tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37699007140415723042012-01-28T05:51:37.121-05:00North Carolina, that is.Carolyn Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130728136654196449noreply@blogger.comBlogger5391100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769900714041572304.post-86453987327302433772012-01-25T06:56:00.002-05:002012-01-25T06:56:00.417-05:00

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Today is the Chinese New Year. It is time to clean out the old and bring in the new. I am especially excited since this year is the Year of the Dragon and I was born in the Year of the Dragon a zillion years ago. Hopefully, that means that this year will be lucky for me.

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Mention a chancla or chancleta to any Latino or Latina and you will either see them shudder and/or their face will turn pale. They might break out in a cold sweat. They might flinch if you make a quick movement. Growing up many of us were threatened with the evil chancleta. For you who do not know what a chancla is, it is basically a flip-flop. A flip-flop you say. Yes, a flip-flop or slipper or

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This is the view from our front porch. The other day I noticed there was snow on the mountains!

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I haven't been blogging because it is really slow around here. And there is NOTHING exciting going on at all. Yes, I am boring sometimes. Work is work. Nothing new, nothing special. The good news is I have started exercising with a group of my co-workers at school. We are doing Zumba and low impact aerobics. It is tough but it works out for us because we start exercising right after school and

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This is a picture of our house from across the river. Man, do I miss summer and the heat. *Sigh*

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I LOVE this picture of us in Jamaica.

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It is no secret I hate snow. I hate it because I have to drive in it. If I could stay home, I wouldn't care. Luckily, when watching TV this morning the name of my employer scrolled on the bottom of the screen saying we were closed. Nothing like snow days but do I miss living in Florida and California during winter.

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Yes, I am a slacker but when we got back from Jamaica, my cold blew up and I wanted to do nothing. I am finally getting around to trying to catch up on my blogs. Our Jamaica trip was fantastic. It was so nice to go somewhere where it was warm! Oh how I miss the heat. We left to Atlanta on Thursday and flew to Jamaica on Friday. The trip was uneventful. The problem about our resort was that it

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Hope your 2012 is fantastic!!

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Yes, I will post some Jamaica pictures soon. We had a wonderful time but are glad to be home. I miss the heat and the fact that I have people serving me day and night but oh well, back to reality. I decided to do a post on 2011 and the highlights and lowlights. 2011 was actually quite boring. We traveled a lot but mainly it was low key. It was also a bad year because we lost a family member.

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And I want to wish my lovely sister a very Happy Birthday! xoxo Love you!

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And Scout is none to happy about being left in the care of our house/cat sitter instead of being here in Jamaica with us but oh well sucks to be her. The good thing is she gets fresh food and water every day, so she can't complain. Keep checking the blog because if I get motivated I might pot my usual: "Hey look at our hotel room" video. Aside from that, Happy Holidays everyone!

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Yes, we are creepy and morbid. I got a canvas with one of my favorite Shawn pictures and it now lives on our mantle with her ashes. I feel like we are the Addams Family or something.

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Once again I was inspired by our local restaurant LuLu's to create my own version of their Red Bell Pepper Sauce. They serve it on fish and the other day Tom ordered some walnut and cheese ravioli with red bell pepper sauce. It was delish. I am so ordering that next time we go. At the grocery store, I saw some red bell peppers and decided to try and recreate my own version. I have never made

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I finally had the opportunity to eat one of my green eggs that I got from a co-worker. Many people wondered if they were different from regular eggs. They are not and they are just as tasty! Yummo!

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Okay there is NOTHING going on in my life right now so I won't be posting anything new or interesting unless something happens. We are just holding out for Christmas vacation in Jamaica! Yippee. But until then we are just taking it easy and not doing anything else. What I always do though is cook. You know cooking is one of my passions so I figured I would share one of our favorite recipes. It

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When we were in Cleveland this past weekend, we ate at our favorite fast food place: Skyline Chili. If you have never had Skyline Chili, I am sad for you. It is the best thing ever. This is a 4 way and 2 cheese coneys! Yes, it is chili on spaghetti and mini hot dogs. YUMMO!!!

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I haven't posted for a few days because I couldn't. On Friday we left to go to Cleveland for surprise party for Tom's mom. Because she reads the blog, I couldn't say that we were leaving town. So Friday we headed off to Cleveland. The drive is about 10 hours. We left early but made it to Cleveland by 5 or 6pm. We got a hotel room and then went out to dinner and then crashed early since we were

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Since Saturday, I have had a stomach bug. It has been a tough couple of days. UGH! I don't wish this on anyone. Suffice it to say, I have missed out on the Thanksgiving leftovers and haven't eaten since Saturday afternoon. I am dreaming of my delicious turkey right about now. I am hoping I can eat some chicken noodle soup today. The good thing is I lost all the weight I put on last week.

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Tom's mom came for Thanksgiving and on Wednesday we headed off to the Biltmore Estates. I had never been there although we have lived in Western North Carolina for 3 years now. Both Tom and his mom had been before. I was interested to see it since I have heard so many good things. Tom got us tickets for the Butler's Tour. It was a behind the scenes tour of the servant's quarters, pantry and

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I tried to make flan. Flan is like a custard with a caramel topping. Being Latina, I grew up with flan but I never really liked it. It is super sweet. Because it is not one of my favorite things, I never made it. I got nuts and decided to give it a go. It wasn't totally successful but it wasn't bad either. Some of the caramel topping got stuck on the ramekin but there was enough to make it

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In the year 2000, we moved from Florida to State College, PA. Tom got a job teaching lighting design at Penn State and we were off on a new adventure. I had only lived in Los Angeles and Miami back then so State College was a bit of a culture shock for me. A few weeks before we left Florida, I saw an online ad for a Development Assistant in the local newspaper. I sent in my resume and hoped for

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I have been cooking lately but haven't been blogging about my cooking lately. But this weekend I made the best chicken noodle soup ever! One of our favorite winter meals is homemade chicken noodle and grilled cheese sandwiches. Friday I went to grocery and found whole chickens on sale so I decided to make fresh soup. Making chicken noodle soup is actually quite easy. The trick is in the

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This is our turkey from last year. I cannot wait to cook my turkey this year. YUMMO!!!! Isn't that a freaking beauty!!

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It's been cold and Scout likes the heat. She curls up in her bed that I placed next the the heater and she is in hog heaven.

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Here are more photos from our trip to Universal Orlando!

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I have been a slacker but I am finally posting about our trip last weekend to Orlando. Tom had a conference and invited me along. I was all over that. And although I usually prefer Disney, I knew I had to go to Universal Orlando because of the new Harry Potter attraction. We drove from NC to FL. It was a long drive but not too bad. We arrived early Thursday and were able to check into the hotel

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Today is El Dia de Los Muertos or the Day of the Dead. Every year, I celebrate it for my Abuela Gilda. I have been lucky because I have not had many people in my life die. What I love about the Day of the Dead is that it celebrates the dead. You do not mourn but remember their life. I am also an avid collector of Day of the Dead items. Our shelves and walls are filled with skulls and Katrina

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Yeah this is a picture of an old pumpkin I carved, sue me. I don't have one this year. But I love my ghostface pumpkin! Have a Happy and Safe Halloween!

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I will hopefully be at Hogwarts School for Wizards! Yippee!! This weekend we are at Universal Orlando. I am beyond thrilled beyond belief because I love love love Harry Potter. I also love Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure. Fun!!! Hopefully I will get some cool pics to share!

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Okay, no ham but a green egg! My friend, M, from work has lots of chickens and every so often I get eggs from her. Fresh eggs rock the house. I love them. In my batch this week, I got a green egg. Isn't that wild? I almost don't want to eat it because it is so pretty and green. Have you ever seen a green egg?

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Afternoon is my favorite time of the day. Cool fall afternoons are the most beautiful. I don't know why. It might go back to when I was a child. One of my first memories is of afternoon at our house in Los Angeles. I always remember waiting until my sister and father got home. I would wait in the driveway and it was always at that time of the day. I used to spend the day with my mom who worked

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Okay it's overkill but Fall is just the most most most gorgeous time of the year here in Western North Carolina. So here are more Fall pictures.

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I did not take these photos. My friend Bonnie at work took these and was so kind to let me borrow the images for my blog. She rocks the house! Some of these are from where we work. Some are where she lives. I LOVE Fall!

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I cannot tell how beautiful this week has been. The colors of Fall are freaking amazing!My drive is so great that I am sure I will crash one of these days because I get so distracted with the colors. It honestly looks like someone threw a blanket of orange, red and yellow over the mountains. They look like they are on fire.And every day is different but more beautiful than the next. This will

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Almost two decades ago, I met my friend Dion. I remember I was living in Coral Gables in a house that was chopped up into 3 different living quarters. The landlady lived in the biggest section. I lived n a studio apartment that had a small kitchen, a full bath and a walk-in closet. There was a a smaller apartment in the back next to mine.I lived there while attending the University of Miami.

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It's been 2 years. Yikes! Although we really have been together for about 17 or 18 years, we are never sure. And yes, this is actually our wedding photo. Classy!UPDATE! Received these today at work. I brought them home though because they were so pretty.

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Okay, it's more like a Porch with a View. I was outside on our porch on Sunday because the Fall colors are out and I was taking in the view. Yes, this is what a see everyday. Jealous?

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Sunday we decided to go for a drive because Tom finally had a free day. It was also beautiful weather. We were going to go to Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina but decided to take the back road drive toward Cashiers where I work. It was a beautiful drive.The leaves are just starting to turn and we had never been on that road. It is still not peak leaf season but in a few weeks it will be.We

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Okay, you need to focus on the shirt and not my boobs. But I found this shirt online the other day and had to get it. If you are a Buffy fan you will recognize the Mutant Enemy zombie that came on at the end of the show and said Grr Argh. It is the cutest thing and I need to get a few more because I will wear this one out soon.

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We actually have a little hiking trail at work. I don't hike but I went down there to look around. There is actually a little memorial garden with benches where you can sit and relax. It is very peaceful and beautiful.

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I wish I had enough money so I didn't have to work but that is not the case. But I am very lucky because I work in a tiny mountain town. My drive is 45 minutes through the mountains past rivers, streams and a huge lake. In winter it is scary and dangerous but the rest of the seasons are amazing.My favorite season is Fall. Once I get to work, I have an amazing view wherever I look. I thought I

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Yes, my drive is 45 minutes everyday to work but it is the best thing!

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Got your attention didn't I?For those handful of people who actually read my blog, you are aware that on Saturday night I was going to see Rick Springfield in concert. Don't judge, people, don't judge. I love his music. There I said it. I am not ashamed to admit it.When I feel depressed or need a pick me up. I root around the CD's I carry in my car to find his greatest hits, pop it in the CD

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No I am not having a bitter moment. But if you know where this title is from then you are someone I should hang out with. If you don't, then you are probably too old, too young or don't know 80's pop music. It is actually the title of a Rick Springfield song. This weekend I am off to the Harrah's Cherokee Casino to see Rick. I will end up going alone to the concert since Tom will not go because

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This summer Tom went to Costa Rica and Nicaragua on vacation. Because I decided to go to BlogHer in San Diego, I didn't go with him. But he brought back some interesting pieces to add to our already very very eclectic art collection. I love the mask. It is so funky and goes with the other masks we have. We are so not religious but somehow we both love the angel and I am a cross fiend for some

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I haven't been blogging much because there is NOTHING going on in my life right now. It is basically a snoozefest.I guess that's good because I hate any type of drama. Basically, it is just work and home. Tom has been super duper busy as he gets during the school year so we don't do much because he has no time. At least next week, I have tickets to see Rick Springfield. Don't judge, people, don't

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We actually bought this bed for Shawn because she was sleeping on the floors and we thought maybe it would make her more comfortable. She hated it. But Scout loved it and now it is in the living room. Every night she comes and sleeps there until we go to bed.She is such a sweet baby!

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This is sort of a repost from my 4th of July post because I talked about where we got this flag. I decided to tell the story again, 10 years later.When I moved in with Tom he had a flag. We moved a few times and the flag disappeared. In 2001, we had moved to Boynton Beach, FL. So on 9-11-2001, we were without a flag to put out.It was impossible to find flags after 9-11. We went out looking but to

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I love this song. I am not a huge Cure fan but this has to be one of my favorite songs ever.I have to say that every time I hear this song I just want to get up and dance! And I love this video because it is exactly how I feel when I hear this music. I want to frolic, dance and throw a straight jacket on! So enjoy a little Cure this morning as I celebrate Friday!**Please note, you might have to

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This my 500th post!! I started this blog 2.5 years ago when we moved here to Sylva, NC. It kept me sane while I looked for a job. It opened my eyes to a whole new world I had never ever known was out there. I have made new friends and had some great experiences because of this blog and my other blog as well.For my 500th post, I decided to post links to some of my favorite posts. It was hard

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I find it ironic that on Labor Day, we don't have to labor.Have a good day if you have it off and even if you don't. We have lots of rain and gloom today. But there is a Buffy the Vampire Slayer marathon going on and I am all over that! We'll see how long Tom will allow me to watch it before he puts his foot down and makes me switch the channel.He is not a bloodsucker lover like me.

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We decided to actually do something this weekend. We have not gotten into a routine after this summer since it was a little crazy. With the long weekend, we actually have time to do things. We decided to head out to an Indian Crafts Festival but that was a bust. It was the saddest little festival ever although a few vendors had some really nice crafts. We didn't buy anything though. After the

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It's been almost 2 weeks since we lost Shawn. Last Friday, we got her ashes back. Yes, we had her cremated. We still have not decided what to do with the ashes but we figured we could spread them around the house or in the garden. We have no idea but the idea of having her ashes makes us feel a little better. In any case, last Friday I bawled when Tom brought the ashes home. Yes, I cry more than

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Last Friday, we were doing one of the hardest things I have ever done in my life. I have been sad and mopey. I have been wallowing in my misery. I decided that I needed to make myself feel better. I have Fridays off so I decided that I would treat myself to a movie. Now for many that might not be a big deal but we never ever go to the movies. This began when we lived in Florida. We actually went

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On Friday before we took Shawnie into the vet, we let her out into the backyard. She had always been an indoor kitty but we thought she might want to spend a little time outside. I think she enjoyed herself. Yes I am wallowing in self pity of losing my baby but everyday is getting easier. I snapped a few pictures that day to remember her. This was the last one.

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"If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart, I'll stay there forever." ~A.A. Milne, "Winnie-the-Pooh" This morning, we had to put our little baby, Shawn, down. My heart is broken. I stayed with her until she passed. It was much easier then I thought it would be because it was so peaceful. I cried like a little baby though. Our vet and his assistant were

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I took this picture at the school where I work. Some bushes are already changing colors and we have had some very cool weather lately. Fall is coming. I love Fall.

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I will say that I am just randomly going to write things down as I remember. I am hitting the highlights. First off, our "Kick Off Your Heels" event rocked the house. But then again, I knew it would because if there is one thing I know and am good at is events. And as we worked on it and I walked through the event in my head, I knew that it would go well and the guests would enjoy themselves.

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Love you!

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Yeah there were a lot of celebrities at the BlogHer conference I was at but they didn't float my boat. But as I was walking the Expo Center, I saw a huge star or should I say a huge Sun. I was all over getting my picture with the Jimmy Dean Sun! It was the real guy not some sort of expo impostor! Yes, I am a geeky weirdo, sue me!

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I got back Sunday night and then had to go to work Monday so I have had no time whatsoever. I have to get back to my real life before I can start blogging again. So hang in there. I have lots of pictures to post but probably won't do it until this weekend. In the meantime read some of my old posts. My favorite is the: FU Grim Reaper post. Makes me laugh everytime I read it although I almost died

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This is the view from our room in San Diego at the Omni Hotel San Diego. Plus, that is where our Stiletto Media "Kick Off Your Heels" will be held!

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For those of you who don't know, I am originally from California. Yes, believe it or not I am a native Los Angelino! This coming week, I am off to California. San Diego to be exact. I will be attending the BlogHer Conference. I will also be hosting the launch party for my friend Migdalia's new media company, Stiletto Media.Of course, I will do my usual travel vlogs. So keep an eye out! Hopefully,

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This post is actually dedicated to my friend, Elianne. Elianne is a great lady and we share a love of tiaras. Last year, I met her at the BlogHer Conference and we had matching tiaras because that's how we roll.We are going to be at the BlogHer Conference again this year. So we were talking about taking our matching tiaras. I couldn't remember where mine was and then it hit me. My tiara now lives

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Okay, so today I went to get my hair cut, brows waxed and I decided to get crazy and get some highlights. Well, my hairdresser got a little crazy. She started the highlights and then realized that I was processing too fast. When she took the foils off of the first ones, my hair was almost blond!!I was like, this is not going to work for me. She immediately took the others out then had to apply

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She was staring me down so I snapped a picture and put it on my blog! Take that Shawnie!

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I have been neglecting this blog. I try not to but my life is somewhat busy these days. Plus, my life is extremely dull so there is really nothing to talk about.I go to my real job and work all day. Then I come home, make dinner, watch TV and work on an event that I am planning in August. In between, I try to catch up on stuff like cleaning the house, which you should know is not really happening

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These are Cherokee Heirloom tomatoes. These are also the first tomatoes we harvested this year. There are tons on the vine but still green. I am hoping that this weekend we have a few more ripe tomatoes to pick. I am using these babies to make some fresh bruschetta today. Yummy.

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Okay for all my peeps who will be at BlogHer, I have a surprise for you. I have been working with my friend, Migdalia and her new company Stiletto Media, on a fun event during the BlogHer Conference in August in San Diego.We are hosting an intimate cocktail party. The "Kick Off Your Heels" event is for those who just want to take a break from conferencing and have a nice evening where you can

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What can I say, this is one of our favorite snacks ever. This is also the simplest recipe I will ever post. With our tomatoes growing, we will be having tons of this in the coming weeks.The first time I actually remember having good bruschetta was when we lived in State College, PA. There was a little pizza joint in town and they had the best pizza ever. They made it in wood ovens. They also had

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Today is my mom's birthday and I wanted to wish her a Feliz Cumpleanos. I need to find other pictures of my parents because I used these last year as well.

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Today is my dad's birthday so I wanted to say Feliz Cumpleanos to him.

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As promised, here are few pictures of me in my Midnight Fairy Costume. Our event went really super well. It was a great success! It as also a lot of fun and the guests had a fantastic time. On the other hand, it was sooooooo much work. Not only the last couple of months of planning but the set up was huge. We set up a whole forest/fairytale/magical scene on campus. A few of us dressed up and had

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This weekend I have a big event at work so I have been wicked busy. I won't be blogging any time soon. I am working the whole weekend. I will be dead tired but Monday!But I will resume blogging next week since now my life settles back into 4 day week and work slows down. If you are lucky and I remember to take pictures at the event, you might get to see me dressed as a fairy since the theme of

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We keep finding more mutant zucchini. I have given away tons and it still keeps coming back. It is starting to get creepy. But the zucchini is delish!

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On Sunday we had come back from our mini weekend trip to Harrah's Cherokee and weeded the garden. We harvested our first veggies of the season. We had cucumbers and some yellow squash and one zucchini.We meant to weed more during the week but because of rain and then a freak storm, we didn't get back to the garden until Thursday. On Wednesday, we had a terrible storm come through. We had just

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Okay we had a great weekend. We went off to Harrah's Cherokee Casino and Resort. I got free tickets to see a show so we decided to make it a mini trip. We arrived and we also had a comp room, which was really nice. Harrah's Cherokee has added tons of new areas and we got a room in the new section of the hotel and the rooms are really nice. I love that they are expanding the casino and adding new

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Yes, I slacked. But when is that new? I get back and work is out of control crazy. The house is a mess and I am needing a vacation after my vacation. Oh well.I have to tell you though that our trip was the bomb! We had a great time. The weather was a little gloomy and overcast some days but that did not stop us from enjoying Jamaica.First of all, Couples Resort Negril rocks the house. It was so

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I have so many pictures to edit and caption that I won't have a post up anytime soon. So I thought I would just share this goofy picture. I have to tell you that I have some kick ass photos to post though! Enjoy!

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will be coming this week. I have tons of photos to edit and have to find time to write my post. We had a fabulous time!!

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Please don't judge my old lady hat!!

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More to come!

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WOO!I am out of here! I will be gone for a week on vacation. Our cats are mad they get left with the cat/house sitter but oh well. At least we don't leave them alone.We will be in Jamaica. I so need this vacation. My back pain, work being crazy and months of blah have got me nuts and I just want to relax and get away from it all for awhile.Make sure to check back next week as I will probably post

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But he did plant me one. Tom planted roses this year and he brought this in for me. I love roses.

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Monday I had a freak throwing out my back moment. I thought it would go away and spent the day in bed. Then it got worse on Tuesday and I had to go to the ER because I could barely walk. Side Note: The ER I go to is the same one featured in the movie The Fugitive with Harrison Ford. Yes, folks, our ER is freaking famous. I got the rest of the week off on bedrest. So suffice it to say, I have

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Okay, I was only out in the garden for like 5 minutes but I did weed some of the lettuce and onions. This year is Tom's year to do the garden. He is very meticulous about it. He has labeled everything and has a calendar for harvesting etc. That is so different from the first year we were here and it was my garden. Yes, my style was willy-nilly. I had no idea what I was growing and when the

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Scout and Shawn tolerate each other most of the time. They are rarely together unless there is a kitty fight going down. They don't fight often because they choose to stay away. But with the warmer weather and sun, they called a truce and shared the sun room. As you see we had to cover the furniture otherwise it gets ruined.

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I have still been under the weather so I am so lazy. I am trying to keep it simple but still make tasty meals. I had the opportunity to review some Maggi products on my other blog, The Art of Random Willynillyness, so I made a real quick and easy meal that was tasty for Tom.Growing up we always had Maggi Bullion cubes or "Cubitos Maggi" as my mami and abelita called them. There was always a

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