tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83783886550892269912024-02-19T07:31:28.733-08:00Nolia's Notion...A journey of life, love, wellness, eastern medicine and everything in betweenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378388655089226991.post-10803273651169814142010-05-22T20:17:00.000-07:002010-05-22T20:32:13.133-07:00Free Bird...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijjhA-2qjvzDvSjju8v83wNuY9T6KObA8lMZlYXL2Fy40nf1T_qB8bJrTt788pIqclraEblLKH_gm6Q6bU5z2EBVFDYdMzkNaWYEouxHmrjWDPWlgrPvPE3eHS_yNyfCGA9n5CVnnlbsM/s1600/4571633081_2f473bce34.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 339px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijjhA-2qjvzDvSjju8v83wNuY9T6KObA8lMZlYXL2Fy40nf1T_qB8bJrTt788pIqclraEblLKH_gm6Q6bU5z2EBVFDYdMzkNaWYEouxHmrjWDPWlgrPvPE3eHS_yNyfCGA9n5CVnnlbsM/s400/4571633081_2f473bce34.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474302157775707186" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhcJjqClfV9IqUqiPmwiSZEkdjW40LX_cUi6CrYmqESFCsOKmLYbngGdFLFSSH80Kcws3krNxvdNK0MazVUo4IEfku4OzA9vgUgGi7UdMBfyfPzAootak05hZ577KhU1bkZd3jt-wILgM/s1600/3750348669_4c34eb8f5e.jpg"><span><span></span></span></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i>"For I must be traveling on, now</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i>'Cause there's too many places I've got to see...</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i>'Cause I'm as free as a bird now"</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(Image courtesy of LydiaElle)</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378388655089226991.post-58937849701451171092010-05-15T00:27:00.000-07:002010-05-15T00:31:23.525-07:00Knowledge Equals Happiness...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_78YRxiWAr1Na-Ia4LZuF5tEvEaJ40S6PY84RYpW1cjOV7LVnNi7SujEtmBLCW1xDaHUfyV_-bcrjszH_Ysh05uwb0dIFvgICEYD-m6CSnwIgIHvoOywZD2ILSwxD34k3hk93FYf1Qs/s1600/4464784690_015920ede6.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_78YRxiWAr1Na-Ia4LZuF5tEvEaJ40S6PY84RYpW1cjOV7LVnNi7SujEtmBLCW1xDaHUfyV_-bcrjszH_Ysh05uwb0dIFvgICEYD-m6CSnwIgIHvoOywZD2ILSwxD34k3hk93FYf1Qs/s400/4464784690_015920ede6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471395242325923938" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hope everyone has a weekend full of happiness and kisses! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">xo xo xo</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(Image courtesy of Karl'sKicks)</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378388655089226991.post-68579240835966264362010-05-10T17:02:00.000-07:002010-05-10T17:48:48.866-07:00A Path For Those Who See...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtTemx67Ob2GaHhLTNVvEGQ_mAqX8n65KSNYbgO0-CxcCVrQISoj9gMk3ZBbNL_NuegPT6wtpTUaW7OAqb297kkj2CEFcZNdzqJlj-1s_GPmy-YtVvFc7sZUCG1R-ZsKroGmToX3saN8s/s1600/2599581983_0e50209744.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 366px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtTemx67Ob2GaHhLTNVvEGQ_mAqX8n65KSNYbgO0-CxcCVrQISoj9gMk3ZBbNL_NuegPT6wtpTUaW7OAqb297kkj2CEFcZNdzqJlj-1s_GPmy-YtVvFc7sZUCG1R-ZsKroGmToX3saN8s/s400/2599581983_0e50209744.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469796154142168690" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Choices...life is about choices. We choose who we become. What we see. Where we lead and follow. When we live it. Why we see it. How we breathe it. <i>We choose what path we take in life.</i> This journey is about twist and turns, ups and downs and occasionally the straight and narrow. When we leave the path some of us get back on just in time and some of us get lost for good. What path will you choose...or what path will choose you? I choose the path less traveled...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-size: small; "><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; ">Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times, serif; font-size: medium; ">And sorry I could not travel both</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Times, serif;color:#000000;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">And be one traveler, long I stood</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">And looked down one as far as I could</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; "><div style="text-align: center;">To where it bent in the undergrowth.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then took the other, as just as fair,</div><div style="text-align: center;">And having perhaps the better claim,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Because it was grassy and wanted wear;</div><div style="text-align: center;">Though as for that the passing there</div><div style="text-align: center;">Had worn them really about the same.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And both that morning equally lay</div><div style="text-align: center;">In leaves no step had trodden black.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, I kept the first for another day!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yet knowing how way leads on to way,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I doubted if I should ever come back.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I shall be telling this with a sigh</div><div style="text-align: center;">Somewhere ages and ages hence:</div><div style="text-align: center;">Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--</div><div style="text-align: center;">I took the one less traveled by,</div><div style="text-align: center;">And that has made all the difference.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>- "The Road Not Taken", Robert Frost</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(Image courtesy of asma)</span></span></div></span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378388655089226991.post-63974742544739154072010-05-09T10:41:00.000-07:002010-05-09T10:46:17.781-07:00Mamma Mia...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqmuwnciwrN_WFscIKCjLCY_QWu4wmQlibN1oCZSbdT7pSl4FfAKizU2SShnCqH7GjGgakR3MPgNei2tebXJEig4i4aJhdveECcuDOYvKylZIwtkAjHzcuE3H8uDdeD9EZmXBlEyIUPAw/s1600/2746628205_9ae19d3996.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 357px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqmuwnciwrN_WFscIKCjLCY_QWu4wmQlibN1oCZSbdT7pSl4FfAKizU2SShnCqH7GjGgakR3MPgNei2tebXJEig4i4aJhdveECcuDOYvKylZIwtkAjHzcuE3H8uDdeD9EZmXBlEyIUPAw/s400/2746628205_9ae19d3996.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469327108930519362" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms out there!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(Image courtesy of TheGiftedPhotographer)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378388655089226991.post-29784707242213103262010-05-05T12:32:00.001-07:002010-05-05T14:42:29.591-07:00Uno, Dos, Tres, Cuatro...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk3Krb-o-Bnjv-v_GfLy7lXRPSZFURI3ceypinMDeTtAFwN0D1xWuyjwC248aT3Ncbfz1zYSpRAH_NpQum77EcfAB1prTcWbr_JZx4-T9lo9nOaZWlUpc-axNlTa1QnKadl5dfZTFyRxw/s1600/2693286310_b09e8e8daf.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 326px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk3Krb-o-Bnjv-v_GfLy7lXRPSZFURI3ceypinMDeTtAFwN0D1xWuyjwC248aT3Ncbfz1zYSpRAH_NpQum77EcfAB1prTcWbr_JZx4-T9lo9nOaZWlUpc-axNlTa1QnKadl5dfZTFyRxw/s400/2693286310_b09e8e8daf.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467871124177037218" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone...it's interesting how we celebrate the victory of the Mexican military over the French army at The Battle of Puebla on May 5th in 1862 with margaritas and chips and salsa, but hey...who can complain? When I used to live in Arizona one of my favorite margaritas quickly became the Prickly Pear Margarita, in the picture above, which is made from the fruit of the prickly pear cactus (also called "cactus figs"). It brings just enough sweet to the sour of a margarita to make it perfect!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Today is also my Mother-in-Law's Birthday, so...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF9966;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Happy Cinco de Mayo and Happy Birthday "Mother Love"!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#FFCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#FFCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(Image courtesy of voodootikitequila)</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378388655089226991.post-45673054892228929702010-04-23T16:37:00.001-07:002010-04-23T21:46:54.304-07:00A Little Birdie Told Me...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI03d9z3skXZFQ_3tkp5H07mbV5v0RGTmKIgSkVfnALUtWmgFdiT6AAKzkxnNPNLOJHkzWXDyOQLG_wvCwd_Du2kNR0trbdYzbYapOfGEErakagRYJSEzbwz-kRtPKTuXAa9JKtx5EqMo/s1600/3827512789_060675b4e3.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 385px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI03d9z3skXZFQ_3tkp5H07mbV5v0RGTmKIgSkVfnALUtWmgFdiT6AAKzkxnNPNLOJHkzWXDyOQLG_wvCwd_Du2kNR0trbdYzbYapOfGEErakagRYJSEzbwz-kRtPKTuXAa9JKtx5EqMo/s400/3827512789_060675b4e3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463481376202816770" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">...that it was Friday! This week went by SO fast, I can hardly believe it. Hope everyone has a great weekend!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(Image courtesy of miss tessmacher)</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378388655089226991.post-16487366533320746632010-04-22T00:01:00.000-07:002010-04-22T09:18:17.329-07:00Earth Day 2010...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvJjAH_giPBYfBRIAREpLnke42hOyWl-pNHDRHlFYG5SJs3A0YFFfN1feov9K1nvmhQv_B2ETHIN6uJ4RQWNSvqnEzHxQ9Rx0i6JBcC7ejLh3kS96xYtofChkhDY8oItyQ_jURTfvo8Rk/s1600/Holding_Earth_in_Hands.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvJjAH_giPBYfBRIAREpLnke42hOyWl-pNHDRHlFYG5SJs3A0YFFfN1feov9K1nvmhQv_B2ETHIN6uJ4RQWNSvqnEzHxQ9Rx0i6JBcC7ejLh3kS96xYtofChkhDY8oItyQ_jURTfvo8Rk/s400/Holding_Earth_in_Hands.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462853960137853106" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I'm taking an environmental ethics course this term and it has really opened my eyes to the sensuous world surrounding us that we tend to take for granted at times. Even if only for a second today, take a moment to stop and appreciate an aspect of nature that you normally wouldn't pay attention to. Go for a walk, explore a new hiking trail, have a meal outside, open the windows or just take a deep breath of fresh air. In honor of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Earth Day</span>, I thought I would post a few tips that could inspire changes (big or small) to benefit this beautiful planet we call home...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">1. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>Reuse your water bottle/coffee mug - </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Avoid buying bottled water or single use coffee cups</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> and purchase reusable BPA-free, stainless steel and porcelain drinkware. <a href="http://www.vesseldrinkware.com/" target="_blank">www.vesseldrinkware.com</a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>2. Buy food locally - </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Eat local, buy local, be local". Support your local farmers by visiting farmers markets, family farms or locally supported supermarkets. Eat seasonal and buy sustainable.<b> </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.localharvest.org/" target="_blank">www.localharvest.org</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;font-size:small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">3. Buy compact fluorescent light bulbs - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Y</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal;font-size:small;">ou'll use a quarter as much energy, they will last about 10,000 hours longer, they're safer and you'll save money in the long run...and don't forget to turn them off when not in use.</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>4. Recycle - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">R</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ecycle</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> garbage, books, newspapers, cardboard boxes, glass, plastic, old electronics, batteries, ink cartridges and practically anything you can think of. Get creative and make something new out of something old!</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>5. Use your own bags (grocery or shopping) - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Reusable bags save trees, save water, help air pollution, help our oceans and can be fun to pick out. <a href="http://www.reusablebags.com/" target="_blank">www.reusablebags.com</a></span></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>6. Consider natural and organic cleaning products - </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Some of the best non-toxic cleaning products I've ever used are vinegar, lemon, baking soda, olive oil and essential oils. <a href="http://www.eartheasy.com/live_nontoxic_solutions.htm" target="_blank">www.eartheasy.com</a></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>7. Support companies that are cruelty free - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">There are many reasons why cruelty to animals is bad for the environment, but at the heart of things...it's just wrong</span>. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.caringconsumer.com/" target="_blank">www.caringconsumer.com</a></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>8. Conserve water - </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Turn off the water when possible (brushing your teeth, etc.), take shorter showers, check for leaks and run your dishwasher and clothes washer with full loads. <a href="http://www.eartheasy.com/live_water_saving.htm" target="_blank">www.eartheasy.com</a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>9. Teach children to love the environment - </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Lets</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">each our children at a young age to respect people, animals, nature and the environment. After all, how we treat the environment now, affects their world later. Environmental links for kids: <a href="http://www.nrdc.org/reference/kids.asp" target="_blank">www.nrdc.org</a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>10. Educate ourselves </b><b>- </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">One of our greatest gifts is the gift of knowledge. If we take the time to do research and educate ourselves on what is <i>really</i> going on in our world, we'll never have to judge, question, or second-guess what we hear through the grapevine...we will <i>know</i> for ourselves.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">HAPPY EARTH DAY!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#000099;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378388655089226991.post-44918383925075112962010-04-21T18:37:00.000-07:002010-04-21T21:07:28.477-07:00Smile Please...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqi4d6yxbjrXSVnBKkvA8wSzyH222kOqW1xcpTSpipzeAz425oBUhHNS_UYaxGXHGc-NilSLsNPFto2Uye1jIGac_aNoFda38t_9fpdJIhrk3_1jI9veC8G-7SpxS96EXAp8qNQu32Qpc/s1600/1555369481_d7cd2c5005.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqi4d6yxbjrXSVnBKkvA8wSzyH222kOqW1xcpTSpipzeAz425oBUhHNS_UYaxGXHGc-NilSLsNPFto2Uye1jIGac_aNoFda38t_9fpdJIhrk3_1jI9veC8G-7SpxS96EXAp8qNQu32Qpc/s400/1555369481_d7cd2c5005.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462770159892667698" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Nothing like a little color and a few attacking clouds to brighten the day...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(Image courtesy of setev)</span></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378388655089226991.post-58297738107173589032010-04-14T16:50:00.000-07:002010-04-14T17:03:13.174-07:00Things that make you go hmmm...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4TEPxE2yi0htTuewcRnhGnNZ0_vmiMXVqyjHSS6Y7cGa9Qnu4AJndwQ3Qvwm-3cMc4Ono5DKWg9vx1mOs0QwPovEu7TrS0p0ZuoRCeRyIj7JQo6S1VgfnuCWJj66j7EajbmuJwmu8mcg/s1600/3310336516_35fdc42e93.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 376px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4TEPxE2yi0htTuewcRnhGnNZ0_vmiMXVqyjHSS6Y7cGa9Qnu4AJndwQ3Qvwm-3cMc4Ono5DKWg9vx1mOs0QwPovEu7TrS0p0ZuoRCeRyIj7JQo6S1VgfnuCWJj66j7EajbmuJwmu8mcg/s400/3310336516_35fdc42e93.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460145463443037234" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i>"A man is but the product of his thoughts...what he thinks, he becomes" <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i>- </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Mahatma Gandh</span></span>i</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(Image courtesy of h.koppdelaney)</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378388655089226991.post-49783701915261392922010-04-07T18:40:00.000-07:002010-04-07T22:25:28.244-07:00Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghtv7xfLHl1MY397X11j2RY1F25zFccUT9Dp66Cutw2HeXJkwD2iKu1M-sjHx9DK0e2no8NLXgGmuOBUE8BuQyimniyKFCeVvbxqDe04Z0mSRME3PhADdtrYiq4yQoK9fDsLOYCZk48Jg/s1600/2631875940_3c1e5f0225.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghtv7xfLHl1MY397X11j2RY1F25zFccUT9Dp66Cutw2HeXJkwD2iKu1M-sjHx9DK0e2no8NLXgGmuOBUE8BuQyimniyKFCeVvbxqDe04Z0mSRME3PhADdtrYiq4yQoK9fDsLOYCZk48Jg/s400/2631875940_3c1e5f0225.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457576128854881042" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPPaDoTJr7VbJJpQUMbfqBJ_9UHk3IOZUjxl67B1ooXZlC4doMostp3uR9xWtapp1Fi90s5pZAMte7tO1EPyFz3nulFuVIBy9vW_nIL3gWe06t4XfhGmufDI2vG-kPMOTpT4c0eU7N4Hs/s1600/2631875940_3c1e5f0225.jpg"><span><span></span></span></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Have you ever had one of those days when you have a million things that you really HAVE to do, but somehow time just gets away from you? Then as the day goes on you keep staring at the clock, somehow thinking that time is going to start magically going backwards just for </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i>you</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. Then all of the sudden it starts haunting you and you keep running into a clock everywhere you go because it truly is trying to remind you that you are running out of that beautiful little mystery called time. Suddenly all you can hear is tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock and not only have you gotten nothing done that you were supposed to, but now you still have a million things to do in a much shorter period of time <i>and</i> you've gone a bit mad...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Yeah, I'm right about there. ;)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(Image courtesy of AaronH)</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378388655089226991.post-31744472399714026472010-04-02T19:52:00.001-07:002010-04-07T19:56:01.350-07:00Bunnies, Chocolate and Eggs, Oh My...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzO8lI60MSqaGb7vE3ZQR8EAtLT-dxAn44RX7nXARn5Kzr-B8jYk77JnEqpoCOJj5RoceqcOwM7fT8DBf3fHV0HNrDkO4ngUjac6o6QUw72vYJEafkfM9UXrWVJj63dB8sg5sfnw0HNUU/s1600/3434983318_bf0ffbd05b.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 397px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzO8lI60MSqaGb7vE3ZQR8EAtLT-dxAn44RX7nXARn5Kzr-B8jYk77JnEqpoCOJj5RoceqcOwM7fT8DBf3fHV0HNrDkO4ngUjac6o6QUw72vYJEafkfM9UXrWVJj63dB8sg5sfnw0HNUU/s400/3434983318_bf0ffbd05b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455738901124988690" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Hope everyone has a beautiful, relaxing Easter weekend!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(Image courtesy of grahamblackall)</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378388655089226991.post-44488218156401637052010-03-24T11:47:00.001-07:002010-03-24T15:13:42.699-07:00My Favorite Mistake...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx4U_PAdzqrz8KCy5IxMpm_u2XURK668YvcDMQJDXLo1Qz4qC-d7vZrqbYmtsy8rMFzZ_6gAbMmch0rm1XdVzGvt0aOfrbfVmOLC-iGuPFBoUCTeU0_6qcsMgSjtmeOzr7baH0DgXrniQ/s1600/2872583288_8127958300.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx4U_PAdzqrz8KCy5IxMpm_u2XURK668YvcDMQJDXLo1Qz4qC-d7vZrqbYmtsy8rMFzZ_6gAbMmch0rm1XdVzGvt0aOfrbfVmOLC-iGuPFBoUCTeU0_6qcsMgSjtmeOzr7baH0DgXrniQ/s400/2872583288_8127958300.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452274122612117874" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Have you ever made what you believed to be a terrible mistake, only to find out it was the best thing to ever happen to you</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">?...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">[Some of the most common inventions today evolved from mistakes...chocolate chip cookies, ice cream cones, pacemakers, velcro, potato chips, post-it notes, coca-cola, silly putty, popsicles, frisbees and the one and only slinky]</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I've always believed that everything happens for a reason, but sometimes it's easy to forget that when you're in the middle of those "moments". I'm so incredibly grateful for who I am and where I am in this life and I truly believe most of it is because of the "mistakes" I've made. The beauty is, we have choices...we can grow, we can learn, we can thrive and make so many discoveries from those mistakes and become the best we can on this journey. We may not always love this beautiful little life, but deep down...I'm pretty sure it always loves us (after all, it did give us chocolate chip cookies). </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(Image courtesy of plindberg)</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378388655089226991.post-83758749417750704572010-03-17T02:55:00.001-07:002010-03-17T03:15:43.278-07:00Feeling Lucky...<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHYWF3cUXCq_zPebKWcHu7AWUrcEpgDntLLpuqFxK5Og8f5zPrnhPMxPLy84CCRDSwsVKfqAf4no7-DTUJ4bPjQpaWiBGxI-BbksrsCdiqC9rmLg1lJHtj-FFl-JirfJw52iAxjh7amnI/s1600-h/Cannon-Beach-Oregon---View-B.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHYWF3cUXCq_zPebKWcHu7AWUrcEpgDntLLpuqFxK5Og8f5zPrnhPMxPLy84CCRDSwsVKfqAf4no7-DTUJ4bPjQpaWiBGxI-BbksrsCdiqC9rmLg1lJHtj-FFl-JirfJw52iAxjh7amnI/s400/Cannon-Beach-Oregon---View-B.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449539387368229698" /></a><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3Gtmizj95KhsiucsS-4eJRlPylbm9WzOU6EjjM2AZYjTgS7OhX-vmI17CHhkQvdjQoNy50BQl39YFaNhl4R2Ijg-A9cEPZr4qfpV4VQrGgDsq7U2KPdUJTB8j1rSVLz9YWyyzXug4Eg/s1600-h/shamrock.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3Gtmizj95KhsiucsS-4eJRlPylbm9WzOU6EjjM2AZYjTgS7OhX-vmI17CHhkQvdjQoNy50BQl39YFaNhl4R2Ijg-A9cEPZr4qfpV4VQrGgDsq7U2KPdUJTB8j1rSVLz9YWyyzXug4Eg/s200/shamrock.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449544258321919250" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 199px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Just wanted to wish everyone a happy St. Patty's Day...the hubby and I are feeling lucky already because we're off to Cannon Beach, which is thankfully only a short hour away and the perfect getaway for some much need relaxation! Have fun, be safe and get lucky... ;)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666600;"><b>HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378388655089226991.post-87769242319506988682010-03-05T11:50:00.001-08:002010-03-05T12:10:30.993-08:00"Why Oregon" Series (post 3)...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjuyMMPrW-BJ4dIMmmJ8Odn2qS-1XTeY0yrjJu5E-8rrrq6J6Nx_awHBXwEK7s3fsma0g13jid2PoYrVSYMzv4GwfLa7qz3RA_2MPRytSRdcCUbkZvI0AvbWUVEBAhaH0I6jrWfd9dSy0/s1600-h/feature_sakura.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjuyMMPrW-BJ4dIMmmJ8Odn2qS-1XTeY0yrjJu5E-8rrrq6J6Nx_awHBXwEK7s3fsma0g13jid2PoYrVSYMzv4GwfLa7qz3RA_2MPRytSRdcCUbkZvI0AvbWUVEBAhaH0I6jrWfd9dSy0/s400/feature_sakura.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445241932819074738" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcQScp2iQfyrQi8pkEuhKLoOzkfioYd9cK7KQh6A91rnGl_SUreU-wDElAkUpgOfgKV7nIG632C3Lbcgb48FmynzyR5oWxC6GThlEyPc38HQFkXymnY25671NJi7Z9Z2CuPvRM_Fgldao/s1600-h/hersen_sakura-2856.s.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcQScp2iQfyrQi8pkEuhKLoOzkfioYd9cK7KQh6A91rnGl_SUreU-wDElAkUpgOfgKV7nIG632C3Lbcgb48FmynzyR5oWxC6GThlEyPc38HQFkXymnY25671NJi7Z9Z2CuPvRM_Fgldao/s400/hersen_sakura-2856.s.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445239900202018562" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-B2NKiVYCHBEtS0SeYo-PiP1CjH0RxmmkY_Pz4nIXa8Rn81gJnXHKA2vKa8oH-faFq2yxLHPDy8UT8YoiUBqAswqyCFbNMc24I3Js3PKRFD7Yfguwr17eu4qOYx1zHzQBrIfV1mRxm0/s1600-h/hersen_sakura-2987.s.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-B2NKiVYCHBEtS0SeYo-PiP1CjH0RxmmkY_Pz4nIXa8Rn81gJnXHKA2vKa8oH-faFq2yxLHPDy8UT8YoiUBqAswqyCFbNMc24I3Js3PKRFD7Yfguwr17eu4qOYx1zHzQBrIfV1mRxm0/s400/hersen_sakura-2987.s.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445239768169694466" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmrf6JgYlfGRkWcyNFfEND38IqIBLMdNTXSfZH3m45J7gFsBNgTAfx_iDoMkY7ISxdIJX20qQ0SWvv1Vt3yrh1PpuSmnGbyR9TGKhzIbxqAPdpWnMRa0qN_t7ydcio8l8S9ecVLWkZRX8/s1600-h/hersen_sakura-3032.s.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmrf6JgYlfGRkWcyNFfEND38IqIBLMdNTXSfZH3m45J7gFsBNgTAfx_iDoMkY7ISxdIJX20qQ0SWvv1Vt3yrh1PpuSmnGbyR9TGKhzIbxqAPdpWnMRa0qN_t7ydcio8l8S9ecVLWkZRX8/s400/hersen_sakura-3032.s.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445239707775519986" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Portland Japanese Garden in Spring</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Portland Japanese Garden is beautiful any time of year, but I love the Spring when the gorgeous cherry <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 15px; font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(</span><em class="romaji" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">sakura</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> 桜) </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">trees come into bloom. The whole city is covered in cherry blooms this time of year and it's amazing to see. Portland seems to be having an early Spring 2010 and everything is so fragrant and colorful. I feel especially lucky to live less than 5 minutes away from these gardens. It's clearly one of my favorite places in Portland, and if you're ever here to visit...it's definitely worth the trip!</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px;font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.japanesegarden.com/" target="_"blank"">http://www.japanesegarden.com</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(Images courtesy of Cedric Wiens and Michel Hersen)</span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378388655089226991.post-53200345911722716882010-03-03T19:34:00.000-08:002010-03-03T19:39:37.256-08:00Three. Three. O Three...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA4RAOO3g1AeY7dY0dfiorNgeyGVrvPrfOLuGv5PGQAXdRxhvv19zV-WQuJU64KeaUD5_B0rmvnCb9tHY65T1ZjoOlbCzokPQB5SJxqsO5ZtdBX2Hz0UKCInjZuuWrLZ0gPyCkNEVp8nk/s1600-h/image002.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 333px; height: 351px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA4RAOO3g1AeY7dY0dfiorNgeyGVrvPrfOLuGv5PGQAXdRxhvv19zV-WQuJU64KeaUD5_B0rmvnCb9tHY65T1ZjoOlbCzokPQB5SJxqsO5ZtdBX2Hz0UKCInjZuuWrLZ0gPyCkNEVp8nk/s400/image002.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444617720833173346" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Seven years ago today I married my best friend</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378388655089226991.post-18335905187956633122010-03-02T01:58:00.000-08:002010-03-02T13:10:47.059-08:00Arsenic and Old "Face"...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheVf1s-diVRVTP4NVz06-XFWnSFF-6CcgJFdAdBkJQFH0HEjydaP96UPf8QMnKya2Zitfl_B3VUqsQKfHGHYXUWZ2Jj2-qVcLwjWY55Kps3OCb07P0Z6Eb8LjJp8uAB4T76otwCV6tx0g/s1600-h/arsenious-acid.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 360px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheVf1s-diVRVTP4NVz06-XFWnSFF-6CcgJFdAdBkJQFH0HEjydaP96UPf8QMnKya2Zitfl_B3VUqsQKfHGHYXUWZ2Jj2-qVcLwjWY55Kps3OCb07P0Z6Eb8LjJp8uAB4T76otwCV6tx0g/s400/arsenious-acid.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443973798074392722" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;font-size:medium;">So, in reference to the title of this post, I know the classic 1944 film was "Arsenic and Old Lace", but here's an interesting tidbit...did you know that in the Victorian Era, <i>arsenic</i> was mixed with vinegar and chalk and eaten by women to improve the complexion of their skin??? They would also rub it directly into the skin on their faces and arms to pale their complexion. Now, there's a beauty tip I never heard in my 10 years of being a licensed aesthetician. (and ladies...please don't try this at home)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Why my sudden obsession with Arsenic? No need to be afraid, but I do feel somewhat of a "bond" with Arsenic now. Let me explain...at the beginning of my Chemistry class this term we got to choose one element off of the periodic chart to do a project on. Which one did I choose, you ask? ...well, good ole' Arsenic 33 of course! 9,000 hours later and I feel like I could tell you anything you want to know about this quintessential little poison. Oh, and by the way...you might not want to upset me anytime soon. ;)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378388655089226991.post-69968584258617207602010-02-24T18:24:00.001-08:002010-02-25T18:41:26.346-08:00Love and Marriage...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYZi632022ybFFvaplqFU8hIm-R4PuLd-ZniW6LYIlxNFs8E_6qwAckZUS36qfM7-W_FRnQ84N2amzac8mQW34rNxwO1Z5bxPhWelzQdz6r7l5M_fgjR70_WgO4W-SGi35AJGvooqP07E/s1600-h/JUST-MARRIED-HEART.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYZi632022ybFFvaplqFU8hIm-R4PuLd-ZniW6LYIlxNFs8E_6qwAckZUS36qfM7-W_FRnQ84N2amzac8mQW34rNxwO1Z5bxPhWelzQdz6r7l5M_fgjR70_WgO4W-SGi35AJGvooqP07E/s400/JUST-MARRIED-HEART.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442001468323592082" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My dear friend, <a href="http://www.mommeville.com/" target="blank">Trina</a>, got married in gorgeous Sedona, AZ today and I wanted to do a special post to wish her (and her new hubby of course) a lifetime of love, laughter, and happiness! I'm SO happy for you goon...I hope you had a beautiful, special day and always continue to follow your heart!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"Love is all you need</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"</span> - </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">John Lennon</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">CONGRATULATIONS TRINA AND SETH!!!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">❤</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378388655089226991.post-30185488964772808812010-02-23T00:49:00.001-08:002010-02-23T02:42:37.525-08:00Let the Sunshine In...<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJq31bcbB42BWs30CY2IRvybxBVU5_pIesBskXRVqPt3nTbGPh1cEwSpI0pQex_6ffYYaAmOEE7ARnUVDUVIaiRSEhzLPK6qwv5916zkUoTjiYAgObqJbpNcgcDtbknIOBhXhz-kTZ_I/s1600-h/3557882768_5103c6a38c.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 347px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJq31bcbB42BWs30CY2IRvybxBVU5_pIesBskXRVqPt3nTbGPh1cEwSpI0pQex_6ffYYaAmOEE7ARnUVDUVIaiRSEhzLPK6qwv5916zkUoTjiYAgObqJbpNcgcDtbknIOBhXhz-kTZ_I/s400/3557882768_5103c6a38c.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441358431471359602" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Oops...I think my last post may have been a bit of a downer, so it's time to brighten things up! I was actually trying to be a bit humorous in my last writer's block post, but I don't think my "lovely" sense of humor came across very well, lol.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">On a lighter, brighter note...the sun has been shining the last week or so here in Portland, OR and even though I'm a big fan of cozy, rainy days it has been kind of nice to experience fresh air, budding blooms, birds chirping, and an overall early spring. March is almost upon us and I thought I would celebrate with some new Spring arrivals from </span></span><a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/index.jsp" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Anthropologie</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> to get us in the mood...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG97DjdL20PasenFxE4Tg55-bJhWh3_ZvYjwZ9eJitp7KpZX5ffEnRooyh0EyF2z0qBYy5cI0KQOiyA7K4IMdIYFtpOEJURtY2xLBOHpREEWZMa-w3Do0cYNO2_T49DkVCc55Yd3XRtH0/s1600-h/033007_012_b.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG97DjdL20PasenFxE4Tg55-bJhWh3_ZvYjwZ9eJitp7KpZX5ffEnRooyh0EyF2z0qBYy5cI0KQOiyA7K4IMdIYFtpOEJURtY2xLBOHpREEWZMa-w3Do0cYNO2_T49DkVCc55Yd3XRtH0/s400/033007_012_b.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441365155483183442" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I'm in love with the silhouette of this french-inspired cream organza Cherie </span><a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?subCategoryId=&id=033007&catId=CLOTHES-NEW-DRESSES&pushId=CLOTHES-NEW-DRESSES&popId=CLOTHES-NEW&sortProperties=&navCount=230&navAction=middle&fromCategoryPage=true&selectedProductSize=&selectedProductSize1=&color=012&colorName=CREAM&isSubcategory=&isProduct=true&isBigImage=&templateType=templateA&tabStyle=Info" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">dress</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjMaC-hzX66uSAs-6o3IEb0QdriCVBv79W-_uqZADNNy5m9P2kCStg7WxG2FYwlRtScTjw2J6YYlYur5nShKGy3KMGnCbhXmVU5hMWTZjXQ2Emrmzh3I-9mGhiDskgGA7j9pQFG93ovKY/s1600-h/013013_072_b.jpeg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjMaC-hzX66uSAs-6o3IEb0QdriCVBv79W-_uqZADNNy5m9P2kCStg7WxG2FYwlRtScTjw2J6YYlYur5nShKGy3KMGnCbhXmVU5hMWTZjXQ2Emrmzh3I-9mGhiDskgGA7j9pQFG93ovKY/s400/013013_072_b.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441369721425182818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Always wanted a bright trench coat like this fun & flirty yellow Kensington </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?subCategoryId=CLOTHES-NEW-COATS&id=013013&catId=CLOTHES-NEW&pushId=CLOTHES-NEW&popId=CLOTHES&sortProperties=&navCount=50&navAction=top&fromCategoryPage=true&selectedProductSize=&selectedProductSize1=&color=072&colorName=YELLOW&isSubcategory=true&isProduct=true&isBigImage=&templateType=" target="_blank">Jacket</a></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ1vrJJIvUbcCFnd-6LACn59jIM1dtusvLFrvFDMBi6opPNXO_lC1KaBxUktCWbSE5blFaHmlMbhG8oS4b8j4j2uSt_qPje6sYpVWBODM991uhCi7H5W5NAhOCvFU-pA_v_Fdk5iGhTQA/s1600-h/040025_014_b.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ1vrJJIvUbcCFnd-6LACn59jIM1dtusvLFrvFDMBi6opPNXO_lC1KaBxUktCWbSE5blFaHmlMbhG8oS4b8j4j2uSt_qPje6sYpVWBODM991uhCi7H5W5NAhOCvFU-pA_v_Fdk5iGhTQA/s400/040025_014_b.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441373354942484434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Cute chocolate and beige linen <a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?subCategoryId=SHOESBAGS-NEW-WEDGES&id=040025&catId=SHOESBAGS-NEW&pushId=SHOESBAGS-NEW&popId=SHOESBAGS&sortProperties=&navCount=95&navAction=top&fromCategoryPage=true&selectedProductSize=&selectedProductSize1=&color=014&colorName=NEUTRAL&isSubcategory=true&isProduct=true&isBigImage=&templateType=" target="_blank">wedges</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS2kqRhSj2wJGyY0z3LgvjKhPccbcm4a7MEkJ0aVot1A4Odqf935-_SWbTa29qlnK3PxZ5SzShyphenhyphenddVLuLC7DOfANrv6ylCyusjC_Q17T4RgW-PfxQMNrEFzkQTkEMxE9x-t2bHE_d3Qp0/s1600-h/043067_072_b.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS2kqRhSj2wJGyY0z3LgvjKhPccbcm4a7MEkJ0aVot1A4Odqf935-_SWbTa29qlnK3PxZ5SzShyphenhyphenddVLuLC7DOfANrv6ylCyusjC_Q17T4RgW-PfxQMNrEFzkQTkEMxE9x-t2bHE_d3Qp0/s400/043067_072_b.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441376790091429778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Colorful Lemongrass <a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?subCategoryId=SHOESBAGS-NEW-BAGS&id=043067&catId=SHOESBAGS-NEW&pushId=SHOESBAGS-NEW&popId=SHOESBAGS&sortProperties=&navCount=95&navAction=top&fromCategoryPage=true&selectedProductSize=&selectedProductSize1=&color=072&colorName=YELLOW&isSubcategory=true&isProduct=true&isBigImage=&templateType=" target="_blank">Tote</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_jjMnHMYKJLwJZUpMXqw3MPqbY6GPZ2Da-rcoJCj7F-QOuriFeyvjaR2jGF42nh0OO3cr3-FBjghtCCk9pCBISHcg5fqpHhYBEZhBVs1_gjKulAca2wjyldtE_wKaCRQFNdEWS9U9ChA/s1600-h/043407_066_b.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_jjMnHMYKJLwJZUpMXqw3MPqbY6GPZ2Da-rcoJCj7F-QOuriFeyvjaR2jGF42nh0OO3cr3-FBjghtCCk9pCBISHcg5fqpHhYBEZhBVs1_gjKulAca2wjyldtE_wKaCRQFNdEWS9U9ChA/s400/043407_066_b.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441377402160261762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">...and I simply adore the name of this "Just-Add-Water" </span></span><a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?subCategoryId=JWLACC-NEW-JEWELRY&id=043407&catId=JEWELRYACCESSORIES-NEW&pushId=JEWELRYACCESSORIES-NEW&popId=JEWELRYACCESSORIES&sortProperties=&navCount=140&navAction=top&fromCategoryPage=true&selectedProductSize=&selectedProductSize1=&color=066&colorName=PINK&isSubcategory=true&isProduct=true&isBigImage=&templateType=" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">necklace</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Enjoy a taste of early Spring everyone!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">("sunshine daises" image courtesy of tassiesim)</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378388655089226991.post-49090637637140554922010-02-21T01:04:00.001-08:002010-02-22T11:57:28.189-08:00... ... ... ... ... ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAsbOA4R6RZ9_qvUiDGwfo6RSLenfJfEt4chB63FY1Y2uqb-CrgVFSerPHE1cHWOlj16YGySozquloIwVjULfUTR6O-t2YdDb0qQgRGNxlfd1ZIpe8nNLcq6DfmO0CK8JLItkOTAucsVE/s1600-h/3799615485_75a6ee5428.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAsbOA4R6RZ9_qvUiDGwfo6RSLenfJfEt4chB63FY1Y2uqb-CrgVFSerPHE1cHWOlj16YGySozquloIwVjULfUTR6O-t2YdDb0qQgRGNxlfd1ZIpe8nNLcq6DfmO0CK8JLItkOTAucsVE/s400/3799615485_75a6ee5428.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440620174017325266" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Soooooooo...I don't know what's been going on lately, but I have complete [blogger's] writer's block! It's a sad day when Rachel...aka Nolia is not sure what to say. Has anyone else in blogger world ever had this problem? I know I could just write nothing, but that just seems so boring (yeah, like <i>this</i> isn't boring lol). I don't like to be repetitive and I feel like my posts are beginning to sound like..."have a great weekend blah blah blah", "busy with school waa waa waa", "love oregon woo woo woo", and "here's a great recipe, inspirational quote, or happy holidays yada yada yada". ;)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ok, maybe I'm being a bit silly because those are the things I read in other blogs that I love and it never gets old. I'm just feeling a bit "stuck" and need to find some new inspiration. Thanks to all you wonderful bloggers out there who keep things creative and interesting...this post is dedicated to you muah muah muah!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(Image courtesy of </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">° ρЯίтΛм ° [busy])</span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378388655089226991.post-34361540888788852672010-02-14T00:42:00.001-08:002010-02-14T01:33:53.651-08:00Go Get 'Em Tiger...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJ_nN1xZRPU85c1rzmQFMgkFB9ZsxWFv9-gFzGOOEYmXuiP1Pz8sLHBBW0CaBvRBRH5Qwj0oAg0gS_Muk7EbXvqxI7DTfeh8tHAUEXGQertYKh-nhR9kOxo7JaDLSuoJFB8I-5keFfVQ/s1600-h/211334954_72bf3ea334.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJ_nN1xZRPU85c1rzmQFMgkFB9ZsxWFv9-gFzGOOEYmXuiP1Pz8sLHBBW0CaBvRBRH5Qwj0oAg0gS_Muk7EbXvqxI7DTfeh8tHAUEXGQertYKh-nhR9kOxo7JaDLSuoJFB8I-5keFfVQ/s400/211334954_72bf3ea334.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438017333552067858" /></a><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY AND HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR! </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px; font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">❤</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(it's the year of the tiger - the year of passion and adventure)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#CC0000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#CC0000;"><br /></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378388655089226991.post-81720163399878216842010-02-12T17:21:00.001-08:002010-02-12T19:35:58.810-08:00Vita d'Amore...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqdR0l94FLuYkrWc3bD2Xe3DhVXXhKb_bLSRS_mBz2oUGI8PcDr1zu3Xv7pmms7WpG7302reuxP3sgZaPrsjM_oS4bM5ztxBCstoiZT1covLhilFOJeYOcNgBYGDJoU-8-68hFfWWgkxI/s1600-h/383175308_3dc431a5f4.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqdR0l94FLuYkrWc3bD2Xe3DhVXXhKb_bLSRS_mBz2oUGI8PcDr1zu3Xv7pmms7WpG7302reuxP3sgZaPrsjM_oS4bM5ztxBCstoiZT1covLhilFOJeYOcNgBYGDJoU-8-68hFfWWgkxI/s400/383175308_3dc431a5f4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437532424052625330" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"The life and love we create is the life and love we live."</span></span></i> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">- Leo F. Buscaglia</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; line-height: 16px; font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">♥<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> </span></span>HAPPY VALENTINE'S WEEKEND! <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; line-height: 16px; font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">♥</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(Image courtesy of marie-II)</span></span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378388655089226991.post-27607728976359602152010-02-10T10:53:00.001-08:002010-02-10T10:56:02.388-08:00Tooooooooo Cute...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZoTLeRw_ivw98mHC0_hIbBqmDkbr3J5i8z_5XO4pMYsBkJOaTG3fenG50CQykz1LEBL5zLTTFt3MuWbQZmovUzGpQJ2S7NZ3M61Hy581wavBMnmx11kpLzu090XrNxVKBX4IhgZLxz4/s1600-h/383112178_ef172811b8.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZoTLeRw_ivw98mHC0_hIbBqmDkbr3J5i8z_5XO4pMYsBkJOaTG3fenG50CQykz1LEBL5zLTTFt3MuWbQZmovUzGpQJ2S7NZ3M61Hy581wavBMnmx11kpLzu090XrNxVKBX4IhgZLxz4/s400/383112178_ef172811b8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436689943086815586" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ok, I needed a dose of extreme cuteness today...isn't this little one just adorable!!!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(Image courtesy of its.magic)</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378388655089226991.post-78776139053734638872010-02-06T15:29:00.001-08:002010-02-12T19:35:21.848-08:00Reach...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhaPHlAw_B8WU0czDnFkSG6kodZlBwc3_Ugnn57Q_3BJdxazi5xeEXOuMEY5mUQuEC1K3iF5uQ3Zmi8EmuPhyphenhyphendVh0TmS4QC8cHyH4bSG1lHymdNJM3Jk5H4QCBZXNW7nnI1LjpT1trHEo/s1600-h/1923626473_c6906836a2.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhaPHlAw_B8WU0czDnFkSG6kodZlBwc3_Ugnn57Q_3BJdxazi5xeEXOuMEY5mUQuEC1K3iF5uQ3Zmi8EmuPhyphenhyphendVh0TmS4QC8cHyH4bSG1lHymdNJM3Jk5H4QCBZXNW7nnI1LjpT1trHEo/s400/1923626473_c6906836a2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435276684258423938" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><i>"Only from the heart can you touch the sky."</i></span></span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">- Rumi</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(Image courtesy of Stivsky)</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378388655089226991.post-961092728313149382010-01-26T22:00:00.000-08:002010-01-27T01:11:37.789-08:00My Babies...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR0Sk0WuUG751ffK-YYjIvc6GfFbx6uRgNfjoUW6mda_ACMIUByedDhvVWvqz3njVACQrLi0Esl-ba7gaiXMGWIOL1bByciGB_4LjDKdqogW8wZd-n5gwg4HzmWWA2oDxnUefRkXqO5CE/s1600-h/cats.jpg"><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR0Sk0WuUG751ffK-YYjIvc6GfFbx6uRgNfjoUW6mda_ACMIUByedDhvVWvqz3njVACQrLi0Esl-ba7gaiXMGWIOL1bByciGB_4LjDKdqogW8wZd-n5gwg4HzmWWA2oDxnUefRkXqO5CE/s400/cats.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431298310047935890" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So, I found a new blog that I adore...</span></span><a href="http://postgradhaircut.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">PostGradHairCut</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">...and just had to share this adorable kitty art that she posted a couple weeks ago by retro-inspired artist </span></span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/jennski" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jenn Ski</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. Actually, I should be very clear that her cat, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://postgradhaircut.blogspot.com/2010/01/things-my-cat-likes_20.html" target="_blank">Marty</a>,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> was really the one in charge of posting that day. ;)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This just makes me smile from ear to ear! Not only is it an adorable piece of art, but it reminds me of <i>my</i> three little feline partners in crime. Hmmm, don't they look a bit familiar...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy8r-L2DBfov_ZmY3QZ0NZCl4Nv00sPnO1OvVrNPqRFBBHZ58S4ZkHE4a06I8JpCvt19KXMg0fh3n8REVAncON1tNje9-v0Ulh1bknGSz8QUrv-zfRdyoSfYJcZL5c_Y6b58m1FEo_Rkc/s1600-h/n1768369619_17506_7885453.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy8r-L2DBfov_ZmY3QZ0NZCl4Nv00sPnO1OvVrNPqRFBBHZ58S4ZkHE4a06I8JpCvt19KXMg0fh3n8REVAncON1tNje9-v0Ulh1bknGSz8QUrv-zfRdyoSfYJcZL5c_Y6b58m1FEo_Rkc/s400/n1768369619_17506_7885453.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431299927716809986" border="0" /></a></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDxIByvB-HcyLaojMF160Ia8YIIqFN21Fc-xye5-kUPBSTWU7gQjdFQLvLUiBOpWa1MRccAsWQ4J6ohQiAAvENASZAOik5FuSXDDbLwMoPLtMVWeFyg3n0i0XkxfrraJ9wsE1ifeHFcpQ/s1600-h/cats.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDxIByvB-HcyLaojMF160Ia8YIIqFN21Fc-xye5-kUPBSTWU7gQjdFQLvLUiBOpWa1MRccAsWQ4J6ohQiAAvENASZAOik5FuSXDDbLwMoPLtMVWeFyg3n0i0XkxfrraJ9wsE1ifeHFcpQ/s200/cats.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431319298552808546" border="0" /></a><br /><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Bunnie (my beautiful angel)...AKA British Longhair</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqGUHCjOEUcU3vEjdgNQpbKpwwaO7lnEIlPLDg-NNIDj0blyfuwF-uv-ur4OkHvDe6tY7lJcYvHMysxb8D1fDnoivb5jWFbdUDIBSPkrjJA5OauYxSvV7sGdxMQ223GlYO5DjItQX1fNA/s1600-h/n1768369619_17510_4658156.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqGUHCjOEUcU3vEjdgNQpbKpwwaO7lnEIlPLDg-NNIDj0blyfuwF-uv-ur4OkHvDe6tY7lJcYvHMysxb8D1fDnoivb5jWFbdUDIBSPkrjJA5OauYxSvV7sGdxMQ223GlYO5DjItQX1fNA/s400/n1768369619_17510_4658156.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431300721977591314" border="0" /></a></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmAvzNZsPMUwffmi1DIYlW0MgSRUVEfr_JIXzVsUv_2H88OJopeiPWfS8SZ-MRuRR33zXmc9S_6dXvF077CNwlo6886PdJHznP1sPbw8m50MVRGZ716ScQnOAcls40_zUOeKvTEyXo1sA/s1600-h/cats_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmAvzNZsPMUwffmi1DIYlW0MgSRUVEfr_JIXzVsUv_2H88OJopeiPWfS8SZ-MRuRR33zXmc9S_6dXvF077CNwlo6886PdJHznP1sPbw8m50MVRGZ716ScQnOAcls40_zUOeKvTEyXo1sA/s200/cats_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431319458512465218" border="0" /></a><br /><span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Bella (she wears white socks and is as sweet [and pudgy] as a cupcake)...AKA "short haired" Ragamuffin</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm6ljXgwnAlD-2wJ1-UyYP3Mj6mwIGAjQxxdLuV9bit-X3XGF_mx3T97R1ue0zBRCP4wHtCKpoq5blHmwtoA9qiOnDUeUTKfmjdHZSCauYmQ-KKrVlmdfNZHiCtn24VIvKRQnD8bC3ubA/s1600-h/n1768369619_17509_780652.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm6ljXgwnAlD-2wJ1-UyYP3Mj6mwIGAjQxxdLuV9bit-X3XGF_mx3T97R1ue0zBRCP4wHtCKpoq5blHmwtoA9qiOnDUeUTKfmjdHZSCauYmQ-KKrVlmdfNZHiCtn24VIvKRQnD8bC3ubA/s400/n1768369619_17509_780652.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431301260840979042" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRpOldmWjfgIitXRYqBXDZUKETT3v0NMNR_xC7HWZZfTs_OWYAlFlvhI1M4ySR9EkWlQXDpS4A7n5cCbyNah12QsN1FCs7DTtHjOX5U2ZWXXHtBq6xXwaZNF2MDACGLfyRrF_taYZW8uE/s1600-h/cats_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRpOldmWjfgIitXRYqBXDZUKETT3v0NMNR_xC7HWZZfTs_OWYAlFlvhI1M4ySR9EkWlQXDpS4A7n5cCbyNah12QsN1FCs7DTtHjOX5U2ZWXXHtBq6xXwaZNF2MDACGLfyRrF_taYZW8uE/s200/cats_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431319579131711090" border="0" /></a><br /><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and last but not least, Toffee (she looks mean, but she's really a cuddle bug, ok, and a little mean)...AKA Maine Coon.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So, these are my babies...my family. Along with one pretty darn cute husband to boot, but he doesn't match any of the drawings up there, so I'll save him for later. I don't think my kitties are actually any of those particular breeds, but they still look pretty darn close and I love them to pieces!</span></span><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',serif;"><br /></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378388655089226991.post-72290854124448436592010-01-22T17:08:00.000-08:002010-01-23T12:56:06.309-08:00Hauntingly Beautiful...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_44htjnReC6Esqm0NW7mUUrVMWF_Fip2nLvRd-kAS93RHfs_xfH-Y3PzE84mZ37cDQmBEb59Uk0k7zR5UYfbDaaMt8Dmjc_IoVJPq6A_Y51dwqbr4Lbh4NT96JX6MKhrebNqZpc7lUE/s1600-h/4131870916_899f4a92dc.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_44htjnReC6Esqm0NW7mUUrVMWF_Fip2nLvRd-kAS93RHfs_xfH-Y3PzE84mZ37cDQmBEb59Uk0k7zR5UYfbDaaMt8Dmjc_IoVJPq6A_Y51dwqbr4Lbh4NT96JX6MKhrebNqZpc7lUE/s400/4131870916_899f4a92dc.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429736162457527170" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There is nothing I love more than looking out the window and seeing the fog creep into the pine trees, creating a hauntingly beautiful silhouette...yet another answer to the question "Why Oregon?". It is so enchanting and so peaceful. Even though I'm stuck <i>inside</i> with all this homework, all I have to do is look <i>outside</i> to be reminded of how lucky I am. Especially when you can catch it at that perfect moment and watch the fog roll in until it silently blankets everything...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">FOG</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size:14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">The fog comes<br />on little cat feet.<br /><br />It sits looking<br />over harbor and city<br />on silent haunches<br />and then moves on. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">~ Carl Sandburg</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;font-size:130%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;font-size:130%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:14px;"><br /></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3