tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91121492738772150442024-03-05T07:20:25.825-06:00Memoirs of MaxineBrittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135289831632051489noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112149273877215044.post-62133959633253137192012-04-13T11:49:00.016-05:002012-04-13T12:19:18.980-05:00Project Updates<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8UZQCNW1ze3l05tqLGFuXA9u_A1qc_E8_s9y8ok0EEojQKgoD3OCgc7FAIOwqC-BC1nHOC0jG6VscBB7q2bqi_nYRisbr0UMYh9f4X6Sssf6UtfJ-30v8fxXyn0pm1FOfq47Meh8TWuE/s1600/99642210475214687_c40qU9Js_f.jpg"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Bandit"">Pantry project still in motion: We’re searching for wire baskets, cheap ones. Not 40 dollar ones. I’m about to make one for cheaper if one doesn’t turn up!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Bandit"">Living room redo: Changed our couch color with covers to bring in a warm feeling since everything is soo light. Then finally added the curtains I’ve been eyeing for months on Urban Outfitters. Random array of pillows I covered with fabrics I died for! Just love them. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Bandit"">This is a pic of the couches before</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">…</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Pea Bandit""> excuse the Christmas d</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">é</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Pea Bandit";mso-bidi-font-family: "Pea Bandit"">cor</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Pea Bandit"">. Haha<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p></p></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYmb5BSe6mKX0dOeH7eZt8wnMHA_Yk1YVSOZQ-Lq5AaSkkGt58dgNe7bcrgfOfjlTpUu5OBtZFJIscopQPhI5OLzL70jzVsCVvlSkXxmQA85znLWUqCgYU36Iuuhh2fi3UJsv8voxZDYw/s1600/DSC00154.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYmb5BSe6mKX0dOeH7eZt8wnMHA_Yk1YVSOZQ-Lq5AaSkkGt58dgNe7bcrgfOfjlTpUu5OBtZFJIscopQPhI5OLzL70jzVsCVvlSkXxmQA85znLWUqCgYU36Iuuhh2fi3UJsv8voxZDYw/s400/DSC00154.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730930893662607282" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; ">Then this is the new covers and the CURTAINS!</span></p></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMgDqV2AmrV8EAIRgGkIMsxrbne1elG2NQcyN0fP9Hb8c-R3aHpK5jSliQfA5_zWr2qUzTWZXrSCpcwtBSSnBjAONwdfXPmYKb8oXCr7OETE-MHmzbp-om-liM-5DhWIcD5enTsEY_kkU/s1600/IMG_0784.JPG" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMgDqV2AmrV8EAIRgGkIMsxrbne1elG2NQcyN0fP9Hb8c-R3aHpK5jSliQfA5_zWr2qUzTWZXrSCpcwtBSSnBjAONwdfXPmYKb8oXCr7OETE-MHmzbp-om-liM-5DhWIcD5enTsEY_kkU/s400/IMG_0784.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730930285979265058" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; ">The fabrics</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; "><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfHtbKAmq8cXWPBnDAwZhPVYv50mUlb41729Fkhg4YhjuW_qL5Q1PEYo4bnaNua-tEiGOTAeT7ixi6lJhHkFkHngbrLT6iPVn0KkBmDu6rxK1k2zAezQJcFKf_DmQ2It9gLy745iDGtis/s1600/IMG_0693.JPG" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: left; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfHtbKAmq8cXWPBnDAwZhPVYv50mUlb41729Fkhg4YhjuW_qL5Q1PEYo4bnaNua-tEiGOTAeT7ixi6lJhHkFkHngbrLT6iPVn0KkBmDu6rxK1k2zAezQJcFKf_DmQ2It9gLy745iDGtis/s400/IMG_0693.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730930299640353010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; ">Some of the pillows</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_QWhQZFYuTnHrTFHW1y6Kbme7Vxjr2-w-4Pejyh-DiIbDKVIumyD3oOp9d2R68xIhJo-cRSU3EnfOi6LYgZyP8cAqdCToUkILvY6X9xqWibKL5O-i9RTkRGmYwgAQoaE-AoLApN-WlQ/s1600/IMG_0793.JPG" style="text-align: left; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_QWhQZFYuTnHrTFHW1y6Kbme7Vxjr2-w-4Pejyh-DiIbDKVIumyD3oOp9d2R68xIhJo-cRSU3EnfOi6LYgZyP8cAqdCToUkILvY6X9xqWibKL5O-i9RTkRGmYwgAQoaE-AoLApN-WlQ/s400/IMG_0793.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730930312969547682" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm0AxqMqFzmI8Emiy1norOipaEoh9Rl5Myps7HBqA7ncU5-El46fbjfkTXElefym5SgQLxY2Rmi8l3UfikoOiiwuvTtp4RdeeAKQNoQn_YhrNeDu4foUpFa4dA-ZocVeUHkpAc1zkBsbQ/s1600/IMG_0787.JPG" style="text-align: left; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm0AxqMqFzmI8Emiy1norOipaEoh9Rl5Myps7HBqA7ncU5-El46fbjfkTXElefym5SgQLxY2Rmi8l3UfikoOiiwuvTtp4RdeeAKQNoQn_YhrNeDu4foUpFa4dA-ZocVeUHkpAc1zkBsbQ/s400/IMG_0787.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730930310132316914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px; ">And the big couch! </span><span style="font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center; ">The lighting is bad but you get the point.</span></div></div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnt2phY7JSMleYYFI9gi4CV8Pzr_dC1xEMC7EUNYOU9E0F2jHHV9g-vL4jbcFFcJjs-tlLbeEyfsnu8iNPYBiccnmmjHJcPCWYlHc5gcevznCeSRmfEzQv2F0VNJtSx1WQAnCKOSYtDIs/s1600/IMG_0786.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnt2phY7JSMleYYFI9gi4CV8Pzr_dC1xEMC7EUNYOU9E0F2jHHV9g-vL4jbcFFcJjs-tlLbeEyfsnu8iNPYBiccnmmjHJcPCWYlHc5gcevznCeSRmfEzQv2F0VNJtSx1WQAnCKOSYtDIs/s400/IMG_0786.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730930291690455618" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; ">The nook: Next to our patio we have a little random wall and nook that is now transformed</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; "> or so I think it is. Both items I got at an estate sale Hannah and I went to one Sunday morning after work. The peoples loved us because we bought so much and listened to all the stories about each item. Both were gold as you can tell and I of course painted them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Cu0qOmZrQSVpaqfyUmK1CK-Y9-jUwxts1PmmKCqFBNs6WPDnAualkmmUL7y_uMFsh1qXHxfUwFNRJ31FBAVIpdQwyiskNlZQoF0xpngBjXTmWXw0XH7gzfovGIves3ssMmxs6vRPfuA/s1600/IMG_0551.JPG" style="text-align: left; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Cu0qOmZrQSVpaqfyUmK1CK-Y9-jUwxts1PmmKCqFBNs6WPDnAualkmmUL7y_uMFsh1qXHxfUwFNRJ31FBAVIpdQwyiskNlZQoF0xpngBjXTmWXw0XH7gzfovGIves3ssMmxs6vRPfuA/s400/IMG_0551.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730929164146909106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><span style="text-align: left; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_aVaLj7O4E3RAl-NY83HYcXjxkWX-3mmJQfN8T5J8GbqsSdW1OnWpKMPm9_SxmSNvwz_Hx2ZjDR13LOqWnTpQSJIio0GenBgmeaLd09aaYmyIIqeyKRZEvgxQNWC4bG1gVzReqIMt6wU/s1600/IMG_0560.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_aVaLj7O4E3RAl-NY83HYcXjxkWX-3mmJQfN8T5J8GbqsSdW1OnWpKMPm9_SxmSNvwz_Hx2ZjDR13LOqWnTpQSJIio0GenBgmeaLd09aaYmyIIqeyKRZEvgxQNWC4bG1gVzReqIMt6wU/s400/IMG_0560.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730932321838674146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEo9MpRLGXstu4Nyocd_dGAzJLehT-5qpgiKlxFtyoTXMeG6_FrRypm_VdVDTOVFwzu4ZYK3xYJQe03AtPrdiDL9chH3WlWOTqjQTcCaTSOGZjXcRQOkOVDl9KEuYa__5A9ivBouvFnZ8/s1600/IMG_0589.JPG" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEo9MpRLGXstu4Nyocd_dGAzJLehT-5qpgiKlxFtyoTXMeG6_FrRypm_VdVDTOVFwzu4ZYK3xYJQe03AtPrdiDL9chH3WlWOTqjQTcCaTSOGZjXcRQOkOVDl9KEuYa__5A9ivBouvFnZ8/s400/IMG_0589.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730929179578150210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh2tjCws4cypckinnmWG4MLDB3SYaqCyPR5r18-Ezezr5OZJ9hD4Rew0QM7iLvG49MsSwr9gyz0C8LCc5uElxswaK7HWc_fkF32LPJ3bPeqKyrdDLDN0OOV65it2cAv59bbcsG1_zFWUI/s1600/IMG_0796.JPG" style="text-align: left; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh2tjCws4cypckinnmWG4MLDB3SYaqCyPR5r18-Ezezr5OZJ9hD4Rew0QM7iLvG49MsSwr9gyz0C8LCc5uElxswaK7HWc_fkF32LPJ3bPeqKyrdDLDN0OOV65it2cAv59bbcsG1_zFWUI/s400/IMG_0796.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730930887161597954" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; ">Entry way: both pieces are from Goodwill. The mirror is the one I got back in Beaverton then the stand is one Hannah found here is Peoria. The owl vase I found at Marshalls in the Bourb while visiting Rachael and Sean. Then I just got an assortment of flowers/ feathers from Hobby Lobby</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; "> I like how it turned out. Not sure if I’ll ever paint the mirror because I like the wood on both items a lot, especially together.</span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg65cH4mOPrGr70zIVJBzwxesqMJyRRkE7jZTAoHMDEANaI7KGhpWxXY-GEwPOAYUunQsGKadIzKAabc8dN0iOZUZ4QxqpHA5b_fu6KvL0QSqCvGWYhdHFVbqlgWhvZf2oYhxNsniGVaAQ/s1600/IMG_0691.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg65cH4mOPrGr70zIVJBzwxesqMJyRRkE7jZTAoHMDEANaI7KGhpWxXY-GEwPOAYUunQsGKadIzKAabc8dN0iOZUZ4QxqpHA5b_fu6KvL0QSqCvGWYhdHFVbqlgWhvZf2oYhxNsniGVaAQ/s400/IMG_0691.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730929186789824962" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE_mulGWybo91foMRBo_aUb7hrvy_xQJY6HuN1Kt2pyQg70psVsV149-tmuwxCHAxi0t_JwXYnf_IjnTnsqhLJAlJCx5GL_XdDt5XBTmKls9ybq4XYUw3XB8I3TJLPEIxhfvnkeQRfNU8/s1600/IMG_0689.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE_mulGWybo91foMRBo_aUb7hrvy_xQJY6HuN1Kt2pyQg70psVsV149-tmuwxCHAxi0t_JwXYnf_IjnTnsqhLJAlJCx5GL_XdDt5XBTmKls9ybq4XYUw3XB8I3TJLPEIxhfvnkeQRfNU8/s400/IMG_0689.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730929181865026226" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px; ">Then Hannah had pinned this on one of her pinterest walls and kept talking about needing something for one of her bedrooms walls. So I set out to find some cute paper I thought she’d like and let the Cricut do the work. Haha. Then put them on this tweed string and viola!!! </span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEo9MpRLGXstu4Nyocd_dGAzJLehT-5qpgiKlxFtyoTXMeG6_FrRypm_VdVDTOVFwzu4ZYK3xYJQe03AtPrdiDL9chH3WlWOTqjQTcCaTSOGZjXcRQOkOVDl9KEuYa__5A9ivBouvFnZ8/s1600/IMG_0589.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8UZQCNW1ze3l05tqLGFuXA9u_A1qc_E8_s9y8ok0EEojQKgoD3OCgc7FAIOwqC-BC1nHOC0jG6VscBB7q2bqi_nYRisbr0UMYh9f4X6Sssf6UtfJ-30v8fxXyn0pm1FOfq47Meh8TWuE/s1600/99642210475214687_c40qU9Js_f.jpg" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8UZQCNW1ze3l05tqLGFuXA9u_A1qc_E8_s9y8ok0EEojQKgoD3OCgc7FAIOwqC-BC1nHOC0jG6VscBB7q2bqi_nYRisbr0UMYh9f4X6Sssf6UtfJ-30v8fxXyn0pm1FOfq47Meh8TWuE/s400/99642210475214687_c40qU9Js_f.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730933449758544802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px; " /></a><div><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/195906652510555828/">From Han's Pinterest</a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_aVaLj7O4E3RAl-NY83HYcXjxkWX-3mmJQfN8T5J8GbqsSdW1OnWpKMPm9_SxmSNvwz_Hx2ZjDR13LOqWnTpQSJIio0GenBgmeaLd09aaYmyIIqeyKRZEvgxQNWC4bG1gVzReqIMt6wU/s1600/IMG_0560.JPG" style="text-align: left; "></a><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji47jusB-gNkBpw8TNcH4iF9LZ7EEXeIyyLzs6QUci7Ar0KTWTbMWSv3dMeKgFgk1pHo6NKdO4hB77j-gDAmBHy-oFtEj5U_anpGJMpFs9CzAr4ntioL5xWEufoqbTeM41YDc7_vjQoP4/s1600/IMG_0806.JPG" style="text-align: left; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji47jusB-gNkBpw8TNcH4iF9LZ7EEXeIyyLzs6QUci7Ar0KTWTbMWSv3dMeKgFgk1pHo6NKdO4hB77j-gDAmBHy-oFtEj5U_anpGJMpFs9CzAr4ntioL5xWEufoqbTeM41YDc7_vjQoP4/s400/IMG_0806.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730930881408842946" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Bandit"">Then this picture is completely random but cracked me up. I was on my way to work one day and saw this Saab.. check out the license plate. Love it. Hahaha. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghMndzAPeDCmCPiBIE_4n5XPHOtm_K5GGEr14dnehyphenhyphenYcUvOcL7iqYuyr1kRGAx4MUlmQXqmgvDMJSMus50yrotS8uSK-BTNGwbg4K5Y1N1uXqeQFuya1ZxiPaRbO59BlVaUcQjj1sx6ss/s1600/IMG_0560.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcLgexhs4WWqHNAx9ghTdzTcVE7DYbBhtXLhyphenhyphencXEuQYoXBMWU7PPkEaJMkup9hPmsloBivohkISh0bDjAsibSPM3Ro3RzKcslXsKJ50L779t1Sp9fcFU0D_YFOxaG5MfPZNC5cdBIm5xM/s1600/IMG_0812.JPG" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcLgexhs4WWqHNAx9ghTdzTcVE7DYbBhtXLhyphenhyphencXEuQYoXBMWU7PPkEaJMkup9hPmsloBivohkISh0bDjAsibSPM3Ro3RzKcslXsKJ50L779t1Sp9fcFU0D_YFOxaG5MfPZNC5cdBIm5xM/s400/IMG_0812.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730930883371396450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /></a><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135289831632051489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112149273877215044.post-5675771054157595772012-03-27T12:32:00.009-05:002012-03-27T12:55:53.194-05:00March Madness<div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>It’s what? March what? I can’t believe how fast this year is flying by. Can we slow it down a bit?! I mean really I can’t catch my breath! As I “tried” to blog more and failed again, I did accomplish projects that were to be blogged about. Haha. March has been a good month so far and I’m sure the last few days will continue to be good too. The weather has been amazing. Hannah and I are always having our windows open to soak it up but due to working nights and sleeping during the day and the massive amounts of children in our complex (who tend to scream like the world is ending every time I lay down to sleep), I do have to shut the breeze out every now and then. Sense some bitterness as I speak of those little shenanigans? Yes, pure bitterness actually. The funny thing is the kids literally play right outside Hannah’s window and then the teenagers sit on the sidewalk directly under mine. Ugh. Summer will be a battle. Listening to them al chat is pretty hilarious at times. The things kids say</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; ">…</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; "> makes me miss my Lani-bug! One day I woke up from a child screaming CHEESEBURGERRRRR!!!! Thank you dear child, thank you. Anyways on to better things</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; ">…</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; "> I turned 24 this month. Nothing to special but my friends brought me to Chicago on a surprise trip. I was reading Hunger Games in the car and didn’t even realize we were in the city till we were pretty much under the Sears tower. We went shopping, to dinner, then to Howl at the Moon</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; ">…</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; "> a piano bar we just love.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; ">Here are some photos of my bday wknd</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; ">…</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; "> You’ll notice a Hunger Games obsession.</span></p></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Z2wlggum8c-nRc2pAQFYVGS-JihnU04QfJZl4G6ynes322U4UmnVDptp768fYglC-JFIAHqlIPbJNCkmMcCTMAiGq-Plg819dgm7O746SWl876jI17Sby5utoqqmWRPJyZ1sHqq-F2I/s1600/IMG_0504.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Z2wlggum8c-nRc2pAQFYVGS-JihnU04QfJZl4G6ynes322U4UmnVDptp768fYglC-JFIAHqlIPbJNCkmMcCTMAiGq-Plg819dgm7O746SWl876jI17Sby5utoqqmWRPJyZ1sHqq-F2I/s400/IMG_0504.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724631917728316066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP1CP0zXXAbNMmUHWak6byEet557hfVtSb8VsL6r42481nvglgL6kSxECZ5PfSHDzv52PekjakaXAljHn537PHAkVfnCnTkfjIFJDj1b-tgQ9eLr-OftaHAHRwvocaOgQRiQjnOuBPGYk/s1600/IMG_0508.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP1CP0zXXAbNMmUHWak6byEet557hfVtSb8VsL6r42481nvglgL6kSxECZ5PfSHDzv52PekjakaXAljHn537PHAkVfnCnTkfjIFJDj1b-tgQ9eLr-OftaHAHRwvocaOgQRiQjnOuBPGYk/s400/IMG_0508.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724631914296814274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Bandit"">At Howl at the Moon: they have buckets for yummy drinks. With the buckets you get these crazy straws. Fun times all around. <o:p></o:p></span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3nmq2fM8xKdNsr4gKfVTWhX2KJX3qNFKzK5RUe-E60f1717OFMDQBtF7m59FRnrMZKjzYBlRVhkwSdFPsQhABuem8cn8vgOKFUo_rla1IurahfbeG-VlpqoCAF9fESw85Mkv427W_wg/s1600/IMG_0494.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3nmq2fM8xKdNsr4gKfVTWhX2KJX3qNFKzK5RUe-E60f1717OFMDQBtF7m59FRnrMZKjzYBlRVhkwSdFPsQhABuem8cn8vgOKFUo_rla1IurahfbeG-VlpqoCAF9fESw85Mkv427W_wg/s400/IMG_0494.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724631898562781650" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN003fnlf-YReP2oGtV5dyC6x-rMeiDSQee59thN2uQMW_4FwrNUNoCbQpvLuFBvO_ea1L-Z8ZDfDnKEaBvQT4qJQzF5re6lDpA9GoeOChQmvO2W4EQq_arFTO7pXCOCkbA3b72gWwWCE/s1600/430698_2950154029931_1143750101_32156904_2135531081_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN003fnlf-YReP2oGtV5dyC6x-rMeiDSQee59thN2uQMW_4FwrNUNoCbQpvLuFBvO_ea1L-Z8ZDfDnKEaBvQT4qJQzF5re6lDpA9GoeOChQmvO2W4EQq_arFTO7pXCOCkbA3b72gWwWCE/s400/430698_2950154029931_1143750101_32156904_2135531081_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724631887989969890" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0OY-TFzf2cxnuwE1T_nECnGuYKPPYs9YL7idQjbLJ91bQZSB9bWVi7AfoouzcY71iIVykBnoMD_AN9v9jSnmjMtbNQEpAC8MehaeSPtNSthKVo0W8lAa1RIlajzrnP84e303EUCdswTw/s1600/IMG_0495.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0OY-TFzf2cxnuwE1T_nECnGuYKPPYs9YL7idQjbLJ91bQZSB9bWVi7AfoouzcY71iIVykBnoMD_AN9v9jSnmjMtbNQEpAC8MehaeSPtNSthKVo0W8lAa1RIlajzrnP84e303EUCdswTw/s400/IMG_0495.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724631880119357538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; ">I should’ve bought one</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; "> Peeta is my fav.</span></p></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9fSafKMcjP4sAyHAIdWx_g48px4oChDAXOT48Tt8UOCgNFwPwmu-1ro1RGo3WcLzOdL4NgFEDeublxmyvgF6rOF1-MtBYihcId55xFv9yfoMGB62W35DQwTn354KOU_Vi8mhAY3mnx_E/s1600/IMG_0514.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9fSafKMcjP4sAyHAIdWx_g48px4oChDAXOT48Tt8UOCgNFwPwmu-1ro1RGo3WcLzOdL4NgFEDeublxmyvgF6rOF1-MtBYihcId55xFv9yfoMGB62W35DQwTn354KOU_Vi8mhAY3mnx_E/s400/IMG_0514.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724632923805927394" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Bandit"">Our view from our hotel</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">…</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Pea Bandit""><o:p></o:p></span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLdLa0VgjZCnP-aRD0JVvhtkenJMh6N0giwiZCj4Zq2cwJm8P_XwKfL2yzazdUJvwNtbwFo7E8yCdKATrVkuZU89SEniIjY212xWmlL0w7TgIbybj3VRkrBa0KG35_XxaU8iVoQs8llg/s1600/IMG_0510.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLdLa0VgjZCnP-aRD0JVvhtkenJMh6N0giwiZCj4Zq2cwJm8P_XwKfL2yzazdUJvwNtbwFo7E8yCdKATrVkuZU89SEniIjY212xWmlL0w7TgIbybj3VRkrBa0KG35_XxaU8iVoQs8llg/s400/IMG_0510.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724632921990150514" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Bandit"">Nina and I woke up and found a Starbucks</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">…</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Pea Bandit""> which of course the blend out right now is Tribute coffee (only makes sense to someone who has read the hunger games)</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">…</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Pea Bandit""> so we read for a bit before heading back to Peoria. </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaL5Q6XAOml8XwbjEUSB3kefB-hENPdIQER96MioBwS0J2P8NmLyz_Q3Bob2UiU6lz019FQlE3MlqZmt2XQbXG0pbocwIXnA0AvxxIA1-pK6O4i2BXWBrSArNjF1T92gu_1azQH3eHB9w/s1600/IMG_0501.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaL5Q6XAOml8XwbjEUSB3kefB-hENPdIQER96MioBwS0J2P8NmLyz_Q3Bob2UiU6lz019FQlE3MlqZmt2XQbXG0pbocwIXnA0AvxxIA1-pK6O4i2BXWBrSArNjF1T92gu_1azQH3eHB9w/s400/IMG_0501.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724632913403712434" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwFgRM2S1RyLNOzOaBxNc7-AjpHG4tabcHxWnuELjt4pSwBrO2RiJlneAHyJEcGCWi_w8IxzPMGUQgpU8wJ2xjPCSTEkBiCwlZC_nJcvgdErubJTs4QuQy6BU8xSp5oScPW_oF2-8INVs/s1600/IMG_0499.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwFgRM2S1RyLNOzOaBxNc7-AjpHG4tabcHxWnuELjt4pSwBrO2RiJlneAHyJEcGCWi_w8IxzPMGUQgpU8wJ2xjPCSTEkBiCwlZC_nJcvgdErubJTs4QuQy6BU8xSp5oScPW_oF2-8INVs/s400/IMG_0499.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724632897025665010" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Bandit"">One of my projects was a new decor item for our front door because the pine cones were a bit out of season. Haha. This was before and after</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">…</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; ">before is just the wreath in our apt not on our front </span><span style="font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px; ">door</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfq_uAYSGs_IAN0coRp6nlClHhhn0lpp8bvTbGJxr9cpQ46gi0pA1sM3mKTKvgoYqbI9ia5LecBwd8NBDfLPedfZyILlaz8HGi5mf7aSOPq3QmQBVgLUkEKo4TGsLsQ3AyDtAly87BhYQ/s1600/IMG00015-20111122-1654.jpg" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfq_uAYSGs_IAN0coRp6nlClHhhn0lpp8bvTbGJxr9cpQ46gi0pA1sM3mKTKvgoYqbI9ia5LecBwd8NBDfLPedfZyILlaz8HGi5mf7aSOPq3QmQBVgLUkEKo4TGsLsQ3AyDtAly87BhYQ/s400/IMG00015-20111122-1654.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724635861803604402" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><br style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh07YcQLkL54E-Ye4URga4WnqV0YQ-HVx9B77qbPAEpUBdyTHEttklFPyNedE_kMxaLSN8gNGDFWuJl_A7G0j6aMJzfky_rvHF7Q7KRe_5W-pW3qctTCoQnsozmUV-JN5xkxYXmQ7A-hEI/s1600/IMG_0591.JPG" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh07YcQLkL54E-Ye4URga4WnqV0YQ-HVx9B77qbPAEpUBdyTHEttklFPyNedE_kMxaLSN8gNGDFWuJl_A7G0j6aMJzfky_rvHF7Q7KRe_5W-pW3qctTCoQnsozmUV-JN5xkxYXmQ7A-hEI/s400/IMG_0591.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724635848101969698" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /></a><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span ><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></p></div>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135289831632051489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112149273877215044.post-21232079827677230782012-02-06T08:00:00.002-06:002012-02-06T08:00:07.677-06:00Sew Simple<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; ">My project for the week: Fabric Covered Canvas<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; ">With a few days off and trying not to do too much as I continue to heal from surgery, I found a quick and simple project. From Pinterst. Ofcourse. A fabric covered canvas.</span></p></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLQtGSbNllMkmvW9d5Had6vjYKeloVZ722uOryzkaZ_GJvziCjC2SXq28khp2-iBkDPdtE8WPOBYUEu5snPAzP_7St4IP5WT0A-aoo9tstqg_sGFYwdY3OXNUOZtFsiN_PQQLjtuSXKic/s1600/264445809339266868_J8Va5eai_f.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLQtGSbNllMkmvW9d5Had6vjYKeloVZ722uOryzkaZ_GJvziCjC2SXq28khp2-iBkDPdtE8WPOBYUEu5snPAzP_7St4IP5WT0A-aoo9tstqg_sGFYwdY3OXNUOZtFsiN_PQQLjtuSXKic/s400/264445809339266868_J8Va5eai_f.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705469032081077282" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; "><a href="http://www.thediydish.com/2011/11/how-to-make-a-fabric-covered-canvas-stitch-and-flip-method/">The DIY DISH</a></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; ">I just used scrap pieces of material I already had from previous projects.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5GAHE7_X_tuEulcO17Z5x0hOPQbSN_XpkHTaqD6lcUCeUuvRG-75X1YUjly6Izr3KdeThsomvfPcgeDAkNYxYkH3Ynkhk6oT3qExhr6tHyvnz2yhtQf8foYlCbodSlxbfhmBONuDtjVI/s1600/photo+%252812%2529.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5GAHE7_X_tuEulcO17Z5x0hOPQbSN_XpkHTaqD6lcUCeUuvRG-75X1YUjly6Izr3KdeThsomvfPcgeDAkNYxYkH3Ynkhk6oT3qExhr6tHyvnz2yhtQf8foYlCbodSlxbfhmBONuDtjVI/s400/photo+%252812%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705117187829897746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Bandit"">I didn’t want the exact same style as the one shown so I switched up the pattern a bit for a more asymmetrical look. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlKK5ejafX2IndT1hC4OZFAL_AA29WnoTs_gOJnL2lcp7T14PQoxCp8kzNpB4OY26QrEbsm37RaVxV3tDGo86dLlLBleYNqyP2L4JE0uf70laZAtIZskxArfVZMO6hIs7NaVZubmh6Js/s1600/photo+%252813%2529.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlKK5ejafX2IndT1hC4OZFAL_AA29WnoTs_gOJnL2lcp7T14PQoxCp8kzNpB4OY26QrEbsm37RaVxV3tDGo86dLlLBleYNqyP2L4JE0uf70laZAtIZskxArfVZMO6hIs7NaVZubmh6Js/s400/photo+%252813%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705117197819638450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY5y9jM6Q7a-AwyhUo4IUjMZ3xl5Um65sQqy4BakC7xAX-2Vz73KAgsPVobabr3_z_l1OkJq-c_6mZhbTD2tsXWd4BbZ6-brUgeYQMkfE5Q93aS7spRD61GVg0ATaswJDMkqCQO-yI-IQ/s1600/photo+%252814%2529.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY5y9jM6Q7a-AwyhUo4IUjMZ3xl5Um65sQqy4BakC7xAX-2Vz73KAgsPVobabr3_z_l1OkJq-c_6mZhbTD2tsXWd4BbZ6-brUgeYQMkfE5Q93aS7spRD61GVg0ATaswJDMkqCQO-yI-IQ/s400/photo+%252814%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705117205048365442" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Bandit"">Then add two flowers to it. <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmm7J60sLJ31gPi2WSKQNXz02Og4gQkJaSvNS_uWJeoE1RHfi8hNd-VvV-VVpKL2oVGBaA_1-cFV7eIIX4rhiu7VmAnF8ZgpEo_fLufIj2_KyAXL1QAiAsvCpXLc81lkSO7ric2Hfi9D0/s400/photo+%252811%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705117182888972850" /><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; ">Super simple. Really quick. And if I can say so myself</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; "> adorable.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; ">Ah. Another finished project. Love. Now what to do next</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135289831632051489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112149273877215044.post-75440667756558303962012-02-04T21:00:00.009-06:002012-02-04T21:28:06.878-06:00Project Makeup<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; ">One thing I have enjoyed through the years is makeup. Shocker I</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">’</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; ">m sure. And up until now I have just used makeup bags and everything is just kinda thrown in there. Not really easy to find things all the time and gets kinda messy too. So I set out to find the perfect way to organize my items. Here are a few things that caught my eye and interested me a bit.</span></p> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh65nV9ikRInhVgAV6LePzftCO4S8Fl-p6kL2Z3dvHA2p9WTnrY2nH_o-nQLdnq96NeT6MLSOIddgdPF1yn-7AoavvBe4TzYYxF_iEfP84A1QhxaGnyBs4SSy0LHUIaO86qd6JAwyLlThY/s1600/14-03-2011+018.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh65nV9ikRInhVgAV6LePzftCO4S8Fl-p6kL2Z3dvHA2p9WTnrY2nH_o-nQLdnq96NeT6MLSOIddgdPF1yn-7AoavvBe4TzYYxF_iEfP84A1QhxaGnyBs4SSy0LHUIaO86qd6JAwyLlThY/s400/14-03-2011+018.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705481465717740850" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; "><a href="http://laurathoughts81.blogspot.com/2011/03/make-up-magnet-board.html">Laura Thoughts</a></span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWI4JzbdCfrzJjx67eQv0usviZEd-jfNR77OlIs6Z-ShdgAtierFrgW8POS2WoJGzNvyQNfGMPPTD3-EIWvRsRNEatpXYbdGFmUy_yRTHdkhfS1eV2FKVHOVeD7gZIW5SCL5ROnT2GSe0/s1600/DSC_1220.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWI4JzbdCfrzJjx67eQv0usviZEd-jfNR77OlIs6Z-ShdgAtierFrgW8POS2WoJGzNvyQNfGMPPTD3-EIWvRsRNEatpXYbdGFmUy_yRTHdkhfS1eV2FKVHOVeD7gZIW5SCL5ROnT2GSe0/s400/DSC_1220.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705481466022391282" /></a><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; "><a href="http://www.lizmarieblog.com/2011/09/magnetic-makeup-board/">Liz Marie Blog</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDLSntabqNqofysenKCw7_DTamYakMFW3WssYPQMI-LrFrjT99eZWGYxpMoTrv-ZlwUYHIzVjlXNHZYPfaGCVJzowg42C83kzfpJMWtVyRg6ew24eQzYrif8foUh1WEhZwJnsBg5CD_mk/s1600/DSC_0061.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDLSntabqNqofysenKCw7_DTamYakMFW3WssYPQMI-LrFrjT99eZWGYxpMoTrv-ZlwUYHIzVjlXNHZYPfaGCVJzowg42C83kzfpJMWtVyRg6ew24eQzYrif8foUh1WEhZwJnsBg5CD_mk/s400/DSC_0061.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705481470902814562" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 371px; " /></a><span style="font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lizmariegalvanblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/makeup-storage-part-2.html">Liz Marie Blog </a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><o:p> </o:p><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; ">So my decision was made. I was gonna make a magnetic makeup board. Perfect. Now where to find the perfect “board base”</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; ">Goodwill never fails me. Seven dollars for this beauty.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5XcvOhU-HVpQLL1kVhG5lJ08tUAHNL7StxgNsPHeZ_8nge9DUaxDv-R3lgXi8ktrh5r4vNzKgeFa7r6zNdpM219Y7nBINPIiPi-p0W0OWsnbCx73g-NUYJEw_NMMc42msRZvCmcDp7E/s1600/DSC00021.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5XcvOhU-HVpQLL1kVhG5lJ08tUAHNL7StxgNsPHeZ_8nge9DUaxDv-R3lgXi8ktrh5r4vNzKgeFa7r6zNdpM219Y7nBINPIiPi-p0W0OWsnbCx73g-NUYJEw_NMMc42msRZvCmcDp7E/s400/DSC00021.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705481344929180402" /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; ">All I needed was a metal sheet. Paint and more paint. And BAM! Beauty! Haha.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span ><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-fqut7XwwF5nvYt-TSWk5acv5AssUisJnYP39Rbw1pJQAYsiBjLN1wOdmZ5hgrXLUfAuIJAvL8ze08DSM8svalRjwmv7uZ2ulmeOX76ErQ3c2WxmFZVZ7zjoqgM1gz2VtippDdpnEOHE/s1600/IMG_1144.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt84lxnA7ooX5s6BTJQiOES354oGSGXXuyhOuKkQjujN3dxj6zSaxQoihAPT-SGMlkcG4qIgL077d6FrQTkV2G41O86E0aRDTc2R_3ksusUGFsykDcKR54ktwf9VmyfeImxPKSDhmPt4M/s1600/IMG_1141.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt84lxnA7ooX5s6BTJQiOES354oGSGXXuyhOuKkQjujN3dxj6zSaxQoihAPT-SGMlkcG4qIgL077d6FrQTkV2G41O86E0aRDTc2R_3ksusUGFsykDcKR54ktwf9VmyfeImxPKSDhmPt4M/s400/IMG_1141.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705481328264343458" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; ">One white spray paint can, sample size paint in a coral, then a thin meta sheet all from Home Depot for under fifteen dollars.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-fqut7XwwF5nvYt-TSWk5acv5AssUisJnYP39Rbw1pJQAYsiBjLN1wOdmZ5hgrXLUfAuIJAvL8ze08DSM8svalRjwmv7uZ2ulmeOX76ErQ3c2WxmFZVZ7zjoqgM1gz2VtippDdpnEOHE/s1600/IMG_1144.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-fqut7XwwF5nvYt-TSWk5acv5AssUisJnYP39Rbw1pJQAYsiBjLN1wOdmZ5hgrXLUfAuIJAvL8ze08DSM8svalRjwmv7uZ2ulmeOX76ErQ3c2WxmFZVZ7zjoqgM1gz2VtippDdpnEOHE/s400/IMG_1144.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705481334701108034" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span ><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; ">So there it is my new magnetic makeup board that is so convenient to use when I’m getting ready.</span></p></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5XcvOhU-HVpQLL1kVhG5lJ08tUAHNL7StxgNsPHeZ_8nge9DUaxDv-R3lgXi8ktrh5r4vNzKgeFa7r6zNdpM219Y7nBINPIiPi-p0W0OWsnbCx73g-NUYJEw_NMMc42msRZvCmcDp7E/s1600/DSC00021.JPG"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></a></div></span><br /></div></div>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135289831632051489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112149273877215044.post-68700834126681626012012-02-01T16:55:00.001-06:002012-02-03T20:56:45.403-06:00l . o . v . e<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; ">Aw, February is here. And along with everyone else I’m sure when this month comes to mind you think of hearts and flowers, etc. But more importantly I think of my sis, Bre. Our Valentine baby in the family. With her bday right around the corner my momma and I set out on a shopping trip. A success it was. I introduced my momma to Hobby Lobby</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; "> 2 hrs later and only about half way through the store we decided to check out. Haha. Also an introduction to Gordmans was in order. I just love both those stores. I saw some cute storage items that I may have to go back and purchase as a new project Han and I want to work on is our pantry!</span><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Bandit"">Along with shopping we also went and got our nails done. Such a fun treat that I enjoy</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">…</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Pea Bandit""> especially when they give a hand massage. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Pea Bandit""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfcjHvTLvN2oyE1XazLpE_GyT5mgJpMdwS-dhyphenhyphen5GafqplCayufwYqVb5W5o6kxF11JobkVQefnHLxgKGzAArw1XiKEPe3HQPQa0q8y39vNiRDF9Oou9BLZX0JIxnZM1DxLsXk1s8oCnNY/s1600/photo+%25289%2529.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfcjHvTLvN2oyE1XazLpE_GyT5mgJpMdwS-dhyphenhyphen5GafqplCayufwYqVb5W5o6kxF11JobkVQefnHLxgKGzAArw1XiKEPe3HQPQa0q8y39vNiRDF9Oou9BLZX0JIxnZM1DxLsXk1s8oCnNY/s400/photo+%25289%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705108070848587074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /></a><br style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9aZigxKDBFuCTA_JEQiX5Pu9GdBOT39AMdsI8LQxnCANGzL048pv4RiPz9PC9sD_C5mYMfhYCSBFCxqbwmWQ8ZWraMmwbiAoKwdgIj6PGpA-lc-wRZP3Yvrm_2xCO7YlVPSNcLw0uJOk/s1600/photo+%25288%2529.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9aZigxKDBFuCTA_JEQiX5Pu9GdBOT39AMdsI8LQxnCANGzL048pv4RiPz9PC9sD_C5mYMfhYCSBFCxqbwmWQ8ZWraMmwbiAoKwdgIj6PGpA-lc-wRZP3Yvrm_2xCO7YlVPSNcLw0uJOk/s400/photo+%25288%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705108072958329138" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /></a><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Bandit"">I have the cutest Valentine gift for Lani</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">…</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Pea Bandit""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Bandit"">Pink scrubs & and princess Veggie Tales. Adorable, right?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNSzWi8LmrLqxPsw5xGZ_ComwNdw8WLwIGadCA7jlz1JwdMTSUMpwNkOO5UJZqd9q9fWaEhff2DckZXhFQabfb5pHFay6aLHrxHEYZeiIjdPzq0H2aXWdrG3gjlyX1Qw7iqilQCtui8U/s1600/photo+%252810%2529.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNSzWi8LmrLqxPsw5xGZ_ComwNdw8WLwIGadCA7jlz1JwdMTSUMpwNkOO5UJZqd9q9fWaEhff2DckZXhFQabfb5pHFay6aLHrxHEYZeiIjdPzq0H2aXWdrG3gjlyX1Qw7iqilQCtui8U/s400/photo+%252810%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705108078558018690" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Bandit"">Last thing: Hannah showed me the cutest thing for the “love month” from (<a href="http://dating.failblog.org/2012/01/31/dating-fails-the-best-marriage-counselors-are-in-primary-school/)"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">http://dating.failblog.org/2012/01/31/dating-fails-the-best-marriage-counselors-are-in-primary-school/)</span></a>... Funny things kids say. You must read. They are hilarious. It made me miss my Lanna girl because she would say some things just like those kids! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Bandit"">.</span><span style="font-family: 'Pea Bandit'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; ">(click on it to enlarge). </span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkmeGONtJCbqaDM2Z5AMJ2qXmSIv9F3Ptl66BKSd0gSZsQklVWOuy0rySRKqceM3OwY3m46SxtyDjwPfmueyu4jsa3sdkdmEzmlw9HQWTLFXctM9kUuy0beh0wUbEBZVnJT6V3oeZjqtk/s1600/dating-fails-children-marriage-survey.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 143px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkmeGONtJCbqaDM2Z5AMJ2qXmSIv9F3Ptl66BKSd0gSZsQklVWOuy0rySRKqceM3OwY3m46SxtyDjwPfmueyu4jsa3sdkdmEzmlw9HQWTLFXctM9kUuy0beh0wUbEBZVnJT6V3oeZjqtk/s400/dating-fails-children-marriage-survey.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704305038895273874" /></a><br /></div>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135289831632051489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112149273877215044.post-23615959783832619812012-01-31T16:01:00.000-06:002012-01-31T17:36:55.965-06:00Some R&R<div style="text-align: center;"><span ><u><br /></u></span></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Tracy"">One day post-op and I’m doing good. No more gallbladder for this girl! Some shopping with my momma today to get me out of the house and some home cookin! Not bad, ay? I'm sore but not in a lot of pain, but my right shoulder KILLS. ugh. No fun. And the sore throat from being intubated is no gone (that was my worst fear going into this surgery: being intubated). I have just loved having some time with my momma and being able to catch up on things. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Tracy"">Tonight we will continue our never ending movie nights. I’d tell you Hannah, Momma, and I watched all three Lord of the Rings and I don’t think I will do it ever again. They are long and pretty intense. Haha. Other than being able to lounge around and visit I have been enjoying my flowers!!! I’ve gotten some beautifulll bouquets</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">…</span><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Pea Tracy""> and they smell wonderful. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Tracy"">Some from my sis, JR, and Lani.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJS4cryL-owBFEalQvSCSf6D-0VndEsFHWUi5L65zEspLLVcubGhsro7lrW0OgH2zBYOQkRb3xa9XDbb9EIXjr0-Y-tEWhD7r7gP68vrY7dNypLsp3NAB-BQU-5ocpX_56r-Y5wi6AwQ/s1600/photo+%25284%2529.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJS4cryL-owBFEalQvSCSf6D-0VndEsFHWUi5L65zEspLLVcubGhsro7lrW0OgH2zBYOQkRb3xa9XDbb9EIXjr0-Y-tEWhD7r7gP68vrY7dNypLsp3NAB-BQU-5ocpX_56r-Y5wi6AwQ/s400/photo+%25284%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703941885526030306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; ">The Kirts</span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Tracy""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-PQZlOP79AByfGjHwa-u4OLS8nq36HzmAbVF6rHc8hfmsQO5H_0HC_uQ3Xwc_ZIwjEMq3TKZC4bIgfwiVJuTbgMGN_gDlVbT_Q1mXr5Z2YuKYjeVhPXnzvSJ7Bp2lVWCAnIWasPl5YA/s1600/photo+%25282%2529.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-PQZlOP79AByfGjHwa-u4OLS8nq36HzmAbVF6rHc8hfmsQO5H_0HC_uQ3Xwc_ZIwjEMq3TKZC4bIgfwiVJuTbgMGN_gDlVbT_Q1mXr5Z2YuKYjeVhPXnzvSJ7Bp2lVWCAnIWasPl5YA/s400/photo+%25282%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703935908499217474" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Tracy"">My amazing roomie, Han<o:p></o:p></span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgguT_vnsl3Cf8ez8vpXz8ZKn8LeeGf7BmkgCsredf9VJPnfvlexa9VFnMsIiZcYWuTe2Ld7UqGBSEWgjpFvnD_D87GIuIS5dISffCx0lwZ1NkHi5Yz8N7L3W_CHsI0Se-SgI3u21MWjx4/s1600/photo.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgguT_vnsl3Cf8ez8vpXz8ZKn8LeeGf7BmkgCsredf9VJPnfvlexa9VFnMsIiZcYWuTe2Ld7UqGBSEWgjpFvnD_D87GIuIS5dISffCx0lwZ1NkHi5Yz8N7L3W_CHsI0Se-SgI3u21MWjx4/s400/photo.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703932113303130866" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfUQR8Y6MWaKFdPE0goHNTvzoh6mfhx0tm3eKEts_qDoVoDQke0MjrHkJLsdcn7ssTiTarxa6m9zQqNCmOlqAOs_5hQlWfqtYOpphYtFfTeIB0uM55Y3k-mnF4_gueKVJPtC1g1oQ6zyU/s1600/photo+%25283%2529.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfUQR8Y6MWaKFdPE0goHNTvzoh6mfhx0tm3eKEts_qDoVoDQke0MjrHkJLsdcn7ssTiTarxa6m9zQqNCmOlqAOs_5hQlWfqtYOpphYtFfTeIB0uM55Y3k-mnF4_gueKVJPtC1g1oQ6zyU/s400/photo+%25283%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703941880768117266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgguT_vnsl3Cf8ez8vpXz8ZKn8LeeGf7BmkgCsredf9VJPnfvlexa9VFnMsIiZcYWuTe2Ld7UqGBSEWgjpFvnD_D87GIuIS5dISffCx0lwZ1NkHi5Yz8N7L3W_CHsI0Se-SgI3u21MWjx4/s1600/photo.JPG" style="text-align: left; "></a><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 13px; ">My Grandpa Don, Aunt Renee, Aunt Laura, and Momma.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUWzBSJcUBnKvf7aTYyAUYZQg8QpjJciyPrYPVt_ZucZn9-qCyrr8bE1eTjQC5ydIsOyjR4MvEQixExyoSk1wn_Auc2JDeMZw2W0jqA9mlEJX9rAfGyObMBwCruPwxiRCvRyubc1qAB4/s1600/photo+%25281%2529.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUWzBSJcUBnKvf7aTYyAUYZQg8QpjJciyPrYPVt_ZucZn9-qCyrr8bE1eTjQC5ydIsOyjR4MvEQixExyoSk1wn_Auc2JDeMZw2W0jqA9mlEJX9rAfGyObMBwCruPwxiRCvRyubc1qAB4/s400/photo+%25281%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703932111883078178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; ">And the sweetest card ever from my LannaBug</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; "> she did a Big F and a little f as she is mastering here alphabet. Precious.</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFEyVTT70hCruxlZAaCYZkbzZ-ddEnE_yqWh3xDlORhTHLt8Kp-PTaKcXqP-1mzKySpjzNjf_9OdmkEZTFpa2CVAiNHZ6YXRkmBuhiFgRNQUg2984-yLysIPI2m_NykS-bNsYDqqEoYuM/s1600/photo+%25285%2529.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFEyVTT70hCruxlZAaCYZkbzZ-ddEnE_yqWh3xDlORhTHLt8Kp-PTaKcXqP-1mzKySpjzNjf_9OdmkEZTFpa2CVAiNHZ6YXRkmBuhiFgRNQUg2984-yLysIPI2m_NykS-bNsYDqqEoYuM/s400/photo+%25285%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703942763996793346" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; ">I feel so blessed to have such wonderful friends and family in my life! They have made this whole ordeal a lot smoother!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; ">On a different note. Pinterest. My current obsession. It has the greatest ideas and gets my creative wheels turning. So I’ve decided that I need to start doing my projects/ cooking and baking. And it will help me blog more too. Since I do love blogging and it is just fun to sit and write every now and then. I am hoping to connect all my photos to my own pinterest board as well. We’ll see</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; "> something to keep me moving and bust on my days off.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; ">Off to watch Dear John now. =)</span></p></div>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135289831632051489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112149273877215044.post-88667170464961908722011-11-13T16:48:00.000-06:002011-11-17T09:32:39.330-06:00Final Projects of Hiatus<div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; "><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; ">When I was first out in Illinois on the job hunt I obviously had down time between interviews to do new projects. Within the first week or so Jenna, Kate, DC and I went to the Saturday Farmer’s Market and hit up some yard sales. Success! I got a dresser for 5 bucks and a “tv cabinet/dresser” for Jamie for 15 bucks</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; ">each being refurnished. Also I got a cute milk glass vase for 2 bucks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>For Labor Day weekend we went camping at Shelbyville. Where we spent one day at the Cheese Festival</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; ">very fun town with lots of antiques shops where I could look for hours and hours. At one of the shops I got this crate that I just can’t wait to put in my new apartment and then an old frame that I repainted. While camping Jenna and I made “Redneck Wine Glasses”</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; "> a mason jar glued onto a candlestick holder. Haha.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; ">Pictures: first is of the wine glasses drying, the next few are cute items we saw around the festivals we went to through Aug and Sept.</span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghewE4KzzzRlAA_L9TRv8LMQ-UorPVko3mKIzlpItFXi4s6URq_2uW5hO5v_qjxSeXtvHdfT0Z9NdyOkI0E7dWxPp6LwaPkyq7X96Nksye4vmr_cyINsG7swgOtBlv3vBQJfx2kv2I_fw/s1600/IMG01168-20110903-1900.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghewE4KzzzRlAA_L9TRv8LMQ-UorPVko3mKIzlpItFXi4s6URq_2uW5hO5v_qjxSeXtvHdfT0Z9NdyOkI0E7dWxPp6LwaPkyq7X96Nksye4vmr_cyINsG7swgOtBlv3vBQJfx2kv2I_fw/s400/IMG01168-20110903-1900.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674618489958939042" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; 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background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: yellow; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLDWqOMULvFgBFugisYqs-8i6bpRiSDtVUow411WI9Q97rtBKVpgWel-VtBmD1PKrWFg7eU1lMuG5tYv6KQ2WfRz2bJLijGKFLC69qC2FADfLjAjC2Rm3CHUkWoZxQ1WN7CCB1coLsLk/s1600/IMG01206-20110924-1534.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLDWqOMULvFgBFugisYqs-8i6bpRiSDtVUow411WI9Q97rtBKVpgWel-VtBmD1PKrWFg7eU1lMuG5tYv6KQ2WfRz2bJLijGKFLC69qC2FADfLjAjC2Rm3CHUkWoZxQ1WN7CCB1coLsLk/s400/IMG01206-20110924-1534.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674618511254800418" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></p><div><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>While there Summer went and Fall cam</span><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; ">e in</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; ">a time of year that clearly everyone loves, right? I do for sure! 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><br /><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; "><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; ">One of my favorite projects thus far has been inspired by the oh-so-amazing Pinterest! I’m addicted to the site and love all the creative ideas people think of. Here is the original photo that got my wheels turning</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span></p></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhmaacapCbzj4SezaNwZYiljUEBHQFse0MZXuG_KrMhyphenhyphenLcSkpbKVbjK8GCGde42BLkOSMkz-nAq3JT3QJo9dSx-o35OQixLRDkxcJrzmvDGVcmApKRLQ3vD0-Uxoj1y5jITOPSDitqNx0/s1600/173123309_rDw42mzO_c.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhmaacapCbzj4SezaNwZYiljUEBHQFse0MZXuG_KrMhyphenhyphenLcSkpbKVbjK8GCGde42BLkOSMkz-nAq3JT3QJo9dSx-o35OQixLRDkxcJrzmvDGVcmApKRLQ3vD0-Uxoj1y5jITOPSDitqNx0/s400/173123309_rDw42mzO_c.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674625505173478530" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px; " /></a><div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; "><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/199636195951561172/">Photo Via: Pinterest</a></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Then here is the breakdown of how I did the project. First, I had found these two frames from Goodwill for 3 bucks each and spray painted them white. I found burlap at one of the flea markets we went to</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; ">2 for 3 bucks. Got rid of the glass and glued the burlap to the backing of the frames. Got magnetic clips and spray painted them too then glued them to the burlap. Real simple and easy, also cheap.</span></p></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZBOKhximRaxF3gek4V1dLQpJvvpO67usBCI4sEuhFemjbHhMdOM9N1Gt78xO44oDgeE2xtwy0IDKPoqm8OBXpDPwK_G8o2CR2b8y5otTyhEsp6kkmBe6zMGZ_CCErnmtkRY6mojrq83c/s1600/DSC09941.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZBOKhximRaxF3gek4V1dLQpJvvpO67usBCI4sEuhFemjbHhMdOM9N1Gt78xO44oDgeE2xtwy0IDKPoqm8OBXpDPwK_G8o2CR2b8y5otTyhEsp6kkmBe6zMGZ_CCErnmtkRY6mojrq83c/s400/DSC09941.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674626944530759330" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhCDwP-EEEQhj9h3wl-sHBye4mOnRn1-i7WhRMyzIUtJ_VW4py6AoyNUOOuowxvPtmzJTnj5iaFFntCK51vFin2tnTwt7CEOoLlPulWRAxnhgzuH2pm0kfXmPjOwbK937XDfQISxnSRlE/s1600/DSC09943.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhCDwP-EEEQhj9h3wl-sHBye4mOnRn1-i7WhRMyzIUtJ_VW4py6AoyNUOOuowxvPtmzJTnj5iaFFntCK51vFin2tnTwt7CEOoLlPulWRAxnhgzuH2pm0kfXmPjOwbK937XDfQISxnSRlE/s400/DSC09943.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674626938935000386" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0AksNaEV11jScMDRJLBPEmMmTQrLiNxvt67D66nijiRlPCStsqKfFYbk0vlj-Fvl8xN0M856zWR097brlAG5Kf9y6OMw0IIKp0cVrGWB7pUOeXUei3v5xcEDxL6dVRmI4Qqp2UljxBiE/s1600/DSC09945.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0AksNaEV11jScMDRJLBPEmMmTQrLiNxvt67D66nijiRlPCStsqKfFYbk0vlj-Fvl8xN0M856zWR097brlAG5Kf9y6OMw0IIKp0cVrGWB7pUOeXUei3v5xcEDxL6dVRmI4Qqp2UljxBiE/s400/DSC09945.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674626932493051650" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTXF2xa_b_rsJv91XMyGKpqO5ZtcnsVw-tpsCgovrL9NIXFCb0uxKxyFRwC5Yy_yy1Wj09sw-q7lLtN8pvMSpeRnNSbfmaPMMLRUt4fe_Y8m33udCXPvpn4Gc5o-yCQvWyBBeudst_8A/s1600/DSC09949.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTXF2xa_b_rsJv91XMyGKpqO5ZtcnsVw-tpsCgovrL9NIXFCb0uxKxyFRwC5Yy_yy1Wj09sw-q7lLtN8pvMSpeRnNSbfmaPMMLRUt4fe_Y8m33udCXPvpn4Gc5o-yCQvWyBBeudst_8A/s400/DSC09949.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674626927996306946" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6nSciq1Iz0ZznRKUdoV4NHoRKd3SkFNWmECFNO8nenxVP7Be78b0cDOaNQxPyomD3ENdU4ogiLpcAgFJyQTWujThyphenhyphenHFCawzjEaWvas-1E9wqhyphenhyphenuHuK8BPLhB1cfspkIqBSzx96uKYXeE/s1600/DSC00005+%25282%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6nSciq1Iz0ZznRKUdoV4NHoRKd3SkFNWmECFNO8nenxVP7Be78b0cDOaNQxPyomD3ENdU4ogiLpcAgFJyQTWujThyphenhyphenHFCawzjEaWvas-1E9wqhyphenhyphenuHuK8BPLhB1cfspkIqBSzx96uKYXeE/s400/DSC00005+%25282%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674626925283227826" /></a><br /><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; ">As my roomie and I put finishing touches throughout the apartment I will try to put up pictures but considering it took me forever for my last home it may be a while for this one too. But honestly Han’s rents and my rent helped with SO much when we were moving in that there was VERY little left to do.</span></p></div></div></div>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135289831632051489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112149273877215044.post-86333573004340601792011-11-13T16:19:00.000-06:002011-11-13T16:36:15.175-06:00Wowza!<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; "><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; ">I officially suck at blogging but I am realizing now that I’m getting into the swing of things I will have time to keep up to date on my days off! Woohoo! I’ve been in Peoria for a little under a month now but it already has felt like months. I’ve become acquainted to the area fairly quickly and adjusting to my new schedule which will actually be changing beginning of December. I’m currently working days for my orientation period and switch to nights which will be my regular shift.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; "> Now for a quick recap on the rest of Mom’s and my road trip: Oct 16 we had a LONG day in the car but took several short breaks for necessities such as coffee and FIVE GUYS Burger</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; "> haha. We ended up staying in the Quad Cities which made for a short drive to Peoria on Monday, Oct 17. Mom stayed still the 23<sup>rd</sup> and helped immensely with unpacking and decorating. Ah, it was so good to have that time with her and be able to not stress about getting the apartment ready during my first week at work (Started the 24<sup>th</sup>). It was so hard saying goodbye at the airport and of course I cried, what can I say I just adore my family and enjoying spending time with them. </span></p></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5QHJxuvBcwP9dEO5Wvk40LAQPZHzpVlBxn4ui6nj_C12jeZ1s8S23macU-_Xzvkx7H_b6z5ghI81NL813GE5t6rGYdI-IkEUAdz32Z9G4gKL1MOHaVu3ADSffgL8b1kx0Ljx0p3Q6FD8/s1600/IMG01275-20111016-1357.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5QHJxuvBcwP9dEO5Wvk40LAQPZHzpVlBxn4ui6nj_C12jeZ1s8S23macU-_Xzvkx7H_b6z5ghI81NL813GE5t6rGYdI-IkEUAdz32Z9G4gKL1MOHaVu3ADSffgL8b1kx0Ljx0p3Q6FD8/s400/IMG01275-20111016-1357.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674609735478731426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Pea Tracy"">In Mahomet, visiting the kirts. Mom finally got to go to Curtis Orchard with me</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">…</span><span style="font-family: "Pea Tracy""> a fall tradition for me.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6nEUeiSAvs1JD6f_K3Bez458xs5HfSuZtoMam6AvrzN3w_nbvmVaIeUWt6rOa2tT2pDZbFqYEiXQ7Isy422LWsApoaqXHyy3_LqifdJ6B8Fm6HF5fEG8mOhMUcNEA4MS3KciB1sJR868/s1600/DSC00017.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; " onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6nEUeiSAvs1JD6f_K3Bez458xs5HfSuZtoMam6AvrzN3w_nbvmVaIeUWt6rOa2tT2pDZbFqYEiXQ7Isy422LWsApoaqXHyy3_LqifdJ6B8Fm6HF5fEG8mOhMUcNEA4MS3KciB1sJR868/s400/DSC00017.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674611640851978258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></p><div><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; ">Also while Mom was here we tried out some restaurants in the area</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; "> my fav food: Mexican. Local place called Good Tequilas.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKMw5piD_fx7JDZQkW4lHhD74EGQOingoEilm4uin9WTnLOUwr5buSOL0IIVldQm6BVGzWYUGr99xay1aCc8ozmMGdqXLx-CjTMI9cVHyqb417sFBCiWxPQluzDOtPsCKgT1aHJxxTEg4/s1600/IMG01277-20111017-1831.jpg" style="text-align: left; " onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKMw5piD_fx7JDZQkW4lHhD74EGQOingoEilm4uin9WTnLOUwr5buSOL0IIVldQm6BVGzWYUGr99xay1aCc8ozmMGdqXLx-CjTMI9cVHyqb417sFBCiWxPQluzDOtPsCKgT1aHJxxTEg4/s400/IMG01277-20111017-1831.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674609741971005442" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; ">Saying by at PIA</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFKo9kFOPIK80ezmGLhiNuUDPzTv8_HNruC_KXK3H3fzbpTfn4pG3RSK6nvjGQH9js4caZQ0VLX7BGI97Z8jo48Y_z84nn-1ugsZ91279eOPL8o642qCgj70vkizotkZ5YuRG7MEh3Yro/s400/IMG01289-20111023-1649.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674609745461665522" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; ">Complete sidenote: I have a huge problem</span><span style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span><span style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; "> I spill my coffee EVERYDAY. I’m not kidding. It’s horrible. Here is just one example</span><span style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span><span style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; "> I spilled the whole cup on my white comforter</span><span style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span><span style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; "> yes, I know it looks like I peed the bed. I did not. I’m just clumsy and learning that white is not a good color for me. Ugh. </span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_CKF7yBU_5AZtWPRSw3hJbHzr1YfYdbfW44BYNYdUVrYgwbeIXaMwL9-HlsblJjqeSsEmidNV9kAWPVviBGX9wDIPzXmv6CdjgJq1mEb4par6WXQOGCG_kMBJAGzaZU6b4d5z3Uqxus/s1600/IMG01290-20111024-1844.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_CKF7yBU_5AZtWPRSw3hJbHzr1YfYdbfW44BYNYdUVrYgwbeIXaMwL9-HlsblJjqeSsEmidNV9kAWPVviBGX9wDIPzXmv6CdjgJq1mEb4par6WXQOGCG_kMBJAGzaZU6b4d5z3Uqxus/s400/IMG01290-20111024-1844.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674609749519583490" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Pea Tracy""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Pea Tracy"">Happy Sunday Evening All!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Pea Tracy""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Pea Tracy""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p></p></div>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135289831632051489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112149273877215044.post-91890631349486830942011-10-15T22:23:00.001-05:002011-10-15T22:41:12.228-05:00Road Trippin’<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; "><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; " >Big update since it has been TOO long since I blogged. I am moving back to Illinois to start my first job as an Acute Neuro RN at OSF St. Francis in Peoria. WOOHOO!!!! After months and months of applying and heartache the Lord opened the right door. Leaving Portland and my roomie, Kristy, was quite hard and emotional but I’m glad to say I survived! I ended being in Illinois for about 5-6wks and now driving out with my mom.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; ">Day 1 Oct 13- Departed Suisun City approximately 9:15am after a rough time saying bye to my Bug, Alanna. She is growing up too fast and not knowing the next time I’ll be in California makes it even harder. But these goodbyes are nothing new since I’m going back to the place where the goodbyes began</span>…<span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; "> Illinois. 2,000 miles + plus 2 blondes= equals an interesting trip to say the least. My mom started the drive and I’m regretting that decision since she had the drive through the Sierra’s and the road was narrow, her eyes don’t help, and she had had a chai tea latte</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; "> dangerous combo that left me on edge. We survived though and I coached her through it. Haha. We stopped in Reno, NV for lunch where we stumbled upon “Burger Me” a cute and delicious restaurant. It was on Drive-in’s, Diners, and Dives</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; "> we split a Lamb burger and a Dirty burger (chicken) and sweet potatoes fries. The restroom had the prettiest wood bench and mirror</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; "> and yes I took a picture.</span></span></p></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhueDh7WUoZS0LJzXQwAPbbxCdo4axUgQUsB3ndKOekdyeNvlWFNVQKAKpxb_8UN_SOKzQlxhsimgwD5Uhr5n7P_PVP3zvgLHNySDpebcTmtE4LYRNW_9TTsjH8tfJ8wZIMMI7ai7OhGGE/s1600/308875_615277976537_69603452_33165627_1769574123_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhueDh7WUoZS0LJzXQwAPbbxCdo4axUgQUsB3ndKOekdyeNvlWFNVQKAKpxb_8UN_SOKzQlxhsimgwD5Uhr5n7P_PVP3zvgLHNySDpebcTmtE4LYRNW_9TTsjH8tfJ8wZIMMI7ai7OhGGE/s400/308875_615277976537_69603452_33165627_1769574123_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663927244610484802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLxs6Q0UrzsqqGfQmnf5n9_tn0vv4fJxloZEbHMfbVrfxSGuXXEP4bI5kkaqqTlEAzqMkVsbv_sAJtk9TgqUii-VVu7rkzQTGyFlQkwmXvtM2AyuQL4JM9EdvRTb_BmzfkHSYFwniNhTY/s1600/300383_615277567357_69603452_33165625_1690438891_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLxs6Q0UrzsqqGfQmnf5n9_tn0vv4fJxloZEbHMfbVrfxSGuXXEP4bI5kkaqqTlEAzqMkVsbv_sAJtk9TgqUii-VVu7rkzQTGyFlQkwmXvtM2AyuQL4JM9EdvRTb_BmzfkHSYFwniNhTY/s400/300383_615277567357_69603452_33165625_1690438891_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663927236620481106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRllRbpc7Nlz47fLUiPx6E9IKzrqNg1Mi_EuWau8MP1dp4P-COGD9Dv_0opSq3I0JSCOBDu2LYNR7MvLmZ_M48NwOanjtbvi9gwjSdSRdmdKQ1f1oOLLPwp3iiaS9FEevrmXNKOBNcwlQ/s1600/DSC00013+%25282%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRllRbpc7Nlz47fLUiPx6E9IKzrqNg1Mi_EuWau8MP1dp4P-COGD9Dv_0opSq3I0JSCOBDu2LYNR7MvLmZ_M48NwOanjtbvi9gwjSdSRdmdKQ1f1oOLLPwp3iiaS9FEevrmXNKOBNcwlQ/s400/DSC00013+%25282%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663927986931498098" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>We hopped back on the road and ended up in Wendover, UT for the night</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; "> in which we almost ran out of gas and I freaked out the whole time. That was a<u>BIG </u>mistake as my dad has drilled into my brain ever since I started driving to <u>ALWAYS</u> gas up. But my mom and I were having a great time just chatting and seemed to miss all the stops until we hit a long stretch of absolutely nothing!! Oopsy! We made it though and figured out that we had 3 gallons of gas left. Didn’t share the news though as I’m sure it would stress my padre out even more than he already is knowing his wife and daughter are driving cross-country</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; "> for the first time w/o him.</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLb6CGGspts5dhYWDQf4exzBcUP5esvYnAyEjlGuB7Ioishb46joFcWOIrp7A86UNTiQTcNNmJrg3GS-3Bk6cluG8AERVYtryn87HL-ECGgR2wlRMPOQSrZig3YBd7FbOQ2CACnJfL5o4/s1600/320720_615278315857_69603452_33165632_1658764483_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLb6CGGspts5dhYWDQf4exzBcUP5esvYnAyEjlGuB7Ioishb46joFcWOIrp7A86UNTiQTcNNmJrg3GS-3Bk6cluG8AERVYtryn87HL-ECGgR2wlRMPOQSrZig3YBd7FbOQ2CACnJfL5o4/s400/320720_615278315857_69603452_33165632_1658764483_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663927987606298434" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Coffee stops are a must and with mom everything has been hilarious</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGjOKPVklJKpB248GSSoA27MOxfZnIiu7UEbiXZ2pqxyVesk3_Qz3Ii7Pb_FPhj_b5F1BnmPXxhD-0Bf1iUoENK_h5mCZOn9zc2WEbbW4zsoBi46QhXxnp8b40qkapyp4e7G2FTLAsBkw/s1600/320513_615278171147_69603452_33165630_222169660_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGjOKPVklJKpB248GSSoA27MOxfZnIiu7UEbiXZ2pqxyVesk3_Qz3Ii7Pb_FPhj_b5F1BnmPXxhD-0Bf1iUoENK_h5mCZOn9zc2WEbbW4zsoBi46QhXxnp8b40qkapyp4e7G2FTLAsBkw/s400/320513_615278171147_69603452_33165630_222169660_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663927251577649634" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Day 2 Oct 14- Short drive day as we only drove 110miles to Sandy, UT to stay the day/ night with mom’s childhood friend, Cassie. So we had the morning to sleep in and then went for a walk down the strip in Wendover (which is half Nevada and half Utah). Once we went back to the hotel and got ready we packed up and searched for coffee. Starbucks was in site and in the casino on the Nevada side</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; "> quite busy too for a morning.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHz_-TuijC1LwGqT4g2JK3SBIbjHSjBOu7NIwR1poJ3UVKLJn5jiDOh5JhtDcf73MmCGk0qRi-UfFted8OPPFZZSSJPG-fYJztu6U0UxIgnTqZTjzH8xD9ntx3-K7KYcQdbmc_HBhpg4A/s1600/317261_615278460567_69603452_33165634_1509055862_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHz_-TuijC1LwGqT4g2JK3SBIbjHSjBOu7NIwR1poJ3UVKLJn5jiDOh5JhtDcf73MmCGk0qRi-UfFted8OPPFZZSSJPG-fYJztu6U0UxIgnTqZTjzH8xD9ntx3-K7KYcQdbmc_HBhpg4A/s400/317261_615278460567_69603452_33165634_1509055862_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663927245627453778" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>We had such a great time with The Hill family and enjoyed catching up with each of them. Cassie is a coach for her youngest son, Sawyer, soccer team. So we tagged along and watched</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span><span style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; "> first off the view is to die for, absolutely stunning and second the games were fun to watch as some get pretty intense in the game. Sawyer scored a few and was a great player in which we cheered for him and probably made a scene.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1KstIck1LzQDDKqU6wh2mD2risxGOSPXavAzLr0MY2hNhzwBraRQxHwrwWxopDSfA-jGTF6yzimLkAAgCI0zrtUAMQ-wrdIZfLpAhq5mtn0Ox-bfxiLNIO7QhjdeHWJTOY0czWbMbL44/s1600/310410_615278565357_69603452_33165636_1314487493_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1KstIck1LzQDDKqU6wh2mD2risxGOSPXavAzLr0MY2hNhzwBraRQxHwrwWxopDSfA-jGTF6yzimLkAAgCI0zrtUAMQ-wrdIZfLpAhq5mtn0Ox-bfxiLNIO7QhjdeHWJTOY0czWbMbL44/s400/310410_615278565357_69603452_33165636_1314487493_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663927248036738722" /></a></span><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Pea Tracy'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >I completely forgot to take pictures of all of us together and beating myself up about it! All in all it was a nice stop and restful night to hit a long car day for Saturday.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Pea Tracy""><span class="Apple-style-span" >Day 3 Oct 15- Said goodbye to our friends and hit the road! Lots of driving and a few stops here and there to break it up. We are currently stopped for the night in Ogallala, Nebraska. Definitely hit “country” land today especially in Cheyenne! Country music playing at every gas station and cowboy boots everywhere you look. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p></div>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135289831632051489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112149273877215044.post-40151333408555013352011-08-26T11:06:00.000-05:002011-08-26T12:28:26.244-05:00Heat & Humidity<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Gretchie"">Welcome to the Midwest! Where temperatures are ridiculously out of control compared to the good ole Pacific Northwest! I flew out to Chicago on Tuesday morning (left the house at 3:30 AM) to venture out and see if this state would like me to be a nurse for them. I have interviews in different areas of the state. And waiting on the Lord to show me where I am supposed to be. It may not be here in Illinois but at least I’m getting interview practice!!! <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Gretchie"">I am enjoying this trip due to being able to stay with my second family</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"">…</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Pea Gretchie""> The Kirts. Jenna and I are currently at the Mahomet coffee shop called The DailyGrind. We will be going to the Farmers Market in the morning then the Sweet Corn Festival tomorrow nite! Some of my college friends will be driving down to join us and I am so thrilled to be seeing them since it has been nearly 9 months! It will make the rest of the night a lot better since the band that will be playing at the festival is called the “Feudin Hillbillys,” I mean really???? I just may need earplugs in</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">…</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Pea Gretchie""> please say a prayer for me. Haha.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Pea Gretchie""> </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Gretchie"">Here’s my other sisters</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">…</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Pea Gretchie"">.</span></p></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1EHIPj_-r-uAZMC6AwcTTsBlvPZtqZKViYeuVnmSdEDQRU4q3MlsG_TQkespmY6DBsAzpSBSFExGyH-FM-5Z096UcnnrJTsRATTaazwroMFklB-8znPdvNSk3_4y6oQEYEc4J0lZixA/s1600/n69603452_31434436_5758.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1EHIPj_-r-uAZMC6AwcTTsBlvPZtqZKViYeuVnmSdEDQRU4q3MlsG_TQkespmY6DBsAzpSBSFExGyH-FM-5Z096UcnnrJTsRATTaazwroMFklB-8znPdvNSk3_4y6oQEYEc4J0lZixA/s400/n69603452_31434436_5758.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645215206451310130" /></a><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Gretchie"">Ry, Kel, Jen, and I</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">…</span></p></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkK9u0UHed_i1C34p51F6X4j2AS6F2SBDsD4rs0-94bFu-gNwG14KFQi7uqFlbl03GyrHeLmn9XKn_8msmXrGtYX685aTYigzLYN_cSuuBh7cUo_HmCTxcDPAV6SC1_WONjKR01WlmBBw/s1600/n69602940_31507918_17.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkK9u0UHed_i1C34p51F6X4j2AS6F2SBDsD4rs0-94bFu-gNwG14KFQi7uqFlbl03GyrHeLmn9XKn_8msmXrGtYX685aTYigzLYN_cSuuBh7cUo_HmCTxcDPAV6SC1_WONjKR01WlmBBw/s400/n69602940_31507918_17.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645215086375221138" /></a></div><div>
<br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Gretchie"">Doin what the country people do</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">…<o:p></o:p></span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBAGHXYScsnTFsFWE9muKZt6_-93O5pRxkJE0nvh0fVuDb-HM49CCA2TYi2c-V5DvaSTVuGDfvxTvzZcoce72o8HivXLfKeGwBjRn6QHp_gipuntXwZ4MxXstSkHfnxaWN0LJBIguqIc/s1600/n69603452_31099240_2594.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBAGHXYScsnTFsFWE9muKZt6_-93O5pRxkJE0nvh0fVuDb-HM49CCA2TYi2c-V5DvaSTVuGDfvxTvzZcoce72o8HivXLfKeGwBjRn6QHp_gipuntXwZ4MxXstSkHfnxaWN0LJBIguqIc/s400/n69603452_31099240_2594.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645215080689772786" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Gretchie"">Trina!!! Nine-AH!!! Niners!!! Ninzy!!! </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxN8DhyhhZ2HbdX3wm-7JI2sumuHVhoyEeGoHEIFhyphenhyphenpa4-nzjPKYFvzeLMgKBkMvNh-o3epq_9ZAmwr09EQOYvP6Tq-2hOQlKSvl5zlJiUUygN8V2Z2NZWkkGSNRWqoDiobwEwhoC6Hc/s1600/34390_1598424011410_1560300005_31491376_3407902_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxN8DhyhhZ2HbdX3wm-7JI2sumuHVhoyEeGoHEIFhyphenhyphenpa4-nzjPKYFvzeLMgKBkMvNh-o3epq_9ZAmwr09EQOYvP6Tq-2hOQlKSvl5zlJiUUygN8V2Z2NZWkkGSNRWqoDiobwEwhoC6Hc/s400/34390_1598424011410_1560300005_31491376_3407902_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645215069216230306" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Gretchie"">Rach</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">…</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Pea Gretchie""> aka Pretty lady! </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8r5BqtQSKNDx2QvEr4KVcTeHImJhlJ9S650OMpP7tDkDO9NX_U5mYii2IcMS7iRweFTnSuEPzrp_YhjozNz8XxWOd0jVyRC2assrsOeUD3OcqeEaKrsqvNCbveeU8XJMtUZLytCbXS10/s1600/n69603078_31434023_659.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8r5BqtQSKNDx2QvEr4KVcTeHImJhlJ9S650OMpP7tDkDO9NX_U5mYii2IcMS7iRweFTnSuEPzrp_YhjozNz8XxWOd0jVyRC2assrsOeUD3OcqeEaKrsqvNCbveeU8XJMtUZLytCbXS10/s400/n69603078_31434023_659.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645215064875587346" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Gretchie"">Kel-Belle! BUDDY!!!!!</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KVSElZG77bWAv4K04mtmhy9NoGW6l_HKrccXahT2ybVJOIqg6tiL9c-hNRnO_BId3SdT4BM3DJ_qLwsWKyF-2m_JftsyDgD_c1uHDpzcWzj1Tz6vtD_7f6ZqpWTDzPzSmNaXbofh-0w/s1600/n69603452_31434445_8613.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KVSElZG77bWAv4K04mtmhy9NoGW6l_HKrccXahT2ybVJOIqg6tiL9c-hNRnO_BId3SdT4BM3DJ_qLwsWKyF-2m_JftsyDgD_c1uHDpzcWzj1Tz6vtD_7f6ZqpWTDzPzSmNaXbofh-0w/s400/n69603452_31434445_8613.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645215062574520130" /></a>
<br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Gretchie"">I hope I survive the weekend and kick booty on my next interviews over the following week! </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;">
<br /></span></span></p></div>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135289831632051489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112149273877215044.post-34061837712849082452011-07-20T16:15:00.000-05:002011-07-20T18:26:16.354-05:00My Home<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Pea Amy*Rica Script'; line-height: 18px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Pea Amy*Rica Script'; line-height: 18px; ">As promised, here is finally some pictures of my home (apartment. Haha) in Beaverton, OR.</span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Amy*Rica Script""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Amy*Rica Script"">Here is our entryway. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZQsSeCRiyWWo75YGvRWdCbCnPa0WqQ1MlS-j1qeZ94hEVAS2GPKTZQ-7j8CkrWeMQeaIJqg0HDaLADjAs_cMLSWRcZG1C7eGi2rNUVSvhBNpU_wCyds0GHjrF-XcV1aRyIslDVUWHvh4/s1600/DSC09686.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZQsSeCRiyWWo75YGvRWdCbCnPa0WqQ1MlS-j1qeZ94hEVAS2GPKTZQ-7j8CkrWeMQeaIJqg0HDaLADjAs_cMLSWRcZG1C7eGi2rNUVSvhBNpU_wCyds0GHjrF-XcV1aRyIslDVUWHvh4/s320/DSC09686.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631550514036854546" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Amy*Rica Script"">My bedroom</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">…</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Pea Amy*Rica Script""> notice a color theme?!? Clearly I have been drawn to the blue/greens!! Love.<o:p></o:p></span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKy-uNNTKQzLgepeC2_B36h2S79ztJmRO-RIAC-cmmhO_XtQB2Pe7Hl2T_NEmlJyMcfm_vf1JVn0ZbZEhyL2_LauVA_WKwbkRxkCtX3yCDJMILUNDtzOe1Y011TOEPy64_hdtiUpRmq4Y/s1600/DSC09672.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKy-uNNTKQzLgepeC2_B36h2S79ztJmRO-RIAC-cmmhO_XtQB2Pe7Hl2T_NEmlJyMcfm_vf1JVn0ZbZEhyL2_LauVA_WKwbkRxkCtX3yCDJMILUNDtzOe1Y011TOEPy64_hdtiUpRmq4Y/s320/DSC09672.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631548756732823042" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAeH-_Kqb0n_FoIaQ95SpM6bf40w431poOn-1PpqT0wyFXFJ6E1iJQA0sL5a-qvJUJjD62xZEuOnKMQ6mSY98oiuHOGJVro3XErzWmF_v5gp30qJc_O2DqD5zWkCN86UIlSwsbEmXOpfE/s1600/DSC09665.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAeH-_Kqb0n_FoIaQ95SpM6bf40w431poOn-1PpqT0wyFXFJ6E1iJQA0sL5a-qvJUJjD62xZEuOnKMQ6mSY98oiuHOGJVro3XErzWmF_v5gp30qJc_O2DqD5zWkCN86UIlSwsbEmXOpfE/s320/DSC09665.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631548747038444610" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8FRV9OVCarKyLk_pUoIQre6eDcTiQq7bGkbvoLv-8Fju1xFgF4Z9H6I9eREpjqzLL3iY0vaXPjyy9aHiPXDZyQpKgNqZC-P2ma4QpepC3Q2cYjy4t92nLYFpFnrEaoY3Hpk5DkCp17g/s1600/DSC09620.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8FRV9OVCarKyLk_pUoIQre6eDcTiQq7bGkbvoLv-8Fju1xFgF4Z9H6I9eREpjqzLL3iY0vaXPjyy9aHiPXDZyQpKgNqZC-P2ma4QpepC3Q2cYjy4t92nLYFpFnrEaoY3Hpk5DkCp17g/s320/DSC09620.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631546911139253490" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHEkXXws0deZa1FAUG8xMFkTPW7l-FblMDC5g2JUQh0AJT_IwKf5EzoR-VOx_1U0ACIVs_EoaO0Xla29JKV5KJYYcTK7eF1FPSqEbanR1M5TBnUZ3am6OoYbD-69Z3alsApqdJuZit8iw/s1600/DSC09619.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHEkXXws0deZa1FAUG8xMFkTPW7l-FblMDC5g2JUQh0AJT_IwKf5EzoR-VOx_1U0ACIVs_EoaO0Xla29JKV5KJYYcTK7eF1FPSqEbanR1M5TBnUZ3am6OoYbD-69Z3alsApqdJuZit8iw/s320/DSC09619.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631546908828242706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAipEfvolgRQ-1CBwcs5qvr5L-TYlbG6hghWJ1Ftpt8TWQSWX5q_DoHyG1LqA04ZtzvCCk-zSbLgQNuYP0CGPPUgLK_sQPErVh84XpGwM4tOvCcQN12_L0rBvE-7CwnAF35gDy829Nhy0/s1600/DSC09613.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAipEfvolgRQ-1CBwcs5qvr5L-TYlbG6hghWJ1Ftpt8TWQSWX5q_DoHyG1LqA04ZtzvCCk-zSbLgQNuYP0CGPPUgLK_sQPErVh84XpGwM4tOvCcQN12_L0rBvE-7CwnAF35gDy829Nhy0/s320/DSC09613.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631548744525139474" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYP2REsyDx0MbmjImvTeQnYrgreB6dSScI-DRT3kAcG4Tey7xO1hqsMnYyyH1JvCORTdTebudDYwi_3QqwULMt1zXuU6sWRDpJKpsqSSJEWkuOv0YC_rDcT_vUXyAMyBBr5iHsb3LxY6A/s1600/DSC09622.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYP2REsyDx0MbmjImvTeQnYrgreB6dSScI-DRT3kAcG4Tey7xO1hqsMnYyyH1JvCORTdTebudDYwi_3QqwULMt1zXuU6sWRDpJKpsqSSJEWkuOv0YC_rDcT_vUXyAMyBBr5iHsb3LxY6A/s320/DSC09622.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631546917147202898" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Amy*Rica Script"">My bathroom</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">…</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Pea Amy*Rica Script""> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJYH9AJzPlqhVn3zgqisSiDCdE1UHpDZuVQzMwWiSf3LfQ8h_M-lHXj66tfiy-LiQzfmBW6n5xfpT0lK-3FPM2D3gsT84o87IovM2__uEvok75LXDRUbliv4URzCY7KXN4F9S0GAWFo40/s1600/DSC09687.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJYH9AJzPlqhVn3zgqisSiDCdE1UHpDZuVQzMwWiSf3LfQ8h_M-lHXj66tfiy-LiQzfmBW6n5xfpT0lK-3FPM2D3gsT84o87IovM2__uEvok75LXDRUbliv4URzCY7KXN4F9S0GAWFo40/s320/DSC09687.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631550526147828258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3So5V4OLDnA9PAgpA2ompZoPOcgXvWi0GHiEs-I4zWwBIlM20Oj21s0Ya_CHJZouQPyLBahiiM32oXNd7aa0RuoR-n1hoi9ENASYCD1MXcjBHR4IiU0FAOeWYodOvDgiD-xyBvkhS8k/s1600/DSC09709.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3So5V4OLDnA9PAgpA2ompZoPOcgXvWi0GHiEs-I4zWwBIlM20Oj21s0Ya_CHJZouQPyLBahiiM32oXNd7aa0RuoR-n1hoi9ENASYCD1MXcjBHR4IiU0FAOeWYodOvDgiD-xyBvkhS8k/s320/DSC09709.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631550520501140322" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Amy*Rica Script"">All in which was inspired by this little Goodwill Piece which was one dollar. (the color is a bit off in photos but it is an orangish/red/deep coral). <o:p></o:p></span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtBBNcW2o8zFZQ9hi3n2uuSHnQ-5SJIPU0eHZCBLmzbIL8oUsHKnhi8PocCAZEqly-MR70KXkwbNF_hmpPhg98QTED5OXbenGWeCg5jJBE94wLMTZJ-aoy5DOpZU2U4rYNTHwgYatPhnc/s1600/DSC09704.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtBBNcW2o8zFZQ9hi3n2uuSHnQ-5SJIPU0eHZCBLmzbIL8oUsHKnhi8PocCAZEqly-MR70KXkwbNF_hmpPhg98QTED5OXbenGWeCg5jJBE94wLMTZJ-aoy5DOpZU2U4rYNTHwgYatPhnc/s320/DSC09704.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631550515220443826" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeUl5z4mv5hHrdldmqLLN6dWnQMQIkSoGrDzv53plJKL9-2xmdV4jg6hMKgj70ubQCVhcYKueg29AYimQWlktvGWEkKlI_s8baasmB2laZ49WBKxtw-LiwGQqPoVSs34v2r_VBdtEwOXc/s1600/DSC09689.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeUl5z4mv5hHrdldmqLLN6dWnQMQIkSoGrDzv53plJKL9-2xmdV4jg6hMKgj70ubQCVhcYKueg29AYimQWlktvGWEkKlI_s8baasmB2laZ49WBKxtw-LiwGQqPoVSs34v2r_VBdtEwOXc/s320/DSC09689.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631551958438344994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Amy*Rica Script"">Laundry room: loveeeee having this space and not having to walk down to the basement to do laundry, thank you Olivet. Not to mention all the shelving for storage: life saver. Favorite new product that is on the shelf: RugDoctor He works miracles before my eyes and I could swear by this stuff! <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8FRV9OVCarKyLk_pUoIQre6eDcTiQq7bGkbvoLv-8Fju1xFgF4Z9H6I9eREpjqzLL3iY0vaXPjyy9aHiPXDZyQpKgNqZC-P2ma4QpepC3Q2cYjy4t92nLYFpFnrEaoY3Hpk5DkCp17g/s1600/DSC09620.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHhI4cinf1tzNX88vz5wkim0HXLZufewfcx-JgrEhmXxm9mOeWUcI7A69HuMA2j4W-vK8ntDUqkh2I9-jg2wgUHv8HoZeGXpEj8tDXf9RYSMgtgh8zDiCYJXeqsua9XDAtaKBX8rupa18/s320/DSC09711.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631551957109431506" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho09jF_K_iv3gj2wRckJR8cRc9M1KmfjCgVHXTGAS23oiE-4wiy23_jfM2VjAW9kcopDPFSnjjIg1NOvJro1fn54YwU57QlNVjd4mEcXi0EvAiNcoV1lBif9hHVk7uzunb9fai3D_towM/s1600/DSC09712.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho09jF_K_iv3gj2wRckJR8cRc9M1KmfjCgVHXTGAS23oiE-4wiy23_jfM2VjAW9kcopDPFSnjjIg1NOvJro1fn54YwU57QlNVjd4mEcXi0EvAiNcoV1lBif9hHVk7uzunb9fai3D_towM/s320/DSC09712.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631551971942332482" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div><br /></div></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Amy*Rica Script"">Living room. FYI: all curtains in the BrittKris Home were purchased at Worldmarket. Yet again another LOVE. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnGAa7M_FcCLdjl_J8nHYjTRuIKD6aSi5fWgfU4XVybx6kF5yEbbEBAYZ31XSVPIKjk9JWy0t0m9OmwRqcXmkDZoyyYyd2HQh0rlR7BMSYu5CnyHRwQSALjglbns9vlo3DlgsY0qH_VMc/s1600/DSC09642.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnGAa7M_FcCLdjl_J8nHYjTRuIKD6aSi5fWgfU4XVybx6kF5yEbbEBAYZ31XSVPIKjk9JWy0t0m9OmwRqcXmkDZoyyYyd2HQh0rlR7BMSYu5CnyHRwQSALjglbns9vlo3DlgsY0qH_VMc/s320/DSC09642.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631548739825392722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxe6ThyphenhyphenwZmVOSfm4MqRD3V7R_56Y4BHY4DqKxSgK2PwKbhnWkFvMrReYj44TILswAJybdvIzQ75EDy6m7xUieYVSp8vNNa8OY1XBOws_kZHbHnxLsMeLxf62jmlpfIhkAzwaVd4kVa12Q/s1600/DSC09626.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxe6ThyphenhyphenwZmVOSfm4MqRD3V7R_56Y4BHY4DqKxSgK2PwKbhnWkFvMrReYj44TILswAJybdvIzQ75EDy6m7xUieYVSp8vNNa8OY1XBOws_kZHbHnxLsMeLxf62jmlpfIhkAzwaVd4kVa12Q/s320/DSC09626.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631546922863530162" style="text-align: left; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgApK_LZSex8WDEqaE6VIRwN-ULb2lAAj7YANRF0HyDpqjFcY74-kcjyzOY1H0PtJwGb2mTlQ_ZTk8y70i-fLq3UJGNbrwkrOCVv3gkKMAZyh31rLJDi8A2izi-Zayw431HByg4opGmiEY/s1600/DSC09639.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgApK_LZSex8WDEqaE6VIRwN-ULb2lAAj7YANRF0HyDpqjFcY74-kcjyzOY1H0PtJwGb2mTlQ_ZTk8y70i-fLq3UJGNbrwkrOCVv3gkKMAZyh31rLJDi8A2izi-Zayw431HByg4opGmiEY/s320/DSC09639.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631547761246003650" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghYDl7PjeZQD4AhVVlo7IW5c_5Hj_ddiPCmf4-HNmgSlo9zOR8wQLjo06aMGiRbPIMVWJKv-nphgVtr7eU4gbp4E4hj5BfNLfdAJTVvKL3ikBeQ1kqJJdRcwQXjwD-vQRVlYKBQ9mv8Ic/s1600/DSC09717.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghYDl7PjeZQD4AhVVlo7IW5c_5Hj_ddiPCmf4-HNmgSlo9zOR8wQLjo06aMGiRbPIMVWJKv-nphgVtr7eU4gbp4E4hj5BfNLfdAJTVvKL3ikBeQ1kqJJdRcwQXjwD-vQRVlYKBQ9mv8Ic/s320/DSC09717.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631553417576102082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Amy*Rica Script"">Our patio: has a good size storage space (can you tell I just LOVEEE all our storage?!?!), a beautiful view on the park/ courtyard, and Bentley</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">…</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Pea Amy*Rica Script""> my baby plant!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIxPea1ixsVV3X9Y5yK7O8iopB-DyIeL3lkUm6Af8rqyyqW5WlQknp5dS5ssmSEH8CY9vOt-9X9h0lGTG8M-DH2vnow6rF3fnhZ3OFRtAMagwoTXfAFqp78V1RVUUrofk5D46VMwdGtk/s1600/DSC09636.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIxPea1ixsVV3X9Y5yK7O8iopB-DyIeL3lkUm6Af8rqyyqW5WlQknp5dS5ssmSEH8CY9vOt-9X9h0lGTG8M-DH2vnow6rF3fnhZ3OFRtAMagwoTXfAFqp78V1RVUUrofk5D46VMwdGtk/s320/DSC09636.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631547756901626146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXxpJxxeQGwFSr0ZrwXgsHWWLxQkYSC_t3QuD6f24t3jzF4eZLs5If0pDPpqWUIDB90hsg-mludnTG8pRcvZJjx8TOUJPnTBqeyoyTysG1r63QrcATkNBdTb5pzCX7KWHiwkWYsZIlqCc/s1600/DSC09720.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXxpJxxeQGwFSr0ZrwXgsHWWLxQkYSC_t3QuD6f24t3jzF4eZLs5If0pDPpqWUIDB90hsg-mludnTG8pRcvZJjx8TOUJPnTBqeyoyTysG1r63QrcATkNBdTb5pzCX7KWHiwkWYsZIlqCc/s320/DSC09720.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631553419189344530" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div></div></div></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCiarfu7bV4pNEp6pEz1HsKaFFN8AaK0VrtUmNDBj12lvVKUlLBv2d8Q6Ybq3Zhg8LKSncuVztZkkpW6R5RUFctoD4tP-9ihvuyJvSqCt54L4N2vjBtvILDgsz-ZYa-qUIlCgwigT9OSk/s1600/DSC09723.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCiarfu7bV4pNEp6pEz1HsKaFFN8AaK0VrtUmNDBj12lvVKUlLBv2d8Q6Ybq3Zhg8LKSncuVztZkkpW6R5RUFctoD4tP-9ihvuyJvSqCt54L4N2vjBtvILDgsz-ZYa-qUIlCgwigT9OSk/s320/DSC09723.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631553423774487586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Amy*Rica Script"">Dining Room: moment of silence in mourning of the table we lost with our dear roommate Sandra Lee</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">…</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Pea Amy*Rica Script""> Oregon misses you and is quite jealous that California got you and the table. Okay now, our redone room with all new items (or at least new to us). I love how the quote, frames, and plates ended up all coming together so nicely.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Pea Amy*Rica Script""><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWtU9gOnl-kmlmCCuHkQgG-XtvMti3UnhyphenhyphenGgPPRdFvaeWi9MlvuOw61SDLiWHHCQN4i2-X0VyRdcG78XVAuA3voYQR4q0zN9vU1PX2_vO4oBDUC6r-JdO_FjT6qHBao7lq3z7QDSkrk2w/s1600/DSC09632.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWtU9gOnl-kmlmCCuHkQgG-XtvMti3UnhyphenhyphenGgPPRdFvaeWi9MlvuOw61SDLiWHHCQN4i2-X0VyRdcG78XVAuA3voYQR4q0zN9vU1PX2_vO4oBDUC6r-JdO_FjT6qHBao7lq3z7QDSkrk2w/s320/DSC09632.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631547750782238914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_EuhANLp0ZsomHNVNabI4n4ijklC6ij_aZx1QU2wDHqm19MotQA_kiuQ24Xj9WeoHIM5dVQ3GNso1b5kVqeL50x8-xkpylq_gjY7MraPnjaMznSa4hzpk4nLEWpF8XL6402GIW2gekpQ/s1600/DSC09631.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_EuhANLp0ZsomHNVNabI4n4ijklC6ij_aZx1QU2wDHqm19MotQA_kiuQ24Xj9WeoHIM5dVQ3GNso1b5kVqeL50x8-xkpylq_gjY7MraPnjaMznSa4hzpk4nLEWpF8XL6402GIW2gekpQ/s320/DSC09631.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631547752206962130" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Amy*Rica Script"">Kitchen: pretty much all the “mustard” items were mine and green were Kristy’s. I love the way it all ended up blending together. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Pea Amy*Rica Script""> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_96pXOCEqF55HNdbG1F4I87IfPDEGow6yPbo0S7fcLKMXEufE64pdncvxx55a1-h4nR4vF469ZbNmubEHW4KAxATj7zkYwLrNdeD0W-SAID94L9IB12yCLau9FS8Esb-biQtV2knZ98k/s1600/DSC09718.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_96pXOCEqF55HNdbG1F4I87IfPDEGow6yPbo0S7fcLKMXEufE64pdncvxx55a1-h4nR4vF469ZbNmubEHW4KAxATj7zkYwLrNdeD0W-SAID94L9IB12yCLau9FS8Esb-biQtV2knZ98k/s320/DSC09718.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631574528871277586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEAphLoM6n6Ogfq9_QfwEQNTjBr6boWhD1x5F9RgtbT8QLrvIInBYywE5V6MN4UZDMafXxl1BSPfHn84swpg5Rh02REZ3rTUT-t3IMV8sxXM-I96jVRUV2Yyxv2Of3sieUa8yDnhp4Vb4/s1600/DSC09629.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEAphLoM6n6Ogfq9_QfwEQNTjBr6boWhD1x5F9RgtbT8QLrvIInBYywE5V6MN4UZDMafXxl1BSPfHn84swpg5Rh02REZ3rTUT-t3IMV8sxXM-I96jVRUV2Yyxv2Of3sieUa8yDnhp4Vb4/s320/DSC09629.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631547746575405666" style="text-align: left; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYPRSOSzNkzJlMhVlGprbzUKa7gxdWW9Nj_34BzawKqjvTKTn_9AY1QRxaVC-lU68wKorJqQ5jhcjo9rx-zbqlkJLqXJp3s3lY4pCVFwy6MbVyiHKVslPxmOLj3xpF9ySU8fXUqg8wSL0/s1600/DSC09719.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYPRSOSzNkzJlMhVlGprbzUKa7gxdWW9Nj_34BzawKqjvTKTn_9AY1QRxaVC-lU68wKorJqQ5jhcjo9rx-zbqlkJLqXJp3s3lY4pCVFwy6MbVyiHKVslPxmOLj3xpF9ySU8fXUqg8wSL0/s320/DSC09719.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631574535388898882" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; font-family: 'Pea Amy*Rica Script'; ">Our built-in shelf unit that needs some TLC. An ongoing project we’d rather not think about.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; font-family: 'Pea Amy*Rica Script'; "> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgojRzja7fLdr8QRdtg5VrcEU7b5wngdjFzfF6nwDfs_h-X0ReRRRWOELFF6ELYmjSVgh0SMZEcx8ZvjX5AzrF6JaUJ6L3m1gx8u29t28BvCDgFmNHuIPQ_m80cg-O8j4abLrMh-bOOxqQ/s1600/DSC09640.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgojRzja7fLdr8QRdtg5VrcEU7b5wngdjFzfF6nwDfs_h-X0ReRRRWOELFF6ELYmjSVgh0SMZEcx8ZvjX5AzrF6JaUJ6L3m1gx8u29t28BvCDgFmNHuIPQ_m80cg-O8j4abLrMh-bOOxqQ/s320/DSC09640.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631548732376474882" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Pea Amy*Rica Script";mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">This is the “hallway” from dining room into Kris’ room straight ahead and the guest room on the left. </span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgun1Yb3ao2YT697ooonNfSbz3c8anAVfszwDKG-7YH7VeI4m78VfxxjKa2weiX6b-tweIStUz6wy0ksUH4j1wBpwpXTE_-Jd0vGX0H2BOabdaXA-WswlEI4kUTi_thF-_lEeeVu4do2qg/s1600/DSC09724.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgun1Yb3ao2YT697ooonNfSbz3c8anAVfszwDKG-7YH7VeI4m78VfxxjKa2weiX6b-tweIStUz6wy0ksUH4j1wBpwpXTE_-Jd0vGX0H2BOabdaXA-WswlEI4kUTi_thF-_lEeeVu4do2qg/s320/DSC09724.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631553429538343026" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Amy*Rica Script""><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Pea Amy*Rica Script"">Guest/ Craft/ Office room: this is our saving grace. We don’t know what we would do without the 3<sup>rd</sup> room. So pack a bag and come stay with us for the weekend! The closet in this room is the biggest in the apt and is our “dress” closet. Also the closet has become newest home for my nursing books</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">…</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Pea Amy*Rica Script""> BLAH!</span></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidpoI5_EBgBrd71m4kITECqd5H-A0qMpKbpKFvVhh0jGKuJgnNhjeIM8pHCERYT17Q1K47rZYybenesZy_Yddz4IalfRk7e9qGa1BeryVRHBLa83Gzin-eXy07Qurob7N-p6HTlozfcYI/s1600/DSC09845.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidpoI5_EBgBrd71m4kITECqd5H-A0qMpKbpKFvVhh0jGKuJgnNhjeIM8pHCERYT17Q1K47rZYybenesZy_Yddz4IalfRk7e9qGa1BeryVRHBLa83Gzin-eXy07Qurob7N-p6HTlozfcYI/s320/DSC09845.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631555372163595442" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1Tqs5uad-_43PeNNHtp0WX21w8G3JNXM6zAeiQ5dxXio1xYZcEoQg6hduJUTj1sIHtbtwg0tSQgeYSRyqUs5cMIEmOrqspnqgoXVbBxHcNt_zeeBFu0qnYiL5fj1H8pj8VOBB3SnvzE/s1600/DSC09857.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWOa86tgPUT7sc0XQJ_H0E6U6vaaZZa5KBGHdHPDhlP9yKc9XLOo2qgaRps-YRJQPhbojSIWYmK9pwnrE-9qMP8BaYbJBu809tP4HjYQ2irPP1hJK1QsP6lWq47ZeBLFjGjy25GizQhiE/s320/DSC09729.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631555351886163906" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNZ0gheXZzboDcKsuPuuGt50-4mltLRToFsvImMjTtdQkXzQJEWLFHisIwBDZT6Rr2j9mahvH0oyPqANqq6LLAC9VwGbxr1zkTDxI7syiNSluMlJ1QTS_0mvk-QFOO7QKETzT5FG63HE/s1600/DSC09728.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNZ0gheXZzboDcKsuPuuGt50-4mltLRToFsvImMjTtdQkXzQJEWLFHisIwBDZT6Rr2j9mahvH0oyPqANqq6LLAC9VwGbxr1zkTDxI7syiNSluMlJ1QTS_0mvk-QFOO7QKETzT5FG63HE/s320/DSC09728.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631555348728506770" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Pea Amy*Rica Script'; line-height: 18px; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Pea Amy*Rica Script'; line-height: 18px; ">Missing pictures: our panty, hall closet, Kristy’s beautifully put together room, Bosco: my other plant out our front door!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Pea Amy*Rica Script'; line-height: 18px; ">I’m enjoying living in a new area (not so new anymore) and definitely blessed that the Lord provided such a great home for us here!</span></div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDtNVAjvaCesFohuWb8g1WR8TErqsRBO8qqD36XAUen770sFc9eiHREYYqHxobcB927konV32cX06kYd83Zs0HK6HkdAgFm1zQbOfRwMBhJpO2Ac7euqNBmVF5MIsDZkqGZShyphenhyphenWOqIK8U/s1600/DSC09684.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEAphLoM6n6Ogfq9_QfwEQNTjBr6boWhD1x5F9RgtbT8QLrvIInBYywE5V6MN4UZDMafXxl1BSPfHn84swpg5Rh02REZ3rTUT-t3IMV8sxXM-I96jVRUV2Yyxv2Of3sieUa8yDnhp4Vb4/s1600/DSC09629.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135289831632051489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112149273877215044.post-1059663256645438472011-07-17T19:47:00.001-05:002011-07-17T19:52:47.691-05:00Pacific Northwest Weekend<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Pea Girly Girls Script"">Come Friday night after just having a low key evening I decide it would be fun to do something different for Saturday but due to being on the job hunt and on a budget I need to be creative. So I set out to search the great World Wide Web: the findings were quite funny and entertaining. I found a site <a href="http://www.frugallivingnw.com/"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration: none;text-underline:none">www.frugallivingnw.com</span></a> which turned out to be a very easy to navigate</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">,</span><span style="font-family:"Pea Girly Girls Script""> useful site. From there the options multiplied and I just have to share what I stumbled upon for events happening just this weekend. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Pea Girly Girls Script""><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>A: Portland Highland Games<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Pea Girly Girls Script""><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>B: Portland International Beerfest<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Pea Girly Girls Script""><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>C: West Linn Old Time Fair<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Pea Girly Girls Script""><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>D: Sherwood Robin Hood Festival</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">…</span><span style="font-family: "Pea Girly Girls Script"">. Knighting ceremony and<span style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </span>sword fighting! Haha<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Pea Girly Girls Script""><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>E: Bastille Day Block Party</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">…</span><span style="font-family: "Pea Girly Girls Script""> the most interesting event of<span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>them all! Which included a wide variety of Live Music by<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>local artist</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"">,</span><span style="font-family:"Pea Girly Girls Script""> a Mini-Medoc Marathon Fun Run</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">,</span><span style="font-family:"Pea Girly Girls Script""> bicycle<span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>scavenger hunt</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">,</span><span style="font-family:"Pea Girly Girls Script""> grape stomp</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">,</span><span style="font-family: "Pea Girly Girls Script""> and a dance party. BY FAR<span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>THE FUNNIEST EVENT!!! <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Pea Girly Girls Script"">Through the researching I was intrigues by the “Medoc Marathon” and found out it is an actual marathon that started in 1985. The 26</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif""> </span><span style="font-family:"Pea Girly Girls Script"">2 mile race takes place in wine region of Bordeaux and stops at over 50 chateau in which there are wine tastings! Talk about getting dehydrated. Oh and each year it is a different theme to dress to. This year it is animals. And apparently there is quite the turn out and the event is very successful! Definitely sounds like an event of the year! <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Pea Girly Girls Script"">Anyways after all the searching we decided to not even do anything off the ever-growing unique list. We drove to Hood River</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">,</span><span style="font-family:"Pea Girly Girls Script""> OR about 1 hour away depending on traffic that is. It was such a fun little town that we walked around for a few hours</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">…</span><span style="font-family:"Pea Girly Girls Script""> I’m learning to master the art of window shopping. We also went down along the river and walked the waterfront. It was perfect weather and the river was completely packed with people windsurfing and Kiteboarding. Kiteboarding is something I would so love to try sometime so I picked up a brochure and read about the lessons. Sounds do-able and I just might have to splurge one weekend and sign-up and go try it out!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Pea Girly Girls Script"">Oh and on our way there we ran into a baby black bear</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"">,</span><span style="font-family:"Pea Girly Girls Script""> well didn’t literally run into it but you know we saw one and it was too cute! Tried to get a picture but it hid and we didn’t hang around to long cause where baby bear is mama bear isn’t too far away!!! <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Pea Girly Girls Script'; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Here are a few pictures of the river and the windsurfers and kiteboarders.</span><span style="font-family:"Pea Girly Girls Script""> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpupT_XYVtnSAGuCBYwbqT-lZWygzo4ycDywTa33H9vgkKC64BuyHEvAToc6PohCmSYrtgGrldig1e_L5bAOccJPZWNdE6OiMmV4r0fsFw0ug6NVch7sTAuNocqChpjl6JwQvUtXimvvg/s1600/DSC09829.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpupT_XYVtnSAGuCBYwbqT-lZWygzo4ycDywTa33H9vgkKC64BuyHEvAToc6PohCmSYrtgGrldig1e_L5bAOccJPZWNdE6OiMmV4r0fsFw0ug6NVch7sTAuNocqChpjl6JwQvUtXimvvg/s320/DSC09829.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630488020747916690" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUKA1rbosPlLz6ZQjZOZiO-HpdFcZ0VXJZU6V12oMtkUL0xC36sIQT-9xXZzeHxiKukhqC64FnLe-37WcF2wOgTWH2s2XLlgHLACe9O29Cst2_IECNgZcNFzkO_VMcO836TXNDSYZHFvM/s1600/DSC09826.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUKA1rbosPlLz6ZQjZOZiO-HpdFcZ0VXJZU6V12oMtkUL0xC36sIQT-9xXZzeHxiKukhqC64FnLe-37WcF2wOgTWH2s2XLlgHLACe9O29Cst2_IECNgZcNFzkO_VMcO836TXNDSYZHFvM/s320/DSC09826.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630488013606265186" /></a><br /><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Pea Girly Girls Script"">Here is a pretty picture of the drive to Hood River.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzSi3qX1WRNwihDGQeQ1OODOugROAcYpW_fBJ5SS30agV5nzrFZge1V9zJSrmbUIohO9QeOTbfsbCnC9P2L59snugD6hZZYAWnfvBh1TZL2hUtsr35WLZy73IlMgjxzz7OEhDzHrZY6JE/s1600/DSC09825.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzSi3qX1WRNwihDGQeQ1OODOugROAcYpW_fBJ5SS30agV5nzrFZge1V9zJSrmbUIohO9QeOTbfsbCnC9P2L59snugD6hZZYAWnfvBh1TZL2hUtsr35WLZy73IlMgjxzz7OEhDzHrZY6JE/s320/DSC09825.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630488008063311186" /></a><br /></div>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135289831632051489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112149273877215044.post-75036043472191641862011-07-15T20:40:00.002-05:002011-07-15T21:24:57.632-05:00All Business, No Play<div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:26.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Honey Bunches"">I truly enjoyed my day today. All business over here</span><span style="font-size:26.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">…</span><span style="font-size:26.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Honey Bunches""> no play! And by business I mean stumbling upon this years greatest sale, getting some Vitamin D treatment (w/ sunscreen of course), and tackling two projects. Business, right?!? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:26.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Honey Bunches"">First here Is a picture of the MOON last nite! It was absolutely gorgeous and bright. This picture does it NO justice. I would love a nice camera someday to capture those moments! Ah, to dream. </span><span style="font-size:26.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTf4qz7zxuFNg-jw8ZbONH0srM_GJC-eAQmA63tUcItXjftwLTXJJ_Jzd6VydVJeQNayXvE4bSvx5kTXjiGijNxWUlsOik_wi0i8ARPOl0vZCXPzcZJj8SoI1f77-IJWQSFxZSST14BHY/s1600/DSC09794.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTf4qz7zxuFNg-jw8ZbONH0srM_GJC-eAQmA63tUcItXjftwLTXJJ_Jzd6VydVJeQNayXvE4bSvx5kTXjiGijNxWUlsOik_wi0i8ARPOl0vZCXPzcZJj8SoI1f77-IJWQSFxZSST14BHY/s320/DSC09794.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629759622000678162" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:26.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Honey Bunches"">Second, the complete overview on this sale. I went out in need of some felt for a project idea. I decided to go to Hillsboro’s Michaels and not Beaverton’s. SO as I was going I pass a Craft Warehouse and decide to check it out. Turns out the store is closing so EVERYTHING was on sale. GLORIOUS! 70 to 80 percent off that is. So of course there happens to be Princess Parking (a spot right in the front) and I hop out! It was hectic and people were everywhere so I took a deep breath and grabbed a basket. They had a deal going on where you could fill a bag for 10 dollars. I was sold right there due to already finding some items that tugged at my shoppers heart. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><span style="font-size:26.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSWM-XMSqW34m7RhL0GdxgYHJjfGQr3-_VefqeiVPZiagfxrW2YLZJOc7uvH1r1W-LGd0tHPguoc7WP0tMjzG8ZH-eDkejgImz1thOBmjYr7ftmH7ioKXm0jaBBeMPF266PfQ_B261JEY/s1600/DSC09800.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSWM-XMSqW34m7RhL0GdxgYHJjfGQr3-_VefqeiVPZiagfxrW2YLZJOc7uvH1r1W-LGd0tHPguoc7WP0tMjzG8ZH-eDkejgImz1thOBmjYr7ftmH7ioKXm0jaBBeMPF266PfQ_B261JEY/s320/DSC09800.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629759625573505426" /></a><div><div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:26.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Honey Bunches"">All of this</span><span style="font-size:26.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">…</span><span style="font-size:26.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Honey Bunches""> 46 items in all was originally 151...88 and I got it for only TEN! Amazing, right? I know. I got glass beads, 10 ribbons, 8 different harvest things, 3 sets of little cards, Lots of PINECONES for winter season, chalk board, and a few frames! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:26.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Honey Bunches'; font-size: 35px; line-height: 40px; ">Okay now for my little felt project! I saw a tutorial of a felt rose and thought it’d be fun to do!</span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:26.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Honey Bunches"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Honey Bunches";mso-bidi-font-family:"Honey Bunches""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:26.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Honey Bunches"">Buy some felt from a craft store (29cents each at micheals), get scrissors, needle and thread, and headband, clip, or pin. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYRsk8D_1oJ24-wBeFxxEkAuO_-mLd1rI930HjsQzPCWBuonX8pwW_YJBoHgtEYuAzunOITtLXYC6txispXGXMUXb-bJ2K74BCk1aqnHa-LrsZHht6IvB2Hpb0mcPJB_BvG0Z8nuaiKhU/s1600/DSC09804.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYRsk8D_1oJ24-wBeFxxEkAuO_-mLd1rI930HjsQzPCWBuonX8pwW_YJBoHgtEYuAzunOITtLXYC6txispXGXMUXb-bJ2K74BCk1aqnHa-LrsZHht6IvB2Hpb0mcPJB_BvG0Z8nuaiKhU/s320/DSC09804.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629759631620620146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:26.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Honey Bunches"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Honey Bunches";mso-bidi-font-family:"Honey Bunches""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:26.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Honey Bunches"">Cut felt in long strips by making the “petals” each petal can be a different height and width. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidAyDcp7ZuYLRq7UTXNS9Usjv3rQDQPr59PMf05XrU4UhWipCFXdgZH9ZKs_imhBarmPv1NGDdf1IQ-uL26V9BbIGfpJ0ni05_08-SclAdzl2jUE6jRGB04waFZronCg12VeD9Xy92KD4/s1600/DSC09806.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidAyDcp7ZuYLRq7UTXNS9Usjv3rQDQPr59PMf05XrU4UhWipCFXdgZH9ZKs_imhBarmPv1NGDdf1IQ-uL26V9BbIGfpJ0ni05_08-SclAdzl2jUE6jRGB04waFZronCg12VeD9Xy92KD4/s320/DSC09806.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629759641656895010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:26.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Honey Bunches"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Honey Bunches";mso-bidi-font-family:"Honey Bunches""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:26.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Honey Bunches"">Roll felt up sewing along the way to secure the pieces firmly. This is what it will look like at the end. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYckP5hcwgsh-UJ_oBxx3FPcE9tL-RaXgEmrUNCW0QrQo5ftgYeEnQhXA5_N2jCyaG-iDqoOkMu3466lXIMqGZmP77_xh3nbzCHPpu_PX7lJjVIbC0WkBHJi-M0WGgxbDMIyDcV53oR8/s1600/DSC09809.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYckP5hcwgsh-UJ_oBxx3FPcE9tL-RaXgEmrUNCW0QrQo5ftgYeEnQhXA5_N2jCyaG-iDqoOkMu3466lXIMqGZmP77_xh3nbzCHPpu_PX7lJjVIbC0WkBHJi-M0WGgxbDMIyDcV53oR8/s320/DSC09809.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629759641848120914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:26.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Honey Bunches"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Honey Bunches";mso-bidi-font-family:"Honey Bunches""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:26.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Honey Bunches"">Then cut out some leaves if you want. Here are examples of some of the colors I chose. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ym49V8G9QY9VryIqCL6EE79ANS6bE7pkmpA5M-XYWbi3wHqCoYKJ1zPg3pHfAONkGzOVZkclR-c34qJnjhcjO_TKpfq4oQXoHRIsEqvTHJKDbrazdstXeFIPFndq0dXad26PALuq6fA/s1600/DSC09808.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ym49V8G9QY9VryIqCL6EE79ANS6bE7pkmpA5M-XYWbi3wHqCoYKJ1zPg3pHfAONkGzOVZkclR-c34qJnjhcjO_TKpfq4oQXoHRIsEqvTHJKDbrazdstXeFIPFndq0dXad26PALuq6fA/s320/DSC09808.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629760076617956914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:26.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Honey Bunches"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Honey Bunches";mso-bidi-font-family:"Honey Bunches""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:26.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Honey Bunches"">Here is one of the end products: a headband with 2 different purple flowers! Now I’m excited for my new, cheap, and easy.to.make hair pieces! <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><br /></u></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_YENmhiG1T99Nus2UVDkZmaHyg2PdaSULnZEpQw4Q3W5cMuB4oM39oMIZqtF_6QwGJaeJRTFln2rQ679ZwbgVXX9-9gLtsBGo7n7S-5VnDdeSBLlUoR5ssx5IESAMIcqm4ZmccmkDakg/s1600/DSC09816.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_YENmhiG1T99Nus2UVDkZmaHyg2PdaSULnZEpQw4Q3W5cMuB4oM39oMIZqtF_6QwGJaeJRTFln2rQ679ZwbgVXX9-9gLtsBGo7n7S-5VnDdeSBLlUoR5ssx5IESAMIcqm4ZmccmkDakg/s320/DSC09816.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629760091917056386" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:26.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Honey Bunches"">And now I am off to finish painting the rest of my Goodwill end table for the guest room! Enjoy this beautiful Friday night! <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135289831632051489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112149273877215044.post-61136613497406310122011-07-14T22:09:00.000-05:002011-07-14T23:09:00.199-05:00Craftiness<div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Pea Lex Valentine'; ">Really, it’s already mid-July?!? Where is summer going? At least I’m able to tackle some projects and such. This past week I went to town with quilting and made a dear friend a quilt (will post more on it later). Then I started another sewing project: a purse/ shoulder bag. Hopefully it turns out decent enough to be used. Haha. We have a Goodwill Outlet Store near us, which let me tell you is an experience. You really have to have an eye out for the right things</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">…</span><span style="font-family: 'Pea Lex Valentine'; "> Apparently they are known for the furniture. I went in looking for an end table for the lamp next to our guest bed and a chair for my desk. I left with the bargain of all bargains in my opinion: a 2-drawer mini-dresser thingy for only three dollars, a broken end table for one dollar in which I am still fixing up, and a huge mirror that we don’t have room for but it was only five dollars so I had to purchase it. Kristy though says that the top of the mirror looks like the armoire from Beauty and the Beast!!! I disagree completely. Pictures: the first two are of my "Beauty and the Beast" find, then my THREE dollar find before and after, then my receipt and I w/ a bit of excitement displayed on this girls face!!! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Pea Lex Valentine'; "><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyOevBDr2yxUPT9-qFk3PVGZm8iIf__4BT_qZjb2SEBmmmoRu5Tj0eUUVsWyMWv6imIbVt-rDZmKaLLktR2RgI1sivMTvt4et__Kkai8Vt9zxpsiOfzOC6Pi0MwB14GMyhaa0cePz8oiE/s1600/DSC09771.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyOevBDr2yxUPT9-qFk3PVGZm8iIf__4BT_qZjb2SEBmmmoRu5Tj0eUUVsWyMWv6imIbVt-rDZmKaLLktR2RgI1sivMTvt4et__Kkai8Vt9zxpsiOfzOC6Pi0MwB14GMyhaa0cePz8oiE/s320/DSC09771.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629413767821126802" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-x9GBAzAlLOcrSJv9WvBzZQfC1kOOEvSnNYjqmaspoFlZENqEV0U74sovU4MguuXjr0J5bjWUQEW2I4UVYzOaC8ZEIUUu2RKhcGgk9yH8WidAsQpRDH1l_PWO1w4e4KxbOOe8O9bF2jo/s1600/DSC09770.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-x9GBAzAlLOcrSJv9WvBzZQfC1kOOEvSnNYjqmaspoFlZENqEV0U74sovU4MguuXjr0J5bjWUQEW2I4UVYzOaC8ZEIUUu2RKhcGgk9yH8WidAsQpRDH1l_PWO1w4e4KxbOOe8O9bF2jo/s320/DSC09770.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629413422425672498" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyKfGVF5Ljv0amtfc6nbDjx_yYewYyca8jjS6IjHkpGZOwo2i9iqZtxMckQZBL4yl1LqcZWs97VZnbeOjgc0QFN1HsNzY2mdNLR_hiMcFS-JOOTYvaAPOZfvCF5xfCNSbQFSALQlXtBms/s1600/DSC09744.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyKfGVF5Ljv0amtfc6nbDjx_yYewYyca8jjS6IjHkpGZOwo2i9iqZtxMckQZBL4yl1LqcZWs97VZnbeOjgc0QFN1HsNzY2mdNLR_hiMcFS-JOOTYvaAPOZfvCF5xfCNSbQFSALQlXtBms/s320/DSC09744.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629413415464511122" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Aina5Oopq051qHemQxsaaLVMq3STWTlK19MJuwQ7zyn8R3tLVPRxEH1wYlAIm4v_uaLBRHMnG-YswVJVdAlR7rG_w1rQ5jz3nz3h8R03kOijlLgoCzRYHTYSpBALM-d5cXjqaqRTYqs/s1600/DSC09788.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Aina5Oopq051qHemQxsaaLVMq3STWTlK19MJuwQ7zyn8R3tLVPRxEH1wYlAIm4v_uaLBRHMnG-YswVJVdAlR7rG_w1rQ5jz3nz3h8R03kOijlLgoCzRYHTYSpBALM-d5cXjqaqRTYqs/s320/DSC09788.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629413398899976562" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_OVR-rS0gjhcU5Q77VbLO-OjUg9VQDDLgJ_m33ZgPjEkCk9HMeuRmZKXgygGy79qu1RUrjG9cmhZt5d2s0aOhQ9VPT1IHtA7I4pY4xwQYA0mPP3ZZZC3PiqzYUAWY6DfeB1cccUKGH8Q/s1600/DSC09752.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_OVR-rS0gjhcU5Q77VbLO-OjUg9VQDDLgJ_m33ZgPjEkCk9HMeuRmZKXgygGy79qu1RUrjG9cmhZt5d2s0aOhQ9VPT1IHtA7I4pY4xwQYA0mPP3ZZZC3PiqzYUAWY6DfeB1cccUKGH8Q/s320/DSC09752.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629413396401239506" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Pea Lex Valentine'; ">Also this week was our first “Sew cool” class (we missed lasts weeks) at church. It was like I had never touched a sewing machine in my life along with having ridiculous laughing spells. All in all it went well and we met some other church ladies and a cute way to make little dresses! Again pictures of the orphan dresses will come later once I complete it! Haha. Hopefully whoever gets my lovely dress will be </span><span style="font-family:"Pea Lex Valentine"">happy to get it because it may be deformed a bit. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Pea Lex Valentine"">I have been organizing all my craft items continuously and rearranging this and that. I promise to be posting apartment pictures soon! I know I’ve been saying it for a while but this time it will be happening because all is pretty complete in the “BrittKris” Home (we often refer to our apartment as that). Last week I was indulging in some delicious salads made with my fresh lettuce. Yum! I’m hoping to get some more this Saturday! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Pea Lex Valentine"">Pictures: farmers market cherries (sooo good!), then my lettuce... haha, and one of my salads from the week! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8DxOemEaEt7zRqgNdQHiaaW4SaLjcF3v-VCRrWSmZ3-axzu_xtp_bDt9xP-o3uRR61qyWv5AA2u7Nsas6TDa3-9BIKc2NfwiurENoSjfnmzEi_kTJYUwFBia3NJjr2QbbzkA7UcwZ8sg/s1600/DSC09735.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8DxOemEaEt7zRqgNdQHiaaW4SaLjcF3v-VCRrWSmZ3-axzu_xtp_bDt9xP-o3uRR61qyWv5AA2u7Nsas6TDa3-9BIKc2NfwiurENoSjfnmzEi_kTJYUwFBia3NJjr2QbbzkA7UcwZ8sg/s320/DSC09735.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629413780036230898" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm0uHPaJsaGJKdKf9CF5y1HK1obiKY8_n5sGUkWQnfMIU1jn_O4tLIkQ7IfKrxgDGvzT6VCpDLJDJtRUkxrCfce5hQ7gFd6wa88up0BIq_7MfLijLWib3WExXsdzz8lWTnn6XIVnAkToI/s1600/DSC09734.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm0uHPaJsaGJKdKf9CF5y1HK1obiKY8_n5sGUkWQnfMIU1jn_O4tLIkQ7IfKrxgDGvzT6VCpDLJDJtRUkxrCfce5hQ7gFd6wa88up0BIq_7MfLijLWib3WExXsdzz8lWTnn6XIVnAkToI/s320/DSC09734.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629413775656079090" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrnXOzPlH79RAo3M6jcspsK_v2KqReDZ-faXO5qzSYHIo_acvMyvnztC4bXFUQYoTq4nls7rfHSlh1eacUk7xLOh45j_qNyRANmleP1UfGTTMrMlrtpPY9Tmv6Mqqj88k4X55EbWP_C3w/s1600/DSC09741.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrnXOzPlH79RAo3M6jcspsK_v2KqReDZ-faXO5qzSYHIo_acvMyvnztC4bXFUQYoTq4nls7rfHSlh1eacUk7xLOh45j_qNyRANmleP1UfGTTMrMlrtpPY9Tmv6Mqqj88k4X55EbWP_C3w/s320/DSC09741.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629413390208813506" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyOevBDr2yxUPT9-qFk3PVGZm8iIf__4BT_qZjb2SEBmmmoRu5Tj0eUUVsWyMWv6imIbVt-rDZmKaLLktR2RgI1sivMTvt4et__Kkai8Vt9zxpsiOfzOC6Pi0MwB14GMyhaa0cePz8oiE/s1600/DSC09771.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyOevBDr2yxUPT9-qFk3PVGZm8iIf__4BT_qZjb2SEBmmmoRu5Tj0eUUVsWyMWv6imIbVt-rDZmKaLLktR2RgI1sivMTvt4et__Kkai8Vt9zxpsiOfzOC6Pi0MwB14GMyhaa0cePz8oiE/s1600/DSC09771.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><p></p>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135289831632051489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112149273877215044.post-12944992943485001032011-07-03T22:23:00.000-05:002011-07-03T23:48:50.433-05:00Sweet Summertime<div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-tab-span"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Pea Ambre'; font-size: 21px; "> I'm currently enjoying a glass of wine on the porch as I reflect on the past week =) and all the wonderful weather we've had here in Beaverton. It's so nice in fact that last Saturday, June 25, Kristy and I spent the day hiking at Silver falls. It was amazing!! We walked a bit over 8 miles and saw the most beautiful waterfalls (something I absolutely love!!!). We ended the evening by going to a coffee house in town called Ava Roasteria, where they have live music on the weekends. They are opened 24/7 which seems extreme but every time I am there they are packed with business. We have become very fond of Ava. Photos: first is one of the falls, second is of us on our hike.</span></div><div><div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpVP2y1UF7IZTXdL2wDJX3yRvXj-aCduKzEaAHgMfIlCJMdDuRZQ-zITd4Dby0IJsRXWrCVuJ09zDNRpX1QNyd8Sy3rBA1nREqk4UoAuvHBwnDSfoOXzW5R46Xu38oHQxdQk_5pZFge7M/s1600/Silver+Falls2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpVP2y1UF7IZTXdL2wDJX3yRvXj-aCduKzEaAHgMfIlCJMdDuRZQ-zITd4Dby0IJsRXWrCVuJ09zDNRpX1QNyd8Sy3rBA1nREqk4UoAuvHBwnDSfoOXzW5R46Xu38oHQxdQk_5pZFge7M/s320/Silver+Falls2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625334948877243554" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFSrjtSc9n1RnHT1wbC5peBpx1BapLKMdgXSCrLo8dyE3RG3xRLogyraDV1Y4yYugzuNtrAH9Ps7B7VEUfRRXZisc9_8WAx65ln7phcI3GyB01avfbo7__CWep-Xl3oDirVOfK0L6HsVI/s1600/Silver+Falls.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFSrjtSc9n1RnHT1wbC5peBpx1BapLKMdgXSCrLo8dyE3RG3xRLogyraDV1Y4yYugzuNtrAH9Ps7B7VEUfRRXZisc9_8WAx65ln7phcI3GyB01avfbo7__CWep-Xl3oDirVOfK0L6HsVI/s320/Silver+Falls.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625334728565682354" style="text-align: left; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Pea Ambre'; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>During the week we tackled our “guest/office/craft” room which is now being used daily and such a life-saver of a room. Hopefully this next week we will both be getting our sewing machines out and start working on projects. Which actually on each Tuesday in July we will be sewing little dresses for Orphans in a “Sew Cool” class through our women’s ministry at church.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Pea Ambre'; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>This past Friday we went to the coast and enjoyed the day at Cannon Beach & Manzanita. It was quite busy due to the holiday weekend but still enjoyable. Cannon beach is a fun little town with the cutest shops! I bought a light-teal pear candle at a shop called Sesame and Lilies, in which we found everything in the store adorable of course. Next two photos: a pretty flower along the shops in Cannon Beach in which I have called a Floppy Poppy. haha. Then the next is Kris and I enjoying the beach, wind-blown and everything.</span></p></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Ni5995WFf8Iz_fcGZIjoq3KnzLWo-780w8xNHKUTFpNjtxR-s2L_aSMkGlbXpWaSH0gA7rqijukDPGG74wPgsiyHm7U-58oBkQLD_IfUtfaJ8vKN0z5BW8m9bbITAu6qm-QfjwGJimI/s1600/DSC09568.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Ni5995WFf8Iz_fcGZIjoq3KnzLWo-780w8xNHKUTFpNjtxR-s2L_aSMkGlbXpWaSH0gA7rqijukDPGG74wPgsiyHm7U-58oBkQLD_IfUtfaJ8vKN0z5BW8m9bbITAu6qm-QfjwGJimI/s320/DSC09568.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625334298917991362" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5aatxFPmtuautzIKnMQiWoMgfcE7Kwfx84pU5nTAavSOP59rGFugBUD0W6pabV8vPvEL5zboiow8y7mYrvaVhonmVW5MWuy1GEBrOtzCWGpUTy5ebxsuLkCUCWxpo7JFIOyo1Sme7msg/s1600/DSC09580.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5aatxFPmtuautzIKnMQiWoMgfcE7Kwfx84pU5nTAavSOP59rGFugBUD0W6pabV8vPvEL5zboiow8y7mYrvaVhonmVW5MWuy1GEBrOtzCWGpUTy5ebxsuLkCUCWxpo7JFIOyo1Sme7msg/s320/DSC09580.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625334293521761042" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24px; font-family: 'Pea Ambre'; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24px; font-family: 'Pea Ambre'; ">We wrapped up our time at Cannon Beach by having a late lunch at Mo’s, a restaurant right on the water overlooking the beach and Haystack Rock. I had a clam chowder bowl and Kris had fish & chips.. both obvious necessities for a beach visit.</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24px; font-family: 'Pea Ambre'; ">From there we drove to Manzanita and walked the main street visiting shops and stopping at the beach again there. Yet again there was a cute store that had me ooh-ing and ahh-ing. I bought a fun wrapping paper piece which I would like to frame for a wall de</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24px; font-family: 'Pea Ambre'; ">cor</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24px; font-family: 'Pea Ambre'; ">, a funky flower pin, and a retro ice pack that totally brought back memories of my childhood as we had one growing up.</span></p></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidfwyPk_vCPorezsNhrW4TSp1bRjoGOEwCKjFX7uygmH4hblLKRqe3EmrsNMsAFTF4PnQG64yc-fVNvOS0VtUHYUgyUv3GWyYWkYDkv6tEgcyhWz4glgZ3-fZirAC4GguKd23fHa8jWT8/s1600/DSC09673.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidfwyPk_vCPorezsNhrW4TSp1bRjoGOEwCKjFX7uygmH4hblLKRqe3EmrsNMsAFTF4PnQG64yc-fVNvOS0VtUHYUgyUv3GWyYWkYDkv6tEgcyhWz4glgZ3-fZirAC4GguKd23fHa8jWT8/s320/DSC09673.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625338895136560914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbLOOqZC4zAM4fjK4rBKDxbn7sYflTp9jC7ZI9s9UwkVOH9JiTLkdbJ4T-8mjoeFIMbZLVoDEOVQcFTpnYCReAE9f93LHsbCwSaO7JdLUouHYJ3sqUuqbDj6TPFnJII3j3ubzRiiaHHBM/s1600/DSC09677.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbLOOqZC4zAM4fjK4rBKDxbn7sYflTp9jC7ZI9s9UwkVOH9JiTLkdbJ4T-8mjoeFIMbZLVoDEOVQcFTpnYCReAE9f93LHsbCwSaO7JdLUouHYJ3sqUuqbDj6TPFnJII3j3ubzRiiaHHBM/s320/DSC09677.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625338897556439218" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzbVy0Na0u93Iy9K50PIcCsGalvi5EoGwBZUCqrfP9v_COiwixk2mzHuwNnZjVdBwAEGryXlALzNQFPYc6O3HB6gEo-GqWvlF0WTcI1Bp26486HUKTMYBrE-bzhvRajr-VjppTmVMCZx8/s1600/DSC09679.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzbVy0Na0u93Iy9K50PIcCsGalvi5EoGwBZUCqrfP9v_COiwixk2mzHuwNnZjVdBwAEGryXlALzNQFPYc6O3HB6gEo-GqWvlF0WTcI1Bp26486HUKTMYBrE-bzhvRajr-VjppTmVMCZx8/s320/DSC09679.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625338902270643266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family: "Pea Ambre";color:black">Then Yesterday (Saturday), we went to Goodwill and found some amazing finds as always. I found an old lamp that was twelve dollars but had a green tag which happened to be the tag this week meaning my lamp was only six dollars and is now re-done and living peacefully in my room. Clearly, I was overjoyed by this simple thing and had to share. Moving on now... We also went by our Farmer’s Market and got some fresh produce and had lunch. Kris made a</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:16.0pt; font-family:"Pea Ambre";color:black"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Pea Ambre"; color:black">delicious taco salad for dindin with some of the lettuce we got. Nothing like a super fresh salad on a warm summer night.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Pea Ambre"; color:black"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Pea Ambre";color:black">I am just loving our location and feel that there is always something new to do</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">…</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Pea Ambre"; color:black"> </span></span><span style="line-height: normal; font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Pea Ambre'; ">I am not going to be getting bored in such a fabulous place.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Pea Ambre'; font-size: 21px; ">... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Pea Ambre'; font-size: 21px; ">July 1<sup>st</sup> was My Gammy’s birthday and so she has been on my heart a lot these past few days. Missing you Gammy and all the love you gave freely to your two little beauties. I would love to be giving you a pedicure right now or picking you up a hotdog w/ just tomatoes and ketchup ;) Love you. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Pea Ambre'; font-size: 21px; ">(Pictures: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Pea Ambre'; font-size: 21px; ">March 1989/ December 2002)</span></p></div></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfbIe7YOPLw2W_Wu8ie-0xW7TLDBjUXqgIJRC28u783AkeV0IBKTYirIwx0K0Vm8bUMXsXfUyrQLTK76EX7mU6hGVsvq-IloBicAV0PdB8TvMwFoUlHq62-pOz0a4g1ecQuht4BoufoBs/s1600/scan0001.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfbIe7YOPLw2W_Wu8ie-0xW7TLDBjUXqgIJRC28u783AkeV0IBKTYirIwx0K0Vm8bUMXsXfUyrQLTK76EX7mU6hGVsvq-IloBicAV0PdB8TvMwFoUlHq62-pOz0a4g1ecQuht4BoufoBs/s320/scan0001.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625345023210228530" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge8TXzFL9Qx6Y8cXZUCAS5MwiiEe9frGXNuF-BO4ntvWLaJU4nXOpy5C56ytFrMGyD2iAmCVUgkCQHWiztRxU_5B_ssKo0_oCx1hVn0numJ9zzdUL69-cysIuqJ-kgSi28xX8tdawDOoc/s1600/scan0003.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge8TXzFL9Qx6Y8cXZUCAS5MwiiEe9frGXNuF-BO4ntvWLaJU4nXOpy5C56ytFrMGyD2iAmCVUgkCQHWiztRxU_5B_ssKo0_oCx1hVn0numJ9zzdUL69-cysIuqJ-kgSi28xX8tdawDOoc/s320/scan0003.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625345022332434610" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135289831632051489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112149273877215044.post-10411304996104372972011-06-11T10:46:00.001-05:002011-06-19T20:06:57.716-05:00Home Is Where The Heart Is<div><br /></div><div><div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Amanda\'s Script'; line-height: 18px; ">Ah! Summer is here~! I was able to spend some time down in California and wow, I sure don’t miss that weather when it gets in the high numbers.</span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 18px; font-family: 'Amanda\'s Script'; ">But I do absolutely </span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 18px; font-family: 'Pea Bestow\'s Doodles'; ">0sv</span></span><span style="line-height: 18px; font-family: 'Amanda\'s Script'; "> the time with family.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Amanda\'s Script'; line-height: 18px; ">Bre and Jr moved into a new home so I was able to help around a little bit as they are still adjusting and moving things about. Alanna and I spent some much needed quality time together. I was able to make it to her ballet performance downtown Suisun at the Fire Muster. She was an absolute doll, I couldn’t stop giggling at how precious she looked. That girl needs to stop growing up!!! I was also able to run into a few friends which is always a </span><span style="line-height: 18px; font-family: 'Amanda\'s Script'; ">blessing. Mel, I so loved seeing your home and all the progress you and Erin have made! It will be such a fun place full of character!!! Overall I had a great but short trip home.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 18px; font-family: 'Amanda\'s Script'; "><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Dl18L7w2Y_PtAQrcDQIzGgTvGHCn6aVs8tVC61lPNHVOET1n-wQsSSTf25Hon-E2eQuABsbYeyq4yQpe4d9fE5ey49NSdS1x_xMVO5FzsNlaVjjNS2BJbhVyLmh5oAha-SMYy7uVzH0/s1600/DSC09395.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Dl18L7w2Y_PtAQrcDQIzGgTvGHCn6aVs8tVC61lPNHVOET1n-wQsSSTf25Hon-E2eQuABsbYeyq4yQpe4d9fE5ey49NSdS1x_xMVO5FzsNlaVjjNS2BJbhVyLmh5oAha-SMYy7uVzH0/s320/DSC09395.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620092884994991250" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Amanda\'s Script'; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></span></span>Out @ the park.</span></p></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs-Ov3Cv3B6jy35V9a2FaToHPn42_z8IUxXonx3_GmDZ8n4wST4F1uL53n2jr1e3k_5gH6Kcu0MdcbKTGm_otUWzm7OIlS4zGSAZ2MPLunMQXBt7QwC0Nevt2m4IlsNqcgaOWp7eY7mZg/s1600/DSC09500.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs-Ov3Cv3B6jy35V9a2FaToHPn42_z8IUxXonx3_GmDZ8n4wST4F1uL53n2jr1e3k_5gH6Kcu0MdcbKTGm_otUWzm7OIlS4zGSAZ2MPLunMQXBt7QwC0Nevt2m4IlsNqcgaOWp7eY7mZg/s320/DSC09500.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620093603413926706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Amanda\'s Script'; line-height: 18px; ">My Little Doll.</span></span></p></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYBSLh1XsilZOu9rcgHSMOukIggeC-gFqQEpdMm5foLvoh040QIjPZTHTHr0JwQbKiAgfAXIqUaf3RW_KAxiMmcIjK38ogxmwOk7fWzygrgM5Eubtrypo3IJ_PgeA1U2p1bZb6xBLZzBc/s1600/DSC09426.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYBSLh1XsilZOu9rcgHSMOukIggeC-gFqQEpdMm5foLvoh040QIjPZTHTHr0JwQbKiAgfAXIqUaf3RW_KAxiMmcIjK38ogxmwOk7fWzygrgM5Eubtrypo3IJ_PgeA1U2p1bZb6xBLZzBc/s320/DSC09426.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620094097612231602" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Amanda\'s Script'; line-height: 18px; ">Sisters. Love her!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 18px; font-family: 'Amanda\'s Script'; "><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 18px; font-family: 'Amanda\'s Script'; ">Sabrina flew in from Los Angeles on Thursday evening and left this morning. It was a relaxing but quite busy weekend all in one. On Friday Sub and I took the MAX downtown and literally went all around downtown going to VooDoo donuts, shopping in the Pearl, and soaking up the sun in Pioneer Square. Needless to say I’ve gone Pro with the public transportation system now… whether it be the MAX, street car, bus, taxi... I can handle it. =)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 18px; font-family: 'Amanda\'s Script'; ">We ended Friday night by going to Mission Theater which was such a fun experience that I would totally do again. We saw Fast Five (quite intense) and it was only $3 each. It was in a cute old building and had a good menu if you wanted anything from dinner, snack, to martinis. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Amanda\'s Script'; line-height: 18px; ">Quite fun and very reasonable. Portland is such a great city and has endless options of things to do!</span></span></p></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7O_K5PTpah1bKlbF4aJIhCGkoE1WbXGvJdPNBSG1n-5LAqbaBC-osT1iggoICF8e3PeULH8zi2b5StXADXeG3S8SpB0TrG3dLZ3Fay1BaWH359xxfqLLo2pgNG97s3Gl6qFOvvO4FGgk/s1600/DSC09529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7O_K5PTpah1bKlbF4aJIhCGkoE1WbXGvJdPNBSG1n-5LAqbaBC-osT1iggoICF8e3PeULH8zi2b5StXADXeG3S8SpB0TrG3dLZ3Fay1BaWH359xxfqLLo2pgNG97s3Gl6qFOvvO4FGgk/s320/DSC09529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620097324142789170" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Amanda\'s Script'; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></span>Pioneer Square w/ Coffee!</span></div></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJycNqb_Drwn5m5o6-8w4NL4lfzPYkDhGuqdTOdTxnvSlH_35BHSggk2Y9EU3lsgoZN9S1NloT-aNBaCCwE_rpDRvKpykyVpEQWmDGcT8Zc11Zz76iXQSETUME-yNfS6-ROWhWINwi6A/s1600/DSC09551.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJycNqb_Drwn5m5o6-8w4NL4lfzPYkDhGuqdTOdTxnvSlH_35BHSggk2Y9EU3lsgoZN9S1NloT-aNBaCCwE_rpDRvKpykyVpEQWmDGcT8Zc11Zz76iXQSETUME-yNfS6-ROWhWINwi6A/s320/DSC09551.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620098638164735122" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></span><br /></span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Amanda\'s Script'; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></span></span></span>Saturday Nite @ Thirsty Lion</span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUg5Zz651FeWU29o3ZGBXhXBn0iBXgS9kl9Tr52RvITE0hhm3fbp5RKRIYPTijd_BglfraV2wRbPePD4-VmVEbEM9gsa2vnz3e-S5QlzQkil-r2TBDE063qq68L65z3I1WI33QrZ59A8s/s1600/DSC09550.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUg5Zz651FeWU29o3ZGBXhXBn0iBXgS9kl9Tr52RvITE0hhm3fbp5RKRIYPTijd_BglfraV2wRbPePD4-VmVEbEM9gsa2vnz3e-S5QlzQkil-r2TBDE063qq68L65z3I1WI33QrZ59A8s/s320/DSC09550.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620098631874969666" /></span></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Amanda\'s Script'; line-height: 18px; ">Sub and Kris</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Amanda\'s Script'; line-height: 18px; "><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Amanda\'s Script'; line-height: 18px; "><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Amanda\0027s Script""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Amanda\0027s Script""><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135289831632051489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112149273877215044.post-41892642270808183302011-05-22T16:52:00.000-05:002011-06-09T16:06:20.151-05:00Leisure Saturday Fun<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:9.0pt"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Pea Jeannie Script"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black"><br />Life in Beaverton, OR has been getting exciting these last few months now that our Farmer’s Market is here and let me just say it is just spectacular! There are tons of vendors with the most gorgeous flowers, fresh veggies, hot baked items, and just an array of foods waiting to be tasted this summer. Kristy, Sandy, and I made our way there for a few Saturday mornings </span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black">…</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family: "Pea Jeannie Script";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black">loved the atmosphere and got quite excited about it all. In particular one Saturday we didn’t stay as long as we would’ve liked but headed up North to Kalama, Washington. We spent the afternoon antiquing and thoroughly enjoying the leisure day. Our favorite antique store was called “The Country Gentlemen” and we spent quite a bit of time there actually. And you wouldn’t believe the sales this store was having!!! I’ve never been to an antique store with so much being cleared out. It was the best shop on the block with a cute little bakery just across of the way where we had a nice lunch. Here are a few pictures of my finds for the day...</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ij2bYmu9OuggxnEpaIRXzym2PpZNQBkuo7FTVGF6OoCy4pugJFEdYFNy7OR07y6equ5I6n1f4u0BO2VixoOxazY6CC4sxUxs7EEfVh1NyNDbnL0WvmN9B9CoAlEzGOOHg5CLy6IpcjY/s1600/DSC09115.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ij2bYmu9OuggxnEpaIRXzym2PpZNQBkuo7FTVGF6OoCy4pugJFEdYFNy7OR07y6equ5I6n1f4u0BO2VixoOxazY6CC4sxUxs7EEfVh1NyNDbnL0WvmN9B9CoAlEzGOOHg5CLy6IpcjY/s320/DSC09115.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613369734304230050" /></a><br /><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Pea Jeannie Script";color:black">This is a very unique Milk Glass cake stand. Still figuring out what exactly I will be doing with it but couldn’t pass up the buy. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2yHqgr9q1_ok5Vq22k0ipQ9InuMaaj7wTktw_pftsn_IdR6TGMH1o4Amd6idwtrQEYuoi0Jsg5H7J3z_YeakAvN6eMA31KpzHgwlh6lLi-AaRDqAAUivdx65NO5wGOa6xzFlwipu2pEY/s1600/DSC09113.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2yHqgr9q1_ok5Vq22k0ipQ9InuMaaj7wTktw_pftsn_IdR6TGMH1o4Amd6idwtrQEYuoi0Jsg5H7J3z_YeakAvN6eMA31KpzHgwlh6lLi-AaRDqAAUivdx65NO5wGOa6xzFlwipu2pEY/s320/DSC09113.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613369731883374930" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px; "><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px; "></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Pea Jeannie Script";color:black">These are just old books with the cutest covers that are now stacked under a lamp in the living room. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" > <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Pea Jeannie Script";color:black">All my finds were 50 percent off and the cake stand was an additional 25%percent off. LOVE LOVE LOVE. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:9.0pt"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Pea Jeannie Script"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">The weekend after that we spent in Canada with Sandy’s sister and family. Some antiquing had to take place ofcourse (I found an old version “Gone with the Wind” with the cutest blue cover)! It was a relaxing weekend overall and we had great weather. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:9.0pt"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Pea Jeannie Script"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">On a different note I am still on the job hunt and trusting in God to open the right doors. I know there is a perfect job for me and I will continue doing my part in applying to everything possible! Sigh!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p></span><p></p><p></p></div>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135289831632051489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112149273877215044.post-47351416007368337452011-05-21T00:33:00.001-05:002011-06-01T17:08:41.636-05:00Ready, Set, Blog!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9nixJ3hUG8wlYA8DkuW8I0BtbsmFsFuX_rHaVJ9sk4qejjwehmWicQUGmkD_14_CK1gIN2PgxzC_Pzap35Zcc5iVNQXsw77R4IMko9oGb3aH_tYmXHrH0te2_M6fChBzoMROv0N2V7Ew/s1600/scan0001.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9nixJ3hUG8wlYA8DkuW8I0BtbsmFsFuX_rHaVJ9sk4qejjwehmWicQUGmkD_14_CK1gIN2PgxzC_Pzap35Zcc5iVNQXsw77R4IMko9oGb3aH_tYmXHrH0te2_M6fChBzoMROv0N2V7Ew/s320/scan0001.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613376678735901298" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Pea Jeannie Script"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Okay. I've been inspired to hop back on the blog-wagon and give it another go... "post-college." We'll see how it goes this time around and I'm thinking without all the nursing books things are looking a bit brighter to sticking to it. Fingers Crossed!</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family: "Pea Jeannie Script";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Pea Jeannie Script"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Pea Jeannie Script"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">With that being said I'd like to explain </span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Pea Jeannie Script";mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">"Memoirs of Maxine." On July 1, 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio a girl was born Maxine Adele. My Gammy (grandmother) was a passionate, loving, and strong-willed woman. She was the grandma who adored each moment spent with her family and was the talk of the town, or nursing home, as I remember it. Oh my, she demanded the attention of everyone in the room, without even saying a word, and yes, she received it. To me she was a delight to be around. She always complimented her two little granddaughters with just the perfect words to make us feel as if we were priceless gems. Gammy had a strong, rare beauty that I came to admire and adore. She was taken away too early and I would love to go back and have one last visit with her, painting her nails and talking about my latest school boy crush. I feel she left me with a bit of a "old soul" and the times that it surfaces, I think of her. It is with all these grand memories of my grandmother that led me to "Memoirs of Maxine", because she was a one of a kind woman that I miss so dearly.</span></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Pea Jeannie Script""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Pea Jeannie Script";mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><br /></span></span></p></span></div><div></div>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135289831632051489noreply@blogger.com0