tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87539368872508134312024-02-18T22:32:13.325-06:00EmbroiDivaAJSnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129945526114757728noreply@blogger.comBlogger200125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753936887250813431.post-65675960976473875342012-01-16T01:22:00.000-06:002012-01-16T01:23:19.498-06:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjtRUmcmp9LP7X4XbpZ0mqZf1HldJAriUoCyI4-T8B1g0y-mh9VJ9xZMGCeXc4Ty_zhTL565bVYQwQHrsH1YIB_HunNeAXt2W_siuG_eGXlQ2ZDYoJaZYrXK8jC-0MZPAEQ678tfhmis_/s1600/ragecomic.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 181px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjtRUmcmp9LP7X4XbpZ0mqZf1HldJAriUoCyI4-T8B1g0y-mh9VJ9xZMGCeXc4Ty_zhTL565bVYQwQHrsH1YIB_HunNeAXt2W_siuG_eGXlQ2ZDYoJaZYrXK8jC-0MZPAEQ678tfhmis_/s400/ragecomic.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698127061915540050" /></a>AJSnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129945526114757728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753936887250813431.post-19844050466947627912011-12-23T21:15:00.001-06:002011-12-23T21:16:37.678-06:00Virtual Christmas card, I couldn't make up my mind so you get to see both!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbitUvsL2EUeky2EDGsLd6FZ1641jBuR3ZDr7-Ola67CFwoqlzYkVnjAlDXsRFDtAXzNs5WImEolBssnNp7JjVcbYf2brgNI-heLyO4R_SbKWGj4vP5xda7U6JqXhyLzHm3lRnMEI7JtME/s1600/xmas+party+card.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbitUvsL2EUeky2EDGsLd6FZ1641jBuR3ZDr7-Ola67CFwoqlzYkVnjAlDXsRFDtAXzNs5WImEolBssnNp7JjVcbYf2brgNI-heLyO4R_SbKWGj4vP5xda7U6JqXhyLzHm3lRnMEI7JtME/s400/xmas+party+card.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689528319277432978" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhDm0gJLNKUtquZObz_9uTWTvycK6IGb7Ma0RDRRtLNsX4NQo_iI2nqBtPN0lzt8j-oIi48h7OlReXvkdsiqUB_QzR4BFyxaXAa0WxGdnIdyG9Vq4JQi9OuWSMebcOOF4ICNi8ht_HgbmU/s1600/xmas+card.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhDm0gJLNKUtquZObz_9uTWTvycK6IGb7Ma0RDRRtLNsX4NQo_iI2nqBtPN0lzt8j-oIi48h7OlReXvkdsiqUB_QzR4BFyxaXAa0WxGdnIdyG9Vq4JQi9OuWSMebcOOF4ICNi8ht_HgbmU/s400/xmas+card.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689528314660219842" /></a>AJSnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129945526114757728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753936887250813431.post-29560312336954321202011-11-29T00:11:00.003-06:002011-11-29T00:31:00.288-06:00She & Him, new fav musical group<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHFEcosxQARfZYmhTu4u9nHrpZRFAOnkvCQwgy0p3N0d-D2WcvZx-E6aoSTrCP8JJ3Bo72J_YH2eeKC9bGqNZTkMlEVVNG-PTr8MP594V1-JmwRXP29oMc3Nva54D-iLY-mo4ssxp1j4ZT/s1600/zooey1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHFEcosxQARfZYmhTu4u9nHrpZRFAOnkvCQwgy0p3N0d-D2WcvZx-E6aoSTrCP8JJ3Bo72J_YH2eeKC9bGqNZTkMlEVVNG-PTr8MP594V1-JmwRXP29oMc3Nva54D-iLY-mo4ssxp1j4ZT/s400/zooey1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680298751274846866" /></a><br />Zooey Deschanel... so cute and classy! AND she can't eat DAIRY!!! (lactose intolerant right here yall). Her voice is even more charming, its so vintage sounding almost Doris Day-ish! So turn off my playlist at the bottom of this page (unless its Sail playing cuz that is just about the sexiest song out there {I don't know why, its not a love song or remotely romantic}) and listen to her and M.Ward (together they are "<a href="http://www.sheandhim.com/#/splash">She & Him</a>") sing a new twist on Baby It's Cold Outside. <a href="http://youtu.be/bp3UoqOkFJo">She sang this in Elf with Will Ferrell</a> and I do wish they would have recorded the whole song together but at least we now have this version. Its faster and the roles in the song have been swapped so be prepared!<br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/iigfts-sJFg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>AJSnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129945526114757728noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753936887250813431.post-47661510331554403222011-11-27T19:29:00.007-06:002011-11-27T20:22:40.110-06:00Musical Chairs, Vampire-Boyfriend Christmas Tree and Toilet Paper Roll Race Tracks!My 3 year olds... love these kids! We had our Thanksgiving Lunch at Mother's Day out the week before Thanksgiving and there were soo many left overs! I got to take practically everything home so I have a freezer full of quiches, casseroles, and a turkey pot pie! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Gww-T2oOzYeTPbVgWLouJzFW_HTgg_STDM9YCy_p-hgjlnOCM6idhJBn86KOvFJM6ElAZTHxwNcDCvRIgWxluc9yTDhhnNylN-NscvL50pSJBH-InZQ42ZZ-5fplaOyunho0IrCm0OAg/s1600/IMG_7633.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Gww-T2oOzYeTPbVgWLouJzFW_HTgg_STDM9YCy_p-hgjlnOCM6idhJBn86KOvFJM6ElAZTHxwNcDCvRIgWxluc9yTDhhnNylN-NscvL50pSJBH-InZQ42ZZ-5fplaOyunho0IrCm0OAg/s400/IMG_7633.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679858809598645954" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">They looved playing musical chairs while we were waiting for the feast to begin, really, they couldn't get enough of it.</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNki-byxpu30FI1DrgRul1vvFpJb8I6Mn-FTQ6TBKcd4dvi5Rz7XQG2wJs6kopAlR3P82PteJbBvqXV87zithGPO3sciP0zvzgxQ2ZJxl7Cw7-WUjlW6JNsvwF4H7n6ltmAFovgVzsTTZH/s400/IMG_7613.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679858783657870370" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;">It's so funny when they realize the music has stopped and they back into a chair. Mini chaos ensues!</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN2WDp16x58NAiLTA5I9svVIEhIp7hq8QM4Mnba3jqTKgjhWbyPr3KPmGuXPEajen7B1HEZ9kCJCDQW9ZmZDvVt-OBTGGEwZsyTU_kc3xLPwpJczwkbut8eud4zVw0Z1K8rJpUoDMpnWFq/s400/IMG_7624.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679858788284684098" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Larsen got the chair just before Turner! He was a good sport</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUKj4bsF9zx9KpOgp1Ppg2Znx3vZpLg-ER8d6tICLq_BCAf95v6ApYgIXO8prYYdv7OrbH0sBUYNLWEcgXW__UZ1EggyJqE5USydVB2oXh76A0J6Ydy51EHW31UD-nsEO2iZi_Jj6_Ikbx/s400/IMG_7630.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679858795186953202" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Look at that triumphant joy! Yay Lar-Lou!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCD4LWwo8asOeObueuNEmPMOURP_9iVh_Bn1Y-NXx2gxHRbC_pmqCtU_bqWsegxu0M1OPpBAKUSZTwmRPDW336k7Di1uMyLzLDXXyXEykwT6zTK3lvUjT439Kc4Xlpbmfh3nIf4LS4-O2/s1600/IMG_7631.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCD4LWwo8asOeObueuNEmPMOURP_9iVh_Bn1Y-NXx2gxHRbC_pmqCtU_bqWsegxu0M1OPpBAKUSZTwmRPDW336k7Di1uMyLzLDXXyXEykwT6zTK3lvUjT439Kc4Xlpbmfh3nIf4LS4-O2/s400/IMG_7631.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679858806020194178" /></a><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">My TREE!! Thank you Allison and Carter for lending me a tree! Isn't she a beaut!? I don't have a real topper yet so the little birdie I made will have to do for now! :) Snowflakes and candy-canes are my theme, nice, traditional, Christmassy! </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIkJlBlBR3jaBpD-7TqiZm-j_nU-3ithEiRars4uUmPmWRvEwSlNPW-RlV7eDzleCflRQeFZp116v4dHkRzZqVcDnN-XphaBabS5hO6b858Y7mfUnK_R31790OeVUleP4WxCkqVdvBWSEj/s1600/IMG_7653.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIkJlBlBR3jaBpD-7TqiZm-j_nU-3ithEiRars4uUmPmWRvEwSlNPW-RlV7eDzleCflRQeFZp116v4dHkRzZqVcDnN-XphaBabS5hO6b858Y7mfUnK_R31790OeVUleP4WxCkqVdvBWSEj/s400/IMG_7653.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679856925245035842" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">So, the new thing to do is Deco-Mesh (I say new thing because I never saw it until I moved to East Texas). It comes on this big roll and, it almost consumed me! I finally figured it out tho!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH1MCkvb93YZnDRggi1JOq79O0zMZDfrH_LG1XzVvAX8LefOoF3mJ0fkjTx3QwK5RrxrihCAKf2osrQ5EoRIJ_Y8m4NhGydDvRe4GydicSPBIt_-oNGMoSGvCXpwKBiaj0jMORa3uI3Kxy/s1600/IMG_7640.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH1MCkvb93YZnDRggi1JOq79O0zMZDfrH_LG1XzVvAX8LefOoF3mJ0fkjTx3QwK5RrxrihCAKf2osrQ5EoRIJ_Y8m4NhGydDvRe4GydicSPBIt_-oNGMoSGvCXpwKBiaj0jMORa3uI3Kxy/s400/IMG_7640.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679856064147040578" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I let my little friends Trae and "The Corb" help me decorate. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDeSVtvdMQEEO5dqSSrIz_yIO74WChLAFGl3jhlMdKyr3oHxhB8Wdv1C9nT6N_n5hFWvRlKU86M8jOv4Xsbjcxial2lvNIFfU80nY1BuyMZ27iFZho6fD8hLMv2CQR68I60yEWURWik-W5/s1600/IMG_7637.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDeSVtvdMQEEO5dqSSrIz_yIO74WChLAFGl3jhlMdKyr3oHxhB8Wdv1C9nT6N_n5hFWvRlKU86M8jOv4Xsbjcxial2lvNIFfU80nY1BuyMZ27iFZho6fD8hLMv2CQR68I60yEWURWik-W5/s400/IMG_7637.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679856061976959218" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It was so fun to have kids over to do Christmas stuff with!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtRXWI1Zw4KK6OhepoE9CtTWBXbVinXkgrOHYPKE5zJ9Y-TcDcZCp4pYKz7Q9XBvp-kgmn0CsMYjdCaLJxgiCJsnYickIlKSF30xBlJwtlGkQteC56vgZfCoUUR-jhfIOgnP5v_ptjMTj-/s1600/IMG_7638.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtRXWI1Zw4KK6OhepoE9CtTWBXbVinXkgrOHYPKE5zJ9Y-TcDcZCp4pYKz7Q9XBvp-kgmn0CsMYjdCaLJxgiCJsnYickIlKSF30xBlJwtlGkQteC56vgZfCoUUR-jhfIOgnP5v_ptjMTj-/s400/IMG_7638.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679855219425867554" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We got some help from my boyfriend. :) Handsome men dear reader! </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnPLXKR7u9jK7HIb4ak9PRWPCkKn9wmSMyN8rJ1gJdKDPDjO9HLwWS7rYav6Q5A1Njxq4F6aUUi98rgR6KBEk8_smPts7Jsc5acrGhSsCW3UF3TuaxZxeTrqF4h3mTgIEinWblxqJv14j3/s1600/IMG_7639.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnPLXKR7u9jK7HIb4ak9PRWPCkKn9wmSMyN8rJ1gJdKDPDjO9HLwWS7rYav6Q5A1Njxq4F6aUUi98rgR6KBEk8_smPts7Jsc5acrGhSsCW3UF3TuaxZxeTrqF4h3mTgIEinWblxqJv14j3/s400/IMG_7639.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679855207075473794" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I taught The Corb some "yogurt" here is a perfect example of Down Dog! He will find Tamera's yoga mat and want to do some yogurt when we are at my apartment.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdnk7WrtVkKEj77RBNKnMy75ceoyI6D30AprLoWrAUJYgvf_QOVyoNOX3vgDnEneCuxy-yxysLctQbFAhFG3qxHP_XxhP2I0O2Sfci7MYibMwKz2YwOWouHB_XvzctMU2VN7UCeWAJq_fK/s1600/IMG_7610.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdnk7WrtVkKEj77RBNKnMy75ceoyI6D30AprLoWrAUJYgvf_QOVyoNOX3vgDnEneCuxy-yxysLctQbFAhFG3qxHP_XxhP2I0O2Sfci7MYibMwKz2YwOWouHB_XvzctMU2VN7UCeWAJq_fK/s400/IMG_7610.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679855200517108226" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We made race car tracks out of my hoard of cardboard for the hot wheels they somehow convinced me to buy when we were looking for Christmas tree lights. Sneaky sneaky.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNBBz9KwzjpgocxkAO1yL3_-Ooii2EuD2o5AEgyHQV2c2YkdUXu3NIOpu4_A0F2xjQpTsOVerdJ1Q6M_W3jP9C2VWHn9XXiwnLGbCIHtBGjT6F4MhT5n8MQfeKpoViio4sbgUrHhexPHgc/s1600/IMG_7601.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNBBz9KwzjpgocxkAO1yL3_-Ooii2EuD2o5AEgyHQV2c2YkdUXu3NIOpu4_A0F2xjQpTsOVerdJ1Q6M_W3jP9C2VWHn9XXiwnLGbCIHtBGjT6F4MhT5n8MQfeKpoViio4sbgUrHhexPHgc/s400/IMG_7601.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679855198921202962" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Trae's track is my genius invention made from toilet paper rolls cut in half and enforced with kabob skewers and packing tape! Who needs a spend money? </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk72ve7KkPdLHlu6v3Xqiu8UCFo_pv7Bb96RmSAMzbeeSnIa-8nsMXfGkR0Ge_gk7M6xEnELWJxeQvFwv95HT7qIuE8qyu8cqGvraVxrgLk2-7LD0R9zvCijN1D4kZxDVRnWC9hLaAiXnn/s1600/IMG_7604.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk72ve7KkPdLHlu6v3Xqiu8UCFo_pv7Bb96RmSAMzbeeSnIa-8nsMXfGkR0Ge_gk7M6xEnELWJxeQvFwv95HT7qIuE8qyu8cqGvraVxrgLk2-7LD0R9zvCijN1D4kZxDVRnWC9hLaAiXnn/s400/IMG_7604.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679855192041904194" /></a><br /></div><div>Loving life right now! Hope you are too!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><u><br /></u></span><br /></div></div></div>AJSnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129945526114757728noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753936887250813431.post-30584008692979012802011-11-27T16:54:00.005-06:002011-11-27T19:18:54.902-06:00Thanksgiving with the newest member of the Snow Family! Welcome little Levi Snow"Baby's Firsts" are always fun. This Thanksgiving was no different for my family! We had the blessing to spend Thursday afternoon with my new cousin, Levi. Having a new baby around, especially during this season, is ALWAYS a boost to everyone's spirit.<div><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;">By the end of the meal, Levi was worn out. Shannon finally got some cuddle time with him after his bottle.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaZptzgw_PoWEZxfwPPXoQggygVBfNW8rjDFiPQPGXH4t5RxrA7ewClrBpMGlKvRR9hgt5m5gdDHKQpZ-S5fpdDzHbKbXJvq6E5MXDFVGYqbWMzAoLuLB6-KBeXBR0AGUwkqQK1SEP08WK/s1600/IMG_7717.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaZptzgw_PoWEZxfwPPXoQggygVBfNW8rjDFiPQPGXH4t5RxrA7ewClrBpMGlKvRR9hgt5m5gdDHKQpZ-S5fpdDzHbKbXJvq6E5MXDFVGYqbWMzAoLuLB6-KBeXBR0AGUwkqQK1SEP08WK/s400/IMG_7717.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679842585914911426" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: center;">For the life of my mother, Levi would NOT smile at the camera, he was totally preoccupied with something on the table. But we finally got a little grin out of him.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMd0z9Z_nx4e5bVjTzvmIqcYlIb8IiEPAtNHb3TCct9uuIebOdElWREN0vI-Gl32yX53dOgOWMU9V_SOsrFdgg8iLtIfCrhO_qfOb2ZOpvJzICxpD_w6C437ZAOWa2B0zww_B7OencBGPe/s1600/IMG_7715.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMd0z9Z_nx4e5bVjTzvmIqcYlIb8IiEPAtNHb3TCct9uuIebOdElWREN0vI-Gl32yX53dOgOWMU9V_SOsrFdgg8iLtIfCrhO_qfOb2ZOpvJzICxpD_w6C437ZAOWa2B0zww_B7OencBGPe/s400/IMG_7715.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679842583278012866" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Still no luck with me making all kinds of ridiculous sounds at him behind the camera.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6zCTBuqEduL9xsxsI-KpCyRNGkfXvGmOoQKDGu_7LTnrcUJsKDyaddh-MTlJ4taBbqMY02Czsbqbx7wDfrpRPJq4A6yJwCWrurQrGcHlIGp-3h-sJrS5hpZwETTr4pHXfzCtq_obGOafe/s1600/IMG_7705.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6zCTBuqEduL9xsxsI-KpCyRNGkfXvGmOoQKDGu_7LTnrcUJsKDyaddh-MTlJ4taBbqMY02Czsbqbx7wDfrpRPJq4A6yJwCWrurQrGcHlIGp-3h-sJrS5hpZwETTr4pHXfzCtq_obGOafe/s400/IMG_7705.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679820599620201682" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">See that blur at the bottom of this pic? Thats the world's most interesting dish of rice crispies! </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3UpijkIRzT3xvLazHUWJ8kI5YKaO8MF5OJTQZ_h7XI1CxwtfkGao4BRTo_FqPJRyF-pHojVr-IPAxa4JdQClJtB6IxdF-GGjNAnY1VdQv-Uu9nizMhvEPjhdIOaeyPrjwQ73r0Vn18ZS/s1600/IMG_7704.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3UpijkIRzT3xvLazHUWJ8kI5YKaO8MF5OJTQZ_h7XI1CxwtfkGao4BRTo_FqPJRyF-pHojVr-IPAxa4JdQClJtB6IxdF-GGjNAnY1VdQv-Uu9nizMhvEPjhdIOaeyPrjwQ73r0Vn18ZS/s400/IMG_7704.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679820583476863410" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The whole Snow gang.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj8MTD-p7-_5wP4XBk47xYKTnGye1c__RsPvY5ay_N24P-4VaKxGJdOdtaQvYfMjO8zLK3UmPIOuI00FommaSLVL4lhpT649VQRrdU6xM4Uor6XhMHYHnBPY87pq_CPElyeNUYLfV9MsCV/s1600/IMG_7691.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj8MTD-p7-_5wP4XBk47xYKTnGye1c__RsPvY5ay_N24P-4VaKxGJdOdtaQvYfMjO8zLK3UmPIOuI00FommaSLVL4lhpT649VQRrdU6xM4Uor6XhMHYHnBPY87pq_CPElyeNUYLfV9MsCV/s400/IMG_7691.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679820581692702034" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Apart from Shannon, Levi is the only other baby Alan has ever held! Look at that smile, I guess Alan wasn't too bad at it.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZWfnfL4ihGGX1TOA3_HyqFrVdWi4J2avSicZTct0iRAZJdHRBjtmSyEkLCRWzGjFnAk1SR1hNz0haDTadrRmOP-QAuLhOrA7AYQWaQAbKrms8hAy9Ps0Jfk2rEzmzl9u0dYY83fRIFHsN/s1600/IMG_7683.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZWfnfL4ihGGX1TOA3_HyqFrVdWi4J2avSicZTct0iRAZJdHRBjtmSyEkLCRWzGjFnAk1SR1hNz0haDTadrRmOP-QAuLhOrA7AYQWaQAbKrms8hAy9Ps0Jfk2rEzmzl9u0dYY83fRIFHsN/s400/IMG_7683.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679820574422292738" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">OOhh, bottle time! He really loves Alan now.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgfcpdzeXQrKo0Bb7pQRSYrkzx8P6dNXJokV3KQwq5HHDqEtpfRj18XnOzTjPCWQpf1Qo4Xj7iC-od36FnWBBTVfQipwDOpfdOL8HE-dQ8-a5yeECci2mYiPOX954APckJVL_d9u5KmV9y/s1600/IMG_7678.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgfcpdzeXQrKo0Bb7pQRSYrkzx8P6dNXJokV3KQwq5HHDqEtpfRj18XnOzTjPCWQpf1Qo4Xj7iC-od36FnWBBTVfQipwDOpfdOL8HE-dQ8-a5yeECci2mYiPOX954APckJVL_d9u5KmV9y/s400/IMG_7678.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679820571274550434" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">My dad used to swing me like that, side to side then up and down. I do it to my kids but need more upper arm strength to be really good at it.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisrf3wryMvos_CcFFjQ5BtDl4ORm5wRne74m01KEBoPaIu5JTD9-E2QtWSS3iZcKATJMKENyRWdFGpKYqK8oYG1EEEIYldZCFjwqzQmSD_L_5Y3fz1AOesH7_YLHC-3sO4pmggCRZv55mY/s1600/IMG_7676.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisrf3wryMvos_CcFFjQ5BtDl4ORm5wRne74m01KEBoPaIu5JTD9-E2QtWSS3iZcKATJMKENyRWdFGpKYqK8oYG1EEEIYldZCFjwqzQmSD_L_5Y3fz1AOesH7_YLHC-3sO4pmggCRZv55mY/s400/IMG_7676.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679817248119675538" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Alan, Victor, Levi, Dad.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja7eyR-ARQyHN-agYZ3BkWKs9kQ8xJsdxtsUGeHh6HDxyXUj4_OtN62K82_wJsEIn4PTZMkMcUxTDUebme8gFI6JEjB0PmAlXpiqQqHY8Ip1cAcevepXk7zDVqO7dfgRRPuYTszmS5sulT/s1600/IMG_7673.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja7eyR-ARQyHN-agYZ3BkWKs9kQ8xJsdxtsUGeHh6HDxyXUj4_OtN62K82_wJsEIn4PTZMkMcUxTDUebme8gFI6JEjB0PmAlXpiqQqHY8Ip1cAcevepXk7zDVqO7dfgRRPuYTszmS5sulT/s400/IMG_7673.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679817234172783218" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This smirk is my favorite!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6sO1LsPT58-Jt1hizd_A9FfO7z0pdvH1Ngo0spOpKLN_IJ8LNymVonKL6sVo5kYMyYi-TMl_IFAlhRKSGBHLt9hUjt9jhrtj5WO1NewPSCFhfJIzfkOr9BM3NHjZVpuvS2zlV83AHjCbX/s1600/IMG_7666.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6sO1LsPT58-Jt1hizd_A9FfO7z0pdvH1Ngo0spOpKLN_IJ8LNymVonKL6sVo5kYMyYi-TMl_IFAlhRKSGBHLt9hUjt9jhrtj5WO1NewPSCFhfJIzfkOr9BM3NHjZVpuvS2zlV83AHjCbX/s400/IMG_7666.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679817226998556306" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Chubbs!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0L_JdKr-KsMpIvzQV2vIlcE6xO9yb16bGGsH6Jumj-qCQu_RRK1NgyenuSVIirST9udR7jyL7lvTcpgTqzS8sziUsF6orJha4RFHtWqEW-jVoLyap85SVWvgUkFU_yi-MLh1r5Hl1GAxD/s1600/IMG_7661.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0L_JdKr-KsMpIvzQV2vIlcE6xO9yb16bGGsH6Jumj-qCQu_RRK1NgyenuSVIirST9udR7jyL7lvTcpgTqzS8sziUsF6orJha4RFHtWqEW-jVoLyap85SVWvgUkFU_yi-MLh1r5Hl1GAxD/s400/IMG_7661.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679817223562469842" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Awkward much Alan? :)</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3VwCfV3pBxUAjTQSZKsAMcKmpKC9RV7GNdvTovrZl-cM7lc3UHs0ro70EH49IDIKQqPCYHOh9lb3hd8TMxhEiQXquCPpA5sfzuwsKIjp7twVqR4R2vovvpLifsnlknY5SDEu3C_Cex1RL/s1600/IMG_7660.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3VwCfV3pBxUAjTQSZKsAMcKmpKC9RV7GNdvTovrZl-cM7lc3UHs0ro70EH49IDIKQqPCYHOh9lb3hd8TMxhEiQXquCPpA5sfzuwsKIjp7twVqR4R2vovvpLifsnlknY5SDEu3C_Cex1RL/s400/IMG_7660.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679817215876172434" /></a><br /></div></div>AJSnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129945526114757728noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753936887250813431.post-6674277068024322722011-11-17T20:51:00.005-06:002011-11-17T21:40:40.140-06:00Your Invited to the Pinterst Party!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><u><br /></u></span></div><br />So my yoga instructor Allison, (also my friend, coworker and fellow crafty lady, I just like saying yoga instructor) had the best idea! Since the daycare we both work at is taking Thanksgiving week off, we have some free time! Well, what better way to fill free time than MAKE STUFF!!<div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">I teach the 3 year old class, aka the BEST class! I really want to do the "Elf on the Shelf" with them but do NOT want to spend 30 bucks on it! So, being me, I figure I'll just make an elf and borrow the book! How cute are these?!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN8MCJEf82_94UbI42umsp9of05Pt3VQjVZ0fc7qKka_661U_r67kN5eLFzjQ2NqCfSYniDEzU3X3jQILnUJQ27zK0C8R2ErgElZuU__DFOZAtaN-LWqo6Gn2or4ciBOOoZ7UpJruM4ZO5/s1600/elves.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/AVvXsEhN8MCJEf82_94UbI42umsp9of05Pt3VQjVZ0fc7qKka_661U_r67kN5eLFzjQ2NqCfSYniDEzU3X3jQILnUJQ27zK0C8R2ErgElZuU__DFOZAtaN-LWqo6Gn2or4ciBOOoZ7UpJruM4ZO5/s400/elves.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676165162050604498" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">My apartment has taking a back seat to my classroom with regards to Christmas decor. Plus I am poor! So we are going to have to use the free craft supplies Mother Nature gives us. ALSO, that's the way Jane Austen did it. :)</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2SBFjj0mdeGuuDjunUGFNwqL5R0osGImfAOPTPmoL0hA2mQaFbkFNnR14Itgy1oEgMGcdlKGrgJxzoTyB0H7uD7Lh9lh059fJ7wL1ZcksbO69uR3jniCYffKM_3k8hQVgQHbZo_Bx_lb/s1600/wreath.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: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2SBFjj0mdeGuuDjunUGFNwqL5R0osGImfAOPTPmoL0hA2mQaFbkFNnR14Itgy1oEgMGcdlKGrgJxzoTyB0H7uD7Lh9lh059fJ7wL1ZcksbO69uR3jniCYffKM_3k8hQVgQHbZo_Bx_lb/s400/wreath.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676163269211574098" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">After I go steal a tree from some pasture, <b><i>or</i></b> get a $5 triangular shaped shredded plastic coat rack from the Dollar Store, I want to make a ruffly linen skirt for it! </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYE5oE3tTwLF8zdRCFxSMoC48-8gus72fcfr60CoAScXHn_5B92jmSF6CvA9LzbsOKnXPhBnrey1MscrXs2JJXjrmnRBYRIhJ_FWEuXV83gnfQhcs4njJkP1glK2ccPN0pZsQG0kZgeGe/s1600/tree+skirt.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: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYE5oE3tTwLF8zdRCFxSMoC48-8gus72fcfr60CoAScXHn_5B92jmSF6CvA9LzbsOKnXPhBnrey1MscrXs2JJXjrmnRBYRIhJ_FWEuXV83gnfQhcs4njJkP1glK2ccPN0pZsQG0kZgeGe/s400/tree+skirt.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676163247630847122" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">So pretty!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgDFybazU3L-QWbkWzl6QrqrL02PMvM2iD7uwkFlf1jP0dq-FOFSRI8s1wlVmzWUGK8g96DWJ6jZM0jMJuuXd7fJXu4t6ESJz99ULdY6PtYKezDQbrcjBrbabkzq_5Lw_UXkICrxBuNBOr/s1600/ruffles.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: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgDFybazU3L-QWbkWzl6QrqrL02PMvM2iD7uwkFlf1jP0dq-FOFSRI8s1wlVmzWUGK8g96DWJ6jZM0jMJuuXd7fJXu4t6ESJz99ULdY6PtYKezDQbrcjBrbabkzq_5Lw_UXkICrxBuNBOr/s400/ruffles.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676163249991197394" /></a>do yourself a favor and join in the party! pic some stuff from your pin board and have a great crafty/baking day!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>AJSnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129945526114757728noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753936887250813431.post-81704071736667574892011-11-12T04:01:00.002-06:002011-11-12T04:24:30.525-06:00'nother peek at my apartmentI showed you some of my kitchen in <a href="http://ajsnow-handmade.blogspot.com/2011/08/sneak-peek-of-my-new-apartment.html">this post</a>, it looks ever cuter now btw! Come over for some baked goodness and see for yourself! <div><br /></div><div>Well, my bedroom is getting sooo neglected! Its just not a priority right now, I have the vision but would rather get the more public areas done first like the kitchen, living and bathroom. However, I have some finished spots in my room that you make like!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQCWdha5kKGtSyuSSOgNbMV5tMWGTFYXjJqC2vTDyra59L0waL6jZQAx_6qoBl6dGm79Es2_NkZVpdKywuYo8hW3JL9t7Gj_g_7jqset6osv-YbR7YKnoi8OXXWDqcNz5K2QxrLrqrdMm/s1600/IMG_7405.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQCWdha5kKGtSyuSSOgNbMV5tMWGTFYXjJqC2vTDyra59L0waL6jZQAx_6qoBl6dGm79Es2_NkZVpdKywuYo8hW3JL9t7Gj_g_7jqset6osv-YbR7YKnoi8OXXWDqcNz5K2QxrLrqrdMm/s400/IMG_7405.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674048128566778082" /></a>Meet FiFi! My antique dress form that belonged to my great great aunt (i think thats right). Anyway its one of my favorite things and has inspired me so much, especially in photography as you will see lower down.</div><div><br /></div><div>It took me forever to get her all properly aligned again, she got a little squished! But after risking lock jaw, from all the rusty bolts and nuts that make up her ridiculously complex innards, I got her pretty again and now she holds my ever expand supply of necklaces.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSr55Gud3zW3onMij9i4mC03ErzIBYgNWR_tjwp2oAY00CtEKajNIQKVTwPGAYb7XGl2DdU8ONcYd1aW5lQBeN-64KzbYIwXGm41ClY43tXtPtiwe_RgEvOd2rg_0VYkB8kK6g9TZYbljq/s1600/IMG_7404.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSr55Gud3zW3onMij9i4mC03ErzIBYgNWR_tjwp2oAY00CtEKajNIQKVTwPGAYb7XGl2DdU8ONcYd1aW5lQBeN-64KzbYIwXGm41ClY43tXtPtiwe_RgEvOd2rg_0VYkB8kK6g9TZYbljq/s400/IMG_7404.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674048118921294354" /></a>Here is a bit of my favorite black and white work I did. You see Fifi, my bestie <a href="http://www.meganmoorenyc.blogspot.com/">Megan</a>, and my huuuge collection of Jane Eyers! Loove my photo wall for it's vintage-y feel.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYmlYXePVMu_FwlpYhNMyXevIk103fEeYo2dBISllBaijHLK4oKG8t8wp1c2VZTBBEDpUar2C6jReRlwTRklCu4XsjtNTyH7rDrB9OTGQ1sHW7wgIOFQ5r5INRInbJ-CxbRxPxagI8SIv9/s1600/IMG_7399.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 399px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYmlYXePVMu_FwlpYhNMyXevIk103fEeYo2dBISllBaijHLK4oKG8t8wp1c2VZTBBEDpUar2C6jReRlwTRklCu4XsjtNTyH7rDrB9OTGQ1sHW7wgIOFQ5r5INRInbJ-CxbRxPxagI8SIv9/s400/IMG_7399.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674048109360301522" /></a>Oh boy, here is my OTHER favorite antique, the 1934 Singer <a href="http://ajsnow-handmade.blogspot.com/2010/08/yard-tag-rummage-garage-sale-whatever.html">sewing </a>machine I got a garage sale for $24!!!! I had such plans for it to go into my first real place that I didn't mind it sitting in my parents garage for a year! My dad on the other hand was not to keen on that. :)</div><div><br /></div><div>You'll notice the embroidery hoop in the first and last photo, that is something I am quite proud of. It's an embroidered original illustration from my fav Austen, <i>Persuasion</i> that I, of course, created. I hope to do more and possibly sell the pattern I created from the original illustrations! Fun Fun!</div><div><br /></div><div>Well. these are a couple glimpses in one corner of my room; the hopefully soon to be "Jane Austen's embroidered linen supply room and vintage retreat"! Get all that in your mind's eye?</div>AJSnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129945526114757728noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753936887250813431.post-7515832674147699152011-11-06T21:28:00.004-06:002011-11-06T21:49:13.968-06:00Botticelli' "La Primavera" or My Obsessions volume #1Continuing with my promise to myself to start blogging more often, I am sharing one of my passions with you dear reader! Art History! <div><br /></div><div>Since graduating, I have become woefully forgetful of my art history education! My textbooks sit prettily on my shelf, and all I need to do to refresh my mind in the ways of Finish painting, cave drawings, Impressionism ect is OPEN one! </div><div><br /></div><div>You have heard of Botticelli I'm sure, well this is one of his greatest and well loved paintings from 1481, <i>La Primavera</i> or Spring! I love it partly because this was my old Art History proff's favorite painting ever, and thats saying something. But I mostly love it for all the beautiful references to Mythology. Take a look at this great video I borrowed from my fav art history blog <a href="http://bjws.blogspot.com/">It's About Time</a>. <div><br /></div><div> </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/31541640?title=0&byline=0&color=AAC880" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/31541640">Botticelli, La Primavera (Spring), 1481-82</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user540885">Smarthistory Videos</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p></div>AJSnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129945526114757728noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753936887250813431.post-60844923109068319862011-11-06T21:17:00.002-06:002011-11-06T21:23:32.852-06:00Blogging Burdens...Whoa boy, I drop this blog like it was hot! (que snoop doggy) Since moving into my fab little flat here in East Tejas, my Mac has seen little wireless and that makes blogging so difficult 4 me. When/If I do get online it's usually on my bro's girlfriend's laptop plugged into his Android phone! SuCh a bother for everyone. <div><br /></div><div>I have been up to all kinds of crazy goings-on let me tell you! Babysitting, teaching, EMBROIDERING, cooking, SHOPPING <b>PINNING</b>. Gosh, Pintrest, where do I even begin with that revolutionary little wonder?</div><div><br /></div><div>2 of my gal pals are starting new blogs which has convicted me into posting this little reminder to myself that I really do enjoy blogging just for my own amusement if not yours. </div><div><br /></div><div>MORE TO COME! but where to start? Hmmm</div>AJSnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129945526114757728noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753936887250813431.post-3991522193400361452011-09-25T21:03:00.002-05:002011-09-25T21:49:08.332-05:00Why I love my East Texas Town<ul><li>The families I babysit for are <i>incredibly</i> supportive. One adopts me for a semester, one sends the mechanic to fix my car, another wants to pay for the repairs, one sets me up with Pampered Chef, one took my graduation pictures and gave me her graduation gown, they team up and get me a Bernina and a Big Shot! </li><li>Our donuts are the best, fluffiest sweetest, WARMEST rings of fried flubber anywhere. Just typing this makes me want to get up at 4am just to get a box of the first batch.... drool!</li><li>I had some of my favorite life moments in a little red trailer by a lake with my two best gals and 21 cats.</li><li>The Dollar General stays open till 10pm now!! YES!!</li><li>I get free Yoga lessons from a fellow crafty diva. </li><li>Anything in town is 5 minutes away so I'm rarely late! :)</li><li>Did I mention I love the families I sit for?</li><li>I have my eye on this <b>adorable </b>little gray house with a red door and white picket fence that has ivy creeping up the window. I will have it one day and make it a lovely little crafting cottage.</li><li>I love the look on people's faces when I say "Van".</li></ul>AJSnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129945526114757728noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753936887250813431.post-35970969428786075382011-09-02T23:44:00.006-05:002011-09-03T00:10:53.101-05:00My First (successful) Embroidery Pupil!<div style="text-align: center;">My brother's bonnie lass, Miss Tamera, quite easily agreed to let me give her an embroidery lesson yesterday! Yip Yip! So, she found a pattern in my <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1600595812/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=1600590616&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=10AWVKEVFG32M0TE6B4K">Doodle Stitching</a> book. Here you see her working with my awesomely huge light board I got cheap at HobLob, "Apollo" (Greek god of light...get it?) ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwI2RtnVGXAgQmc8ZqGmMEZ0KARfULVvRFCodagTc-44lpUJTT6Ar-4kCcgvH_RKf_C5J_vFNryovvqPJ_BUBYTBUlIpDk0z9fDkNKtIedr2MnBd3S_ErPBU-KS443IICXfJW667i7_q5T/s400/IMG_7422.JPG" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She did very well figuring out the best way to draw on the fabric (a cheap-ol-flat sheet from Wal*Mart for $5, great way to get embroidery fabric without paying 8 bucks a yard). Is it easier to drag the pencil against the grain or push it with the grain? You must learn these things yourself young grasshopper.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRyx9iczwNpSLQjCB5qZDN_Us0rbs1kwPI11nTGIfO4ZBe2qrVcRH0L7R90NcoiC86qTWNGWKUvbWJzhJqwba900FpZWgoGftG3i4ty6G1Q-DUyb6nimbd5DuqAIadq2-8e7cxW_p84G_H/s1600/IMG_7423.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRyx9iczwNpSLQjCB5qZDN_Us0rbs1kwPI11nTGIfO4ZBe2qrVcRH0L7R90NcoiC86qTWNGWKUvbWJzhJqwba900FpZWgoGftG3i4ty6G1Q-DUyb6nimbd5DuqAIadq2-8e7cxW_p84G_H/s400/IMG_7423.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647992706255392546" /></a>
<br /><div><div style="text-align: center;">Finally have it traced, threads picked out and snugly fitted in my Q-Snap frame, she starts stem stitching if only the needle would stay threaded. The Stem Stitch is a pretty way to do a simple line, its my fav stitch.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw67-1AsSV0qO5aRqbik3Dtp5T9Ukt4prxCsaD294YyAEtqSk08FK7lH_K1jiMKAJ1mU4dcggVra2t79ZSDZKfQ38uO7JuxgcZPV9313O3GwVtSzngR383oc30jLSeK5N-TNvnebAG7RLn/s1600/IMG_7426.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw67-1AsSV0qO5aRqbik3Dtp5T9Ukt4prxCsaD294YyAEtqSk08FK7lH_K1jiMKAJ1mU4dcggVra2t79ZSDZKfQ38uO7JuxgcZPV9313O3GwVtSzngR383oc30jLSeK5N-TNvnebAG7RLn/s400/IMG_7426.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647992285602715378" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">She's loving this.... so am I....</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpQUzfPDIY9UHaA3HJAaMeCELU55i6XjOh90rw6oJ_2mAN-FOhPjhlebAJbmVyt9D34DvODm06tb2HZtF3GWeYpdWOJx9iJwKYM40mLMIlSlJtXz9r45BDpNw-YjMAT1ElniV75M0y-Ip/s1600/IMG_7429.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpQUzfPDIY9UHaA3HJAaMeCELU55i6XjOh90rw6oJ_2mAN-FOhPjhlebAJbmVyt9D34DvODm06tb2HZtF3GWeYpdWOJx9iJwKYM40mLMIlSlJtXz9r45BDpNw-YjMAT1ElniV75M0y-Ip/s400/IMG_7429.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647991725177379362" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And voila'! She finished it in almost exactly 24 hours!!!! Isn't it good?!?!?! She even created a signature at the bottom by the tail and nest for Tamera J. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwS_53Yj8129y_ZDaLNF8XWMKKfuj1XvnHGClLnOPaNhvD5BbnovQKWetuwAEKNspMCQR2HOFRWk9vJPe70D4SD8FtnMTVJ_EKlf7WGD1D74f8vqmXWt1uibsVNRVRUxoYmY26iqNOkFez/s1600/Tamera%2527s+Bird.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: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwS_53Yj8129y_ZDaLNF8XWMKKfuj1XvnHGClLnOPaNhvD5BbnovQKWetuwAEKNspMCQR2HOFRWk9vJPe70D4SD8FtnMTVJ_EKlf7WGD1D74f8vqmXWt1uibsVNRVRUxoYmY26iqNOkFez/s400/Tamera%2527s+Bird.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647990961559588098" /></a>Now she is working on something for my brother...eager beaver that one! We did it Mom, we converted her to our side!!</div>AJSnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129945526114757728noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753936887250813431.post-47297140113153442132011-08-25T22:19:00.003-05:002011-08-25T22:29:02.090-05:00My new obsession... Meet the GREEN MONSTER smoothie!!so yeah, it's kinda brownish, bits of red, a hint of green... what the mess is in that blender? <div>
<br /></div><div>HEALTH! that's what dear reader! 2 bananas, lots of fresh strawberries, splash of V8 fusion juice that has the servings of fruit and veggies (strawberry banana) one large scoop of peanut butter, some flaxseed meal I got at big lots and I haven't even said the healthy part yet....can u guess?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMcTB9rm6w5wzHKgWgT9YvdzNtBA-2Vvmo4X5i-eh9vFH38oI87Oci6i9FyAjLRBvDandKoHGv4zzYCkNryRzqiYXTIoTTWavTdj77OCBoBQ-x3_hrKUw9_Suk5r53qudTcKJtqO3QKSVe/s1600/green+monster+%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: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMcTB9rm6w5wzHKgWgT9YvdzNtBA-2Vvmo4X5i-eh9vFH38oI87Oci6i9FyAjLRBvDandKoHGv4zzYCkNryRzqiYXTIoTTWavTdj77OCBoBQ-x3_hrKUw9_Suk5r53qudTcKJtqO3QKSVe/s400/green+monster+%25282%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644999416148206194" /></a>SPINACH!!!! A whole wad of it! Throw it in there and blend, baby, blend!!!! Guess what you taste.... fruit and peanut butter! Guess what you don't taste...... nasty spinach! Google it, there are many recipes but I just throw stuff in and give it a blend! I have one every day, hoping my nails will start growing long for the first time in my life, we shall see dear reader. Sometimes I do chocolate soy milk, or peaches, or green tea, ANYTHING!</div><div>
<br /></div><div> In closing yummers is all I have to say on this subject.</div>AJSnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129945526114757728noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753936887250813431.post-13121262904616421812011-08-24T17:36:00.002-05:002011-08-24T18:17:39.696-05:00Sneak Peek of my New Apartment...I can't hold it in any longer, I have to show you <i>something! </i> My kitchen is all red and aqua... basically I have taped scrapbook paper to everything! My version for cheap, fast and temporary wallpaper. Of course you see my hand-embroidered towel hanging there, and the anthropologie measuring blossoms (spoons) that I showed you <a href="http://ajsnow-handmade.blogspot.com/2011/01/anthropologie-field-trip_29.html">here</a>. LOOVE it. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixbjQKaEVqTL6k7nBRKiFuigwEPE2RxC2zUaMblYZgFOUaLzeMYSTBsZcnXAGiWPvr-jqDT4m_ZS3kNAvvEGg_FNiqoEvAUQkdhYqMFQ359FAWvJtRjQKPfVLnG98z67yiwFIUA7UPzbKt/s1600/before+and+after+stove.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: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixbjQKaEVqTL6k7nBRKiFuigwEPE2RxC2zUaMblYZgFOUaLzeMYSTBsZcnXAGiWPvr-jqDT4m_ZS3kNAvvEGg_FNiqoEvAUQkdhYqMFQ359FAWvJtRjQKPfVLnG98z67yiwFIUA7UPzbKt/s400/before+and+after+stove.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644563416030541698" /></a>
<br />AJSnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129945526114757728noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753936887250813431.post-60248951497684328332011-08-16T19:51:00.003-05:002011-08-24T18:18:42.380-05:00"This is crazy!" or "My New Life"I am currently sitting in the parking lot of the Public Library using the wireless, because even tho it's 2011 fiber optics (or whatever is needed for high speed internet) are just too much for my beloved small town! <div>
<br /></div><div>So, that means I am IN my small town, I am moved into my apartment and will be posting before and after pics of my too cute kitchen soon! Just one more project to finish before I am satisfied with it. All red and aqua dear reader!</div><div>
<br /></div><div>My wonderful little sis Shannon has stayed with me from day one of my new life, so lets see that would be 21 days! Wow! Sleeping on an air mattress for almost a month! Gosh I love her. I could not have done this without her. </div><div>
<br /></div><div>My worst enemy is change, I have not like new situations since the day I was born, like they literally had to pull me out! lol I HATE moving, new routines and endings. If I am on the brink on newness, I am on the brink of a meltdown. I am tearing up right now just thinking about it. :(</div><div>
<br /></div><div>So I must be crazy right for moving away from my family right? Right! But I really feel this is where God wants me. Apart from my parents house Van is the most home-like place I have. Plus I am living with my brother so I have some family here. Sometimes tho loneliness creeps into my heart and I question my decisions.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>Shannon leaves me on Thursday so I know that will be a sad SAD day for me. Then on Saturday my best friend Megan who is visiting from New York will be flying back... bad week all around! </div><div>
<br /></div><div>Today was the first day of Little Disciples where I teach the 3 year olds, it went great and God was with me all day. Once I get used to my new schedule I will have peace again, just like always but these first 2 weeks will be tough for me. I have such plans for myself that really do make me happy but its hard to shake this anxiety sometimes. It's irrational I know, and has haunted me all my life so you would think I would be used to it and able to cope by 24 but the tears on my shirt beg to differ. </div><div>
<br /></div><div>This isn't me asking for pity, its just me getting it off my chest and asking for prayers while I adjust to like on my own. My parents are just 90 min away which is not too far but just far enough. I have been praying that God will provide my dad with a job out here so they can move down the street but He knows what's best for my family. </div><div>
<br /></div><div>Phew... I feel a little better having gotten that out there. I am such a mess, my friends and family deserve gold medals for putting up with me and my crazy issues! </div><div>
<br /></div><div>Next post will be better I promise! </div>AJSnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129945526114757728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753936887250813431.post-25500623425801332932011-07-26T02:06:00.004-05:002011-09-03T19:22:45.826-05:00Like It's Quidditch parody of Like a G6Please do your magical heart a favor and watch this! Its a parody of Like a g6 all about standing in line for the HP premiers... and a little bit of Twilight too!
<br /><iframe width="560" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wXIgNnB_oq4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>AJSnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129945526114757728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753936887250813431.post-41377563784625827072011-07-25T12:28:00.008-05:002011-07-25T20:39:56.118-05:00Galveston Vacation!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Ahhh... the beach!</span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin8U1vVnoyEmXZzBYVLwGA3hfUzD2k5bd529UKS_juAmvX8V0k9Ga4-cbkRDY5tACkIw-bZEXetbmxCh1XO_sJWxacSbPpLWVSdfYYIBgZyWsnFX3fLd_4UQ3-u-2mAOYbQU-QwLHuIxVG/s400/IMG_7318.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633357868442677634" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, my dad is a cancer survivor. Now, my mother's best friend is part of the club! Darlene had to go down for one of her check ups and decided to take everyone with her and make it into a vacation. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhA-7q1k5YYsLXCC8eQe6HjCBRdeBlpDEX23BrQhyWzSb7d0ku8pBqYRImUBOgLbtYH7-c9WA-nhnTykpFJp0IlqEhnJzW6C2JHoZGPoCWu4W06XxJ_xsCEqfvL0LYGbQXCaSUKn9GPR8/s1600/0718011816.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhA-7q1k5YYsLXCC8eQe6HjCBRdeBlpDEX23BrQhyWzSb7d0ku8pBqYRImUBOgLbtYH7-c9WA-nhnTykpFJp0IlqEhnJzW6C2JHoZGPoCWu4W06XxJ_xsCEqfvL0LYGbQXCaSUKn9GPR8/s400/0718011816.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633343511612904290" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 314px; height: 245px; " /></a><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">We were all pretty excited to get to Galveston which is about an hour south of Houston, even the condensation from my can of Diet Coke was happy! :)</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNTqDPc2WVN7MOPR8nin5piRDwmjI6NA9IztelgzQjpP9SlRYUzfnGyz_EyDDPOu0_P6FAj___phD7AgiegtaFh6o0EuVGdvR1upDxDSwadKmqDgd26XTPdNdn1Kvo1BtvS7oRiToni9E/s1600/0718011749.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNTqDPc2WVN7MOPR8nin5piRDwmjI6NA9IztelgzQjpP9SlRYUzfnGyz_EyDDPOu0_P6FAj___phD7AgiegtaFh6o0EuVGdvR1upDxDSwadKmqDgd26XTPdNdn1Kvo1BtvS7oRiToni9E/s400/0718011749.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633343507165367650" 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 /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">We spent one night in Houston while Dar and my mom went to her check ups. Shannon, Annie, Emily and I spent hours in the Houston Galleria, oh the sacrifices we make. ;p After that we spent a little time pool side to ease our tired bodies.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw6pxl00m8NapX1uzH-CaZjtNwBtaBlQOtu4xZvKuiouiNMN5AViYnDgmpQbsOMGNkysedZdyjp8JYFAIJCE0lORWQk3O8cuCofEhg3X_RmHKE-TQ833tRZ3qtYoL2GstYThrZZnK4aau4/s1600/0717012154a.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw6pxl00m8NapX1uzH-CaZjtNwBtaBlQOtu4xZvKuiouiNMN5AViYnDgmpQbsOMGNkysedZdyjp8JYFAIJCE0lORWQk3O8cuCofEhg3X_RmHKE-TQ833tRZ3qtYoL2GstYThrZZnK4aau4/s400/0717012154a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633343500206655714" 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 /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">I squeezed in a little pool-side embroidery!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmXn_hwAXEI1F_bYT_q_Bg_kG2J4HaaOyZxRKT1K8k-LpFkpFSL2EAwLFCrVF26gyRtl79CkfkAIzIHuddo7yDqN4HqzTUjzeoHLl7NvCDwSnR5PhrxS0Y05xvHukF89FQZ7jjCdC5tFo/s1600/0717012131.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmXn_hwAXEI1F_bYT_q_Bg_kG2J4HaaOyZxRKT1K8k-LpFkpFSL2EAwLFCrVF26gyRtl79CkfkAIzIHuddo7yDqN4HqzTUjzeoHLl7NvCDwSnR5PhrxS0Y05xvHukF89FQZ7jjCdC5tFo/s400/0717012131.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633343499330538834" 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 /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">These 3 have been chums since before they were born! Dar and mom have been best friends/worst enemies for centuries! </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmRfhYInLx7PTblT20f7dCBrWajkdNsRfSGptb_ZQPhEoCHA1tk3sMXvWAeLjs0-QE7jPHRpo0hBQLZMCLKD3c-KmjrjvfVXFZaUbcxwGIUZwtttZjGcYrM53Z9NhvgvkIfg4ComdCr2Vk/s1600/0717012120a.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmRfhYInLx7PTblT20f7dCBrWajkdNsRfSGptb_ZQPhEoCHA1tk3sMXvWAeLjs0-QE7jPHRpo0hBQLZMCLKD3c-KmjrjvfVXFZaUbcxwGIUZwtttZjGcYrM53Z9NhvgvkIfg4ComdCr2Vk/s400/0717012120a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633343497347454626" 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><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We finally got to Galveston and had a pretty good view of the ocean from our hotel rooms.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgspNcB7-qV5akro3PVFdtJI-Hw1V9YOMXJqrU83ol4OMDIaMc3gOcKF6KddCx-PWqj6yL1P5Cvd1kfl4yvxlwXjtYnoL7axZybrHLeu-zi-s07kSUkRI0pB_2v5bfKyXOye6cycwYW37wB/s1600/IMG_7249.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgspNcB7-qV5akro3PVFdtJI-Hw1V9YOMXJqrU83ol4OMDIaMc3gOcKF6KddCx-PWqj6yL1P5Cvd1kfl4yvxlwXjtYnoL7axZybrHLeu-zi-s07kSUkRI0pB_2v5bfKyXOye6cycwYW37wB/s400/IMG_7249.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633348089083749906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></a><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Aren't they pretty?</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidMmhXvwS5z1gpmPsb1m-8sTAN8J776zQbY6nlnMRPdENn_kp_vEd6xljIeIJiJrUvL7IpCLrAicnJTroF33jByYvPWUaNC9X5U9lyYB1eQWoIjuZsBYchMHRmm7gZEeIu9pNVixd3YUo1/s1600/IMG_7248.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidMmhXvwS5z1gpmPsb1m-8sTAN8J776zQbY6nlnMRPdENn_kp_vEd6xljIeIJiJrUvL7IpCLrAicnJTroF33jByYvPWUaNC9X5U9lyYB1eQWoIjuZsBYchMHRmm7gZEeIu9pNVixd3YUo1/s400/IMG_7248.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633348086576518786" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></a><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">I love this lady!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK10cG5vWleDm9Ca29QAyN32YlAkjfKao03xVdHdc6KxnL92sM9LeRlIETATW5zxHlGnEWIWAKNBli5EZMbzjgE-9-TrAGhPdVTGR7uHREEREIuf2EUtYH4M6T4-akSaCexoRsohT0fsJh/s1600/IMG_7244.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK10cG5vWleDm9Ca29QAyN32YlAkjfKao03xVdHdc6KxnL92sM9LeRlIETATW5zxHlGnEWIWAKNBli5EZMbzjgE-9-TrAGhPdVTGR7uHREEREIuf2EUtYH4M6T4-akSaCexoRsohT0fsJh/s400/IMG_7244.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633348078530370386" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></a><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Anyone will tell you, dear reader, that the seagulls there will eat anything to hold up for them. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5dB6dxa7-8txP216BhyZAGPvRcNMIRLeqdqrpHsWdducDARwX_9dL6bG1OU2-LXKFtvMKLJQddJ7fj8iErfIGvsyPh4B1NidvhAGhsLmWZe89_gQjQAndf0u_xNfDnx-gdozbmt9zHWO8/s1600/IMG_7237.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5dB6dxa7-8txP216BhyZAGPvRcNMIRLeqdqrpHsWdducDARwX_9dL6bG1OU2-LXKFtvMKLJQddJ7fj8iErfIGvsyPh4B1NidvhAGhsLmWZe89_gQjQAndf0u_xNfDnx-gdozbmt9zHWO8/s400/IMG_7237.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633348075391984146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></a><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">After we ran out of french fries, the girls gave them my homemade cookies! How dare they?</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyTHTLqb3BEl2nUAFT_0ss2JltYsW-XB0sKg2NS4fm_halPwtIDiEABBWVzmDD8Vdgco5rYjraQmX-iMTL0Bx6H6bx3LSQXZSCOz6rAR-6g8ymgaAbIiVnEW8gKAGiexFrMNK1MBSjKP1Z/s1600/IMG_7232.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyTHTLqb3BEl2nUAFT_0ss2JltYsW-XB0sKg2NS4fm_halPwtIDiEABBWVzmDD8Vdgco5rYjraQmX-iMTL0Bx6H6bx3LSQXZSCOz6rAR-6g8ymgaAbIiVnEW8gKAGiexFrMNK1MBSjKP1Z/s400/IMG_7232.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633348069782385890" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Casey's for some awesome crab cakes! </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8o41fbKlRfD1qJq2XZIxaueEl-tFJeXbK0LvNw-n69bwQEetAuDBgGNUuwqxpQ5PM_RgJsvqk6rok5OFNvRb-I-9elO67ok2fNSsL-FTfkBbXYh5BDBKTRKBHaLh6wf0pZK-WEqGIOe55/s1600/0719012154.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8o41fbKlRfD1qJq2XZIxaueEl-tFJeXbK0LvNw-n69bwQEetAuDBgGNUuwqxpQ5PM_RgJsvqk6rok5OFNvRb-I-9elO67ok2fNSsL-FTfkBbXYh5BDBKTRKBHaLh6wf0pZK-WEqGIOe55/s400/0719012154.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633343907084334786" 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 /><div style="text-align: center;">This was the twin's first time at the beach! It was perfect! </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfnrop8WuM8fGUwarJcnhLMmXMXZcr0pEtBeQTr5Xrs3AfoZgaOcfUs3HC2gwBdFVaafgJONqVQU3lE6ckMWgPlCpscf1e1VlnMmQYcLcA6kg9K7AOegIVC8vBqw35c5It3lTXRt_DGVbL/s1600/0719011219a.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfnrop8WuM8fGUwarJcnhLMmXMXZcr0pEtBeQTr5Xrs3AfoZgaOcfUs3HC2gwBdFVaafgJONqVQU3lE6ckMWgPlCpscf1e1VlnMmQYcLcA6kg9K7AOegIVC8vBqw35c5It3lTXRt_DGVbL/s400/0719011219a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633343901116009938" 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 /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">The straw mats we got at Wal*Mart stunk to high heaven but they sure are cute and handy! The waves were awesome so I taught them how to boogie board, cuz I have such sweet moves!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3z4s2LSbfuKVIr5VtO-rLSHJ68z_he-Jkz3i7S-1vApRgmLduP77Ck9weYGsFZssA9xc4G3_QlbDfY7cX24xt5uPYMHeQ9DJ5kfrb_362zDCgolTw51uLg2-oqzXTgqX8sSBu7G_qcnGo/s1600/0719011219.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3z4s2LSbfuKVIr5VtO-rLSHJ68z_he-Jkz3i7S-1vApRgmLduP77Ck9weYGsFZssA9xc4G3_QlbDfY7cX24xt5uPYMHeQ9DJ5kfrb_362zDCgolTw51uLg2-oqzXTgqX8sSBu7G_qcnGo/s400/0719011219.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633343896086747618" 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><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We went to Moody Gardens and sweated all thru the Rainforest Pyramid.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRAkrIqbs3iWRgCE3l7_qV8EmQXi2KpXKj5zTEZzYvf4hT-xip_uEYILIPWx6UPFfvyEstfXjYPT25zDSOXEFDjVG3StSGiYnlfP2uD6a65ZXhZ74XBiLKuAwGmZatFh7KagvtR2LCXxZr/s1600/IMG_7280.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRAkrIqbs3iWRgCE3l7_qV8EmQXi2KpXKj5zTEZzYvf4hT-xip_uEYILIPWx6UPFfvyEstfXjYPT25zDSOXEFDjVG3StSGiYnlfP2uD6a65ZXhZ74XBiLKuAwGmZatFh7KagvtR2LCXxZr/s400/IMG_7280.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633348564033923026" /></a><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;">Cool thing on the wall...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH6XMsjqwEYd9Raq4upwcXCcq2nBwioGZWjQY0oDY4T7idwFTjLz4HpPIumR3AQotxDqE2bnYFeAwkn7tIBkciyEh0QFS9A75FupoFNzOVEjpdaZ1GelSqy3uUWcP2SQFwLj1mZ0pPWMei/s1600/IMG_7278.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH6XMsjqwEYd9Raq4upwcXCcq2nBwioGZWjQY0oDY4T7idwFTjLz4HpPIumR3AQotxDqE2bnYFeAwkn7tIBkciyEh0QFS9A75FupoFNzOVEjpdaZ1GelSqy3uUWcP2SQFwLj1mZ0pPWMei/s400/IMG_7278.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633348561515426002" /></a><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">After tromping thru the aquarium trying to find the shark tunnel thing...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP-1rn9arcHg6KRRPlnz9-acWaloMRAlrrfxjifd6L0VuQOgUDKTVET79IbtcGApUA2WWMomxINjhaLcpB51r0i74ix2nMiyYSX3oFvHDdCdiReH01cPyl93DXk3QkWrZcSFX7gJvQkomo/s1600/IMG_7269.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: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP-1rn9arcHg6KRRPlnz9-acWaloMRAlrrfxjifd6L0VuQOgUDKTVET79IbtcGApUA2WWMomxINjhaLcpB51r0i74ix2nMiyYSX3oFvHDdCdiReH01cPyl93DXk3QkWrZcSFX7gJvQkomo/s400/IMG_7269.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633348552634599186" /></a><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">...and going thru the whole place twice...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRIqsA4LYUFtbvG03tuHfvbmNaNj5uMkIB_bJOra7K0-WrMiEst7fQtc_PID_NKguXUMtEh32UWZ-yR0YN2_C4P5ZOqkMKsqqzVkwY49iEO2VDynsXWpAkzOmfirK85vrRJu2mO-J9mt5K/s1600/IMG_7267.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRIqsA4LYUFtbvG03tuHfvbmNaNj5uMkIB_bJOra7K0-WrMiEst7fQtc_PID_NKguXUMtEh32UWZ-yR0YN2_C4P5ZOqkMKsqqzVkwY49iEO2VDynsXWpAkzOmfirK85vrRJu2mO-J9mt5K/s400/IMG_7267.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633348547741361346" /></a><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>WE FOUND HIM! This is <i>above</i> my head! It was crazy.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCpsq4p98ivIOmYw3YQLncjGsWfaZ9nm0c4ED_nyz99MiwlF22NRRg3Kh7QztW4rZeh3_aY9w2zISKebgbhR4DxIvHbHYepth1eoNsxsaK-yDjvweeyywsXyVrej5c7sp1TAXH4E0_qE3q/s1600/IMG_7266.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCpsq4p98ivIOmYw3YQLncjGsWfaZ9nm0c4ED_nyz99MiwlF22NRRg3Kh7QztW4rZeh3_aY9w2zISKebgbhR4DxIvHbHYepth1eoNsxsaK-yDjvweeyywsXyVrej5c7sp1TAXH4E0_qE3q/s400/IMG_7266.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633348548418432274" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The Palm Beach at Moody Garden was pretty cool, I love a good lazy river, but not when a 6 ft man is floating in front of me laying thru 4 inner tubes! How rude? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQbZ_4Dht3SPjWry5Fu4QVX9qmpvc7GGXX1kGaGIwMpruwLh10nfYudVUkFyxcaU5VC_fvV1ZhlcbzITb35fAojXEROZWNjWbjXUoexUE4ONYKdY5lcknDlQVYPG6l_-fNPe5vM2FSSy4Z/s400/0719011829.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633343905690576834" 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></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Shannon learned how to fence... not really, you believed me didn't you?</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXl_R8SRgGDT4MU_x1FI1IAH606mBaKg9e4UFofYbfNPtklOnmelz3NBNkDrat2-tqzXp0nNJiP_qXce9CQ3iiotrvs0kk2Dol-YE3SXT1MQrxw8ozDPW1AfGMVESOyn1S2DDdiSLSGfC9/s1600/IMG_7322.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXl_R8SRgGDT4MU_x1FI1IAH606mBaKg9e4UFofYbfNPtklOnmelz3NBNkDrat2-tqzXp0nNJiP_qXce9CQ3iiotrvs0kk2Dol-YE3SXT1MQrxw8ozDPW1AfGMVESOyn1S2DDdiSLSGfC9/s400/IMG_7322.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633357873641932370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In case you can't tell them apart, Emily on the left, Annie on the right. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid1iRuOKRfxH3CiVjoHCj44Z55eqMfsvkpN-nYM9LvWFUwwYOq_c2rzayU9RUmqdJeQaahG-7FSRHunYg1QHGxax-PljNGDFZvmP9QGL6y3sN8D02op34qVlZp-ftazxt7TdV7v35ThYa_/s1600/IMG_7303.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid1iRuOKRfxH3CiVjoHCj44Z55eqMfsvkpN-nYM9LvWFUwwYOq_c2rzayU9RUmqdJeQaahG-7FSRHunYg1QHGxax-PljNGDFZvmP9QGL6y3sN8D02op34qVlZp-ftazxt7TdV7v35ThYa_/s400/IMG_7303.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633357865631468082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></a><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Besides the baby penguins, this guy was the cutest saddest thing. He would just walk back and forth, trying to break free from his oppression... I delighted in his sorrow. </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_60QZv16dYskiM0uyyV7IWIQsvg-MtyVYXsDNQMnbmh46TKx1-YUK7VDbBgNDeB0A5DGaJlQ-aJweW0T_Q0nloFHWYIa-bxfPuz4kHqSYrHmVXVx9V-B-QuTGW5bRQJivHeWxtRfinD7/s1600/IMG_7300.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_60QZv16dYskiM0uyyV7IWIQsvg-MtyVYXsDNQMnbmh46TKx1-YUK7VDbBgNDeB0A5DGaJlQ-aJweW0T_Q0nloFHWYIa-bxfPuz4kHqSYrHmVXVx9V-B-QuTGW5bRQJivHeWxtRfinD7/s400/IMG_7300.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633357848421154658" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></a><br /></span></span></div></div>AJSnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129945526114757728noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753936887250813431.post-88993824728768876052011-07-15T03:12:00.005-05:002011-07-15T22:18:15.079-05:00Harry Potter Part 2 or Now begins my deepest depressionIt was great, GREAT! If I had just read the book it would have been awful! I learned a few movies ago (jane eyer, twilight(s), jane austen, and harry of course) that I have to separate the book from the movie because they will NEVER be the same. <div><br /></div><div>So I went into the last couple of HP's without the book in my brain, and it worked because I was able to see the movies as great movies. </div><div><br /></div><div>Here was my experience this week: At the movie theatre I worked for they had "Harry Potter Week" where they showed two movies per night starting with 1 and 2 on Monday. It was such an amazing experience to see all the old ones on the big screen. </div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This chick busted out her accordion and played the Harry Potter theme music, AMAZING! </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgau1vtA_qR4C2LWWfkX9dz5mOTkL_5HT45MWTt-hCkfBZKQF4qn2vIvTMP4Z2vagL1TD_-hgsybD5_vPT3n9lvQnrxulGqcjW7rg3gVAONT4vLvcmf_CDLD_0Ha-j1Zj_ce0pAcK66P9MO/s1600/IMG_7196.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgau1vtA_qR4C2LWWfkX9dz5mOTkL_5HT45MWTt-hCkfBZKQF4qn2vIvTMP4Z2vagL1TD_-hgsybD5_vPT3n9lvQnrxulGqcjW7rg3gVAONT4vLvcmf_CDLD_0Ha-j1Zj_ce0pAcK66P9MO/s400/IMG_7196.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629775979376152018" /></a><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">There where 3 ppl dressed up as Dobby but this little dude was my favorite! He has a bunch of knit hats and scarves on, which, if you read the books, you remember Dobby taking all the items Hermione made in a vain attempt to free the other house elves at Hogwarts. SPEW!! </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuw66FYE9urPI4Q48QgX3n66lbMVlz8H817VZ9Y98_GlYxys_eDvtLWEV6J4sLcJ__Snanc9ljI-3NJbnvaeYm-904iRxaScCAuoJqBHAKKRwVG9iqslliW4kN71VkR3a7WnWMn8o0Hw7l/s1600/IMG_7194.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuw66FYE9urPI4Q48QgX3n66lbMVlz8H817VZ9Y98_GlYxys_eDvtLWEV6J4sLcJ__Snanc9ljI-3NJbnvaeYm-904iRxaScCAuoJqBHAKKRwVG9iqslliW4kN71VkR3a7WnWMn8o0Hw7l/s400/IMG_7194.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629775973863219106" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And I must say my hair was perfectly crazy! It only needed its jet black coloring :(</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYbSctfPxE6Z78Wo2bYAaPtGHpDte5rnuiSpI3kVMc3QM_dd5bvJ5vwvUUg443dPjMKfJi00HCnjBRLQJMAvHXLOV3ycE_yYOFRpqrfnffS9Z5uDnOXlctnIPmxQd5Fpux9pvjghN44cOa/s1600/IMG_7193.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYbSctfPxE6Z78Wo2bYAaPtGHpDte5rnuiSpI3kVMc3QM_dd5bvJ5vwvUUg443dPjMKfJi00HCnjBRLQJMAvHXLOV3ycE_yYOFRpqrfnffS9Z5uDnOXlctnIPmxQd5Fpux9pvjghN44cOa/s400/IMG_7193.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629775971142271106" /></a><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Luna Lovegood reading her book upside down. If you know Shannon as good as I do and have read HP, you can't help but see the eerie similarities!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWGIIpy8YYOkiExbJdFVP_VjJHen4JR8dasSN9Erlv2ou9EYK5ViGoPQsZxSBCSTdMHrPYt3S8VGOPu-hhWSfXywcZax57S41qUub2Vo0BfTzYnnS5K3swLcBhARJRkLk3nNCgoPtzjMGM/s1600/IMG_7191.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWGIIpy8YYOkiExbJdFVP_VjJHen4JR8dasSN9Erlv2ou9EYK5ViGoPQsZxSBCSTdMHrPYt3S8VGOPu-hhWSfXywcZax57S41qUub2Vo0BfTzYnnS5K3swLcBhARJRkLk3nNCgoPtzjMGM/s400/IMG_7191.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629775961488619426" /></a><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are another set of sisters. Bellatrix and Narcissa. Look out muggles.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3d8yju6OxFj5blPqX4gSlHMDgzsxxJOI0UD1FQgweVpMlbQBKBWIYmf0-E7wTkanXTBAcrpqvNRMyxMRUHDu99qDxrccTIO-lBZMDRTkJZMKGQgKmCNyeifHset43S2ZHfCKmX5Y50-3u/s1600/IMG_7183.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3d8yju6OxFj5blPqX4gSlHMDgzsxxJOI0UD1FQgweVpMlbQBKBWIYmf0-E7wTkanXTBAcrpqvNRMyxMRUHDu99qDxrccTIO-lBZMDRTkJZMKGQgKmCNyeifHset43S2ZHfCKmX5Y50-3u/s400/IMG_7183.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629775955510959330" /></a><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Aww, Luna and Madame Lestrange.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjPdb1V73eVWsEHKD4MjmtRBuChW1X2avBAu4GodxslR0bwy6f1b51GJy49g1IBiWOsfd8FBHQRel-hbS0UIqTtP2zzFmfTbW9vhZk2BN98PAewKjrAoRbKSD7VjI86bgcYA2tO_VOPEM_/s1600/waiting.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/AVvXsEhjPdb1V73eVWsEHKD4MjmtRBuChW1X2avBAu4GodxslR0bwy6f1b51GJy49g1IBiWOsfd8FBHQRel-hbS0UIqTtP2zzFmfTbW9vhZk2BN98PAewKjrAoRbKSD7VjI86bgcYA2tO_VOPEM_/s400/waiting.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629490127896698626" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Luna using a Muggle laptop, researching Gnargles tho. (i had to ask Shannon how to spell gnargle just now and of course she knew) </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixShMuUk45DAlGyNyh5TGgAB8xuf-EVzNj-QkTNhlx3HHUdv7vUNCkZV6BAoVyYoz9W48KEN1HTnSjLnvmoRXPHNx4LAmu-kFeUYxj5674RJdFJJPFGxP0FHVRh2LAu4-tzBytG-RKvEzA/s1600/Luna%2527s+Lappy.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/AVvXsEixShMuUk45DAlGyNyh5TGgAB8xuf-EVzNj-QkTNhlx3HHUdv7vUNCkZV6BAoVyYoz9W48KEN1HTnSjLnvmoRXPHNx4LAmu-kFeUYxj5674RJdFJJPFGxP0FHVRh2LAu4-tzBytG-RKvEzA/s400/Luna%2527s+Lappy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629490124731800882" /></a><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">She aready had most of her costume but we went to Goodwill to hunt out last minute touches, and right there when we walked in, that perfect pink sweater. I got her Spectra-Spects at FAO Schwarz in New York.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ8B4Zj-vyaV7m-rg6hs_eLjvfZfCze8kS34-YvH8vN_Oe8nVMAr-E1vrztMG3ZMrLFaXSCLvvZ6oago3YQGpLQjqk3FhLcRh3MzDqgCcR-5Ta3KXivXc-F-KtC_ph_tK0EAuRkc33aXnS/s1600/ready.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/AVvXsEhQ8B4Zj-vyaV7m-rg6hs_eLjvfZfCze8kS34-YvH8vN_Oe8nVMAr-E1vrztMG3ZMrLFaXSCLvvZ6oago3YQGpLQjqk3FhLcRh3MzDqgCcR-5Ta3KXivXc-F-KtC_ph_tK0EAuRkc33aXnS/s400/ready.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629490123704529058" /></a><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Awesome miss-matched socks. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSrO1ji0e-T17Agu111zuq75E0umdf0EfKqIGhV4wUhGlTZkZqZ7dP-qBtJQfRCIfbtDdnB_6QNx3xLhqt-oZp3b7qg9iG4jLqheOYjbCrcL_aLTNu-XUyNtwkosMgUICwZZRS3nzHEbQ0/s1600/IMG_7178.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSrO1ji0e-T17Agu111zuq75E0umdf0EfKqIGhV4wUhGlTZkZqZ7dP-qBtJQfRCIfbtDdnB_6QNx3xLhqt-oZp3b7qg9iG4jLqheOYjbCrcL_aLTNu-XUyNtwkosMgUICwZZRS3nzHEbQ0/s400/IMG_7178.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629489444282737346" /></a><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">She even made her radish earrings with Dollar Store play dough! One was longer than the other, how Luna is that?</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLjKPI9g7poJVv6MHTPgDE6ynu5_n1Gk2_8RaIOzKnC9GveA0ZOhLCy3Q3xTdlxPCOT25Nc3dyWOTQtZLVVt5oEovHh-BRMBDRUjdbFuuWSAMwWpR2jxsrnbbNUG3_F2F1v0XJXr-d1Cx2/s1600/IMG_7177.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLjKPI9g7poJVv6MHTPgDE6ynu5_n1Gk2_8RaIOzKnC9GveA0ZOhLCy3Q3xTdlxPCOT25Nc3dyWOTQtZLVVt5oEovHh-BRMBDRUjdbFuuWSAMwWpR2jxsrnbbNUG3_F2F1v0XJXr-d1Cx2/s400/IMG_7177.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629489435973516962" /></a><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">She's got some wrackspurts in her head right here, I think, she looks kinda out of it.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6us3kWCLxvPBRhyphenhyphenVxUXxqgcb7oAgi-v2Ryh4i1FiGPDYFAuT9IP2jC7bYPjxG6YJXexyRXzsO3J7h-MmdayD6FOxL3dm0MK_a_Gu4laqVASz04PTcJ7ZIpZF7pm2MnuHQjOix3HOyfj9s/s1600/IMG_7175.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6us3kWCLxvPBRhyphenhyphenVxUXxqgcb7oAgi-v2Ryh4i1FiGPDYFAuT9IP2jC7bYPjxG6YJXexyRXzsO3J7h-MmdayD6FOxL3dm0MK_a_Gu4laqVASz04PTcJ7ZIpZF7pm2MnuHQjOix3HOyfj9s/s400/IMG_7175.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629489412767527426" /></a><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">And I loved this, double dose! Deathly Hallows part 1 at 9 pm then part 2 at midnight. A double dose of H-Pot, my drug!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizAY7yDp20qbgcsfUsfg4FvLELOnLhLhnoDobuyk0q6lXMHapP8Ex_tatUltjUkeUexawtZvYpwiFODJHQv6LWiYSrd5nVnMHCWeOE48-BXOnbswRZVBVA2tzykjwwz7F3nPM17kGJAfPB/s1600/double+dose.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/AVvXsEizAY7yDp20qbgcsfUsfg4FvLELOnLhLhnoDobuyk0q6lXMHapP8Ex_tatUltjUkeUexawtZvYpwiFODJHQv6LWiYSrd5nVnMHCWeOE48-BXOnbswRZVBVA2tzykjwwz7F3nPM17kGJAfPB/s400/double+dose.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629489404137749058" /></a><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">The Starbucks across the street was selling Butterbeer! It was pretty good!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1m9QajbzKKlH5EID1_7pvYpEceySvtIvGDxLcmBSGOUdybZRUCWSkMsu0d2-mZ2xjTbGOxOeWFAHolMVvw694kBE7gNN3Cl6h2tegXkKh1cb_eqvJ84GLH3Y3n3PgtmS2NPF2sWZve_MK/s1600/butterbeer+frapp.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/AVvXsEh1m9QajbzKKlH5EID1_7pvYpEceySvtIvGDxLcmBSGOUdybZRUCWSkMsu0d2-mZ2xjTbGOxOeWFAHolMVvw694kBE7gNN3Cl6h2tegXkKh1cb_eqvJ84GLH3Y3n3PgtmS2NPF2sWZve_MK/s400/butterbeer+frapp.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629489401749992914" /></a><br /></div><div>I got a migraine during part one, which threatened to ruin my night, but thanks to Excedrin Migraine, the blind spots and tunnel vision stopped in time for part 2 and I had no pain! I said a little prayer of thanksgiving for medicine! I am still a little out of it, not sure how I feel about it being over, but I do know I am looking forward to seeing it in the morning with Dad. </div><div><br /></div><div>JK Rowling, thank you. </div>AJSnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129945526114757728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753936887250813431.post-26629566400785481772011-07-10T01:33:00.004-05:002011-07-10T01:59:41.004-05:00New Dresses in my Etsy ShopOh my gosh really Alicia? Its taken me months to do this. No excuse for this kind of procrastination other than I really dislike the "listing" process on Etsy. <div><br /></div><div>Well, we have 3 lovely dresses here! Each dress comes with a coordinating hanger covered with scrap fabric from the dress.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyipuNpS3Cg77VzCD1GUf3K_Dr7s5OfEh5gBhvU0hX3n6LUyIhLKEiIQPqrfJ4x3bWWhA8c8keSrtqOQIvDtn09BWcWlIEoaVgrOpX0sKIS15jrF3h2g5ZxUwMsmSFyV4vDc1gjwNjOHQl/s1600/IMG_7128.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyipuNpS3Cg77VzCD1GUf3K_Dr7s5OfEh5gBhvU0hX3n6LUyIhLKEiIQPqrfJ4x3bWWhA8c8keSrtqOQIvDtn09BWcWlIEoaVgrOpX0sKIS15jrF3h2g5ZxUwMsmSFyV4vDc1gjwNjOHQl/s400/IMG_7128.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627608688653610674" /></a><br /></div><div>Not to mention embroidered <i>something</i> on the apron.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvSctcumRRa4cf5WKcfu0Msy7rZLbx-FRi7piwv22fg7hS1l-TgzdbeRzj7UFRFKtTjgJttRWyXLNGjuLQv6DvYVXl-p9Q710q4vKuXobQf4Djg-B4NM3kk122ZKGulynfkCLx9nugbZJE/s1600/IMG_7126.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvSctcumRRa4cf5WKcfu0Msy7rZLbx-FRi7piwv22fg7hS1l-TgzdbeRzj7UFRFKtTjgJttRWyXLNGjuLQv6DvYVXl-p9Q710q4vKuXobQf4Djg-B4NM3kk122ZKGulynfkCLx9nugbZJE/s400/IMG_7126.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627608687092953938" /></a><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/77507308/bright-flowers-and-french-knots-apron">Bright Flowers and French Knots</a> dress. I made little french knots all around the apron, and if you have ever made a french knot you know how... involved they are.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVHX_z-xo4MA3bN1iDG8dolTkIqawQY8GI_sG4sLCvkqVaCxDW1KUSCeKaLdzEDlw18qGKpnkueu-0gxH69-VNpWft2-MiQYHXQCaueeSiiIig4sdGclcPQjJznNKL7waqzIq8iW2GLzDy/s1600/IMG_7138.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVHX_z-xo4MA3bN1iDG8dolTkIqawQY8GI_sG4sLCvkqVaCxDW1KUSCeKaLdzEDlw18qGKpnkueu-0gxH69-VNpWft2-MiQYHXQCaueeSiiIig4sdGclcPQjJznNKL7waqzIq8iW2GLzDy/s400/IMG_7138.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627608671055174034" /></a><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Second is the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/77506844/peasant-apron-knot-dress-with-embroidery">Peasant Apron Knot Dress</a> which I did not actually embroider but its just too cute I had to have it. Its a little vineyard maiden and just so charming! </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdRalxhVqfzAc8Orlq6gm8nwUuRXyK6corZcOWE1YNzygPE_7BEVF9Kk7iNLAgfJSh7QwgSCRSYiUgALrDaoHW_Motzcd5345lBrifLoa1yXwWXSeDFAj0M2gnbLtNzUhNUFBAzglvr3h3/s1600/IMG_7136.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdRalxhVqfzAc8Orlq6gm8nwUuRXyK6corZcOWE1YNzygPE_7BEVF9Kk7iNLAgfJSh7QwgSCRSYiUgALrDaoHW_Motzcd5345lBrifLoa1yXwWXSeDFAj0M2gnbLtNzUhNUFBAzglvr3h3/s400/IMG_7136.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627608666400539698" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Here is the dress made with my favorite fabric, the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/77506332/boxed-dozen-apron-knot-dress-with-hand?ref=v1_other_2">Boxed Dozen </a> dress. That skirt fabric gives me Doris Day Fever! Its wonderfully 60's! </div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBtrullznqMJOkmoJog1qscjtqlIYoLAEBhh1Tb2Zm-lpsp-YSTroj5pRRzZwVMCvMwOink1J-BkrFTRP6mOIYPDmhhfwx8tolnBYSWz4zzJCfvfVOpOkSNAMzqexTeDeKoayb98BK5BCQ/s1600/IMG_7125.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBtrullznqMJOkmoJog1qscjtqlIYoLAEBhh1Tb2Zm-lpsp-YSTroj5pRRzZwVMCvMwOink1J-BkrFTRP6mOIYPDmhhfwx8tolnBYSWz4zzJCfvfVOpOkSNAMzqexTeDeKoayb98BK5BCQ/s400/IMG_7125.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627608661978743842" /></a>SO go hope over to my shop and add them to your favorites!</div>AJSnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129945526114757728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753936887250813431.post-46365229388724649652011-07-08T22:30:00.003-05:002011-07-09T01:11:25.408-05:00Nifty Napkins!Hello fellow link party participants! Here is the result of my most recent handmade project. <div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">3 hand embroidered kitchen towels for my first <a href="http://ajsnow-handmade.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-empty-apartment.html">apartment</a>! My kitchen will be red and aqua and oh so awesome!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfDMk44zb8Iaqyd0zbn91PayWnXvTEVeuJk0zkbF10IQ6ioBL9nXOLbMiA4hTEBu7PhSqspGSPqkFi2o4YdAGW1jkN5obbyNjNgy8d7oOyy91YMnfMs-og4aqRyAiVX87Fj-aatnAC6hpG/s1600/IMG_7165.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: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfDMk44zb8Iaqyd0zbn91PayWnXvTEVeuJk0zkbF10IQ6ioBL9nXOLbMiA4hTEBu7PhSqspGSPqkFi2o4YdAGW1jkN5obbyNjNgy8d7oOyy91YMnfMs-og4aqRyAiVX87Fj-aatnAC6hpG/s400/IMG_7165.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627226779229353922" /></a><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Gotta love lace, new and antique! I stole this inch of vintage lace from my dear mama (with out her knowing btw). </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0aXvu3iNJFjmePEdHzIXCdYRD-fyREijrMy0VXJLq8gnl_jndIztBrZXeQzJnNrROZg9DVm8YWUCZQkd3tHk5h0-Bq5rV0lZreQa7vUuIXMMtthIEhdASUbK2BrEUF1OWEiY_GJsVqIiF/s1600/IMG_7158.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: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0aXvu3iNJFjmePEdHzIXCdYRD-fyREijrMy0VXJLq8gnl_jndIztBrZXeQzJnNrROZg9DVm8YWUCZQkd3tHk5h0-Bq5rV0lZreQa7vUuIXMMtthIEhdASUbK2BrEUF1OWEiY_GJsVqIiF/s400/IMG_7158.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627226770184403362" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">While the red lace above is kickin' I have to say, Pom Pom trim rules!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkeNty_ZLJwK-QJQpELeW6nAGZHRylSgtJFX55sGoBzmLJlwC5sbw547kqbcFPykHq5DmLSfmx471r2uYQX-63D-B-tYhzgVZPqgU1bhTvQx1ZFZadk9A4tdnR84gRN4_BeoEeFgc7YCD9/s1600/IMG_7169.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: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkeNty_ZLJwK-QJQpELeW6nAGZHRylSgtJFX55sGoBzmLJlwC5sbw547kqbcFPykHq5DmLSfmx471r2uYQX-63D-B-tYhzgVZPqgU1bhTvQx1ZFZadk9A4tdnR84gRN4_BeoEeFgc7YCD9/s400/IMG_7169.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627226758017968466" /></a>I used patters from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rainbow-Stitches-Embroidery-Cross-Stitch-Project/dp/0823014789">A Rainbow of Stitches</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1600595812/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_3?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0823014789&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1SC11GJXX17F9X90FE7Q">Doodle Stitches</a>. My two favorite embroidery pattern sources. </div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks for checking them out! Leave me a comment if you please! </div>AJSnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129945526114757728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753936887250813431.post-61370113331834140132011-07-07T23:16:00.002-05:002011-07-07T23:25:30.922-05:00My newest little creationOh dear reader, you truly cannot know what it is to behold handmade loveliness, unless you area afforded the most agreeable opportunity to be in possession of one of my towels. ;) <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiosXUUWVULpYF7tpJWu0NFRoZOp9z-Q_ndo7no-AJk-bN5f8ylN1XUiwd6Z2SBOuttjToqijsURmgTVTeK8vxp1nZC87HLS0FgCwQNG6IBHZA4WqUR2wTzzEAtLDivyylMVmsIVewwHB0Y/s1600/cafe+towel.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 337px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiosXUUWVULpYF7tpJWu0NFRoZOp9z-Q_ndo7no-AJk-bN5f8ylN1XUiwd6Z2SBOuttjToqijsURmgTVTeK8vxp1nZC87HLS0FgCwQNG6IBHZA4WqUR2wTzzEAtLDivyylMVmsIVewwHB0Y/s400/cafe+towel.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626830670266332194" /></a>I have such fondness for my red pom pom trim, such fondness.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhsIMcIVXrQbtRwXaQML68TiXMlZrMlQPo9s3skbI8Ey4sQ4vOSQIWbKaGT6XckA2GJRYEnPU1H_BtRYABNJcvA8cgvGNWELZNEVrZUcXR_1xCrJXxXXJwKzpDaWeqsTIbvQ4V3Zae7I7w/s1600/IMG_7169.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: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhsIMcIVXrQbtRwXaQML68TiXMlZrMlQPo9s3skbI8Ey4sQ4vOSQIWbKaGT6XckA2GJRYEnPU1H_BtRYABNJcvA8cgvGNWELZNEVrZUcXR_1xCrJXxXXJwKzpDaWeqsTIbvQ4V3Zae7I7w/s400/IMG_7169.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626830661140355106" /></a>AJSnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129945526114757728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753936887250813431.post-64212668362877631852011-07-04T12:19:00.005-05:002011-07-04T23:39:24.435-05:00Good times, good times<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>This passage from the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Moments-Singles-Life-Live-Meditations/dp/1576835405">book</a> I am reading has been bouncing in my head this past week:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">"Invest in the lives of those closest to you. Love those whom God has placed in your life right now-today. Don't think of their companionship as a consolation prize or a temporary substitute until the 'real thing' comes along. They are the real thing."</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">I really have been missing my BFF's Meg and Am who abandoned me for the bright lights of the <a href="http://ajsnow-handmade.blogspot.com/2010/03/concrete-jungle-where-dreams-are-made.html">Big Apple</a>. But thats ok, I forgive them :) now I have a free place to stay whenever I get brave enough to fly again. ANYWAY, I miss having a best friend that knows my daily goings on and vice versa. :( Everyone feel sorry for Lee Lee now! awwww. Just kidding, I just really miss you girls and am so angry that yall are having fun with out me!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">On a craftier note... </div><div><br /></div>Two towels done! I can't deny it any longer dear reader, I am pretty stinking good at embroidery! :)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIH8x-A_5M45bUqywMTntrVNN6YNvUViV87YxnRefxknBkW8N-k3kv5dgUTBvSHsk5Y9DiHgMsDrj_HWoDCIJ1Pa-JBoH0nn_A7q5AzPoahYVz9S9BZU5DHLWOx1NYI-fBzvYVcmrtxxLm/s1600/IMG_7165.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: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIH8x-A_5M45bUqywMTntrVNN6YNvUViV87YxnRefxknBkW8N-k3kv5dgUTBvSHsk5Y9DiHgMsDrj_HWoDCIJ1Pa-JBoH0nn_A7q5AzPoahYVz9S9BZU5DHLWOx1NYI-fBzvYVcmrtxxLm/s400/IMG_7165.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625573310048863698" /></a>This flour sack towel with the Babushkas is HUGE! I guess it needs to be since it's so thin there is no way it could ever absorb anything unless it was wadded up.<div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcWcU9Bmyj0tR7G-id88t-yt2T1cSVdx0ywNhX2VgWidZvj0MVLMUmzof8VpxWstS3o9arwW0s-NrWmp0bNvZbgcMQHlzT3x0P3q-J-QwY2Hcz7fXwdKvxyRxb7vTl7wHOOeGusKmtotZv/s1600/IMG_7158.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: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcWcU9Bmyj0tR7G-id88t-yt2T1cSVdx0ywNhX2VgWidZvj0MVLMUmzof8VpxWstS3o9arwW0s-NrWmp0bNvZbgcMQHlzT3x0P3q-J-QwY2Hcz7fXwdKvxyRxb7vTl7wHOOeGusKmtotZv/s400/IMG_7158.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625573302458343810" /></a>I got this blue napkin from Target. I saw them on clearance but had no cash at the time, so on payday I went back to hunt them down, and they were reduced even LOWER! I think like 1.50? So YIPPY! </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho4MpJzLvjCYiOrcRCyv5C3Q8rk13IF3NdFS5tuCcUf2wS-wzMFq21_8yf6nRPPIZZM726USKcD-R0TJQwtqXilx6HMVWwrx4FIO6gklUf7iRf-tlJR1BlR2Z4ZeijAgBi-fLsSqLAnQRW/s400/lace+shop+napkin.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625722916940423554" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 326px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div>AJSnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129945526114757728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753936887250813431.post-85389526761685136472011-06-29T23:52:00.003-05:002011-06-30T21:14:44.205-05:00My first box and the embroidery I have been working onI have <i>finally</i> finished ONE of my towels for my new apartment. Hoorah! At work, I have been getting lots of hours (ka-ching)! When I get home, I usually dont pick up a needle, you all know how strenuous embroidering is! lol.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyHEI6k5dzVACXzDevQud3P73SvhgZ8gObW2JO_bEthXCJFFxgD8FZkBG-wapWtRPdjQeqFj9OSzQZ5zPTLA5iavz5GTKyKyQvnhXKSy0hBP5MOqPquWeC82zq-2wZuNZes-NN8SYwxhEu/s1600/babushka+towel.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: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyHEI6k5dzVACXzDevQud3P73SvhgZ8gObW2JO_bEthXCJFFxgD8FZkBG-wapWtRPdjQeqFj9OSzQZ5zPTLA5iavz5GTKyKyQvnhXKSy0hBP5MOqPquWeC82zq-2wZuNZes-NN8SYwxhEu/s400/babushka+towel.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623871928115270850" /></a><br /><div>The next and last step is to add the red pom pom trim and lace along the bottom. It will look AMAZING in my kitchen!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIWO73Xp-LJVC5o0BIsO19GI4naiTV8JUXwlWm9_YIpCt-3w6YmQfsmLZ076xMM9Ar19B_6IersepKUQWi7VM4zFHuKV92J7JgjtKSfhn9ANivdGtrzUEt-Y4DRdCokG65auGYcqc5XmvW/s1600/IMG_7155.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIWO73Xp-LJVC5o0BIsO19GI4naiTV8JUXwlWm9_YIpCt-3w6YmQfsmLZ076xMM9Ar19B_6IersepKUQWi7VM4zFHuKV92J7JgjtKSfhn9ANivdGtrzUEt-Y4DRdCokG65auGYcqc5XmvW/s400/IMG_7155.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623871917519549490" /></a><br /></div><div>Packing has started, this usually brings all sorts of sad things to my brain, but since I am moving HOME to east Texas I have a spring in my step. While packing up crafty things I discovered I have almost 30 embroidery hoops! WOOT!.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHn1U-b4Vfti7gxoXevokGg7MRVlGKDnF9rqdv9sadAVJgV80IrfF2Z7-lTVYnAiXBln7yzX_dUkKh52eupzQ6K5REYldBJglyzbfuG-HWuAJGb8KsXQ1wjYDBBqXL4nqZPJF_wc3g_N7I/s1600/IMG_7151.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHn1U-b4Vfti7gxoXevokGg7MRVlGKDnF9rqdv9sadAVJgV80IrfF2Z7-lTVYnAiXBln7yzX_dUkKh52eupzQ6K5REYldBJglyzbfuG-HWuAJGb8KsXQ1wjYDBBqXL4nqZPJF_wc3g_N7I/s400/IMG_7151.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623871910072454802" /></a><br /></div><div>The first box packed and taped is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">Kitchen </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#00CCCC;">Stuff</span>. LAA!!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj85TgWL41UXbXVvpK0C2UsemEzNNLNmqaypXSwxbh9bnjrAM_g82TBQAYQcRu4bS6nZ-uK6TQD3qDzf32BppJRdaUM__koKmx20MqW0G77gAtNr-Rwx5ctsHlzwNOkMMeIBTQWMihZUd3J/s1600/IMG_7149.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: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj85TgWL41UXbXVvpK0C2UsemEzNNLNmqaypXSwxbh9bnjrAM_g82TBQAYQcRu4bS6nZ-uK6TQD3qDzf32BppJRdaUM__koKmx20MqW0G77gAtNr-Rwx5ctsHlzwNOkMMeIBTQWMihZUd3J/s400/IMG_7149.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623871905650391586" /></a>Working on the rest of my napkins which will be a little anthro inspired so look forward to that mess!</div>AJSnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129945526114757728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753936887250813431.post-66111171302366767702011-06-18T00:08:00.003-05:002011-06-18T00:19:00.530-05:00What I get paid to do.in addition to building the best Lincoln Logs cabins you have ever seen, I get to watch such cinematic masterpieces as Aladdin, Cars, Cinderella, Pinocchio and Mulan. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgeN25qeueuuqX_Tod1jWYRvnzzxO4jHmzGM4SUuxkbGqMaeDaqpgd04gHr_4WJCu5LbIsgDHU9OxB1Fo4V2kVvad4uIci6GPI96ug8UrTyZPFrSmnZzFN3bxz1Oeop8jxutB4GdVpytzt/s1600/dream+stables.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/AVvXsEjgeN25qeueuuqX_Tod1jWYRvnzzxO4jHmzGM4SUuxkbGqMaeDaqpgd04gHr_4WJCu5LbIsgDHU9OxB1Fo4V2kVvad4uIci6GPI96ug8UrTyZPFrSmnZzFN3bxz1Oeop8jxutB4GdVpytzt/s400/dream+stables.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619422675968418274" /></a>Oh, and I get all the fresh popcorn I can stand. Plus I am continually experimenting with Lemon-aid, Sprite and fruit punch... delicious and refreshing!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCVMF2gq6ZVslT51TYZWmlFdSLMFXO9iW8bzUPgYaHGbFrqco-P1uKiBy0hghCSvgrnaxEpPS977yqCPpyPSsNYIJwwKmf51-V_dZMedwflIzvAYpdYvC4wfIaNH_8ZEqQ2Vk-yu6oEoc/s1600/dream+cabin2.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/AVvXsEiGCVMF2gq6ZVslT51TYZWmlFdSLMFXO9iW8bzUPgYaHGbFrqco-P1uKiBy0hghCSvgrnaxEpPS977yqCPpyPSsNYIJwwKmf51-V_dZMedwflIzvAYpdYvC4wfIaNH_8ZEqQ2Vk-yu6oEoc/s400/dream+cabin2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619422672545459826" /></a>Probly the best thing that comes with my job is FREE MOVIES! I have lots of free passes so if you find yourself near Southlake, give me a shout!AJSnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129945526114757728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753936887250813431.post-89926450267277146892011-06-12T23:56:00.002-05:002011-06-13T00:07:30.266-05:00My empty apartment!Its all signed and paid for! Got the keys and everything! SOOO excited. This may be the first time I have ever been excited to pack up and start a new life. Well, every time we have moved to or in Van have been happy times. Took these with my phone and there is no light so...<div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Stove, oven, you may have seen one of these before.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOAH-OQ_1CQDD3PHYqA04AtyWrm5DM0_WN1lYyoFhBaqhXBqeB6ioVVFx-DMqWsafCgNlNjsaEpaa6-68pJk9OwkdwQC0PM4hlZHiY5Mu-h_vUw_cUXlnr03ChMdrgAolEXDnayJg0Kyso/s1600/stove.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/AVvXsEhOAH-OQ_1CQDD3PHYqA04AtyWrm5DM0_WN1lYyoFhBaqhXBqeB6ioVVFx-DMqWsafCgNlNjsaEpaa6-68pJk9OwkdwQC0PM4hlZHiY5Mu-h_vUw_cUXlnr03ChMdrgAolEXDnayJg0Kyso/s400/stove.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617564364984525010" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sink, counter tops DISHWASHER! This is where my cute glass sugar/flour canisters will go! :)</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOVcQwDIQgdWFJ6e_tBbAKtxvewfhI7_mTofEhX5x0UJcaMgmvaFHUJF_imrMuJOGJnE1hj_SqWiNJml2M-iWE1T7r4MQOKlgFoUGWWfKRr4hV8qS4ODXdqwsZpj1mbrst7MAMMP68rX5i/s1600/sink.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/AVvXsEgOVcQwDIQgdWFJ6e_tBbAKtxvewfhI7_mTofEhX5x0UJcaMgmvaFHUJF_imrMuJOGJnE1hj_SqWiNJml2M-iWE1T7r4MQOKlgFoUGWWfKRr4hV8qS4ODXdqwsZpj1mbrst7MAMMP68rX5i/s400/sink.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617564273669814114" /></a><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Living room from kitchen. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkxMNlWKxRWvmcani0AGBrsCswc8DzpCubydrh8LmDpMBTiw5Thfe0RSULqBznaDekadR066mSeybHfSV2YoY9tJploILM-QwWL8RO-ujFY4NZOLeXBuj1iBD827cRwARqSdO6W8EVvXS6/s1600/living.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/AVvXsEgkxMNlWKxRWvmcani0AGBrsCswc8DzpCubydrh8LmDpMBTiw5Thfe0RSULqBznaDekadR066mSeybHfSV2YoY9tJploILM-QwWL8RO-ujFY4NZOLeXBuj1iBD827cRwARqSdO6W8EVvXS6/s400/living.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617564265191313938" /></a><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Caught Shannon in the dinning area. :) I want a tall drop leaf table to save space.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJOSiwHP7FNCPHeqdK6wRFxOu822GoV_OzVE_aAP0HPb6TZ_TlGHMR9C3mzIG4kJSOwPLlyXVSxBOGCuTCYyBcxox-fV3FV-dK9kSWzRCnZrAGpz085urvhPaWG_yxA8XAlSVzkhuJltj/s1600/dinning2.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/AVvXsEiJJOSiwHP7FNCPHeqdK6wRFxOu822GoV_OzVE_aAP0HPb6TZ_TlGHMR9C3mzIG4kJSOwPLlyXVSxBOGCuTCYyBcxox-fV3FV-dK9kSWzRCnZrAGpz085urvhPaWG_yxA8XAlSVzkhuJltj/s400/dinning2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617564254982785522" /></a><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Kitchen from living room. Alan just barely clears the hanging light. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEC9w9DYuuUj-OfUEdMOgnQgw-f65WHa1Vjo6rU8gPOIMTX05PH_m3zElmQkUcRQwAWU90GGwyydaRI64QW2cqg7kwyIamu0nl6QwKyZgEpZjFgIcgzlcpHFkQP_hqeIqR6dZwfQ6CmC0u/s1600/dinning.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/AVvXsEiEC9w9DYuuUj-OfUEdMOgnQgw-f65WHa1Vjo6rU8gPOIMTX05PH_m3zElmQkUcRQwAWU90GGwyydaRI64QW2cqg7kwyIamu0nl6QwKyZgEpZjFgIcgzlcpHFkQP_hqeIqR6dZwfQ6CmC0u/s400/dinning.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617564249109442962" /></a><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Storage above the fridge and stove. I think I will add some scrapbook paper or fabric to emphasize my red and aqua fetish. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_GV8tjjSRDX8UzNmg7AOLceU5nuTu-DJm4UJnLXIcypW9XxMoxQhpF0Vey5Zf3bdmOEsCmaaEEdzPckoP-wFX-P57xA4btnb_MQ_7uOzy_g8Pk17cfm1GPQsBm0X89nRuH80hnar3OEiF/s1600/cabinets.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/AVvXsEh_GV8tjjSRDX8UzNmg7AOLceU5nuTu-DJm4UJnLXIcypW9XxMoxQhpF0Vey5Zf3bdmOEsCmaaEEdzPckoP-wFX-P57xA4btnb_MQ_7uOzy_g8Pk17cfm1GPQsBm0X89nRuH80hnar3OEiF/s400/cabinets.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617564242374447618" /></a>well thats all I got for now. </div>AJSnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129945526114757728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753936887250813431.post-44140530418913736782011-06-09T18:59:00.004-05:002011-06-09T19:18:02.364-05:00What's up with Lee Lee latelyWho would buy this first of all? (shudder) It was staring at me at Garden Ridge.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtasbmTRnNlxY5sNm0R6Xxc2UseA4-Jd9ra-m3NANJJcImdfkGJAhJvwnyg08bEyTtiLEt4OWVYlyXsckck0FkSdVcI7PqtOMrP7II9ky48rcunlW8lDjxa2z_YyWvdNroWaVThu9zhU_Z/s1600/tree+man.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/AVvXsEhtasbmTRnNlxY5sNm0R6Xxc2UseA4-Jd9ra-m3NANJJcImdfkGJAhJvwnyg08bEyTtiLEt4OWVYlyXsckck0FkSdVcI7PqtOMrP7II9ky48rcunlW8lDjxa2z_YyWvdNroWaVThu9zhU_Z/s400/tree+man.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616376533294001810" /></a><br /><div>Today the odometer in The Phaeton rolled over to 200,000! We went and checked out my soon to be apartment! SOOO excited!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgukJODGVke8Ls08tq79h8dnADfu8mHLRUq_J6Py_QlGFxAhyphenhyphentnGxi9U8s7m6r78Ey7FBLgrDWn1x2dk70mqu1JpVdiyf71eZKpuw_PfpHm7sWdFeDK43bHryxT5dZNZo7aZzXVo34NuDiE/s1600/miles.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/AVvXsEgukJODGVke8Ls08tq79h8dnADfu8mHLRUq_J6Py_QlGFxAhyphenhyphentnGxi9U8s7m6r78Ey7FBLgrDWn1x2dk70mqu1JpVdiyf71eZKpuw_PfpHm7sWdFeDK43bHryxT5dZNZo7aZzXVo34NuDiE/s400/miles.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616376524195661506" /></a><br /></div><div>Shannabee and I invested in some chocolatey face mask stuff that has to be refrigerated. Long story short, I broke out. :(<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-aksGR6dC2yWpqrsIiTIRlqoKYRkssTlrMnBXoexEAJpKCGQT27v5LMFQR-8K5I1KJwZg8El-WNCKOSQtkEqQkNw_97ZPAi8UB2v7_ZCkrhQCUscE_XjIVvtU71G7M2Rma2t4OCuZjiGW/s1600/mask.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/AVvXsEi-aksGR6dC2yWpqrsIiTIRlqoKYRkssTlrMnBXoexEAJpKCGQT27v5LMFQR-8K5I1KJwZg8El-WNCKOSQtkEqQkNw_97ZPAi8UB2v7_ZCkrhQCUscE_XjIVvtU71G7M2Rma2t4OCuZjiGW/s400/mask.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616376519497153186" /></a><br /></div><div>Found these at Barnes & Noble! Dairy free cookies! Makes my innerds happy!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWlAdXWuAbtquqU4slifCrPImg02vx157GXZhOi8d3AWcBQYTRfBDSBWaJpcF8aqIVbn7cTyrw5YQcqmJSHf9DjK1bxHu7ZF3KQROvhIXz9WC31Hl-MBji6oKb3_lQdta4OplZCXT1egV/s1600/cookies.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/AVvXsEjQWlAdXWuAbtquqU4slifCrPImg02vx157GXZhOi8d3AWcBQYTRfBDSBWaJpcF8aqIVbn7cTyrw5YQcqmJSHf9DjK1bxHu7ZF3KQROvhIXz9WC31Hl-MBji6oKb3_lQdta4OplZCXT1egV/s400/cookies.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616376514945421074" /></a><br /></div>AJSnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129945526114757728noreply@blogger.com0