, 2008

summer heat

I want to be back.
Back to normal.
Back to not exhausted.
From the wedding.
From life.
From life after the wedding.

Tonight I feel like I am almost back.
I just biked around my block on my vintage bike I bought last year after my sleek road bike was stolen from my then 'new' garage. I am going to post a photo of this vintage bike of mine because I think it deserves a photo.

Anyway, on my way through the alley I run into Tom. Tom, the neighbor who hoards. Hoards everything and I mean everything - on his porch, in his backyard, in his garage, and in his car. Tom is hilarious. He is the neighborhood 'fixer upper man' who has saw horses and ladders and paint brushes and actually lets you borrow them. He is great. Tom still has a toy plastic rocking horse on his back porch and his youngest kid is 23 years old and getting married in three weeks.

Tom and I chatted about weddings and the cost of weddings and his ex-wife and his son who is getting married in Two Harbors in three weeks and how on their 'Save the Date' said Tom and his girlfriends name BUT on the invite it said Tom and "GUEST" -- whoa!

I just rode my bike as fast as I could around and around and around and around my block and it was fantastic. The wind in my hair and the summer heat on my face.

I am back!

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

my veil

Three weeks before the wedding and after a moment of total panic I decided I HAD TO HAVE A VEIL....up until that point I thought I did not. Oh was I so wrong. Of course I needed a veil. Hello! So I called l'atelier Couture, the shop I had gotten my dress, and they assured me that there was enough time for them to make me the veil I wanted. It was ready the week of the wedding and it was lovely and dramatic and so much fun!



Monday, July 14, 2008



Monday, June 30, 2008

Saturday, June 28, 2008

today

Today is the day! It is finally here --- it feels awesome! We are so excited!

Yesterday afternoon we had a rehearsal out at the farm with family and friends and it was beautiful.

Then we ate at the Dock Cafe in Stillwater and it was so wonderful I couldn't believe it. As I sat at our table and looked around to our family and friends I just tried to take it all in - everyone was enjoying the food and drinks and conversation -- people were laughing and everyone was happy.

Today is going to be just the same.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

3 days

There is only a Thursday and a Friday and then it is THE SATURDAY!!!

Three days until we tie the knot.

It has been busy busy busy leading up to this week --- I had to work all last weekend, Jake had his bachelor party with his friends on Saturday night, we got our marriage license on Monday - which just happens to be the last possible day to get one for our marriage to actually be legal on Saturday - then that night I went out with my girlfriends for my bachelorette party - dinner, cosmos, Sex and the City - it was the best! We drove to the farm on Tuesday to deliver bottles and jars, finalized the wine and beer, I picked up my dress, Jake picked up his suit, we gocco printed all 215 favors, we finished up with all our must play songs, we edited the ceremony draft and picked two readings, we double checked with the ALL the vendors - the tent, chairs, linens, etc, the caterers, the cake, the jimmy jonny's (don't ask!), the audio equipment people, the farm, the photographer, the officiant, the dog kennel, and the harpist. OH MY GOSH.

If you are out there and you happen to be coming to this fabulous party - please have fun! Tell us you are having fun! And then tell us again! Drink, eat and DANCE - please dance! And stay late. Stay until the smores!

We can't wait to see you!

Monday, June 23, 2008

5 days

I found something Jake had made for me five years ago....I can't help but share it:

I still don't know what it is about you Anne.  
Maybe it's those looks that you give me.
The ones where you just turn around and melt me.

Or maybe it's the way you so easily reach out to the world around you, and it always seems to 
reach 
right 
back.

Whatever it is it just grabs me.
I just know that everything is right in the world when I'm with you.

How do you do this to me Anne?
How do you just make me know?

You kiss me and I can feel all the beauty in the world.

Then we kiss each other, and all I feel....

is you.

Happy Valentines Day Anne. I love you.  2.14.03

In five days I get to marry my best friend!  I am so excited!!!


Thursday, June 19, 2008

bachelorettehood

I am currently in bachelorettehood.
So what do I do with all that time?

I have been cleaning, organizing, and preparing the house for....marriage, I guess?
I have been telling people that I am nesting.

There is no stopping me --- house, garage, basement, closets, kitchen, and yard projects have consumed the last month of weekends.

It has been exhilarating!

So now we have two new side fences, a fenced vegetable garden, shelves and tool organizers in the garage, potted plants in the front, basement shelves, organized containers stuffed and labeled (yes, we bought a label maker!!!), organized linen and bedroom closets, and a office paper filing system firmly in place.

I have done this all while planning the wedding ----- and played fetch with Judy everyday!

I am exhausted and ready for vacation. I mean, the wedding...I mean, the marriage.

After this weekend (which i will be working) I have THREE weeks off. I can't remember the last time I had three weeks of vacation. I am so so so very excited.

I might have forgotten to mention that Jake has helped with all these projects...I couldn't have done them all myself!

Also, Jake planned our honeymoon -- and we are going to Martha's Vineyard!!!!! I don't know any other details, other than the destination, so everything else will be a surprise!

Thursday, June 12, 2008

glow in the dark

I will forever be able to say I went to Kanye West's Glow in the Dark tour!!!

It was unbelievably over-the-top amazing!

p.s. I loved Rihanna and couldn't stop looking at the big screen - she is hot!

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

update

Seven to three - in favor of assigned seating. Very interesting.

Thanks everyone - seriously, some very valid points both ways.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

do you want to know where your seat is? or not?


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Sunday, June 08, 2008

Successfully sold all four items on Craigslist!  Yippi!

Friday, June 06, 2008

lovely

Wow - is that a blue sky I see outside?
Puffy white clouds?
Green leaves swaying in the wind?

Lovely, just lovely!

Thursday, June 05, 2008

sark

For years I have read SARK's book.

I also receive monthly eletters from her and she has always inspired me - I took a trip by myself to San Francisco because of her and I can go to dinner at a fancy restaurant by myself because of her.

Jake recently bought me Make Your Creative Dreams Come Real and it is glorious.

In her eletter today she sent this recording and she is just so honest and real and I like her.

Listen here.

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

craigslist and etc.

Currently I have four items up for sale on Craigslist. Four people have contacted me about two of the items and it might come down to who comes and picks it up first! I love it!

Jake and I have been working really hard on de-cluttering the basement, garage and house - we are nesting before our upcoming marriage!

Also, on a completely random note I am getting a practice wedding hair up-do this morning and will come back to work lookin' fancy and fine!

Just another typical day.

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

camrose hill flower farm

Updated post 2/2/2010:

If you just found this post through a google search for Camrose Hill Flower Farm -- Hi! My name is Anne and my husband Jake and I got married at Camrose in 2008 and it was amazing! When we decided to book Camrose we hadn't even visited yet -- I happened to stumble upon a website that featured a Camrose wedding and I was completely convinced. It was exactly what I had always imagined -- beautiful, unique and just lovely. If it helps to check out my wedding photos -- feel free to go to my Flickr collection.

Also, I am a wedding photographer and would love to talk to you more about all your wedding planning and ideas! Because of my personal experience at Camrose, you can trust me to capture all the unique details and magic Camrose Hill has to offer. My philosophy for wedding photography is photojournalistic, candid, classy and always fun! Visit my website Ingman Photography for more information.

Original post:

This is where we are getting married - in less than four weeks!!! OMG







Camrose Hill Flower Farm 1 from Anne Lindberg on Vimeo.


Camrose Hill Flower Farm 2 from Anne Lindberg on Vimeo.


Camrose Hill Flower Farm 3 from Anne Lindberg on Vimeo.

Monday, June 02, 2008

Friday, May 30, 2008

camrose hill

The site of our wedding...
We finally saw it and walked all around and just imagined...
It is beautiful and everything we had hoped...
In less than a month it will all come together!!!

Thursday, May 29, 2008

to change OR not to change?

My name.

My name.

My name.

My name.

I thought I knew what to do, then I changed my mind, then I changed it back, and now I came to this conclusion.

I will remain who I am no matter what name.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

judy and greta




Matt and Jen's dog Greta is visiting today. I went home for lunch to see them and it was hilarious.

Greta found Judy's red Kong bone and starts chewing - really enjoying herself...but oh, she got up for a second. Judy is right there and takes that red Kong bone away. That is MY bone, she says!

They are soon to be best friends if Matt, Jen, Jake and I have anything to do with it!

Monday, May 19, 2008

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

oh did we try

For Jake's birthday on April 28th I got him a colorful kite! Neither of us have ever successfully flown a kite ----- but oh did we try!


Monday, May 12, 2008

RSVP people. You know who you are :)

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Monday, May 05, 2008

eating a lime

On Sunday we drove down to Rochester to visit Allisa, Delip and Thelma. The day was gorgeous, lunch was fabulous, and we had a wonderful visit.

This is Thelma - you might remember her from this, or this.


Friday, May 02, 2008

Did you see?
Did you see the wedding "wedsite"?

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

where oh where


When we started the conversations about how people will RSVP - these were our questions:

Where oh where should we have the RSVP?
Should we have an RSVP card?
Should it be a postcard or should we enclose an envelope?
Should we stamp the envelope?
Should we have an RSVP e-mail?
Should we have an RSVP on the our website?

I was like - I don't know!

I do know that I love receiving cards...but e-mail and a web RSVP are so easy.
(How can Jake be the Groom and not have a website RSVP and a special RSVP e-mail)?

So in true Lindberg Ingman fashion we did all three and stamped the damn envelopes.

p.s. Did you know that we printed every single one of our wedding invitations, direction cards, and RSVP cards...every single one of them! It was so worth it!

So...here is my request to anyone listening --- if you RSVP via e-mail or on the website, Great - please do, have fun! But can you ALSO check that little Happily Accepts or Regretfully Declines circle, and write your name, and lick the envelope with the stamp and address, and stick it in the mailbox!

Do it for ME.
RSVP twice for ME!

anne and jake dot com

Only two months to go until the BIG day!!

It's crunch time people!

Check it out ----- www.anneandjake.com



Not to be confused with www.jakeandanne.com

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

stay afloat

Haven't been posting as often as I would like...life has turned into one huge stress waterfall for me and I am trying to stay afloat.

In all honesty I can't post about some seriously stressful work situations because well you can read between the lines...

No worries though - what I say here is what I would say outloud to anyone...except maybe this, and this, oh and maybe this.

Anyway, that is beside the point. I am stressed and trying to figure things out. Yes, at work - Yes, at home - Yes, with the wedding.

I am also trying to figure out how to post about the wedding planning...because sometimes it gets a little blah blah blah but if you would go inside my head right now pretty much all the blah blah blah is trying desperately to arrange into perfectly prioritized bullet points all of which are VERY IMPORTANT items to be addressed.

I can share that Jake and I had a really great couple days making our wedding invitations - which were officially mailed out today!!! (Hope you made the cut! ha! Just kidding).

I will post some photos and videos of the process in a few days (don't want to spoil the surprise for anyone just yet!).

So here I am just trying to stay afloat.
Ben and Becky are amazing and this story proves it!

Sunday, April 20, 2008

you know what you know

You grow up knowing what you know and it's what you know....but then you realize that you know nothing at all.


I drove out to the suburbs tonight. I was invited to attend a Passover dinner with a friend. It was my first time. To a Passover dinner...not the suburbs.

The air smells so wide open there - I felt like I was on another planet. It is just so sprawling. The house was enormous and extravagant and the first floor was as big as my entire house. What do people do in those big houses?

As I drove home and exited on Snelling - I started to see the people. The homeless man with his sign, the hooded biker riding home, the men just hanging outside the bar on University. This is my home stretch I am only 6 blocks from where I fall asleep. It is compact and dirty and bright and loud....there are times of silence though when the sirens have stopped and the people have gone to sleep.

I missed Judy while I was gone. She was so excited to see me that her head smacked into my mouth and I might have a fat lip. It doesn't matter though. She loves me. Gracie tried to come over and play with Judy right before I left - she rings the doorbell in the front now, she used to just knock at the back - anyway, I tried telling her that I was leaving and that she could come over tomorrow.

She was so disappointed and Liam had no idea what was going on. She kept saying, "but my dad is in the kitchen" and "we just ate dinner and my dad is in the kitchen." She left with her head hung low, she was sad to go.


You grow up knowing what you know and it's what you know....but then you realize that you know nothing at all. Or something like that.

Friday, April 18, 2008

of course you do

I don't know what to do.

There are so many happy things to focus on.
Like, the dress fitting I had last night, the coffee talk I shared with Paige, the backyard play visits from Rosalynn and Violet.
But I just can't seem to figure out what to do.
I haven't posted in awhile because the words don't come.



That is such a cute outfit Anne, she says.
I smile and nod and think - who the hell cares about my outfit? You think my outfit is cute?!????!?! Of course you do.


I am starting to notice that I don't care at all....it is quickly slipping away. The caring I mean. The caring about what I did or didn't do or need to do or have to do.

I know this doesn't make any sense to you. I can't say what I really want to say just yet. Someday, I am optimistic.

All will be okay - I will head home this afternoon and pick up some food or not pick up some food and then get home and play with Judy as much as I can and then fall asleep and wait to dream the dreams you dream about.

What do I do?
I wait.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

let me say

I don't know what to say.
I can't say much.

I am frustrated at work.
There I said it.

Let me say it again - I AM FRUSTRATED AT WORK.

More than anything I am disappointed and angry.
With this place, with these people, with the hypocrisy.

What do I do?
I don't know yet.
But I will not be silent.

Sunday, April 06, 2008

cambridge, ma


A Revolutionary War cemetery that dates back to the 1600's that includes the graves of slaves, soldiers, past Harvard President's and other important men.

Monday, March 31, 2008

snowing again

Jake took this photo of our street the last time it snowed...and from the looks of it outside the street will look the same after today. It's snowing again!

I am ready for spring. I am really ready for spring.
I am ready for green grass, leaves on trees, flowers in bloom.
I am ready for our backyard again.
I am ready to feel the warmth of the sun on my face.
I am ready to say good-bye to winter.

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Friday, March 28, 2008

dirty dirty dog

Spring is -a-l-m-o-s-t- here but in the mean while our backyard is muddy. Judy stays outside most of the day and the ONLY way we let her inside is to give her a bath. She has had more baths in the last few weeks than she has had in her whole life! We have a pretty solid routine worked out by now - however, the first time we tried to get Judy in the tub she ran all over the house full of mud (as you can imagine I was totally freaking out)! So now Jake carries her...she is starting to get used to it.




And just for fun - here is the new game we play with Judy that we like to call "break!" As you can tell she has a hard time containing her excitement - she LOVES LOVES LOVES to run!

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

We got new dining room chairs!!! They look fabulous! Photos to come.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

10 trees for you

Jake and I signed up for GreenDimes last week. We did the $36 plan and have already received the GreenDimes t-shirt, two compact florescent light bulbs, reusable grocery bag, and children's Earth Day book in the mail - totally worth a onetime $36. Oh yeah AND they planted 10 trees for us! Check it out!

GreenDimes

Monday, March 24, 2008

with the wind

Living in the city means never being Alone.

We can't ever find a space that no one is in...
We can't let Judy be off leash and just let her be free and run with the wind.

Except if you go to Mankato and head to the double fenced baseball fields surrounded by trees.

I am sure she was the happiest she has ever been. I know I was.
It was amazing to see her in her element. Running, sprinting, chasing at full speed. She just let herself go.

I felt myself let go.
It was just so open. And wide. And freeing.

No one was around.
No one was coming.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

caked dry

Is spring here or what???

The snow is melting and the backyard is full of mud.

Judy is a total mess when she comes in from outside - mud is actually caked dry on her nose from digging up our yard.

I can't wait for the yard to be dry and the grass to be green!

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

we miss jake!

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

wedding update 3

Less than four months left.
To plan, prepare, and procrastinate!

We have the date, place, menu and drinks (almost all) figured out. The menu is fabulous and the cake is going to be delicious.

We have picked a color! And this dress in Navy for Katie and Cassie! Jake, Ben and Peter's attire is figured out as well. Very casual but classy.

Our invitation design has a theme and we are just waiting on some botanical images that we ordered online! We are thinking about using Gocco to make them.

Flower meeting next Friday. Photographer is in the works.

I have three wedding showers scheduled and I am looking forward to all of them.

We have registerd at amazon.com and Macy's.

There are some very important things that still need to be decided (and paid for!) but I think we are doing pretty well. I am not waking up in a cold sweat at night worried about anything (just yet!).

Sunday, March 09, 2008

ice cream man!

Jake just keeps having more fun at SXSW!

p.s. Don't miss the Dooce video below!

Saturday, March 08, 2008

dooce!


Jake is at SXSW right now and he just got done chatting it up with Dooce!!!!! I am SO jealous!

He also took video - thank goodness!


Jake Meets Dooce from jingman on Vimeo.

Basically this means Dooce, Jake, myself and Katie are now best friends.

Thank you Jake and Dane! And thank you Dooce!

Thursday, March 06, 2008

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

On her desk sits a white 1 by 2 inch piece of paper with a little rose sticker. It reads - Be kind, for whoever you meet is already engaged in a great battle. On the back written in delicate pencil Attributed to Philo of Alexandria

I say to her, That is lovely.

She says, Oh yes. That is my last one. You take it, I'll remember it.

This little piece of paper just might be tucked in my wallet for the rest of my life.

Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Monday, March 03, 2008

awesome amazon

So ah, yeah, I'm registering.
At amazon.com
And it is AWESOME.
Amazon is awesome.
Awesome Amazon.

I don't know if you know this about me but I love love love shopping!
I actually have shopping nightmares where I AMRUNNINGOUTOFTIME and can't find what I am looking for. It is horrible.

Amazon has everything.
So ah, yeah, I'm registering for Seventh Generation 48 pack toilet paper.
Why not?!

Friday, February 29, 2008

Thursday, February 28, 2008

it is so quiet

It is so quiet here.

Sometimes the rhythmic hum of the printer drives me crazy and I have to turn on iTunes to drown out the sound.

The stillness forces me to go into my head. To climb in there and really, oh I don't know, analyze and criticize. You'd be surprised.

I've never been to this place. In this place.

This thing is - it is so quiet here. Sometimes I hear but I can't speak. Sometimes I step forward but nothing moves. My place doesn't move.

You wouldn't understand because you don't have to.

I know what to do, I always do.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

sean watching judy

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

playing with judy






Our next door neighbors Gracie, Liam and Sean all LOVE Judy - they have watched her grow from a little puppy into what she is today and they feel very close to her.

Gracie knocked on our back door Sunday night and asked if Judy could come and play with them - ummmmm, yes!!! The tricky part is that both Gracie and Liam are allergic to Judy and break out in hives when she licks them.

Obviously, they do not care about this fact AT ALL.

They come over fully covered in fabric (doesn't matter winter or summer they have boots, long pants, long sleeves - as much skin covered as possible).

We do what we can but try stopping an excited puppy from licking a pint sized human!

So Sunday night they started in their yard throwing balls over the fence or shoveling snow over the fence (Judy absolutely loves to catch snow - she jumps to the sky to catch snow).

After awhile Gracie could not take the separation any longer. She pleaded with her parents to let her come over to our yard.

"Please, please, please Mom - I feel that Judy and I have a connection. I love Judy. Judy and I are sweathearts!" (I am not exaggerating these quotes at all - seriously).

So Gracie and Liam came over to our yard and they ran around and played and it was hilarious. Judy loves them too.

The next morning Gracie gave Judy a picture she had drawn for her that said, "I love Judy."

It is hanging in Judy's kennel right now.