tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12140238500023865362024-03-12T23:52:25.984-05:00365 Days.....Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13174613789473887853noreply@blogger.comBlogger497125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214023850002386536.post-57547295071872655532012-12-08T18:32:00.000-06:002012-12-08T18:32:12.342-06:00Saying GoodbyeTo 365 Days. I started this blog on Jan 1, 2011 when I challenged myself to blog for 365 days straight (which I did!). I've now run out of room on blogger so I've decided to start a new blog over on WordPress. I used WordPress for my Halloween blog (<a href="http://www.frightfullydelightful.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">www.frightfullydelightful.wordpress.com</a>) and I really like their format. <br />
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My new blog will be a potpourri of everything I love - pin up, vintage, clothing, food, cooking, trying restaurants, and travel to name a few things. I hope you'll all join me over there!<br />
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<a href="http://www.pinupatheart.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">www.pinupatheart.wordpress.com</a>Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13174613789473887853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214023850002386536.post-44600176690964298292012-11-11T16:59:00.003-06:002012-11-11T16:59:58.447-06:00Out of SpaceWell blogger won't let me upload anymore pictures because I've run out of free space... so the question is do I pay to get more space on blogger or do I delete this blog and start another somewhere else (which would be free for a certain amount of time until I run out of space there too lol) ..... hmmmmm...... decisions decisions.....Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13174613789473887853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214023850002386536.post-31201080638359544412012-11-06T20:15:00.001-06:002012-11-06T20:15:29.585-06:00Tuesday Funnies<div style="text-align: center;">
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This year my theme was dinner of the dead - I asked each guest to come as someone famous or historical who is dead. What creative friends I have!! Take a look at who came to dinner:<br />
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Thank you to my wonderful friends for being outgoing, creative and just so awesome! Can't wait for next year (you know I'm already thinking of themes)!</div>
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I started with enough for the week - grease 6 spaces in your muffin tin and crack an egg in each space. I topped mine with salt and pepper. I also tore up pieces of spinach (you can't taste it but it packs some nutrition). Bake at 360 degrees for about 15-20 min. When there is about 10 min remaining pop in your English muffins - I got mine at Trader Joe's.<br />
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After the muffins are toasted I added just a smear of butter for some flavor. I then added low fat shredded cheese. Again this is where you can get creative - add whatever cheese you like; you could also add some pre cooked sausage slices.</div>
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Assemble the sandwiches and put them in the freezer for about an hour - this helps get some of the moisture out. After an hour wrap them individually in tin foil or saran wrap. I reheated mine for about 45 seconds in the microwave and it was great. Some people asked if the muffin was soggy - the one I had today was not - I don't know for sure how they will be come Friday.</div>
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I will totally be making these again (as long as they still taste good by Friday, haha) - they're convenient and a much better option than McDonald's. These clock in at around 250 calories. McDonald's clock in at 300 calories but they also make them with these ingredients:</div>
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I can't find the exact ingredients for the TJ's muffins, but I know they don't have all that crap in them :) I would rather eat something with real ingredients and not a bunch of words I can't pronounce!Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13174613789473887853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214023850002386536.post-44426520644375745712012-10-19T11:44:00.000-05:002012-10-19T11:44:50.189-05:005 Question Friday<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0e1029; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">1. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0e1029; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Where do you hide junk when people come over?</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0e1029; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0e1029; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><br />
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Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13174613789473887853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214023850002386536.post-68760643208347968462012-10-07T11:03:00.000-05:002012-10-07T11:06:22.318-05:00Ghost Hunting in Minneapolis<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 24px;"></span><br />
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On Saturday night a group of 4 of us went on a ghost tour (http://realghosttours.com/) in Minneapolis. These tours happen every weekend, all year long. Fridays and Saturdays tours are from 9-1030 pm and 11-1230 am. The cost is $25. Once a month they do a 4 hour tour later in the night for $65. According to the guides the ghosts aren't mean or demonic. One of the friendlier ghosts is Amelia - she was a "working girl" who worked in the bar that use to be Pracna. </div>
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The tour takes place along the Mississippi River near historic St. Anthony Main. The buildings in this area are among the oldest in the city. These buildings are now restaurants (Pracna, Vic's, and the Aster Cafe) and a theater. During the 90 minute tour you are taken to a few areas in the buildings along with the basement of the building where the tour starts. You are given ghost hunting equipment to use along your tour. We had dowsing rods - these are pretty cool. They've been around about 8000 years. I won't go into the long winded history behind them or how they work right now but feel free to google them if you want. We were asking the ghosts to do things with the rods and they complied! Here is a picture of Lucas using his:</div>
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We also used EMF detectors - you've seen these on ghost shows - they light up when paranormal activity is around. The tour guides were doing EVP (electronic voice phenomenon) work and also taking video. I downloaded an app on my iPhone called Ghost Radar. This not only picks up EVP but it also shows paranormal activity in the room - the paranormal just look like little blobs of color on the radar ranging from yellow to red being the most intense. </div>
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Onto the experiences - of course nothing happened to me. Sigh. However, something did happen to my skeptical friend Julie - actually a few things happened to her. First her dowsing rods were pretty much doing exactly what she told them to do. Secondly we (me, her, Lucas and Lynda) were standing in a room alone chatting. I was watching my Ghost Radar and I said "Julie there is a red dot right behind you." Right after I said that Julie got this look on her face that I can't even explain - then she started freaking out. After she calmed down she said that something brushed her across her back. I promise there was nothing human standing behind her. And finally Julie and I were standing in another room filled with junk and knick knacks. Once again I told her something red was standing right by her. Then my Ghost Radar kicked out the word "Richard" - Richard is Julie's dad who passed a couple years ago. After I told her that she said "Dad is that you?" and my phone kicked out the word "correct" and then Julie felt something on her hand. Moral of the story - if you want to have a ghost experience hang out near Julie. I took a bunch of pictures and didn't come up with anything. Julie took 9 million photos - if she catches something I'll be sure to let you know</div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 24px;">Pros: I liked that they let us do alot of our own investigating. They let us spend about 15-20 minutes in each area doing our own thing. I liked that we were able to explore dark buildings </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 24px;">that don't normally see much human activity. It was also nice having a 90 minute tour. And I liked that they didn't use any fake haunted house scare tactics. It was just straight up ghost hunting. I liked that they supplied us with ghost hunting equipment.</span><br />
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Cons: Ghosts only come out when they want to haha. </div>
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I would definitely go again - maybe next summer (when it's warmer) I'll look into doing the 4 hour overnight tour. </div>
Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13174613789473887853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214023850002386536.post-24850142704786375212012-10-05T19:43:00.002-05:002012-10-05T19:46:43.125-05:00Five Question Friiiiiiiiiday<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0e1029; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;"><b>TGIF! What's up for the weekend? We're going on a ghost hunt tomorrow night. Review to follow. Its Five Question Friday ya'll.....</b></span><br />
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<br />Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13174613789473887853noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214023850002386536.post-54811208611632925522012-10-02T18:01:00.002-05:002012-10-02T18:01:31.652-05:00October!I hope everyone had a nice weekend. We had the day off on Friday and celebrated Lucas turning the big 3-0. Sunday Lucas participated in the Distinguished Gentleman's Ride. This is a worldwide event happening on the same day - gentlemen dress in their finest suits and mustaches and ride their vintage motorcycles around town. Ladies are invited but they must have a stache. :-) It was a fun time. There were about 60-70 motorcycles at the run in Minneapolis. Here are a few pictures taken by Julie to enjoy:<br />
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Ok, onto October. You guys know its my favorite month! I've enjoyed a few pumpkin chai's already. This weekend we are gearing up for a ghost hunt in NE Minneapolis - I'll let you know how that goes on Sunday. This month we're also planning on visiting Fright Farm (a haunted attraction), attending a paranormal photography lecture at the local art institute, hopefully hitting up the orchard if the weather holds up and lastly having Halloween Dinner Party with a few select guests the weekend before Halloween. I was going to have a big Halloween party this year but there didn't seem to be a lot of interest so we're doing a more intimate dinner party - I've asked my guests to come as someone famous or from history who is dead... should be a fun conversation at the table. :-)<br />
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<br />Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13174613789473887853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214023850002386536.post-1807584550690629982012-09-25T21:59:00.001-05:002012-09-25T21:59:29.618-05:00Travail - I love youWe went to Travail again tonight! We went there last March and I blogged about my undying love for them. Well they didn't disappoint once again. We shared the tasting menu - I think it ended up being 8 or 10 courses with palate cleansers in between. Not one thing was repeated that we had last time (if you remember last time we made our own dippin' dots!). Just a refresher about Travail - its a small restaurant in Robbinsdale (about 15 min from Minneapolis). It has an open kitchen. No waitstaff - in fact the chefs making the food bring it to you and tell you all about it. <br />
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Mushrooms with mushroom bisque soup and a cranberry foam (they're big on foam here) and wild rice on the bottom (that was crunchy like rice krispies). Honest to baby Jesus this soup tasted like Thanksgiving dinner.</div>
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Ok let me remember this one... I think that is chicken and sausage. There is also a hard boiled egg in there. And brussels sprouts. Never thought I would eat brussels sprouts and like it. This tasted like breakfast, as did another dish we had involving scrambled eggs, pasta and ham.</div>
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Our dessert appetizer - on the left mini s'mores sandwiches, in the middle macadamia nut cookies and on the right macaroons with cinnamon buttercream filling. There are no words....</div>
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And finally our dessert - so this was what looked like a strip of meringue - there were some caramelized fruits and peanuts too. But the chef who brought it over said there were some fillings "hidden in there" that we had to find..... oh we are up for a challenge...</div>
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Please go to Travail! They do such an amazing job. Tuesdays and Wednesdays they have the tasting menu (which easily feeds 2-3 people) for $65! That is stupid cheap for the quality of food you're getting. If you don't think you'd be into the "weird" food - just try it - most people who know me would say they could never see me eating duck testicles. Well I did and I liked it! Run, run, run to Travail and thank me later.</div>
<br />Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13174613789473887853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214023850002386536.post-83676607460581750722012-09-23T20:01:00.000-05:002012-09-23T20:01:40.278-05:00Emmys!The first show of the awards season was tonight! I've made my list of best and worst dressed and I'll be honest - I'm finding it difficult to find dresses that wow'd me. Ok, onto the clothes....<br />
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My Best, but none of them really blew me away, List:<br />
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Tina Fey - I picked Tina because she's not wearing black, navy blue or dark purple. Not a huge fan of the brocade on the top but it'll do. It fits her nicely. Suits her figure. Hair is good.<br />
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Hayden Panettiere - it's different. I like it. I like the color combo. I feel like she should have more make up on - the Emmys is the place to do it up.</div>
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Jane Levy - I love her show Suburgatory. I don't love this dress - actually - cut off the sleeves and its perfect. The sleeves age her. Color is perfect!</div>
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Kat Dennings - this color is amazeballs on her... but the boobs... gah, someone should have fit it better to her chest (aka larger cup sizes) and it would have been perfect. Love the hair and the red lip.</div>
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Julianne Moore - bravo for wearing a different color. It looks great with her hair color and complexion. I like it better in the picture than on TV - on TV it looked NEON. </div>
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Christina Hendricks - I love her. I again wish she would have held down the girls - although compared to previous years they are pretty under control haha. What's with the boobs tonight people!? This dress is Christian Siriano - I love him! He did a nice job designing this for her - it shows off her curves. I like the belt. I'm not sure I love the color... she would look so amazing in jewel tones yet she tends to wear black or nude colors. </div>
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I don't know who this chick is - other than she's on a show on HBO - but who cares about that - wtf is she wearing? <br />
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Zooey Deschanel - oh Zooey I heart you but I don't heart your dress. On TV it looked like your boobs were about to fall out. And the skirt is a mess. You're still cute though.</div>
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Claire Danes - she usually hits it out of the park - not tonight. Just because you're preggers doesn't mean you have to wear a sack. The hubby looks good though - let's just look at him.<br />
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Michelle Dockery - aka Mary from Downton Abbey. Sigh. Where do I start? It looks like someone from the first week of Project Runway made this mess. Satin wrinkles too much so the front looks a mess. The top is weirdly fitted. It looks something something she made herself. No bueno. </div>
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Glenn Close - I have no words...<br />
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For the lotion I picked <a href="http://www.dolcemiastore.com/catalog/hula-girl-pikake-shea-butter-lotion-p-931.html" target="_blank">Hula Girl Pikake</a> - it has a really strong, strong smell. I like it, but a little goes a long way. It totally reminds me of Hawaii - the Pikake is a flower found in Hawaii so the scent of the lotion takes me right back. The soap I picked was <a href="http://www.dolcemiastore.com/catalog/surfer-boy-mango-tangerine-hawaiian-soap-bar-p-593.html" target="_blank">Mango Tangerine</a> - this has a light smell. It lathers nicely. Both the lotion and the soap make your skin soft. Kyle from Dolce Mia even threw in a couple travel sample size lotions. <br />
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I love, love, love the packaging! I would definitely recommend Dolce Mia, especially if you have friends like me who enjoy a vintage twist. It would make a great gift! Thank you to Kyle and Bethany at the Glamorous Housewife (who hosted the giveaway)! Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13174613789473887853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214023850002386536.post-64494080698544781292012-09-16T20:04:00.003-05:002012-09-16T20:04:42.653-05:00Abnet Farm Art ShowThe 1st Annual Abnet Farm Art Show is complete. Lucas met a ton of great people. He sold one lamp (woohoo!). The weather was amazing. Thank you to everyone who came out to support him. It means the world to us. And thank you to Julie and Edie Abnet for inviting him to their show. Enjoy some pictures from our weekend.<div>
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Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13174613789473887853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214023850002386536.post-42715290723055805312012-09-13T22:38:00.002-05:002012-09-13T22:39:35.384-05:00Confessions..1. We're on a banana bread bender in this house..... seriously - I've made 2 loaves and 2 batches of muffins in the past 2 weeks. I've found that a splash of coconut rum and brown sugar instead of white sugar are a good thing. Going for chocolate chips the next round - the elliptical has been seeing me quite a bit.<br />
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Yesterday I was delighted to find an email in my inbox from <a href="http://talesofaretromodernhousewife.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Glamorous Housewife</a> telling me I won the giveaway on her blog. Eeeee! What did I win? I won a full size lotion and soap from <a href="http://www.dolcemiastore.com/catalog/index.php" target="_blank">Dolce Mia</a>. All of the packaging has a vintage flair. I love it. I can't wait to try them out. I'll let you know what I think. <br />
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Ta ta for now!Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13174613789473887853noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214023850002386536.post-70139422841815617102012-09-10T20:33:00.000-05:002012-09-10T20:35:44.425-05:00What year is it?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started re-watching Mad Men this weekend because Lucas literally worked 14 hours each day - I had nothing else to do (other than some shopping and cleaning). I started over with Season 1 which takes place in 1960. At the same time I started reviewing Mad Men, my friend on Facebook, Dollie, posted this question: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><i>why are YOU happy it is not actually the 1950s? I know we are all happy to take the good from the 50s (style, class, quality), but what are you happy with leaving in the past? I would love to get some insight from other vintage ladies on their take on the feminist movement.</i></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">The only things I love from the 50's are the fashions (well most of them), the music, and the cars - things were pretty to look at. The attitudes of the time were not pretty. I see all the political hoohaa on the tv today and think to myself "How far have we really come in 70 years?" - we still have racism, we still have sexism, we do not have equality for all, and women are still expected (for the most part) to not only be full time housewives but also work a full time job. I think the biggest stride we as women have made is choice. We can choose if we want to get married. We can choose if we want to have children. We can choose birth control. We can choose abortion. We can choose to work. <u>We</u> <u>have</u> <u>choices</u>. And without sounding too political, I hope we can continue to have those choices or we might as well go back to square one.* </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">*I'm not here to argue with anyone about what THEY believe in - we are lucky to live in a county where we can believe in anything. What I'm saying is everyone should have the ability to make a choice and unfortunately there are people, "leaders" in this country, who want to take the ability to choose away from people. I don't agree with that. I don't feel that government leaders who don't know me from Adam should have the ability to tell me what is best for me and my situation, or anyone's situation for that matter. /Off the soap box.</span></span>Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13174613789473887853noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214023850002386536.post-77037603277101724632012-09-07T18:35:00.000-05:002012-09-07T18:36:25.016-05:00Five Question Friday<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Friday peeps! This was the longest short week ever.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">2. If money weren't an issue, how many kids would you have?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still going with none. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">4. What condiment is a must in your house?</span><br />Probably ketchup.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">I knew it was coming at some point because I picked out my ring.... soo he was going to try to propose while we were at Tony and Tina's Wedding (a play) for a work Christmas party BUT it didn't go as planned (too loud, not the right moment, etc) so when we got home he proposed in the kitchen. :-) Didn't matter to me how he did it - I still love him all the same. </span></span>Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13174613789473887853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214023850002386536.post-71027242282787187742012-09-05T18:12:00.000-05:002012-09-05T18:13:26.338-05:00And it's overWe are pulling the house off the market - it has been on the market for almost 2 years and we've had a total of TWO showings and those were both agents, not even people looking for a house. I think we're both relieved to just be done with it. We are going to refinance in the next month or two and stick it out another year or two - hopefully the market will be improved by then. The thing I'm most excited about (but Lucas probably isn't) - I'm going to redecorate/freshen this joint up. We haven't really done a repaint/redecorate since we moved in 6 years ago. Obviously our taste has evolved. So that will be fun! I won't be starting any redecorating until probably February/March/April. It's too busy leading up to the holidays to start tearing apart the house. I plan on doing as much DIY/refurbishing/reusing as I can. Thank you Pinterest! I'll be spending the winter thrifting for things I can refurbish. And stay tuned - I'll probably be selling a few things we have in the house now (like the wine rack, living room area rug, etc.)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0e1029; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><b>1. I</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>f you could have been (could be) any profession you wanted (brains and $$$ no problem) what would it be?</b> I would either be a stylist or run Lucas' furniture business or have a vintage clothing store.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>2. H</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>ow often do you clean out your car?</b> Eh, like once a season. Always in the Spring to get the sand from winter out.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>3. </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>Do you wish there was such a thing as fashion police or are you deeply relieved?</b> Ha, I'm fine with people expressing their own sense of style even if they do look ridiculous.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>4. </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>What's your go to food/drink/activity when stressed? </b> Sleeping. Then I don't have to think about it.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>5. If you had twins, what would you name them?</b> Holy and Shit, lol. Just kidding - I don't know - what flavor are they? Boys? Girls? one of each? Here is a pile of names I like - you can pair them together: Henry, Jack, Charlie, James, Ruby, Scarlett, Cora, Vivian, and Lyla.</span></span><br />
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With my first Chai Tea of the season from Caribou this weekend..... </div>
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First - the fruit. They have amazing fruit - it tastes awesome and the prices are great. They carry organic fruit at fair prices too. And they sell fruit by the piece not the pound.</div>
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The Mandarin Chicken - not healthy whatsoever, but its gooooooood. All you have to do is reheat it in a pan with some olive oil and stir in the orange sauce. I serve it over jasmine rice. </div>
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Flax Seeds - these things are great for essential oils. I put them in the breakfast muffins I make, in salads, on tacos, etc. </div>
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Those are a few of my favorite Trader Joe's things. I'll do another post when the fall things come in. They have some yummy seasonal products too!</div>
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One more thing - my friend Amanda posted this tip on Facebook:</div>
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<br />Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13174613789473887853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214023850002386536.post-89260266404608273642012-08-12T19:03:00.000-05:002012-08-12T19:05:31.383-05:00Weekend Wrap UpHappy Sunday Funday! What a busy, fun weekend!<br />
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Friday night Lucas and I went to a wedding reception for his cousins. They were married over the winter in Costa Rica. This is what I wore:<br />
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Saturday started off a little rough. I was on the elliptical and Lucas was mowing and the dogs were going in between the house and outside. I went upstairs to get some water and there was blood on the kitchen floor - I turned to the dogs and said "Who's bleeding?" Vinci was the winner. He had caught his toenail somehow and it was hanging by a thread. I called the vet and they said to bring him down - luckily they're open until 1 and I called them at 1130. Love them! If you ever need a vet Uptown Vet is amazing. Love their staff and Dr. Julie. So $100, 2 meds, and one less toenail later Vinci was good to go. Here he is with his little club bandaged foot:</div>
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Saturday night was Lucas' first art show (since college)! It was a great show. Super busy, lots of hipsters, lots of networking to be done. Sadly Lucas didn't sell anything (actually not many of the artists did sell anything) but I think everyone got tons of great exposure and all the work was so nice and creative. </div>
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Here I am sitting on his bench (photo from Julie):</div>
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A montage of photos - upper left: outside looking in; upper right: Lucas talking to Grandma about his bench; bottom: Lucas' credenza in the back.</div>
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Lucas' friend and coworker Garret made some really cool chairs - here we are sitting in them (photos by Julie):</div>
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I can't even imagine how long it took Garret to get all that string on them! He made 2 variations of these chairs and a stool all using string. I thought they looked so cool.</div>
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The credenza - made with ash with a water based grayish stain; steel plates on the front panels and recycled pulls - I love the pulls.</div>
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The bench - made with oak stained black; the top is fiberglass and the little compartment on top could be used for your keys, remotes, etc. People really loved this piece at the show and kept touching the top. Its smooth like buttah!</div>
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And lastly, since the space where the show was use to be a bar, each artist made a bar stool to go around the bar. This is Lucas' bar stool - 2 tone stained ash with a swivel top covered in leather. </div>
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Everything is still for sale! Tell your friends. :-) Thank you to everyone who came downtown to support Lucas! We appreciate you all.</div>
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85 days til Halloween. Holla! </div>
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We're toying with the idea of having the party up here in Minneapolis this year....</div>
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