tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86243212012-01-27T20:54:34.146-06:00Just another blogger added to the whole blob of bloggers.Zayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11580001033252668757noreply@blogger.comBlogger7831100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624321.post-61980295386412819972012-01-27T20:54:00.001-06:002012-01-27T20:54:34.172-06:00

I was feeling pretty cute in this outfit today. It would have been better with jeans, but I've been having issues with finding a good cut of jeans. Hard to fit this bigger body of mine. I'm working on whittling away some of it. For now I'm ok with yoga pants. I just need them in every color possible. :) Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

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At the shop waiting for artist and art. Placement of new ink to be placed on outside of my right thigh. Looking at the blank canvas before we get started. A lovely memorial for my mom. It reads my mom's name, Sun Yong, and Love Always. It has several flowers that remind me of her: stargazer lily, tulips, and african violet. It'll be a couple of weeks before we start on the color.

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For the first time in over a year I took myself to the nail salon to get a mani and pedi:

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Looky who turned 11 on New Year's Day 2011. That's right...it's this girl, Josie. :)

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When I saw this dress on the hanger I thought to myself: Hrm, it's kind of pretty cool. It isn't quite my style. However, I was really curious to try it on and have a little looky see of how it fit.Well, as you can see from the photo above I tried it on and actually liked how it fit me. I can see wearing this with leggings and boots.

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I've always wanted a food processor, but figured I have a blender so I could never justify the purchase. A local foodie celebrity (Camilla Saulsbury - enlightenedcooking.blogspot.com)recommended the Cuisinart processor for small time processing. She recommended a Kitchen Aid for a larger capacity processor. I got the Cuisinart model since it was approx. $40. I figure if I use this little guy a

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It feels good to be creating again:

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My first circle/infinity scarf. Pretty awesome, no?

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Back to work and back to reality. Boo. Our Thanksgiving break was really nice. We spent it in Galveston at the in-law's beach house. I relaxed as much as I could with toddler in tow. O had a grand time and she loved being around her gparents. I wish we could have had more time at the beach, but I'll try to not be greedy. When we got home I put up our Christmas tree and even got in some

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The painting of the salt dough ornaments were a success! Oli put her markings on all the ornaments and K finished them off with a shower of glitter and then sealed them with Mod Podge. I'll probably end up making another batch of the salt dough and perhaps have some that K and I paint up. We did do a couple of ornaments on our own, which you might have noticed a glimpse of in the first and third

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Well, I dunno if this is called crafting necessarily but it's definitely creating something, which I haven't done in a while. Two weekends ago I made some salt dough ornaments and they actually turned out pretty decently. I will provide photos when I have several of them painted. The recipe I used was found at this site: Making Salt Dough Ornaments I have looked at some other recipes and some

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On Sunday, I decided it was time to try out a new recipe. I wanted to make up some burritos to put in our freezer. I love to eat prepackaged frozen burritos. They are delicious and hella bad for you. So, I figured why not make a healthy burrito and freeze them so we can eat them whenever. I went with this recipe: Easy Chicken and Bean Burritos Freezer Meal I didn't follow the recipe exactly.

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I'm really glad my dad is such a strong man. He could be lying to me so I don't worry about him. Over the weekend, my dad had to put his dog down. Annie (the dog) got sick maybe a year before my mom found out about the cancer. Annie was diagnosed with Addison's Disease. So, mom and dad spent a ton of money to get her health back to where she was thriving again. It was quite an expensive journey,

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K wished he could have added Toby to his Adventure Time costume. K was Finn and Toby could have been Jake. Um...with a bit of a dye job. :)

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Sunday, I spent a lot of time chopping up vegetables. I prepared two different meals to have four prepared meals to freeze. I will be a happy girly when these are waiting for me in my crock pot after a long day at work. Sorry about the lousy photo. Sometimes, the iPhone just doesn't cut it but it's so darn convenient...just like these meals! :)

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It was a great night. Having a baby sitter and getting to enjoy being grown folks was super nice.

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What? Did someone say it's almost time for Halloween?

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I started my day outside the house attending a yoga class. It's the first yoga class I have been to, since I was around 3-4 months pregnant. I am a weakling! Although, I must admit I did a lot better than I had thought I would. After the class, I felt pretty good and glad I had attended the class. I'm kind of sore with achy muscles. It's amazing how much strength and flexibility I have lost. I

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Remember when I used to do stuff like this: http://zaybedowop.blogspot.com/2009/01/craftn-saturday.html http://zaybedowop.blogspot.com/2008/04/craft-night.html http://zaybedowop.blogspot.com/2008/09/book-binding-101.html http://zaybedowop.blogspot.com/2008/05/spray-painting-101.html http://zaybedowop.blogspot.com/2007/10/we-are-hella-crafty-yo.html http://zaybedowop.blogspot.com/2008/04/

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A memory that I wanted to share: After a good work out I was feeling pretty spent. I was also feeling pretty accomplished and good too. I walked out of the campus recreation center and let the sun blanket my face and took a deep breath. I then faced forward squinting into the sunlight scanning for my car. I saw an elderly couple exiting their vehicle and start to walk towards me. The lady

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This is a pasta dish that I make sometimes once a week. The foundation of the recipe stays the same: ranch, parmesan, garlic, butter. Every time I make the dish something new gets thrown in. For the dish last night, I threw in turkey bacon, tomatoes, green peas, and squash. It is so delicious.

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Cinnamon Roll Pancakes I made these awesome pancakes for dinner last night. Here is the recipe below and above I linked the website where I found the recipe: PANCAKES: 1 cup all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup milk 1 Tablespoon canola oil 1 large egg, lightly beaten CINNAMON FILLING: 1/2 cup butter, melted 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed 1 Tablespoon ground

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I tried out another new recipe but this one didn't require using the oven or stove! Skinny Taco Dip Skinny Taco Dip Servings: 24 • Serving Size: 1/24th of dip • Old Points: 1.5 pts • Points+: 2 pts Calories: 59.2 • Fat: 3.6 g • Protein: 2.2 g • Carb: 4.7 g • Fiber: 0.6 g  8 oz 1/3 less fat Philadelphia cream cheese 8 oz reduced fat sour cream 16 oz jar mild salsa 1 packet taco seasoning

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This weekend has been a great shopping adventure for me. On Friday, I decided to give myself a freebie Friday from the gym. I decided to hit up our very meager mall and see if I could find a dress at JC Penny for a wedding we'll be attending this upcoming weekend. Not only did I find a dress, but I got a stellar bargain too! That almost never happens to me. To be fair though to the bargain

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Oven Fried Parmesan Chicken Ingredients 1 beaten egg 3 tablespoons 

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Tuesday's Crock Pot Dinner: Chicken Curry with Sweet Potatoes 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts 1 onion 2 sweet potatoes, peeled and diced 2/3 cup orange juice 1 tsp salt 1/4 tsp ground pepper 3 tsp curry powder - I had a packet of a curry mix from the Korean grocery store that I used. 1 clove garlic, minced They suggest setting it on low and cooking for 5-6 hours. Since, I'm gone longer

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Hrm...we ate a lot of meat this weekend but overall it was a good eating week. Monday - Healthy BBQ chicken crock pot dish and rice Tuesday - Ribs, peas, corn, and mac 'n cheese Wednesday -  Sloppy Joes and broccoli Thursday - Dutch Baby Friday - out to eat!

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On Monday morning I found a prepared frozen meal in my freezer to dump into my crock pot. I let the frozen contents sit out for about 30-45 minutes as we got ready for work and day care. I also started the rice cooker so the rice would be finished before we left for the day. Before heading out the door: I turned off the rice cooker since my steamed rice was finished cooking. I fluffed the rice

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I forgot to add photos of the pot pie I made last night. I have no clue why it's not letting me rotate to its original state either. I guess I'm having technical difficulties. I won't have any difficulties, though, when I eat this again for lunch. :)

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Hello! I've been a little busy on this website as of late. I'm trying to rejuvenate this web site a little. I spend all of my blog energy on my private blog that I have neglected this one for far too long. If you don't have access to my private blog it's not because I wanted to break up with you. It's just that it's all about my daughter and I wanted it to remain private to protect her. Only my

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On Saturday, I wanted to bake a friend something sweet. So, I went with the tried and true brownie. I baked the brownies and my hubby decorated it for me with a stencil and powdered sugar. We make a good team. 17 Sep 2011

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My review on the Meatball Thursday dish. Enh. Okay, it was better than "enh", but I'm not quite sure it's a keeper or more like a repeat in our house. K ate two helpings and said he liked it. I'm sure he did too. He is such a good hubby that even if it wasn't all that great he'll say it's great and eat two helpings. He never makes me feel like any dish I made was for nothing and not

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This morning I loaded the crock pot with these ingredients: 1 can condensed cream of celery soup 1 can condensed French onion soup 1/2 container sour cream 2 pounds frozen Italian-style meatballs When I get home I'll make the pasta to go with the meatballs:   1 package uncooked egg noodles 1/4 cup butter It's called Anna's

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I made a shepherd pie this weekend. A shepherd pie just sounds like it should be pretty tasty and I think maybe I think that because I love mashed potatoes. However, I was not fond of this particular shepherd pie. Perhaps, I went the way too healthy route? My shepherd pie included: ground turkey, condensed tomato soup, condensed minestrone soup, green beans, mashed potatoes, and cheddar cheese.

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For a long time ive wanted to beautify my yard with plants, flowers, and landscaping in general. However, I really do not excel in this area and the suffocating heat gives me no motivation to work in my yard. Also, the dogs have ruined the yard completely near and around the patio. There's nothing but sand now and no grass to be seen. I hate the sand so much and don't know how to fix it or

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This is an interesting tidbit regarding ground beef: The 10 Dirtiest Foods You're Eating Bill Phillips and the Editors of Men's Health Monday, June 6, 2011  The dirt: When USDA inspectors last tested hamburger meat, they looked at 563 sources nationwide and discovered Clostridium perfringens in 53 percent of the batches, Staphylococcus in 30 percent, and Listeria

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I so love this photo of Ruby and I. (photo by the beautiful Chrissy Hennessey)

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My girlfriend, Ruby, is now licensed to do cosmetic tattooing. My mom got eyeliner and her brows done about ten years ago and it still looks fantastic today. I never thought I would be brave enough to do such a thing myself. I was wrong. Before After I had the lower and upper done. It's hard to see my upper lids lined because of my monolids (absence of eyelid crease), but it makes my lash

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Miss Ruby putting on a great show and won first place!

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Tracy is dressed as Isaac from The Love Boat and wasn't prepared to do Tina. However, many put in a request for him to perform Tina. :) He obliged only after much bullying. Ha.

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While working out today I noticed that just about every single female in the gym was wearing a pair of Nike Tempo Running Shorts.  I swear I was like the only female in the whole gym who wasn't wearing a pair. It reminded me of a recent Glee episode of how quickly a trend will catch on. The first time I had seen these brand of shorts was probably three or four years ago and I really wanted a

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I had the goal of running three miles today. I met that goal. Yay me! I almost felt like my old fit self again. Even better was that throughout the whole run nothing sagged, drooped, or rolled. I'm talking about my workout clothes! It's so important to have on clothes that stay in place or don't chaff when you are trying to put in some miles. I did notice one stinging area where my sports bra

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I'm wearing new underwear. There's nothing too fancy about them. They are just new and apparently too big. They are not huge on me but just loose enough to where I keep having to dig around in my pants to locate my drooping drawers and yank them up. What a pain!! I am very tempted to go to restroom and take off annoying underwear and just go commando. How frustrating!

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It has been a year since I had my sweet little girl. It has been an amazing year with her. What hasn't been so amazing is my post-baby body. It's been a year now and I have no more excuses as to why I still look like I gave birth yesterday. I'm hoping that my motivation is slowly returning. After not working out religiously it's really hard to get back into that frame of mind. The body is

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I feel like such a lazy friend on Cupid's day to spread love. My friends are no slouches when it comes to this holiday. Mary sent me home with delicious soft cookies smothered in a layer of delicious frosting! Chrissy was my secret Valentine (well, sort of...she was able to sneak in but I knew she was coming) and delivered boxes of Brach's Hearts. I forgot all about those hard, crunchy hearts.

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Happy Valentine's Day! K and I don't go full out in celebrating the Hallmark Day of Love. Sometimes we exchange presents but for sure we do exchange cards at least. We've done the whole go out on the town and try to find a place to share a Valentine's meal with one another. I think over the years, though, we've come to the conclusion trying to find a restaurant to enjoy a lover's meal is to be

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In the middle of a discussion with a coworker I mentioned my back patio. He asked, "Do you have a covered back patio?" I said, "Yes." He then asked if I would be interested in some patio furniture that he is trying to unload. He has been using it as his indoor dining room set and now thinks it's a bit too cumbersome for his dining room. I told him I would be interested and if he could send me a

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Hello! About the same time last year we had a nice dump of snow in East Texas. Well, it snowed again! The university actually shut its doors and let us all have a snow day freebie Friday. It was a nice day spent at home with my family where we were all snuggled up and cozy. The only time anyone left the house was when K made an evening run to the grocery store and of all things he went to buy

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Just a few photos to give a glimpse of last night's celebration with friends at our White Elephant party for Xmas 2010.

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Last week I only put in three days at the gym but that is three days of exercise I wouldn't have done without a gym membership. So yay me! Thursday, I didn't go because O had an appt. for a flu shot, so I used up my lunch hour doing that with her. Friday, I didn't go because I got to pick up O at 11:30 and take her to K's Xmas office luncheon and then call it a day. Saturday was spent in Lufkin

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So... I renewed my gym membership and I'm pretty happy about it. I had canceled my membership because after pregnancy I wasn't utilizing the facilities and just wasting my money every month. I figured I would save my money and just work out at the campus track until O turned one and moved up a class, which would free up some of our funds. I found I wasn't very motivated to exercise in the heat

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Thanksgiving break was pretty great. For one, I took the whole week off. It was awesome to have all that time with O and having the option to stay in pj's for a big portion of the morning. Monday Oli and I had a sushi lunch date with my girlfriends. It was neat to see all of us girls there including three babies and a toddler. My the times have changed! After a great sushi lunch O and I visited

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I had a birthday and it was great even though I'm getting to be more and more of an old lady. :) It started last Monday. My office mate sent me an awesome candy bouquet and balloon from Nac Floral Co. I have almost plucked all of the blooms from the bouquet. *sigh* I need more stretch pants. I then received a lovely card from my parents on Thursday and instead of waiting I, of course, opened it

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I love this video about milk. It makes me happy.

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What sneaky sort dropped this goody bag off? I have a good idea who it was. I love Halloween. :)

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I had a lunch date with girlfriends today. We sat in the backyard. We brown bagged our lunches. We held and adored babies. We enjoyed each others company. I need more breaks in my work day like today.

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It's friggin' October, y'all! I mean, seriously, when did so many days blur past until it's almost the end of another year? The good part about it being October is I'm hoping the weather will start to get cooler and the miserable heat of summer will be behind us soon. I didn't know what I was agreeing to many moons ago when I dumbly nodded my head yes to moving to Texas with my new husband.

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Last night after getting home from work I was in a mad dash to wash dishes, bottles, etc. My little one actually afforded me the time to also whip up a very quick dinner of pasta too! One of my favs and I think K enjoys it too is to make like my own version of alfredo sauce. I don't know if I can really compare it to alfredo sauce. It's more like a ranch flavored sauce, I guess. I boiled up

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I have been so terrible with blogging here these days. I am determined to keep this blog going but my lack of attempts says otherwise. What have I been up to? -I am trying to get back into shape and I am sucking majorily at this. One it's because I am out of shape and two it's because I have become lazy or more fairly most days I am exhausted. -Some of you have guessed that K and I have added

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It's just me, y'all. Nothing exciting, I know.

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Oh, it's a sad day. I sold Mogi (mosquito in Korean). Mogi has gone on to a good home and I think will be adored and cherished. More importantly Mogi will be used pretty often, which it was lacking in my home. Now that I have a second vehicle my Mogi was put aside. My friend, Chrissy, is in a position where she now needs a second vehicle and so Mogi goes to a new owner. Goodbye my dear friend.

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I live!! This past weekend was a fun one. K and I actually had a late night out and about. It felt freeing but I found myself constantly looking at my watch and feeling guilty for being out so late. I guess that feeling will eventually disappear as time goes on. I got off of work a little early on Friday so as soon as I got home my mom and I decided to grocery shopping for the weekend. We also

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This photo was taken by my friend, Chrissy. I spent a couple of hours at her place cutting up paper leaves for one of Chrissy's friends who is going to use the paper foliage to decorate a barn for her wedding. I hope we'll get to see a photo eventually of how that barn turned out. Oh, and I didn't sit and cut for a couple of hours. I cut for about an hour and got to catch up a bit with Chris,

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If it continues to rain tomorrow like it did this morning I'm hoping for many naps with O. Lately, I have been feeling so tired but I think it mostly has to do with the weather. I've been having some sinus pressure which has left me with a headache for almost a week now. I'm taking some days off to make this holiday weekend a long one. My mom will be here this weekend so I'm pretty excited about

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Duo baby shower celebrated yesterday was a great excuse to buy gifties for friends and to spend time with the people that you love. I can't wait to meet the NBOTB (New Babies on the Block)!

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I know I have pretty much put this blog on the back burner. Believe me, if I had anything exciting to post about I would record it here. Well, I won't lie. There are plenty of exciting things going on in our lives, but I have been busy posting elsewhere about all the new adventures we are embarking on. Those exciting adventures involve a baby, a boy , and a girl. These adventures are so

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My mom gave me this ring. She got it from her sister while visiting her family in Korea. When I first saw it I didn't really think it was my style, but after wearing it for a while I think it looks pretty good on me. I find the older I get the more attracted I am to bigger sparkly and more showy things. My tastes have gone from pretty simple to more gaudy. I mean I'm not wearing big dookie

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The only exciting thing I did this weekend was attend a wedding reception. It was a very lovely occasion. I got to see D&F finally as husband and wife. How cool is that? Friday we got the news that my Korean grandmother passed away. This makes my heart heavy. The last time I saw my Halmoni was when I was around nine years old. You could say that since I haven't seen her in so long that I didn't

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Every day seems like a blur these days. I can barely remember what I did yesterday much less three to four days ago. I do remember we met up with family Thursday night to have a birthday dinner at Auntie Pastas. We celebrated Uncle Cecil's birthday which was Tuesday, I think. It was nice to hang out for a bit even though it's always so loud in that restaurant. To be honest I have no clue what we

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My poor neglected blog is about to get a weekend update post. My dear K went to a doc appt. this past Saturday and was diagnosed with food poisoning. He's had it since last Monday. Luckily, he didn't get as sick as I did when I last had food poisoning. Regardless, it wasn't fun or comfortable for him. While he was at his doc appointment I was buying baby jewelry. When I finished I hit up the

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What I saw yesterday while waiting for K to get off of work.Left side of the car.Right side of the car.

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I know. I know.I have been away from this blog for quite a while.Oh where has the time gone?Life has been quite different as of late. There have been changes that have made things exciting, scary, confusing, and down right exhausting.One consistent, though, has been the destruction of yet another brick mailbox. This is the third mailbox, y'all.Mailbox #1:The first mailbox saw the end of its life

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Same photo of Toby & Josie but in TiltShift application.I love this app.

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The pups enjoying a spring-like day.

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We've been doing so much furniture rearranging these past couple of months. It amazes me that somehow we've managed to figure out how to reorganize the stuff we already had and also how we figured out how to add more stuff to it.Even though K and I have our moments of getting on each others nerves we do make a pretty good team. The more we've been doing to our home makes me appreciate my home

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This Monday went by pretty quickly. I can't say that I really accomplished a whole lot during the work day. Maybe tomorrow I'll be able to get more done. Just about everyone is finally back from their vacations at work. One of my coworkers brought me back a huge bag of Jelly Belly jelly beans. These beans are called Belly Flops because they aren't all perfectly jelly bean shaped.We didn't do a

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(all photos courtesy of Kreg and his iPhone) I'm so enamored with the toy camera apps we've been finding at the App Store on our iPhones. I'm in love with these "Merry Christmas" lights. Merci is in the background. I love C & S's vintage tree. Just a peek of a beautiful girl named, Rees. Kreg really caught her adorable personality in this photo.I miss the holidays.

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(photo by Kreg)This is probably my favorite photo from NYE 2009. I wish you could see more detail of the photo like both Rees and Chay are wearing NYE's party hats and the pink rabbit slippers Rees is wearing. I giggle almost every time I look at this photo. Chay looks great in her party dress and Rees looks so serious as she studiously looks over her magazine.

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Above: Before Below: After Playing around with a photo enhancement program. It is pretty sweet. It is also a bit weird to see my face so airbrushed and a bit manipulated.

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I'm not quite ready to go back to work tomorrow. I'm a bit sad about it actually. I look out the window and see the night and dread the morning.

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Our first day of 2010 was spent at the aunt and uncles. We ate black eyed peas ladled over sweet corn bread and cooked cabbage. We finished with pecan pie and homemade whipped cream. While trying to digest all that deliciousness we sat in front of the wood burning stove while watching Julie/Julia.

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Rees welcomed in the new year with the rest of us. The kid can hang. :)

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New Year's Eve 2009 - Me & Jingo

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Looking back at 2009:Jan 2009 - I recognized a stray dog in my neighborhood and was able to round up the pup and take her back to her home. I was so happy to be able to save a pet owner grief over losing their pet.I discovered T's Sandwiches at the Nac Mall and was thrilled to discover they sold vietnamese pho and boba tea. I was literally in hog heaven.My first time going to the Durst-Taylor

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Happy birthday, Josie! She's the big NINE in OH TEN!

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About to leave to celebrate the last night of 2009 with friends. I hope y'all have a Happy New Year.Now it's time for me to gather tasty foods and Xmas presents to take over to our gathering.Be safe! See y'all in OH TEN!!

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Some of my favorite mornings/evenings is when I can surf the web. It's even better when I have a hot cup of coffee or an ice cold cream soda.

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Sometimes, he just surprises me with such gifts. I'm spoiled and I love him.

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It's been a really relaxing Xmas vacation so far with the in-laws. We didn't even see the rest of the family this time around. This year it seemed everyone had their own plans. Xmas day was filled with plenty of presents and lots of good eats. My dogs especially Toby seemed to stay in trouble for most of the day, but what do you expect from a clownish bullie? I know it's weird but I am pretty

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It's my last day at work and I'm getting out of here at noon. Whee!K and I will be getting our xmas presents for each other today. We're getting iphones. Yes, we have finally succumbed like everyone else. I hope the phone rocks because my black jack II is a pretty stellar phone.My weekend report:Friday evening I attended my department's commissioning ceremony and didn't get off of work until

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That's one comfy bullie.

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Okay, I'm a little late on giving an update about my past weekend but really who's keeping track?Um...Friday...ya know what happens when you try to post about your weekend on a Tuesday and you are addle-brained? There is a slight chance this is where I scratch my head and say, "self, what the heck did you do on Friday night?"Well, it was a great night spent at home. I did a lot of tv watching as

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It was a great Friday the 4th in East Texas. We got to see and experience a bit of snow for a short while. It probably did not snow long enough for some of us but just to see the small quiet flakes fall was exciting enough to make us Nacogdochians exclaim with glee. :) It's the small things, ya know? I spent that cold Friday evening with my honey in our cozy home. We had a date to watch Up but

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Send your own ElfYourself eCards

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Send your own ElfYourself eCards

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Lordy lordy...I am getting lazy with my blog. I've noticed I'm just a weekend blogger now and no longer provide photos. I feel bad about this but in the same breath not enough to make any promises how I'll right things around here.I figure if I want to be lazy then I can because darn it it's my blog.Now that's out of the way I'll get to the blogging portion.Y'all. Listen. It's already December

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It's a gorgeous Sunday and I'm having a hard time waking up and getting motivated.One of my projects today will be to clean off a desk and get all that junk organized and then take photos of the desk for a friend to see if she's interested in taking it off of my hands.Then later today K and I will be attending a visitation of a friend's sister who passed away a couple of days ago. It feels so

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I won this cookbook!!Yay me! Just in time for the holidays too!My college step aerobics instructor, Camilla Saulsbury, is the author of the cookie cookbook. I'm so excited.I entered the contest on Eralda's blog, The Split Pea, and hoped and hoped I would win. I almost bought this baking cookbook about a month or so ago when it hit the book stands. I'm such a sucker for cookbooks, especially when

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I might try to make those fingerless gloves. How cool and so simple!

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