tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74152938877665653222024-03-12T23:23:30.060-04:00All That Glitters...Blogging about life, fitness, shopping, renovations, and my love of all things sparkly.Jaimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13762430945691184327noreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415293887766565322.post-36402979099267643062012-02-13T14:06:00.000-05:002012-02-13T14:06:40.255-05:00Bucket List<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The theme of Christmas this year was "It's a Homemade Christmas." OK, it was more like "DON'T SPEND MONEY," but the other one sounds better. Sadly, I didn't take pictures of a lot of what I made. (Hopefully I'll get some pictures not taken on an iPad from my mom and sister later.) One thing I did get pictures of, however was the gifts I made for some of my favorite girls. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Meaghan has been talking about this being the year of stepping outside our box. Doing something we don't normally do. something that scares us. Well, what better way of keeping track of these things than a Bucket List?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Materials</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Spray Adhesive</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Staple Gun and staples</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hammer</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cup Hooks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Eye screws</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Twine</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hole punch</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tiny bucket (can be found in bridal or gift wrap section of craft store)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Directions</span><br />
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<ol><li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cut a piece of fabric to size of your canvas. Leave about 2 inches of extra fabric on each side.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Coat your canvas in spray adhesive. Follow directions on the can for drying and adhering directions. Carefully place your fabric onto the coated canvas making sure any lines are straight. Smooth out any bumps. Make hospital corners to keep them looking neat.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Staple extra fabric to wood frame on the back of the canvas. Hammer down any nails that don't go all the way in.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cut your card stock into strips about 1"x3" and punch holes in the top.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Screw one cup hook into the upper right hand corner and one into the lower left hand corner of the wood frame of your canvas. I drilled a tiny pilot hole, but I don't think it's necessary.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Screw eye hooks into the wood frame of your canvas. I made pilot holes for this as well. Attach twine to eye holes to make your "clothes line." Set these up however you want. I did one next to the eye hook on top and the one on the bottom with a few off kilter lines in between, making sure there was room for the strips of paper.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Put your paper on the top eye hook and your bucket on the bottom.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Write down your bucket list items and attach them to the clothes line with your mini clothes pins. When you've done it, put it into the bucket. It's more satisfying than crossing it off a list!</span></li>
</ol><div><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You could also use this as a to do list, a chore list (I feel like kids may get a sense of satisfaction by putting their completed chores in a bucket. Not that I know much about kids), a menu board. Whatever!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div>Jaimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13762430945691184327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415293887766565322.post-246286803467725192011-10-31T13:47:00.000-04:002011-10-31T13:47:00.463-04:00I Made a Hole in the Wall<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let me clarify; I didn't make a hole in the wall. I paid someone to do it for me. After years of talking about it and hemming and hawing over it I finally bit the bullet and tore part of the wall down in between my living room and kitchen. Part of my hesitation was trying to match the granite. Or wondering if I even should. I didn't. I can't wait to show you what we DID do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because I was super excited and wasn't thinking clearly, and because it was a relatively plain wall in the first place, I have no before shots. So we'll pretend this is an awesome rendering of what the space used to look like. I think it's pretty true to life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is an old house and the floor plan had the kitchen separated so much from the living area. Because of the renovations we did when we first moved in, there was no where to sit in there, so it tended to be uncomfortable communicating with the person doing the cooking (Eric). Enough talking. Here's the after:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll take some pics with a different lens so you can get a better overview idea at some point. But it's WAY more open, no? And there's a place to sit to converse with the person in the kitchen (Eric)! And there's a new place for us to collect crap!</span></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the counter we ended up going with reclaimed wood. I LOVE it. It has so much character.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nezzie liked to hang out up there as a puppy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now she likes to hang out up there to read the paper and drink her coffee in the morning.</span><br />
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</div>Jaimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13762430945691184327noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415293887766565322.post-23663420629221045172011-10-30T21:51:00.003-04:002011-10-30T22:54:22.476-04:00Halloween Hearth and a Tacky Gold Wreath<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z4IpGX7KN0w/Tq3x0fbHNfI/AAAAAAAAFIc/Tdkobw2i2Gg/s1600/DSC_0391.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="412" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z4IpGX7KN0w/Tq3x0fbHNfI/AAAAAAAAFIc/Tdkobw2i2Gg/s640/DSC_0391.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'ve been delaying sharing my Halloween/Fall mantle (I know it's not a hearth, but I couldn't pass on the alliteration) with you because I've been dying to make <a href="http://www.madiganmade.com/2011/09/autumn-gold-thumbtack-wreath.html">this wreath</a> I found on <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/">Pinterest</a> and I wanted to make it part of the decor. Oh my god I'm in love with it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">First the overall look has changed since <a href="http://jaimeesallthatglitters.blogspot.com/2010/11/fall-decor.html">last year</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found the large vase on the left for $20 at TJ Maxx a few months ago and have been waiting and waiting for fall to come around so I could use it. I got the cheapest 2 yards of sheer white fabric I could find and threw some battery operated lights in there. The crow on top is the icing on the cake for me. Next we have a fake pumpkin, some more crows, gourds, fall looking candles and an owl that you can't really see. The "vases" on the end are carved out fake pumpkins from Michael's. After Halloween the crows will probably be replaced with turkeys. I found some books with fall color bindings to elevate the end pumpkin. I needed some height and bulk to counteract the towering vase on the other side. But my favorite part, the piece de resistance (or something like that), is the wreath. Oh how I love the wreath.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I found it on pinterest and fell in love. The original creator used a 6" wreath. I thought I'd go big or go home. Almost 1,600 gold tacks later here you have it:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003BUJXSQ/ref=oh_o00_s00_i00_details">these tacks</a> on Amazon and ordered 8 boxes thinking I'd have plenty left over. I did not have plenty left over. I grabbed a can of gold spray paint and a 12" foam wreath and went at it. If you want to tackle this DEFINITELY spray paint. It's almost impossible to cover all of the foam and you don't want moss green poking through. I wish I had done more coats.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">When I had a gold wreath form I started pinning. And pinning. And pinning. I started out trying to be neat, then just went for where I thought a tack should go. I often had to reposition tacks. If you need to do that, or if you are in a spot where the tack won't be layered under part of another, use hot glue. And then keep pinning. Four numb fingers later I had this beauty and I couldn't be happier with it. I think I can transition it into Christmas as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">And there you have it, folks. Almost the entirety of my fall decorations.</span>Jaimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13762430945691184327noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415293887766565322.post-19278313534110828822011-10-17T14:12:00.000-04:002011-10-17T14:12:13.380-04:00My (Late) Summer Yarn Wreath<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've seen these yarn wreaths all over <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/">Pinterest</a> and <a href="http://www.etsy.com/">Etsy</a>. I've always wanted to get one, but never felt like spending the money (totally out of character, I know). So longer ago than I'd like to admit, I finally made myself one. I don't have in process photos or a tutorial, but it's super simple.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Materials</strong></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Foam or straw wreath form</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yarn in the colors of your choice</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ribbon for hanging</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pins</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Felt and ribbons for flowers</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Other adornments of your choice</span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Instructions</strong></span><br />
<ol><li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used a foam wreath, some will tell you to wrap a straw wreath in burlap if you used straw.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I just tied my first piece of yarn tightly around the form and glued the knot down in the back with hot glue.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wrap. A lot. Then wrap some more. I'd wrap the yarn around a few times then tighten. If/when you change colors just tie the two pieces of yarn together, but make sure the knot will be in the back when pulled tightly. Make sure your next wraps are over the loose ends.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you get to the end, tie your loose end to the loose end you had left over when you started, trim close to the knot. Use a tiny bit of glue to hold it down and you're good to go!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Adorn!</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Notes</strong></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn't plan the spacing out in advance. Next time I would make sure I had a plan for color changes and mark it on the wreath form.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are tons of felt and ribbon flower tutorials out there. I found a bunch of different ones I liked that didn't involve a ton of work and sewing. My favorite is the ribbon (purple), but it was also the most complicated.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I pinned the flowers to the wreath rater than hot gluing. I did this so I could reuse them elsewhere and in some cases for decoration, but it had the unintended benefit of not melting. Some pieces melted with the hot August sun beating on the wreath through a glass storm door.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found a branch outside after a storm for the birds to perch and shoved it into the foam, then hot glued it for extra support</span></li>
</ul>Jaimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13762430945691184327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415293887766565322.post-56358879272552577402011-09-28T16:56:00.000-04:002011-09-28T16:56:13.611-04:00Projects Galore!<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Is <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/">Pinterest</a> an angel or devil? It's like one of those stores that you love because it has so much great stuff, but you kind of hate it because it makes you want to spend all of your money. Pinterest has so many great ideas that I just want to do them all at once. And that involves supplies. Or ingredients.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So I've given into the demons of Pinterest and done some pinterest inspired projects. AND I'm actually going to post some of them and some other stuff that's been happening around here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Find me on Pinterest and leave a comment if you need an invite!</span>Jaimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13762430945691184327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415293887766565322.post-62865466441793891602011-06-03T12:01:00.000-04:002011-06-03T12:01:00.523-04:00Scenes from a Box<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Or an Advertisement for Rogue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I've been lugging around the new camera a lot lately to try it out in different types of settings. Seeing as how I spend a lot of time at the gym, I thought I'd see what it could do there.</span><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We've established the fact that I'm a slacker, right? Well I took these pictures of my garden a few weeks ago. Wow how things have changed. I would take pictures of it now, but then I probably wouldn't download the pictures to my computer so I could upload them here for a few weeks. Because I'm a slacker.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYNOqHuheT04FgihU4bZsEcxY06eiY05PN5K2twMGgVLvrtpcdNkZcyFMKLdzfp4gSs1k7LbNGKr366MrDPGRRfSokoEyHgKHSQrUJjHHGzZEt1ThpdWgIRtiKUnzeBQF5zc_A3XXwDRVh/s1600/DSC_0088.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYNOqHuheT04FgihU4bZsEcxY06eiY05PN5K2twMGgVLvrtpcdNkZcyFMKLdzfp4gSs1k7LbNGKr366MrDPGRRfSokoEyHgKHSQrUJjHHGzZEt1ThpdWgIRtiKUnzeBQF5zc_A3XXwDRVh/s400/DSC_0088.JPG" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Tomato rows. </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Types of tomatoes include: Black Seaman, Black Gypsy, Black Krim, Black Cherry, Hungarian Pink, Green Zebra, Black Brandywine, Cherokee Purple, Old German and others.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghEkOlmoi30aUhNRMdptJes27bMj_0htpzcwPVPFMOANTWAO6i-bRolw77ux4V-fEx_bjVBAnA3Pt9Hc9IiL5zycUVwwaRcyA6yUqGzWf_Zl4aKpUbDRkYSygxun0Xk4_dV3k-KvyJZbhz/s1600/DSC_0037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghEkOlmoi30aUhNRMdptJes27bMj_0htpzcwPVPFMOANTWAO6i-bRolw77ux4V-fEx_bjVBAnA3Pt9Hc9IiL5zycUVwwaRcyA6yUqGzWf_Zl4aKpUbDRkYSygxun0Xk4_dV3k-KvyJZbhz/s400/DSC_0037.JPG" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Square foot garden with tomatoes in front and melon in the back.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: xx-small;">Tomatoes include Yellow Pear, Ananas Noir, Black Gypsy, Black Seaman (tee hee), Persimmon, Green Zebra.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: xx-small;">Melons are from seeds of melon we got at the farmers market last year, including: Yellow Watermelon, French Orange, White Sensation and Yellow Canary.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Patio Tomato (Glacier and Mr. Stripey)</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHG_fFnHVcDgq14tnfq2sDIUsh32irHPA_DlsbAfrFX6WrDqO60erLrpGJXqJARvyMG53K96oLcu2mFDfvrpIJDCgX09HiJAmiGqIcWJoMlqqu13rxu2oP2zK94pJ2pE7LDsC5QaAu_cXw/s1600/DSC_0041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHG_fFnHVcDgq14tnfq2sDIUsh32irHPA_DlsbAfrFX6WrDqO60erLrpGJXqJARvyMG53K96oLcu2mFDfvrpIJDCgX09HiJAmiGqIcWJoMlqqu13rxu2oP2zK94pJ2pE7LDsC5QaAu_cXw/s400/DSC_0041.JPG" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The back of my deck displaying my herb garden.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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I was in New York last weekend to run a 5k with my sister. The 5k turned my knee into a blob of molten lava, but other than that it was pretty fun. One of the things I really wanted to do while I was there was take a trip to one of the legendarily awesome camera stores in the big apple. I was originally thinking B&H, partly because I had a gift certificate, partly because it's more well known. After very little convincing, my friend <a href="http://www.shawnhoke.com/">Shawn</a> convinced me that we should really go to <a href="http://www.adorama.com/">Adorama</a> for their much more personal service and large used stock instead. I'm so glad we did. And I'm so glad I <strike>forced</strike> brought Shawn with me. I ended up with a gently used Nikon D90 which arrived yesterday. I'm so excited!!!!<br />
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Here are some of the test shots I've taken with my "Nifty Fifty" (50mm f/1.8) lens. These are straight off the camera, completely unaltered.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">1/2 Cup Almonds - <span style="font-size: xx-small;">the recipe called for ground almonds, but I didn't have them so I used slivered and overflowed it a little.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">2 Tbs Flour</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">2 Tbs Butter, unsalted at room temperature</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">1/2 tsp Salt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">1/4 tsp Cayenne Pepper</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">1/2 tsp Lemon Zest</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">1 Tbs Worcestershire Sauce</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">4 Chicken Breasts, boneless/skinless</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">1/4 Cup Slivered Almonds</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;">Oven Temp: 425 degrees</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">1. Blend almonds, flour and butter in a food processor (or whatever) until smooth. Add salt, cayenne, lemon zest, lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce and mix blend well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">2. Pound breasts lightly and spread generously with almond butter. Place in a buttered baking dish and bake for about 15 minutes (seriously, it only took 15 minutes).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">3. Top with slivered almonds and broil for 30 seconds or until browned.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Eric and I agreed this "almond butter" would be really good on white fish as well.</span>Jaimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13762430945691184327noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415293887766565322.post-40511290226158171492011-02-16T10:42:00.000-05:002011-02-16T10:42:00.770-05:00Caramelettes<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We had a bunch of people over for the Super Bowl (or commercials). When people come over I can't help but to make dessert. Among other things, I made Caramelettes. A delicious, sticky recipe I got from my sister-in-law, Amber.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2. Press half of mixture into the bottom of a 11" x 7" or 9" pan (I didn't have one available so I used a pie dish). Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3. In the meantime mix caramel topping with 3 Tbs of flour.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4. Remove the dish from the oven and sprinkle with chocolate chips and nuts. Pour the caramel mixture back and forth over the chocolate and nuts. Sprinkle with the remaining crumbs. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">5. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Continue baking for 15 to 20 minutes. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Chill for 1 to 2 hours before cutting into bars and serving.</span><br />
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</span>Jaimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13762430945691184327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415293887766565322.post-67027457338000639012011-02-15T10:42:00.000-05:002011-02-15T10:42:06.293-05:00Slacker<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There's a reason I've been a slacker. I haven't made, well much of anything since I last posted. So I haven't had anything to write about there. I also had/have an almost-hernia so my workouts have been less than amazing. I've also been lazy.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I also may be waiting on a guest post from someone. You know who you are!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The good news is that my almost-hernia is feeling almost perfect. I'm still taking it a little easy, but I no longer have a stabbing pain in my lower abdomen every time I try to use my abs for anything. Yay!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So I guess this can bring us to yesterday's WOD.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">02/14/11 WOD</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">B) 3 Rounds</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I went pretty light on the front squats. Doctor's orders are to breath while lifting for a little while so I've been focusing on form. I'm focusing on keeping my back flat/arched, my chest up and my knees out. I need to also work on leading with my elbows coming out of the squat.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Part B of the WOD wasn't so bad until I got to round three. I was suddenly unable to string double unders together in sets larger than like 6. And the more frustrated I got, the worse things got. The key is to relax, but it can be hard to do when you have an inexplicable double under brain fart.</span>Jaimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13762430945691184327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415293887766565322.post-85494389179830652992011-01-28T11:47:00.000-05:002011-01-28T11:47:06.621-05:0001/27/2011 WOD<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Today we had a choice. I stupidly gave away my freedom of choice. Here's what Meaghan made me do.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I had been feeling dizzy for the past day. It kicked in again in round two. Oh well!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This was a deviously designed WOD. The OHS after the row attacked your legs and back. The pullups after the OHS attacked your grip. And the row after the pullups started the whole cycle over again.</span><br />
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</span>Jaimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13762430945691184327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415293887766565322.post-11176359045818930362011-01-28T11:23:00.002-05:002011-01-28T11:23:00.658-05:00Aunt Petunia's Pork with a Side!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I got a great surprise gift for Christmas. My fellow Harry Potter nerd friend, Dave, gave me <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Unofficial-Harry-Potter-Cookbook-Knickerbocker/dp/1440503257/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1296145625&sr=8-1">The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook</a>. My first attempt from the cookbook was a failure, but I chalk that up to user error. But after <a href="http://jaimeesallthatglitters.blogspot.com/2011/01/wingardium-leviosa.html">my surprise birthday trip to Hogwarts</a> I was inspired to try again. So for Wednesday Dinner this week I attempted to make a pork loin inspired by Harry's Aunt Petunia. She serves pork to Uncle Vernon's business associates in an ill-fated (Thanks to Dobby) meal in the Chamber of Secrets.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">One of the things I like about this cookbook is that Dinah Bucholz gives us some background as to why the dish is related to Harry Potter and some history relating to the main ingredient. For instance, did you know that "Unlike chickens and pheasants, [the pig] is one animal the Romans didn't bring with them to England. Pigs have been around in Europe for millions of years, and since we humans discovered them we've been using them for food?"</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This week I actually thought of a side! In advance! I made Martha's <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/butternut-squash-with-brown-butter?backto=true&backtourl=/photogallery/quick-vegetable-side-dish-recipes#slide_5">Butternut Squash with Brown Butter</a>. It was really good and her times were spot on.</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Ingredients</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2 Tbs Unsalted Butter</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1 Butternut Squash, peeled, seeded and cut into 3/4 inch cubes</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1/2 Cup Chicken Broth</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1/4 Cup Water</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1 Tbs Dark Brown Sugar</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span>Jaimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13762430945691184327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415293887766565322.post-85696345457560744422011-01-27T14:37:00.000-05:002011-01-27T14:37:13.370-05:00Wingardium Leviosa!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sometime during December Eric asked me if I could take January 17th and 18th off. I could. That's all the info I got, that and that I shouldn't schedule a birthday outing for the Saturday before because we had an "early appointment" on Sunday. About a week before said Sunday he started telling me the weather was looking good for my days off! I knew we were going somewhere! On Saturday he told me to pack for temperatures with highs in the 70s and lows in the 50s, that we'd be walking a lot, and that it might rain.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When we got to the airport I let him check us in. I didn't look at my ticket when we went through security. I tried to keep my ears plugged as they were making announcements. During the last announcement I jumped the gun and unplugged them too early. That's when I found out where we were going. Where were we going, you ask? To Orlando!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">OK, so if you aren't a Disney fan and don't have kids, you're thinking <i>ummm, OK. What are we going to Orlando for? </i>Then something magical happened. You remember the newest attraction in Orlando. It's magical alright. We were off to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter!!! You know that commercial where the parents tell the kids they're going to Disney World that day? That was me. I was pretty excited.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When we got to Florida we spent some time shopping and took advantage of the sunny warmth and spent some time by the pool. On Monday we spent a VERY rainy day at Wizarding World and went back for more on Tuesday. What an awesome birthday present!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">7 Rounds</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTyT8y57ef0">Handstand Pushups</a> (I used two abmats as a target)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">5 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qEpJxCVV-4">Squat Cleans</a> @ 95#</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">6 <a href="http://vimeo.com/8477620">Chest to Bar Pullups</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">7 <a href="http://vimeo.com/6251314">Kettlebell Swings</a> @ 55# (heavier than normal)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In order to do this WOD as perscribed (which I didn't really do since I used the abmats...), you had to perform each of these sets unbroken. That means you can't come down from your handstands, can't put your bar down in the squat cleans, can't come off the bar for the pullups and can't put the bell down during your swings). </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For me this meant resting longer than I'd like to before the pullups, but I did it! The handstand pushups felt kind of like a rest. The fifth squat clean started feeling heavy about 3 or 4 rounds through. I had to rest before the pullups until I was sure I could do them all without coming off of the bar. This got more important as the rounds went on. I wasn't fast, so I really, really wanted to go unbroken. The swings felt fine. 7 at that weight isn't too bad.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">All in all, not bad!</span>Jaimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13762430945691184327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415293887766565322.post-34280032210771226382011-01-27T11:10:00.000-05:002011-01-27T11:10:03.749-05:00FAIL<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I very quickly failed at my blogolution. Here's to resolving to be better. Again.</span>Jaimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13762430945691184327noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415293887766565322.post-1264510805852044372011-01-07T16:04:00.000-05:002011-01-07T16:04:35.763-05:0001/06/11 WOD<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I took one look at this WOD and knew it wasn't going to be fun. Generally I like chippers, I like being done with one movement and moving on to another. But generally if the number of reps in a chipper changes, it usually goes down. I prefer it when it goes down. Mentally it makes things easier when the reps go down. Here's what we did:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">10 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OhqIGYqELk">Thrusters</a> @ 95#</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">25 <a href="http://www.myspace.com/video/vid/37327434">Pull Ups</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">40 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJqPgV681Hg">Kettlebell Swings</a> @ 55#</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">50 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHTAAutmlJY">Ring Dips</a> (used a small band to scale)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">60 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UweKybOuivA">Box Jumps</a> (I do the jump up, jump down variety)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">75 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdfyGviJRjs&feature=related">Back Extensions</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">100 <a href="http://sicfit.com/coverage/236494-Body-Weight-Exercises/video/367109-Brett-Hall-does-240-Double-Unders-in-2-minutes">Double Unders</a> (the rope passes under the feet twice for each jump)</span><br />
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<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Starting with the heavy thrusters wasn't so bad. Even though I started the WOD already feeling tired, the heavy thrusters really weren't so bad. I did those straight through with no problem. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The pull ups weren't awful. My abs </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><s>were</s></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> are still hurting from Monday and I felt them in the pull ups. The kettlebell swings were fine, I mean they were heavier than usual, but they really weren't too bad aside from forearms starting to fatigue from pull ups followed by kettlebells. I wasn't quite in the zone yet, so I wasn't really pushing myself (bad, Jaimee. BAD!). </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Next came the ring dips. I used a band by holding the band to the ring while doing your dips. I'm just not good at them. It's not like I could go fast enough to gas myself, I just got to a point where I couldn't do more than 3 at a time. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On to box jumps. I thought I was relatively rested from the ring dips, but then I tried to jump. I was wrong. After the first four movements I couldn't use my arms to help at all. Thanks to Johnny and John to get me actually moving through the box jumps and make me stop the bad double bounce habit I picked up while we were on the mats.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Back Extensions weren't so bad aside from the sheer number of them and the fact that I was dripping sweat all over the floor.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Or so I thought until I tried to stand up to do double unders. My first few were at travesty as my back and hamstrings adjusted to being upright again and being used in a different way.</span></li>
</ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It was rough, but it was fun.</span>Jaimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13762430945691184327noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415293887766565322.post-57106510133214440092011-01-05T10:21:00.000-05:002011-01-05T10:21:40.137-05:0011/04/11 WOD<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Remember how yesterday I was all "I'm totally not sore from yesterday's WOD!" Oh how much things can change in the space of a few hours. This workout made me feel every one of those GHD sit ups (and toes to bar) from yesterday. I now know that I use my abs more than I thought on C2B pull ups. Like, a lot more.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">8<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6oQLMcTGTo"> Push Press</a> @ 95#</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">16 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBThz19Jpd0">Lateral Burpees</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">8 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZttZIg7dBYY">Chest to Bar Pull Ups</a> (Your chest below the collar bone makes contact with the bar)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">I kinda sounded like this guy when I was doing my pull ups.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So this workout was hard. It was really rough. I am usually pretty good at overhead movements but there were a few rounds where I had to put the bar down. The lateral burpees were just a complete disaster. Jumping over the bar (which was the barrier we were to jump sideways over for the jumping portion of the burpee) slowly became just getting over the bar however possible. My chest to bar pull ups were pretty solid. A lot of effort comes from most of the body to make the pull ups solid, including my abs. I felt my abs doing their portion of the work. I was able to keep a steady connection of the pull ups and connected with the bar every time so I was pleased.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I completed the WOD in something like 18:35.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Coach <a href="http://coachjmac.blogspot.com/">Johnny Mac</a> has me considering a new scaling method called relative scaling. I want to do it for my future performance, but it would involve scaling down a lot of the WODs to increase my power output and speed. I know I need this, but a part of me is prideful enough to want to have that RX next to my name, even though I know it's an arbitrary number. More detail is on Johnny's blog "<a href="http://coachjmac.blogspot.com/">Running as a Skill</a>." More from me as I consider if this is right for me.</span>Jaimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13762430945691184327noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415293887766565322.post-14180941039792111872011-01-04T09:07:00.000-05:002011-01-04T09:07:58.751-05:0001/03/11 WOD<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As part of my blogolution I said I would start posting my WODs. Yesterday's was pretty difficult considering I've spent the past two weeks eating junk and not working out.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">AML(?)AP 10 minutes</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1 - 5 Ladders of 105# <a href="http://vodpod.com/watch/2339738-hang-squat-clean-demo-on-vimeo">Hang Squat Cleans</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You had 10 minutes to do as many ladders as possible. A 1 - 5 ladder means you do one hang squat clean and can put the bar down. Then do two and you can put the bar down, three and put the bar down, etc. Sounds simple, gets pretty rough.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I completed 3 ladders and set three of the fourth.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cleans are kinda my wheelhouse. I love cleans, even squat cleans. I love that it's technical and I can still make my body figure it out. I love that it's explosive and fast. My back was really starting to get really tight as we headed towards the end of the wod.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">50 <a href="http://gymnasticswod.com/content/toes-bar-kip">Toes to Bar</a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">(Mine don't look nearly this pretty)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">50 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8n9th6TPI0">GHD sit ups</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Can't remember my time.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My grip started to go first on the toes to bar (as in I dropped off the bar at 49!), other than that they felt pretty good. When I have high rep chippers like this I give myself a rep goal to reach each time. So I'll say to myself "OK, get to 12 and you can shake your arms out and chalk up." </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Onto GHD sit ups. I don't like to go full range of motion on these because of my back. I go close, but my back doesn't like to hyper extend too far. GHD sit ups are a fun movement, it's fast and aggressive, but you can get dizzy quickly and you need to build reps up so you don't get rhabdo.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This morning I'm a little sore, but not nearly as sore as I expected. I can cough and laugh without pain. My traps are hardly sore at all. Maybe it's because I actually slept last night.</span>Jaimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13762430945691184327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415293887766565322.post-45540763119675203572010-12-31T11:13:00.002-05:002010-12-31T11:13:01.044-05:00I Resolve!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">I'm not normally big on New Years resolutions. So this year I'm going to try a blogolution. I think I just made up a word.</span><br />
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I resolve to:</span><br />
<ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 2.5em; padding-right: 2.5em; padding-top: 0px;"><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Post more often.</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Post on a greater variety of subjects</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Take inspiration from <a href="http://widowmakerscrossfitenduranceblog.blogspot.com/">Widow Maker</a> (AKA Kathy) and post my WODs (but maybe not the results)</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Try to improve on my picture quality. This is a hard one because when it's food related, I'm usually taking pictures at night. My kitchen doesn't have the best lighting for pictures. I don't have a full length mirror for pictures of outfits. Eric makes fun of me when I ask him to take pictures. Natural lighting - a photog's best friend - is not always available. Those excuses aside, I resolve to try to improve my picture quality.</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Share more information from other bloggers.</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Ask for more feedback. So give me more feedback.</span></li>
</ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There you have it. Those resolutions may lead to many posts sans pictures, especially WOD posts. I'll being seeing you soon. Happy New Year!</span>Jaimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13762430945691184327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415293887766565322.post-72373954493548617792010-12-30T11:01:00.002-05:002010-12-30T12:12:31.793-05:00Pumpkin Chicken Enchiladas<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Don't be put off by the name! I know doesn't sound amazing, but I swear they're delicious. I wouldn't even tell Eric what it was until he tried it (although, he did guess). It's one of his favorite things I've made so far. Mine too.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I found <a href="http://glutenfreemommy.com/pumpkin-chicken-enchiladas/">this recipe</a> (an adaptation of a <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.fc77a0dbc44dd1611e3bf410b5900aa0/?vgnextoid=479f56866a80f010VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&autonomy_kw=pumpkin%20enchiladas&rsc=ns2006_m2">Martha Stewart recipe</a>) this fall while I was trolling the web for savory pumpkin recipes. It took me a while to get to it, but I'm glad I did. I made a few changes due to missing ingredients and because I don't like things too spicy. So here's my adaptation of <a href="http://glutenfreemommy.com/">Gluten Free Mommy's</a> adaptation of <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/">Martha Stewart's</a> recipe:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">8 Corn Tortillas (Go with corn, the flavor works)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2 Tbs Cilantro</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2 Chicken Breasts (poached and shredded)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">White Sharp Cheddar Cheese, shredded</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1 15 oz can Pumpkin Puree</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> 3-4 cloves Garlic, peeled<br />
1 tsp Chile Powder<br />
1/2 tsp Cumin<br />
2 tsp Salt<br />
1/4 tsp Pepper<br />
1 1/2 Cups Chicken Stock<br />
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1. Poach your chicken. Tutorials can be found all over the place, but the basic process is put enough water to cover your chicken in a pot, boil it. Reduce to a simmer, place chicken in a pot and cook till done - no longer pink. Shred poached chicken with two forks.<br />
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2. In a blender or food processor, puree pumpkin, chicken stock, garlic, chili powder, cumin, salt, and pepper.<br />
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3. Place 1 cup of this sauce in the bottom of an 8 inch glass casserole dish.<br />
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4. In a bowl, combine shredded chicken with cilantro, and some cheese. Season with salt and pepper.<br />
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5. Place some of the chicken mixture on each tortilla and then lay the tortilla seam side down in the casserole dish. The tortillas will probably split when you fold them. Just handle them carefully and try to keep the filling in. Make sure to put them seam down and follow the directions. As long as they don't split all the way through they should be fine by the time they're topped and cooked.<br />
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6. Pour the remaining sauce over the enchiladas. Top with cheese.<br />
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7. Bake for 20-25 minutes at 425 until cheese is melted and casserole is bubbly.<br />
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</span>Jaimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13762430945691184327noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415293887766565322.post-21056057545209679992010-12-20T13:53:00.002-05:002010-12-20T14:28:42.432-05:00Christmas Decorating - The Rest<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So now we've seen the <a href="http://jaimeesallthatglitters.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-decorating.html">outside of the house</a> and <a href="http://jaimeesallthatglitters.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-decorating-tree.html">the tree</a>. Here's the rest!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://jaimeesallthatglitters.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-decorating-tree.html">As I mentioned</a>, the majority of the decorations take place around the fireplace, but let me take a second to show you the cute little feather tree I found. Next year it will probably get some ornaments.</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The penguin to the left was a gift from Mike when I got my first job with IBM that had a small amount to do with Linux. I made the basket on the left last year.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I saw the basket at Stonewall kitchen and had bought the red thingies and pine cones thinking I could find something to do with them. I did.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Before I get to the mantle I'll show you the one other thing I did to spread the Christmas spirit around the house. I put extra wreaths on interior doors. Just because <a href="http://jaimeesallthatglitters.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-decorating.html">I made myself a new one</a> doesn't mean the old ones can't be enjoyed!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">OK, onto the main event. The mantle. As a reminder, here's where the bulk of decorations are. Here's what the mantle looks like in all it's glory.</span></div><br />
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</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Swag? Garland? Whatever you call it I love for it to drape the mantle. I snagged these lovely garlands after Christmas last year at <a href="http://www.hollywoodsandvines.com/">Holly, Woods and Vines</a>. I layered a garland of sparkly red, green and gold balls with an evergreen one adorned with bells, berries and sticks.</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLN5x4Y3vn4PkgMduBQQrxl-lwozIrd8gLQiau56GmTVHB8jYWJ9ylq571REBLM2ah25lXh0o7wnup_o84V8Z9-u8BZuh0WDRo2WDOkPvQMIzTlXNIDVJA_1g1IZtfTlcUKdksqe5M0K9/s1600/P1000865.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLN5x4Y3vn4PkgMduBQQrxl-lwozIrd8gLQiau56GmTVHB8jYWJ9ylq571REBLM2ah25lXh0o7wnup_o84V8Z9-u8BZuh0WDRo2WDOkPvQMIzTlXNIDVJA_1g1IZtfTlcUKdksqe5M0K9/s400/P1000865.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">One of my favorite Christmas decorations are these peacock feather trees. God I love peacock feathers.</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'm not sure if I mentioned my love of peacock feathers. I got a wreath of them for Christmas 3 years ago. I haven't taken it down. It lives on my wall. I also keep a vase on the right side of the mantle for most of the year. I often buy extra sparkle to add to it for Christmas. Then I leave that in all year round too...</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Well, there you have it, a wrap up of this year's holiday decorating. I hope you enjoyed it. Let me know if you have any tips for next year!</span></div>Jaimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13762430945691184327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415293887766565322.post-35399502740046331402010-12-20T13:06:00.004-05:002010-12-20T13:54:33.829-05:00Christmas Decorating - Outside<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">One redeeming part of winter is that I get to decorate for Christmas. At the end of the season I like to buy a bunch of closeout Christmas decorations. Then I get surprised the next year when I'm looking at what I have to work with. It keeps things from getting stale.</span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My house is situated a little oddly. Sure the front faces the road, but it basically sits in a church parking lot and the part that you really see when you're coming to it is the garage and the sides of the front and back yard (both of which have a little bit of fencing). The garage has a little arbor over it on which I'm trying to train some jasmine to grow. The front yard has a pretty dogwood tree that overhangs the driveway. So here's what we did:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu6k24gKkvYfqmM5bo34DosC5Uk8gk1Tu-j2XXx4vRIo_5wd3Mtbm7BOdSmlniza4LtGFPzoQc5iVHKe6YipTu0Mq5yKZz5_hsilbgr8e2olHhD9SYH4rV_bps4UPi6RPfGxaqgQ_ATuLC/s1600/P1000896.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu6k24gKkvYfqmM5bo34DosC5Uk8gk1Tu-j2XXx4vRIo_5wd3Mtbm7BOdSmlniza4LtGFPzoQc5iVHKe6YipTu0Mq5yKZz5_hsilbgr8e2olHhD9SYH4rV_bps4UPi6RPfGxaqgQ_ATuLC/s400/P1000896.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The top fence posts got wrapped in Warm Light LED large Crystal lights. The dogwood has a year round display of lights and we added some ornaments for the holidays. The garage arbor got lit up with the same LED lights as well as some normal mini lights. And a bush got a net of lights as well. Each fence post is adorned in a red bow.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Since people often go around to the back door rather than coming to the front, I decided the back doors needed some cheer as well. There is no storm door so whatever I put up had to be able to handle the elements. When I was doing some last minute shopping the day before Thanksgiving I found these babies at Safeway.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Next time I'll talk about what happened inside. Mostly I'll just show pictures of some of my favorite ornaments and tricks.</span></div>Jaimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13762430945691184327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415293887766565322.post-257794560798903102010-12-20T09:30:00.001-05:002010-12-20T13:51:56.781-05:00Christmas Decorating - The Tree<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So do you like what I did <a href="http://jaimeesallthatglitters.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-decorating.html">outside</a>? I know I could do more, but work with me here. Do you know how expensive some of this stuff is?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So now it's time to move on inside. I haven't yet gotten the knack of spreading the Christmas cheer around the house. It's mostly centered around the fireplace.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Evey year I flip flop on whether to get a fake tree and every year I decide to go real. There's something wonderful about the tradition of going to pick one out (even if it's just to Home Depot), putting it up, arguing about if it's straight, trying to figure out what the best side is, all that. And the smell, of course, the smell. One of the problems with real trees though is the gaps. Sometimes there are gaps where you can't hang ornaments because the branches are too weak or in the wrong configuration. I solve that problem by sticking a large sparkly flower in the gap.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We usually go just with white lights on the tree. And if Eric had his way that's what we'd have done this year. Luckily Eric was busy doing something else while I strung the lights and I snuck a strand of colored lights in with the white. I like how it turned out.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Growing up we always used that silver garland. I loved it, but I've never put it on a tree of mine since I've been out of the house. I started with replacing garland with a silver kind of sparkly ribbon. Last year I tried beads and went with that this year too. Maybe next year I'll do both!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I know a lot of people like to go with the pretty, color coordinated tree. I have never been able to do that. I have too many mismatched ornaments that I love too much. Here are some of my favorites.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">L2R: A beautiful ornament my sister got me from Harrods, an early predictor of my unicorn love, a reminder of where Eric and I got married</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Ljojy6yjLmC6rb9V4CGkY1b77h33105mpSTQnLsVbFrejIK3EzRQBwH9QqFdQHjQDBHUfR47kG2wHcozGtzgv30f3Vr9uGmqp3adaBTLO2ixzc98kIhnCW_-rb2CkvmteSU6EzGco5_A/s1600/P1000851.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Ljojy6yjLmC6rb9V4CGkY1b77h33105mpSTQnLsVbFrejIK3EzRQBwH9QqFdQHjQDBHUfR47kG2wHcozGtzgv30f3Vr9uGmqp3adaBTLO2ixzc98kIhnCW_-rb2CkvmteSU6EzGco5_A/s320/P1000851.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> We moved very close to Mount Vernon (We live on what was good ol' George's property) in 2008, so we have the 2008 commemorative ornament.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Of course you can add or take away whatever you want, make vegetarian and take out the bacon, add veggies, make it as you please!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">7. Sprinkle cheese and green onions on top of bread.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">9. Bake for about 12 minutes until Yolk is at your desired state of "doneness." Heads up, the yolk never looks done.</span><br />
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