tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365072252024-03-13T13:41:52.493-06:00So Excited I Could PeeHave a bite of Sunshine -LHAsheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057181573857532907noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507225.post-21302337027138756262011-12-16T14:38:00.001-07:002011-12-16T14:38:33.609-07:00Light Painting<p> </p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:66721397-FF69-4ca6-AEC4-17E6B3208830:6b71cac9-3d56-44ad-9971-d40c1b360762" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='outline:none;border-style:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:330px;border-collapse:collapse;' > <tr> <td colspan=2 style='outline:none;border-style:none;margin:0px;padding:5px 0px 5px 5px;width:129px;vertical-align:bottom;' > <a 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href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=09e3ffe62eaf95dd&page=play&resid=9E3FFE62EAF95DD!385&parid=9E3FFE62EAF95DD!374&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AARbWrT_ixfRRwI" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="62" alt="View album" title="View album" height="62" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-MzGDxks9poA/Tuu6WFPdx8I/AAAAAAAAJI0/DJlmcNJvQII/-19125733064BBF90B6.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td></tr></table></div> <p>Did I tell you I love light painting now? I am having so much fun in the dark! I use flashlights and candles to draw in the night sky. Thanks, Tate, for this awesome new way to create!</p> Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057181573857532907noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507225.post-34671065709427446062011-09-09T15:34:00.000-06:002011-09-09T15:34:34.368-06:00Avo season<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4J0j_TSOq7o/TmpuQMpMkFI/AAAAAAAAJHU/e4VUmU1d6wE/s1600/DSC_5290.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" nba="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4J0j_TSOq7o/TmpuQMpMkFI/AAAAAAAAJHU/e4VUmU1d6wE/s400/DSC_5290.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6a9FKGWlLD4/TmpjwQHTZ3I/AAAAAAAAJG0/3xEb0wD0gKE/s1600/avo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="174" nba="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6a9FKGWlLD4/TmpjwQHTZ3I/AAAAAAAAJG0/3xEb0wD0gKE/s320/avo.jpg" width="320" /></a>I’ve said it before, but you should know that we are swimming in avocados! We have a wonderful tree that boarders (or hangs over into) our yard. She produces these amazing avocados that reach the size of a Nerf football. These mammas are huge- and delicious too! They are buttery in texture, a bright green and a very mild flavor. </div></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hKJR2GF64fg/Tmpu2gywwPI/AAAAAAAAJHY/PUlNFowFfck/s1600/DSC_8263_2994.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" nba="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hKJR2GF64fg/Tmpu2gywwPI/AAAAAAAAJHY/PUlNFowFfck/s640/DSC_8263_2994.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oQJ0V5XTVtQ/Tmpo-tMWQ1I/AAAAAAAAJG8/C_pmV-uBYsI/s1600/DSC_5645_329.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nba="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oQJ0V5XTVtQ/Tmpo-tMWQ1I/AAAAAAAAJG8/C_pmV-uBYsI/s320/DSC_5645_329.JPG" width="211" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Anyway this tree provides hours of entertainment for our family. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Brian put the swings up a few months ago, so the kids really enjoy swinging, climbing and resting in the shade the tree provides. The adults in the house have found great joy in watching the fruit grow and finding new ways to harvest it. <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-abxqU7_7tBw/TmpsSdIU2BI/AAAAAAAAJHE/M4smY16zVg4/s1600/DSC_5677_361.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" nba="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-abxqU7_7tBw/TmpsSdIU2BI/AAAAAAAAJHE/M4smY16zVg4/s320/DSC_5677_361.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">While my dad was here they thought it was a hoot to pick some of the mamma fruit. They went after the higher fruit with a rain gutter. This is a hilarious tool because it seems so ghetto, but it also adds a lot of excitement to finding the highest, fruit picking it and watching it roll down the gutter. It clangs and bangs it’s way down as the girls squeal with excitement.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Oo7J7FZNy4g/TmptoXc8saI/AAAAAAAAJHQ/F2V02AC1g74/s1600/IMG_1377_3145.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" nba="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Oo7J7FZNy4g/TmptoXc8saI/AAAAAAAAJHQ/F2V02AC1g74/s200/IMG_1377_3145.JPG" width="150" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Now in case you are wondering, everyone has a plethora of avocados and they will try to pawn them on you at any given moment. It is like the zucchini of the mainland, with less options for using the bounty. I have used the avo's for your basic guacamole, quinoa avo salad, just sliced and eaten, on sandwiches and burgers, I’ve even made chocolate avo pudding. I mean I am really stretching here. I was finally to the point where I look at an avocado I feel sick. </div></div><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Anyway, it seems Polly had picked up on my roots and presented us with a Jell-O dish. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BfvOD9r4KIo/Tmpjq483LiI/AAAAAAAAJGw/0wLbniOGtyY/s1600/avacado_gelatin_turkey1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" nba="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BfvOD9r4KIo/Tmpjq483LiI/AAAAAAAAJGw/0wLbniOGtyY/s400/avacado_gelatin_turkey1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Have you guessed the "special" ingredient? </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> Nope? </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> How about a clue, it starts with an A and ends with an O. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> You've got it! It was an Avocado Jell-O mold! </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
I was peeing my pants, so excited to blog about such a thing. It was truly special! I even went to her house to get the recipe! Turns out, Polly didn’t make it! Ha! Someone else gave it to her and she pawned it off on me. Crap. She quickly got on the phone to jot it down for me. Everyone was so excited that I had liked the Jell-O. Double crap! The whole point of me saying anything was so I could use it as a blog! I am the worst! Anyway, here is the recipe, dear reader. I hope you enjoy!</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">AVOCADO JELLO</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XJrPTxwRl6Q/TmpsakHe0vI/AAAAAAAAJHI/hNvoZ6rQ4po/s1600/DSC_6541_1294.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" nba="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XJrPTxwRl6Q/TmpsakHe0vI/AAAAAAAAJHI/hNvoZ6rQ4po/s400/DSC_6541_1294.JPG" width="266" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">3 C boiling water</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">2 small boxes of Lime Jell-O</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">2 pkg of Knox gelatin </div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">3/4 C white sugar</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1/2 C mayonnaise</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1 C ripe avocado</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1/2 C canned milk</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Mix all ingredients together in a blender. Pour in baking pan or mold sprayed with Pam. Refrigerate.</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">♥ me</div></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Yesterday we went to a birthday party where they flew kites. The girls were so impressed! Livie was in awe as the older kids let those kites soar into the clouds. She kept holding her head and screaming! Too funny!<br />
Anyway, on our way home we stopped at a yard sale and picked up our own Barbie kite for $0.50! Woot! So we spent the rest of the afternoon enjoying the sun, the sky and our big backyard. I am so lucky!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It took Lola a while to be convinced to stay still... she was pretty sure that she needed to run with the kite to keep it in the air.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In awe of the whole thing... If Barbie's boobs are that big, how does she stay in the air?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Liv seems to be wondering the very same thing!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em>SWOOSH!</em></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shall we call her Goldie Locks?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She was laughing the entire afternoon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oak, the goat, is enjoying this too!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oops! I guess this is what happens when you are trying to fly a kite <em>and</em> take pictures!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ha! If I stomp me feet it makes a loud noise AND shakes the trailer! I love it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Gog is coming!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Gog" or "Oak Max" or "Oak the Goat"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just being kids</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"GOG!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I wonder what Liv is thinking...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is Liv's new favorite place to hang out. Right on my feet!</td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have been enjoying the 6 o'clock hour these days. The light is fantastic, and I can't get enough of this place! Everything is so beautiful... the colors are so vibrant, the birds sing so sweetly, and my girls love with their whole hearts. ♥ Sometimes it is hard to take it all in. I guess there are worse things ;)</div>Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057181573857532907noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507225.post-83929826779670475442011-05-16T00:46:00.001-06:002011-05-16T00:46:17.644-06:00March 12X12<p>This was an AMAZING day! AMAAAAAAZZZZZZZZZZZZIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p> <p>I mean, LOOK at these PICTURES! My friends, and former employers, invited us to their son’s 5th birthday. The best birthday party ever! It was a beautiful day filled with lots of fun, bubbles, d’lish food, new friends, FROSTING and sun! </p> <table border="2" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="400"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="133"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TdDHZxJ07RI/AAAAAAAAI-8/VlvvrolZAik/s1600-h/IMG_0488%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_0488" border="0" alt="IMG_0488" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TdDHa7aTFvI/AAAAAAAAI_A/F9VrjhL-1P8/IMG_0488_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a></td> <td valign="top" width="133"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TdDHclEB2mI/AAAAAAAAI_E/j2J3Yh1T0k8/s1600-h/IMG_0494%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_0494" border="0" alt="IMG_0494" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TdDHeAFS25I/AAAAAAAAI_I/nMElZS4zo-o/IMG_0494_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a></td> <td valign="top" width="133"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TdDHgKBUDPI/AAAAAAAAI_M/EK72F2WMFEU/s1600-h/IMG_0497%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_0497" border="0" alt="IMG_0497" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TdDHhK98v5I/AAAAAAAAI_Q/-8x4SGuqIqQ/IMG_0497_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="133"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TdDHk_5Af1I/AAAAAAAAI_U/YX6lPw6ToUg/s1600-h/IMG_0511%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_0511" border="0" alt="IMG_0511" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TdDHmzNOOdI/AAAAAAAAI_Y/RK2VFDL8CyQ/IMG_0511_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a></td> <td valign="top" width="133"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TdDHoMP8n9I/AAAAAAAAI_c/_6ic-DeePiQ/s1600-h/IMG_0499%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_0499" border="0" alt="IMG_0499" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TdDHpwKognI/AAAAAAAAI_g/Rj5HUGH5ujc/IMG_0499_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a></td> <td valign="top" width="133"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TdDHs0qQZeI/AAAAAAAAI_k/Lqd5MdkZOIY/s1600-h/IMG_0527%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_0527" border="0" alt="IMG_0527" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TdDHxNzDipI/AAAAAAAAI_s/8go4vBMCLK0/IMG_0527_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="133"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TdDHz6ZvCqI/AAAAAAAAI_w/KMz5s2Sbshk/s1600-h/IMG_0536%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_0536" border="0" alt="IMG_0536" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TdDH7oFgJgI/AAAAAAAAI_0/m9tZYnzKo5E/IMG_0536_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a></td> <td valign="top" width="133"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TdDH_gLCq-I/AAAAAAAAI_4/yNpM5Yn4lrg/s1600-h/IMG_0545%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_0545" border="0" alt="IMG_0545" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TdDIApt5TWI/AAAAAAAAI_8/o_nI_kzQAI8/IMG_0545_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a></td> <td valign="top" width="133"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TdDICyWHdaI/AAAAAAAAJAA/fnPmiAfxYLA/s1600-h/IMG_0507%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_0507" border="0" alt="IMG_0507" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TdDIDvUiLAI/AAAAAAAAJAE/4noW_EQjzW4/IMG_0507_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244"></a></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="133"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TdDIF6AiNlI/AAAAAAAAJAI/BCqpLQB9rcA/s1600-h/IMG_0532%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_0532" border="0" alt="IMG_0532" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TdDIHjsqNNI/AAAAAAAAJAM/o-ECyYMOUFI/IMG_0532_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a></td> <td valign="top" width="133"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TdDIJGbI7dI/AAAAAAAAJAQ/Kjvl_HmduDU/s1600-h/IMG_0548%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_0548" border="0" alt="IMG_0548" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TdDIKkhuwcI/AAAAAAAAJAU/-bUcntE0vu8/IMG_0548_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244"></a></td> <td valign="top" width="133"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TdDINVqPIhI/AAAAAAAAJAY/ow47wHRWeQA/s1600-h/IMG_0552%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_0552" border="0" alt="IMG_0552" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TdDIOCnsxOI/AAAAAAAAJAc/Dtw-5k3fOXM/IMG_0552_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244"></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This was our March 12th of 2011.</p> <p>1 Hapuna Beach. AMAZING! 2 Partial family shot. Maui in the background. 3 Self Photo. I am all eyes. 4 Liv and the Birthday Boy discovered a HUGE pit on the beach! They were in heaven, playing with the little animals and shovels that they found. Ha! 5 This is my 1 year old talking this fine young man into giving her his football. Ha! 6 Liv enjoyed hanging out in the plastic tote. Loved it! 7 Lola meeting a girl she really liked. Perfect match for her; Same age, same spunk, same love of frosting- can you say <em>CHOCOLATE SUGAR SLAM!</em> I really need to call them so we can be friends! 8 The family even has a match for that babe! Brilliant! 9 This is what she proceeded to do when she got the ball! She thought it was hilarious… she sat there saying "<em>Neigh, neigh!”</em> while riding the ball.<em> </em> LOL! 10 The view from the picnic table- not too bad. The guy sitting there is so great! His business card has a rainbow peace sign and says, <em>Anything-Anytime-Anywhere-Usually. ♥ </em>11 They had a cool friend/dad for Brian! WTF? We may have just met our twin family!!! CRAZY! 12 The Birthday Boy LOVED his gift! I really know how to manifest dinosaur gifts!</p> <p>Told you it was Amazing!</p> Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057181573857532907noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507225.post-16714179091583742232011-05-15T23:33:00.002-06:002011-05-15T23:47:22.962-06:00April 12X12<table border="2" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" style="width: 400px;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>April was all about the Tuesday Farmer’s Market! <br />
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1 Maui Rising… Doesn’t it look beautiful! This was taken on my way to the dump (There is no trash service in Hawaii) 2 Liv on her way to the Banyon tree 3 Peter the strawberry farmer. Dani wrote an article for our monthly town newspaper, about Peter. This, my reader, is how I became a famous photographer!<em>GASP!</em> 4 Dani works for Peter selling his wonderful fruits and veggies. 5 Mmmm...local strawberries 6 My first cutie eating some soda crackers 7 Sunset 8 The sunset boogie (from behind) 9 Another sunset shot 10 The cutest dad around. Liv is eying his nummy. 11 The market goodies<br />
12 First strawberry of the year face. I am not sure if she liked it or not. <br />
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There you have it, April 12th!Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057181573857532907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507225.post-62123753137597795142011-05-15T20:31:00.002-06:002011-05-15T23:42:29.447-06:00May 12X12<table border="2" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" style="width: 400px;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>Every month on the 12th day I take a bunch of photos of my daily activities. This is May.<br />
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1 Beautiful horse on the side of the road. 2 The Dump Store aka, The Boutique (look for a blog post about this) 3 Happy cows 4 Gecko visitor. ♥ 5 The Fig’s sign. This is hat I stare at while I use the phone. Sucks to not have cell service at the house! 6 Nursing time (judge if you will) 7 Clean diapers 8 Lola cheesing it up at snack time 9 Jodi, my co-worker and friend 10 Driving 11 The HUGE Centipede Lola and I found while on a bike ride! Yikes! Glad he was already dead! 12 The road to my office… kind of makes it hard to go to work!Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057181573857532907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507225.post-66158997853340769612011-03-30T15:27:00.001-06:002011-03-30T15:32:50.682-06:00My Slice of Heaven?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">We are back!</span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6WHuTJbrdGM/TZLfWDxtB8I/AAAAAAAAI3w/EF6CCsfksnk/s1600/DSC_1448.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6WHuTJbrdGM/TZLfWDxtB8I/AAAAAAAAI3w/EF6CCsfksnk/s320/DSC_1448.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">taken from the car on the Kohala Coast</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Back in paradise!</span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UzyQvHxRFzU/TZLhBO4qb3I/AAAAAAAAI34/EBNmjEwgsHE/s1600/DSC_1327.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UzyQvHxRFzU/TZLhBO4qb3I/AAAAAAAAI34/EBNmjEwgsHE/s320/DSC_1327.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ocean the morning after the Tsunami. Taken from the Hilton Waikoloa.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"> Back on the Big Island! </span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Honl Beach, Kailua-Kona, HI</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I am so happy I could sing. I would sing right in your ear. It might not sound great, but you will know I have joy.<br />
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Then you would listen more closely and you would start to hear it. The horrible sound of whining. The sound of someone who is having a hard time adjusting to paradise. Poor thing. Boohoo! I feel so sorry for you. NOT! <br />
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Anyway... enjoy my sob story.<br />
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Welcome to my beautiful new home.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pN2WGz6Os9Y/TZONTZHCvtI/AAAAAAAAI5c/x3XJJ7LcsSo/s1600/DSC_0926.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pN2WGz6Os9Y/TZONTZHCvtI/AAAAAAAAI5c/x3XJJ7LcsSo/s320/DSC_0926.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the back of the house. <br />
The little building on the left is the outside bathroom, laundry room and storage area.</td></tr>
</tbody></table> I love my yard. <br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SbAJDZAof04/TZOMy7cBXZI/AAAAAAAAI5Y/p65ZX0s946E/s1600/DSC_0923.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SbAJDZAof04/TZOMy7cBXZI/AAAAAAAAI5Y/p65ZX0s946E/s320/DSC_0923.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The girls love the freedom of all the unfenced space!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pO9aSDjlQdc/TZOO80ZK_ZI/AAAAAAAAI5s/nZkWwtzajZg/s1600/DSC_1056.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pO9aSDjlQdc/TZOO80ZK_ZI/AAAAAAAAI5s/nZkWwtzajZg/s320/DSC_1056.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">See what I mean by LOVE!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I love the carport aka the living room.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mGsBtrXw3Dw/TZOPftc4UCI/AAAAAAAAI5w/HTtbBbCaKdM/s1600/DSC_1596.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mGsBtrXw3Dw/TZOPftc4UCI/AAAAAAAAI5w/HTtbBbCaKdM/s320/DSC_1596.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Notice my sweet hubby. He never wears a shirt. I love that about him!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I love the free bananas.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nuzVyy0zepA/TZONwMVK7LI/AAAAAAAAI5g/-awVapdHAVA/s1600/DSC_0945.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nuzVyy0zepA/TZONwMVK7LI/AAAAAAAAI5g/-awVapdHAVA/s320/DSC_0945.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first harvest of Apple Bananas. They are sweet and delicious! We usually get 40 to a bunch!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_G4zmnJHZLg/TZOOL7SP9II/AAAAAAAAI5k/vMD2Xu2cjBg/s1600/DSC_0994.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_G4zmnJHZLg/TZOOL7SP9II/AAAAAAAAI5k/vMD2Xu2cjBg/s320/DSC_0994.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">mmmm!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>What!!! I grow effing nanas in my yard? SWEET!<br />
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You know what I don't love?<br />
Brown walls.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gs99nnpQomk/TZORckXg-II/AAAAAAAAI50/UPqSmQeLigs/s1600/DSC_2018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gs99nnpQomk/TZORckXg-II/AAAAAAAAI50/UPqSmQeLigs/s320/DSC_2018.JPG" width="213" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the yucky color of the walls in most of my house. <br />
This sweet gecko is a welcome guest. He eats b-52's (but that is a whole other story).</td></tr>
</tbody></table>So, you may think, "Gosh, I thought Ashtin loved the color brown." Well, yes, I do, but I don't like poop brown on my walls or furniture. Plus, this brown matches <a href="http://www.instanthawaii.com/cgi-bin/hawaii?Animals.cane">cane spiders</a> perfectly. (If you are squeemish, DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK!) I HATE spiders and anything else that feels like it needs 8 legs to scurry around. Why people would eat a crab is beyond me. Spiders of the sea. SICK!<br />
Anyway, if you clicked on the link you know what the following means: SERIOUS! EFF THAT! NOPE! NOT HAVING THAT! WHAT THE... I CAN'T.... AHH... AAAHHHHHHHHHHH!<br />
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But I did.<br />
I did have that. <br />
IN.MY.HOUSE. <br />
Insert my horrified face, or look at these cute ones.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uPxOQp_4Cew/TZOOeVFFdXI/AAAAAAAAI5o/Tp6GzMaXdKg/s1600/DSC_1038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uPxOQp_4Cew/TZOOeVFFdXI/AAAAAAAAI5o/Tp6GzMaXdKg/s320/DSC_1038.JPG" width="213" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I sure love this face!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZJWCsYFcdwM/TZOSACFK9bI/AAAAAAAAI54/arZajEbqxNA/s1600/DSC_2049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZJWCsYFcdwM/TZOSACFK9bI/AAAAAAAAI54/arZajEbqxNA/s320/DSC_2049.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love her too! <br />
Is there a more perfect setting for an outside bath? I think not!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>See, it almost worked. I almost fooled you. Sadly, once you have seen the 8 legged spawn of satan in your house you will never be the same. You will:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">*Stare at walls for hours on end just in case there is another one around, all the while hoping you NEVER have to see another one. And if you do, praying it doesn't move because that makes the whole ordeal 100 times more scary.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">*Duck around the halls. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">*Sleep in a tent... </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-68Q0dgA4T5U/TZOYRxjWbpI/AAAAAAAAI6E/KRrMXQdpVGg/s1600/DSC_1128.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-68Q0dgA4T5U/TZOYRxjWbpI/AAAAAAAAI6E/KRrMXQdpVGg/s320/DSC_1128.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I even have a full size mattress in there!</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">In your living room... </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B1IIQbImbAg/TZOXsokWtPI/AAAAAAAAI6A/5G9NF5i98AI/s1600/DSC_1126.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B1IIQbImbAg/TZOXsokWtPI/AAAAAAAAI6A/5G9NF5i98AI/s320/DSC_1126.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">fyi, my sweet husband came up with the idea. Actually, we bought his huge tent for $15 dollars at a yard sale and we had set it up for a "fun" surprise for the girls... little did we know it was going to become the master bedroom!</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">For SEVERAL weeks... </div><div style="text-align: center;">Like 4!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Okay, I know you are thinking... is she crazy? Maybe. I guess you could say that this fear has taken over my life. Maybe what I am doing is unhealthy. I don't care. I am sleeping, and I am not afraid. Ha!<br />
Tell me what you think. What would you do?Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057181573857532907noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507225.post-9039501309086625572011-01-13T14:43:00.001-07:002011-01-13T14:46:10.694-07:00<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><br />
<strong>12of12 Challenge 2011<br />
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January<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">1. 30 years and 7days: someone should have told me about all my sun spots! 2. packing a snack for Liv 3. what to wear? The joys of girls! 4. Sweet girls eating breakfast (Cheerios) 5. Mirror on the wall. 6. Dancing 7. Twirling... she just loves to dance! 8. Animal, Vegatable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. What did you expect me to be reading? 9. Our brief plane ride in the January air. 10. Fishing poles on the Jetta. You never know when you will see a good fishing hole... 11. I made the mask for Christmas. It is a snow fox and she took it for her Share Day at school. Gold star for me! 12. Computer time. I was trying to pick a movie on Netflix.</span><br />
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Here it is, friends, the first day of my <a href="http://afmwords.blogspot.com/2010/01/12-months-1-year-144-photos.html">12of12 Challenge</a>: 12 pictures of the 12th day for 12 months. This sounds so fun! <br />
It is another way for me to remember that I am living a life less ordinary.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057181573857532907noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507225.post-27436514405633116162010-11-02T15:40:00.000-06:002010-11-02T15:40:33.878-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TM-MWkaPRiI/AAAAAAAAIy8/-ehsP7rOeiw/s1600/IMG_6491.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" nx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TM-MWkaPRiI/AAAAAAAAIy8/-ehsP7rOeiw/s320/IMG_6491.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Ridiculous! Do you know that I started this blog in 2006 and only have 113 posts, this being 113. I am so LAME! Okay, now you know.<br />
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So.... My Auntie Ploppy gave me an awesome bike. <br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TM-Mcazi_WI/AAAAAAAAIzQ/OH1aKFNTkG0/s1600/IMG_5820.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TM-Mcazi_WI/AAAAAAAAIzQ/OH1aKFNTkG0/s320/IMG_5820.JPG" width="320" /></a>She is a CUTE robin egg color cruiser that is called a Pacific. Perfect name. I ♥ the Pacific. Pacific NW, Pacific Ocean, Pacific rim, Pacific Islands, Hawaii. Wait. That doesn't have a title with the word Pacific in it! Ah! I make everything about Hawaii! I love that place... I love that mental escape. Am I romancing the idea of Hawaii? Maybe. Do I care? No. Is it the most wonderful place on earth? Yes. Anyway, back to the bike. Even with the PERFECT name I felt the need to re-name her Electra. Weird.<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Why do I have so much anxiety around naming things? Livie turned 1 on Saturday and while chatting with Becky tonight, I asked if it was too late to change Livie's name to Juno (that was her name when we first found out we were having baby #2. My friend , Suzanne, suggested that her middle name begin with an A so her initials would be JAH- fitting. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TM-MV1f4NDI/AAAAAAAAIy4/ZQoAXAAPKA0/s1600/IMG_6618.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TM-MV1f4NDI/AAAAAAAAIy4/ZQoAXAAPKA0/s320/IMG_6618.JPG" width="212" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TM-MhmVbOwI/AAAAAAAAIzs/A9ffAhlZHXQ/s1600/baby.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TM-MhmVbOwI/AAAAAAAAIzs/A9ffAhlZHXQ/s320/baby.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Anyway, I was just kidding (again!), but really? End the joke. End the uncertainty. We named her Livie Sunshine! That is who she IS. She was born smiling and hasn't stoped for 368 days. She LIVES SUNSHINE. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TM-MXFJviEI/AAAAAAAAIzA/MIq0WautjlA/s1600/IMG_6399.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/TM-MXFJviEI/AAAAAAAAIzA/MIq0WautjlA/s320/IMG_6399.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Well, back to the original point. I took the girls on a ride today. Livie was on the back and Lola was riding her own bike. We rode to the park about a mile from our house. Lola and I just rode along talking about the color of the leaves, counting magleeshes while Livie rode on the back trying to put her hands down my crack and poking my back dimples saying bell-ba (belly button). Needless to say, it was awesome. <br />
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On the way home I had a flat and had to walk the bike home. My first instinct was to be annoyed. It was just the lazy in me. Turns out walking was so magical. I got to walk right next to Livie and I was able to have wonderful conversation with both my girls. I was able to really point things out to Livie. Usually I am pushing her in the stroller, and although we are still together, there is something so sweet about walking side by side. <br />
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I feel like I am lazy or too grumpy, or neglectful.<br />
I think that is part of being a mom. <br />
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And although having other people tell you that you are doing a good job, you don't really believe them because they don't know the everyday person that you are. <br />
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Tonight Lola looked at Brian and I and said, <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">"you </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">guys </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">are </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">sensitive </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">have </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">peaceful </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">hearts."</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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The other night I had a dream/nightmare where I find out that I am pregnant. I go into the <a href="http://thebabyplacehome.com/">The Baby Place</a> (by the way, look at the new arrivals under October!!!) insisting to speak with Colleen all the while feeling SO embarrassed that I am pregnant already. Holly asks what is wrong and I hold up a pregnancy test stick all dramatic like.<br />
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I woke up feeling scared, embarrassed, surprised, stupid, excited.... too many things for 5:30 am.<br />
So I tell my friend who, in return, reveals that she really is pregnant (with one of those "we didn't even have intercourse" stories that freak you out). So we start talking about birth control namely the <a href="http://www.femcap.com/">Femcap</a>. She tells me that I can just go get one from the midwives, it will last for a year and it works great when you use it.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/S7PXK0MYCzI/AAAAAAAAIdQ/gLTCLVWGcbM/s1600/IMG_1052.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/S7PXK0MYCzI/AAAAAAAAIdQ/gLTCLVWGcbM/s320/IMG_1052.JPG" /></a><br />
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I have decided I want to go the Famcap route and start telling Brian all about it. The following is how the conversation went:<br />
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A: "It is like $75.00 and it lasts for a year!"<br />
B: "How does it work?"<br />
A: "Well you have to put it in every time."<br />
B "Eww."<br />
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B: "Well how do they know how many to send you?"<br />
A: "What do you mean?"<br />
B: "I mean, how do they know how much sex you are going to have. You said it lasts for a year."<br />
A: "Yeah. Well, I guess they figure the product needs to be replaced every year. Maybe they get old."<br />
B: "But how many do they send you? What like 60 a month?"<br />
A: "No, you get 1. Wait... you thought... HA! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">HAHA</span>! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">HAHAHAAAAA</span>!"</div><br />
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Look at this face! Have you seen a cuter girl... I think not (actually, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Livie</span> is pretty dang cute too!), but you know what I mean. She has been fighting a bug for the past 13 days now with a fever of 102-104.3 for about 11 of those days. For the most part she is her happy smiling self, but since she has pneumonia I have been keeping her down. She is going crazy! She just wants to run, play, joke and be loud. She just wants to be better!</div><br />
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When she first got sick the boys were in town. She wanted so bad to play basketball, ski and go to the Y with them. Aside from one walk in the park, she spent her time drinking tea and being snuggled. Look how cute she is!</div><br />
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She hasn't had much of an appetite, eating just a few bites (if that) at every meal. So last night after looking in the fridge and finding nothing, I decided to make breakfast for dinner. By saying "I decided to make, " I really mean Brian made. When everyone got so excited about the idea (keep in mind that I hate this meal) I decided to do whatever i could to make Lola eat it. This is where my inner fat girl comes in. I pulled out the whipped topping (Cool Whip to you rich folks), and chocolate syrup! She made her waffle look so good <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">that</span> I decided I should try said toppings on my waffle too. Now I realize that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">I am</span> not sick, but does it count that I have been cooped up here too? No? Okay, I am just a sugar hound and wanted to indulge. Yummy! So, don't judge me or my parenting skills, I just wanted her to get something in her tummy... Oh guess who ate almost half of her dinner!</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057181573857532907noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507225.post-31810467969380146462009-12-15T10:04:00.000-07:002009-12-15T10:04:55.619-07:00Wild Eyes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/SyfBqj2lzOI/AAAAAAAAH58/ibLS3xfrM6M/s1600-h/woman-grocery-shopping-280X280-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/SyfBqj2lzOI/AAAAAAAAH58/ibLS3xfrM6M/s320/woman-grocery-shopping-280X280-0.jpg" /></a><br />
</div>I am now that mom. I have the wild look in my eye. The look you recognize in someone else and hope you never wear- I have it. I remember hearing mothers talk about doing the grocery shopping in the middle of the night. I would think, you are crazy... just go to the store in the daytime like a normal person. Well, I have done it. In fact, it was just the other night. I left the house at 11:20 pm to go grocery shopping. I was wearing sweats (remember the days when I thought people wearing sweats out of the house had given up on life?) a tank top with vomit, Uggs and a parka. I was looking hot! Anyway, I did my shopping and ENJOYED myself! I was alone! I could look at (or not look at) whatever I wanted. I didn't have to hurry! I didn't have to explain everything from colors, to products, to my reasons why! It was GLORIOUS! The feeling wore off when I got the register with 4 WIC checks, but for 20 whole minutes, I was just me.Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057181573857532907noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507225.post-2022265065460391492009-10-05T10:09:00.000-06:002009-10-05T10:17:24.792-06:00DreamsI have been having crazy dreams this past few weeks. I think it is being pregnant and not really sleeping, but who really knows. <br />The other night I had a dream that I was taking a class in a nuclear plant. We were about to take a test and our teacher was giving us instructions. She then said when we were finished she was going to the hospital (also in the plant) to see Jonathan. Well, I figured out that this was my cousin, and asked that i go with her. As I walked down the stairs I see my aunt standing there. She was all frantic ans said my other cousin April would be really happy if I went and sat with them. So, I did. <br />I get into the room and April is so happy to see me. She says, "Do you want to hold him?" Now keep in mind that Jonathan and April are adults. I say, "okay," and they hand me a white potato bug with foil on his head. Inside the foil is a raw chicken breast (obviously his brain). Weird. He then says, "I want to be with my kind." WTF? I turn my head to look at April and he runs away. <br />I spent the rest of the night searching shagg carpet looking for a freaking potato bug. I wish I could just get some sleep!Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057181573857532907noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507225.post-19101831136662264442009-08-29T12:53:00.000-06:002009-08-29T13:00:05.881-06:00It looks like 2 pigs fighting under a blanketWhy do women feel the need to comment on how a pregnant woman looks? I wouldn't tell my best friend that she looks like she is having twins, much less a stranger. Do you just walk up to any woman and tell her how giant she looks? I don't. Today I was at a yard sale walked by a lady and said, "you look miserable." Then I got to tell her that I still have 2 months to go. While I write this Brian asks why it is such a shot to my ego? I might scratch his eyes out. It really isn't a shot, I just think it is weird that pregnancy gives women license to say whatever they want to the prego woman. I don't do it, and I hope you don't either.Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057181573857532907noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507225.post-41286837319449088402009-08-26T17:43:00.000-06:002009-08-26T18:10:03.353-06:00Undecided topicLet me start by saying that my blog is really ugly. Just like me, it needs a makeover. So, as you may have already noticed, I have changed the name from ...So Excited I Could Pee to my favorite quote from Lola, "Boise is Beautiful and Hideous."<br />Okay, on to bigger and better or equally boring things. <br />1. I think I may be a terrible mother. I just made grilled cheeses for dinner. One got a little burned and the other was the most glorious looking sandwich I have ever seen. It was all golden and bubbly inside... yum! Anyway, i decided that i would give Lola the delish one, but I cut it into 4ths, and traded the most burned part of mine with her. What is wrong with me? That is not motherly at all! Moms are supposed to eat the crap and like it. <br />2. My cousin died this past weekend. Possible overdose, possible homicide, the findings are inconclusive at this point. I should have cried. I am sad, but can't actually feel the emotion. One may think I am in shock, but I am not sure that would be true. I have had 3 family members die since last Thanksgiving. WTF? Can this year just be over already! Anyway, it has me thinking about my pregnancy with Lola. I was the typical hormonal basket case. I cried over the most ridiculous things! Gosh, I felt like such a girl! Then she was born and I had zero emotion for about 1.5 years. I was a lot like a vampire. I knew there was supposed to be emotion, but tears were a thing of the past. So, am I there again? Hmmm.<br />3. My belly feels HUGE! I am 32 weeks and have 8 to go. Where is this baby going to grow? I waddle and feel like I am sitting on her head. I hope she isn't all squishy when I deliver. Oh, and what am I going name her??? The nameless baby! Lola was picked out by 3 months... I guess it is true that the second child doesn't get the same kind of attention as the first. I just thought I would at least name her.<br />4.I have decided to take up blogging again even though it isn't popular anymore.<br />5.Brian has a new job. Do you know what he is doing tonight? He is at the State Fair with a client. Lucky duck! I want to go to the fair! I mean, who doesn't like to see the giant horse dong? Really? Why do they have things like that? Sick!<br />Anyway, this is what I've got. peaceAsheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057181573857532907noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507225.post-56752564298545620242009-08-13T08:45:00.000-06:002009-08-13T08:54:34.049-06:00DreamsI dreamed of you last night... <br />Funny how a dream can be so real. I could smell the salty air, feel the powder sand under my feet, and hear that song in the palms. It.Was.Wonderful. <br />It wasn't exactly the same as I remember, but it was still true. The streets were gone and the pathways wove in and out of little shacks. The crystal ocean licked the beach so gently I wanted to cry. <br />You are part of me now, and I will be back. I won't forget.Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057181573857532907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507225.post-53177051642474678512008-12-14T19:16:00.000-07:002008-12-14T19:22:09.838-07:00Reason 876Another freebie! That is right, Lola got to meet Santa this year, and we even got the picture to take home. That is right , the photo was free, put on a disk, and they told me to go to Costco to print it out (they have great deals!)! AWESOME! <br /><br />Joy 2 Da World!<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/SUW-kH-yN-I/AAAAAAAAFz4/VDEInlvDsc0/s1600-h/Hart.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/SUW-kH-yN-I/AAAAAAAAFz4/VDEInlvDsc0/s400/Hart.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279835665988728802" /></a>Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057181573857532907noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507225.post-41997728107286488392008-12-01T10:49:00.000-07:002008-12-01T12:14:29.060-07:00I am popular<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/STQ3g8X9jRI/AAAAAAAAFqA/L273kULLxuc/s1600-h/103_3859.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/STQ3g8X9jRI/AAAAAAAAFqA/L273kULLxuc/s400/103_3859.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274902102659665170" /></a><br />Maybe this should be my new mantra. Maybe not. <br />I am not popular. <br />I am the furthest thing from popular. <br />I seem to be the anti-friend. <br /><br />Up until recently, this was okay with me. I have my family, a few close friends and that was enough. Up until I discovered Facebook and the profile counter on my blog I was almost unaware of my status. I am a social 'tard. As funny (and equally lame) as it may sound, I am crying a little on the inside. Maybe I should care less about the numbers. Maybe most of those numbers are empty.<br /><br />The thing is, I feel like I am in a horrible version of my former life. I am in middle school (or high school) trying to make friends. Not because I need them (although, I know I do), but because Lola needs friends. If I don't put myself out there with other moms, I am hurting her social growth. How Effed UP! <br /><br />I really hate making small talk. I hate it with the fire of a thousand suns! I wish there was a way to skip that part. I know I don't want to know what you made your kid for lunch, so why would someone else want to hear that about my life. I am a simpleton. I am a housewife. I am a mother. Big effing deal. I shouldn't waste time talking about the ordinary and mundane. Truthfully, aside from occasional loneliness, I would make a great hermit.<br /><br />Anyway, this is not a good way to live, and I want better for my daughter. I need to make mom friends. I need friends who live locally and have children of the same age. I need to fit in, and I don't know how. The other day at the beach there was the little girl Lola was playing in the water with. So, being the good mother that I am, I was in the water watching her and trying to talk to the other mother. Her friends showed up and there was a small group of us girls. I thought I was doing well, but Later that evening my mom said that I looked like I was 5. Like I was on the outside of the circle looking in. Great! Not only do I feel this way, but people can see it with their eyes. <br /><br />Lola is in the HIPPY group and that has been great for her. Another mom told me about another playgroup that is closer to my house. I said I was interested and she says, "well, we already have 18 or so people. I will have to ask if it is okay." So... I don't know how I should feel about that. The next week she said that she talked to the group, and a few of them would like to just meet Lola and I at the beach to see if we would work with the group. I have to go to an awkward "social Interview" to see if I am chill enough for these moms to let their kids hang out with my kid. <br /><br />Nobody told me this was going to happen. I think this is the hardest thing I will have to learn as a mother. I wish I could crawl in a hole and die.<br /><br />ps this is not a "POOR ME" post. This is the "I AM SCARED TO DEATH OF PEOPLE, BUT MY DAUGHTER'S GROWTH DEPENDS ON ME TALKING TO PEOPLE" post. What an effing pickle!Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057181573857532907noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507225.post-36181187866409051122008-11-24T11:25:00.001-07:002008-11-24T11:25:09.212-07:00Rubber Arms<embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i141.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid141.photobucket.com/albums/r48/ashespants/MVI_0691.flv">Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057181573857532907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507225.post-80483308486681914532008-11-24T11:22:00.001-07:002008-11-24T11:22:15.614-07:00Hula Girl<embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i141.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid141.photobucket.com/albums/r48/ashespants/MVI_0688.flv">Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057181573857532907noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507225.post-87208876225209550942008-11-16T19:55:00.000-07:002008-11-16T20:04:42.499-07:00Fresh food= Happy Girl<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/SSDfLLZBjLI/AAAAAAAAFpg/s8fFvBwpxQQ/s1600-h/103_3371.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/SSDfLLZBjLI/AAAAAAAAFpg/s8fFvBwpxQQ/s400/103_3371.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269456947152784562" /></a><br />On the menu at the Hart House~<br /><br />Grilled Chicken with fresh Papaya Salsa<br />Spinach salad with garden fresh tomatoes, feta and chopped almonds<br />Rice <br />Peas in butter sauce<br /><br />So Delicious!<br /><br />I am so very serious when I tell you I felt high after eating this meal. It was AMAZING! A food "O" if you will.Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057181573857532907noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507225.post-50890628693400318822008-11-15T22:06:00.000-07:002008-11-16T20:12:17.261-07:00lazy daysAhhh, Saturday..............<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/SSDgPVfDvLI/AAAAAAAAFp4/ootvscRNf0I/s1600-h/103_3664.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/SSDgPVfDvLI/AAAAAAAAFp4/ootvscRNf0I/s400/103_3664.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269458118093552818" /></a><br />This morning when I woke up I was so cold that I put on my <em>late spring in Seattle</em> outfits. Dress, leggings and a hoodie. I even put my hair in two messy piggy-buns. After feeling cold for a few hours, I realize that I don't ever want to come back. I don't like to be cold. Serious.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/SSDgOTjB6jI/AAAAAAAAFpo/wzVGhOqnQuw/s1600-h/103_3662.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/SSDgOTjB6jI/AAAAAAAAFpo/wzVGhOqnQuw/s400/103_3662.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269458100393470514" /></a><br />It rained, no it poured last night. Just in time too, our plants were looking sad and I wasn't about to waste my water on plants. This is the first time I have lived with anything other than city water, and this whole <em>water catchment</em> thing is tricky. We catch rain from our roof, and it fills the 10,000 gallon tank. Sounds simple- like you could possibly be drinking lots of bird turds- but simple. Well, it is not. We are supposed to put bleach in to purify the water and keep the mosquito population down. <br /><br />Does that freak you out? <br /><br />It freaks me out a bit, but I am pushing through. <br /><br />Anyway, we went to check the tank yesterday just to find that in the 14 days we have been living here we have used 6 inches worth of water. That is a lot of water! I wasn't aware for this particular character flaw until now, but I am a Water Waster! I suck! Oh, and the PH is WAY too high. <br /><br />So, until further notice, don't drink our water. Yeah. We should be good to go in a few days, but...<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/SSDgO9NrlgI/AAAAAAAAFpw/qFRDKVBbOaw/s1600-h/103_3686.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/SSDgO9NrlgI/AAAAAAAAFpw/qFRDKVBbOaw/s400/103_3686.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269458111578215938" /></a><br />Back to the rain. Lola and I were dancing around while Brian was hooting and hollering about living off the land and the way things should be. It may as well have been the full moon too. It was a wonderful night.<br />Do you know what a tropical storm sounds like on a metal roof? <br /><br />No?<br /><br />Music, Peace. Rain. Heaven.<br /><br />Bri checked the tank this morning, and it was over flowing! Do you know what that means? We collected well over 12 inches of water! <br /><br />Moving on. We decided we should hit the beach today, along with YARD SALES! The best thing about the island. People price things to sale. I got 2 skirts and 2 shirts for $1.00. The big bonus... the free boxes. We got a avocados, liliko'i aka passion <br />fruit, guava and a papaya. These are literally YARD sales- okay Giveaways!Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057181573857532907noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507225.post-75454514663575479312008-11-08T18:52:00.000-07:002008-11-08T19:08:48.456-07:00Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/SRZGHn3pXDI/AAAAAAAAFog/Mrhw7KHQiTw/s1600-h/Carmen.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 106px; height: 135px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/SRZGHn3pXDI/AAAAAAAAFog/Mrhw7KHQiTw/s400/Carmen.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266473911031782450" /></a><br /><br />This is actually a moving announcement. I have put some lengthy captions on here, so click the picture to get the goods. Okay. Bye.<br /><table style="width:194px;"><tr><td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/f/img/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/ashespants/KonaParadise02#"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_jpHDIsrUWb0/SRY7oO0kT9E/AAAAAAAAFmY/PmzliMAlkZg/s160-c/KonaParadise02.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;"></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/ashespants/KonaParadise02#" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">Kona Paradise</a></td></tr></table>Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057181573857532907noreply@blogger.com5