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Holiday photos!

2010-12-22T20:17:00.001-05:00

I've been (as usual) a bad blogger and have completely forgotten to even sign on to my computer lately!! I hope everyone is having a fabulously fun holiday season! I don't have much going on that is blog worthy entertainment - but I thought I'd share some photos I tinkered with on this iphone app Deena got me hooked on!

Jingle Bells...

2010-12-08T09:37:00.001-05:00

I finally put up my mini Christmas tree and even the weather has gotten cooler here so who knows maybe snow in FL this year for Christmas??? I can dream - although, I'm sure the snow birds would be upset by this as they come down here to avoid the snow... oh well!! :){I love what I call "candy land" colors on my tree but I'd also love to do a black and white tree someday!} I want to send a

Florida...

2010-12-01T10:24:00.000-05:00

I'm not really loving you right now because: {1} It's so freaking hot I keep having snake encounters and I'm petrified of snakes! Snakes up the garage, huge snake at the front door, snake in a hedged bush at the entrance of my neighborhood at arm level climbing around in the freaking bush - now I have to be scared of them off the ground too! (Yes I know they climb I preferred to pretend they

Oh Target...

2010-11-30T08:13:00.001-05:00

{my kind of workout!} To start off with I really was going to do a nice long post last night on my Black Friday finds but I found myself studying all day and frustrated with my one class due to the teacher's inability to create a proper syllabus which is important in a correspondence course where you teach yourself everything... moving on... I thought I would share my favorite Target 2Day Sale

I promise...

2010-11-29T09:57:00.000-05:00

I'm going to write a post this evening!!! :) Sorry for being a naughty non-poster this past week!! Till this evening!And how cute is miss Isabella dancing on my lap at "Tarbucks" (starbucks at target - the best combo ever!!) I think she wore a cupcake outfit just for me! :)

Kate Spade & Gadgets

2010-11-22T09:38:00.001-05:00

I love nothing more than Kate Spade's gadget accessories. If your looking for a fun iphone cover and are not as obsessed with polka dots as I am check out these new iphone cases that I came across on Kate Spade's website: For some reason I think Allison should have the movie case... Allison was always my movie friend, we would make homemade popcorn at her house, and we love some trashy t.v. so in

One year ago today ...

2010-11-21T08:32:00.000-05:00

...I brought home this precious kitten:A few hours later, Mabel made it quite clear that she had worms, a cold, and a lot of anxiety.Ten pounds, countless bags of food / table scraps (thanks, Evan) / treats, and hundreds of kitty-sized Prozacs later, little Mabel is all grown up:Rough life.

Lists!

2010-11-20T15:32:00.000-05:00

I'm a bit of an organization freak... I could care less about dust bunnies (well I do dust but not as obsessively as I organize) as long as everything has a place and everything is organized in that place. I also am a list person. I love lists. For some reason I especially love to do lists probably because some times my brain goes a mile a minute and if I don't write it down I'll never remember

A cat in dog's clothing...

2010-11-19T09:01:00.000-05:00

Evan and I stopped at Target on our way to the movies the other night, and I was THRILLED to see Christmas-themed doggie clothes in the dollar bins (in which some items are now $2.50 ... the times, they are a-changin'!). I of course bought two "outfits" for Mabel -- she's about the size of a small dog, so I thought it would be fine.Mabel did not agree. Evan was my unwilling photographer (he has

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

2010-11-15T21:08:00.004-05:00

Soooo, a very important thing happened today at work that made it quite clear that the Christmas season is upon us – I turned on my space heater! My office is verrry cold during the day and I bought a little space heater last week – but then it was in the 70s all week and I didn’t get to use it. But today, it was back in the 50s, so I made myself a little mug of cup of

Crafting...

2010-11-15T09:15:00.001-05:00

I got so motivated to do something crafty on Saturday that I found the perfect project: to make a card/gift card holder for Ali for her bridal shower yesterday. Ali- I had so much fun making the card, envelope, and recipe card I had to take some pics to share on here!! :) Ali's sister came up with some fun games and it was nice to meet her friends and family (who are all super sweet)!! Thanks Ali

So excited...

2010-11-14T10:20:00.000-05:00

...for Christmas because (as I have been chanting since this item came back in stock after being out of stock twice) Victory Is Mine!! Well... at least on Christmas morning! Even though I didn't have an iphone 4 I was LOVING this Kate Spade white with black polka dot case with pink edges {see post here}. I kept looking online for some reason just to make sure they still had it. Poor Allison kept

Super cute cases!

2010-11-12T10:44:00.001-05:00

I've been a bad blog hop participant the past two months and miss doing them so thought I would link up for Fun Fridays as I love a good gadget find and Target trip especially on a Friday morning! Apparently allergies are out to get me! This whole week I have been dizzy and can't focus because for some reason reading work for school was making me feel strange and my eyes have felt strained the

The scary find from yesterday...

2010-11-09T10:35:00.000-05:00

I'm super excited as Ali is back from Alaska for her wedding in December! We headed up to Brandon's mall yesterday to check out what was new at some of the store and we came across the following finds: The Good:The super stylish, light, and all around fabulous new macbook air laptops! I knew there was a new version of the mackbook air but had no idea there were two versions! I'm LOVING the 11-

Oops

2010-11-08T10:29:00.001-05:00

Please excuse the non-post this morning! I downloaded the blog writer app for my phone and was trying to figure out how to blog pictures when I blogged nothing! Someday I'll figure out this phone!(still can't figure out how to post pics!)

Sunday Randomness...

2010-11-07T19:37:00.000-05:00

Oh randomness... 1} I finally gave in and all I can say is apple BETTER NOT bring out the white iphone 4 this week or I will cry! Ok - maybe crying is a bit dramatic but I will pout! Why? Because mom and myself went and got new iphone 4's yesterday which went something like this: mom: I'm sick of my phone freezing (insert list of other complaints here which I've been preaching for months along

It was officially...

2010-11-05T20:50:00.000-04:00

...cold in FL today! Which makes me a VERY HAPPY gal!! To celebrate Deena, ibaby, and myself hit up the outlet mall to stroll around in the chilly weather complete with a breeze which made it perfect for wearing a scarf!! Something both Deena and myself were pretty excited about as we both showed up sporting scarves (so what if they were light weight ones we love an excuse to wear them)! Love

new clothing source

2010-11-05T09:43:00.000-04:00

I have heard about Land's End Canvas on several blogs, but am just now trying it for myself. I ordered an oxford shirt from the sale section. It was only $14.99, and I had a free shipping code. I love it! I would post a picture of the shirt, but I can't figure out how to copy it, so I just linked it if you want to check it out.The most exciting thing, though, was that they sent me a

Cookies!

2010-11-04T19:36:00.000-04:00

Caught in the act...I used to LOVE the Cookie Company sugar cookies - especially the double doozie ones! I'm sure each of those was a heart attack or a clogged artery waiting to happen but they were so good! I tried to recreate a gluten free version of those scrumptious sugar cookies today. They don't have the same taste - so although I consider it not the perfect creation - they do resemble the

Happy Birthday Max!

2010-11-03T10:14:00.001-04:00

It is M's birthday today!!! I was teasing him that he is having a month long celebration as he had his birthday weekend with me two weekends ago here in FL and is doing the birthday thing with his family this weekend up there. I always love a long birthday celebration!! On a different note I am so sad that the white iphone 4 has been delayed again! I'm not a patient person and I decided that I

Halloween festivities!

2010-11-02T17:17:00.000-04:00

Have you started to notice that everything I blog about happened approximately one week ago? Ugh. Somehow I will get my life together! Annnnyway, I didn't have a wild and crazy Halloween this year, sadly. I love Halloween but somehow I didn't realize my fave holiday (okay, third-favorite, behind Christmas and Thanksgiving...but whatever!) was so soon and never thought up a costume or exciting

groupon is here!

2010-11-02T10:03:00.000-04:00

Finally! Groupon comes to Lexington! I am so excited. When my fam went to San Fran this summer, I used Groupon to get us a deal on sailing adventure (an adventure which ended up being quite terrifying - who knew sailing was so tippy?). (Sailing led to quite a bad hair day, as you can see.)But Groupon wasn't available for Lex, so I couldn't pursue my coupon-loving ways to the fullest. However,

I'm sleepy

2010-11-01T21:15:00.000-04:00

This is how I feel right now: I am so so sleepy!Today I worked, then helped out with Alpha Phi's chapter meeting where they were electing their officers for next year, then returned home to a crabby and hungry cat, and now am headed to bed so I can work again tomorrow! More blogging soon, promise!

Just thought I'd share ...

2010-11-01T09:12:00.000-04:00

Last week, I had to run to the county clerk's office in a nearby county for work. While there, the attorney I went with suggested we have lunch at the pool hall, which apparently just a few (?) years ago didn't even allow women-folk inside. They had a special door where women were allowed to take their food to go. Luckily, though, they have changed their ways and now allow women the pleasure

it's literally raining babies!

2010-10-31T20:46:00.002-04:00

Yoo hoo! Here I am -- still alive! I am having the hardest time keeping up with the old blog -- something about getting home from work and not wanting to look at a computer screen any more. I am going to try and improve this though b/c my life is oh so exciting and I am sure that everyone would be so sad not to know what's going on!! ... Kidding, of course.But anyway, I had a baby shower last

Happy Halloween!!

2010-10-31T10:18:00.000-04:00

Happy Halloween! I'm trying to be good and not sneak in to the chocolate for the trick-or-treaters!! :)I'm not dressing up this year but Coco Chanel will definitely sport one of her halloween outfits! I just can't decide which one!! It was sad looking through her outfits as Princess and her had some that were matching and sadly this will be the first Halloween without Princess... Here are some of

Find of the day!

2010-10-29T12:35:00.001-04:00

Sam's Club Fabulous Find of the Day!The other day Cat mentioned to me that Sam's Club had some cupcake decorating books that were not part of the series I love and have been using for these creations here, here, here, and here and Allison has talked about here. I volunteered to pick up the Halloween candy for trick-or-treaters there as I have not been in forever and every once and a while I enjoy

For all the nook lovers...

2010-10-28T09:45:00.002-04:00

I'm a complete gadget gal and have ranted on more than one occasion about how I love my nook (ebook reader) from Barnes & Noble. There is one thing that I never really have liked and that is the B&N.com website. I hated the colors and set up and preferred searching for books on amazon.com then going on to B&N.com or my nook and adding them to my ebook wish list. Yep, I'm crazy I know. I was

Black & White cupcakes...

2010-10-27T11:33:00.000-04:00

Holy cupcakes! October has been the month of cupcake decorating and I think I'll take a break for a while!! I love all things black and white and enjoyed making these cupcakes for Deena's birthday!! I'm especially partial to the polka dot ones! On a black and white polka dot side note I was debating giving in to the black iphone 4 if this case was still available from Kate Spade - unfortunately

Thank you Granny!!

2010-10-25T09:06:00.000-04:00

So a couple of weeks ago I was feeling sorry for myself because I wrote my Granny (aka my Gran now that I try not to sound like I'm 10 begging for a toy from Hamleys) a card and sent her some photos of Princess with her because she was super upset when she died. Well we get a card back mainly to my mom (who I let write a quick note in my card) and then mom gets a package from Granny with

alumni cupcakes

2010-10-23T15:49:00.000-04:00

I decided to join the local Tri Delta alumni chapter and yesterday was the kickoff meeting for the season. As most of the members are snowbirds most of the activities happen during "season" meaning October - April/May when everyone from the north moves down to FL and the roads becoming a nightmare (I'll restrain from myself from a tangent on that till another post). I was warned by the president

cupcakes for m

2010-10-21T12:32:00.000-04:00

Sorry for the blogging hiatus Max came in to town this past weekend (yay!!!) and I took a final for one of my classes (one more down - yes!) so it has been a busy past couple of days! I thought I'd post some pics of the early birthday cupcake creation (as I've termed it - cake just does not fit somehow) I made for Max. A golf themed cupcake creation! Max loves golf and I thought this would be a

more WEG!

2010-10-14T11:12:00.000-04:00

*I may have posted this twice ... if you get a double dose in your reader, so sorry!As I mentioned earlier, the World Equestrian Games just wrapped up in Lexington. During those few weeks, Lexington was a tourist destination -- people taking pictures in the streets, actually using the public transportation, and downtown crowded every night. It was so much fun to be downtown during the Games...

hello, evan!

2010-10-13T23:03:00.002-04:00

Evan is probably one of our top fans on 2bloggeristas, though he never comments (hint, hint). He told me tonight that if I didn't post by the end of the week, he was never speaking to me again. Totally rational, I know. But here I am ... with a post dedicated to my declaration of fall. I declared it to be fall two weekends ago, when the weather was lovely and I was ready to wear flannel and

Miscellany Monday: Cookie decorating

2010-10-11T10:19:00.001-04:00

{1} I'm procrastinating studying for my final right now... not a good idea since I've procrastinated for the last week and it is slowly approaching! {2} Max is coming for a visit this weekend!! I'm VERY excited - I'm hoping my plan for his birthday cupcake creation, a golf course from What's New, Cupcake?, will turn out okay!! {3} To "practice" decorating techniques with the ziplock bag style

Oh miss chanel...

2010-10-08T13:01:00.000-04:00

I'm trying to be productive and memorize all these questions and terms for a final I have soon - but it is not working so well as my brain seems to be mush today! I can't even think of anything to blog about... so I thought I'd share these photos of Coco Chanel trying on her Christmas gift to make sure it fits. Don't worry she has to wait for Christmas before she can sport her super cute winter

The many hair colors (and styles) of Tad

2010-10-06T10:41:00.000-04:00

It is a slight joke with my friends that I change my hair A LOT - I've never really been afraid of cutting my hair because it grows right back! The one thing I HATE though is red in my hair. I was born a strawberry blonde which means my hair pulls red from every freakin color! This is a HUGE battle as I really really really dislike red tones in my hair and have had to learn to deal with it in FL

8 Questions!

2010-10-06T09:43:00.000-04:00

The lovely Jen over @ tagged Allison and myself in her fun 8 question game so here it goes: 1. Describe your IDEAL Saturday A day at the beach with friends or by the pool or hanging around in a city exploring! 2. If you could live anywhere for one year, where would it be? I would say London but I would like to live there for more than a year so I'll say Seattle. 3. If money were no object, where

Oh my gosh...

2010-10-06T09:28:00.000-04:00

I'm in love:{source} This Kate Spade case would seriously make me contemplate giving up my wait for the white iphone 4 and just get the black one now! Seriously though - this case screams my name!!

Please work Blogger!

2010-10-04T18:27:00.001-04:00

For some reason Blogger keeps not wanting to post my messages on other blogs :( It keeps saying the service is unavailable - sad! I really have tried to leave comments today on your blogs! I am on super study mode as I have a paper due pretty much every other day, a final coming in the mail any day now so am obsessively studying preparing for its arrival, and a midterm next week. Although I'm in

October - Already?!?!

2010-10-01T09:26:00.000-04:00

I can't believe it is already October!! It was finally a coolish morning here in FL and that made for a fantastic long walk with Coco. However, I came back to do this 20 min yoga vhs that I love (yep old school) and the darn vhs tape I think has finally died! :( I'm bummed. It was this Kathy Smith 20 min yoga tape from when Special K cereal first came out. Yep it is from that long ago! Now I'll

The Internet is down!

2010-09-30T21:04:00.001-04:00

So I am blogging from the old iPhone. This is tough... I still need to download the app that lets you add photos so this will be a boring post. Anyway. I got my hair cut today and the stylist used pumpkin conditioner! I am obsessed with pumpkin things ... Cookies, bread, ice cream, pie... Yum. This conditioner is my new love: big healthy hair pumpkin spice flavor!!! Delish!!

Thursday Three's

2010-09-30T11:57:00.001-04:00

I decided to join Megan over @ A Day in the Life... for her Today's three things are three of your favorite outdoor activities... {1} Being a beach bum!! I love the beach and if I had not just vacuumed out 3 years worth of fine white sand out of my suv I would go more often. I'm lucky to live near some of the BEST beaches with the BEST sand BUT this sand gets everywhere! I don't go as often as I

The no title post

2010-09-28T13:55:00.001-04:00

My brain is mush today in the creativity department so I'll just list some random things... {1} I just saw on Emily Henderson's blog The Brass Petal that her show, Secrets from a Stylist, was picked up for 26 episodes! For all the HGTV addicts out there - I hope you are as excited as I am!! Check out the post here. {2} My dog is bored with meand was pouting when I would not let her go outside and

WEG WEG WEG

2010-09-27T09:50:00.001-04:00

WEG? you ask? What is that? Oh, let me tell you about WEG. source WEG is the World Equestrian Games. This is the first time they've been in the U.S. -- and they are in little old Lexington! They just started last night and already there has been so much to do downtown and at the Horse Park, where the Games are held. There are booths set up everywhere selling alcohol -- which is incredibly

Happy Birthday to ME!

2010-09-26T21:37:00.004-04:00

OK, so my birthday was actually one month ago tomorrow. But I have been remiss in not posting these pictures -- pics of TAD's birthday gift to me this year!!! I am so in love with what she sent and had to share it with you...First of all, I do not know why these pictures won't rotate. But I gave up on trying to flip them ... so tilt your heads, please :)So anyway -- she sent this adorable apron

Study Break & Sorority Lilly Prints

2010-09-24T15:00:00.002-04:00

How fitting that I would be taking a little break to let my hand unfreeze from it's cramped up writing position and randomly check out Lilly Pulitzer's website for new wallpaper backgrounds only to discover they now have sorority inspired prints. Lilly Pulitzer always reminds me of one of my bff's from my sorority, Bridget, she just had the whole east coast prep thing going for her and pulled it

It's already Thursday?!?

2010-09-23T09:55:00.001-04:00

Everyday this week I have woken up with writing a post in mind and then I get caught up in some school stuff or reading other blogs and I have completely forgotten to do a post! Ooops!! Here are some of my random thoughts and updates of the week: {1} Outlett Mall with Michelle on Sunday was so much fun. She is heading to Europe for a two week trip next week and needed some help finding a handbag

The long-awaited ZORBing adventure!!

2010-09-18T10:41:00.000-04:00

OK. This trip happened the first weekend of August ... so it has been quite a while coming. But here we go, because I know all of you have been waiting probably really eagerly to see what ZORBing was. So we went to this precious B&B near Pigeon Forge in Tennessee. We keep going on these weekend trips to bed and breakfasts, which are really fun and a good deal because you get a nice breakfast

Confession Session Friday

2010-09-17T20:47:00.001-04:00

So I don't know if these really count as confessions or not buuuut I figured I'd do a post when PinkLouLou has one of her Confession Session Fridays! {1} I'm out of money! Okay that is a confession. I have a little bit left but I'm saving it so I seriously am under house arrest by my own doing. However I am getting straight As (by god I should be as I'm not working - I'm my hardest critic by

Tad's Fall TV favorites!

2010-09-17T10:29:00.000-04:00

It is Favorite Fridays over @ A Girl in Pearls & A Boy with Toys and this week's topic is:Fall Television Show(s)!Oh Boy!! Okay here are some of my favorites: {1} Chuck on NBC{credit} {2} Castle on ABC {credit} {3} Bones on Fox {credit} {4} NCIS on {credit} {5} CSI NY {credit} I am looking forward to checking out Undercovers on NBC hopefully it is as good as the previews look! {

I'm blogging! From my phone!

2010-09-16T13:49:00.002-04:00

Ok. This app I downloaded does not allow me to upload pics, which I find disturbing bc I have been taking lots of cute pics on my new iPhone (yes, I have joined the modern era!!!) and want to share. Any suggestions? Imagine lots of cute pics. Anyway, work is busy! Not that I have tons of work to do, but getting used to having stuff to do all day long is quite difficult! Speaking of, lunch is

Books and Baking

2010-09-16T09:15:00.001-04:00

I'm in the mood to read a fun book today! I am going to try and get ALL my school stuff finished super quickly today so that I can start a new book! I ran across the Domestic Bliss Series by Leslie Caine when I was looking for ebooks to read this summer and have really enjoyed them so far! If you love HGTV and murder mysteries and are looking for a fun light read you should check them out. I also

Tad's cooking challenge:

2010-09-15T09:06:00.000-04:00

I was in the mood to push my creative baking skills on Sunday when I was talking to Cat at Whitney's baby shower. Well yesterday I was still pondering what I should bake or even attempt "cooking" (I'm a baker not a cook - I love sugar!!) so I texted Cat to see if she had any hankerings or suggestions of what I should bring in for her to my appointment on Friday. I always try to bring a new food

Top 2 Tuesday: What do I want to Accomplish??

2010-09-14T10:29:00.000-04:00

It's Top 2 Tuesday over @ The Undomestic Momma and today's topic is what are the...Top 2 things you want to accomplish before the end of the year {1} Finish my online classes! I'm almost finished with my anthropology series and am trudging away at Chaucer. Once I finish anthropology I can start Shakespeare and once I'm finished with Chaucer I can start my last class (which is yet to be decided as

Happy Mingle Monday!

2010-09-13T15:00:00.003-04:00

It's Mingle Monday over at Life of Meg which is a fun blog hop to get to know other blogs! Definitely check out Meg's blog and join in on the Mingle Monday fun!!{photo credit}Tonight is the season finale of The Bachelor Pad and I am sad to see the crazy drama come to an end... maybe because I'm not a huge fan of any of the remaining couples and would like to see and alternative final three group!

Happy Sunday!

2010-09-12T09:53:00.001-04:00

So I'm finally finished organizing that room! THANK GOODNESS! Well, I have one more stack of negatives to figure out what they are of but seriously it is hard when I don't really remember the early 1980's! Allison started her work this week and it looks like she has a project to work on... decorating her bookshelf! Apparently everyone keeps telling her to decorate - Al sent me some photos of her

Why I have been mia...

2010-09-07T10:35:00.001-04:00

Because I am on a mission to organize this one closet full of everything from scrap-booking to odds and ends. I am almost finished! It will be finished this weekend - it just will have to be finished because I want to be done so I can spend my hour a day of "play" time blogging! I have been a bad blogger due to my obsessive organizing phase. I tend to get in these phases when I need to be

9.02.10

2010-09-02T16:47:00.002-04:00

photo creditAs I have been told by more than a few people, today is 9-02-10 day! This day should probably be declared a national holiday, Mr. Obama (if you're reading this, which I'm sure you are). In honor of this glorious day, I will be wearing my lovely 90210 t-shirt that Evan so kindly gave me for my birthday last year (or maybe 2 years ago. My, how time flies when you're with your best

Top 2 Tuesday: Tad's City picks

2010-08-31T09:52:00.000-04:00

Top 2 Favorite US Cities This is going to be hard as I have a huge list of cities I want to go to but I'm guessing this is 2 cities I have been to and loved! Now there are a ton of cities I love but I guess these ones I'm just in the mood to go back to right now. {1} Denver/Boulder <-- I can't choose just oneI loved going to college in Boulder and always had fun in Denver. Sunny, friendly people

Monday morning and I feel like a failure...

2010-08-30T10:10:00.002-04:00

...Because I was still sleeping at, um, 10am when a man from my college's admissions office called to see if I could work a college fair in October. I obviously had just woken up ... and he asked, "Have I caught you at a bad time?" I told him I was "just doing a little cleaning and have something in my throat." Where do I come up with these things?He is probably concerned that with my college

Mingle Monday: Procrastination

2010-08-30T09:37:00.000-04:00

Today I'm joining Carissa Graham for her fabulous Mingle Monday Blog Hop! {1} I'm so excited Allison is back from vacation and I can't wait to see photos from her trip with Evan (I want to see what zorbing looks like) and from her week in the AT&T dead zone in Northern California!! Can you tell I missed chatting with her?? {2} I watched two hours of the Emmy's last night! This is impressive

Back in action!

2010-08-29T22:14:00.003-04:00

Hello, hello! I am back from Northern California and ready to do some blogging this week! As you can see from the photo above, I saw some beautiful places and had a lot of fun relaxing with my family (and celebrating my birthday!!). Now I have exactly one week and one day to enjoy being a kid -- then it's time for the real world and a big-girl job :( Bummer.On the agenda for this week: BLOG --

Happy Birthday Allison!!

2010-08-27T10:10:00.000-04:00

Happy Birthday fellow blogging buddy!!{photo Allison sent me from one of her bdays in college} I seriously get excited for Allison's birthday every year. Allison and myself I think find our birthdays just as exciting as our own. Well maybe for the one day we get the gifts and that is pretty sweet but we both enjoy selecting the other's gift just as much (well I know I do!) I love to discuss what

It's Friday...

2010-08-27T09:48:00.000-04:00

Which means I'm going to try and start being a better blogger again!! So I'm joining two fabulous blogs for their blog hop fun: 1. How many pets do you have? Oh sad - one as of last week... Coco Chanel my feisty yorkiepoo! However I must give a loving mention of Princess as well I'm not quite ready to not mention her in my pet count... 2. If you could switch places with anyone in the world for

Thank you...

2010-08-23T12:00:00.000-04:00

For all your kind comments about Princess! I'm sorry I have not responded but I really do appreciate it. I wanted to post something today but as Coco is busy barking her head off defending the house against the water meter reader (who left 10 mins ago... but Coco thinks is hiding out there) and against the constant rain - I can barley think! Sorry in advance for the randomness of this post! I'm

Nothing like a vacation...

2010-08-21T10:01:00.001-04:00

...for Allison!! She is off for a fabulous week with her family to California - I believe mainly to San Francisco!! Where she gets to send her birthday as well!! So much fun! I am beyond jealous ;-) and hope she takes a ton of photos!! I have been slacking on my work and blogging this week but have to get back in the game today! I just wanted to post a quick something and will be back to blog

Princess

2010-08-18T09:58:00.000-04:00

Yesterday was a sad day in my family as we had to put down our 12 year old cocker spaniel, Princess, who was more like a human than a dog. It was hard and sad and I can't really talk about it. She was an amazing dog and such a sweet heart. My other dog, Coco Chanel, has finally realized she is not coming home and keeps sitting in the driveway waiting for her to walk down the street - like when we

getting to know moi

2010-08-15T16:13:00.002-04:00

Apparently living my life of leisure is busier than I thought ... because I have been slacking on the posts lately! To get back in the swing of things, it's getting to know you sunday at mannland5.1. What kind of athlete has the hottest body?Probably soccer players or baseball players ... but only in the good ole days when they actually wore pants that fit! I went to a Reds game a few weeks

I'm alive!

2010-08-13T11:04:00.002-04:00

Yoo hoo! I am back, TAD, with a vengeance! I've been so busy since I got back from TN with Evan -- on Wednesday night we went to a play with my family, then yesterday was spent at the hair salon getting a new color (no pics yet ... sorry!) before I had to get my photo made for work today. (Duh, I couldn't have split ends and roots in my professional photo!) THEN, AT&T was out for all of

Friday Fun!

2010-08-13T08:41:00.000-04:00

It's 5 Question Friday over @ My Little Life I thought I would join in!1. Have you ever visited another country?Yes, I was born in a different country and all my extended family members are over seas! I LOVE to visit other countries! Here are some photos from our two week spring break sophomore year of college. Week one was Madrid paid for by our college and the second week was our choice:{I

100th follower!!

2010-08-12T18:30:00.000-04:00

We love all of our followers and are excited to reach 100 today!! Now for a little story...I have teased Evan, Allison's boyfriend, for a while now that he needs to get with it and get a gmail account so that he can follow us and not be "anonymous" when he comments. Besides, we always love a new follower! Well on one of the occasions I happened to tease him on the phone about this he said okay

MIA...

2010-08-10T10:48:00.000-04:00

Oh Blogging I stopped to study for a test and now need to start again! My new found addiction for the Style channel is cutting in to my "study-break" time as I only give myself a certain amount of time a day to goof around or I'd never get anything done!! I can't stop watching Clean House. It is my new HGTV addiction. Why? I have no idea. I'm a massive organizer. I hate clutter. I hate grossness.

I LOVE Phoebe

2010-08-06T09:56:00.001-04:00

As I was packing up to head to Indianapolis today, I got an e-mail from Tarryn with a link to Favorite Fridays at A Girl in Pearls & A Boy with Toys -- this week's theme is favorite Friends character! Although I would always want to be Rachel (awesome apartment in NYC, cool job, but I could take or leave whiny Ross), Phoebe Buffay is my favorite character. She does the weirdest stuff, and when

Happy birthday to us!

2010-08-05T17:07:00.005-04:00

source My birthday is in a mere 22 days (not that I am counting or anything), and my mother dear cut out an article from the paper on different birthday freebies. Today I am spending my time clicking on all the links and signing up for free stuff (I will regret this, I am sure, once my birthday is over and I'm on a million mailing lists. But I'll worry about that tomorrow. Because tomorrow IS

I want to...

2010-08-04T22:11:00.000-04:00

...do anything but memorize pages and page of info for a midterm!! I'm in the mood to bake maybe another batch of grasshopper gluten free browniesor some muffins which I could consider a little bit more "healthy"or grab a handful of some "puppy chow" or whatever you call itMmmm or maybe a scrumptious cupcake (I did run today and wear my headband - so a cupcake is deserved!)This is bad... I forgot

Will run for cupcakes...

2010-08-03T10:00:00.001-04:00

I love sugary baked goodies! My friend (and old boss) knows my love for all things sugar containing - as she is just as bad as me! A few months ago during a shopping trip we were talking about headbands and how they always give me headaches. I get a text last week that there was a gift for me when I came in to see her for my chiropractic appointment. The only clue she gave me was that it was not

Miscellany Monday

2010-08-02T13:33:00.005-04:00

I got back from taking my test in Louisville thinking I had sooo many things to blog about. Then I blogged a few times and am kind of out of ideas. So I'll be joining in the miscellany monday blog hop with carissa at lowercaseletters. So here we go ...(1) I am so pumped for the bachelorette finale tonight! Usually my friends and I get together to watch with plenty of wine and snacks, but with

Summer TV

2010-08-01T08:27:00.002-04:00

Obviously I am obsessed with tv. Probably a little too much ... it will be great when I actually have responsibilities and things to do during the day so I can stop sitting on the couch all day long watching the boob tube. But ... since TV in the summer is so very boring, here are a few shows that you should check out (or maybe are already checking out).... Covert Affairs (USA) -- Tarryn told

more cupcakery

2010-07-31T07:25:00.001-04:00

Have you ever noticed that every new show on TV these days is about a bakery or cup-cakery? Seriously, I like cool cakes but it's enough to go to a bakery and look around. I don't necessarily need 8 different shows about baking. BUT with that note, here are some cupcake creations I've been making lately (and by lately I mean early July. It's been a long month!) Spaghetti + meatballs for

Confession Session, Part Deux

2010-07-30T17:15:00.005-04:00

OK I feel the urge to confess as well... {1} I may or may not love that song "I Wanna Be a Billionaire." Whenever it comes on in the car, just as I start to turn it up and say "I LOVE THIS SONG!" someone else always says "I HATE THIS SONG. Please change the station." Sad. I do want to be a billionaire. So freakin bad. {2} I saw Tori Spelling's new book, Uncharted TerriTORI, today at Target

Confession Session Friday...

2010-07-30T17:07:00.004-04:00

Pink LouLou is hosting her first confession Friday and I had to join in! My Friday Confessions: {1} I am writing a post (obviously) even though I told myself I wouldn't until Monday. Ooops! I am on a "break" from studying at the moment and had to check out some of my favorite blogs. How could I resist the urge to join Pink LouLou? {2} I'll probably procrastinate tonight and check out some blogs

TGIF: 5 questions and we're famous!

2010-07-30T08:15:00.003-04:00

Hello, hello again! First off, sweet Meg at Life of Meg made us one of her weekly must-reads!! Thank you, thank you, Meg, and hello to anyone stopping by from Meg's site! Next, I'm doing five question Friday with Beth at Just Me and My Life. (Happy Birthday Beth!) Here are the 5 questions: 1. If you could be on a show (talk show, game show ...) which one would you pick? photo credit That's

I'm baaaack!

2010-07-29T12:58:00.005-04:00

Here I am! No more studying and making up weird acronyms to remember stuff I'll never actually need to know! (At least until January/February when I may be retaking the bar exam...it was real hard). I am so happy to be free as a bird but I almost don't know what to do with myself for the next FORTY days before I have to start working! Things on my to-do list: several craft projects I have seen

Oh Blogging...

2010-07-27T11:11:00.000-04:00

Oh Blogging you are so addicting! I have gotten behind on my work as I have not been sleeping at night and I'd rather blog then write papers in the morning when I'm all hazy. However, I must do what I quit my job to do - finish these classes I spent WAY too much money not to finish! I have a final coming up in a couple of days and a test on Chaucer in the next day or two so I have to put blogging

What happened to our background?

2010-07-26T18:08:00.001-04:00

I'm a little bit out of it and really wanted to go check out some more blogs today but I just got home from a massage and I feel like a train wreck!! It was a deep deep deep tissue massage to try and help solve all my issues which I need and love but I have not been sleeping lately and I swear I feel like I have been given a sleeping pill. So I'm going to go take a nap at 6:00 at night. Before I

Miscellany Monday: Awards

2010-07-26T13:08:00.003-04:00

Today I'm joining Carissa over @ lowercase letters for her miscellany Monday blog hop! {1} We would like to thank Puppies, Paychecks and Prozac for giving us the Sugar Doll award! We would also like to thank Tasha over @ Natasha's corner for not one but two awards!! Thank you so much ladies! I promise to hand these awards out very soon! {2} Story Time:I am phobic about snakes. I hate even

Getting to Know You Sunday

2010-07-25T16:32:00.002-04:00

It's Getting to Know You over @ Mannland5 today so I thought I would join in and answer the questions of the day. The Q's.. 1. Thong or Granny Panties?Thong 2. If you see a guy with his fly down, do you tell him?I would say yes, but I think I saw a guy with his fly down once and didn't say anything because I didn't want him to think I was looking specifically there. I'm just an observant

A Random Champagne Saturday

2010-07-24T12:30:00.001-04:00

Sorry for being not so good at posting this week! I have two tests coming up and I've had a paper a day so I've been a bit distracted. I love to do my blog posts in the morning but that cuts in to my time when I'm actually more productive with school stuff so I need to get in the habit of setting up that auto post thing and writing the post the night before. Allison is busy studying away for her

A Seagull Stole My Muffin!!

2010-07-21T21:15:00.002-04:00

I've been meaning to post this story as it happened about two weeks ago but better late then never! I made these delicious gluten free coconut and almond (or were they walnuts I just grabbed the expensive ones my mom had bought - oops) muffins that turned out to be a huge hit! Everyone loved them, including seagulls, so it was a good thing I had made a double batch! I'll start at the beginning...

Top 2 Tuesday: Things I want to purchase...

2010-07-20T10:10:00.002-04:00

Today is Top 2 Tuesday over @ The Undomestic Momma and I'm loving the topic this week: Top 2 Things You Want to Purchase? {1} The Sony Camera DSC-TX5 Cyber-shot in red which actually looks more like magenta - love it! It is waterproof and sand proof and would be perfect for the beach and pool or even if dropped in the snow (for when I eventually move I'm sure there will be snow!) My camera's

Miscellany Monday: Randomness...

2010-07-19T10:04:00.002-04:00

{1} I'm debating sending Allison a finals package. You know how when you were in college (especially if you went out of state) they did those study packages your parents could sign up for or your parents may have just sent you? Well I figure since the bar exam is pretty much Allison's LAST FINAL EVER and probably the BIGGEST one ever (no pressure Al, or Evan, if your reading this) I should send

Sunday Q's:

2010-07-18T20:47:00.003-04:00

1. If you had to choose a country to live in besides USA (or the country you live in), which would it be?England - London baby!! LOVE IT! (I will live there!!) =)Some photos from when I went this past Christmas to visit the family: 2. Which would be worse, wearing flip flops in the snow or wearing gloves in the summer?Flip flops in snow... I live in FL - it's hot but heck if my hands were

Friday Blog Hops, School Work, Hanging Out With iBaby...

2010-07-16T09:04:00.003-04:00

Happy Friday!! Today there are so many blog hops around! My post today will be a work in progress as I am going to check out blogs from all the blog hops I mention in this post and of course follow some new blogs! But, I must write a paper on Chaucer <-- I've put off for a while now and have NO more excuses darn it! This has to be done and submitted before I leave to go watch Isabella while

Pink & Green Coupon Organizing Thursday...

2010-07-15T20:55:00.004-04:00

So I've missed participating in Pink & Green Thursday over at Pink Preppy Lilly Lover! This morning I was drawing a blank as to what to post today and figured I would just not post anything but to my surprise as Coco Chanel was checking out my Target finds I realized I had a Pink & Green theme going on that would be just right for my always random entries! A few weeks ago I decided I had

Weekend Recap...

2010-07-14T09:55:00.003-04:00

I always love when Max comes in to town (obviously) and we had such a great weekend as it was PERFECT beach weather. We went after I picked him up at the airport on Thursday and on Friday. Saturday we wanted to go to Barnes & Nobel in the morning so it was a pool day at home which is nice after being covered in sand for two days (less mess to clean up)! We also saw the Tom Cruise/Cameron Diaz

Study Lock-Down

2010-07-12T23:02:00.006-04:00

source Well, it is with great sadness that I must take a little 2-week leave of absence from the good old 2bloggeristas ... and with even more sadness that I will be spending the next 2 weeks studying non-stop for the bar exam, which is now only 15 days away!!!! Well, 14 by the time I wake up, since I am done studying for the night. Yikes! So, Tarryn is going to be in charge of all of our

Miscellany Monday and the award goes to...

2010-07-12T10:44:00.004-04:00

I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend! I had an amazing weekend as Max was here! We went to the beach several times (no oil around Sarasota's beaches incase you were curious) it was perfect beach weather after that week of nonstop rain! More on my weekend with Max later, but for now I have picked some fabulous blogs to pass along the awards we received last week that I posted about here. We are

Book Recommendations, Por Favor!

2010-07-09T13:46:00.002-04:00

I am getting together an order on Amazon.com right now for books to read post-bar exam during the 40 days (not that I am counting or anything) I have off before I have to join the working world (wahh!) and I need some recommendations on good books! So far, I have the following in my cart: (I read about this in People -- the Jake and Vienna issue! -- so it surely will be wonderful. Plus, it's

Two Awards my oh my!

2010-07-07T22:24:00.002-04:00

Before my long weekend away from the computer begins I thought I would thank Jessica over @ Punk Rock Momma for giving the 2Bloggeristas two awards! So sweet of her!! Click on her button below to check out her fun blog if you have not done so already! Our first award is the The rules are as follows:1. Thank the blogger who bestowed the award on you.2. Sum up your blogging experience,