tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56069166896638790762024-03-05T02:34:19.098-08:00and otherwise unnecessary blatherkarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022074598997410578noreply@blogger.comBlogger176125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606916689663879076.post-84885852368957571372017-12-25T13:27:00.000-08:002018-01-01T13:29:51.069-08:00CHRISTMAS IN ELBASSAN! <div abp="17895">
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week we spent a lot of our time organizing the ward Christmas activity, and we spent a lot of hours passing out flyers for it on the street and getting members to invite their friends and such. Also, we got the members/investigators together on a cold, windy, Wednesday night to carol in front of the giant Christmas tree. We organized for the news to come and film us so we could invite people to the Christmas program. This is our news bit of the members lighting the world even though it was super cold and last minute. I was a little nervous speaking:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Christmas activity had 180 people and only 40 or so were members! Most of them were neighborhood kids who showed up for the goodie bags at the end, but hey, we'll take it! There were 100 people at Church the next day, and the kids were disappointed they didn't get any food, but were looking to turn a lot of the ones that are interested in the Gospel into investigators this week. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br abp="17907" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also, I did an exchange with Elder Gardener this week, and got to witness his sweet reunion with one of the recent converts he baptized here over a year ago- Lindis. The Love they had for each other as brothers was touching, and I got to listen to Elder Gardener give Lindis a priesthood blessing. Lindis asked for a blessing that he can put off the natural man, and he is a great example to me of humility. Picture:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Christmas! We set up a lesson today in a mountain village with a cool lake, so that we can use the mission car to drive there (missionary purpose), and then hang out the rest of the day. We had a killer lesson, they are super nice, humble people, and then they drove with us to this lookout on the lake, even though we had just barely met them. They will resume work in Elbasan after the new year, and we will continue teaching them:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also, Traditional Albanian Christmas eve lunch at Sister Brahas house:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We got to drive to Durras for the Stake Christmas activity on Saturday. It was great to see all the members gathered in one place. I remember 30 years of sacrifice and work of missionaries to bring everyone in that room unto the gospel:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To end, I'd like to share that I know that Christ lives, and he is the source of all of our joy in this life. Without Christ we have no hope for a better life, and no hope for life after death. Over 2000 years ago, he was sent to the earth to perform miracles, set a perfect example and die for our sins. He is the greatest gift we have ever been given, and we seek him, we will be healed and have peace. No gift we can ever give him can repay him for what hes done, but I hope we can remember what he did for us, and ponder what gifts we can give him this new year. </span></div>
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So what better way to usher in my newfound comittment to blogging (do ya like the new layout?) than to share a fabulous easter egg decorating tip: <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Wilton edible pearl dust.</span> <br />
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Add some to a little water, and paint on the eggs for a gorgeous irridescent look. These are our best yet. This pixie dust actually made me not dread coloring eggs this year. It's the little things. Shimmery little things.<br />
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<br />karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022074598997410578noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606916689663879076.post-91444677784111530542011-12-23T23:47:00.000-08:002012-02-06T09:44:55.385-08:00merry christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I worked for hours on this book from</span><a href="http://www.papercoterie.com/product/books/"><span style="color: lime; font-size: small;"> Paper Coterie</span></a><span style="font-size: small;">. Love the quality. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And, as usual, thanks to cousin Delia for giving me the idea!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">{Thank heavens it arrived just in time}.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It would be impossible for me to live one more Christmas without these Peppermint Cupcakes that Caroline and her pal Syd whipped up on the fly. The recipe is as follows: Make a yellow cake mix, add crushed up candy canes. Bake as directed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Frosting: your basic buttercream with a candy cane simple syrup, a titch of red food coloring, and a drop (or two) of peppermint extract.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The neighbors are already asking when they will receive their traditional gift of pure spun creamed honey that we shipped from Marc's family's Meyer Honey Farm in South Dakota.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's silky sweet perfection in a tub.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I'm glad I relinquished absolute control over this project because 1) it saved some serious time having their help, and 2) we had fun doing it together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://mormon.org/me/6SHF/"><span style="color: lime;">This</span></a> took some introspection.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And, completely unrelated, there's the <a href="http://www.larryjohnwright.com/tvspots/30257.wmv"><span style="color: lime;">newfound fame</span></a> issue...</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<br />karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022074598997410578noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606916689663879076.post-23250094904627458262011-11-16T22:50:00.001-08:002011-11-20T22:14:15.298-08:00Anyone need a book for Kiddie Book Club?<span style="font-size: large;">Lucky for me, right on the heels of my pre-holiday breakdown, came some well-timed comic relief. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As I was putting Ellison to bed, she naturally wanted to read with me. I grabbed a chapter book off of her shelf called "The Higher Power of Lucky". It was a Newbery Medal Winner. Guh-reat! We hadn't read that one yet, and frankly I was a tad bored of mimicking what I thought Junie B. Jones' voice sounded like. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here we come, warmth and fuzzies! Let us wind down together, darling daughter...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">{An excerpt from Page 1}:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">"Sammy told of the day when he had drunk half a gallon of rum listening to Johnny Cash all morning in his parked '62 Cadillac, then fallen out of the car when he saw a rattlesnake on the passenger seat biting his dog, Roy, on the scrotum."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">So much for dewdrops and lollipops.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Too tired to discuss scrotal and/or alcoholic implications with my seven year old, I stared into her elfin-like face and mentally begged her just not to ask. Too tired. <span style="font-size: small;">Too tired.</span> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Too tired.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Subsequently, my Junie B. Jones impersonation was dead-on.</span><br />
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<br />karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022074598997410578noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606916689663879076.post-76144071241940710662011-11-16T08:16:00.001-08:002011-11-22T23:11:33.902-08:00<span style="font-size: large;">The "I'm overwhelmed" holiday breakdown came a little early this year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Expectations of the morning pulverized. Kids hadn't practiced the piano before school. Again. Scriptures not read over breakfast. Again. Lunches not made for kids. Again. Gym clothes sidelined.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">(For an outfit perhaps better suited for the school Book Fair).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Seven pounds gained. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A smattering of various other shortcomings magnified. Forgetting to pick up Ellison at piano lessons was a particular lowlight of the week. "<em>Mom, are you <strong>ever</strong> coming to pick me up?"</em> was the exact phraseology. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was a puddle of tears sitting on the stepstool in my closet by 8:30am.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The tears were cathartic. The self-flogging over in five minutes.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">[Twenty, tops]. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The thought bubble over my head might have read: "Maybe I will attempt to sausage myself into Caroline's spandex mermaid tail and go swimming. Then surely things would look up..." (?)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Moving on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><em>Post edit: After deeming the morning utterly unsalvageable, I mumbled something under my breath in the general theme of "I quit" and went back to bed until noon. Thankfully there was a Bubble Guppies marathon on for Charlotte. </em></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><em>I'm back.</em></span><br />
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<br />karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022074598997410578noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606916689663879076.post-71554624184759604842011-10-27T00:37:00.000-07:002011-11-16T08:14:56.968-08:00you know you want one<span style="font-size: large;">My girls' lifelong dreams of becoming mermaids have officially been realized!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That, and <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fin-Fun-Diamond-Shimmer-Mermaid-Tails-young-girls-/280747438869?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item870d7e25e4"><span style="color: cyan;">some genius little grandma</span></a> feverishly whipping these up on her sewing machine in Idaho <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">is</span> gonna</span> be </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">rich!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Even cousin Bridgette got in on the Mermaid Fever, as the girls pretended to "swim" around all day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> More like little slugs slugging around on the filthy floor.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(Because that's all they can manage in these constricting getups).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And don't even try to run...running with your knees glued together hasn't played out so well for the girls.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We can't seem to get enough of these.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What the darn are we supposed to do when it's 95 degrees in AZ at the end of October?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Impersonate mermaids, that's what.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>will</strong></span> be getting one for myself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">{not kidding}.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For my own dreams of mermadia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">You know you want one.</span><br />
<br /></div>karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022074598997410578noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606916689663879076.post-66382666284870153872011-10-15T22:34:00.000-07:002012-01-04T22:27:05.903-08:00fall break 2011<span style="font-size: large;">Marc and I walked into our house tonight (at 11:19pm Texas time), looked at eachother, and muttered: <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"We pulled it off."</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then we did that fist-bump thing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now we are going to bed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I will state that our trip with all four kids involved the following:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1700 miles (one way) in a rented mini-van across three states,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Five different hotel rooms, (only one gross enough to necessitate the wearing of <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>Hartz 2-In-1 Flea and Tick Collars</strong></span> to bed),</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">and a fabulous time in the Lone Star State.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1) It's a good day when you discover <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a housekeeping twofer.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When transferring towels to the dryer, I found a few plastic dishes in the washing machine amongst some towels that I'd just scooped up off the floor and thrown into the washer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The dishes sure were clean [enough]. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">How, I ask you, HOW, have I overlooked the dishes/laundry chore combo?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(And who on earth wouldn't love to come over, plop right down, and have a little snack served on dishes that had just been washed with my kids' chonies?)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2) It's a good day when you learn how to make a new healthy dessert for the kids on Paula Deen {with that SNL Delta Delta Delta sorority twit}:</span><br />
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<br />karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022074598997410578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606916689663879076.post-63389688073587392632011-09-13T00:04:00.000-07:002011-09-19T21:17:32.010-07:00<span style="font-size: large;">I was helping my friend, Kim, at<span style="color: #b45f06;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.thetomkatstudio.com/new-halloween-cupcake-party-collection-win-this-party-giveaway/"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;">The Tomkat Studio</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">, find a new personal assistant (she hired one of our old babysitters), as her business is <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">skyrocketing</span>. She happened to mention that she needed four-year olds for an upcoming photoshoot that will be appearing on HGTV.com. Would my Charlotte be interested in decorating some cupcakes for the shoot?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gee, I don't know...YES. We will be there, I told her, just so long as it's not before 9:00am. (The last photoshoot we did with Kim was at 5:00am.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">{{I am allergic to early mornings}}.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Luckily it happened to be at 9:00am. Charlotte was shy around the other girls at first but then buddied right up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm <strong>so</strong> happy for Kim's exploding business--but not as nearly as happy as I was to get to keep Charlotte's apron and black/white flower, <strong>plus</strong> half a dozen cupcakes <strong>plus</strong> three new punches so I can actually punch out some cupcake toppers from Kim's website! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Which should indeed advance my craftiness</span>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I did happen to mention that if someone actually marketed most of the things involved in this party (black/white polka dot favor boxes, cupcake liners, toppers, a basic pennant banner, maybe some aprons, and some cute cupcake decorating supplies) <strong>in one single package</strong>, I would be A LOT more likely to host a party like this for my kiddos. Kim said she's working on it... </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Although, [should I say this?]: Kids really don't care about the fluff and stuff, it's mostly for the moms.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">{yes, I was just struck by lightning}.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">OH, and don't forget to enter to win the<span style="color: #b45f06;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.thetomkatstudio.com/new-halloween-cupcake-party-collection-win-this-party-giveaway/"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;">giveaway on Kim's blog</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">--it ends Thursday...</span><br />
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karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022074598997410578noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606916689663879076.post-5233259662750885982011-09-02T17:32:00.000-07:002011-09-19T21:16:40.154-07:00lovely pinetop<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I spent many summer days in my youth at my Grandma and Grandpa Hoopes' cabin. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> How I miss them.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I feel blessed that my children get to spend time here with their beloved grandparents as well.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">dad building a swing</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gavin pretending that he's any help whatsoever</span>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ellison testing the swing. It worked.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It doesn't look like they are having any fun here.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deven, Anne Marie, and Sis Megan</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sister Sus and baby Noelle</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Walking to the clubhouse. Five times a day.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Ellison did not let baby Noelle out of her sight (or arms).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The last time my dad, Susan and I hiked to the Mogollon Rim (around 1993) we got utterly lost. Dad prayed for help to find our way home, as it was getting dark. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I'll never forget how my dad opened that prayer in 1993: <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> <strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">"Heavenly Father, it looks like we are going to need some help here..." </span></strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Shortly thereafter we stumbled upon a house on the reservation and they let us use their phone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Grandma Hoopes and my mom (who were very worried) picked us up on the Indian reservation near Hondah. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">This time dad brought a compass on our hike</span>.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">OH the drama that ensued after this "injury".</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">My nephew Sam </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My mom and dad overlooking the Mogollon Rim.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">You can see the smoky haze from remnants of the devastating Wallow Wildfires, which were only a few miles away. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The neighbor's dog would come over and get into our food. She ate an entire flat of strawberries that were in a cooler that was left open, plus a Costco-sized bag of snap peas. And then went back to the neighbor's house and yakked it all up on someone's bed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Who doesn't golf.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gavin grilled food for all 25 of us almost every night.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My sister Susan's new nursery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">{With the decorating prowess of <a href="http://marcandkarentoblerfamily.blogspot.com/2010/07/because-everybody-loves-good-before-and.html">Cami Wright</a>.}</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Can you even BELIEVE she wallpapered her ceiling?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pure <strong>boldness</strong>.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Can you see her little self on her changing pad?</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">little pixie</span> could give a rip about her nursery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">All she cares about is sitting around looking cute all day long.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I can't get over this fun graphic wallpaper.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or this lampshade from Anthro.We found the base at some secondhand store in Phoenix.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh, and my sister Sus?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She's a Shel Silverstein aficionada.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a mural of Shel Silverstein poems in her landing upstairs.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had to talk Sus into it at Home Goods but now she's a fan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's already been broken and</span><span style="font-size: large;"> glued back together.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My superhumanly-motivated cousin<span style="color: blue;"> </span></span><a href="http://deliacreates.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Delia</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">, (actually my cousin Jared's wife), posted </span><a href="http://deliacreates.blogspot.com/2011/07/rocking-abcs.html"><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">this</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> and I thought it would be a cute gift for a niece or nephew. Glaring lack of common sense prevailed as I sacrificed precious sleep to paint rocks. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Sister Sus in Yuma</span>: you won't be receiving this "gift". I am afraid my darling nephew Randall could potentially use these alphabetical missiles as ammunition against you, or Savannah, or your newborn, or that disturbing needs-to-be-deported-ice-cream-truck, or some other poor sap, or your new glass shower door in your recently-remodeled bathroom. <br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>Just know</strong></span> that I'm seething mad at you if you ever receive a box from FedEx that sounds like it has rocks in it.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Randall is my favorite lil' guy. [That's what I call him--Lil' Guy]. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">As in I seriously have a weakness for this kid.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />Does this face look like it could do <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">any</span> wrong? [Rhetorical.]<br /><br />With chocolate pudding seeping from his clenched fist?<br />
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<br /><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">For the sake of fairness, it was MY idea for the cousins to "fingerpaint" themselves and others with chocolate pudding. On my sister's patio. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>{Stupidest idea in PARENTING Magazine E.V.E.R.}</strong> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Now I can't go to my deathbed with that "NO REGRETS" bumper sticker because this was a decision <strong>I deeply regret</strong> and my BIL Howard regretted even more as he was cleaning up glops of dried chocolate pudding off the window sunshades and scrubbing the concrete on his hands and knees with his metal BBQ brush.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[Sorry<span style="color: red;"> </span><a href="http://marcandkarentoblerfamily.blogspot.com/2011/02/ridiculosity.html"><span style="color: red;">Howard</span></a>.]</span> <span style="font-size: large;"></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Back to the rocks</span>--I used basic acrylic paints from Michaels, and cheapo paintbrushes. Yes I had to do a couple of coats. I didn't paint the lower-case alphabet on the back, but that would have been a good idea. I outlined them with a Sharpie, and sprayed them with an acrylic top-coat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If I would do it over again, I would try to find colored paint PENS. I had a white paint pen and that's what I used for the white letters. It was infinitely easier than painting with a brush. My colored paint pens weren't vibrant enough colors to have any coverage--maybe they're out there but I haven't looked. Or maybe a few coats? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jackson has been going to the gym with me. I suckered him into going to my spinning class a few weeks ago. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He has explicitly refused to go back to that class. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So on Tuesdays and Thursdays we treadmill-ed, StairMaster-ed, did the elliptical machines, played around on the weight machines, and generally meandered around the gym. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday, on her last day of unencumbered liberation, (school started today), I introduced Caroline to my sacred sanctum--</span><a href="http://www.pizzeriabianco.com/"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Pizzeria Bianco</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Marc and I had our first date there in 1997 when they were located in the Town and Country Mall on Camelback Road. We haven't been back thanks to Oprah's endorsement as Pizzeria Bianco being one of the best pizzerias in the country.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">No food, I repeat, no food, is worth a two hour wait.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since they have recently decided to open for lunch, I've decided to brave it again. I went once by myself in April, and I plan on lunching there more often when I'm downtown (which is never). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've been counting the days until one of my children could have some modicum of appreciation for fine pizza. (Take a flying leap, Hot-N-Ready). She genuinely appreciated our handmade mozzerella, fresh basil, fennel sausage, ricotta cheese, and arugula pizza. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I tell you, this girl has a sophisticated palate for a ten year old. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then we blew over $100 on "required" school supplies which made me mad as spit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday morning (at around 9:00, a grand sleep-in to celebrate the last day of summer), Ellison came into bed with me and we hugged and gabbed and lazed around together and my heart was full of gratitude that all was just about perfect with me and my girl. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Until an hour later when she screamed at me that I should teach a class on "<em>How to be a Horrible Mother</em>". </span><br />
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[offered MWF from 2-3pm].<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Charlotte remarked today when I was doing her hair in my bathroom: "You never have any fun, mom. You never play with stuff and you just drive around." </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pretty much. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She obviously thinks I'm a pitiful sack. So we colored in her circus coloring book. And did some puzzles. [Proof positive that I'm not always driving around]. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hereby recommit to playing with my darling girl.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We've been working on <a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5606916689663879076#editor/target=post;postID=7388398368220482425">Summer Goals</a> again. Caroline is close to finishing hers. We tried to pick goals that were deep, meaningful, and that would ultimately improve our lives and/or the lives of others. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Like being able to name all 19 of the Duggar kids. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ellison "lost" her list of goals (and her motivation), and Jackson blatantly refused to do his. {He is, however, working hard on his Scouting stuff}. I shouldn't talk--I haven't even completed one out of my five goals. I think I'll extend the date until August 31st... </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our friends who we knew in Iowa, the Graffs, my cousins Jeff and Laura Fuller and their kids, who were visiting from Alabama, and a good measure of the 85201 zip code {yes, the Wright Family Dynasty}, came over last night for a "Farewell to Summer" pool and pizza party. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">McNotAFrolicker letting me have a moment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And I'm pretty sure McBeenAGoodSport is just about ready to jump into the ocean with an anvil tied around his neck.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">[And, as usual, overusing the soft focus in Photoshop] </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">31st year at the Beach Cottages.</span><br />
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karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022074598997410578noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606916689663879076.post-37647558724209297302011-07-20T21:16:00.000-07:002011-07-30T15:52:09.740-07:00will you love me or hate me?<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since we are {unapologetically} watching an inordinate amount of television this summer, we have become quite fond of the </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The natural sequence of events would obviously include a few baking sprees (mostly of cupcakes). I ran across this recipe on a blog yesterday. It had to be reckoned with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Lindt Truffle Chocolate Cupcakes</span><br />
(originally posted by The Sisters Cafe)</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">1 box Devils Food cake mix</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">1 box instant vanilla pudding (small box)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">4 eggs</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">1/2 c. oil</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">1/2 c. water</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">1 cup sour cream</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">24 Milk chocolate Lindor truffles by Lindt (the red ones)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Unwrap milk chocolate Lindt truffles and place in a bowl for later use.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">[If you don't eat them all first].</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">In a separate bowl, add all ingredients and mix well. Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full. Bake at 350 for FIVE minutes. After five minutes, lightly press a Lindt truffle into each partially baked cupcake. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">NOW, I would not have pushed the truffles in so hard next time.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">They ended up at the bottom of the cupcake kinda smushed.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Let the cupcakes bake an additional 13 minutes (for a total of 18-19 minutes). </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Cool completely, then frost with cream cheese frosting.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to use chocolate ganache frosting, but as you can see some of the cupcakes fell a little, and the ganache wouldn't have worked so well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cream Cheese Frosting:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">1/2 c. softened butter</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">1 brick Philly cream cheese</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">1 t. vanilla (I like the Madagascar vanilla from Williams Sonoma)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">1 box powdered sugar (abt 3 cups)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">1-2 T. milk</span></div>
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