tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141447432024-03-07T17:56:47.587-05:00Jada's BlogJadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660007146186030615noreply@blogger.comBlogger252125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14144743.post-82986867605072210712010-10-11T18:36:00.003-05:002010-10-11T18:51:02.199-05:00This Weekend, I....<span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><a href="http://keystothecottage.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img style="WIDTH: 97px; HEIGHT: 91px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526938717848104098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjKzdP9SKfpOAaAGo5c1mlpmdBcEfCBtwWInWZvf69PF-vZ8eD1n2DtR1JlUnDOE-PPslJ7mgiYjTBUOpCD5Y8ZnG6uRGsIeu4_vYaNl2xMEqARbfHBnnP7nBTDjSe3Ck3wgPew/s320/blog+button+for+Weedend+Wonderful.jpg" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><br /></span><div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">didn't do much!<br /><br />I did make some hamburg vegetable soup on Saturday and it tastes so yummy! I did two loads of laundry and still have more to finish.</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ7-WDMubaPj57RNcsTvw9Uvrd9Srkc5Gc6iPNxBmHL4Pvwl-kr_tPSUYJA08gvsSUYfa8w01urIH-CCV8UyZYFUWpheD4riqukn1qw2g2lCbSu-CqjXLM-GPr90e6G_6Nl0FMIw/s1600/HamburgVegeSoup.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526938720713438226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ7-WDMubaPj57RNcsTvw9Uvrd9Srkc5Gc6iPNxBmHL4Pvwl-kr_tPSUYJA08gvsSUYfa8w01urIH-CCV8UyZYFUWpheD4riqukn1qw2g2lCbSu-CqjXLM-GPr90e6G_6Nl0FMIw/s320/HamburgVegeSoup.jpg" /></span></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">The Alvarez's invited me over for dinner on Saturday evening. Scott made steaks on the grill and we had potatoes, corn, and broccoli and rice. Plus, they gave me a steak to take home, which I had for dinner tonight.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">On Sunday, I taught Sunday School, went to church, and then met my parents for lunch at the Lisburn Fire Hall for BBQ ribs and chicken. When I got there, a couple from my church, Leon and Effie Mae, was eating with them! Effie Mae runs the preschool VBS and I helped her the past two years and she and Leon sometimes go out to eat with us singles on Sunday. Mom started going to the Happy Homemakers group that Effie Mae participates in and she knows the Gingrichs from Grace Baptist! Small world.<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">I got my Sunday afternoon nap in and that's about it. I watched TV Sunday night - Extreme Makeover Home Edition and Undercover Boss.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Then it was back to work today. I don't have much planned for weeknights this week, which is nice. Our On Mission Celebration starts on Saturday with a dinner and rally at my church. I'm looking forward to seeing my youngest sister and her family on Sunday for their hometown parade!</span></div></div>Jadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660007146186030615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14144743.post-29173593089897777722010-08-15T12:34:00.004-05:002010-08-15T12:45:49.628-05:00Wow! It's been more than a year!<span style="font-family:georgia;color:#993399;">I can't believe it's been more than a year since I posted something on my blog! I really want to try to do better at posting, but with being able to catch up and keep up on Facebook, I will have to make it a priority!</span> <div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#993399;">Here's a picture of my nephew, L, who was born 9 weeks early on 3/19/09. He's now almost 17 months old and is just adorable!</span></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfs0wR1GFuwFjU6idMu6mqPc6T2sMlsuZ9IG2TkwoDObe2xBs2Gv8iOBwkq5vUALs8L2surkSAge5bnuleBllMWnXKJa0ziVLjtXyD-VwEelWQKkc21E0DCluGzre0n2FXO9U3w/s1600/Levi08012010.bmp"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#993399;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505692204959729746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfs0wR1GFuwFjU6idMu6mqPc6T2sMlsuZ9IG2TkwoDObe2xBs2Gv8iOBwkq5vUALs8L2surkSAge5bnuleBllMWnXKJa0ziVLjtXyD-VwEelWQKkc21E0DCluGzre0n2FXO9U3w/s320/Levi08012010.bmp" /></span></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#993399;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#993399;">I need to get some recent pictures of all my nieces and nephews. They're growing up too fast.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#993399;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#993399;">Here's a picture of my nephew, B, who turned 8 on 7/23. The family celebration was on 7/25. My Dad is also in the picture. He's had some health issues (first stage of COPD), but is doing well, for which I'm thankful! B's cake was chocolate, as you can tell from his shirt! LOL</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgckvjNIydCXy99u-oXPHbSFKklou4ORe1vDPrLu2ASx_SjvCy_Yde_P-fW-KUzEjvA6c02hu4Xjm-pV8HtMWn4jxt7sOkhl6Fhe3Ul3QY8O1_5U7TVK2IFM9M4CFoIXjlRllHF_A/s1600/DadAndBen07252010.bmp"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#993399;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505693260840711778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgckvjNIydCXy99u-oXPHbSFKklou4ORe1vDPrLu2ASx_SjvCy_Yde_P-fW-KUzEjvA6c02hu4Xjm-pV8HtMWn4jxt7sOkhl6Fhe3Ul3QY8O1_5U7TVK2IFM9M4CFoIXjlRllHF_A/s320/DadAndBen07252010.bmp" /></span></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#993399;"></span></div></div>Jadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660007146186030615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14144743.post-38686479867978418202009-06-01T16:49:00.005-05:002009-06-01T17:03:14.974-05:00Babies!<span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">So, it's been over three months since I posted. Just haven't been in the mood. But I did want to share some baby news!</span><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><div><div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">My younger sister gave birth to her second son, 9 weeks early, on March 19th. Baby L spent a month in the NICU. He was never seriously sick, but as a preemie, he just needed to be monitored. He was delivered by emergency C-section on Thursday, March 19th at 7:13 AM. He weighed 4 pounds, 2 ounces, and was 17 inches long. He's now 7 pounds, 2 ounces.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQeJN1QiQUhrRFIjut7Pksve2MEfQ0Ue9BeGxnOxPYpskeyMi6AL92Hn4xgK8jObZTefBqjZmiCfmUjp6cAhUXgXTvPEqvqF_o8GBQphYjNcJTwVy11-vrs-7xqz_tFl-CI7RVig/s1600-h/IMG_0289.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342481320519142738" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQeJN1QiQUhrRFIjut7Pksve2MEfQ0Ue9BeGxnOxPYpskeyMi6AL92Hn4xgK8jObZTefBqjZmiCfmUjp6cAhUXgXTvPEqvqF_o8GBQphYjNcJTwVy11-vrs-7xqz_tFl-CI7RVig/s320/IMG_0289.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Here's L in the NICU</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfK1cbKeP700-IIab5zEMr6EPsNNLcSb8n-5z5Uq_OhI9-8BlBYMHgTcS6zH0ENJ6-E65Pwt0ktBiqzdAbQFqkiImJ1l1TVu9bMGJZcPMkX5OnmmEpciRsPsV5kTGVOtVQv9HGew/s1600-h/100_3095.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342481326053149618" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfK1cbKeP700-IIab5zEMr6EPsNNLcSb8n-5z5Uq_OhI9-8BlBYMHgTcS6zH0ENJ6-E65Pwt0ktBiqzdAbQFqkiImJ1l1TVu9bMGJZcPMkX5OnmmEpciRsPsV5kTGVOtVQv9HGew/s320/100_3095.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">4 Generations - Maim (Dad's mom), Corie, Dad, and L</span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Then, my best friend's daughter gave birth to a baby girl, K, on May 23rd at 12:57 PM. She weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces and 20.25 inches. She was 10 days late. LOL</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6J-mOBi-GLG7gxNJR4msjdxftGMJMt83Ly4Yl07J3in9XkCL4N5VBQsen4LulNkP3hhhmIK8fnGkLw9HVPeO1ZHbX94bz6lh4GIAykJx2Rg3OMcaxXrQZkml2t7TBy4oYEc5_Yg/s1600-h/100_3241.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342481330644530194" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6J-mOBi-GLG7gxNJR4msjdxftGMJMt83Ly4Yl07J3in9XkCL4N5VBQsen4LulNkP3hhhmIK8fnGkLw9HVPeO1ZHbX94bz6lh4GIAykJx2Rg3OMcaxXrQZkml2t7TBy4oYEc5_Yg/s320/100_3241.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Look at all that hair! She's so cute!</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX32YWDeXZakk6IvhWubUT1h0Iu0C2JsDwa1ezdvIseipadmh1LmUBhOeMwbtqzf2mpAGMyiv8vpkhG4wH_0qdttVbQcBL_5YecV6NwDKjQQH2kWdY6-EYM2LrtHowaaKMBPkJvg/s1600-h/MeAndKaylee.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342481331646021986" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX32YWDeXZakk6IvhWubUT1h0Iu0C2JsDwa1ezdvIseipadmh1LmUBhOeMwbtqzf2mpAGMyiv8vpkhG4wH_0qdttVbQcBL_5YecV6NwDKjQQH2kWdY6-EYM2LrtHowaaKMBPkJvg/s320/MeAndKaylee.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Here's me holding K a few hours after she was born. I haven't had a baby girl in my life since K's mommy and she's 19. So I 'imagine' K will be a little spoiled.</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_KzUU6EBSKhVfJGSQ5N6CwNTi126tbX9LbEmZTZCP08rnNGHe8kkLOqiuaVhxHO4BY-P1l0MtK-yN1U4ZOT5hr8dU2cfYLmH7DkEtHFCOejRUrhM4UxQ0-F-94ENs9PhwHpcRQ/s1600-h/100_3351.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342481335751757250" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_KzUU6EBSKhVfJGSQ5N6CwNTi126tbX9LbEmZTZCP08rnNGHe8kkLOqiuaVhxHO4BY-P1l0MtK-yN1U4ZOT5hr8dU2cfYLmH7DkEtHFCOejRUrhM4UxQ0-F-94ENs9PhwHpcRQ/s320/100_3351.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Sleeping. She looks like her mommy. =)</span></div></div></div>Jadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660007146186030615noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14144743.post-79147393117448327642009-02-26T18:55:00.003-05:002009-02-26T19:08:32.136-05:00Friday's Fave Five<p align="center"><a href="http://susannesspace.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307259694279204674" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 152px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tHg17W928ZP8A0suQ6C36XU16W9sQ_7z1Jc2WYFxsB7CeFJDDWhG6rrjSvJa6GJq48e90CxfHNWUhgCW2plsWSLrx0b4ENxbFQfkNuLwmEZP8YQTZp0xvnT3dMYnAQB-Io7BQg/s320/Friday_fave_five_Tamara_small.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Time for another edition of <a href="http://susannesspace.blogspot.com/">Susanne's Friday's Fave 5</a>. I'm writing this on Thursday evening because I'm leaving tomorrow morning to go scrapbooking all weekend!</span></p><p align="left"><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Here are my favorites from this week:</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">1. Dinner at Friendly's with two friends on Monday evening. It was a spur-of-the-moment thing and it worked out well. We shared the Loaded Waffle Fries and a Munchie Mania. We drank 3 carafes of coffee! An enjoyable time for sure.</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">2. A productive week at work, even though I only worked 3 days. I took off today to get ready to go scrapbooking and also took off tomorrow for scrapbooking.</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">3. Shopping! I did some shopping for baby stuff for my sister and best friend's daughter. Both are expecting in May. A boy and a girl, respectively. I also did some shopping for supplies for our Sunday School ministry at church.</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">4. Lunch today with my best friend. It was leisurely and relaxing. After lunch, we went to Starbucks for one of these:</span></p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLNdkPmm99jmmUe94Yc7ArxyuTYILLyhvfd_23Ab9mxmvEgyGAoAKr1vYpCbM9cE3jq0ijbk0o6oWekuMfe92vut8fF-k9-lIjzItqqGLPkQpiNMcJll8fNudPYQQmvKAp6bf3g/s1600-h/Starbucks_mint_and_chocolate_mocha_chip_frappuccino.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307259696735755666" style="WIDTH: 223px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLNdkPmm99jmmUe94Yc7ArxyuTYILLyhvfd_23Ab9mxmvEgyGAoAKr1vYpCbM9cE3jq0ijbk0o6oWekuMfe92vut8fF-k9-lIjzItqqGLPkQpiNMcJll8fNudPYQQmvKAp6bf3g/s320/Starbucks_mint_and_chocolate_mocha_chip_frappuccino.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Well, two of these, because we each got one!</span></div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> 5. Spending the weekend scrapbooking and being with friends! I leave tomorrow morning (Friday) and return Sunday afternoon. We're staying at a hotel and will scrap the time away!</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">For more FFF participants, visit <a href="http://susannesspace.blogspot.com/">Susanne's blog</a>!<br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span>Jadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660007146186030615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14144743.post-86435509906451358292009-02-20T11:26:00.004-05:002009-02-20T23:09:02.349-05:00Friday's Fave Five<span style="color:#6600cc;"><br /></span><div><span style="color:#6600cc;"><br /><br /></span><div><span style="color:#6600cc;"><br /><br /><br /></span></div><p align="center"><a href="http://susannesspace.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304916949728725538" style="WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Xd9fth8vrm8OjBJP5BZc868aMSv3ohApPMnxhwwCH4PpEUSVfPTiM5xCP90E1SP2Q8nAENolj4BBu07mV2MKgDZyO_4GFCZsHOWG6zjULoZsx36M3Fh2VZvP2F3dQgn6gdj8Xw/s320/friday_fave_five_12.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><br /><br /></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Time for another edition of </span><a href="http://susannesspace.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Susanne's Friday's Fave Five</span></a><span style="color:#6600cc;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">! It's a great opportunity to reflect on your week.</span><br /></span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Here are my favorite five:</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">1. Sunday dinner with the family. Mom made a turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes, peas, cranberry sauce, and I made baked corn. My two brothers-in-law and oldest niece weren't able to join us, so we missed have them with us.</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">2. Lunch and shopping! I typically work on President's Day, but when my preggo (pregnant) sister said she was going to be in town and wanted to go baby shopping, I took Monday off! She, my mom, two nieces, and I went to lunch first at Mikado's, a Japanese-style restaurant. I always order the sesame chicken. It is sooo good! From there, we headed to a consignment shop full of baby stuff. I spent $40 there! But I did get some good bargains on baby boy clothes (for my nephew, L, who is due to arrive on 5/18) and baby girl clothes (for my best friend's daughter's baby, K, who is due to arrive on 5/12.) Then we went to Kmart where I bought a pair of slippers and a comfy pair of shoes.</span></p><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy0mZ6tH3IHasXx9AC5cHnQAO4K_fsgRaeBB0wKx8_X-mo9mSwpisCaAKrSzClWKjgk2bCFlQFQK3aL6Uazb4klEMOa26xN4GJEfergvdN8_wdEC95WZ9hRsbqMnhmvc5gfKeAuw/s1600-h/100_2675.jpg"><span style="color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305097360555852402" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy0mZ6tH3IHasXx9AC5cHnQAO4K_fsgRaeBB0wKx8_X-mo9mSwpisCaAKrSzClWKjgk2bCFlQFQK3aL6Uazb4klEMOa26xN4GJEfergvdN8_wdEC95WZ9hRsbqMnhmvc5gfKeAuw/s320/100_2675.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXjQQHWshmhhUOEJLVJdog1GjMckSQdmmy6c8VjvVYeXU-lMgrtopjq6y5PoMONbdbvAU88q7pSCEQj5qWOzWXO6uOOgyihzu5kZY-mItc3FLjdBkBH2Os5U0G-LE-qvC5nXwGFA/s1600-h/100_2657.jpg"><span style="color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305097352305690674" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXjQQHWshmhhUOEJLVJdog1GjMckSQdmmy6c8VjvVYeXU-lMgrtopjq6y5PoMONbdbvAU88q7pSCEQj5qWOzWXO6uOOgyihzu5kZY-mItc3FLjdBkBH2Os5U0G-LE-qvC5nXwGFA/s320/100_2657.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBks0Qp75yUfdS0-wqFXDoaB76TQvVd7QPc3uhpuTKMhmjIWsz5W8SuTBIzW9phflTEpLfv2qfQQ7PXNVs-twoZXgry7yx_g6vQbQSYwL3JqHEOk_PkG2NsE4Qf4El-Zt5z4R9Nw/s1600-h/100_2670.jpg"><span style="color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305097356313024850" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBks0Qp75yUfdS0-wqFXDoaB76TQvVd7QPc3uhpuTKMhmjIWsz5W8SuTBIzW9phflTEpLfv2qfQQ7PXNVs-twoZXgry7yx_g6vQbQSYwL3JqHEOk_PkG2NsE4Qf4El-Zt5z4R9Nw/s320/100_2670.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div><p align="left"><span style="color:#6600cc;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">3. Lunch out at work on Tuesday to celebrate two co-worker's work anniversaries. I had a chicken cordon bleu pretzel sandwich. Yummy!</span><br /><br /></span></p><p align="left"><span style="color:#6600cc;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">4. Unplanned dinner last night with my friend, Patti. We just went to the food court at a local grocery store. I had salisbury steak (not chicken!), mashed potatoes, and mac 'n cheese from their hot food bar. Then I went home and did some scrapbooking!</span><br /></span></p><p align="left"><span style="color:#6600cc;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">5. I'm loooking forward to scrapbooking with friends tonight! And I must get organized for next weekend's Sweet Retreat, a whole weekend (Friday afternoon - Sunday afternoon) of scrapbooking at a hotel!</span><br /><br /></span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">For more FFF participants, visit </span><a href="http://susannesspace.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Susanne's website!</span></a><br /><br /></p><div align="right"><span style="color:#6600cc;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span></div></div>Jadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660007146186030615noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14144743.post-13254007638926928272009-02-13T09:16:00.008-05:002009-02-13T10:00:02.623-05:00Friday's Favorite Five<p align="center"><a href="http://susannesspace.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302288598729164898" style="WIDTH: 172px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlE1gDKDq4oAqqSfXjKa8pjbIb38rPaRrejZqaUgguf3_pWHx6K57xzwabCjED6vl9rUyRbovE_7zSFD9x07YU5z_WcUgzuviUYuCEjOgNfkJ7qmkb9UMlDa5az8eKuljo_1DPXQ/s320/friday_fave_five_12.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><br /></span><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghccKjXneKeRsx1RSr-T7JFNKVEJVqDBV4ws4s1CRC9btEBQaa8MYGeDJGWrLMiBJDMQFF7izucl2YfnYff345RcgkcarH-zxTp8prKVZg-Jao1-cByzrYXqx6iYi6-N__DC1HZA/s1600-h/Friday_fave_five_Tamara_small.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span></a></p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><p><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Time for another edition of </span><a href="http://susannesspace.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Susanne's Friday's Favorite Five</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">!<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Here are mine for this week, in no particular order:<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">1. Having friends over for dinner on Tuesday, and taking this picture:<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2e3Km2dqUnnDvj_u7xCc5eH47YSRWHlgVy3CwlQLYnOewvAr5VCSgs5YQXA2_E3Qn-tV0WCVgj44rmKmdSknTICfAnUYWVCCnHeorOquw9bPuP4yU3UznyNbq_x0K-PhRamgDLw/s1600-h/100_2628.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302287278456651634" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2e3Km2dqUnnDvj_u7xCc5eH47YSRWHlgVy3CwlQLYnOewvAr5VCSgs5YQXA2_E3Qn-tV0WCVgj44rmKmdSknTICfAnUYWVCCnHeorOquw9bPuP4yU3UznyNbq_x0K-PhRamgDLw/s320/100_2628.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">ETA: This isn't a picture of me! It's of my best friend's daughter.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">2. Enjoying flavored coffee and homemade pecan pie with friends last night! My friend, Patti, makes delicious pecan pies. She even gave me a whole one last night as a belated birthday present. I need to have friends over to help me eat it so I don't eat the whole thing! </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">3. Finally putting away all my snowmen decorations from the kitchen, living room, dining room and powder room. My table went from this:<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5wbjgRsC1tpp7Y0Mx5PZ6M01ua_F7c7rkbPhq8Pi73intmPYB-UDvESWD5yYsYZEQrFNWBLz0ss3PQT9lVxQcC_o9IgWdoIwkFNOJZ370GC3bQBhcHHcvGQKw7Pq4SKWShRp9w/s1600-h/100_2608.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302287262543835970" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5wbjgRsC1tpp7Y0Mx5PZ6M01ua_F7c7rkbPhq8Pi73intmPYB-UDvESWD5yYsYZEQrFNWBLz0ss3PQT9lVxQcC_o9IgWdoIwkFNOJZ370GC3bQBhcHHcvGQKw7Pq4SKWShRp9w/s320/100_2608.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm8t-H7pysZk1YcYAbru9b-msluTchU271tNRm7wZW5Xiirc_hpF_sEJ3xH5sGrUX3h6d756MpgEu4CfGi2ySq-ET-GTKElpegYmM5JWb3tebLyV0YphNcHnjh2JORQKDXUihTSA/s1600-h/100_2609.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302287268398851410" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm8t-H7pysZk1YcYAbru9b-msluTchU271tNRm7wZW5Xiirc_hpF_sEJ3xH5sGrUX3h6d756MpgEu4CfGi2ySq-ET-GTKElpegYmM5JWb3tebLyV0YphNcHnjh2JORQKDXUihTSA/s320/100_2609.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">to this!</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGpF18ZHycZ8pWPXO8TAi6FEopfLlAY5NpQSG6EmPJG32IZ0nUKG6VWNnEIA3KZ8MFhpDYbBZ-J6GKr7oDQetT2VNuVpJpArwHEkEbMrKYJCFzCA-rL55wy6O0X_IAvSLPbGjVEg/s1600-h/100_2623.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302287272015834674" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGpF18ZHycZ8pWPXO8TAi6FEopfLlAY5NpQSG6EmPJG32IZ0nUKG6VWNnEIA3KZ8MFhpDYbBZ-J6GKr7oDQetT2VNuVpJpArwHEkEbMrKYJCFzCA-rL55wy6O0X_IAvSLPbGjVEg/s320/100_2623.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">I also put away all my Winterberry dishes and accessories. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">4. Taking a day off work today to just rest. I have been feeling tired and run down all week, so I am listening to my body and taking it easy today.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">5. Playing Bunko with friends on Monday evening, even though I lost!<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">For more FFF participants, head over to </span><a href="http://susannesspace.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Susanne's!</span></a> </p>Jadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660007146186030615noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14144743.post-51271320565863838432009-01-23T07:28:00.003-05:002009-01-23T07:49:11.155-05:00Friday's Favorite Five<p align="center"><a href="http://susannesspace.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294467773474463058" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 152px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOfgtjfNSzkskZDhcllNnbOOo4tWSXFa_-nG6x0IUglNtXPTaVeTlklk38pJTNS8qAFlnJLYxZtBXped2RbDsjUhVHLbfF3hud1I_Pxffmmzd_VGCuNgnUFD_f7kX4vssms86_ow/s320/Friday_fave_five_Tamara_small.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Time for another edition of </span><a href="http://susannesspace.blogspot.com/search/label/Fave%20Five"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Fridays Fave 5</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">, hosted by </span><a href="http://susannesspace.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Susanne at Living to Tell the Story</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">.</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Here are my 5 favorite things from this week:</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">1. 3-D sonogram pictures of my best friend's (Vickie) daughter's (Ashley) baby, Kaylee. A-mazing! She's due 5/13 and I can't wait to meet her!</span></p><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAENo-Kw-y5Lr6t89WPZQ7qDyZjNQCz7sz1iIvVWIHE5cnvzQ2Tnuil4AaHEParO35F1ENjb8EoM_aZWMn0oUOhFQIg8hGNcZ35yMoNLvLhgfWljMQwUp2-TdBFG9L4LdMw8Y7Kg/s1600-h/Kaylee0121098.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294467635461652690" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAENo-Kw-y5Lr6t89WPZQ7qDyZjNQCz7sz1iIvVWIHE5cnvzQ2Tnuil4AaHEParO35F1ENjb8EoM_aZWMn0oUOhFQIg8hGNcZ35yMoNLvLhgfWljMQwUp2-TdBFG9L4LdMw8Y7Kg/s320/Kaylee0121098.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">2. Dinner at Vickie's. We just had leftovers, but it's always nice to get together. We had coffee and dessert, too!</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">3. The launch of my organization's new website! Love it.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">4. Lunch out twice this week with friends.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">5. Getting together with friends to scrapbook. That will be tonight. It's always fun!</span><br /><p><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Head over to <a href="http://susannesspace.blogspot.com/">Susanne's</a> to see the other participants!</p><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span>Jadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660007146186030615noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14144743.post-2360753880379278852009-01-16T07:40:00.004-05:002009-01-16T07:48:52.290-05:00Friday's Fave Five<div align="center"><a href="http://susannesspace.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291871058070806514" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 152px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0YtE4TnZGzkDI44Q4-_P8YaO1rDjTykNe9a61yNOGpbuysXl9N-7H_vrGvxMf8j5SgfnRSUCMdfcfMRkG4YOBh3ovKwVTBh7K8RByaIAVWite01yclwWJKUxAIZFCS7B-FGQcRw/s320/Friday_fave_five_Tamara_small.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">5 Favorite things from this week:</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">1. Dinner at Panera with CM team. We had a fun time and the food is always yummy there!</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">2. Being able to help Mom out with laundry while she recupes from knee surgery. And then having dinner with Mom, Dad, Maim, and Tommy when I deliver the laundry! Mom made chicken stir fry.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">3. Getting all warm and cozy under the covers. It's been cold here this week. And even though it's tough to get out of the warmness in the morning, I'm grateful to have enough blankets to keep warm and to have a job to go to each day.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">4. Spur-of-the-moment plans to go out to lunch with a colleague. We enjoyed delicious chicken salad wraps and good conversation.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">5. Love sipping hot coffee in the morning! I'm doing that now, but I need a refill!</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">For more Friday's Fave Five participants, visit Susanne at </span><a href="http://susannesspace.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Living to Tell the Story</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">!<br /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span></div>Jadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660007146186030615noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14144743.post-63187389317623496942009-01-12T07:37:00.003-05:002009-01-12T07:52:51.237-05:00The Simple Woman's Daybook<span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">I've seen several blogging women participate in this over the weeks and thought I'd give it a try </span><div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">today!</span></div><p align="center"><a href="http://thesimplewomansdaybook.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290385989731430754" style="WIDTH: 198px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEoLoIf4mNBoktaZYqWmRCel_18LY3qwlGYx2GTnZq8NZuPYx1IsMqfpKMabpxF8zIMnZjHPrW8l26omcMeJ044QMTiJ2phllApSSqa4ka2Fw_t_oF1oflnaIAEVAKi3li-h-KIg/s320/SimpleWomansDaybook.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">FOR TODAY - January 12, 2009</span></div><div align="center"> </div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Outside my window...The sun is trying to peek through</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">I am thinking...I hope it doesn't cost a lot when I take my car in this afternoon for the ' service engine soon' light that came on this weekend.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">I am thankful for...my job. I started there as a secretary at age 19 and almost 24 years later, I am now VP.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">From the kitchen...just coffee and a bagel for breakfast; packing my lunch; and dinner out this evening.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">I am wearing...my pajamas. Need to get showered and dressed soon!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">I am creating...an organized home. It is a process!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">I am going...to work, then taking my car to the shop, grabbing something for dinner, followed by a Stewardship Committee meeting.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">I am reading...The Redemption of Sarah Cain</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">I am hoping...this week isn't too busy.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">I am hearing...the radio</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Around the house...the organizing process!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">One of my favorite things...hot coffee in the morning</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">A few plans for the rest of the week: working all week. Tuesday - dinner at Panera with Creative Memories team; Wednesday - small group; Thursday - nothing planned! Friday - scrapbooking with friends.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Here is picture thought I am sharing...</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0MobqpSAV4cWi8v1VFR4shVftANV15b_4shZkDSYoqVqYZvGtHYyyWNLWG_79NHsbC-maJhAkWWl01f5GJObyGpER5geAW8w60MIiQjLhnoBuMKz-vOvSZfAUNBYK6NT9hVO6LA/s1600-h/100_2402.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290386001128525570" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0MobqpSAV4cWi8v1VFR4shVftANV15b_4shZkDSYoqVqYZvGtHYyyWNLWG_79NHsbC-maJhAkWWl01f5GJObyGpER5geAW8w60MIiQjLhnoBuMKz-vOvSZfAUNBYK6NT9hVO6LA/s320/100_2402.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">My almost 95-year-old grandmother with my Dad (her son) on New Year's Day. She had a very mild stroke a couple months ago and has been living with my parents. My Mom takes very good care of her - Mom didn't want to put her in a nursing home. She can't live by herself anymore so this is an adjustment for everyone, but it's working out!</span></div><div><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#6600cc;">For more participants, visit <a href="http://thesimplewomansdaybook.blogspot.com/">Peggy's </a>blog!</span></div></div>Jadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660007146186030615noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14144743.post-79968169018457339332008-12-15T07:34:00.006-05:002008-12-15T07:56:24.436-05:00Christmas Tour<div align="center"><a href="http://boomama.net/2008/12/15/christmas-tour-of-homes-2008/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279999183156767314" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 245px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglqRDNFiKD1hXK6jqA95YnjDd8sODCt34kIKPSluwrBS66Ba2zj-05uR00uZSb_4AuLrhrnbR-UAJ_r6PgMJRLPl82ke7U-ZhzRqCejfWqd_HyJKtsll9QMO-6OzUL3LyBUpj1zw/s320/boomamachristmassmall1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">It's <a href="http://boomama.net/2008/12/15/christmas-tour-of-homes-2008/">BooMama's Christmas Tour of Homes</a>! Here's mine! I took a lot of close-up pictures rather than room-wide pictures.</span><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Here's what you see when you come in the front door:</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglZQSIIBDLw9lBi0FdfpIbdve6UQ5COqxb65PY_uixETdjXxSRFl_exxTyi2CPGyYYqNa8XQXIj8NUcmH0HGohuuLru3qojYgQ-NsVMve86afFsgWwCxzd8Vyob8OH0HvcnYmizg/s1600-h/100_1981.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279995838522097506" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglZQSIIBDLw9lBi0FdfpIbdve6UQ5COqxb65PY_uixETdjXxSRFl_exxTyi2CPGyYYqNa8XQXIj8NUcmH0HGohuuLru3qojYgQ-NsVMve86afFsgWwCxzd8Vyob8OH0HvcnYmizg/s320/100_1981.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279995848359665170" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUs_D9qX6T2-nfW6kVCo04F2Dwi2N-qMvi9VtQaqIOo53NhbANHTUFaJDPfZDxhGEYI_n6Q3ResbR5TzIARhwQiuR590AkYKEXOk4-HlSQG3hfisiZ4T0HUuQ5UFZ5jJg8vIoqWQ/s320/100_1982.jpg" border="0" /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">My banister. The santa is from Vickie and Scott. He's sitting on my aunt's childhood chair.</span><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279995835656865970" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk_BnlY2xMqB_vLUOyJkM91l0iQVrzak3Beefc8htOVXKowhnKIqlW_o6F1qtw62r7oU2WCqQ25U0OG0d4UrmZta81Z3vrelr5Umsoal4vFaiasjelvvvftWDDAsdLMV53J0WPEg/s320/100_1980.jpg" border="0" /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">This is the back of the front door.</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMMMwL6vnsyIbweYL-b2KvZffr46drHF70MkRLVvFOOBKA3JQRfFwA8Cw4yjSyXjPdF31FTL1YTkYrsmKEYibYnPgi3ggXBcmEpa1LP4I3CikKFEBy4796fRPjxNEBRggdmFQWQ/s1600-h/100_1979.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279995829799764466" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMMMwL6vnsyIbweYL-b2KvZffr46drHF70MkRLVvFOOBKA3JQRfFwA8Cw4yjSyXjPdF31FTL1YTkYrsmKEYibYnPgi3ggXBcmEpa1LP4I3CikKFEBy4796fRPjxNEBRggdmFQWQ/s320/100_1979.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Snowmen on the secretary inside the front door.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwKQcHCgUihkIkTtldsrvi_jiKPPBC8L9qSxaHBTWyi-s9tTbaZ_MkuQvmdrBijctK5bmKV32sjmTff0uWqfXlnJg_X_X0L-Kvis3nmH1W1MbutDLQpQGdlQr2c5hWMoDaxJM8w/s1600-h/100_1978.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279995638694416770" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwKQcHCgUihkIkTtldsrvi_jiKPPBC8L9qSxaHBTWyi-s9tTbaZ_MkuQvmdrBijctK5bmKV32sjmTff0uWqfXlnJg_X_X0L-Kvis3nmH1W1MbutDLQpQGdlQr2c5hWMoDaxJM8w/s320/100_1978.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">This snow couple is sitting under the secretary. My Dad made these and I love them!</span><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjntDhfLN7uiqVdstTNV4D5Ax_hhXpfDCO2ZEE5yywvvHS7VmVIoezUU7vLNpNMSanbzUnXJJLcmmXbKswmHmF_1HktjNGS7noRlE3vlMgv9ytp71GsSz98ECEGBkPfch9Rsl6lXA/s1600-h/100_1977.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279995637282855794" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjntDhfLN7uiqVdstTNV4D5Ax_hhXpfDCO2ZEE5yywvvHS7VmVIoezUU7vLNpNMSanbzUnXJJLcmmXbKswmHmF_1HktjNGS7noRlE3vlMgv9ytp71GsSz98ECEGBkPfch9Rsl6lXA/s320/100_1977.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">My Boyds Christmas tree.</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPKs4r8yP5bvQGMQxyOtj80LviHdmhGayu9l-fgNHPxTvyUz1iftATabBrAP6PejraN_s1jxexquQUTJAJWMdWbZqP5JL2cfnJv1mMUSrYSBIdGbf6Mn-xtOrT3OVqjn-ydnieow/s1600-h/100_1976.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279995630247308578" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPKs4r8yP5bvQGMQxyOtj80LviHdmhGayu9l-fgNHPxTvyUz1iftATabBrAP6PejraN_s1jxexquQUTJAJWMdWbZqP5JL2cfnJv1mMUSrYSBIdGbf6Mn-xtOrT3OVqjn-ydnieow/s320/100_1976.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Boyds NOEL from Linda and some snowmen.</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3G1ik7K3ThVfDYqfX-8pYcjOVY7g240q6Ly6q3Lf-6Kmvdlen0P0Tb2PEu-y_ht3oDjERXyl0Ay7MhZkPJepQ9Z53AsvHiFYX8xbl31p-L1-5GwiboyBkR5uegtoI45JsE4MPKQ/s1600-h/100_1974.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279995615495230706" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3G1ik7K3ThVfDYqfX-8pYcjOVY7g240q6Ly6q3Lf-6Kmvdlen0P0Tb2PEu-y_ht3oDjERXyl0Ay7MhZkPJepQ9Z53AsvHiFYX8xbl31p-L1-5GwiboyBkR5uegtoI45JsE4MPKQ/s320/100_1974.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8EjIVO30gbmIrBlojYqaBqC4qIYGki1QPb9jr0IDQ9aES9qEOAbMCS62L8Nb850UKS3dMnyZiSQbr243l4v9Fum4sCFRRAtXqBHhdxJ-bRoFd7gnK8HDVOs3ITgWjitI0SmVZcg/s1600-h/100_1975.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279995627924126498" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8EjIVO30gbmIrBlojYqaBqC4qIYGki1QPb9jr0IDQ9aES9qEOAbMCS62L8Nb850UKS3dMnyZiSQbr243l4v9Fum4sCFRRAtXqBHhdxJ-bRoFd7gnK8HDVOs3ITgWjitI0SmVZcg/s320/100_1975.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">The top of my entertainment center. And this is my Christmas tree for this year. It was easy to set up!</span><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaTrXj2M-cDZjyoWxpGvHK2sx2R-Tz2i5kTrUPFQ-jq9ywvj6wfmuLyQsQiWnin7EZS1nGSaQwH1zLRk2tGir6xSjDZ20p6-SFWKWdGIHaS6QA-YLkYVVLt-cVkC43KKxS33AWvg/s1600-h/100_1973.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279995403601069234" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaTrXj2M-cDZjyoWxpGvHK2sx2R-Tz2i5kTrUPFQ-jq9ywvj6wfmuLyQsQiWnin7EZS1nGSaQwH1zLRk2tGir6xSjDZ20p6-SFWKWdGIHaS6QA-YLkYVVLt-cVkC43KKxS33AWvg/s320/100_1973.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">CD/DVD rack</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAKrK1hT_KjJDCaEkevC9m00NPjb4bWcx_pi5SYBtzOvu054GHzfiCqJk1VoXh8bwzhJ6n9wfKKDsnBlIz6Lzt3RvbSsUSjAL9Ge9vCWxAX2pdj7dpGG8OQ7P3bEGSuQKtvU04dw/s1600-h/100_1972.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279995399360495826" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAKrK1hT_KjJDCaEkevC9m00NPjb4bWcx_pi5SYBtzOvu054GHzfiCqJk1VoXh8bwzhJ6n9wfKKDsnBlIz6Lzt3RvbSsUSjAL9Ge9vCWxAX2pdj7dpGG8OQ7P3bEGSuQKtvU04dw/s320/100_1972.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">End table</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLboJxwE9BKHtXfLMveozUwKmMLP3JrbZ5vctMvQbvB60d6ppZNzBA2A9I5s82mhc6kzCQjP8HecTJFp6hI3I5VRTyfOpUka1A-fILtGQY8p7Dcaqhk3vofvaHcLOJOMxH_gdmJQ/s1600-h/100_1971.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279995396697819634" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLboJxwE9BKHtXfLMveozUwKmMLP3JrbZ5vctMvQbvB60d6ppZNzBA2A9I5s82mhc6kzCQjP8HecTJFp6hI3I5VRTyfOpUka1A-fILtGQY8p7Dcaqhk3vofvaHcLOJOMxH_gdmJQ/s320/100_1971.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">The other end table</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-9RD0Ts0iOrSb1kgoUSCjFcftcVonQXufnXImFlnFHA6PGd1gnMkGbishqqHDXSboXOdWx7mL1tHgoYeXOCWxKkgg2ef2lUeu07AVAko0c0pjiyoymVNZPM1LJTEKzMFrbKX6KQ/s1600-h/100_1969.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279995387479957106" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-9RD0Ts0iOrSb1kgoUSCjFcftcVonQXufnXImFlnFHA6PGd1gnMkGbishqqHDXSboXOdWx7mL1tHgoYeXOCWxKkgg2ef2lUeu07AVAko0c0pjiyoymVNZPM1LJTEKzMFrbKX6KQ/s320/100_1969.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Snowmen trio</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmNtedI26yo1B1CcED3c7SEEvRTSIKAlbk2PMUigklE2qd8BQyW5yi7MKkP7X0CdGks9RjBcUu7NPlQCSRuSOeBK1KHK4qEy0TEeAzcNWCj3OXNj7Q-ZJhSzSni5eeQmnUYbpmrg/s1600-h/100_1968.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279995385558939282" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmNtedI26yo1B1CcED3c7SEEvRTSIKAlbk2PMUigklE2qd8BQyW5yi7MKkP7X0CdGks9RjBcUu7NPlQCSRuSOeBK1KHK4qEy0TEeAzcNWCj3OXNj7Q-ZJhSzSni5eeQmnUYbpmrg/s320/100_1968.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Dining room table</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1ebpQHcxrq51VnzfEd5KWDmYLUm0Msc_xBJ6IgVDCkgk9ZH-ZNAOLV7BBbDy_DYK8Zr3jOt1RO6ca0GiBE6cIXo4TrzI65QRZPv0ajtVWTmXOSnMr1jGV-mKw_cB_KcGfiC6tQ/s1600-h/100_1967.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279995016222798898" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1ebpQHcxrq51VnzfEd5KWDmYLUm0Msc_xBJ6IgVDCkgk9ZH-ZNAOLV7BBbDy_DYK8Zr3jOt1RO6ca0GiBE6cIXo4TrzI65QRZPv0ajtVWTmXOSnMr1jGV-mKw_cB_KcGfiC6tQ/s320/100_1967.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Fabric Christmas wreath on powder room door. Jo's daughter, Carole, made it. I hang it up every year in Carol's memory.</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpd_NqWo7TkzH6s3UsDZSVhr979ksiNj2wzrh9Hey7iQay4OH8yRETHP1PrAntmUTHBeVXFa8MI0eDUG9JY_7fhHSdCk3L5O3ytixsuBkatMbSVrljrtD1pcAMbD4wIu1F91ot7Q/s1600-h/100_1966.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279995014750584210" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpd_NqWo7TkzH6s3UsDZSVhr979ksiNj2wzrh9Hey7iQay4OH8yRETHP1PrAntmUTHBeVXFa8MI0eDUG9JY_7fhHSdCk3L5O3ytixsuBkatMbSVrljrtD1pcAMbD4wIu1F91ot7Q/s320/100_1966.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Snowmen in the powder room.</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIjjhab93u4TXVVfsXAH7W1vHiXaqRVmt7B0UTxoXIEPE7fQQBWHHJlHrJ0nYM0PYoqTM0_HWiu3U1T9GewOUvsZJElI9FneVVeMcuECP_Tkv9dixkATHpI0yVM_XaQp6TZ-5spg/s1600-h/100_1965.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279995004879276530" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIjjhab93u4TXVVfsXAH7W1vHiXaqRVmt7B0UTxoXIEPE7fQQBWHHJlHrJ0nYM0PYoqTM0_HWiu3U1T9GewOUvsZJElI9FneVVeMcuECP_Tkv9dixkATHpI0yVM_XaQp6TZ-5spg/s320/100_1965.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Powder room</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xf1IgZXpcj1T9-1VL9BmVqCgIkEjR1oa90ba0zikQvtwapl9lSxZLTORWk1B138WpFc1GkFXQyIMmOPqA1sBK3HxCMJMDwETHVnmJm_R2HZhdWK9lxdDrW9x6Mo-CVRyYDvU8w/s1600-h/100_1964.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279994998644269746" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xf1IgZXpcj1T9-1VL9BmVqCgIkEjR1oa90ba0zikQvtwapl9lSxZLTORWk1B138WpFc1GkFXQyIMmOPqA1sBK3HxCMJMDwETHVnmJm_R2HZhdWK9lxdDrW9x6Mo-CVRyYDvU8w/s320/100_1964.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">On the back of the door to the deck.</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3BbO9jPJJsF1DfmuVh-rzWeR-5ya41iIclduNYbQzCKBH1OuuKmejIc3WWip6ZaoQ8qNGfUKcA6ffFiDbpPt8eBH55zkGlNHuyyW_MWHIoSEi_shTSjvTQ-vSjLRuVb9_TsTKAw/s1600-h/100_1963.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279994997323205458" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3BbO9jPJJsF1DfmuVh-rzWeR-5ya41iIclduNYbQzCKBH1OuuKmejIc3WWip6ZaoQ8qNGfUKcA6ffFiDbpPt8eBH55zkGlNHuyyW_MWHIoSEi_shTSjvTQ-vSjLRuVb9_TsTKAw/s320/100_1963.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">On the pantry door</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZMYDHQEpw9cnjDQiMEkOmOIt76qa461YehFqKgdP_h_N-WxHC-ROCPMb7jXkejAJukJKNhr-Wbhk5sDQmS2RMP4wiqSkYuQ53xLpayEwMeluFkhqWhCBdD23Xd_WoNIFCoNP8nQ/s1600-h/100_1961.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279994719636934930" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZMYDHQEpw9cnjDQiMEkOmOIt76qa461YehFqKgdP_h_N-WxHC-ROCPMb7jXkejAJukJKNhr-Wbhk5sDQmS2RMP4wiqSkYuQ53xLpayEwMeluFkhqWhCBdD23Xd_WoNIFCoNP8nQ/s320/100_1961.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Snowmen in the kitchen</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM287shbtN2OHmx8Vg_1suRmWn8OATBonVBh8eh_Qya2gxbQ6LzDiOxY0GFTla1vHL8yT3vPRxyzJ57GVaDltNLrJ1vFkt1LzMVmccyU0OrRSLWwNAFfp4OgfzH6TFRxt59iF6bg/s1600-h/100_1960.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279994717058294930" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM287shbtN2OHmx8Vg_1suRmWn8OATBonVBh8eh_Qya2gxbQ6LzDiOxY0GFTla1vHL8yT3vPRxyzJ57GVaDltNLrJ1vFkt1LzMVmccyU0OrRSLWwNAFfp4OgfzH6TFRxt59iF6bg/s320/100_1960.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">I love my Pfaltzgraff Winterberry pattern! This is on top of the microwave.</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx87XZlrmkm0xunnWpj1Wepa1h2MCgASdZcyurU0nBipRbJPnDA-_plwbOCTi3PJV0Z_GGagRcTgyj59jf3t-XFhLKOBHYaabNWpxtqrgEUa5zwUqTr0QPunNvUX2HZpPXIKNJAA/s1600-h/100_1959.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279994713193157938" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx87XZlrmkm0xunnWpj1Wepa1h2MCgASdZcyurU0nBipRbJPnDA-_plwbOCTi3PJV0Z_GGagRcTgyj59jf3t-XFhLKOBHYaabNWpxtqrgEUa5zwUqTr0QPunNvUX2HZpPXIKNJAA/s320/100_1959.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">The stove</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvtuQsqTxPblxzN-VFvJhYLLKzNt1DcPBn-450lLg5DZKw2JmC4gZ_kY4nwG6MxnV6-YY4MpTD8pR3osWIm0TaGkaO68ZJOCOvQhV8LRiIDYUKaxpszoTLQDUuYkSeRNS_gUTNQA/s1600-h/100_1958.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279994702485715682" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvtuQsqTxPblxzN-VFvJhYLLKzNt1DcPBn-450lLg5DZKw2JmC4gZ_kY4nwG6MxnV6-YY4MpTD8pR3osWIm0TaGkaO68ZJOCOvQhV8LRiIDYUKaxpszoTLQDUuYkSeRNS_gUTNQA/s320/100_1958.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">The kitchen sink</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyi-yOjfJ1hyphenhyphenqlXi2MDptNm07kJhvJfoQpj3Dh_rmzcMDpbRmZ-u_hEm_HoRkyFc0mcqYUAYIKlvF-vpcvnt9mu_ZN0CaEWAJKPDtpxA37HsbBEst0B4q9S_500tm-wi7qBD7z0w/s1600-h/100_1957.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279994696984893170" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyi-yOjfJ1hyphenhyphenqlXi2MDptNm07kJhvJfoQpj3Dh_rmzcMDpbRmZ-u_hEm_HoRkyFc0mcqYUAYIKlvF-vpcvnt9mu_ZN0CaEWAJKPDtpxA37HsbBEst0B4q9S_500tm-wi7qBD7z0w/s320/100_1957.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Winterberry dishes, mugs, and butter dish on the kitchen counter</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Thanks for taking the tour!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span></span></div></div></div>Jadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660007146186030615noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14144743.post-61931928414990224252008-11-25T06:47:00.003-05:002008-11-25T06:57:33.222-05:00M is 4!<div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">My youngest nephew turned 4 on November 15th! The family celebration was held on Saturday.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirpfUI06tKT-CMUFTiJuCQp9jwbwZyT8jwfxKveil8iivyYmdCpbQPITstTvJg9LvufsH6CEET5is11Yq1ZlFtAzL776V0cGs4Ckpf8qwHFz0dLRNHn2EsjThXzvTD-AQm7AW0Xg/s1600-h/100_1833.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272561151196530786" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirpfUI06tKT-CMUFTiJuCQp9jwbwZyT8jwfxKveil8iivyYmdCpbQPITstTvJg9LvufsH6CEET5is11Yq1ZlFtAzL776V0cGs4Ckpf8qwHFz0dLRNHn2EsjThXzvTD-AQm7AW0Xg/s320/100_1833.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">The Transformer birthday cake</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiObxuS3daqZi3NfrzBaz0P0MAx1fRGPu_rcqvqEeJPaRer2BBIJxI4oqLHUPNRTN-snNMHwrGC0a0A-aYG0c_DbIXfYoToSMK8ltaTorDptK6chnuKocQAwRj7uXH-OeQSP3mnyw/s1600-h/100_1841.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272561157659525090" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiObxuS3daqZi3NfrzBaz0P0MAx1fRGPu_rcqvqEeJPaRer2BBIJxI4oqLHUPNRTN-snNMHwrGC0a0A-aYG0c_DbIXfYoToSMK8ltaTorDptK6chnuKocQAwRj7uXH-OeQSP3mnyw/s320/100_1841.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Making a wish! </span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfuO-lcVLMMDGw8r6M4hI2EAw9kajdnHRbZtvywmMipnqmkoUC6xEiDSFXjaNVN5CwG0GL24nP3YZ4dK6rU6Jokm1Wz4GuFsL6NTZUya9W3dZGyx45Cq0K6VUerLr1f5GEGpiuyg/s1600-h/100_1862.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272561166481450546" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfuO-lcVLMMDGw8r6M4hI2EAw9kajdnHRbZtvywmMipnqmkoUC6xEiDSFXjaNVN5CwG0GL24nP3YZ4dK6rU6Jokm1Wz4GuFsL6NTZUya9W3dZGyx45Cq0K6VUerLr1f5GEGpiuyg/s320/100_1862.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Opening presents! He received a lot of Hot Wheels stuff!<br /><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhON03aiNptp6ynWAvoIR9uyv4PRZuvqj8xMleY03SkFmO7Ihmz7bft-I96Q5AOTe9eJyIYE01q-0J2hln7Pc3am5kBzuE_L7Yl56QDx-m6tkBmiikqUgPFzkygTSeXD6CL1bcB1Q/s1600-h/100_1876.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272561894256570754" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhON03aiNptp6ynWAvoIR9uyv4PRZuvqj8xMleY03SkFmO7Ihmz7bft-I96Q5AOTe9eJyIYE01q-0J2hln7Pc3am5kBzuE_L7Yl56QDx-m6tkBmiikqUgPFzkygTSeXD6CL1bcB1Q/s320/100_1876.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">And when he opened the Scooby-Doo DVD, he said, "It's what I always wanted!" Too cute!<br /></span></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjisKkEPC2HcV64UHyaZAIzHJCyY2UFs4u35bVmzjo-_jD3NVRjz47xggoZIX8c4hRXIKH6ef_EXkgvbLe4ntBN4wZixRNOC__L5hEHMiT1MUA21Zd3bsXdwGv7ljLk64_YBZcOLg/s1600-h/100_1836.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272561155093069266" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjisKkEPC2HcV64UHyaZAIzHJCyY2UFs4u35bVmzjo-_jD3NVRjz47xggoZIX8c4hRXIKH6ef_EXkgvbLe4ntBN4wZixRNOC__L5hEHMiT1MUA21Zd3bsXdwGv7ljLk64_YBZcOLg/s320/100_1836.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Brotherly love!<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggF9K-8GX7tcbIYZKczlfhrPngunT2Xl3rC-Fgo8erM_I2FZbrcW0v_3pZ7y8Tlj_r8oXrlguckje2ECJs6fP9-5ZBD65GIAd2SdlcO-39fuFxPVhgw5PG6LZBaqBOpirvzCtN9w/s1600-h/100_1898.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272561902678070786" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggF9K-8GX7tcbIYZKczlfhrPngunT2Xl3rC-Fgo8erM_I2FZbrcW0v_3pZ7y8Tlj_r8oXrlguckje2ECJs6fP9-5ZBD65GIAd2SdlcO-39fuFxPVhgw5PG6LZBaqBOpirvzCtN9w/s320/100_1898.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Even though it was his birthday, he w.o.u.l.d. NOT smile much! But he was very cute when he thanked everyone for their gift and gave lots of hugs and kisses!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Happy Birthday, M! I love you!</span></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span></div></div></div>Jadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660007146186030615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14144743.post-89949575511736244672008-11-14T09:49:00.006-05:002008-11-14T10:18:51.411-05:00Friday's Fave Five - My 2nd One<span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><br /></span><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMtI2XAqvIUkub_4Im2o75ziL4mUfiCNu9aNahiSgDGdkatth1rl5PRVgZq8HkW4gkpQOam4DIdV1dELKj9mA1lokNx8cd-xMVYO4H73ubxRMPakpne-3ZlpxV6lFMN88YRSqpiw/s1600-h/Friday_fave_five_Tamara_small.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268525958858488402" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 152px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMtI2XAqvIUkub_4Im2o75ziL4mUfiCNu9aNahiSgDGdkatth1rl5PRVgZq8HkW4gkpQOam4DIdV1dELKj9mA1lokNx8cd-xMVYO4H73ubxRMPakpne-3ZlpxV6lFMN88YRSqpiw/s320/Friday_fave_five_Tamara_small.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">This is my second time participating in </span><a href="http://susannesspace.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Susanne's</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><a href="http://susannesspace.blogspot.com/search/label/Fave%20Five"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Friday's Fave Five</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">.<br /></span><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">1. Participating in a Boyds Bingo fundraiser for a 7-year-old girl with a rare form of cancer...and winning two games! The first game and the last game!</span></div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span></span><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTG7duBs14Hbrh89wNp3kQNbCXxz1bEhNFab6oPmth4TfKUmlOCr0n64DyEoryShY3ugPiizlSK9c9X5ZK71TGWOyKI0kAGLfeGHOCjCcUiHN6kehicMQmU3dtPK504roDca1Yig/s1600-h/Boyds.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268526820740650978" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTG7duBs14Hbrh89wNp3kQNbCXxz1bEhNFab6oPmth4TfKUmlOCr0n64DyEoryShY3ugPiizlSK9c9X5ZK71TGWOyKI0kAGLfeGHOCjCcUiHN6kehicMQmU3dtPK504roDca1Yig/s320/Boyds.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">2. Enjoying fresh Fall flowers. They're from our Annual Luncheon.</span></div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span></span><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj536zMAMnVmkPXefilP7U9rSwFdoq3RKtrTpSYubIziZlbq0Xb6-RqLJv2R0AzFqf3WXotvSXJDUEAJHEu0Ag_ySHvrGodck9tBy8Svdctq-S4MSfPTdtdNjgX4Tbr2A92n88FFA/s1600-h/FreshFallFlowers.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268526828274766994" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj536zMAMnVmkPXefilP7U9rSwFdoq3RKtrTpSYubIziZlbq0Xb6-RqLJv2R0AzFqf3WXotvSXJDUEAJHEu0Ag_ySHvrGodck9tBy8Svdctq-S4MSfPTdtdNjgX4Tbr2A92n88FFA/s320/FreshFallFlowers.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">3. Being organized enough this week to set up the coffee pot the night before so there's hot, fresh coffee when I wake up! I love the smell of coffee, and waking up to it is just wonderful.</span></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeqmCdrnq1xWoVuY3WW6G7pOTyjzID6PeE6DJmMxKPE49YH-nIHq4aQ9u6v2P_LctQWawvS2Skxibjw_DyWbmMw-Pu9RqXpjF0AV2OR0Zjv4E0DdHeFigZPY2VQI2X80K41fmLBg/s1600-h/coffee2.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268530725791074994" style="WIDTH: 302px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeqmCdrnq1xWoVuY3WW6G7pOTyjzID6PeE6DJmMxKPE49YH-nIHq4aQ9u6v2P_LctQWawvS2Skxibjw_DyWbmMw-Pu9RqXpjF0AV2OR0Zjv4E0DdHeFigZPY2VQI2X80K41fmLBg/s320/coffee2.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">4. Comfort food! I made a big casserole dish of </span><a href="http://recipes.pauladeen.com/index.php/recipes/view/the_ladys_cheesy_mac/"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">The Lady's Cheesy Mac </span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">("The Lady" being </span><a href="http://www.pauladeen.com/"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Paula Deen</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">!) on Tuesday and had my best friend and her two boys over for dinner. I'm still enjoying the leftovers.</span></p><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">5. Two evenings this week without anything planned. No meetings to attend, no "chores" to be done, etc. I did get some of my scrapbooking stuff organized. Still working on that!</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">It was a great week! I hope yours was, too.</span></div>Jadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660007146186030615noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14144743.post-81879024577373449572008-11-06T20:48:00.004-05:002008-11-06T21:02:11.477-05:00Thanks 'N' Giving Swap<span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;">I participated in </span><a href="http://susangodfrey.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;">Susan's</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"> </span><a href="http://susangodfrey.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/thanks-n-giving-fall-swap/"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;">Thanks 'N' Giving Swap</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;">. She was my partner! Here are the things she sent me:</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmWHYoQatUoE761P64wUIj9Jlyrkt-Qbqvz8THzLah8b6_mdH2tN-F9dYsSCHxypxpmzqT8iUfuS3IYMODyFGbGp1BQNiZXEqDnTkeRToDbxR_Nz7_kPspv0pMfSOFMDUJ6jgK2g/s1600-h/100_1665.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265727317103117650" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmWHYoQatUoE761P64wUIj9Jlyrkt-Qbqvz8THzLah8b6_mdH2tN-F9dYsSCHxypxpmzqT8iUfuS3IYMODyFGbGp1BQNiZXEqDnTkeRToDbxR_Nz7_kPspv0pMfSOFMDUJ6jgK2g/s320/100_1665.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFKQU9V8sGqhHMJXrU9FFoZmQqJyjsNqQu2_mh9WZq1832qOZYYp6Xi9R0D8S63q9sqSsClLgNuKNcS2jPOgavQjiv9fw0b_hw9Wd4L-5en95m1NlMk3fozrhAQ0KQi2Q4Cbw3g/s1600-h/100_1666.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;">A crocheted hot pad, an apron she made, an oven mitt and two pot holders, Pumpkin Spice body wash, 6 tea bags, a wooden pumpkin that says "Give Thanks," a Mary Englebreit book, a cloth grocery bag that she also made, and a Fall table runner. I love everything! I've already used the body wash, I have the wooden pumpkin with my Fall decortions, along with the Mary Englrebreit book, and I plan to use all the other stuff real soon!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFKQU9V8sGqhHMJXrU9FFoZmQqJyjsNqQu2_mh9WZq1832qOZYYp6Xi9R0D8S63q9sqSsClLgNuKNcS2jPOgavQjiv9fw0b_hw9Wd4L-5en95m1NlMk3fozrhAQ0KQi2Q4Cbw3g/s1600-h/100_1666.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265727319936654130" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFKQU9V8sGqhHMJXrU9FFoZmQqJyjsNqQu2_mh9WZq1832qOZYYp6Xi9R0D8S63q9sqSsClLgNuKNcS2jPOgavQjiv9fw0b_hw9Wd4L-5en95m1NlMk3fozrhAQ0KQi2Q4Cbw3g/s320/100_1666.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"> </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPQmwaiJ2jwoJeHQM8cW_rPebn3VlkzyfE-EDSLWK6XxUK3jVQlseeJ9XsYyFJgCbGiZD0ok7pRnBKvK70rnUzzJ4UmaBLd1EHBEuM4Tzn7HPflNHrqnGQepOZPcUOtuZiNJkrnA/s1600-h/100_1669.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265727331109509666" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPQmwaiJ2jwoJeHQM8cW_rPebn3VlkzyfE-EDSLWK6XxUK3jVQlseeJ9XsYyFJgCbGiZD0ok7pRnBKvK70rnUzzJ4UmaBLd1EHBEuM4Tzn7HPflNHrqnGQepOZPcUOtuZiNJkrnA/s320/100_1669.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;">Oh, here's the table runner on my kitchen island. It's really long, so I have it folded in half. I'll use it on my dining table at some point - right now I have a Fall tablecloth on it. At least I finished going through all my magazines - you couldn't even seen the tablecloth from all the magazines and articles I was saving to file!</span><br /><span style="color:#6633ff;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0sEowTbyCzVdntflTrue0xBpqJzo9ba5w_f05l3t4X28P7_wOAaQxwXhQx1HOrPNWvUJO8cSwSJrQMP5KrxSfFvnTU2aFgX-Ov2rF5Tk0WJaMEWJIfoEfe5hxThmuVRtnFbAncg/s1600-h/100_1668.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265727326685035042" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0sEowTbyCzVdntflTrue0xBpqJzo9ba5w_f05l3t4X28P7_wOAaQxwXhQx1HOrPNWvUJO8cSwSJrQMP5KrxSfFvnTU2aFgX-Ov2rF5Tk0WJaMEWJIfoEfe5hxThmuVRtnFbAncg/s320/100_1668.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;">If I had to pick a favorite thing, it would be the apron! I didn't have a Fall/Autumn-themed apron, so I love this one! Plus, she made it! Now I should host Thanksgiving Dinner so I get to wear it soon!</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;">Thanks, </span><a href="http://susangodfrey.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;">Susan</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;">! I enjoyed being your partner.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;">She posted the things I sent her in </span><a href="http://susangodfrey.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/its-thursday/"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;">this post</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;">.</span>Jadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660007146186030615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14144743.post-48097023023842661652008-11-04T11:27:00.000-05:002008-11-04T11:28:03.148-05:00General Election Day 2008<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvK8WI_K2ZDq409E0vXzg_YloKKCa1HtOEAXITLsLUE_M0wi2uPnQUGQJmmNU1h6rZfDdhbu-jePY5H7G1cPB4-SLFvwQEH0np5klQjr8tthW9QFC1Q5YHKAHTzL6MSnxoUUQh9g/s1600-h/IVoted.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264839944564053554" style="WIDTH: 110px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 110px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvK8WI_K2ZDq409E0vXzg_YloKKCa1HtOEAXITLsLUE_M0wi2uPnQUGQJmmNU1h6rZfDdhbu-jePY5H7G1cPB4-SLFvwQEH0np5klQjr8tthW9QFC1Q5YHKAHTzL6MSnxoUUQh9g/s320/IVoted.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div align="center"></div>Jadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660007146186030615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14144743.post-68590672930454674952008-11-03T07:06:00.004-05:002008-11-03T07:17:27.212-05:00Fall 2008<span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Fall is my favorite time of year! I love all the vibrant colors and the warm days and cooler evenings. Here are some pictures I took:</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">I took these first four from the 8th floor of the parking garage at work. I was hoping to get the colors of the trees in the mountains, but they're too far away. But the view is cool!</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Y4rrF6qHy7MLyzwL43j_9h5h9fkZUAE2oGr6CSIpPrEzsYt79HG78gSzsdev9x-QTIA9aKKSuZIUXkUGEQ5yrM4dTz-RDv56YqntqpjCAcpl3DLxlHNvmSkFCFcSLUUDxWpdNA/s1600-h/100_1621.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264402347549628402" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Y4rrF6qHy7MLyzwL43j_9h5h9fkZUAE2oGr6CSIpPrEzsYt79HG78gSzsdev9x-QTIA9aKKSuZIUXkUGEQ5yrM4dTz-RDv56YqntqpjCAcpl3DLxlHNvmSkFCFcSLUUDxWpdNA/s320/100_1621.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjLyENnR-C5dEh6Ve9R7urVKpAjMGNMdjAmwmzhruWhPCEMMHwaHpBQwdZsz1WOVxhuvjabo-6eXPWkoFCUnXHPne3D4QbAg41Ufjdj1hTpynVpxMo_5OCcaUWgyGBwpQBlkH7fA/s1600-h/100_1620.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264402339350621570" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjLyENnR-C5dEh6Ve9R7urVKpAjMGNMdjAmwmzhruWhPCEMMHwaHpBQwdZsz1WOVxhuvjabo-6eXPWkoFCUnXHPne3D4QbAg41Ufjdj1hTpynVpxMo_5OCcaUWgyGBwpQBlkH7fA/s320/100_1620.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><br /><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4xRe45OtaxIWNvStYD7nRndyTMU4m2egFQK_St9lNoEB9TThFAg2L1JtsL4V4-NysgyNheH3WUFGUaHEFJF__AxC06sapzLUY75e6q_beLzUX7GAnkjlAg5VX5YByiwhvCqLGwA/s1600-h/100_1622.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264402333200561330" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4xRe45OtaxIWNvStYD7nRndyTMU4m2egFQK_St9lNoEB9TThFAg2L1JtsL4V4-NysgyNheH3WUFGUaHEFJF__AxC06sapzLUY75e6q_beLzUX7GAnkjlAg5VX5YByiwhvCqLGwA/s320/100_1622.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><br /><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig9i6twphWlrt0EKrgOa_SAsZCDpQuF4rL6SuSR8RSqc9doaHST29scFjlAijJQaqZmtbIcZc73aLhtKMLpS7VLqaFf1fbuK5wyfXxL4ZeQFGI4YZE6sSdCgafswHMs8P8Ff0f-g/s1600-h/100_1619.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264402322820483682" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig9i6twphWlrt0EKrgOa_SAsZCDpQuF4rL6SuSR8RSqc9doaHST29scFjlAijJQaqZmtbIcZc73aLhtKMLpS7VLqaFf1fbuK5wyfXxL4ZeQFGI4YZE6sSdCgafswHMs8P8Ff0f-g/s320/100_1619.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><br /><br /><br />This is the front of my house. Nothing spectacular. I just wanted a picture with my McCain/Palin yard sign!<br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu2DT7M8UgfCRojcc5fZP4n5iVHDpK7mgE6zLPzUNKzcMZrhHp7VinRBhr_zHkgaiX8v4Bar4FWYKU907DmtDGyLv0nlZBUp7hOKYhDV-LiDRSFtgHt9eFo35PZ01jpKa-2-b_7g/s1600-h/100_1617.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264402318600375650" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu2DT7M8UgfCRojcc5fZP4n5iVHDpK7mgE6zLPzUNKzcMZrhHp7VinRBhr_zHkgaiX8v4Bar4FWYKU907DmtDGyLv0nlZBUp7hOKYhDV-LiDRSFtgHt9eFo35PZ01jpKa-2-b_7g/s320/100_1617.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><br /><br />Here's the tree I see every morning out my front door.<br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjscIYRlsAN8naIsK65plggYpv6MLJz03aPjRiGGz5bb8wudhmbrIoe8eHR7KBa-h2U5376Eu_rW0Gw-eRUlGfE7Unrh23ROdT8ZP6po7TXkophyphenhyphen4Wc42M3F5l0xb7zEwSEbYg4tg/s1600-h/100_1614.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264401973562100802" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjscIYRlsAN8naIsK65plggYpv6MLJz03aPjRiGGz5bb8wudhmbrIoe8eHR7KBa-h2U5376Eu_rW0Gw-eRUlGfE7Unrh23ROdT8ZP6po7TXkophyphenhyphen4Wc42M3F5l0xb7zEwSEbYg4tg/s320/100_1614.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">And here's the same tree four days later!<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGe66FG60PGfwaR-1sVgAgDp7_jodtx20892RCkYpv4rjwyyqAS2mKUZhkmHlhmjLBHjO75U1DbSrN7XC3oTSBrzebKwB8Z5Gw6_g6jwHJWlxT6VlWln4o-WutOPdbCeJDQaNiyw/s1600-h/100_1663.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264401962067457730" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGe66FG60PGfwaR-1sVgAgDp7_jodtx20892RCkYpv4rjwyyqAS2mKUZhkmHlhmjLBHjO75U1DbSrN7XC3oTSBrzebKwB8Z5Gw6_g6jwHJWlxT6VlWln4o-WutOPdbCeJDQaNiyw/s320/100_1663.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Another tree, to the left of my front door.</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi84VKSoo6S67HaHJEmBwGszzhjq5foATqYzUyR2zHxuU6_TIkSsj0qKZnS88YDt0ZZevLQwPn4kfQQvX7I9BfQpmHzHA-2lkp86_D-KEuFtSJc2Pg6wPNY3LJcQLQa3zxHD6OiOw/s1600-h/100_1664.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264401966475673234" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi84VKSoo6S67HaHJEmBwGszzhjq5foATqYzUyR2zHxuU6_TIkSsj0qKZnS88YDt0ZZevLQwPn4kfQQvX7I9BfQpmHzHA-2lkp86_D-KEuFtSJc2Pg6wPNY3LJcQLQa3zxHD6OiOw/s320/100_1664.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><br /></span><div><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">I took these last two pictures on my way home from visiting my sister and her family. I was driving, down a mountain, put the window down, with my camera out the window, and just snapped. LOL It was cloudy and drizzling. On the way to visit them, it was beautiful - warm and sunny - but I didn't stop to take any pictures. ::sigh::<br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZb5UIq-gzAt3vcrKO8iUlksvKRxLb04Iu80w5uVRHdpRIzn5pNwUM9aXfVI9YoOpgFsFMNH0kMFFNl-kIu1UsfbRtkJxS7ve3XT8GSjZZbyEy55EooxQL_bW4Ca9PvKl_GX3LJA/s1600-h/100_1603.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264401956752531826" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZb5UIq-gzAt3vcrKO8iUlksvKRxLb04Iu80w5uVRHdpRIzn5pNwUM9aXfVI9YoOpgFsFMNH0kMFFNl-kIu1UsfbRtkJxS7ve3XT8GSjZZbyEy55EooxQL_bW4Ca9PvKl_GX3LJA/s320/100_1603.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><br /><br /><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xRPxbTowT5PzKuN2gdxm-m4mMolZZKhUikSjlOpstfh4eM1g7azJ_V6AT-WZu9gKYAUcC-MCd0SJJCkcQljMo-iqYcD3217PTOXPs-0k5NnSXFSds8TQY5qVkXzPnAYfHJEduA/s1600-h/100_1607.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264401949757608594" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xRPxbTowT5PzKuN2gdxm-m4mMolZZKhUikSjlOpstfh4eM1g7azJ_V6AT-WZu9gKYAUcC-MCd0SJJCkcQljMo-iqYcD3217PTOXPs-0k5NnSXFSds8TQY5qVkXzPnAYfHJEduA/s320/100_1607.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Jadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660007146186030615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14144743.post-54223801061805569122008-10-31T09:24:00.003-05:002008-10-31T09:38:10.958-05:00Friday's Fave Five<p align="center"><a href="http://susannesspace.blogspot.com/search/label/Fave%20Five"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263324541041049858" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 152px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjptJiqt-jLZAAMCtnRES0seFpCtgG8yv-l4kOQ6PTbddM-uXgWMuEUPbM76WW6TDhRxvcenV8bkN85yJ9ZCkML9xqEtp9aFs3J2ShMQ7LkCREouRsYYD-woeurOXAr3YwGphMQ5A/s320/Friday_fave_five_Tamara_small.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">This is my first time participating in <a href="http://www.susannesspace.blogspot.com/">Susanne's</a> <a href="http://susannesspace.blogspot.com/search/label/Fave%20Five">Friday's Fave 5</a>, though I've thought about it plenty of times - just didn't take the time to participate!</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">1. Enjoying Pumpkin Spice coffee at the office every morning and coffee with pumpkin spice creamer at home. YUM!</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">2. Spending several days with my two nieces and my oldest nephew while their parents were away. Here they are doing homework.</span></p><p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG5I5tXaRvEgogYKEP92rWADQQUG_i1-bX2m9LsBBLiKdb31aHcTmek56L2FWOQUTOEwoNoajkl3h6mW-YWUeBwFRST74TB7FD_h_4HquEcxDmd1tNnxf1k7Fy2VdK023CK5zkeg/s1600-h/Homework.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263324533451636882" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG5I5tXaRvEgogYKEP92rWADQQUG_i1-bX2m9LsBBLiKdb31aHcTmek56L2FWOQUTOEwoNoajkl3h6mW-YWUeBwFRST74TB7FD_h_4HquEcxDmd1tNnxf1k7Fy2VdK023CK5zkeg/s320/Homework.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">3. Enjoying the colors of Fall.</span></p><p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuMDt_yGZp91VxvDrqctLVZpv1GaaCrcimz2FqpT_Gg-6_knPR_-TykZF5xVRRwtETRwi7KBfB3XVABbYOvCXILOuv8wGiSPpkRd1JpPClB8OJcXsS8uGYgy8Epa3frQk342cTGA/s1600-h/Fall.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263324530914661010" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuMDt_yGZp91VxvDrqctLVZpv1GaaCrcimz2FqpT_Gg-6_knPR_-TykZF5xVRRwtETRwi7KBfB3XVABbYOvCXILOuv8wGiSPpkRd1JpPClB8OJcXsS8uGYgy8Epa3frQk342cTGA/s320/Fall.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">4. Seeing the trick-or-treaters last night. I do have pictures of my best friend's kids, but they're still on my camera. </span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibEja__dvq5-hBibFm8oaZHV5KJ2_YXtH3BQqAFaS1yJWZh_-lmdHwD0bLKVR_DpsI-xZDhpxsCF-JSEmav0BQNIIUFdiB-SkV3hvoPJZYD2gd8zT0PhUddT5UEghOPIRG-O6-IQ/s1600-h/Boo.bmp"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263324541389802082" style="WIDTH: 203px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 292px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibEja__dvq5-hBibFm8oaZHV5KJ2_YXtH3BQqAFaS1yJWZh_-lmdHwD0bLKVR_DpsI-xZDhpxsCF-JSEmav0BQNIIUFdiB-SkV3hvoPJZYD2gd8zT0PhUddT5UEghOPIRG-O6-IQ/s320/Boo.bmp" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">5. A great small-group discussion on Wednesday. We're reading the book, </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/How-Listen-God-Charles-Stanley/dp/0785264140/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225463673&sr=1-10"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">"How to Listen to God," </span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">by Charles Stanley.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><br /><br /></span><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><br /><br /><br /></span><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><div></div></div></div>Jadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660007146186030615noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14144743.post-59084424999051265852008-10-22T05:58:00.004-05:002008-10-22T06:26:02.046-05:00Recipes Organized!<span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">While I was camping earlier this month, I finally finished organizing my recipe collection! I had a bunch of recipes on 8.5 x 11 paper, hand-written on pieces of paper, and recipe-themed magainzes piled high. I ordered a recipe book, with matching recipe cards, and plastic pages.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Then I started sorting through the recipes and magazines. Once I had the recipes I wanted to keep, I wrote them on recipe cards. If there was a picture associated with the recipe, I included that on the recipe card. I need a visual!</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Here's what I started with when I remembered to take a picture. I had already sorted through a stack of recipes.<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1oA0Xqc0JqXgBfOQkx-C2J7aWppvzyvCID47ujWFi5gUhLt0BlS3-FeB61Co_3auF9sXRqIuhAC9IEOG771EGicWBBW1_UKxB4APuF6BoofY8bVZ5QRwx9ZcVgQbeHvXGbU_UNA/s1600-h/100_1234.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259931952982705234" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1oA0Xqc0JqXgBfOQkx-C2J7aWppvzyvCID47ujWFi5gUhLt0BlS3-FeB61Co_3auF9sXRqIuhAC9IEOG771EGicWBBW1_UKxB4APuF6BoofY8bVZ5QRwx9ZcVgQbeHvXGbU_UNA/s320/100_1234.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBkbNbRErta7zVfxZbGg3QM8k-hgiC73_620LLxVZ93zmMKsKmHqGjYqlzrXFDzfqjz3K-7pdIMInk7ttGMH4W7y88LoFVYh5bpHu3aj7cRtu2WAOip-BeiQnaPTZZ2NxQ4laXUA/s1600-h/100_1235.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259931964760905490" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBkbNbRErta7zVfxZbGg3QM8k-hgiC73_620LLxVZ93zmMKsKmHqGjYqlzrXFDzfqjz3K-7pdIMInk7ttGMH4W7y88LoFVYh5bpHu3aj7cRtu2WAOip-BeiQnaPTZZ2NxQ4laXUA/s320/100_1235.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">And here are the recipes all organized and neat!<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD_jIpLj8nF-8CyaiiWC9b3g8AqZqHD8vbQv5BM7oDtCfkt_fYNLMT350WAhuS2_LbCiRRUGS4Fr38uETaC1Fh3akVd-Bc1XNdMfrpDMxmza70b1YccvwRXq4Y4xF4qSyokqe_UA/s1600-h/100_1457.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259931976671263730" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD_jIpLj8nF-8CyaiiWC9b3g8AqZqHD8vbQv5BM7oDtCfkt_fYNLMT350WAhuS2_LbCiRRUGS4Fr38uETaC1Fh3akVd-Bc1XNdMfrpDMxmza70b1YccvwRXq4Y4xF4qSyokqe_UA/s320/100_1457.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwZCbQLREhr6gfOov-uyMphSt5rKOSAXT-Imd7_O2k-Z6TOak9pawCw6FukiuAgi1NI2yMadbkQoH4nLRSPkrsOJiYfPehvameEO-qEZTjlcnXks2erz8vWUX0uMq-Jl7iPk1oyA/s1600-h/100_1458.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259931983117999090" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwZCbQLREhr6gfOov-uyMphSt5rKOSAXT-Imd7_O2k-Z6TOak9pawCw6FukiuAgi1NI2yMadbkQoH4nLRSPkrsOJiYfPehvameEO-qEZTjlcnXks2erz8vWUX0uMq-Jl7iPk1oyA/s320/100_1458.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidagrBi5edkIGjzMmvQ-5Ro3BxkTra4me1ZYLXcFO9nAWF1JLo8U55dLeXfIUHblP4S7YOHbZTTH-AJiNl8PU1xhdAhp5zmrsqYtBiZ-CfmZ8Fv4u1JprejFBoL3rcmJyioiWpkg/s1600-h/100_1459.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259931993367473170" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidagrBi5edkIGjzMmvQ-5Ro3BxkTra4me1ZYLXcFO9nAWF1JLo8U55dLeXfIUHblP4S7YOHbZTTH-AJiNl8PU1xhdAhp5zmrsqYtBiZ-CfmZ8Fv4u1JprejFBoL3rcmJyioiWpkg/s320/100_1459.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">I also stole this idea from Barb at </span><a href="http://anewchelseamorning.blogspot.com/2007/07/kool-aid-pickles.html"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">A New Chelsea Morning</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">. She created a Good Things notebook with sheet protectors. It includes all kinds of useful and fun information. Now, when I'm reading a magazine, I tear out any articles I want to keep and they go in the notebook.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Here's mine:<br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWhQoHLFix5LOnP1UGwDZhyeM58J3gH5mh28pSe7G9XaF5tL0V1RplBQzj5B77_mJBehDDkexw5hZSEkZzaiIJUVuNMNtgkbCFA0ZCHyVo8X26uVBIEPqJnSR7yJzq5BjXx59QcQ/s1600-h/100_1462.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259932228605314130" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWhQoHLFix5LOnP1UGwDZhyeM58J3gH5mh28pSe7G9XaF5tL0V1RplBQzj5B77_mJBehDDkexw5hZSEkZzaiIJUVuNMNtgkbCFA0ZCHyVo8X26uVBIEPqJnSR7yJzq5BjXx59QcQ/s320/100_1462.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipoZ2kZbOI52D26mXSYJDzRRXyUlVrAlmLDxawuqlYZzFzGy7sbmmUoYhtl5MvY2d-IMiLoq_d7fz_yHVkYolFU9tkGmqc75j84q9_wVpP2WyklOKHhTFDrqR18gXaRJfxSjrnVA/s1600-h/100_1463.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259932231373633522" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipoZ2kZbOI52D26mXSYJDzRRXyUlVrAlmLDxawuqlYZzFzGy7sbmmUoYhtl5MvY2d-IMiLoq_d7fz_yHVkYolFU9tkGmqc75j84q9_wVpP2WyklOKHhTFDrqR18gXaRJfxSjrnVA/s320/100_1463.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbsCEizeOG1AF4sqgDCrIT8sWZ5SiKwfrA3Po4HqQLXxryOVFClPQZkfnPVlu0jI9m65V56tUbM1zoVmqK7TtPHfzw1BOFhc-3n1_O1cuBXJ4olEYa02WPnFEFRaywLg_yzBPzMg/s1600-h/100_1464.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259932241469364274" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbsCEizeOG1AF4sqgDCrIT8sWZ5SiKwfrA3Po4HqQLXxryOVFClPQZkfnPVlu0jI9m65V56tUbM1zoVmqK7TtPHfzw1BOFhc-3n1_O1cuBXJ4olEYa02WPnFEFRaywLg_yzBPzMg/s320/100_1464.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">I love having things organized, but sometimes it gets overwhelming. I just made up my mind to get these two things organized, and I did it! It took some time, but it's d-o-n-e! And I'm h-a-p-p-y!</span></div>Jadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660007146186030615noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14144743.post-40947351656091717292008-10-10T06:04:00.005-05:002008-10-10T06:24:31.503-05:002008 Camping Vacation<span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;">Mom, Dad, Tommy, and I spent almost a week 'camping' in a modern cabin last week. We spent a lot of time inside because it rained and was chilly. We did have some nice afternoons. I read a book, started another one, finished organizing my recipes (I'll do a separate post on that sometime soon!), played games (Parcheesi, Rack-O, Shanghai) with Mom, and relaxed!</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;">Here's our cabin:</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlxqHKdJsKQXX_vMIrxlhEvIFfVXYwYsl-dHjq51S745RO-4-8HlVuSHS79f3AQ3D7vIZZ5piBtbEft-OJl8VIcSNB3VdkFzGUymkjvW1Nds1Jcme16ZgkW525QCJjJfCF0Dlz0g/s1600-h/100_1430.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255480358171920050" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlxqHKdJsKQXX_vMIrxlhEvIFfVXYwYsl-dHjq51S745RO-4-8HlVuSHS79f3AQ3D7vIZZ5piBtbEft-OJl8VIcSNB3VdkFzGUymkjvW1Nds1Jcme16ZgkW525QCJjJfCF0Dlz0g/s320/100_1430.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObeQ76HqvsaRjzNuOXau57AWyyrp0Z1ZbMqF8_N5Z1zTyG5jk_q3ESbpJ7clTXxQxQvuGjeaZPUF9Ds5tKk0IwX0hjOO8bLLYHnL18csqqhs4X1JornBWGHEigseYPhELBymyfw/s1600-h/100_1432.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255480356216817970" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObeQ76HqvsaRjzNuOXau57AWyyrp0Z1ZbMqF8_N5Z1zTyG5jk_q3ESbpJ7clTXxQxQvuGjeaZPUF9Ds5tKk0IwX0hjOO8bLLYHnL18csqqhs4X1JornBWGHEigseYPhELBymyfw/s320/100_1432.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;">Ben, Wendie, and the boys came to visit. Mom had some crafts for the boys. Here they are making foam crowns.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAYl23yN0rTg0c-hIXb1i5OiZoVFGteQA6Q9K8xznWeVIgXP8R9Ztii_rrUX9TMI92j6ebcZzms0nnGyHaKtAbvkINZudsCma17KbY7aibkqCU10vM7unmoyVmEbvfSWlhohftaA/s1600-h/100_1401.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255480902605013410" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAYl23yN0rTg0c-hIXb1i5OiZoVFGteQA6Q9K8xznWeVIgXP8R9Ztii_rrUX9TMI92j6ebcZzms0nnGyHaKtAbvkINZudsCma17KbY7aibkqCU10vM7unmoyVmEbvfSWlhohftaA/s320/100_1401.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq11YJ7ab4a89k8Xh7lX-4mLPRU5x2UyS4zFAxREhyphenhyphenS5oyAGCsinQLUeDd4pKZ7Bv8YB03gUulCUdwDFVwplhpmff_DNs5yDFcBcC9JKGgxD3rhI5Ym8hxvBdU7soaZIUYFOrSrw/s1600-h/100_1403.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255480908935741490" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq11YJ7ab4a89k8Xh7lX-4mLPRU5x2UyS4zFAxREhyphenhyphenS5oyAGCsinQLUeDd4pKZ7Bv8YB03gUulCUdwDFVwplhpmff_DNs5yDFcBcC9JKGgxD3rhI5Ym8hxvBdU7soaZIUYFOrSrw/s320/100_1403.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;">There were a lot of black walnuts, so I told the boys I'd give them a nickel for every walnut they collected. They ended up with 24. Since I didn't have 48 nickels, they each got 24 dimes! (I keep a bunch of loose change in my car.)</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS7zerklHE4yoAbY5W4sIbxgX-0XxFg_6mMsAwAGQZ1y04DC_Ef9tfJDqspFLV0hkJVNGyk5a6wlFXRSFECYj1oGBEXsxGmFf0tqD5Ld9dGow2RxpBOh-0dKJN4P1t27RHcoMztA/s1600-h/100_1411.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255480916036673138" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS7zerklHE4yoAbY5W4sIbxgX-0XxFg_6mMsAwAGQZ1y04DC_Ef9tfJDqspFLV0hkJVNGyk5a6wlFXRSFECYj1oGBEXsxGmFf0tqD5Ld9dGow2RxpBOh-0dKJN4P1t27RHcoMztA/s320/100_1411.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;">Here are some pictures of the lake. So calm, beautiful, serene, peaceful....</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQrm0fe0aQOiIlUeIT_V4OGIaLGTWfSPg-726WkwmszTwsrLbzrfC7_za3R-QD_Ml6P9vNl8bEGwff5QlkEmVDe3tgnNQgZQrn5YSx1meZFW6KTdZ2bjbsLSposWBkcESgEoHBtQ/s1600-h/100_1421.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255479904132115442" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQrm0fe0aQOiIlUeIT_V4OGIaLGTWfSPg-726WkwmszTwsrLbzrfC7_za3R-QD_Ml6P9vNl8bEGwff5QlkEmVDe3tgnNQgZQrn5YSx1meZFW6KTdZ2bjbsLSposWBkcESgEoHBtQ/s320/100_1421.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgFsYRdBvGWEQNh6lquBpLOfxTz8NWMWQ7r3_alETnv5rckgskA8T7EV03jquI47FaL_ow2nsn-eT9X4RT8JYTh4LL2OVfeiV3hBzD5I5kl1sK0aF0Kgj5g0FDPPCfyvST4XVfbw/s1600-h/100_1422.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255479908049687426" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgFsYRdBvGWEQNh6lquBpLOfxTz8NWMWQ7r3_alETnv5rckgskA8T7EV03jquI47FaL_ow2nsn-eT9X4RT8JYTh4LL2OVfeiV3hBzD5I5kl1sK0aF0Kgj5g0FDPPCfyvST4XVfbw/s320/100_1422.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJfS7qsNsYMxIq2b8JzAPQlcFvlSn7pUj4WCgFbOeQUWNmHEChuM3xVVEq6fZP3VIktxlIMVuOWoMiMDyQbZghd-f-4J1EwbvvA1cEM7shq8Aw-JAxoTMGhKlNkC3QvUU0H6jkGQ/s1600-h/100_1423.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255479907145803202" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJfS7qsNsYMxIq2b8JzAPQlcFvlSn7pUj4WCgFbOeQUWNmHEChuM3xVVEq6fZP3VIktxlIMVuOWoMiMDyQbZghd-f-4J1EwbvvA1cEM7shq8Aw-JAxoTMGhKlNkC3QvUU0H6jkGQ/s320/100_1423.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR6IzewNsqN9EyFjjyKWj3oLyjERz8ybQcgU-tTuCxlLdom1UuZCLt-5Zhi7r5_0Q6Ie0i3QcnVgbwMd0zSk4RsH3T21fXaHh0TBy-kw5ziW07bL2hrTseiAwhXNPdrbD13Oburw/s1600-h/100_1425.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255479913047594146" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR6IzewNsqN9EyFjjyKWj3oLyjERz8ybQcgU-tTuCxlLdom1UuZCLt-5Zhi7r5_0Q6Ie0i3QcnVgbwMd0zSk4RsH3T21fXaHh0TBy-kw5ziW07bL2hrTseiAwhXNPdrbD13Oburw/s320/100_1425.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtG2QOUJ56DxKRSDeb6xsbgb_eaC5jjj9xENoNTYRrR9IdY89ZX3hBbNIKTdQZbwMSPd9Iyn89dKllAzxuQuS27iWCZHRYyk2PdUJS6fcb1oI2CtqbmXP0SUL2kHeBEY5C-Jq1qg/s1600-h/100_1429.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255479915788022226" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtG2QOUJ56DxKRSDeb6xsbgb_eaC5jjj9xENoNTYRrR9IdY89ZX3hBbNIKTdQZbwMSPd9Iyn89dKllAzxuQuS27iWCZHRYyk2PdUJS6fcb1oI2CtqbmXP0SUL2kHeBEY5C-Jq1qg/s320/100_1429.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;">I made </span><a href="http://www.pillsbury.com/Recipes/ShowRecipe.aspx?rid=22099"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;">Eggs Benedict</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;">. Well, Mom poached the eggs because I didn't know how to do that, but now I do! These were yummy!</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ZAdNolPQhTkmC5BE72geJCdQzVG6KBXHxsmdl-QMAboij5Kl00qZrjwKWIVT4mRX0T0shssiTTB-d-4MLVYu3Ex7dclbWPFoGGD22oIIM2Mma-3VodAAkPmRu_DrxKM6hXEhJg/s1600-h/100_1433.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255480360855419682" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ZAdNolPQhTkmC5BE72geJCdQzVG6KBXHxsmdl-QMAboij5Kl00qZrjwKWIVT4mRX0T0shssiTTB-d-4MLVYu3Ex7dclbWPFoGGD22oIIM2Mma-3VodAAkPmRu_DrxKM6hXEhJg/s320/100_1433.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;">We made pizza mountain pies over the campfire. These were yummy, too! Mom mixed turkey burger, onions, pepperoni, green peppers, and red peppers, and we added pizza sauce and mozzerella cheese!<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0S6nOgQmgtVH4ImWBQNmIUZ2yWm-Z6XBUzFzydfgY9rZEo4Ag-PsUwcPiQ064HUE7UK9OTIyh3mLUch-Lv-YdPKLID6TGaTpHhk7QD_TFHPHtOkoIbeNRVM6k-LR0z0EWrbqxg/s1600-h/100_1453.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255480913599878242" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0S6nOgQmgtVH4ImWBQNmIUZ2yWm-Z6XBUzFzydfgY9rZEo4Ag-PsUwcPiQ064HUE7UK9OTIyh3mLUch-Lv-YdPKLID6TGaTpHhk7QD_TFHPHtOkoIbeNRVM6k-LR0z0EWrbqxg/s320/100_1453.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;">Here's Mom making breakfast and Tommy ready for dinner of spare ribs, corn on the cob, and baked potatoes. Yeah, we roughed it. LOL Mom loves to cook, so we are spoiled!</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0f7XHj4utnq2BPcOzBve0wMruG0xsstxRyeBykDscBYDtsf14jh29oiiG_14jFe8gspNHXkDEQrafV7zlrmWB0BZqBO_2urIo3-5_k9ctfhx4xpzDRYHu0jh3YpbNn4jialsiw/s1600-h/100_1437.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255480368319772738" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0f7XHj4utnq2BPcOzBve0wMruG0xsstxRyeBykDscBYDtsf14jh29oiiG_14jFe8gspNHXkDEQrafV7zlrmWB0BZqBO_2urIo3-5_k9ctfhx4xpzDRYHu0jh3YpbNn4jialsiw/s320/100_1437.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhM2E53gKRPAZUL_J1btmrAMv76bVqLSgFLcI9GbCD-bguNBGiQqvFaQeXNZM54w2fFEtZP2btOEk1xLPKbW3uD5PdsZU55zPrY4tZloyfCaI3Isj0kAfEDS5MXJhqzgjCF-P_kg/s1600-h/100_1443.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255480895480420946" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhM2E53gKRPAZUL_J1btmrAMv76bVqLSgFLcI9GbCD-bguNBGiQqvFaQeXNZM54w2fFEtZP2btOEk1xLPKbW3uD5PdsZU55zPrY4tZloyfCaI3Isj0kAfEDS5MXJhqzgjCF-P_kg/s320/100_1443.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;">Here's Dad at dinner.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZ79IvxKn8aHyYI6VjeUfUQ1s84waDdBtMiabZOzmzjYr54Z10caAPMzFMWbl_pTBSJv5aNJm5ygjuW-Zj_zDJU8TwAr_2CHF0Xnzvn-jmMBAJ2s_RYsrNKQ3o6OPp-VLRk18pQ/s1600-h/100_1442.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255480368792396546" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZ79IvxKn8aHyYI6VjeUfUQ1s84waDdBtMiabZOzmzjYr54Z10caAPMzFMWbl_pTBSJv5aNJm5ygjuW-Zj_zDJU8TwAr_2CHF0Xnzvn-jmMBAJ2s_RYsrNKQ3o6OPp-VLRk18pQ/s320/100_1442.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633ff;"> </span>Jadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660007146186030615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14144743.post-10526335147188918452008-09-10T08:46:00.003-05:002008-09-10T08:48:45.346-05:00Pepperoni Pizza Bake Recipe<span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Look! I'm posting a recipe! It's for the Pepperoni Pizza Bake I made on Sunday:</span><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">When I made it, I doubled the recipe and used a 13x9 baking dish.<br /><br />1 can (16.3 ozs.) Pillsbury Grands Homestyle Refrigerated Original Biscuits (I couldn't find these so I used the Buttermilk)<br />1 can (8 ozs.) pizza sauce<br />2 C finely shredded mozzarella<br />16 slices of pepperoni (I didn't count. LOL I just layered the whole top with pepperoni!)<br /><br />Cut each biscuit into 8 pieces; toss with pizza sauce and 1 C of the cheese.<br /><br />Spread in 8-inch square glass baking dish.<br /><br />Top with pepperoni and remaining 1 C cheese.<br /><br />Bake @ 375 degrees for 22-28 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly. (I baked it longer since I doubled the recipe.)<br /><br />It really is good!</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWvaA7ejuf4xCUtbDqCE79Odf6oZrp73t9O2EFPzgzaNFiOlHADub1_awkv76zI39c4tC2MTq0DwMnaaz3HFNk4oPM8Nk-Jb8vBHxir_dZCd2G7mmNqlrBtGdYjSNiSIfCI4OBCg/s1600-h/PepperoniPizzaBake.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244388967334196802" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWvaA7ejuf4xCUtbDqCE79Odf6oZrp73t9O2EFPzgzaNFiOlHADub1_awkv76zI39c4tC2MTq0DwMnaaz3HFNk4oPM8Nk-Jb8vBHxir_dZCd2G7mmNqlrBtGdYjSNiSIfCI4OBCg/s400/PepperoniPizzaBake.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div>Jadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660007146186030615noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14144743.post-75016641019014589172008-09-09T06:25:00.004-05:002008-09-09T06:36:06.221-05:00Cooking and Baking<span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">I did some baking and cooking this weekend! I know!<br /></span><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">I used zucchini from my brother's garden to make these zucchini breads. They turned out so moist and yummy!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Ready to go in the oven...<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSkSjpV9T8ubzrwzHdoKdsAUh9xTP__qXrZ4pCuqj9nSeXU-9e58lkAhVLBn1qQYVCju5uTVgg3YX-6Hlokl0z8J0MGmmOkyVm38-97Cm1-pAXm7Gf_xegqqE3ZatMpigNiVKSag/s1600-h/604206978605_0_BG.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243981732772560194" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSkSjpV9T8ubzrwzHdoKdsAUh9xTP__qXrZ4pCuqj9nSeXU-9e58lkAhVLBn1qQYVCju5uTVgg3YX-6Hlokl0z8J0MGmmOkyVm38-97Cm1-pAXm7Gf_xegqqE3ZatMpigNiVKSag/s400/604206978605_0_BG.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Just out of the oven and cooling.</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLeAupsLR4DMb4-lDopzjD1fR6A1v_EDjDNM5srpLB56mzAXCOHr1SVYgE7qJzAIAAjDUtzClJK76loucVhY67NZD2HUiXLAHjACbMTkOh4It1zVMnqiwv5lpG0M8Jdeyz64auMg/s1600-h/530616978605_0_BG.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243981735356629714" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLeAupsLR4DMb4-lDopzjD1fR6A1v_EDjDNM5srpLB56mzAXCOHr1SVYgE7qJzAIAAjDUtzClJK76loucVhY67NZD2HUiXLAHjACbMTkOh4It1zVMnqiwv5lpG0M8Jdeyz64auMg/s400/530616978605_0_BG.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">I had friends over for dinner on Sunday and made these peanut butter and chocolate cookie cups. They also turned out yummy!<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiaV4XkPR5og1uevWxM51I2rp8EVjrphhZz53CIicx9RiiwBGvMIYmX0GsZ-Q5MGI2MvH2Klo8J2oNEErAaOONQ3oB5q9ky3FLuIMuTBjqAIXbK1HdwZIpeg_xBiRc3QV5K3QdAg/s1600-h/CookieCups.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243982817104727922" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiaV4XkPR5og1uevWxM51I2rp8EVjrphhZz53CIicx9RiiwBGvMIYmX0GsZ-Q5MGI2MvH2Klo8J2oNEErAaOONQ3oB5q9ky3FLuIMuTBjqAIXbK1HdwZIpeg_xBiRc3QV5K3QdAg/s400/CookieCups.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">For dinner, I made baked mac 'n cheese (Paula Deen's recipe)<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghDE9_Ckemsg08XfqCiqrnOIiedEkOA2cmaoN6HOrML1hk52ZksI1OmTVILXDZdnnK2wx717aTycT7chEK_bOcxkaoVAQYREO7hkIDyQbbhyphenhyphenLNQVmW-Qj-HttEfkhs1RB9YxvT3A/s1600-h/MacNCheese.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243982822534711538" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghDE9_Ckemsg08XfqCiqrnOIiedEkOA2cmaoN6HOrML1hk52ZksI1OmTVILXDZdnnK2wx717aTycT7chEK_bOcxkaoVAQYREO7hkIDyQbbhyphenhyphenLNQVmW-Qj-HttEfkhs1RB9YxvT3A/s400/MacNCheese.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">And pepperoni pizza bake. This is the first time I made this. I doubled the recipe, and it turned out great. And so simple. My kind of recipe!<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgknq5JontAa5OL9avOcyv6tTZVpf1K4KJ6rmkAH6VKUnQSdHF_I9kuPaJ9Qt2-v9yidlqbwCJ1d4aWl4DI34U3d4yvFkHiGF35h6O_z5O46UwiO_aBvAv2e9TDxfpyTUuopDGDIg/s1600-h/PizzaBake.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243982822096160850" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgknq5JontAa5OL9avOcyv6tTZVpf1K4KJ6rmkAH6VKUnQSdHF_I9kuPaJ9Qt2-v9yidlqbwCJ1d4aWl4DI34U3d4yvFkHiGF35h6O_z5O46UwiO_aBvAv2e9TDxfpyTUuopDGDIg/s400/PizzaBake.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span></div>Jadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660007146186030615noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14144743.post-801876833718219182008-08-30T08:49:00.003-05:002008-08-30T08:56:04.737-05:00Back to School!<span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">4 out of 5 of my nieces and nephews are in school! M, the youngest - he'll be 4 in November - will head off to preschool next week!</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">The older kids were the first to head back to school on Wednesday.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw3UahaPc1glEJea8M5k4GwX_qoxtmzjWQmrVZkVgGt41qpi5UwF1EVUkkmo423tHkTuFvLGrBe9XJ8wuANqybTwn0igwIIK8HzF00vs4XM8K4Ll7554cbS5dtHdqyy5Z5dT-rDA/s1600-h/Hartsocks1.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240307741556655618" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw3UahaPc1glEJea8M5k4GwX_qoxtmzjWQmrVZkVgGt41qpi5UwF1EVUkkmo423tHkTuFvLGrBe9XJ8wuANqybTwn0igwIIK8HzF00vs4XM8K4Ll7554cbS5dtHdqyy5Z5dT-rDA/s400/Hartsocks1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Here's C (5th grade), H (3rd grade), and J (8th grade) ready for their first day back to school!</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1we25BmzNNHi9eA2onayJ_vJF8TahWuXQT96LVayZ5PFYwXdta_xv0eAzpTZa9Yhu1ExuHkxLHyPnSyJGNZwVHTkcYZoAEFRywzxKX6QYnFCPTO9LMXNFf4436GqBgejAI22pg/s1600-h/Hartsocks4.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240307747242234018" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1we25BmzNNHi9eA2onayJ_vJF8TahWuXQT96LVayZ5PFYwXdta_xv0eAzpTZa9Yhu1ExuHkxLHyPnSyJGNZwVHTkcYZoAEFRywzxKX6QYnFCPTO9LMXNFf4436GqBgejAI22pg/s400/Hartsocks4.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">And here they are getting on the bus!</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">B headed off to his first day of Kindergarten on Thursday!</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv17e-y7fFP-lYgYpgVcNA1HgWWNxU7RguGVuzohiqSFSwN5g3dJ3KSE1Zln4MRLpVUJ3rfMxbDS-Y5qlyER9x2kQdsZRrDW1j4b5jf8-XRBytatUbGK7HroiAGr-ZMF5ZItCe0g/s1600-h/Ben1.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240307737609530898" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv17e-y7fFP-lYgYpgVcNA1HgWWNxU7RguGVuzohiqSFSwN5g3dJ3KSE1Zln4MRLpVUJ3rfMxbDS-Y5qlyER9x2kQdsZRrDW1j4b5jf8-XRBytatUbGK7HroiAGr-ZMF5ZItCe0g/s400/Ben1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Here he is having some breakfast.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1MIKsHW5p4sq5djYGj0tpQ-HuaBTnhXzqY3JUCdgQwSHvyYBBJ0l9aVXTpsTbV8tR3NFOt4nuD9rdhy5W2_TMdwFybeWXi7q1FG6Zz5AGxHW7Nook5wY3I5nsRL33UArooPU_nQ/s1600-h/Ben2.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240307743089603330" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1MIKsHW5p4sq5djYGj0tpQ-HuaBTnhXzqY3JUCdgQwSHvyYBBJ0l9aVXTpsTbV8tR3NFOt4nuD9rdhy5W2_TMdwFybeWXi7q1FG6Zz5AGxHW7Nook5wY3I5nsRL33UArooPU_nQ/s400/Ben2.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">His little brother M having some breakfast, too.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3n7mzszriUhn2Tb8PtKFMvn4_BupP-35hfhl0Q1Xc2eLcK31NYaFqikyVIhSXx1TEQ1lSLCWP56tqU4hl5DoK0_0dO1X8pmSQHBsQ_fnMMrgHL1tNc3ISswhuLQ0He5AACQgNaA/s1600-h/Ben5.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240307740437598290" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3n7mzszriUhn2Tb8PtKFMvn4_BupP-35hfhl0Q1Xc2eLcK31NYaFqikyVIhSXx1TEQ1lSLCWP56tqU4hl5DoK0_0dO1X8pmSQHBsQ_fnMMrgHL1tNc3ISswhuLQ0He5AACQgNaA/s400/Ben5.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">And here's B with his smile, backpack, and lunch!</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Have a great year, kids!</span>Jadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660007146186030615noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14144743.post-90579238112395120902008-08-28T19:01:00.005-05:002008-08-28T19:44:03.038-05:00Happenings<span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">The first "happening" was my sister Corie's marriage to Scott on August 1st. She lost her first husband, Doug, in 2001 to a virus of the heart. Doug was 31, she was 32, and C was almost 4. Corie met Scott, a widowed pastor with two girls - J (14) and H (9) in January on Ya*hoo personals. They were engaged on April 14th and married on August 1st!</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">It was a beautiful ceremony. In place of a unity candle, they had a family candle and a Family Medallion Service. Corie and Scott promised to love them unconditionally and to raise them as a family; then they gave each of the kids a family mediallion necklace. I was glad I had tissues tucked in my flowers!</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Here are some candid pictures from the wedding:</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirxSUscE8SdYgkE6rebD1P9nQZrYj4LO7Z4P8LmWS8jfZxbc7ASMMu2_6Ngbi8IoMRaM88vZzw3bB6r7OSNnc0zS0rHDQvoSI0vPRaYM2OKTVEDlLG2KPJKz6A2nJ-BipMTN7Tag/s1600-h/Wedding2.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239725747376696162" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirxSUscE8SdYgkE6rebD1P9nQZrYj4LO7Z4P8LmWS8jfZxbc7ASMMu2_6Ngbi8IoMRaM88vZzw3bB6r7OSNnc0zS0rHDQvoSI0vPRaYM2OKTVEDlLG2KPJKz6A2nJ-BipMTN7Tag/s400/Wedding2.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">C, the best man, and Scott walking into the church! The groomsmen walked up the aisle to the theme from Star Wars! C's idea. Very cool!</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiqBV4NpKCCilZkxWRHX03kunPmqtBrRg91vES56051hM6aFGkqR87jv3UVpXwFmx9nJaYkyGeDNcVpHzCF-hP1VoFSOQv_Y-WBtnsSR4kNmEUzU3gEvheA6UJQkJBnoFIvB6Orw/s1600-h/Wedding1.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239725738451044354" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiqBV4NpKCCilZkxWRHX03kunPmqtBrRg91vES56051hM6aFGkqR87jv3UVpXwFmx9nJaYkyGeDNcVpHzCF-hP1VoFSOQv_Y-WBtnsSR4kNmEUzU3gEvheA6UJQkJBnoFIvB6Orw/s400/Wedding1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Corie is escorted by Doug's Dad, Jim, and our Dad, Tom</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeTp1vSNCGD99T24NzapQpY-CC-32tiuKaFXPi9rg_XhEHpP2Wc9-CCaRzjOMbF1TEm_5dc-tacZiW2HiqzmJ-1SQmRVIQEzA3D18HjcJJQQCGtf7O3R5Ifu5QtmRuTZ-UQAN7zA/s1600-h/Wedding4.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239726717203994498" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeTp1vSNCGD99T24NzapQpY-CC-32tiuKaFXPi9rg_XhEHpP2Wc9-CCaRzjOMbF1TEm_5dc-tacZiW2HiqzmJ-1SQmRVIQEzA3D18HjcJJQQCGtf7O3R5Ifu5QtmRuTZ-UQAN7zA/s400/Wedding4.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">The Family Medallion Service</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge5xv1BgxQ8jMyZjoKagQfxFSfN2M4QZU9PVAHXOIz-pBFxV2Q164vKrRUR5xGgUHky58_KEf53MOwvdsEsTrwAbtzxq7UgcFAgsGnhuOeudwExDMNSK2newk7VaGHPynJAwwxDA/s1600-h/Wedding11.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239726726426249858" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge5xv1BgxQ8jMyZjoKagQfxFSfN2M4QZU9PVAHXOIz-pBFxV2Q164vKrRUR5xGgUHky58_KEf53MOwvdsEsTrwAbtzxq7UgcFAgsGnhuOeudwExDMNSK2newk7VaGHPynJAwwxDA/s400/Wedding11.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">J and H after the wedding. (I think J looks like Corie!)<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyxKo6H_z6tovI_UFCWJ8RdcqqaU_kAxqohaEKJJd82MOY06T_Yj4pj33wBRswoeUdXKBUM43kKt92i2IfUSOOjzJBJ7oV3QN_HM8fy3gqYzrhtVXDDpeJDU9mwfEzuIJrL1SqiA/s1600-h/DadAndMomOutside.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239726730944253506" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyxKo6H_z6tovI_UFCWJ8RdcqqaU_kAxqohaEKJJd82MOY06T_Yj4pj33wBRswoeUdXKBUM43kKt92i2IfUSOOjzJBJ7oV3QN_HM8fy3gqYzrhtVXDDpeJDU9mwfEzuIJrL1SqiA/s400/DadAndMomOutside.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Dad and Mom<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP6crkQ7-7Q77jP7AP_lLuzwj1TQpv7wfueWfi5GxMb76d97iKguycAC0rEIyqgB8g1jSJzRAXKKByk0icthi99p1PW7Cso6p9OqmXhxzBkXG74fCWvohkR4RhINPbeGZ4JDVKQA/s1600-h/Wedding13.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239726737238857634" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP6crkQ7-7Q77jP7AP_lLuzwj1TQpv7wfueWfi5GxMb76d97iKguycAC0rEIyqgB8g1jSJzRAXKKByk0icthi99p1PW7Cso6p9OqmXhxzBkXG74fCWvohkR4RhINPbeGZ4JDVKQA/s400/Wedding13.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">The newly married couple!</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">We went to Scott's church on Saturday morning for a reception in their Fellowship Hall. His church folks had it decorated so lovely.<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFVqaJDYYol7q5yCnzTE9yf2wpnpYgMdGZBrwxN7TBH1is6XOwia7nFKVFA81hw-_V_Z598wkq02_axJMx1jqX7Igk9B0FE5nre7leknyofkfC1SGTkb3aTKyOvh7ufBugCNpifg/s1600-h/100_1078.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239725718320007570" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFVqaJDYYol7q5yCnzTE9yf2wpnpYgMdGZBrwxN7TBH1is6XOwia7nFKVFA81hw-_V_Z598wkq02_axJMx1jqX7Igk9B0FE5nre7leknyofkfC1SGTkb3aTKyOvh7ufBugCNpifg/s400/100_1078.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Kissing</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnVNF4nB1T_tnmz7A74HA6QjEfQB45F5eZz90WJ4zR4ikZ1UZwwn4iYrCC4Mz-S3LoXeXHv6rAtpf2aJFHoLG6VqF7Q_KziSEQZTBkBE9EcIXiFFUXhgucH3lol-UUlcgALUur2A/s1600-h/100_1070.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239723821027424018" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnVNF4nB1T_tnmz7A74HA6QjEfQB45F5eZz90WJ4zR4ikZ1UZwwn4iYrCC4Mz-S3LoXeXHv6rAtpf2aJFHoLG6VqF7Q_KziSEQZTBkBE9EcIXiFFUXhgucH3lol-UUlcgALUur2A/s400/100_1070.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">One of the cakes at the Saturday reception. Beautiful!</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_jpVFdqKRzbwhbvPIB1IopCbVK9ttOTth8GHG5sgwQbjrT2SwBGPBOFrWO_jU18jTZBOTuCqoblT5ENbA5iDae1QM2LsbZexrQtamt6ysrj7OS6cozvnrL4lz2jCns7-zMULGcA/s1600-h/100_0945.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239725725997531298" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_jpVFdqKRzbwhbvPIB1IopCbVK9ttOTth8GHG5sgwQbjrT2SwBGPBOFrWO_jU18jTZBOTuCqoblT5ENbA5iDae1QM2LsbZexrQtamt6ysrj7OS6cozvnrL4lz2jCns7-zMULGcA/s400/100_0945.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Oh yeah. I had my first-ever pedicure for the wedding since I was wearing open-toed heels! I got a French pedicure....<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbII2d7ORLDW5R-u5JtfAwtYFfE4-mVjyYZUdeoV44B4TSpnL4tHU7syisqQgiRRWGOBj9d-fM-tVSDj1YtP0OGN0OB90O1hz6ofvWYHw_VcrydYeRGXsVbdorpk7goylMlBLK1A/s1600-h/100_0946.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239725730244902162" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbII2d7ORLDW5R-u5JtfAwtYFfE4-mVjyYZUdeoV44B4TSpnL4tHU7syisqQgiRRWGOBj9d-fM-tVSDj1YtP0OGN0OB90O1hz6ofvWYHw_VcrydYeRGXsVbdorpk7goylMlBLK1A/s400/100_0946.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">And a French manicure. I was able to get my own fingernails French manicured since they were long enough!<br /><br />I traveled for work the first week in August. I took some scenic pictures:<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Li5223VhZH252kMGZJXDa9AfUkk_QKoW6LmExbaovzWiPOG2Zbk0v5sxvvhmWybZx2nu4Q2QYfTnMp-Uq1wBzXV5yzgHsWDnZONijejRFKCzrJKcmSdCJ6_6Nz73cR7AwikhuA/s1600-h/100_1091.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239723797829749106" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Li5223VhZH252kMGZJXDa9AfUkk_QKoW6LmExbaovzWiPOG2Zbk0v5sxvvhmWybZx2nu4Q2QYfTnMp-Uq1wBzXV5yzgHsWDnZONijejRFKCzrJKcmSdCJ6_6Nz73cR7AwikhuA/s400/100_1091.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit69eBqiWHQFuUiikT_ofEgN8sXy9GxK9CziqEuypdlSbnxRePd7Jqas0ZarDCYZ5U0bjetl-gVUck7JSfHwk9MaYgN1lbqTfKbuM7AsytbKjzs78hZtFdIj2RVE-gE7SqlymgvA/s1600-h/100_1092.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239723805447552370" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit69eBqiWHQFuUiikT_ofEgN8sXy9GxK9CziqEuypdlSbnxRePd7Jqas0ZarDCYZ5U0bjetl-gVUck7JSfHwk9MaYgN1lbqTfKbuM7AsytbKjzs78hZtFdIj2RVE-gE7SqlymgvA/s400/100_1092.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">The last happening I'll share in this post is C's 11th birthday party!</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF6inA2aOQ4x0-SZTvPj3lFAHMjqpkDUS9pKHp55NqR_V6FUc5lyoe_925UvJX-EuV6W-ZHWGYbVXAx2YCNc4OVo0lqsALQ5rUXjlyM9Rj_3vR6xHTohnSTNHsZzfj2JRdca9N0w/s1600-h/100_1174.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239723779672348690" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF6inA2aOQ4x0-SZTvPj3lFAHMjqpkDUS9pKHp55NqR_V6FUc5lyoe_925UvJX-EuV6W-ZHWGYbVXAx2YCNc4OVo0lqsALQ5rUXjlyM9Rj_3vR6xHTohnSTNHsZzfj2JRdca9N0w/s400/100_1174.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSb_Xh55JBVl6WcTf0uPexI8fRaxXZdd34ZHHXDSg8FxTszUSelUMJfTmgEDIAT6coNtPQXGM9e14oefyBYTk9sObL_BTTIbC33AHejxtzEBIbmv49ivzsAdmZAFfMDB1GS4eyxg/s1600-h/100_1183.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239723788902887458" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSb_Xh55JBVl6WcTf0uPexI8fRaxXZdd34ZHHXDSg8FxTszUSelUMJfTmgEDIAT6coNtPQXGM9e14oefyBYTk9sObL_BTTIbC33AHejxtzEBIbmv49ivzsAdmZAFfMDB1GS4eyxg/s400/100_1183.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><br /><br />Hard to believe he's 11! Corie, Scott, and the family now live 2 hours away. They were back in our neck of the woods for a wedding this past weekend, so we were able to celebrate C's birthday, which was fun! He had a party at the bowling alley!</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">My next post in a day or two will be pictures of the kids as they head back to school! </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span>Jadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660007146186030615noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14144743.post-83727262653367256192008-07-30T06:31:00.004-05:002008-07-30T06:52:44.909-05:00Catching Up<span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Let's see...last week was Vacation Bible School at church. I helped with the preschoolers. I was crew leader for the 4-year-olds. Most evenings, we (I had two helpers) had 11 kiddos. We used the Power Lab curriculum. The kids enjoyed it as much as the adults! It was a fun week, considering some of the kids WOULD NOT obey! Seems like I did a lot scolding.<br /></span><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX9u_PHpmazett1fDDuoQ9By3P9yU59mGPo8pI545PMLJHtsA6tjRyFAcMq08ysYqfeWkYB7c7iDieT5FSMl7h1U3xxp2Y8KqfXoY7LWBLmGv6LOq2dWyj9EBufWpx8UK_5b6xJA/s1600-h/100_0777.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228772695517372610" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX9u_PHpmazett1fDDuoQ9By3P9yU59mGPo8pI545PMLJHtsA6tjRyFAcMq08ysYqfeWkYB7c7iDieT5FSMl7h1U3xxp2Y8KqfXoY7LWBLmGv6LOq2dWyj9EBufWpx8UK_5b6xJA/s400/100_0777.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZCpHLW6BaR1pZPKsaNmYybJFL8_lLOjkNUAUfsWOozrUBqValF8oWtgKQBFVw2dP6ZDmyjapSqKtfh5sRT5HXBqW9tyotQI6iIM5Y5dkGZ-_lSOqQGmqirxGeztCfIp3TQlaLGA/s1600-h/100_0779.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228772701448184402" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZCpHLW6BaR1pZPKsaNmYybJFL8_lLOjkNUAUfsWOozrUBqValF8oWtgKQBFVw2dP6ZDmyjapSqKtfh5sRT5HXBqW9tyotQI6iIM5Y5dkGZ-_lSOqQGmqirxGeztCfIp3TQlaLGA/s400/100_0779.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgneXFYcneM9ikzDNNZVY9i5la7j3IRgz-nUxOrrnEqfADCvbFWNckaRcOeZSknaXwAJCFmHUio3DBODZvCdIrHbLJAPEwSwXBf3pF1Db2KBy4JDF0lHa6BZjx9DgQGbt-vMvQEeQ/s1600-h/100_0780.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228772704658864850" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgneXFYcneM9ikzDNNZVY9i5la7j3IRgz-nUxOrrnEqfADCvbFWNckaRcOeZSknaXwAJCFmHUio3DBODZvCdIrHbLJAPEwSwXBf3pF1Db2KBy4JDF0lHa6BZjx9DgQGbt-vMvQEeQ/s400/100_0780.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjECaGbEN69jo8I25kY-NVoarttGlZBlj1nC4iIksRWfPwEaHQnsUU2YIvg-GXyiiFVlRN6HHzb_2S_iQrGXYhiXKxE5c_hOZcq20MfK5FPyE7b4pSBciXOtuiTAqDesTEOFvQ14Q/s1600-h/100_0781.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228772712453368594" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjECaGbEN69jo8I25kY-NVoarttGlZBlj1nC4iIksRWfPwEaHQnsUU2YIvg-GXyiiFVlRN6HHzb_2S_iQrGXYhiXKxE5c_hOZcq20MfK5FPyE7b4pSBciXOtuiTAqDesTEOFvQ14Q/s400/100_0781.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><br /><br /></span><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">I went to see the movie Mamma Mia! with my friends Linda and Patti. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtNFKiC8pkOcLRtNUMrHhBWZexGY4opKdM01ZDTULeGWxHg7_R021U_f37UoT3_StMaPPa29-Zng9Yg5LAeZQCsPV1Byl3gV86s9hwBswkC60Rd0WlpOBb0QEeZztNN62P9tP9A/s1600-h/MammaMiaMovie.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228772712333830658" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtNFKiC8pkOcLRtNUMrHhBWZexGY4opKdM01ZDTULeGWxHg7_R021U_f37UoT3_StMaPPa29-Zng9Yg5LAeZQCsPV1Byl3gV86s9hwBswkC60Rd0WlpOBb0QEeZztNN62P9tP9A/s400/MammaMiaMovie.jpg" border="0" /></span></a>We all loved it! It's a chick flick. Meryl Streep can sing! And so can Pierce Brosnan. I was the one who cheered in the theater when he took off his shirt! Before the movie, we went to dinner. It was a fun evening! I even spent $3.50 on Dippin' Dots! Cookies and Cream. YUMMY!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">I finally cleaned out my car. Exciting news, huh?! It was disgustingly dirty. I had spilled chicken corn soup (the jar lid wasn't on tight), iced tea, and coffee months ago. Originally, I wanted to take my car to have it dry cleaned at the car wash place. It's $29.95, but it takes 4 hours. So trying to coordinate someone to pick me up there, drop me off at home, etc. wasn't working out. Another car wash place wanted $99 for a shampooing! I ended up getting a can of Tu*rtle Wax car upholstery cleaner and cleaned it myself! I was very pleased with the results. The stains on the passenger seat are gone! And the carpet cleaned up nicely, too. I added new car mats, wiped down the dashboard, console, doors, etc. So now it looks like a new car instead of an old one!</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNi-m1_6c0Zir2uM7zJuV9l96KSR3wJmQ9BobIa9IM3JCFGlGWXXulhnVYwN3k0-dsInFLRRl1XBfo1dDinA2vOv3BcvEdEY2jNOTSQC0PZUqtdLO88bI-TgvfgVZ8SB52oNKYQ/s1600-h/100_9817.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228773331123774418" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNi-m1_6c0Zir2uM7zJuV9l96KSR3wJmQ9BobIa9IM3JCFGlGWXXulhnVYwN3k0-dsInFLRRl1XBfo1dDinA2vOv3BcvEdEY2jNOTSQC0PZUqtdLO88bI-TgvfgVZ8SB52oNKYQ/s400/100_9817.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">My sister Corie is getting married Friday, so we're getting ready for all the festivities. The rehearsal is 9 AM Friday morning, followed by a brunch, hair/makeup appointments, pictures, and the wedding at 5 PM. The reception is at 6 PM. Then Saturday morning we (the bridal party and parents and inlaws) meet back at the church for a light breakfast before we drive 2 hours for a reception at the groom's church. I'm getting a manicure and my first pedicure tomorrow! I took the day off work. Well, first Mom and I are meeting for lunch, then going shopping for the goodies for the Saturday morning breakfast. It'll be a busy weekend, but Corie and Scott will be happy to be married! I'll post pictures as soon as I can!</span></div></div>Jadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660007146186030615noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14144743.post-72888266630400511552008-07-17T21:10:00.003-05:002008-07-18T06:33:26.831-05:00A through Z<span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">I found this on <a href="http://www.marybethwhalen.blogspot.com/">Marybeth's</a> blog and decided to post it, too, since I have nothing else interesting to share!</span><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><strong>A is for age.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">42</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><strong>B is for burger of choice.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">One with lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise, and grilled onions.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><strong>C is for what car you drive.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">A 2005 Saturn Ion.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><strong>D is for Dog's name. </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">I don't have a dog.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><strong>E is for essential item you use every day.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Deodorant</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><strong>F is for favorite tv show at the moment.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Law and Order SVU. Christopher Meloni is such a hunk!</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><strong>G is for Favorite game.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Phase Ten</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><strong>H is for Hometown.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Lewisberry</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><strong>I is for instruments you play.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">None, but I did take piano and clarinet lessons in my younger years.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><strong>J is for favorite juice.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Orange</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><strong>K is for who you'd like to kiss.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">My future husband. If you see him, let me know. LOL</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><strong>L is for last restaurant you ate at.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Roxy's for lunch</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><strong>M is for your favorite Muppet.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">I didn't really watch the Muppets, but Kermit the Frog is cute.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><strong>N is for number of piercings.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Two - one in each ear.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><strong>O is for overnight hospital stays.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">None</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><strong>P is for people you were with today.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">One co-worker at the office, Patti at lunch, and Linda to catch up</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><strong>Q is for what you do with your quiet time.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Read, pray.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><strong>R is for biggest regret.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Gaining back the weight I lost. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><strong>S is for status.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Single as single gets.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><strong>T is for time you woke up today.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">6:00</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><strong>U is for what you consider unique.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Every person.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><strong>V is for vegetable you love.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Carrots.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><strong>W is for worst habit.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Procrastination.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><strong>X is for number of x-rays you've had.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">I think just one - when I broke my leg when I was 3.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><strong>Y is for yummy food you ate today.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Cousin Rachel sandwich - like a Reuben, but with turkey and coleslaw.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><strong>Z is for zodiac sign.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Sagittarius-- though I don't believe in the zodiac. At. All.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">If you post this, send me a link so I can come read your answers!</span>Jadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660007146186030615noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14144743.post-4948245904122863422008-07-15T09:14:00.002-05:002008-07-15T09:16:39.313-05:00I'm in Heaven!<span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">I'll be stopping by Sta*ples soon to visit their new Post-it (R) Shop!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ-ihW1PmnGLYpEnOdwaSqbBerK7vHnRqvLbq7wcH4IWBQxE2YwcAetdU7cpplfJ_aQ0-vuYbZTP47eYM2pIlpOcBeKWKdKTCuFjj0izV1mUKnbSx7Jm-y_SXkcIag27w06mUTTw/s1600-h/PostIt.gif"></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwrfRF3BqldLmEnHw_B3KyJqMGzArR6_FPUwjiYn3JU3Ry5SWXdtmgp_Mn8cPVrutMPcJLMEmxd9Myynd73pknqZYjD-K6DltrFCwlSO1sOE5ONptHeNDTaF_WKyhgqa2WHoOe_Q/s1600-h/PostIt.gif"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223244438126650098" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwrfRF3BqldLmEnHw_B3KyJqMGzArR6_FPUwjiYn3JU3Ry5SWXdtmgp_Mn8cPVrutMPcJLMEmxd9Myynd73pknqZYjD-K6DltrFCwlSO1sOE5ONptHeNDTaF_WKyhgqa2WHoOe_Q/s400/PostIt.gif" border="0" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;">Heaven, I'm in Heaven!<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#6600cc;"></span></div>Jadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660007146186030615noreply@blogger.com2