New Blog Layout

I updated my page look on my other blog today.

What do you think?

You can check out the whole thing here.

Nice Try

Whoever dropped off the carb-laden donut temptation tray on our porch tonight, in an effort to sabotage our month long carb-free lifestyle, I just want to say to you "NICE FREAKING TRY". You are going to have to do better than that to break our spirit.

Our sugar free -fat free pudding was all the dessert we needed tonight.

So better luck next time.

Peace out!!!

P.S. If anyone recognizes that striped paper plate, please let me know. There are definitely paybacks coming......

P.S.S. In case you notice there are donuts missing, they were only eaten by super-fit Cameron.

P.S.S.S. I have a new post at Yellow Dog Design. Check it out.

Valentine's Decorations

I spent the afternoon folding little strips of paper over and over and over.

Why, you might ask?

I was trying to make those cute crafty papery decorations you see all over.
The problem is, to make the paper look all cute and foldy.....

you really have to fold it like 5,000 times, and then put a gallon of hot glue in the center to try and hold it all together.

I'm not sure if my end product was worth all the effort.

Especially considering the rest of my house looks like a federal disaster area.

Oh well.

Happy Valentines Day!

Lucy's Special Day

Come on over to my other blog Yellow Dog Design to get a whole run down of Lucy's Baptism. It took place in October (I know I am ridiculously behind)....... but two of our favorite friends were baptised a little over a week ago, and it had me thinking about Lucy's big day.

I am trying to slowly phase out this two blog thing. I find that rather than blogging twice as much, I just end up feeling behind, and so I don't blog at all. If you are a follower on this blog, please sign up to follow Yellow Dog Design, and that is where I will eventually be blogging exclusively. (Well lets be honest, there is nothing really exclusive about anything I do). Let's just say that is where you will find me.

Cheers! Christine

Happy Summer

I couldn't stand looking at that "Red Hot Chili Pepper" post any longer. I just wanted to share the one and only photo I took of the kiddos while at Lake Powell the first week of June, and to wish everyone "Happy Summer!"

Also, I just posted a new post at Yellow Dog Design (my design blog). So jump on over to see all the latest projects.

Have a great one!

Red Hot Chili Pepper

It is with great sadness that I find myself writing yet another blog about what an idiot I am. I should have titled this post, "When will I learn?"

This past Tuesday, I went for an innocent run at the gym, and being a little blue about the lack of sunshine, I wandered into the gym's tanning salon. "Just a few minutes of sun" might be just the thing to kick my winter blues, I thought. A few minutes later I found myself listening intently to the tan 17 year-old that was knowingly explaining to me the benefits of the burn/browning rays of the "Red Hot Chili Pepper Bed". At hearing the name of this tanning wonderbed, and yes that is the real name, you would think that I would have turned and ran to the nearest exit. I am a college graduate. I am the mother of three children. I am gainfully employed as a tax analyst. I am quite a reasonable person. Not to mention, an extremely pale and pasty skinned person.

So, what did I do? I shelled out my ten dollars so that I too could be subjected to four of the most uncomfortable, red, painful, blistering, and itchy days of my life.

Yes, there are pictures. No, you will never see them.

Vegas Baby

We took a couples trip to Vegas this past weekend. I mostly forgot to take my camera every where we went, but at least I did get these few shots so we can remember who made it on the trip. It was short but sweet. Perfect for a little adult R&R.



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