tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-354513922024-03-14T08:25:18.360-05:00Imagine the PossibilitiesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04986735555459535019noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451392.post-12261265504719924262016-12-26T07:00:00.000-06:002016-12-26T07:00:04.897-06:00Weekend CardiganI just finished my first real cardigan, sleeves and all! I found this great little pattern with the sleeves done as one piece with the body. No real shaping involved. It was super quick. Started on Thursday evening and finished on Sunday.<br />
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<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/jeannestein/sporty-one-piece-cardigan" target="_blank">Sporty One-Piece Cardigan</a> made with <a href="http://minnesotaice.yarnshopping.com/fnt2-32442" target="_blank">Ice Yarns Linen Wool</a></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04986735555459535019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451392.post-40498742716184706242016-12-23T11:52:00.000-06:002016-12-26T07:02:46.419-06:00Back to the BeginningSomeone recently asked about a simple blog to use and I suggested Blogger. They then requested a link to mine and I was pretty shocked to see I had not wrote anything in over 3 years.<br />
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I have to say I really regret not keeping up with this journal as the past 3 years have been an amazing journey to say the least. The biggest part was becoming part of <a href="http://thecrochetcrowd.com/" target="_blank">The Crochet Crowd</a>. What an ride it's been!<br />
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It all began in February 2015 when I went on my first <a href="http://crochet-cruises.com/" target="_blank">Crochet Cruise</a>. I went alone, but came help with friendship and memories that will last a lifetime. But the best was becoming friends with Michael Sellick. He is a great person, who is genuine, smart and just fun to be around. We continued to chat through messenger after the trip, and by September he offered me a spot on his team. He has pushed and inspired me to do things that I never thought I could. He has helped me live out some of the dreams that I never even knew I had inside me. He has become my best friend.<br />
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Since then, I can't even begin to count the crochet projects I have done. I think in 2016, there might be about 5 days where I never touched a hook. It has become a healthy obsession and an important part of my day.<br />
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Here are some of my favorite projects from 2016.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04986735555459535019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451392.post-32230765822674976062013-03-14T15:23:00.001-05:002013-03-14T15:24:34.484-05:00sunny days<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Well, the great thing about digital scrapping is that it travels well! I am in Dallas this week for some work training and was still able to do some layouts. Here is one for this week's challenge at <a href="http://mdsmonday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">MDS Monday</a>. Besides using the sketch, they also challenged us to use Subway Art. If you know me, then you know how much of a challenge this really was since I don't do random very well. I will say that I am pretty happy with the result of this layout from my Palm Dessert vacation last fall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Speaking of sunny days, I am certainly enjoying this beautiful spring weather in Dallas. I am so glad to be here for 2 weeks. Hopefully spring will be starting in Indiana when I get back. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04986735555459535019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451392.post-41405580822610611492013-03-04T06:29:00.004-06:002013-03-05T09:31:33.994-06:00I'm baaaack!<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I didn't realize just how long it's been, but it's time for me to start blogging again. I am about to start a new and exciting chapter in my life. In a few short weeks I am going to be a grandmother! My son and daughter-in-law are expecting their baby girl around May 18th. I shall be called Gigi! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Another reason this is a good time to renew my blog is that I have not been paper scrapping very much any more, but I have recently discovered a new love - digital scrapping! I have been using Stampin' Up's My Design Studio. It is fabulous software and I love having all the SU choices at a click of the mouse. Here are a few of my recent pages from challenges at <a href="http://mdsmonday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">MDS Monday blog</a> :</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04986735555459535019noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451392.post-91290325114363803482011-05-29T18:02:00.003-05:002011-05-29T18:06:08.833-05:00Technique Tags<span style="font-family: verdana;">Gosh, I can't believe it's been almost a year since my last post. I have been taking Tim Holtz technique classes at my LSS. I made these tags for a swap coming up in my club. I hope the girls like them.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2WH0-VngihSBSMg_YaKiYladE91jgwTEceMGd0sTMS1Au91BTRCRJ26EZ4Iph6o_13uUqunl0LB3lPcaPu8JFpUAPjAObqUZpd4lZgz370FDLTAAsqWf44-XuFR5TH6KHARD_XA/s1600/tags.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2WH0-VngihSBSMg_YaKiYladE91jgwTEceMGd0sTMS1Au91BTRCRJ26EZ4Iph6o_13uUqunl0LB3lPcaPu8JFpUAPjAObqUZpd4lZgz370FDLTAAsqWf44-XuFR5TH6KHARD_XA/s400/tags.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612277764713764930" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04986735555459535019noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451392.post-40784281369091804362010-08-30T10:04:00.005-05:002010-08-30T14:36:08.520-05:00Back from another retreat...<span style="font-family:verdana;">I just spent a fabulous weekend in Michigan at a beach house with 4 great friends! I did 12 recipe cards and 18 pages. Here are just a few of my favorites.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjAC85mtOEmGsj3YQNa7IkVcbwjju9wdwIsWGlJDsnXCqMiczHDxiN0MfEh_qnaP-jbBwFbb8iZU-Win7WRJBinivivhAoiOYTY5vNPKOrN_uny2iS4A4IjGd2akkN1JIqyTaJnw/s1600/snowjob.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjAC85mtOEmGsj3YQNa7IkVcbwjju9wdwIsWGlJDsnXCqMiczHDxiN0MfEh_qnaP-jbBwFbb8iZU-Win7WRJBinivivhAoiOYTY5vNPKOrN_uny2iS4A4IjGd2akkN1JIqyTaJnw/s400/snowjob.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511219405253264562" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEn3KCJDKb10hQt127UqWH-QDE9Mhb4cjQWpzwkDs2peqI56NcsgFI5BfqUf5iGL04a1KUv3Ua0kRSZJgqn5kmdrYy6wYGCVm0b4Nk-PxKtiR7QIGe5rn6W2aHTb0muA4ckKgo9A/s1600/me&you.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEn3KCJDKb10hQt127UqWH-QDE9Mhb4cjQWpzwkDs2peqI56NcsgFI5BfqUf5iGL04a1KUv3Ua0kRSZJgqn5kmdrYy6wYGCVm0b4Nk-PxKtiR7QIGe5rn6W2aHTb0muA4ckKgo9A/s400/me&you.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511219395125404658" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV3KYOynzqiBy_b6JG6YMlbjX28SUrDhiIC4TL71nwx1FzKM_-vYwywVHbR7EnWROWcH7Iz_y17MCtvzeiWiQZe02u9sY8zpprdhBk5sAohX5bTwu3TuP9LzJ-GZ2gZKGlkrRWQA/s1600/momsday.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 397px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV3KYOynzqiBy_b6JG6YMlbjX28SUrDhiIC4TL71nwx1FzKM_-vYwywVHbR7EnWROWcH7Iz_y17MCtvzeiWiQZe02u9sY8zpprdhBk5sAohX5bTwu3TuP9LzJ-GZ2gZKGlkrRWQA/s400/momsday.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511219391734155010" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUGNAj7vHc7ClsFRoa1Kk90Sv_Rcq5bB2AW1Guf8RAcjODTLqBgU9mkOhKppXb0L_JqQse7d4L_IbGtCdXDuARChDj0DyqQ0quvWZAzOqGOyBMidNi52zA5Q1lSasugIHAFc5hEA/s1600/mac&cheese.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUGNAj7vHc7ClsFRoa1Kk90Sv_Rcq5bB2AW1Guf8RAcjODTLqBgU9mkOhKppXb0L_JqQse7d4L_IbGtCdXDuARChDj0DyqQ0quvWZAzOqGOyBMidNi52zA5Q1lSasugIHAFc5hEA/s400/mac&cheese.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511288653451131474" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04986735555459535019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451392.post-85942531586331005792010-07-13T11:38:00.003-05:002010-07-13T11:49:01.235-05:00Paws Retreat 2010<span style="font-family: verdana;">I just spent 5 days in St Louis with my Paws scrapbooking friends for our annual retreat. Lots of fun and I actually got quite a few layouts done.<br /><br />This one is from my Florida vacation earlier this year...</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5NKNWFW-o0-MFz5OsIjgo1JuBA6HnnFoRNemUo0L4_JbC_dN2Soblias7D87JVD0eV0XpzDYFSk6aOxqScMm3PzEtYqokk5yo7bUltQLPuDIaOCuEwbc4KCqJNiH8eQzVo2vz9g/s1600/beach.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5NKNWFW-o0-MFz5OsIjgo1JuBA6HnnFoRNemUo0L4_JbC_dN2Soblias7D87JVD0eV0XpzDYFSk6aOxqScMm3PzEtYqokk5yo7bUltQLPuDIaOCuEwbc4KCqJNiH8eQzVo2vz9g/s400/beach.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493432236749283410" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">This one is for my friend MaryJoy. She lets me scrap photos of her pretty girls...</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9FjeQOSl9_mtfZXVYC3n_4QjbqgdbWjXutZBTJRy9iYBx_zNqFxS5CMMXe7ZMs-mWDrj5yWnSjl-j5qCSYi4NjiTcpV44VncODHvGufzYQ7TIskWkcScT-n4jP8DTr_UyzdQLFA/s1600/bff.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 397px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9FjeQOSl9_mtfZXVYC3n_4QjbqgdbWjXutZBTJRy9iYBx_zNqFxS5CMMXe7ZMs-mWDrj5yWnSjl-j5qCSYi4NjiTcpV44VncODHvGufzYQ7TIskWkcScT-n4jP8DTr_UyzdQLFA/s400/bff.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493432229407557938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mr Stewy was quite mad at me...</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHR2oVf86MrJUc5EvBz3LR_C-mmYnz2eNaekIeFjxGZb0DJiQFfSCyL-luXSE9_vgAdSiD8-SjwsEX6adHCgnmdhuvq7XFjhD_EyfGg-t6bat0UXuCAdaMNmvIjZuScICtgKzELQ/s1600/catitude.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 399px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHR2oVf86MrJUc5EvBz3LR_C-mmYnz2eNaekIeFjxGZb0DJiQFfSCyL-luXSE9_vgAdSiD8-SjwsEX6adHCgnmdhuvq7XFjhD_EyfGg-t6bat0UXuCAdaMNmvIjZuScICtgKzELQ/s400/catitude.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493431886082043954" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">and Buster just likes to hang upside down when he sleeps...</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhM_xhcN2yNj4x_etTDVUX8PdiSB9s9LRiLwr8G1geJWcjyZ3r9YsCkBMRSeMKYV27jS4op9BgxmQrZe0k6693amuidVL32_0yWVDgn-auHNxUtTVl0Yzr7p7jHE9B2HqrgPpw5A/s1600/catopia.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhM_xhcN2yNj4x_etTDVUX8PdiSB9s9LRiLwr8G1geJWcjyZ3r9YsCkBMRSeMKYV27jS4op9BgxmQrZe0k6693amuidVL32_0yWVDgn-auHNxUtTVl0Yzr7p7jHE9B2HqrgPpw5A/s400/catopia.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493431874096488930" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another for MJ...</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PPDDDRlmmjwcScP-l3JAP3B4VCZWI3YKuh91u2Kid2x0NK4BqM6VKjJ3V7gw1cNWXcG4Yqo_qIK30SvABfdzFqIAQ8zVZM_-CWifg5qDtcxovwT09VMAj7B0-3U8ps4aAzgYaA/s1600/colormehappy.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PPDDDRlmmjwcScP-l3JAP3B4VCZWI3YKuh91u2Kid2x0NK4BqM6VKjJ3V7gw1cNWXcG4Yqo_qIK30SvABfdzFqIAQ8zVZM_-CWifg5qDtcxovwT09VMAj7B0-3U8ps4aAzgYaA/s400/colormehappy.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493431868819528002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">And another...</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyoyNjo3wzPT7nqJcYJwnTOHdojnWwV87YvoIdE8hBOOaWUpnH6i8w55fFWcyQTU0ufndJg_7l4JX1AyqwPHyIdzCcLPo7z54vYDbmYCZWI_2XO298vB6qjBYqqgXufuot65UhLA/s1600/keylimefun.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyoyNjo3wzPT7nqJcYJwnTOHdojnWwV87YvoIdE8hBOOaWUpnH6i8w55fFWcyQTU0ufndJg_7l4JX1AyqwPHyIdzCcLPo7z54vYDbmYCZWI_2XO298vB6qjBYqqgXufuot65UhLA/s400/keylimefun.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493431864723060530" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last one...</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRrKXSsj5ENOEo-XdJJvDZO1iErvaB9Z-3b2vNUiQG4JNNseocgRnL4EBfZIwTeoZ0rIDclC4sMj8EGQYgRCRXz3ksIunm2g53ogmrNSzN_4psChUqaNLN7ydBmLT5nOtYVE-5Cg/s1600/pinksnow.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRrKXSsj5ENOEo-XdJJvDZO1iErvaB9Z-3b2vNUiQG4JNNseocgRnL4EBfZIwTeoZ0rIDclC4sMj8EGQYgRCRXz3ksIunm2g53ogmrNSzN_4psChUqaNLN7ydBmLT5nOtYVE-5Cg/s400/pinksnow.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493431853430436098" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I hope I can keep my motivation going. It felt really good to scrap again :-)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04986735555459535019noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451392.post-10150403585104485742010-05-09T12:14:00.002-05:002010-05-09T12:17:36.379-05:00Photo Swap Layouts<span style="font-family: verdana;">We had a photo swap in my scrap club. These layouts are for my friend Dawn. I hope she likes them. ♥</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1I7XyoN464K7KstQJh7TnhTXNg4Q-UtYGGbfsHQx0zF8NzJSrwJBjoZTLGHuOubEIAXKjbHAwS1NFiQvHKT2Y3Sdyg1p0iF5ek0Jl7Gr-0umci1PjZWf1EtTMWuqW80U9Jqu4JA/s1600/1stbigwheel.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1I7XyoN464K7KstQJh7TnhTXNg4Q-UtYGGbfsHQx0zF8NzJSrwJBjoZTLGHuOubEIAXKjbHAwS1NFiQvHKT2Y3Sdyg1p0iF5ek0Jl7Gr-0umci1PjZWf1EtTMWuqW80U9Jqu4JA/s400/1stbigwheel.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469320033464280146" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZTy-GFvT-rPlcn5C9q-OSebVBGD7qrC3wgCLDDN8qbZp9ONIrVBcQX7GC0Wz6qo8cB1Zc7UuX5CCsCjlym4TGzki26Jp1hXcqtAI7J_sZHLhgFaHhe2dNnwAVJ-JssFoBEzh9rQ/s1600/presentsforgavin.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZTy-GFvT-rPlcn5C9q-OSebVBGD7qrC3wgCLDDN8qbZp9ONIrVBcQX7GC0Wz6qo8cB1Zc7UuX5CCsCjlym4TGzki26Jp1hXcqtAI7J_sZHLhgFaHhe2dNnwAVJ-JssFoBEzh9rQ/s400/presentsforgavin.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469320041537125010" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04986735555459535019noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451392.post-68454562886927668242010-05-08T16:33:00.002-05:002010-05-08T16:46:08.696-05:00Almond Pound Cake<span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" >This past week when Rick and I were grocery shopping, we picked up a SaraLee Pound cake. It had been years since we had one... and we were both very disappointed in it. It seems to have changed and was dry and tasteless. So today I made this absolutely delicious cake. It's so simple with ingredients that you will probably have on hand.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Q32IdRPJJcvhqlmDeyniqVh5ZMynUMrpRAT-rkqb3y4uNO7qSZEGyZ5uoR-vxriqLZvOw8dEdNJA4S5MxxjW_oerxqA3lb_1X0lUIg25bgR-T4iV50fTc0SeW4B_33RbguMyJA/s1600/almondpoundcake.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Q32IdRPJJcvhqlmDeyniqVh5ZMynUMrpRAT-rkqb3y4uNO7qSZEGyZ5uoR-vxriqLZvOw8dEdNJA4S5MxxjW_oerxqA3lb_1X0lUIg25bgR-T4iV50fTc0SeW4B_33RbguMyJA/s400/almondpoundcake.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469015667702002578" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br />Almond Pound Cake<br /><br />Beat well:<br /></span><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">1 1/4 c sugar<br />1 egg<br />1 1/2 tsp pure almond extract<br />2/3 c milk<br /><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Add: <br />1 1/4 c flour<br />1/2 tsp baking powder<br />1 stick melted butter</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Mix well and put into a sprayed loaf pan. Place pan on lower oven rack and bake at 350 for 40-50 minutes. Edges must be golden brown. Cool in pan before removing [30-40 minutes] or cake will break if removed too soon.<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" >Variation: Before pouring batter into pan, sprinkle almonds on the bottom.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" >Enjoy! ♥</span><br /></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04986735555459535019noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451392.post-11709645793106839292010-05-02T08:00:00.002-05:002010-05-02T08:04:14.027-05:00It's May!<span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm very excited because this month starts a new beginning for me! More about that later...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I did this layout a couple of weeks ago for my friend Judy. Check out </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://piecesofmepapercrafts.blogspot.com/2010/04/fabulous-friday-sketch-april-23.html">her blog</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">... she has lots of cool sketches.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje87e0zwkyaETNYyOuGgAnSncgPnV8zntzMhLbCtcki-LqUtp5epV56jL0NrVG_SqEwzDwxQhUhMR0r83qLA03S2e9kle45gjU0oB9UnMa8e1rm_HpaeauyZvTlDOK4M-0pjYqOQ/s1600/April23.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje87e0zwkyaETNYyOuGgAnSncgPnV8zntzMhLbCtcki-LqUtp5epV56jL0NrVG_SqEwzDwxQhUhMR0r83qLA03S2e9kle45gjU0oB9UnMa8e1rm_HpaeauyZvTlDOK4M-0pjYqOQ/s400/April23.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466656853668607458" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04986735555459535019noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451392.post-76763573363371823262010-04-21T04:30:00.002-05:002010-04-21T04:42:08.627-05:00April 21st<span style="font-family:verdana;">April has always been my least favorite month of the year... and most specifically, the 21st is my least favorite day. Besides the fact that I get seasonal depression in this month, I lost both of my parents in April... dad in 2004 and mom in 2006. Although they passed on different days, my last good-bye to each of them was on the 21st.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Here they are back in their day... quite beautiful people.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixR_IP0JaCzhtH3EXZ0i8yLXsqyB_EIvrSp1cVOy_nv0Ni4NBgFRfKB_zaDxG-7eVb32Z4CKk0HL9UTcs7xLa5-HafNB7iEz6Mgy4xA2pZVxxFeLkMReCU_dI94i0iX1TwsdmzBA/s1600/2010_Apr4a+021.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixR_IP0JaCzhtH3EXZ0i8yLXsqyB_EIvrSp1cVOy_nv0Ni4NBgFRfKB_zaDxG-7eVb32Z4CKk0HL9UTcs7xLa5-HafNB7iEz6Mgy4xA2pZVxxFeLkMReCU_dI94i0iX1TwsdmzBA/s400/2010_Apr4a+021.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456442396384055586" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">This photo was taken in 1988. Things were good then and this is how I remember them most in my mind.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizDW3JJ21552PlBQvWtt2AMCOZYCJ8o2ZjJ3hg0oAZBEpZ5mpgC0NlSbrK3h_y28c3YL294qpnAiMOgxZ_pK1r6Hl0nxTwZz3UIGADqnOqJfRr8y5RU5RVFLIn-wHeyvm4-ROm5w/s1600/2010_Apr4a+023.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizDW3JJ21552PlBQvWtt2AMCOZYCJ8o2ZjJ3hg0oAZBEpZ5mpgC0NlSbrK3h_y28c3YL294qpnAiMOgxZ_pK1r6Hl0nxTwZz3UIGADqnOqJfRr8y5RU5RVFLIn-wHeyvm4-ROm5w/s400/2010_Apr4a+023.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456442389750444226" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">God bless you mom and dad. Thank you so much for being wonderful parents. Everything good inside of me is because of the both of you.</span> ♥Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04986735555459535019noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451392.post-82850460883928222002010-04-05T07:01:00.000-05:002010-04-05T11:21:40.513-05:00Hash Brown Casserole<span style="font-family:verdana;">On of my favorite dishes to take to a party is my Hash Brown Casserole. Being Easter, I decided to make it a little extra special. It was extra yummy!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">First start by coarsely chopped a large onion and two green peppers. Saute them lightly in a half a stick of butter.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkhsEfm8BFnVrHVisKAGfu9TX4wJVyyGwR_w62BE-2pVxccIhJSM15isqwabkmngXVNR80bXQT4P6Pjqv0UMQeJkAVrYdQurlpwj7Jk5ltnj5bsZc02P6Us8uwOufwIVdPWRUnw/s1600/2010_Apr4a+006.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkhsEfm8BFnVrHVisKAGfu9TX4wJVyyGwR_w62BE-2pVxccIhJSM15isqwabkmngXVNR80bXQT4P6Pjqv0UMQeJkAVrYdQurlpwj7Jk5ltnj5bsZc02P6Us8uwOufwIVdPWRUnw/s400/2010_Apr4a+006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456437456214406642" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">While those are simmering away, making your kitchen smell wonderful, into a large bowl dump in one can cream of chicken soup, one can cream of celery soup and one cup sour cream. I also like to add some fresh ground pepper at this point so it gets mixed in well.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1qFj5OPQySrP-2nnrcprxmBymIHpeK6AmW1oSb0aRLIc8ZnbLDqbHaAElSgqB7hvDQjINcwyZmXygCNdoLBKfoHBnBXfOOGAGvGGQW79lhzAXtURvh6M0uEh9X1DEbddnf9Qbrg/s1600/2010_Apr4a+007.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1qFj5OPQySrP-2nnrcprxmBymIHpeK6AmW1oSb0aRLIc8ZnbLDqbHaAElSgqB7hvDQjINcwyZmXygCNdoLBKfoHBnBXfOOGAGvGGQW79lhzAXtURvh6M0uEh9X1DEbddnf9Qbrg/s400/2010_Apr4a+007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456437462886659554" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I bought really good aged cheddar cheese. After all, Easter only comes once a year. A little of a half a pound was plenty.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR8lWNzeADoOkkw3K6R1LUF_g2E2gJdP-8KWP9tRpcI3jpsMBl4Hti9a0mjWMhbFV-7s7NZXqzNyr8y_7WfwwkqjjMG23GRCxh3cY2K4YzysA6zSRQSWoUv3YM7ucCpePbrOcQeg/s1600/2010_Apr4a+012.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR8lWNzeADoOkkw3K6R1LUF_g2E2gJdP-8KWP9tRpcI3jpsMBl4Hti9a0mjWMhbFV-7s7NZXqzNyr8y_7WfwwkqjjMG23GRCxh3cY2K4YzysA6zSRQSWoUv3YM7ucCpePbrOcQeg/s400/2010_Apr4a+012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456437466444998002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Shred a good pile, at least two cups worth.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglWZNYt5pgv_CsNjdkHPquKjB5LIeLXVKRYcfa0iTTpEjpYv93RSWvFvlr4lrdRue1IFRu5PyInM-qmzpYAbc6VxaAlzQmV4vqBp4-okE1JXZUWfT6sLnh6wF1okq9E8qFZ6B5Sw/s1600/2010_Apr4a+013.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglWZNYt5pgv_CsNjdkHPquKjB5LIeLXVKRYcfa0iTTpEjpYv93RSWvFvlr4lrdRue1IFRu5PyInM-qmzpYAbc6VxaAlzQmV4vqBp4-okE1JXZUWfT6sLnh6wF1okq9E8qFZ6B5Sw/s400/2010_Apr4a+013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456437477596747730" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Add the cheese to the soups and stir well. Next add in 3 pounds of thawed hash brown potatoes and mix again.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJcoWsSZ6cutwzgbJpAJ8MgU2nH0ptBTuWSs02PR81X6omtNHtS-z5Tkuhkg90WQafdcGSef5LgpscJ8tL04XauFPrALBxznsEuasUusMSQsx3uFDorOvvLS74sP76hKh4nqPYFA/s1600/2010_Apr4a+014.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJcoWsSZ6cutwzgbJpAJ8MgU2nH0ptBTuWSs02PR81X6omtNHtS-z5Tkuhkg90WQafdcGSef5LgpscJ8tL04XauFPrALBxznsEuasUusMSQsx3uFDorOvvLS74sP76hKh4nqPYFA/s400/2010_Apr4a+014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456437479981646242" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Back to the onions and peppers. Add in a stick and the half stick of butter to the pan and shut the heat off as soon as it melts. Stir this yummy stuff into the potatoes.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23BACSXMdF2OHq4N6KdLSWSmSDdpFPyvIkYW8gjXPmc1b0s-PxphRdu4nocWqtOnV5TKllwpZ1qKK-2JErAsvTi5OYeIngIChHBYuXFH6QhabIWzGOW-byp8jDRydXmBnt-I4vg/s1600/2010_Apr4a+015.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23BACSXMdF2OHq4N6KdLSWSmSDdpFPyvIkYW8gjXPmc1b0s-PxphRdu4nocWqtOnV5TKllwpZ1qKK-2JErAsvTi5OYeIngIChHBYuXFH6QhabIWzGOW-byp8jDRydXmBnt-I4vg/s400/2010_Apr4a+015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456438924278897202" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Use your prettiest 9x13" baking dish :-)</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqY7I0MeQ4q3obAQa3P0ppD1tOf0xNQ-iEDuiFwbTRPkb3ht40BARqDiQppdtLz9xv3ApgCqg91eUecL_FUySRcR_1AiaAFLwaYWFfSeTy_v7FwGNFUlnHKr5PhMW6uJpmZJ43oQ/s1600/2010_Apr4a+016.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqY7I0MeQ4q3obAQa3P0ppD1tOf0xNQ-iEDuiFwbTRPkb3ht40BARqDiQppdtLz9xv3ApgCqg91eUecL_FUySRcR_1AiaAFLwaYWFfSeTy_v7FwGNFUlnHKr5PhMW6uJpmZJ43oQ/s400/2010_Apr4a+016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456438933646608738" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Bake at 350° for 1 1/2 hours until bubbly and slightly browned.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicErx6qYljrb4Nrf3uEWpvzDGFls3gGDsQj0Qqt2gh7P836o3iUnGkAx99esXfDRr2BB_63e3ZcHwO3KbGZ0bLJEfbfC8M_WXHSht0Sec1N6_9n0nyjJ8mdl9kP_wBoT9orTGnHw/s1600/2010_Apr4a+018.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicErx6qYljrb4Nrf3uEWpvzDGFls3gGDsQj0Qqt2gh7P836o3iUnGkAx99esXfDRr2BB_63e3ZcHwO3KbGZ0bLJEfbfC8M_WXHSht0Sec1N6_9n0nyjJ8mdl9kP_wBoT9orTGnHw/s400/2010_Apr4a+018.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456438946575495010" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiC-p-dZGDyMm9Y-idb3y-sY4GmhHsJmK3HeVC6AqJz_8tyuFBDFhSj2vEsI8IvOq-bsw3rltnGdunN4dGnt_43o11j-ZHeLpUrdJWbmkJWnNF65wnX8nwdb0bw2fHGOD8bYOhGA/s1600/2010_Apr4a+017.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiC-p-dZGDyMm9Y-idb3y-sY4GmhHsJmK3HeVC6AqJz_8tyuFBDFhSj2vEsI8IvOq-bsw3rltnGdunN4dGnt_43o11j-ZHeLpUrdJWbmkJWnNF65wnX8nwdb0bw2fHGOD8bYOhGA/s400/2010_Apr4a+017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456438939350624210" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">It actually got a little bit browner than this photo shows as I finished the baking when I got to my SIL's house. I think sauteing the onions and peppers added a little specialness and using aged cheese instead of of regular stuff gave the dish a nice sharp taste. Worth the extra effort!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Enjoy! ♥</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04986735555459535019noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451392.post-51233889576411487982010-04-04T07:48:00.004-05:002010-04-04T08:12:52.386-05:00my Grandma<span style="font-family: verdana;">Yesterday, I had a nice visit with my cousin Dee. She gave me some wonderful family treasures. The best was this portrait of my grandma from 1895. She was the only grandparent I ever knew.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipGHJoOLDlXkW3mc1oJVc1zdJW8GuGH62uIqHitXLWAwB51_omXH_LQEiprj7tUXx5ELSxZ-fxENw5iGuPNSqYtJ6XsbI4mECNsoXY7sTVqQpO2k4g0RriXzVGiQkDoOAiVVylnQ/s1600/gram1.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipGHJoOLDlXkW3mc1oJVc1zdJW8GuGH62uIqHitXLWAwB51_omXH_LQEiprj7tUXx5ELSxZ-fxENw5iGuPNSqYtJ6XsbI4mECNsoXY7sTVqQpO2k4g0RriXzVGiQkDoOAiVVylnQ/s400/gram1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456263851493192594" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Isn't this a pretty little face? I knew by the eyes and the crooked smile that yup, this was her.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJCvn9xMtt3eNXu6ObPha8K9RezfgFF11k56I4LSqTFPO_bYDOVx22NFVCixsQvJZ5qIuvZu_72Eor3XcWCrcXxV9zZZ5-J3TN28YQfQgraMkblXTqLAdm6qlCORS8kos4DfR8A/s1600/gram2.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJCvn9xMtt3eNXu6ObPha8K9RezfgFF11k56I4LSqTFPO_bYDOVx22NFVCixsQvJZ5qIuvZu_72Eor3XcWCrcXxV9zZZ5-J3TN28YQfQgraMkblXTqLAdm6qlCORS8kos4DfR8A/s400/gram2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456263866756092130" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">And here is the last photo I took of her, not long before she passed in 1990, with Steven cuddling in her lap.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQILn-JcznEFBqCPOFIo5rQQ8Lem-szWDSUxi8z_fVA9GDqxmhvzf7JqM0q6Zun7xPxohoh3JrtYV7ju6G4FBsRAT24jqEbMI5TmNOvGYzoSazl7WJzy0QLWJrrOrfuEdue_IrIA/s1600/gram3.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQILn-JcznEFBqCPOFIo5rQQ8Lem-szWDSUxi8z_fVA9GDqxmhvzf7JqM0q6Zun7xPxohoh3JrtYV7ju6G4FBsRAT24jqEbMI5TmNOvGYzoSazl7WJzy0QLWJrrOrfuEdue_IrIA/s400/gram3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456267235180701554" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thanks Dee! I will find a special spot on my wall for her. ♥</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04986735555459535019noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451392.post-57909561185045768132010-03-28T10:41:00.002-05:002010-03-28T10:46:30.527-05:00Cinnamon Meltaways<span style="font-family: verdana;">I haven't scrapped yet this weekend, but I did bake some fabulous cookies last night.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6CXzfDdxkUhH7txEBGvOydA-uE6j0S1-wRz3w2LJrJ2GmSY_RVllRhkuaX3OEkfLBZAuCaCplZyGVse-xRO_hfM41mKY1kIzr2eBjh0OPH5yluYhYraRvi5uHkrYigX9IluKaw/s1600/cinnamon_meltaways.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6CXzfDdxkUhH7txEBGvOydA-uE6j0S1-wRz3w2LJrJ2GmSY_RVllRhkuaX3OEkfLBZAuCaCplZyGVse-xRO_hfM41mKY1kIzr2eBjh0OPH5yluYhYraRvi5uHkrYigX9IluKaw/s400/cinnamon_meltaways.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453710560733128258" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cinnamon Meltaways</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">1 c. butter</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">1 c. sugar</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">3 oz. cream cheese</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">1 egg yolk</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">1 tsp. vanilla</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Combine above ingredients & then add 2.5 cups flour. Shape into 1" balls and roll into cinnamon/sugar. Bake at 350 for 10 min. <br /><br />♥Enjoy♥</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04986735555459535019noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451392.post-52131435981497085542010-03-21T18:37:00.001-05:002010-03-21T18:39:45.927-05:0022nd Birthday<span style="font-family: verdana;">I started this one a couple of weeks ago at Mimi's house, but finally put all the finishing touches on it today. It's not my favorite, but it's done.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUcx8W2Z12la8h159VMtv0lH55XZbz15KgoRemZAwIjFZUpAv-PN5Pt737_EbGzHAN4u5yhhBVMCge-8xH2Sh5KalJqZPZzRQQ_pVdjSShlEDhIvhpmAox0VRbsbpgu2-aWnalJg/s1600-h/22ndbirthday.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUcx8W2Z12la8h159VMtv0lH55XZbz15KgoRemZAwIjFZUpAv-PN5Pt737_EbGzHAN4u5yhhBVMCge-8xH2Sh5KalJqZPZzRQQ_pVdjSShlEDhIvhpmAox0VRbsbpgu2-aWnalJg/s400/22ndbirthday.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451235598622282434" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04986735555459535019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451392.post-19906183030724767202010-03-19T12:34:00.004-05:002010-03-19T12:38:40.591-05:00Got KICK?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2U__4di-XdrA8peIpOIvtZTGKcnTitUhckYG9hz4nymMtH3dT1GYsci-Eo4IpMIO1dR582L3BAzMtbnkOtcrmBQMkWR9DIbbZndSdY3-G3LpLBLj9CkdP7fifH3psrFXFDSInQg/s1600-h/gotkick.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2U__4di-XdrA8peIpOIvtZTGKcnTitUhckYG9hz4nymMtH3dT1GYsci-Eo4IpMIO1dR582L3BAzMtbnkOtcrmBQMkWR9DIbbZndSdY3-G3LpLBLj9CkdP7fifH3psrFXFDSInQg/s400/gotkick.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450400667545252386" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I did this one from a sketch from my online friend Kristie. The photos are from my friend, MaryJoy. (MJ... if you see this before May, send me another set to scrap for the swap)</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisAJu3mwEPTVoHpw_AQ365RlNTcY2g1kZYyA_l84LPPYmH5lqYd0xCtfrSezb5VtuosaRgKsZmkqALgjn3u5alFXJju8wh2DDCD9zULQtbZN9gSDethgnknf04aXO9fVvvKWvelg/s1600-h/gotkick.JPG"><br /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04986735555459535019noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451392.post-50684900517040367422010-03-18T13:27:00.003-05:002010-03-18T13:30:37.583-05:00Meow Card<span style="font-family:verdana;">I love following <a href="http://sketchesbytamara.blogspot.com/2010/03/challenge-111-card-sketch-challenge.html">Sketches! {by tamara}</a>. She has great weekly challenges that have been inspiring me lately. Here is the one I've done from her card sketch this week.<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhScvCrO4gKr4JcOGFCOWWLst710fpxKrXzKbC_WxqVeF6Dfxya67vwBKHMzM6wKXQK5UAHIdnB19kkXuNlKwBjuyCwkv12XcR6pCeVnUnYJnxC6MYuyMZ1xNE-n1-gnt14b5sS8Q/s1600-h/meow+card.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhScvCrO4gKr4JcOGFCOWWLst710fpxKrXzKbC_WxqVeF6Dfxya67vwBKHMzM6wKXQK5UAHIdnB19kkXuNlKwBjuyCwkv12XcR6pCeVnUnYJnxC6MYuyMZ1xNE-n1-gnt14b5sS8Q/s320/meow+card.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450042740285823266" border="0" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04986735555459535019noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451392.post-65495530690994214072010-03-14T09:41:00.002-05:002010-03-14T09:45:21.907-05:00Buster's duck<span style="font-family: verdana;">Buster carries this stuffed duck around the house just like a dog. I guess I better had a bit of journaling to this page ;-)</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I did this one for a challenge from </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://sketchesbytamara.blogspot.com/">Sketches! {by tamara}</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> on </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.facebook.com/#%21/sketchesbytamara?ref=ts">Facebook</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp3RyTgATEakeFTJUetCppyt0nIjprWpjKYSM6wyHSQg9DiaHHCeagcbQ1QsMoG8RLaGMfvR8bBaPA56ivoLABRewaAs13mmvyg0u7gAFHhX3fJ0tqBFUdXKpYQfW-YDkxbtzi1g/s1600-h/duck.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp3RyTgATEakeFTJUetCppyt0nIjprWpjKYSM6wyHSQg9DiaHHCeagcbQ1QsMoG8RLaGMfvR8bBaPA56ivoLABRewaAs13mmvyg0u7gAFHhX3fJ0tqBFUdXKpYQfW-YDkxbtzi1g/s320/duck.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448499730008214930" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04986735555459535019noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451392.post-36206290242921557462010-03-11T13:06:00.002-06:002010-03-11T13:11:21.752-06:00Snuggle<span style="font-family: verdana;">Here is a layout that I did at my scrap club last night. I used a sketch from </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.pagemaps.com/">PageMaps</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">. I also did this week's Recipe Challenge from </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://sketchesbytamara.blogspot.com/">Sketches! {by tamara}</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> using felt, embossing and vellum.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfLh_D5JvZnzxW73kbzQUNIj_rUXtoHhAO5CKwvy-F0alh1GWGkeuW5_tFYtFX-lBjTfKrPa8nXip1Xc_jDrNSDNONR7aoc2Z0Ksa_Nyp6YwwTK3D4FMilb7yefbsIwh9IMILTvw/s1600-h/snuggle.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfLh_D5JvZnzxW73kbzQUNIj_rUXtoHhAO5CKwvy-F0alh1GWGkeuW5_tFYtFX-lBjTfKrPa8nXip1Xc_jDrNSDNONR7aoc2Z0Ksa_Nyp6YwwTK3D4FMilb7yefbsIwh9IMILTvw/s320/snuggle.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447454934919969394" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04986735555459535019noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451392.post-24082395929367733962010-03-11T09:27:00.004-06:002010-03-11T09:38:16.230-06:00A few layoutsHere are a few layouts that I've done so far this year.<br /><br />This is my favorite. I still have to put a bit of journaling on it in the upper left corner and I forgot to dot the i before I snapped the photo.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKp_Hy3xvWaiQsxzypDZpOgGiYx6e5V_Pxwnr8dXXY5ti4Hl-elm2Ny4Jg_F38xIC-ShCpGy_4RHhSk73Wk4dvysSh1A7VPrpLC-es0RK2LCuBDNgCnhygz17w5fR8W5cLhEw3mg/s1600-h/oilypeppers.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 163px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKp_Hy3xvWaiQsxzypDZpOgGiYx6e5V_Pxwnr8dXXY5ti4Hl-elm2Ny4Jg_F38xIC-ShCpGy_4RHhSk73Wk4dvysSh1A7VPrpLC-es0RK2LCuBDNgCnhygz17w5fR8W5cLhEw3mg/s320/oilypeppers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447399742172606642" border="0" /></a><br />This is from a day trip that Rick and I made to the winery in Michigan last fall.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQKO7CSFHN67C5FTOaH8sSDGcAtb8_57QIbqOiruyQL8QIm_PGqzGSWeQEigZUpk8mZpVnXag1lzF1QI_CAGkM731wsiRueLtMZNzTXoCt5UYO7ITN1x_9PElqJ423w1m83apCMg/s1600-h/taborhill.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 161px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQKO7CSFHN67C5FTOaH8sSDGcAtb8_57QIbqOiruyQL8QIm_PGqzGSWeQEigZUpk8mZpVnXag1lzF1QI_CAGkM731wsiRueLtMZNzTXoCt5UYO7ITN1x_9PElqJ423w1m83apCMg/s320/taborhill.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447399735764084770" border="0" /></a><br />Steven & Genay bought the kitties a laser light for Christmas.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZiIHeeN4w_FaWBN3zMhtJfnclzj70afeFR0Wrx1hXlDvO4_13BYCNPpASv4ihfN9sODxvkrnPLuKK-hCmZ9GZCF9QqL9a8Pp_yqfvmsqAvka6UrbxaVuW3mcs8eceAE1NRK758A/s1600-h/hangtime.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 167px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZiIHeeN4w_FaWBN3zMhtJfnclzj70afeFR0Wrx1hXlDvO4_13BYCNPpASv4ihfN9sODxvkrnPLuKK-hCmZ9GZCF9QqL9a8Pp_yqfvmsqAvka6UrbxaVuW3mcs8eceAE1NRK758A/s320/hangtime.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447399729069205986" border="0" /></a><br />Steven and Genay's 1st anniversary.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA0n6xbNVyfLWkzApOuVwsZL7AE3imtTZFTCRSngXcgnPy5whHM7IA7oPaVrNIBAyrKrucud76GCMyn3GX1l5nhxB6TPvqIH2bmNb6c9r8hQglX8fukE2BWL1UFCEc3bIGV8Ghkw/s1600-h/1stanniversary.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 162px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA0n6xbNVyfLWkzApOuVwsZL7AE3imtTZFTCRSngXcgnPy5whHM7IA7oPaVrNIBAyrKrucud76GCMyn3GX1l5nhxB6TPvqIH2bmNb6c9r8hQglX8fukE2BWL1UFCEc3bIGV8Ghkw/s320/1stanniversary.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447399727042656642" border="0" /></a><br />Buster playing under mom's hutch and getting into my scrap stuff.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_pmh-cXeUfBHCG-6EQAnkjw7IqavfRP2joSDoHFQjeBKo9dY8eH9NB7xCanVYxHMS6jgS-4ngjb0JtXP4Yt-_E4pHbt6F8LIDByN7EZz1BCv1lcbdBqiOFGlt1JS01KqzwrXMzA/s1600-h/seeme.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_pmh-cXeUfBHCG-6EQAnkjw7IqavfRP2joSDoHFQjeBKo9dY8eH9NB7xCanVYxHMS6jgS-4ngjb0JtXP4Yt-_E4pHbt6F8LIDByN7EZz1BCv1lcbdBqiOFGlt1JS01KqzwrXMzA/s320/seeme.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447399720379234194" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04986735555459535019noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451392.post-11679805055756109752010-03-11T09:23:00.001-06:002010-03-11T09:27:20.581-06:002010Well, it's been almost a year since I've last posted. My New Year's resolution was to post at least once a week, but since 2010 started very badly, that didn't happen.<br />Anyway, I am going to try to get the weekly posts going now. So...<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010!!!</span><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04986735555459535019noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451392.post-46459523791437810982009-03-13T23:47:00.004-05:002009-03-14T00:00:23.170-05:00Day 7 - Last Full Day<span style="font-family: verdana;">Today was our last day. We spend most of the day at the beach getting as much sun as we could. Here are a few photos from the past few days.<br /><br />Rum Point is very colorful...<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhctpJNPN_pTWIpeGr6cQ4HlDkveiZ7CQkjcJ0KiSJazmcNU6inYmlADDO0zOxvbFDyz656TTzImja91BwK3v_VL65JidQ48FwR1F0dFLkjGO8AvAlWXgqr_o-vUEhpBu1PFh35Wg/s1600-h/rumpoint.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhctpJNPN_pTWIpeGr6cQ4HlDkveiZ7CQkjcJ0KiSJazmcNU6inYmlADDO0zOxvbFDyz656TTzImja91BwK3v_VL65JidQ48FwR1F0dFLkjGO8AvAlWXgqr_o-vUEhpBu1PFh35Wg/s400/rumpoint.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312901842495429522" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">And they have the best Rum drinks :)</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifhWBRHk16PESRJ9WGTZ7dCVB37oTmgLb6gUfUnBu_M3CioJbnmG4cSGCB5SfB6UNC2qeEe38uFjBePcUfXB-OWo3GMDlF3FpHEv29ziWF7h-CEk9tZHWmq7v3Eodg8_9B2Jjykg/s1600-h/rumdrinks.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifhWBRHk16PESRJ9WGTZ7dCVB37oTmgLb6gUfUnBu_M3CioJbnmG4cSGCB5SfB6UNC2qeEe38uFjBePcUfXB-OWo3GMDlF3FpHEv29ziWF7h-CEk9tZHWmq7v3Eodg8_9B2Jjykg/s400/rumdrinks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312901835876804530" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">This sign speaks for itself...</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS7cQMA7KTSxlsAr1yQT-Oiteetcciw6O7nsY8AdivyKzChAthKpFYzP9AIKARpKJHqYGjRUmcV3ak4zb1NlDSo00Mmvt0lJ9A0zcLTVSNoVZ8u_XzOyLThAmOnQI-Sr3rLR0uJQ/s1600-h/nofrowning.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS7cQMA7KTSxlsAr1yQT-Oiteetcciw6O7nsY8AdivyKzChAthKpFYzP9AIKARpKJHqYGjRUmcV3ak4zb1NlDSo00Mmvt0lJ9A0zcLTVSNoVZ8u_XzOyLThAmOnQI-Sr3rLR0uJQ/s400/nofrowning.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312901838260568194" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here we are at dinner on Wednesday night... oops, sorry got a little out of order.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQj23xucpttRhwiFfmdLWGgyDptZljJZ1aMFso0lTy62OrCg-96_RBvlg6TJ-KvdtIahG0GHYv6yaU6HAHI6m6-PFhmrX0ADdjSGUki8emWYpIHJXsdRE7VqBLoJeJctLJWnmgVA/s1600-h/portafinas.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQj23xucpttRhwiFfmdLWGgyDptZljJZ1aMFso0lTy62OrCg-96_RBvlg6TJ-KvdtIahG0GHYv6yaU6HAHI6m6-PFhmrX0ADdjSGUki8emWYpIHJXsdRE7VqBLoJeJctLJWnmgVA/s400/portafinas.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312901837482600322" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here is the <a href="http://www.barefootman.com">Barefoot Man</a>...</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKn0tM3vJZK3ZlfE3ORj9J22SnnasXHBTHDIw6E4YaDfH0UQ11TP1vnJMAtkPLxtbUSexXHiMhISh-4_CZvEwl6jO9mZXu0Opp3NADTvRmk6wwoHXeXJXIyir4PIlfDe1gPU5uHA/s1600-h/barefootman.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKn0tM3vJZK3ZlfE3ORj9J22SnnasXHBTHDIw6E4YaDfH0UQ11TP1vnJMAtkPLxtbUSexXHiMhISh-4_CZvEwl6jO9mZXu0Opp3NADTvRmk6wwoHXeXJXIyir4PIlfDe1gPU5uHA/s400/barefootman.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312901404037922610" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Doesn't Eddie look fabulous!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAwG5LhirDgIXgfsrMm8EveX2NJ29TzKJ3V2oQDC5xYknFSnwMayBsjJ86NTx76FdSuU0mzW35IcgTs0MGE6mwlTpN7xVJbWu8wBJQCjThxjJaTOGklkbEfzScI9FKN8wfAtzWYQ/s1600-h/eddie.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 348px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAwG5LhirDgIXgfsrMm8EveX2NJ29TzKJ3V2oQDC5xYknFSnwMayBsjJ86NTx76FdSuU0mzW35IcgTs0MGE6mwlTpN7xVJbWu8wBJQCjThxjJaTOGklkbEfzScI9FKN8wfAtzWYQ/s400/eddie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312901404683692530" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">We were on our way out on Friday night...</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5bUV2lyXQ5hfLv2PYwo5OH22e0Zix4mDIeQpEmVmQJApF3EjmktjpAGn6X7ezsM81KnRVQR7fvmOvsOaF-Q9eVZPztdisQSOFOpbJfy-Z1e8fLGWIkQtDpeQqm6prBsq1gTU1A/s1600-h/jeanne.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 379px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5bUV2lyXQ5hfLv2PYwo5OH22e0Zix4mDIeQpEmVmQJApF3EjmktjpAGn6X7ezsM81KnRVQR7fvmOvsOaF-Q9eVZPztdisQSOFOpbJfy-Z1e8fLGWIkQtDpeQqm6prBsq1gTU1A/s400/jeanne.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312901397630530258" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here is us at dinner... we ate at a great little bar not far from our place.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL6bYfeNig_pJQUN7q8FUGXsOkTL4RUfeZMf9eu_LcFFdcbdVl62-bEkn_y3zdrUJjHT0M-AdPnfVNVoTjTyY98hdCIAYNe8dqG2JucYE1blUDDNrF8bL2BrDtEDn8Rq8EQDB9Bg/s1600-h/dinner.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 394px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL6bYfeNig_pJQUN7q8FUGXsOkTL4RUfeZMf9eu_LcFFdcbdVl62-bEkn_y3zdrUJjHT0M-AdPnfVNVoTjTyY98hdCIAYNe8dqG2JucYE1blUDDNrF8bL2BrDtEDn8Rq8EQDB9Bg/s400/dinner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312901399508446786" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">So tomorrow we will have a long traveling day, but we are planning to get up early to enjoy just one more walk along the beautiful beach before we have to say good-bye.<br /><br />It's been an awesome vacation! Thanks Eddie!<br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04986735555459535019noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451392.post-18896339096625130542009-03-13T08:10:00.003-05:002009-03-13T08:14:04.872-05:00Day 5 & 6 - Busy Being Lazy<span style="font-family:verdana;">Wednesday morning we found out that the snorkeling excursion was canceled because the water was choppy, so we decided to just hit the beach for the day. Eddie snorkeled and I walked some, but mostly enjoyed a book and a rum punch. At 3:00, a gray cloud passed over with a couple of raindrops, and figured it was our sign to get out of the sun. We changed then drove just a mile or two down the road to a cute little art store we kept passing and bought a few trinkets. It was right across the street from a nice looking restaurant called Portifinos so decided we were ready for dinner even though it was only 5:00. It was delicious except for the rum coffee drink that Eddie had with dessert... bleh... too strong. On the drive back we decided to take a little drive past our place to see where it would lead us, and found it to be a very nice ride along the north coast. Beautiful homes and we finally found another restaurant that we had been looking for called Over the Edge. Found out this one is open for breakfast, so decide to come back in the morning. We get back to our place and there is a one man band playing at the beach bar. He is ok. We dance just a bit, then call it a night.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Thursday morning we had breakfast out, then drove to Rum Point. It's a pretty little beach on the northwest tip of West Bay. We walked and just hung out... and of course had to try a rum drink while we were there. A little shopping in the gift shop, then we have to get back... because we had our Spa appointments at 2:00. Let me just say, if you have never had a hot stone massage, I highly recommend it! Dinner was at our resort while we watched The Barefoot Man for a 3 hour show. He was great! A glass of wine and after that massage, I was very relaxed when we ended our night.<br /><br />Sorry, no photos this morning... I'm heading down to the beach to get as much sun, surf and sand as I can on my last full day here. :)<br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04986735555459535019noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451392.post-81606766490820483142009-03-11T10:21:00.007-05:002009-03-11T10:51:36.803-05:00Day 4 - Turtles, Dolphins & Chickens, Oh My!I'm not going to journal today... just post some fun photos.<br /><br />Rick.... yes, you can get your favorite coffee here...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQG3DoXvDgIRAmTJqrQs1HdC9bqQaM89ATTyNyHUJ6i7NQ5joqwG9VhTfQhBQayEBbHwdVNsYhdks_j6hGzdWfu_117n1Tn7iPchYB774LoQqqwsSIrRpyPG8mtjmcQApINIsPg/s1600-h/DDonuts.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQG3DoXvDgIRAmTJqrQs1HdC9bqQaM89ATTyNyHUJ6i7NQ5joqwG9VhTfQhBQayEBbHwdVNsYhdks_j6hGzdWfu_117n1Tn7iPchYB774LoQqqwsSIrRpyPG8mtjmcQApINIsPg/s400/DDonuts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311957147906350578" border="0" /></a><br />7 Mile Beach...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFsrMnbCLKayaG06F5l8PaDUN7tX3gdtVtvySXUgBjcue84gdUqh7Lv_7QPHr0HsQfeKRuulI2_5xtMKfjFsgclSA4v5CAVarzTmnz4_ViideofbzwbbMeQrM66JAF2Dq2QA-8g/s1600-h/7milebeach.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFsrMnbCLKayaG06F5l8PaDUN7tX3gdtVtvySXUgBjcue84gdUqh7Lv_7QPHr0HsQfeKRuulI2_5xtMKfjFsgclSA4v5CAVarzTmnz4_ViideofbzwbbMeQrM66JAF2Dq2QA-8g/s400/7milebeach.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311957070372769442" border="0" /></a><br />Boats...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq0elZn_uMx6OjXFv6R_YAJfyLBhcdl2U8rG4KRtbyWYF4gUfb4gR9txPDvYjemxpqNMKJPV2jitzHgHK5NX-F0abss3x8sW77X6KpnzClRAWqVxYeZns5PC_V6AuEtPYxpdo6HA/s1600-h/boat.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq0elZn_uMx6OjXFv6R_YAJfyLBhcdl2U8rG4KRtbyWYF4gUfb4gR9txPDvYjemxpqNMKJPV2jitzHgHK5NX-F0abss3x8sW77X6KpnzClRAWqVxYeZns5PC_V6AuEtPYxpdo6HA/s400/boat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311957065178749346" border="0" /></a><br />Turtle...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQegETvr8UZJsZXaltIhpW74fX7yUSBN4izcIVSxAASptauPFbgm3oCyV7LvU-ZXnhvT8rhqnhzKUR8TEAkmR2ikM5Sta7qO6YSLVor0oHADU9Jm1IgKTlDo_cjAg_DNLbFQZAXQ/s1600-h/turtle1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQegETvr8UZJsZXaltIhpW74fX7yUSBN4izcIVSxAASptauPFbgm3oCyV7LvU-ZXnhvT8rhqnhzKUR8TEAkmR2ikM5Sta7qO6YSLVor0oHADU9Jm1IgKTlDo_cjAg_DNLbFQZAXQ/s400/turtle1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311957063240352034" border="0" /></a><br />Little Turtle...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwTCtl8Y_CCyaGMeCDfTQqPM-rcBe2NIX1mCcYD8W4z8lQY0XOZP5O2SRujqS1NjQKlFGgTdVNZSX4AreKK368rseN6iy21uhM8mlOmxrId8DXl5JY1-ItJU59Jngy4o19c01XXQ/s1600-h/turtle2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwTCtl8Y_CCyaGMeCDfTQqPM-rcBe2NIX1mCcYD8W4z8lQY0XOZP5O2SRujqS1NjQKlFGgTdVNZSX4AreKK368rseN6iy21uhM8mlOmxrId8DXl5JY1-ItJU59Jngy4o19c01XXQ/s400/turtle2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311957055991962434" border="0" /></a><br />My Favorite Photo of the day.... Allegra the dolphin<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5djcNFixoocyQqnr2iBKNR72vPATaL8EpttzC2_vYvZkdVCeTQ0M-OOwVVTdhUBq2VXN4-_kiAmBQa8XdERYN0FH5V0YQjA9FSNs-KoH6KOLkKaxWQ3nfQuWMQtJd8JX4tW1kOA/s1600-h/GC_Day3+152.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5djcNFixoocyQqnr2iBKNR72vPATaL8EpttzC2_vYvZkdVCeTQ0M-OOwVVTdhUBq2VXN4-_kiAmBQa8XdERYN0FH5V0YQjA9FSNs-KoH6KOLkKaxWQ3nfQuWMQtJd8JX4tW1kOA/s400/GC_Day3+152.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311957058080538034" border="0" /></a><br />Run Chicken RUN!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZL9jPsBDVAR_bx73z08nN3gu1zUE4emv7SxxjB9q8xqHkOCbmeMeEsCQ_h5AwXn9s6dQEo0lyczgE7stnreig3uUhyphenhyphen5wFE9NRLTG6UTJGkTDiyy0k3j_uYzyyUll_9FY63_YIA/s1600-h/run.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZL9jPsBDVAR_bx73z08nN3gu1zUE4emv7SxxjB9q8xqHkOCbmeMeEsCQ_h5AwXn9s6dQEo0lyczgE7stnreig3uUhyphenhyphen5wFE9NRLTG6UTJGkTDiyy0k3j_uYzyyUll_9FY63_YIA/s400/run.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311956360616349810" border="0" /></a><br />The Northwest Point of the Island...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKYdTeFPghQDLIhWzdOozWnA30tIDKQsBfhnPzwLZAWVOenQVWFh_b9lY1-bflkBjI2xYaRzKreLEH6bAzBH2A7UoC7If1zwTnxQWUov2_E2y8w5kiLQqIrk-lT1aX10e5ORjsVA/s1600-h/nwpoint.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKYdTeFPghQDLIhWzdOozWnA30tIDKQsBfhnPzwLZAWVOenQVWFh_b9lY1-bflkBjI2xYaRzKreLEH6bAzBH2A7UoC7If1zwTnxQWUov2_E2y8w5kiLQqIrk-lT1aX10e5ORjsVA/s400/nwpoint.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311956361600160162" border="0" /></a><br />HELL!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSuFOmrNnoYQNuB1ayGqHgyZQZS4As8vnUz7mIZTdiwppmTTRI4qd4Hqu4oPL16h7wbWa-_uPArHJPElXnFkBjfH4RPnevV30fnY5sNWicV7_ClQtQrmo8Y-WtNRdMEcsn18BBZQ/s1600-h/hell.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSuFOmrNnoYQNuB1ayGqHgyZQZS4As8vnUz7mIZTdiwppmTTRI4qd4Hqu4oPL16h7wbWa-_uPArHJPElXnFkBjfH4RPnevV30fnY5sNWicV7_ClQtQrmo8Y-WtNRdMEcsn18BBZQ/s400/hell.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311956351348367042" border="0" /></a><br />More HELL!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Leye4p39VilywrHUD7ehUPuwfPOYBj4ojZE7yI4_snxKJBNw83fqJsu-qc2Lj_RJqX4CKjAEXeZWkkgvXkYKgTw4iycXqb3qJpV-7sUirWYSzLgy-ssi79UdEBoSBXUUVACvNA/s1600-h/hell2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Leye4p39VilywrHUD7ehUPuwfPOYBj4ojZE7yI4_snxKJBNw83fqJsu-qc2Lj_RJqX4CKjAEXeZWkkgvXkYKgTw4iycXqb3qJpV-7sUirWYSzLgy-ssi79UdEBoSBXUUVACvNA/s400/hell2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311956350190126978" border="0" /></a><br />Eddie was scared of HELL!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb3_nyC3EurapUoNZ-3oLCPMYXbTPe7IqE-i7Y5parv6UeVhUPRxX8QPxHZtVWXp3ssbknBW7wbnYELNyLCHbeRLOxV1I8w6RenfpPthjCCJe27MYtb9H2t7sTNYkNeWr7Q72OOw/s1600-h/eddieinhell.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb3_nyC3EurapUoNZ-3oLCPMYXbTPe7IqE-i7Y5parv6UeVhUPRxX8QPxHZtVWXp3ssbknBW7wbnYELNyLCHbeRLOxV1I8w6RenfpPthjCCJe27MYtb9H2t7sTNYkNeWr7Q72OOw/s400/eddieinhell.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311956346402126034" border="0" /></a><br />We had dinner outside on a pier at sunset...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYr_cjjUy94th6MTRwVDys5VTwRxnb6AX3ZKZMXXlJrbUS5dwy9ycCWjeTWWCnqCapSybeX0ZVIMaDpDZ3vy7IZcIl0p5-tZnRgysk6NTHwTLR6VakFtRAhtnquGKvHG1huMxycA/s1600-h/dinnerbar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYr_cjjUy94th6MTRwVDys5VTwRxnb6AX3ZKZMXXlJrbUS5dwy9ycCWjeTWWCnqCapSybeX0ZVIMaDpDZ3vy7IZcIl0p5-tZnRgysk6NTHwTLR6VakFtRAhtnquGKvHG1huMxycA/s400/dinnerbar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311956092056668594" border="0" /></a>Eddie relaxing before dinner...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOV2M0jn7TTVCdPLwVaqXtZcVum1LRJN1Lc-2rWq08bH5bWw5XPlydVHqYNWoZ44KE_a-4fgNUErY2PeQ3JMStEXyQB623aokEWWkpMU8YQzm5vIoDH-LqaleG9L3Vcca7OVNGnQ/s1600-h/sunsetdinner.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOV2M0jn7TTVCdPLwVaqXtZcVum1LRJN1Lc-2rWq08bH5bWw5XPlydVHqYNWoZ44KE_a-4fgNUErY2PeQ3JMStEXyQB623aokEWWkpMU8YQzm5vIoDH-LqaleG9L3Vcca7OVNGnQ/s400/sunsetdinner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311956070659786610" border="0" /></a><br />I loved the way the sunset was shining on this house...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1q1ruEOkQF_dtQS-LyQztXl1nzkiTqcdZNUtNpMH5kpaFmdwoE3mBMXv3Xg5PcB6CjW9vacmC24QqQs7p_FPjJezS7L0fyDQPH22awjHsoReTnLVSPi7xdkWell71fhLhgfr0JA/s1600-h/sunsethouse.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1q1ruEOkQF_dtQS-LyQztXl1nzkiTqcdZNUtNpMH5kpaFmdwoE3mBMXv3Xg5PcB6CjW9vacmC24QqQs7p_FPjJezS7L0fyDQPH22awjHsoReTnLVSPi7xdkWell71fhLhgfr0JA/s400/sunsethouse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311956047600727794" border="0" /></a><br />Eddie & I enjoyed the view...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_DUDbW3x9suUs-Uern6Gf368ojoOy4WgGqfN16CkLpFjyX35QnO-ucniDrqlzb63SZ-UUdLG4krjAy276Zy78ehm3pAvhDRtjDzRfh-qUUhrZDzeETd_MsvE9SC5FLV-sosHlA/s1600-h/sunsetwatching.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_DUDbW3x9suUs-Uern6Gf368ojoOy4WgGqfN16CkLpFjyX35QnO-ucniDrqlzb63SZ-UUdLG4krjAy276Zy78ehm3pAvhDRtjDzRfh-qUUhrZDzeETd_MsvE9SC5FLV-sosHlA/s400/sunsetwatching.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311956036613164722" border="0" /></a><br />Pirates at Sunset...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6z8-LL7_dChHwrmsViDUhZ5UF9H2_qaZDid1CkK_iVH-HJoJUkLJEzK0Zg-ewEoyAwbM99K-WTdXMF7bAln97KpG2DNabEt2QRdg3L4mTdqTYPqVWKMBDsNoovPmio66jAwV7g/s1600-h/sunsetpirates.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6z8-LL7_dChHwrmsViDUhZ5UF9H2_qaZDid1CkK_iVH-HJoJUkLJEzK0Zg-ewEoyAwbM99K-WTdXMF7bAln97KpG2DNabEt2QRdg3L4mTdqTYPqVWKMBDsNoovPmio66jAwV7g/s400/sunsetpirates.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311956000100712658" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04986735555459535019noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35451392.post-81948717377758927032009-03-11T07:06:00.001-05:002009-03-11T10:40:07.675-05:00Day 4 - Dolphin Video<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kKVZlhgphGI&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kKVZlhgphGI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04986735555459535019noreply@blogger.com4