tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174246722024-03-07T15:16:58.191-05:00It's me... {Jen}Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger647125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17424672.post-76669620609883342452013-05-27T06:17:00.001-04:002013-05-27T06:17:04.912-04:00I have a blog?<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9c3HpA0-lFGP0RyMjT2RiywpPx5IBPKkbMsoSBEx8L6IrGwi4u0Tj9WZyF_7sUpupfysGuYyv9Ms4GG2-kEpJi27AtRgE8drZMTa-0lUWXNtsOOgySi22aTPa4iGYhdsqn73ew/s640/blogger-image--565066126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9c3HpA0-lFGP0RyMjT2RiywpPx5IBPKkbMsoSBEx8L6IrGwi4u0Tj9WZyF_7sUpupfysGuYyv9Ms4GG2-kEpJi27AtRgE8drZMTa-0lUWXNtsOOgySi22aTPa4iGYhdsqn73ew/s640/blogger-image--565066126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjhTdfWaWFIIoy9lFYmMsah7oFWIXNgbkBzoxGg2DkZAD8FBCMtZ4O8B6wy64hCCRCV5RwmRpbORD2_zvneCtQU82X3UpPE8JMVWicpd8cFHXj2Tgqfk17MK8ZmAkF9TZSOkLMHw/s640/blogger-image-384251811.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHsT7wE3p21ZgdqXVaInOSvnic24U3rr7rIebaeE4LFj63sqD4EBSjItf_kQmwA8IkQ95jrrBoLjfZRrwFDASPH_F0I4IlCPDUTTU3M1V3F_xw5rG8y9wiGuvlkzc8CaeBxHApfg/s640/blogger-image--931223517.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Life's been good. Busy and good. The blog had obviously taken a backseat. Along with 3 kids, sweetdaybakey and littlebeanembroidery I've become an independent team Beachbody coach. 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<i>like my new revelation.</i><br />
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<b>i like food. yes. a lot.</b><br />
<b>but i like myself more.</b><br />
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so i'm not eating anything i want in any quantity i want anymore.<br />
i'm actually paying attention.<br />
and i am working out. for real working out.<br />
and this is a good thing.<br />
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here are a few good foody finds.<br />
keepers for sure.<br />
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<a href="http://www.damyhealth.com/2011/03/the-secret-life-of-cauliflower/">cauliflower crust pizza.</a></div>
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sounds weird. but it's very tasty!!</div>
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all the kids loved it. dave too :)</div>
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delish!! i make this a lot...</div>
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<a href="http://www.fortheloveofcooking.net/2009/02/vegetable-tian.html">vegetable tian.</a></div>
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<a href="http://olivetheingredients.blogspot.com/2011/11/baked-or-fried-mozzarella-sticks.html">baked mozzarella sticks</a>. oh my.</div>
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and i am good and only make enough so that i eat two at the most!</div>
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(the old me would have eaten about 4. or 6. at a time.)</div>
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<a href="http://www.skinnytaste.com/2013/01/crock-pot-picadillo.html">crock pot piccadillo</a>.... yum</div>
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(i used ground chicken)</div>
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this may be my fave... i make it at least once a week!</div>
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<a href="http://localkitchenblog.com/2009/07/27/cucumber-tomato-feta-salad/">cucumber tomato feta salad</a>. yes please.</div>
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sweet pototo with <a href="http://www.skinnytaste.com/2013/01/crock-pot-picadillo.html">piccadillo </a>and cheese... </div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><b>(and guess what? I still love food...)</b></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">i will share more as i find more favorites!!</span></div>
Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01215185983283236959noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17424672.post-30531923754849561302013-01-30T21:03:00.002-05:002013-01-30T21:04:04.395-05:00i should have known...just a few things i didn't know until well after i should have known. i won't admit to the actual ages at which i figured these things out... let's just say that i should have known well before i did.<br />
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-Thanksgiving is always on a Thursday. always.</div>
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-these little metal tack bracket things are called brads</div>
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<img height="240" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/ba/Split_Pins.png" width="320" /><br />
-hot on the left. cold on the right.</div>
-fiction vs. non-fiction<br />
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sad. yes.<br />
true. yes...Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01215185983283236959noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17424672.post-37516545732632481982013-01-26T20:12:00.001-05:002013-01-26T20:13:33.198-05:00Saturday night...my Saturday evening =<br />
reading...<br />
finally opening my chocolate covered pretzels from Christmas...<br />
very sexy pajama pants...<br />
topped off with folding laundry.<br />
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it's about to get wild around here. <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4bqe_lSB3J5WDHBdfbbEDaM6TDNwlvYFe8OVzD3A_rbpCHGyZ-xfrMvT9UZprnUCf4bQZ1HkD13fOhz2piHx3lWP5uTRoI2_oq5k26fxKwGC5H5flDgEgreZLlLgnIYd0S9dgxQ/s640/blogger-image-1446399594.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4bqe_lSB3J5WDHBdfbbEDaM6TDNwlvYFe8OVzD3A_rbpCHGyZ-xfrMvT9UZprnUCf4bQZ1HkD13fOhz2piHx3lWP5uTRoI2_oq5k26fxKwGC5H5flDgEgreZLlLgnIYd0S9dgxQ/s640/blogger-image-1446399594.jpg" /></a></div>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01215185983283236959noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17424672.post-72436703554899513572013-01-18T21:02:00.001-05:002013-01-18T21:02:16.143-05:00Guilty on the healthy side...habit list wants me to blog today.<br />
ok... here you go.<br />
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2 frozen bananas in the food processor.<br />
added in 2 TBS natural peanut butter.<br />
topped with 24 dark chocolate almonds.<br />
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570 calories.<br />
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not too bad for a special treat on a day with some calories to spare ;) <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXN5FFSJ2RT4xYN6RB3PmdLOzcDmDAvEC1lxcQJ3kq2i-VakqijebjUDnemNFW-1RdVRZWsY1PEQqPo3VDyBBi1JrUu8MYr-lQrF48Hq_VThkJhhfaSVPtwDqa6L6BUils3YXWmA/s640/blogger-image--1832033777.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXN5FFSJ2RT4xYN6RB3PmdLOzcDmDAvEC1lxcQJ3kq2i-VakqijebjUDnemNFW-1RdVRZWsY1PEQqPo3VDyBBi1JrUu8MYr-lQrF48Hq_VThkJhhfaSVPtwDqa6L6BUils3YXWmA/s640/blogger-image--1832033777.jpg" /></a></div>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01215185983283236959noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17424672.post-15290859730656487322013-01-12T21:34:00.000-05:002013-01-12T21:34:15.625-05:00weston's 1st skate<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
the little man has been walking for quite a while now.</div>
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it's only right to get him in his skates.</div>
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lilly, cohen, and weston all wore these skates their first time out.</div>
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size 6 bauer beavers.</div>
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the skates fit, so...</div>
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it's time to hit the ice.</div>
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<b><i> he absolutely loved it.</i></b></div>
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smiled and 'stepped' almost the whole time.</div>
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(lilly and cohen were less than thrilled their first time out...)</div>
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<br />Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01215185983283236959noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17424672.post-62323615299935300522013-01-11T08:57:00.001-05:002013-01-11T08:57:42.219-05:00habit listi've got a fancy new app.<br />
(i treated myself.)<br />
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habit list.<br />
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you can add things to do... <br />
and cross them off as you are done.<br />
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i like lists. <br />
i really like crossing things off my list.<br />
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i added 'blog' to my list for 2 days a week.<br />
it popped up today... and here is my blog. <br />
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check! <br />
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<br />Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01215185983283236959noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17424672.post-57038717625448299112013-01-08T13:07:00.001-05:002013-01-08T13:50:16.573-05:00stylewe've got a little style around here.<br />
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handmade scarves.<br />
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the return of the eighties.<br />
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Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01215185983283236959noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17424672.post-84005944189081271552012-12-31T20:28:00.001-05:002012-12-31T20:30:19.898-05:00Happy new year!We are wild and crazy over here.<br />
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Appetizer dinner...<br />
touchdown taco dip (Lilly's choice)<br />
stuffed mushrooms (Dave's choice)<br />
artichoke bacon bites (my choice)<br />
(thanks to my good friend Ali for 2/3 of those recipes ;)<br />
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And for dessert...<br />
chocolate fondue (cohen's choice)<br />
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2012 was pretty good for us, but we are excited to see what 2013 will bring!!<br />
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This may be a good thing?<br />
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now...<br />
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i found the pictures i was looking for.<br />
<i>and wholly crap.</i><br />
dreams do come true :)<br />
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<a href="http://itsmejen.blogspot.com/2010/11/i-forgot-to-share-my-halloween-costume.html">http://itsmejen.blogspot.com/2010/11/i-forgot-to-share-my-halloween-costume.html</a><br />
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<b>gives me chills.</b><br />
just awesome :)Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01215185983283236959noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17424672.post-21521890481240020202012-10-04T21:09:00.001-04:002012-10-10T08:30:34.264-04:00traveling<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>because things are getting kind of big around here.</i></div>
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<a href="http://sweetdaybakery.com/">Sweet Day Bakery</a> is traveling... </div>
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<i>(and i can hardly believe it myself)</i><br />
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<i>you can follow us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sweet-Day-Bakery/193839240634997">facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/sweetdaybakery">twitter</a> if you'd like :)</i></div>
<br />Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01215185983283236959noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17424672.post-56221435793205959512012-09-20T22:03:00.000-04:002012-09-20T22:03:41.449-04:00hello?<div style="text-align: center;">
would you believe it if i said i may start blogging again?</div>
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<i>yeah. me neither ;)</i></div>
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let's see if this thing still works...</div>
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(pics taken by daddy.)</div>
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(on our 11 year anniversary in may :)</div>
<br />Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01215185983283236959noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17424672.post-49974385315102103992012-03-08T17:00:00.001-05:002012-03-08T17:00:03.986-05:00letting go3 kids.<br />
1 dear husband.<br />
babysitting.<br />
embroidery.<br />
baking.<br />
just to name a few.<br />
<br />
<b><i>trying to find a balance, though i'm not convinced it's possible.</i></b><br />
life is getting to me. it's very full. but good.<br />
<br />
if i want to do more, or do well at what i am doing... i have to let some go.<br />
and that's ok. i cannot do it all. <br />
<br />
obviously, i haven't been blogging regularly for quite some time.<br />
it's not that i don't want to. or that i don't have things i want to blog about.<br />
<i>i do. and i do.</i><br />
<br />
but i've got to let it go for now.<br />
<b><i>let go of this blog.</i></b><br />
<b><i><br />
</i></b><br />
i'll still be on facebook, and i know a lot of you keep in touch with me there.<br />
<i>(and that makes me glad.)</i><br />
ill be <a href="http://littlebeanembroidery.com/" target="_blank">embroidering</a>. and <a href="http://sweetdaybakery.com/" target="_blank">baking</a>. and going to the rink. and to the soccer fields.<br />
and nursing my sweet baby boy. a lot.<br />
and trying to be the best wife, and mommy, and person that i can be.<br />
<i>without this blog :)</i><br />
<br />
<b>thank you. for being here with me.</b><br />
<br />
i'm sure i'll be back. someday.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17424672.post-64187222896022244562012-02-22T19:22:00.004-05:002012-02-22T19:28:51.935-05:00NHL debut<div style="text-align: center;">one of cohen's hockey coaches invited him (and dave) to skate in a skills<br />
competition between periods at a columbus blue jackets game,<br />
to represent the junior jackets skating program.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8ZK7iYrX7H0/T0WGD_uQbGI/AAAAAAAAFbY/TvQyU4jGvGw/s1600/photo+(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8ZK7iYrX7H0/T0WGD_uQbGI/AAAAAAAAFbY/TvQyU4jGvGw/s320/photo+(2).JPG" width="240" /></a></div>cohen is probably the CBJ's biggest 4 year old fan... and given this awesome opportunity we couldn't say no. though it was a school night, we decided that this was one time the kids could stay up past their bedtime.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KUjXOzzJCXQ/T0WGIg5UI3I/AAAAAAAAFbg/FwJaupglf_A/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KUjXOzzJCXQ/T0WGIg5UI3I/AAAAAAAAFbg/FwJaupglf_A/s320/photo.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>i think i was more nervous and excited than the boys. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>i am proud to report that i did not cry.</i><br />
<b>though i'm not sure my smile could have gotten any bigger.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="252" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/o6Gbv85sr5U" width="448"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>to say that i am proud is an understatement :)</b></i><br />
(fyi: cohen is the little guy with the white jersey, skating on daddy's team)<br />
(more pictures coming soon...)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17424672.post-26699107584536596012012-01-20T19:38:00.005-05:002012-01-20T19:42:21.008-05:00my first real quilt<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">i'd been wanting to make a real quilt for a long time.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">real as in... pieced, and batted, and quilted together.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">(ive made rag quilts before, but they are a little less complex.)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>my sister got married in march last year.</strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">a quilt! handmade with love.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>i think that would make a perfect wedding gift.</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">we went out and got the fabric right away.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">and finally put it together. in november.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">while 8 months pregnant :)</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mBTKKaOKo08/TxoBTRE90VI/AAAAAAAAFZw/jURJnBgAZPQ/s1600/DSC_5851.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" nfa="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mBTKKaOKo08/TxoBTRE90VI/AAAAAAAAFZw/jURJnBgAZPQ/s640/DSC_5851.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WRN-8Xnx_r4/TxoBaiaUc5I/AAAAAAAAFZ4/SZJ7o-cwquY/s1600/DSC_5854.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" nfa="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WRN-8Xnx_r4/TxoBaiaUc5I/AAAAAAAAFZ4/SZJ7o-cwquY/s640/DSC_5854.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3ftlPZ1JQwo/TxoBiCGfrQI/AAAAAAAAFaA/eRaOMqQYQ9I/s1600/DSC_5858.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" nfa="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3ftlPZ1JQwo/TxoBiCGfrQI/AAAAAAAAFaA/eRaOMqQYQ9I/s400/DSC_5858.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">a fun swirly stitch in red.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VRgegPUit2s/TxoBpA9uvAI/AAAAAAAAFaM/3SL-iRyKLrA/s1600/DSC_5859.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" nfa="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VRgegPUit2s/TxoBpA9uvAI/AAAAAAAAFaM/3SL-iRyKLrA/s400/DSC_5859.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-M3-nX17LZKw/TxoBxgem3GI/AAAAAAAAFaU/1JTjqq8e2eY/s1600/DSC_5864.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" nfa="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-M3-nX17LZKw/TxoBxgem3GI/AAAAAAAAFaU/1JTjqq8e2eY/s400/DSC_5864.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">the top.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qmgEewwJIJk/TxoCOUs5NcI/AAAAAAAAFao/Cfe7v6Xja1M/s1600/quiltfront.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="303" nfa="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qmgEewwJIJk/TxoCOUs5NcI/AAAAAAAAFao/Cfe7v6Xja1M/s400/quiltfront.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">the back.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EKVCrfoG7Ig/TxoFgRbHeVI/AAAAAAAAFa8/lcI9uZltBg0/s1600/quiltback.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="366" nfa="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EKVCrfoG7Ig/TxoFgRbHeVI/AAAAAAAAFa8/lcI9uZltBg0/s400/quiltback.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VTgiLeAGjaA/TxoB5P0P6VI/AAAAAAAAFac/o42mLD4Av9U/s1600/DSC_5872.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" nfa="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VTgiLeAGjaA/TxoB5P0P6VI/AAAAAAAAFac/o42mLD4Av9U/s400/DSC_5872.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>it's by all means imperfect.</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MWSF6ennprU/TxoFn37-K6I/AAAAAAAAFbE/8EiBcADBlD8/s1600/DSC_5874.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" nfa="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MWSF6ennprU/TxoFn37-K6I/AAAAAAAAFbE/8EiBcADBlD8/s400/DSC_5874.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">the kids helped with pinning, and unpinning.</div><div style="text-align: left;">and pushing the sewing pedal, and laying out pieced strips on the floor.</div><div style="text-align: left;">dave helped stretch and tape down and pin the layers together.</div><div style="text-align: left;">all 4 (5) of us helped put it together with lots of love.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>so i guess that does make it quite perfect.</strong></em></div><div style="text-align: left;">packed tight in a box and mailed to brooklyn to its new home.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XJKR-aG9kY0/TxoFvFIFvcI/AAAAAAAAFbM/bSqnV18UhRI/s1600/DSC_5876.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" nfa="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XJKR-aG9kY0/TxoFvFIFvcI/AAAAAAAAFbM/bSqnV18UhRI/s400/DSC_5876.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">my favorite of the fabrics is the one i call peacock.</div><div style="text-align: left;">i reserved some to make a nursing cover :)</div><div style="text-align: left;">which has already been put to good use.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oAFCQevg0_I/TxoAOGZI63I/AAAAAAAAFZo/LAX7JWVZem8/s1600/DSC_0119.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" nfa="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oAFCQevg0_I/TxoAOGZI63I/AAAAAAAAFZo/LAX7JWVZem8/s400/DSC_0119.JPG" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i'm itching to make another quilt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">someday :)</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17424672.post-27278064863740129702012-01-15T18:47:00.002-05:002012-01-15T18:49:23.508-05:00cream of broccoli soupi'm pretty sure this is my most favorite soup. ever.<br />
<i>my dad's cream of broccoli soup.</i><br />
i loved when dad would make it while i was growing up.<br />
now i get to make it myself.<br />
and i make it a lot now that soup season is here :)<br />
i don't mind one bit! (neither does dave, i think it's one of his favorites too.)<br />
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<b>Cream of Broccoli Soup</b> <br />
<a href="http://itsmejen.blogspot.com/">http://itsmejen.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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12 oz. of frozen broccoli (or 2 or 3 heads of fresh chopped broccoli)<br />
Cook broccoli in 3 to 4 cups of water, add 4 chicken bouillon cubes<br />
Add 1 cup of chopped celery<br />
Add 1 cup of chopped onions<br />
Add 1 cup of diced ham. <br />
Simmer for 30 minutes<br />
<br />
In a separate pan Make Roux: <br />
Melt ½ cup butter and ½ cup of margarine<br />
Add 1 cup all-purpose flour <br />
Mix until well blended<br />
Add 6 cups milk to broccoli/veggie/broth mixture. <br />
Add roux to soup mixture and stir until thick over medium heat.<br />
Add 1 tsp pepper and salt to taste.<br />
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enjoy!! yum.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17424672.post-55027872966590289972012-01-08T20:08:00.003-05:002012-01-08T20:53:17.307-05:00where has all the blogging gone?the blogging has fallen by the wayside.<br />
though i still think about it a lot. <br />
i wish i posted as much as i used to.<br />
recipes. and crafts. and vides. and conversations.<br />
<br />
i said i wouldnt join facebook, in fear of not blogging anymore.<br />
i was right.<br />
the ease of facebook (and the less amount of time i have now) is keeping me from blogging.<br />
<br />
and then i went and joined pinterest.<br />
another (fun) waste of my time.<br />
but, we need to have some fun, right?<br />
<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">here are a few pics to share for those of you who are blog only readers :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fp3I4J02wuc/Tu4EEhJpsqI/AAAAAAAAFV8/YPkeM2d4mHc/s1600/DSC_0352.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" oda="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fp3I4J02wuc/Tu4EEhJpsqI/AAAAAAAAFV8/YPkeM2d4mHc/s400/DSC_0352.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gEqu8sOslao/Two7bDIiTjI/AAAAAAAAFZA/CjgNdm4O9wY/s1600/DSC_0594.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gEqu8sOslao/Two7bDIiTjI/AAAAAAAAFZA/CjgNdm4O9wY/s640/DSC_0594.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="265" rea="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YJqECXwb5Vc/Two7nfsY38I/AAAAAAAAFZI/hW1XPudXdi0/s400/DSC_0671.JPG" width="400" /></div> the little man is already a month old.<br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v6zDxxa_aA8/Two76cpguzI/AAAAAAAAFZU/IlFzkcP3rfI/s1600/DSC_0014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" rea="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v6zDxxa_aA8/Two76cpguzI/AAAAAAAAFZU/IlFzkcP3rfI/s400/DSC_0014.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">where can i find more time?</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17424672.post-3000682443297707812011-12-29T10:03:00.001-05:002011-12-29T10:03:44.254-05:00belly photo shoot<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we are 99% sure that baby weston is our last baby.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to remember and cherish this time in our life, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we had pictures taken by a friend of ours.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(thank you <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Owings-Photography/299745963682" target="_blank">tracey</a>!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it was fun to get these back after weston was born.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a little bittersweet :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">these were taken 5 days before we met our new little man.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">here are a few of my favorites :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hbLtftYFUw4/Tvx5FF9PmTI/AAAAAAAAFW8/nHSgYg25owU/s1600/Hoening-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hbLtftYFUw4/Tvx5FF9PmTI/AAAAAAAAFW8/nHSgYg25owU/s400/Hoening-10.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KLC0UsobiSQ/Tvx5UhnFAXI/AAAAAAAAFXI/rUHrPl62b34/s1600/Hoening-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KLC0UsobiSQ/Tvx5UhnFAXI/AAAAAAAAFXI/rUHrPl62b34/s400/Hoening-11.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gFWmqbUXgP4/Tvx5jQnuUNI/AAAAAAAAFXQ/zdRlbzqVDIM/s1600/Hoening-13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gFWmqbUXgP4/Tvx5jQnuUNI/AAAAAAAAFXQ/zdRlbzqVDIM/s400/Hoening-13.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zj-Gq6goVaA/Tvx50MJsIeI/AAAAAAAAFXc/3p8zRxePCPo/s1600/Hoening-24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zj-Gq6goVaA/Tvx50MJsIeI/AAAAAAAAFXc/3p8zRxePCPo/s400/Hoening-24.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_HZlUNpEw1I/Tvx57uW5CSI/AAAAAAAAFXk/sLLMRDsedlI/s1600/Hoening-25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_HZlUNpEw1I/Tvx57uW5CSI/AAAAAAAAFXk/sLLMRDsedlI/s400/Hoening-25.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c-UAOJgnYFI/Tvx6OXQulEI/AAAAAAAAFXw/qfwe2wisjA8/s1600/Hoening-27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c-UAOJgnYFI/Tvx6OXQulEI/AAAAAAAAFXw/qfwe2wisjA8/s400/Hoening-27.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EoFHiZNnY9E/Tvx6jqdxZVI/AAAAAAAAFX4/S67foO5qdiQ/s1600/Hoening-31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EoFHiZNnY9E/Tvx6jqdxZVI/AAAAAAAAFX4/S67foO5qdiQ/s400/Hoening-31.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tz_bBtbQ0Fk/Tvx61379M8I/AAAAAAAAFYE/p-XTUn-L8JU/s1600/Hoening-52b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tz_bBtbQ0Fk/Tvx61379M8I/AAAAAAAAFYE/p-XTUn-L8JU/s400/Hoening-52b.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0s6vOcsoqoI/Tvx7HHwIDWI/AAAAAAAAFYM/3AIJo6pVXas/s1600/Hoening-54b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0s6vOcsoqoI/Tvx7HHwIDWI/AAAAAAAAFYM/3AIJo6pVXas/s400/Hoening-54b.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zqn6GWUYikI/Tvx7RPyTe3I/AAAAAAAAFYY/UBC3t0fdp7c/s1600/Hoening-58b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zqn6GWUYikI/Tvx7RPyTe3I/AAAAAAAAFYY/UBC3t0fdp7c/s400/Hoening-58b.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7ysKtdEOvq8/Tvx7mEULtuI/AAAAAAAAFYg/6JvjE18N4y0/s1600/Hoening-61.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7ysKtdEOvq8/Tvx7mEULtuI/AAAAAAAAFYg/6JvjE18N4y0/s400/Hoening-61.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bzt3dZvgFuA/Tvx718Q8uuI/AAAAAAAAFYs/1VbuzqTIdrE/s1600/Hoening-62b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bzt3dZvgFuA/Tvx718Q8uuI/AAAAAAAAFYs/1VbuzqTIdrE/s400/Hoening-62b.jpg" width="266" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17424672.post-57609006383911843662011-12-26T17:05:00.004-05:002011-12-26T17:11:42.342-05:00Merry Christmas 2011!<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">each year... i torture my children (and myself) and i take </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">our own Christmas card pictures.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">(mostly because i am cheap. and why not do it on my own if i can?)</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YDS0jXbYsuY/TvjpJhU97mI/AAAAAAAAFWU/wrGoSEQOz_o/s1600/DSC_0528.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YDS0jXbYsuY/TvjpJhU97mI/AAAAAAAAFWU/wrGoSEQOz_o/s640/DSC_0528.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"> usally, after about 100 pics... i can find one that i like well enough to use.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o2RPRQ_wjTg/TvjpWz6XgyI/AAAAAAAAFWc/IdySzYPcMt4/s1600/DSC_0557.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o2RPRQ_wjTg/TvjpWz6XgyI/AAAAAAAAFWc/IdySzYPcMt4/s640/DSC_0557.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"> this year, i waited extra long to take the pics.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">(mostly because we wanted to include our new little family member in the pictures :) (and also because i wanted to mail weston's birth announcements at the same time ;)</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--F1Y-fixSN0/TvjpnNwAN5I/AAAAAAAAFWo/BF0qIgC0ftE/s1600/DSC_0555.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" rea="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--F1Y-fixSN0/TvjpnNwAN5I/AAAAAAAAFWo/BF0qIgC0ftE/s400/DSC_0555.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">and i also wanted to be sure that the place i order our prints </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">was out of envelopes, so that i could wait even longer to mail them out.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6BURMOTvrCg/TvjpzNlTNOI/AAAAAAAAFWw/nT2tceDlex8/s1600/DSC_0569.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6BURMOTvrCg/TvjpzNlTNOI/AAAAAAAAFWw/nT2tceDlex8/s640/DSC_0569.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"> next year, the cards should go out sooner.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">and im sure everyone will love my photo session, as always. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">and by the final card, you'd never know the drama that comes along :)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Merry Christmas to all my blog readers!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_jxewvlVV04/Tvjo0yO06_I/AAAAAAAAFWM/_mCVuoZPix8/s1600/2011blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" rea="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_jxewvlVV04/Tvjo0yO06_I/AAAAAAAAFWM/_mCVuoZPix8/s400/2011blog.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17424672.post-4845372170076860872011-12-09T16:39:00.001-05:002011-12-10T13:37:09.179-05:00welcome Weston :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y-1HD4Camjg/TuJs1XB1AXI/AAAAAAAAFVg/1PopM9jA-YE/s1600/DSC_0152.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y-1HD4Camjg/TuJs1XB1AXI/AAAAAAAAFVg/1PopM9jA-YE/s640/DSC_0152.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: "lucida grande", tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 10px;">Weston Dean :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: "lucida grande", tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 10px; text-align: left;">December 7th, 2011</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: "lucida grande", tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 10px; text-align: left;">8:38am</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: "lucida grande", tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 10px; text-align: left;">9lbs, 20.5 inches</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vTERvtWWzJ4/TuJtB1bhnGI/AAAAAAAAFVs/qEm1eVpP7XU/s1600/DSC_0187.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vTERvtWWzJ4/TuJtB1bhnGI/AAAAAAAAFVs/qEm1eVpP7XU/s640/DSC_0187.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-swUXih4gTwM/TuJtNZzSRLI/AAAAAAAAFV0/ycFbfBwGiGI/s1600/DSC_0191.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-swUXih4gTwM/TuJtNZzSRLI/AAAAAAAAFV0/ycFbfBwGiGI/s400/DSC_0191.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17424672.post-45646204886237602872011-12-06T08:48:00.000-05:002011-12-06T08:48:06.159-05:00happy bday dave :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2ZnqEKgz3a0/Tt4WY6EGepI/AAAAAAAAFU4/_0jQVX2omUc/s1600/DSCF0411.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2ZnqEKgz3a0/Tt4WY6EGepI/AAAAAAAAFU4/_0jQVX2omUc/s400/DSCF0411.JPG" width="298" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love that my dad is very nice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He's very handsome.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He's very special to me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I like that he can skate really really fast.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He's unique because he's bald.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">xoxo, Lilly</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TuCbcvLodxQ/Tt4WiNIv3II/AAAAAAAAFVA/ljXuO-jQB1Y/s1600/DSCN6825.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TuCbcvLodxQ/Tt4WiNIv3II/AAAAAAAAFVA/ljXuO-jQB1Y/s400/DSCN6825.JPG" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I like that he plays hockey.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I like that he's a fan of hockey.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He kisses me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He hugs me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He fishes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">xoxo, Cohen</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4T__FgvCMMg/Tt4Wnj8ugaI/AAAAAAAAFVI/0jCLPJSZubw/s1600/IMG_1398.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4T__FgvCMMg/Tt4Wnj8ugaI/AAAAAAAAFVI/0jCLPJSZubw/s400/IMG_1398.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I'll never forget seeing that 16 year old boy.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sitting at a table at the ice rink.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Eating a personal pan pizza.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wearing his letterman's jacket.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And a backwards black skull hat.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I knew I had to meet him :)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CKe7ws73IQU/Tt4WuwJn3oI/AAAAAAAAFVQ/9RN0QAcWerU/s1600/davekidsskate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CKe7ws73IQU/Tt4WuwJn3oI/AAAAAAAAFVQ/9RN0QAcWerU/s400/davekidsskate.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not only is that boy now my husband </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and the father of my most precious gifts, </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>but he is my best friend.</i></b></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And for that, I am so very blessed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ExGEwwchu1w/Tt4XMEQV57I/AAAAAAAAFVY/vtp59DRmcrQ/s1600/fish.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ExGEwwchu1w/Tt4XMEQV57I/AAAAAAAAFVY/vtp59DRmcrQ/s400/fish.jpg" width="382" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> happy birthday to my best friend ever.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b>i love you sweetie boy.</b></i></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>growing old with you is going to be wonderful.</i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17424672.post-4298013376090297142011-12-01T14:01:00.000-05:002011-12-01T14:01:11.845-05:00the baby's room :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a gallon of paint.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3 white frames.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a dowel rod.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">some things we had.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">some things we made with what we had.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a very talented husband who loves me a lot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>the new baby's room :)</strong></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ilcfV7d-CLI/TtfM_l6NoeI/AAAAAAAAFUA/vudcZ6AAiQg/s1600/DSC_0032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ilcfV7d-CLI/TtfM_l6NoeI/AAAAAAAAFUA/vudcZ6AAiQg/s640/DSC_0032.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xiBc_7p02Vc/TtfNKwRBKQI/AAAAAAAAFUI/2ku6JCApdLE/s1600/DSC_0035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xiBc_7p02Vc/TtfNKwRBKQI/AAAAAAAAFUI/2ku6JCApdLE/s640/DSC_0035.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZPIwahIa7sU/TtfNWXKhD7I/AAAAAAAAFUU/gh5KjyT7h5U/s1600/DSC_0037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZPIwahIa7sU/TtfNWXKhD7I/AAAAAAAAFUU/gh5KjyT7h5U/s640/DSC_0037.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zvOl7fEjsfA/TtfNhl9vHvI/AAAAAAAAFUc/MzUJQCbVoYo/s1600/DSC_0038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zvOl7fEjsfA/TtfNhl9vHvI/AAAAAAAAFUc/MzUJQCbVoYo/s640/DSC_0038.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<strong>monica says... Congrats on 600!! </strong><br />
<strong>I'd love to hear more about your running:) Seeing as though i am going to start real soon...What motivated you to start running? When do you run? why do you run? and whats on your running music list?? Sorry!! That was more than one question;) </strong><br />
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Oh running I have missed you. I started running about 2 ½ years ago after watching a biggest loser episode where they ran a 5K (I think it was a 5K, maybe just a mile?) It was one of those… ‘if they can do it, I can do it!’ moments. Now let’s pretend im not 9 ½ months pregnant… when do I run? Well, whenever I can… sometime right when dave gets home from work, sometime right before the kdis bedtime, sometimes in the mornings, on very rare occasions I ran while both kids were at school and I didn’t have any extra kids for the day. Why do I run… for health, energy, alone time, my sanity, for fun. Many reasons. My music list… well, if you’ve read any of my blogs about my extreme diversity of music tastes… my running music is about the same. Hip hop, Christian, musical, top 40… its an odd mix.<br />
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<strong>Amber said... </strong><br />
<strong>Since we're new friends, and I just started reading your blog... I'm curious about how you started your bakery business? Have you always loved baking? And what is your favorite thing to make? </strong><br />
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Oh the bakery business :) the one I officially started the month we got pregnant ;) funny how things work like that. I baked orders for fun for about a year before I made SDB a real business… and soon realized that a growing belly and deadlines were not a good match for me. I have always loved baking, yes (and cooking. and eating ;) very much so. My favorite thing to make? At the moment… homemade cinnamon rolls. But I like cookies too. Though not sugar cookies… I haven’t eaten one since I’ve been pregnant ;) <br />
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<strong>Libby said... </strong><br />
<strong>Yay for 600! I'm super excited for you! </strong><br />
<strong>I'd love to get in on this drawing, as I know you are a super crafter, super baker and a super cook, so my question is... what is your all-time favorite crafting project (other than the embroidery, which you are so talented with)?</strong><br />
Oh my. My favorite crafting project? Im so bad at choosing just one of anything. And I go in spurts. I just recently made my first ever real quilt. That was pretty fun. A lot of love and time went into that… and dave and the kids helped with parts of it too, so that made it extra special. And of course im loving all things baby right now… burps, and a nursing cover. But… when I scrapbook I love scrapbooking, and when I bake and cook I love those. I think the feeling I get from making something out of nothing, or just seeing a finished product makes it special no matter what it is. <br />
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<strong>penuttpie said... </strong><br />
<strong>congratulations!! i'm coming up on my 500th! i was thinking of doing something special...but i'm not convinced that people even read! (other than you) ;)</strong><br />
<strong>this isn't so much a question as much as a request. how about a post about your favorite blogs? :) </strong><br />
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oh. Favorite blogs. I do have a <a href="http://itsmejen.blogspot.com/search/label/i%20%7Bheart%7D%20this%20blog">'i {heart} this blog' label</a> off to the right, were some blogs have been highlighted... so be sure to check those out. And I have weaned down my blog reading in the past number of months… I just followed too many and spent too much time on browsing when I should have been doing other things. Most of the blogs I read now are people who I know in real life… or people who ive followed and interacted with for so long that I feel like I do know them :) here are some of that mix off the top of my head…<br />
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<a href="http://allthatriffraff.blogspot.com/">arminda</a><br />
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<a href="http://katajone.blogspot.com/">katiej</a><br />
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<a href="http://sjb926.wordpress.com/">sarah</a><br />
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<a href="http://hennhouse.blogspot.com/">karin</a><br />
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those are a few. i've left out tons. but i still love you whom i didnt name here.<br />
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<strong>Anonymous said... </strong><br />
<strong>600 posts..i just love reading them and seeing pictures of the kids. Thinking of a question.... so, do you have weird pregnancy cravings, or any pregnancy cravings at all? What's the strangest craving combo you have had? </strong><br />
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<strong>by the way, the last anonymous comment was from me..Courtney B. i forgot to sign my name :) </strong><br />
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Nothing too crazy this time around. I did want red meat and milk at the very start, which is very unlike me. and I’ve loved bagels with cream cheese the whole time. And if I eat something sweet I want something salty, and visa versa. And now that we are almost done… food doesn’t sound too good at all, but I can manage to eat chocolate very easily ;) I said to one of my friends the other day that I wasn’t really having any weird cravings… but rather the generalized excuse to be able to eat more than normal was nice.<br />
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<strong>denise said... </strong><br />
<strong>Are you still planning to continue running throughout your pregnancy? How long is it safe/possible to run? </strong><br />
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Oh running. I miss you. I did run through 28 weeks (7 months!) which was a pretty huge feat for me, who was never and athlete or even excerciser for almost 30 years of life. Had I answered this question 6 months ago I would have proudly said that I was still doing a mile a day… I usally walked one day, then jogged the rest. As time went on and the belly grew (along with the sore hips and off balance body) my jogs got shorter and less frequent. But that is ok. when it became body over mind (which is opposite from my non-pregnant running) it was an issue of safety and running pregnant wasn’t worth it. When my uterus would cramp up after jogging past 2 houses, and getting a good deep breath was a challenge… I wasn’t going to risk anything. I’m sure it’s different for everyone as to what is safe. But I am no pregnant marathon runner ;)<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">here's me on one of my last jogs... in august.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R-N-KjSYsj8/TtWKiLx7zII/AAAAAAAAFT4/dePnez5fnW8/s1600/DSC_0135.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R-N-KjSYsj8/TtWKiLx7zII/AAAAAAAAFT4/dePnez5fnW8/s640/DSC_0135.JPG" width="424" /></a></div> <br />
and now, the questions are answered :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17424672.post-37194931322177933682011-11-12T21:45:00.001-05:002011-11-12T21:46:58.254-05:00600 post answers part 3<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Again, we will not mention the amount of time that has gone past since the last time I blogged. </span></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Or even worse, how long it’s been since i originally asked readers to leave me questions to answer for my 600th post...<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Ali asks… </span></b></span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;">With Father's Day coming up... </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;">(ooops! embarrassing...)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b> <span class="apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="float: none;">What quality about Dave as a dad do you most love/appreciate/admire?</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span></span><br />
</b><span class="apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="float: none;"><b>What is your favorite memory of your Dad when you were little?</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">There are lots of qualities that make me smile about dave as a dad. First, that he wanted to be a dad, and that he wanted me to be the mother of his children. That’s pretty awesome. He loves me, and he loves his kids. A lot. Even when we are all a handful. He teaches them about all sorts of things that he is great at. He plays games... inside and out, not just sports… but the care bear game and candyland. He takes them fishing and skating and to neighborhood and school events. He sometimes has more patience with them than I do, at just the right times. He’s also 'the Dad' too. He’s the head of the household, when he’s home ;) He works so hard for us… at work and at home, to give us all that we need. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I have lots of good memories of my Dad when I was little, not sure I can choose just one favorite… fishing, camping, bringing home a little gift when he’d be gone for business trips, football and hockey games, making soup, popcorn balls, picnics, cookouts, music… lots of music. Lots of those fond memories have carried over into my life as an adult... hello food and music ;)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Kelli asks… </span></b></span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;">How are you going to decorate the nursery in your new house?</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Well, we aren’t much for actual themes… but we are going for something cute, and cheap ;) Besides buying a can of paint, 3 picture frames and a dowel rod… we are using what we have. And luckily my husband loves me a whole lot to do some fancy painting patterns for me :)</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> i will try to post pictures once it's done, and before the baby is here ;)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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