I started feeling burnt out at work. A lot of re-organizing in the company has caused us to become more of a skeleton team than we should be. So when I realized that the demands of my job were the reason I haven't taken much vacation time at all, I ended up scheduling all my vacation time at the end here ( Read more... )

I've come back. - Long story short, I just wasn't getting what I wanted out of other blogging platforms and communities. While LJ has wavered and some friends have left I'm giving another whack at it.  I've been around , occasionally reading and commenting on other post that have kept up here.

I'll be cleaning up my little space shortly. I'm ( Read more... )

Something new I'm doing this year is blogging some of our home made food triumphs and failures.  I love fish tacos and we had scored some awesome Mahi from the farmers market and decided to make our own take on fish tacos.

Over the years I have had dozens of different styles. The true classic is probably the Baja California fish taco. but I ( Read more... )

I have always loved succulents. They are easy to take care of and can bring some much needed green to a room or cubicle. I also like classic white dishes, vases and porcelain and it seems to be hot trend this year.


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I'm looking for people to suggest some modern day aphrodisiacs. I would like some input nothing is too weird as long as it is relative to modern day. The ones I came up with were:

1. Sushi
2. Wine
3. Oysters
4. Strawberries
5. Peaches

I'm a huge top chef fan, and I normally cover the top chefs episodes, I had to steal cable for  a few days just to watch the second episode(shhhh, don't tell anyone) until the cable company was able to hook up our cable and even this 3rd episode was hard to watch based on time and pressures, and not having anything unpacked.

But I managed to do ( Read more... )

I took course one of my cake decorating class here is my final result aft my first class


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Ladies,
Have you see the deliciousness of the men on the US Olympic Curling Team? Hotties! Jason Smith 25, and Chris Plys 22, are hot enough to melt the ice they stand on. The US team is doing awesome.

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We are going to Seattle on the 20th then driving down to Portland. I've written a list which is not an itenerary. I hate following list, this is merely suggestions for us to use as a guide. Here is what I came up with. Sometimes it reads more like a scavenger hunt than a list lol.

Seattle

* Pike Place Market

* Seattle Space Needle

* Spend Time with ( Read more... )

I was curious about Heidi's New look after undergoing 10 surgeries at once. What do you think?
( Obessed Heidi Image is very large )