tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84330271017094069042024-03-04T22:26:38.133-08:00Living the Life of an Infantryman's WifeMarissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487029079875240166noreply@blogger.comBlogger315125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433027101709406904.post-40375784009559631892012-05-10T16:02:00.000-07:002012-05-10T16:02:05.133-07:00First 10 Days of Photo a Day May<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;">Day 1: Peace<br />Stryker & I enjoying the sun</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Day 2: Skyline<br />The Chattahoochee River between<br />Columbus, GA and Phenix City, AL</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Day 3: Something You Wore Today<br />My wedding ring & stud earrings</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Day 4: Fun!<br />Night time walk with Stryker.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Day 5: Bird<br />Little India with an Angry Bird</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Day 5: Bird<br />I can't pick between two cuties;)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Day 6: You<br />Me on a trip up to Atlanta<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Day 7: People that Inspire<br />Dad, Jesse (my husband), and Mom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Day 7: Animals that Inspire<br />Stryker, Spuz, Daisy, Wynn<br />RIP baby girl Daisy<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Day 8: A Smell You Adore<br />Vanilla!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Day 9: Something You Do Every Day<br />Spend time with my husband, walk the dog, watch the Today show, check Facebook & Instagram<br />Not in that order.</td></tr>
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I hope everyone enjoys the photos! More to come:)</div>
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♥</div>Marissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487029079875240166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433027101709406904.post-10853866132463896552012-04-29T07:52:00.001-07:002012-04-29T07:58:45.887-07:00Sunday Morning<div style="text-align: center;">
Happy Sunday Morning!</div>
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I hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend,</div>
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after Jesse got off work friday we went and upgraded our phones</div>
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(<b>anyone have any super cool iPhone apps I should download, let me know!</b>)</div>
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then BBQ'd Down at the pool.</div>
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Here's a couple pictures I took:</div>
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I'm not going to lie, I like this grilling weather:)</div>
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We went to the Farmer's Market in Downtown Columbus yesterday</div>
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(or I think they like it being called "Uptown")</div>
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Then checked out a car show, smelled lots of BBQ, then went to lunch.</div>
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We came home, spent some time with the dog,</div>
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then went to a friend's house where we talked</div>
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(the guys played Call of Duty)</div>
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then had dinner.</div>
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Here's a picture I took in downtown Columbus:</div>
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We came home, Jesse went out to make beer at another friends house,</div>
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while I stayed home</div>
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(I need to prepare myself for commissary shopping tomorrow)</div>
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and then I was ridiculously tired...</div>
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So I was asleep by 11.</div>
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HUGE saturday night;)</div>
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I wanted to also share some things with everyone:</div>
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The group </div>
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Wear Blue: Run to Remember</div>
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is doing something to remember the fallen on Memorial Day.</div>
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Visit <a href="http://www.wearblueruntoremember.org/wear-blue-runs-for-the-fallen.html" target="_blank"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">THIS LINK</span></b></a> to read more and pledge your miles.</div>
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It doesn't have to be running, it doesn't have to be far,</div>
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but it's a great way to remember our fallen soldiers this year.</div>
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I also wanted to share with you all I am going to do a photo-a-day May,</div>
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shown to me by Chantal @ <a href="http://cshels.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">B+C&Baby</a></div>
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that I'm thinking of doing for May.</div>
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I love taking pictures, so I think I'll give it a whirl...</div>
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But then again you all probably know I'm a flake when it comes to this, so we'll see.</div>
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But here is what you take photos of if you feel like doing this yourself:</div>
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♥</div>Marissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487029079875240166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433027101709406904.post-56042738552373262982012-04-24T08:02:00.002-07:002012-04-24T08:03:08.132-07:00Strawberry Cupcakes<div style="text-align: center;">
This recipe is where I get most of my inspiration, the Martha Stewart Cupcake cookbook.</div>
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Highly recommend if you'd like to give it a try...</div>
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Or step your game up;)</div>
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I think these cupcakes are a great spring dessert because they're almost like a cross between a strawberry muffin and angel food cake. The cake isn't super rich like a cake, but not quite as light as angel food cake. The frosting does add a richer element, and after decorated the cupcakes can look very elegant.</div>
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I always debate if I should make this, but at the end of the day I never regret it when I do.</div>
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<li style="text-align: left;">2 3/4 cup all-purpose flour</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">1/2 cup cake flour (not self-rising)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">1 tablespoon baking powder</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">1 teaspoon salt</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">2 1/4 cups sugar</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">3 large whole eggs plus 1 egg white</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">1 cup milk</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">2 cups finely chopped fresh strawberries (about 20), plus about 10 more for garnish</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Strawberry meringue buttercream (recipe following)</li>
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<li>With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream butter, sugar, and vanilla until pale and fluffy. Add whole eggs and the white, one at a time, beating until each is incorporated, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture in two batches, alternating with the milk, and beating until well combined. Fold in chopped strawberries by hand.</li>
<li>Divide batter evenly among lined cups, filling each three-quarters bull. Bake, rotating tins halfway through, until golden and a cake tester inserted in centers comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Transfer tins to wire racks to cool 15 minutes; turn out cupcakes onto rack and let cool completely. Cupcakes can be stored up to 1 day at room temperature in airtight containers.</li>
<li>To finish, fill a pastry bag fitted with a large open-star tip (Ateco #826 or Wilton #8B) with buttercream. Pipe buttercream onto each cupcake, swirling tip and releasing as you pull up to form a peak. Just before serving, thinly slice remaining strawberries, and tuck a few pieces into buttercream.</li>
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<li>Attach the bowl to the mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Starting on low and gradually increasing to medium-high speed, mix until stuff (but not dry) peaks form. Continue mixing until the mixture is fluffy and glossy, and completely cool (test by touching the bottom of the bowl), about 10 minutes.</li>
<li>With mixer on medium-low speed, add the butter a few tablespoons at a time, mixing well after each addition. Once all butter has been added, scrape down sides of bowl with a flexible spatula and switch to the paddle attachment; continue beating on low speed until all air bubbles are eliminated, about 2 minutes. Add strawberries and beat until combined. Stir with a flexible spatula until the frosting is smooth. Keep buttercream at room temperature if using the same day, or transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate up to 3 days or freeze up to 1 month. Before using, bring to room temperature and beat with paddle attachment on low speed until smooth again, about 5 minutes.</li>
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<li>This is something I highly recommend doing with an electric mixer. The frosting needs a stand mixer. No doubt about that one! Last time I tried to make this type of frosting using a hand mixer I killed it 5 times...And still wasn't finished with the icing.</li>
<li>This buttercream is <i>time consuming</i>. Be patient, it will all work out.</li>
<li>Egg whites & sugar over heat seems strange, but works. Be aggressive with it, whisk constantly and quickly if you can. Eventually the sugar will dissolve. It does take time though.</li>
<li>I find that my mixer takes longer to get a stiff peak, probably 12-13 minutes. Sometimes I adjust the speed back and forth if I feel like my mixer is having a few issues.</li>
<li>When you add the butter, the mixture will look like it's curdling. Keep mixing, and it will come back together.</li>
<li>When the recipe calls for egg whites I do use egg whites from the carton like Egg Beaters. I can't stand wasting my egg yolks. BUT, you could save them and use them for something like french toast. See the <a href="http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2011/07/french-toast-with-berry-butter/" target="_blank">Pioneer Woman's French Toast</a>, for example.</li>
<li>I find that these cupcakes will be OK decorated for a few days afterwards, even if not refrigerated. I don't recommend this if you are making this for a group of people. Do it as close to the day you need it as possible. The day before they will probably be ok. Anytime after that, it could be debatable, unless you freeze as directed above.</li>
<li>The frosting is made with butter & eggs. If exposed to heat, the icing will fall apart easily. Just something to keep in mind;)</li>
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Have a great tuesday.</div>
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</div>Marissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487029079875240166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433027101709406904.post-84041147717701737012012-04-23T09:29:00.000-07:002012-04-23T09:29:28.951-07:00Funday Monday<div style="text-align: center;">
I hope everyone had a <i>fabulous</i> weekend!</div>
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I was looking forward to this weekend, and I think I had too high of expectations.</div>
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Don't get me wrong, we had fun with friends, but we were supposed to have even <i>more</i> fun.</div>
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That is, until Jesse decided he had a project he had to work on every waking moment this weekend.</div>
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Now, I do want him to do well, so it's not <i>like that</i>,</div>
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I'm not being the disgruntled wife about it all, at least I get to see the guy.</div>
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I had big plans for some farmer's market action...</div>
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Fresh flowers, maybe some produce, some coffee...</div>
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Then <b>BOOM</b>.</div>
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The Army in all it's glory decided that it had other plans for me;)</div>
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We did have a sort of 'date night' on Friday,</div>
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I made steak and veggies for dinner, we watching some Mission Impossible</div>
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(The first movie. Can you believe that movie was released in the late 90's? I feel old)</div>
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We did watch the 2nd movie,</div>
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If you get the chance to watch that movie {or watch it again}</div>
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<b>Don't</b>.</div>
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It's not <i>that</i> good.</div>
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We didn't have the 3rd movie, so we watched the 4th.</div>
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I thought it was pretty good, I would buy it.</div>
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And I would like to see a 5th, too.</div>
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But other than the Mission Impossible movies and Jesse's projects, we really didn't do a lot.</div>
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We went to a friends for dinner last night which was nice.</div>
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I also made some cupcakes, I'll have to share recipes.</div>
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I have a fabulous strawberry cupcake recipe that is great for spring!</div>
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Reminds me of a little angel food cake with strawberry frosting...</div>
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Good stuff.</div>
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I hope everyone has a great week, hopefully after this upcoming weekend I will have some more exciting things to talk about!</div>
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And hopefully you'll hear from me before next monday.</div>
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♥</div>Marissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487029079875240166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433027101709406904.post-23317640847758096282012-04-16T08:12:00.001-07:002012-04-16T08:14:04.226-07:00Cupcakes & Weekend Fun<div style="text-align: center;">
So, here is the big 'unveil' of the cupcakes that I made on Friday:</div>
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Now, if you're interested in making these cupcakes, <b><a href="http://www.mybakingaddiction.com/chocolate-chip-cookie-dough-cupcakes/" target="_blank">this</a></b> is where I found the recipe.</div>
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You could also do whatever you want to do -</div>
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make your favorite cookie dough and pair with your favorite chocolate cupcake recipe, you probably could do that.</div>
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The recipe given is slightly less time consuming, and is probably considered by Martha Stewart as</div>
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cheating.</div>
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I don't have anything against cheating (at least when it comes to <i>these cupcakes</i>), because, well...</div>
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I cheated.</div>
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I am going to say that these are one of the best cupcake recipes that I've made.</div>
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Other favorites are some by Martha Stewart, which tends to be my go-to cupcake book.</div>
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So other than cupcakes our weekend was full of BBQ's, banjos, friends, food & drinks.</div>
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We also had some time to do some organizing in our office</div>
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(<i>which tends to be our go-to clutter room</i>)</div>
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some chores, and Stryker time.</div>
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Yes, Stryker time does matter...Spuz I love but he doesn't really care for me much so I'm good.</div>
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Overall it was a fun weekend since we got to spend some time with some friends of ours we really haven't gotten to spend a lot of time with...</div>
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And got to meet some new people, which is always fun when you're in a location</div>
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with lots of people who have the same job as your husband.</div>
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It's nice to be able to relate.</div>
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Today I'm going to try and get some stuff done around the house, and call my mom...</div>
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Three hour time differences can be killer.</div>
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I hope everyone has a great monday! ♥</div>Marissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487029079875240166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433027101709406904.post-64449913509982565542012-04-13T07:26:00.001-07:002012-04-13T07:28:21.512-07:00TGIF<div style="text-align: center;">
Thank goodness it's friday.</div>
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I was thinking today, how much changes in a week.</div>
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Sunday of last week, our good friends who are a family of four</div>
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moved to Fort Bragg.</div>
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Tuesday of last week our friend Ashley, who was staying with us for almost <i>2 months</i>,</div>
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finally got orders to join her husband in Germany.</div>
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Thursday she left for her home state.</div>
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Thursday we drive up to North Carolina to visit our friends.</div>
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Sunday we came home.</div>
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Tuesday, Ashley flew out to Germany, where she will be visiting with her husband until the big "D" comes.</div>
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Today, I'm grateful that I have these friends, I am also grateful that I've had some down time.</div>
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I wasn't supposed to have a ton of down time, I was supposed to do some FRG (Family Readiness Group, for the non-military readers)-realated training this week, but Stryker got sick again so I had to ditch those plans and take him into the doctor. Again.</div>
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So today, Friday, I am thankful it's the weekend.</div>
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I am thankful I'm able to spend <i>2 whole days</i> alone with my husband, it sure has been awhile!</div>
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I'm thankful that Stryker is feeling better,</div>
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and that Spuz is feeling normal (even though I just watched him cover his wet food with my sweatshirt...weirdo).</div>
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Today I have to take the dog out to play, go to the store, make some awesome looking amazing cupcakes (<i>photo to follow</i>)</div>
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attempt to go to the gym (preparation for awesome looking amazing cupcakes)</div>
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and make a class 6 stop (a convenience like store that sells liquor, wine, and beer...Again for the non-military readers).</div>
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All before we attend a BBQ with some friends of ours.</div>
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I'm not sure what the weekend will bring, but I'm looking forward to it.</div>
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I hope everyone has a fun-filled weekend.</div>
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If you're anywhere down south, you're probably having some beautiful weather...</div>
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We've been battling this 80 degree weather, it's been tough;)</div>
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Happy Friday!</div>
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♥</div>
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<br /></div>Marissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487029079875240166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433027101709406904.post-59724476204886057232012-04-11T07:45:00.000-07:002012-04-11T07:45:21.852-07:00Well Hello There!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I know that I have neglected this blog, so again I will try and be better.</div>
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I haven't updated this bad boy since January, so let me play a little bit of catch-up for you all...</div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">January</span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jesse got rims for Big Black.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jesse & I celebrated my birthday at home.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We celebrated this little girl, Sophia's birthday.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We ate these super cute cupcakes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We celebrated my birthday with friends.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We ate this chocolate & caramel cake. YUM.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We spent time with some of the best people ever.</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>February</b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We said goodbye to some friends...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well, sorta.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The guys watched the Superbowl...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And we socialized of course;)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had French toast on the weekend for Valentine's Day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had a good Valentine's Day dinner.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had a good ol' time for Stryker's birthday.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jesse & I were farewelled from his unit.<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>March</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We celebrated Ashley's birthday at home...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And to Ohio.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We BBQ'd a LOT.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We swam....a LOT.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We celebrated Levi's birthday</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We put bunny ears on pugs.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And they loved us for it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We jumped around a lot.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We let little girls take pictures of us.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We ate blackberry cobbler & ice cream.<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>April</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We went to North Carolina for Easter : )</td></tr>
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We also said goodbye to some wonderful friends this month, our friend the Pippy's have moved on to the next chapter, and our friend Ashley finally made her way to Germany.</div>
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Hopefully in the upcoming months we will have a trip to Savannah, get a new car {more to come on that one}, see more friends, BBQ some more, my parents will come visit, we're going to Florida, and we {or myself} will be making a trip back up to the midwest again.</div>
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So basically, lots more stories and pictures to come!</div>
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Also, if you have a Droid or iPhone, download Instagram! I am on there now, so you can follow me @marissamcadam : )</div>
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Have a great week all & happy hump day!</div>
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♥</div>Marissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487029079875240166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433027101709406904.post-16575890810430714302012-01-17T08:17:00.000-08:002012-01-30T11:42:32.297-08:00A Year of Decluttering<div style="text-align: center;">
I post about a lot of things about my life, but one thing I would like to share are recipes and different household ideas that I use in my life.</div>
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I will try and concentrate on that more on my blog this year, because there is more to my {and my husband's life} than just big events which I tend to post most about.</div>
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As some of you know, military life is much like a roller coaster.</div>
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There always seems to be a looming deployment, move, or big change of some sort in the future.</div>
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Now, I want to share with you something that I found that was handy and I am going to use to declutter my house.</div>
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I'm not going to lie, I'm not the cleanest of people.</div>
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Not only that, but we tend to have more clutter than most of our friends.</div>
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I made a resolve when we moved to Georgia that I would try and keep up on those types of issues.</div>
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That would include keeping things clean, keeping things decluttered, keeping up on and going through items to try and keep clutter to a minimum.</div>
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I'm not saying I'm doing a <i>fantastic</i> job at it, but I would say that it's better than how we were in Washington.</div>
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That being said, I found <a href="http://www.mysimplerlife.com/2012.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">this calendar</span></a> which I thought was handy.</div>
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I encourage you to take a look if you are interested in doing small things every day to keep things decluttered.</div>
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If you're like me, I like to hear lots of other people's ideas because I never think of everything!</div>
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This is also on pinterest, so you are more than welcome to<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"> <a href="http://pinterest.com/marissamcadam/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">follow me on pinterest</span></a> </span>if you'd like!</div>
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Happy Decluttering!</div>
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</script></div>Marissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487029079875240166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433027101709406904.post-60020355614962991082012-01-14T21:06:00.000-08:002012-01-14T21:07:31.285-08:00Mil-Spouse Quiz<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is it mid-January already?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time goes so quickly.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I've decided to do the</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><strong>1. How did you and your spouse meet? </strong>Through a friend of a friend. If you ask Jesse he will say the internet or {the oh so classy} Hot-or-Not. Don't get me wrong, I was </span><b>not</b> on hot-or-not. I had a friend who met a soldier who was on hot-or-not. Actually I think both of them were on Hot-or-Not. This soldier was in Iraq a the time. When he got back from Iraq my friend met him and saw him on a regular basis. Later on I met him, then his roommate. His roommate was Jesse.</span></div>
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<strong>2. How old were you when you two met?</strong><strong style="font-weight: normal;"> </strong>Showing my age here! I was 20 and I think that Jesse was 22.</div>
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<strong>3. How long have you been together? </strong>Together about 8 years, married over 5 now.</div>
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<strong>4. Where are you and your spouse originally from? </strong>Washington. I was from what's considered the south sound {south of Seattle}, and Jesse is from the North Cascade area.</div>
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<strong>5. How did you feel about him joining the military? </strong>I didn't have the choice, I met him when he was on leave after he was back from Iraq. He had already made that commitment.</div>
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<strong>6. Where did your spouse go to Basic Training?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></strong>Fort Benning, GA.</div>
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<strong>7. Has your spouse ever been deployed? </strong>Yes, twice.</div>
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<strong>8. Ever been to his promotion ceremony? </strong>Yes, I have been to one.</div>
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<strong>9. How long have you been a military wife?</strong><strong style="font-weight: normal;"> </strong>Over 5 years now. At the time we were married, he technically was in ROTC, but at that point we were already together a few years, and he was pretty much locked in to a scholarship and doing Army stuff the entire time.</div>
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<strong>10. Did you marry him before or after he joined? </strong>Yep.</div>
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<strong>11. How did your husband propose? </strong>He proposed at his parent's house in Washington. Nothing big and elaborate.</div>
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<strong>12. Where did you get married? </strong>My childhood church that was in Tacoma, WA.</div>
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<strong>13. How old were you two when you got married? </strong>I was 22 and he was 24.</div>
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<strong>14. Did he wear his uniform on his wedding day? </strong>Nope, even though I wish we could've done that complete with all of the military customs.</div>
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<strong>15. Where are you and your spouse currently stationed? </strong>Fort Benning, GA.</div>
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<strong>16. Do you live on base? </strong>No.</div>
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<strong>17. How long were you married when you had to go through your first separation? </strong>First deployment? We were married 3 years.</div>
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<strong>18. What is your favorite base so far? </strong>Fort Lewis. Kinda pathetic, I know, but I think it was the best of everything. Much better than Fort Benning. The area isn't horrible, but there's way more to do in Washington.</div>
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<strong>19. Do you think your spouse looks good in his uniform? </strong>Um, yes. Who doesn't?</div>
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<strong>20. Do you think military life is more advanced than civilian life? </strong>No, I think that's not even a fair question. They're different.</div>
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<strong>21. Do you like the benefits you receive as a military dependent? </strong>Yes.</div>
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<strong>22. Do you have a lot of military wife friends? </strong>Oh yes. Some really really great people.</div>
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<strong>23. What is the hardest part of the military life? </strong>Deployments, obviously. There can also be some strange rules and difficult people that make life a bit difficult. Most of the time the positives outweigh the negatives.</div>
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<strong>24. Do you own military wife stuff? </strong>A few things. I like unit-specific items {which we have a lot of} and I love Victoria's Secret's PINK collection of Army stuff.</div>
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<strong>25. Do you support your spouse as a member of the military? </strong>Duh;)</div>
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<br /></div>Marissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487029079875240166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433027101709406904.post-46656374549470756772012-01-11T12:25:00.000-08:002012-01-11T12:25:29.263-08:00Happy {Belated} New Year!<div style="text-align: center;">
I hope everyone has gotten back into a good groove,</div>
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with school and/or work.</div>
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It's hard to get back to the day-to-day grind, especially after a long break like Christmas.</div>
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Even I have a difficult time getting back to the normal...Even though I'm not returning to school or work.</div>
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Of course when my husband returned to work,</div>
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and of course I got sick right after.</div>
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It knocked me out for just about a week...Even though I wasn't sick with the flu really.</div>
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Just a headache along with some stiffness in my neck and back.</div>
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Maybe a little nasal stuff.</div>
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And a fever {but not for the full week}.</div>
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Anyway, I wanted to give a little recap of New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Year's Eve Dinner! Jesse had steak and I had lobster.<br />He made it and we had mashed potatoes, broccoli, caesar salad, and rolls.<br />Mmmm....Making myself hungry.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dessert was a chocolate souffle {yes, I made that}.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jesse & I on New Year's Day. We didn't go to bed until 5 AM....I definitely didn't think we'd stay out that late!</td></tr>
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We wish you all a blessed New Year!</div>
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♥</div>Marissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487029079875240166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433027101709406904.post-31597188150246728532012-01-02T09:26:00.000-08:002012-01-02T09:26:41.017-08:00Christmas Recap<div style="text-align: center;">
I hope everyone had a great Christmas leave and/or vacation,</div>
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Here are some of the highlights from Christmas Eve & Christmas Day.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had a little shindig at our house, with our Christmas sweaters.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Us on Christmas Eve.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Only a portion of our food from Christmas Eve.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red velvet+cheesecake=amazingness.<br />If you follow me on Pinterest I pinned this...<br />Check it out. It was good, and the red velvet wasn't dry!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whiskey Sours....Complete with maraschino cherries!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stryker & me on Christmas eve. He's obviously trying to steal my thunder!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A family photo of the boys...Obviously there was a lot of cooperation.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Look, I'm panting just like Stryker!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christmas day with Stryker & {one of} his new toys.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I believe that I had a mimosa and Jesse had orange juice.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Breakfast quiche, yummy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He was happy to have his spot back under the tree.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Do I need to explain?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spuz and his new gift from grandma & grandpa.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jesse's reaction when he opened Stryker's gift. His reaction was priceless, I'm glad I was able to capture it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He thought it was pretty funny.<br />Stryker seemed to like his pillow pet, which I'm told is a tyrannosaurus rex. </td></tr>
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I will post more about our leave at a later time, I hope that starting this blog post is starting the new year in a good way.</div>
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I can't believe that it's all over!</div>
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Have a great week,</div>
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♥</div>Marissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487029079875240166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433027101709406904.post-31283021847104150212011-12-29T20:27:00.000-08:002011-12-29T20:27:49.807-08:00Hello my friends!<br />
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This is {and probably only} post for December. I kind of suck because I haven't made a post since before Thanksgiving! Maybe my new years resolution should be to keep up on this blog:)<br />
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Anyway, I hope you all have had a great Christmas and upcoming new year, if I don't post again before January 1st!<br />
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Lots of love from the McAdam clan,<br />
♥Marissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487029079875240166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433027101709406904.post-45459244803507766262011-11-15T17:32:00.001-08:002011-11-15T17:53:10.174-08:00Days 14 & 15<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello!</div>
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So we wrapped up the weekend by being apart.</div>
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Jesse worked on his car, while I took Stryker to the park with my friend Ashley.</div>
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Stryker looooooved the water at the park (sort of scary since there was also a lot of trash in the water), and jumped in several times to swim.</div>
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So for day 14 I am thankful for Fall.</div>
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I am thankful for the beautiful colors and to be able to enjoy them.</div>
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Here are some photos from yesterday:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stryker is the water, about the center of the screen.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brutus (Stryker's friend), and Stryker in the water</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The dogs are just dots here...But they found a watering hole and left us;)</td></tr>
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For today, Day 15, I am thankful for the weather.</div>
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What was the weather like today you ask?</div>
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Today's high was 81* and the low was 67*.</div>
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Now, I am with you if you think that's a bit</div>
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c r a z y ,</div>
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because I think it is.</div>
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It doesn't even feel like fall. Is it going to be like this on black friday when I'm buying</div>
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<i>Christmas gifts</i>?</div>
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Sheesh.</div>
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Don't get me wrong, tomorrow is supposed to be a smidge cooler, and by Friday it's supposed to be in the low 60's.</div>
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Still warmer than Washington, but whatever.</div>
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It sure would be nice to be standing outside and not be freezing my bootie off:)</div>
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Anyway, hope you all had a great Veteran's Day weekend!</div>
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♥</div>Marissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487029079875240166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433027101709406904.post-85976080856714672182011-11-13T16:37:00.001-08:002011-11-13T17:07:37.261-08:00Days 10, 11, 12 & 13<div style="text-align: center;">
Remember how I said I was going to have a hard time keeping up on my blog? Yep.</div>
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So, covering the past four days....</div>
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<b>Day 10: Thankful for Glitter.</b></div>
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Now, I realize that that might be kind of strange, but that's sort of been my life for a few days. For example:</div>
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Basically, it's going to be a glittery Thanksgiving! I seriously think I'll be finding glitter until the time we move out.</div>
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<b>Day 11: Thankful for Our Veterans</b></div>
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My Veteran:</div>
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For you who serve, have served, and are family of someone who served:</div>
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I don't think anyone could say that too much.</div>
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You're awesome!</div>
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<b>Day 12: Thankful for my brobie, who's birthday was the 12th</b></div>
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My Brother (and me):</div>
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I enjoyed myself a peppermint mocha today...Makes me happy.</div>
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<br /></div>Marissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487029079875240166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433027101709406904.post-29641578756427677402011-11-09T16:52:00.000-08:002011-11-09T16:52:25.905-08:00Day 9 & Funny Photos<div style="text-align: center;">
So today I am thankful for my animals.</div>
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I was trying to hold off on mentioning them, but it's happening today.</div>
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Today I ran out to do some errands, and went to the pet store because the cat was out of food.</div>
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So I stopped at Petco.</div>
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I noticed that they still had Halloween stuff out, and it was on clearance.</div>
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I checked to see if they had anything good, and found a skull for Stryker (the kind that reminds me of the Day of the Dead skeletons) and a cape for Spuz.</div>
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If you know us, you know that Spuz is out of his mind. You may know this even if you read the older blogs. The cat likes to attack me for no reason whatsoever, and that's why I bought him a cape.</div>
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Like Dracula.</div>
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Or Count Spuzzula, as I like to say.</div>
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Without them, I don't know what my life would be like.</div>
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So here are a couple of photos that I love of my crazy and sweet critters.</div>
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♥</div>Marissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487029079875240166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433027101709406904.post-16128211948464984662011-11-08T11:33:00.000-08:002011-11-08T11:33:31.965-08:00Day 8 & My DIY Project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today I am thankful for my alone time.</div>
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Yesterday didn't go so well for me, so today I am thankful for being at home, getting chores done, spending some time with the doggie, starting, and finishing some crafts.</div>
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One of the DIY (do it yourself) crafts I have done is a chalkboard.</div>
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So here's a frame I got from TJ Maxx (they also have some cool ones at Hobby Lobby):</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I liked it because it had a silverish frame with grapes on it...I have a few wine themed items in the house.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yesterday I took the glass, primed it (I think it took 3-4 coats) and then painted it with a chalkboard paint (2 coats).<br />Then I let it dry.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then I took a piece of chalk and wiped it all over the board.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then you take a cloth, and wipe off.<br />I thought this was a novel idea after reading it on a blog, but they have it on the back of the spray paint can, too.</td></tr>
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♥</div>Marissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487029079875240166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433027101709406904.post-44067337754876054132011-11-07T19:09:00.000-08:002011-11-07T19:10:13.818-08:00Day Seven: Cookies!So today I am thankful for Christmas cookies.<br />
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When I was looking at my to-do list of Thanksgiving, I thought that Christmas cookies would be a great idea. Now, I don't really know if I would feel up to making cookies that weekend (we are hosting Thanksgiving again this year) or if I would able to get in that extra Christmas cookie shopping, but a girl can wish, right?<br />
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So here are some ideas I have for my special Christmas cookie box.<br />
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(Been <i>dying</i> to make these)</div>
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<br />Marissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487029079875240166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433027101709406904.post-68568320600580955172011-11-06T19:17:00.000-08:002011-11-07T19:10:06.805-08:00Playing Catch-Up<div style="text-align: center;">
So on friday blogger wouldn't <i>accept</i> me to create a new post,</div>
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and yesterday we were out so late that I didn't have <i>time</i> to make a new post.</div>
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So getting around to what I'm thankful for....And I need 3.</div>
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1. I'm thankful for baking, which I do waaaaay too much;)</div>
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Renee and I made scones on Friday and had a fun morning drinking coffee and making scones. Then I came home and did some chores until Jesse got home from work.</div>
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2. I'm thankful for our friends, the "P" family.</div>
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Which is our friend, Renee's family. Our day started with the boys (Jesse & Renee's husband) heading to post to work on Jesse's car on post. Renee and I went Christmas shopping (with her girls for the girls) then to do some extra shopping and lunch.</div>
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Then we went back to their apartment where the boys were moving some stuff around in the garage.</div>
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After being inside for a little while, we decided to take a walk to see the guys, where they were working hard on the garage.</div>
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So, we helped them out for a little while, let the girls play a little bit, then decided to take Jesse's ride and grab some pizza.</div>
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While we were out getting pizza (and making a wine & beer run) we decided to go by our place, pick up a movie and get Stryker.</div>
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We headed back to Renee's where we ate, they put the kids to bed, let the dogs play, watched a movie, watched storage wars, then headed home.</div>
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Whew.</div>
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We (or should I say, I) changed the clocks back and I went to bed (Jesse stayed up for a little while).</div>
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Oh yeah, and I forget to make a blog post:)</div>
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3. I'm thankful for Sunday's and all it brings.</div>
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We got up at a decent time (sometimes that's a big deal for us), Jesse worked on his car (a lot) while I took the dog out, did some chores, and all kinds of other stuff.</div>
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Jesse then started to teach me how to cut his hair (which was interesting).</div>
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He finally got himself together,</div>
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we hit up the Fresh Market & Michaels, Panera, and Walmart.</div>
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Woot.</div>
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We took Stryker out to play, I made sausage egg muffin sandwiches, we watched Dexter, and here I am.</div>
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So there's a little catch up of what I'm thankful for and what I've been up to.</div>
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♥</div>Marissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487029079875240166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433027101709406904.post-49919194888182826572011-11-03T20:17:00.000-07:002011-11-03T20:22:28.227-07:00Do It Yourself<div style="text-align: center;">
Today I am thankful for DIY (Do It Yourself) Crafts.</div>
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This is a little bit of a new thing for me, but after trying my luck in both baking and cooking, I expanded out to doing more crafts (people keep calling me Suzy Homemaker).</div>
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So I have my entire layout figured out for Thanksgiving</div>
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(super <i>excited</i>, by the way)</div>
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and I am excited to stay home and enjoy some crafts that keep me busy and, more importantly, keep me from <b>spending money</b>.</div>
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So I am thankful for that, and maybe Pinterest for giving me the ideas.</div>
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I'm really excited to show off my projects, which I will do after I display my final project:)</div>
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In other events, today ended up being a rainy day.</div>
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I made crock pot burritos....Or I guess I should say filling for the burritos.</div>
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Anyway, I didn't make it to the gym so I slept in a bit and did chores.</div>
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My friend Ashley came over and discussed Thanksgiving plans,</div>
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then after she left I was tallying up all the flour, sugar, and butter I would need for the big day.</div>
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<i>(19 cups of flour, if you're interested.</i></div>
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<i>Holy....)</i></div>
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Then Jesse got back from work, tomorrow starts his official first day doing something new.</div>
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He will now be gone a <i>lot</i> longer than he has been since...we were in Washington.</div>
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Tomorrow's plans include the gym and some pumpkin scones.</div>
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Yummy.</div>
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Have a good Friday!</div>
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♥</div>Marissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487029079875240166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433027101709406904.post-62010732306233897652011-11-02T18:18:00.000-07:002011-11-02T18:18:40.857-07:0030 Days of Thankfulness: Day 2<br />
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Today I am thankful for...</div>
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exercise.</div>
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Today I went with my friend Renee and met my friend Ashley at the gym and we did some spinning. Spinning really can kick your butt!</div>
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At the start of the class the instructor informed us that it was going to be a "race day"</div>
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(<i>Thank you</i>...<b>not</b>)</div>
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So the entire, and I mean, <i>entire</i> 60 minute classes were racing.</div>
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If you don't know much about spinning, racing is the equivalent to sprinting.</div>
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Uggggggh. Yuck. Bah. Ew.</div>
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Etc.</div>
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So, today I am thankful for that kicking my butt, because now I feel amazing that I kicked</div>
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<i>that classes butt</i>.</div>
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Oh and did I mention that the instructor picked me to pace herself off of for our endurance race?</div>
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Because I was doing awesome.</div>
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Muhahaha:)</div>
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It feels good.</div>
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In other news we got a new shelf for our hutch (movers broke it during the move) and I finally started organizing that. It was a pain but I then reorganized the pantry, got rid of some clutter and old food (again) and then was finished. Thank goodness.</div>
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Now for my counters...They're full of DIY (do it yourself) projects, which I will have to post when I am finished. I am doing lots for our Thanksgiving centerpiece, which is going to be</div>
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See you tomorrow.</div>
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♥</div>Marissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487029079875240166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433027101709406904.post-20590697085170947502011-11-01T18:13:00.000-07:002011-11-01T18:14:02.344-07:0030 Days of Thankfulness<div style="text-align: center;">
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So now I'm going to start and attempt to this for 30 days straight.</div>
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If you follow my blog you know I normally don't follow through. Well.</div>
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When it comes to being persistent on the blog.</div>
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So today I am thankful for</div>
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my Honda Pilot.</div>
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As seen here:</div>
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I'm thankful we had it when we drove this beast across the US.</div>
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So the last couple weeks haven't been very interesting for us, we went to Birmingham a while back and saw some races (BMW ones, to be exact).</div>
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Jesse got the opportunity to go in a race car for a few laps.</div>
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Jesse's been trying to find a job here at Benning (which has been interesting)</div>
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to fill some time before he starts his MCCC (Career Course).</div>
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Yesterday we had plans to do a few things and then go trick-or-treating with our friend's kids.</div>
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I went for a run in the morning (my work out buddy had some issues with one or her kids...which I will go into a little bit in a second), then got myself together, let the dog out, went to Hobby Lobby, JoAnn's, then met Jesse over at Lowe's. We bought some spray paint and then headed over to get some lunch.</div>
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By the end of all that I felt horrible, I had been developing a headache and feeling absolutely bad.</div>
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We got in the car, and I started feeling nauseous.</div>
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So I say, "I can start feeling this way, but have never thrown up."</div>
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I had Jesse unload the groceries when we got back to our place and went upstairs.</div>
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I immediately took some ibuprofen and got into bed.</div>
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Then I felt <i>really</i> sick.</div>
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Then guess what happened? My stomach gave me a huge F-U.</div>
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Long story short I felt better, at least with my stomach, anyway.</div>
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So I felt bad, Jesse woke me up after about 2 hours (it was probably 7:30)</div>
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and gave me some Tylenol</div>
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I slept for another half hour before he got me up...And I finally felt better.</div>
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By that time kids were done trick-or-treating.</div>
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Jesse ordered a pizza, I showered, then we went to our friends house.</div>
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I love Halloween.</div>
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Just not yesterday's Halloween.</div>
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Maybe next year!</div>
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Hope everyone had a safe and happy Halloween!</div>
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Isn't he good looking???</div>Marissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487029079875240166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433027101709406904.post-59070669362180836712011-10-09T17:11:00.000-07:002011-10-09T17:11:49.781-07:00Road Trippin': Day Six<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
Day Six: Last Day in Arizona</div>
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The last day in Arizona was eventful, Jesse & I got up early, visited Rhonda's {<i>fabulous</i>} shop in Phoenix.</div>
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We then went out to Cooperstown {the restaurant Alice Cooper owns in downtown Phoenix}, which is always interesting.</div>
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When we got back, my Aunt had driven down from the northeastern part of Arizona, and visited with us for a while.</div>
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Overall, it was a relaxing and fun trip, getting to catch up with everyone.</div>
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I <i>really really</i> love visiting Arizona.</div>
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Day Five: Fun in Arizona</div>
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Our first full day in Arizona was a blast.</div>
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We slept in, relaxed, and called my parents on Skype so that they could talk to David, Myra, and Rhonda.</div>
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No one knew how to Skype except for my mom, so it was a treat for them.</div>
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They talked for two and a half hours.</div>
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Basically, the battery on my computer died.</div>
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Anyway, mom had a collection of gifts she had not sent to any of them, but had collected for about five years.</div>
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They chatted, opened gifts, and David showed off some of his prized possessions.</div>
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We had dinner {Mexican food, <i>yum</i>}</div>
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I love visiting Arizona and it was a great time,</div>
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100+ degree weather & all:)</div>
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Day Four: Arizona Bound</div>
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So we left California, got some Panera, and headed south.</div>
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It's really interesting how the terrain changes in southern California and then when you go into Arizona the terrain changes again.</div>
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I wonder sometimes how people thought of where to place the state lines because sometimes the terrain, trees, and landscape completely changes when you cross a state line.</div>
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Anyway, it was a nice trip, we drove around Los Angeles {instead of <i>through</i> LA}</div>
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where a cop kindly reminded Jesse he should be going 55 {think hand gestures...and not the "number one" if you catch my drift}.</div>
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It was at least in the triple digits way before we got to LA, and we almost ran out of gas partway through Arizona.</div>
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Let me tell you, that made for an interesting 20 minutes...A black vehicle with pets, virtually no gas, and, in trying to cut down on gas usage, no AC.</div>
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Did I mention it was like 110?</div>
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