I can't believe that it is already February! My little boy is about to be 1o months and I have no idea where the time went. We have already started planning his first birthday party and it just keeps blowing my mind.
Kids grow up way to fast. It breaks my heart.
My little man is doing so many amazing things that I just had to write them down for you to see.
The day before yesterday he pulled himself up to standing for the very first time! Now that he has it down, he has done it a few times since. He also dropped his cup and said uhoh!. So adorable. He loves to dance, sing, clap, pat, roll and wiggle. I love watching him.
I wanted him to be the next Mario Lemueix but we may have a rock star on our hands.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Christmas Card 2010
Chocolate Lime Snowflakes American Lung Association Holiday 5x7 folded card
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Shutterfly Christmas Promotion
I love shutterfly. I have used them in the past for Christmas greetings and cute photo books so why not use them again this year. Plus they are offering an amazing deal where all I have to do is write a blog post and they will give me a code for 50 free greeting cards. That is one great way to save this holiday season. Especially with a new baby in the house. We gotta get his cute face out to everyone so no boring old Christmas cards for us this year... only ones featuring baby boys smackeroo.
After browsing all the options at shutterfly.com I am sooooo conflicted. I don't know which one to use. There are so many options. I really like the multi-photo family cards, such as the family wall red option or the seasonal chic 2010. but I also really like the just one big face photos like all wrapped up and mint frame. this is going to be one hard decision for sure!
If you are planning to send out photo greeting cards you should check out shutterfly.com and browse some of the links below. Enjoy, I know I will. Hopefully you have an easier time choosing things than I will though.
http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-photo-cards
After browsing all the options at shutterfly.com I am sooooo conflicted. I don't know which one to use. There are so many options. I really like the multi-photo family cards, such as the family wall red option or the seasonal chic 2010. but I also really like the just one big face photos like all wrapped up and mint frame. this is going to be one hard decision for sure!
If you are planning to send out photo greeting cards you should check out shutterfly.com and browse some of the links below. Enjoy, I know I will. Hopefully you have an easier time choosing things than I will though.
http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-photo-cards
Monday, November 29, 2010
It's Been Awhile
So a lot has happened since I last wrote on here and boy am I glad to be back. My last post was April 2009. It is now November 2010... more than a year later, almost two. So much has changed.
I have moved back to Pennsylvania from California.
I have gotten pregnant and birthed my now 8 month old baby.
I have stopped working and been a stay at home mom.
I have taken up a job as a preschool teacher.
I have gotten back into the event planning field with a stay at home job in event planning.
My life has completely changed and I am so happy that it did. My son is the most amazing thing in the world and my fiance is pretty awesome as well. We have been engaged for an entire year now and we have no real plans yet to get married but we are working on it.
We want to buy a house and right now we are living with family to save for a down payment.
After this post... my posts will be more fluid. I just had to write a quick catch up. In the future, my posts will be more put together and make a little more sense. For now though this is what you get.
Hope you keep reading.
I have moved back to Pennsylvania from California.
I have gotten pregnant and birthed my now 8 month old baby.
I have stopped working and been a stay at home mom.
I have taken up a job as a preschool teacher.
I have gotten back into the event planning field with a stay at home job in event planning.
My life has completely changed and I am so happy that it did. My son is the most amazing thing in the world and my fiance is pretty awesome as well. We have been engaged for an entire year now and we have no real plans yet to get married but we are working on it.
We want to buy a house and right now we are living with family to save for a down payment.
After this post... my posts will be more fluid. I just had to write a quick catch up. In the future, my posts will be more put together and make a little more sense. For now though this is what you get.
Hope you keep reading.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Day at the Beach
So, as I mentioned below, the other day my boss and co-workers decided that it was too nice a day to be stuck inside working and we took an impromptu day off at the beach. Here are the pictures. The guys with the volleyball nets are my boss(left) and super cool co-worker (right). I work soooo hard....
Elan, Corey and Scooter!
People playing in the water. Lance(left) and Anton (right) setting up volleyball net.
Beach!
Lance(left) and Anton(right) TRYING to set up the volleyball net...it didn't work there in the end and we set up elsewhere. :)
Elan, Corey and Scooter!
People playing in the water. Lance(left) and Anton (right) setting up volleyball net.
Beach!
Lance(left) and Anton(right) TRYING to set up the volleyball net...it didn't work there in the end and we set up elsewhere. :)
I am about to steal!
So... I was just reading a friend of mine's blog and she had a brilliant idea which I am about to steal. She loves cooking so on her blog she posted a recipe to share with her friends, family and anyone else who wanted to give it a go. Now while her family grew together in the kitchen, I have faced it alone.
In my family, many people have this diasese...it is called can'tcookrealwella. I narrowly escaped this terrible diasese when I dated a chef and learned that I loved experimenting in the kitchen. Cooking and inventing new meal ideas is my form of art...since I can't draw or paint. I take recipes, I tweak them or I come up with things all on my own. It is a relaxing and rewarding hobby that I would love to share with others. So without further ado... I present to you my first recipe post. Enjoy! (Thanks Christine for the idea! I hope you are doing well.)
Hot Spinach and Artichoke Dip
This dip is the best spinach and artichoke dip I have ever tasted and trust me... I have had A LOT of spinach and artichoke dip. I first found the recipe in a magazine and I offered a few tweaks to make it my own. P.S. This makes a HUGE amount... Easily enough for four people to share.
1 8oz pkg of cream cheese
1 9oz pkg of artichoke hearts. (I used canned hearts and drained them before use.)
1 c. steamed spinach (1 10oz frozen package)
1/2 c. Helmans Mayo
1/2 c. grated parm cheese (fresh grated is the best)
3 sml/med garlic cloves (chopped real small)
1/4 t. black pepper
1/4 c. shredded mozzarella cheese
1. Preheat oven to 375
2. Grease a 2qt backing dish
3. While the spinach steams over the stove or in a steamer, mix cream cheese, artichoke hearts, mayo, parm, garlic and pepper into a food processor. Blend until everything is chopped.
4. Add steamed spinach. Again...blend until everything mixes into a paste.
5. Pour mixture into baking dish.
6. Cover with mozzarella.
7. Bake until the cheese is bubbling and golden brown...about 25 minutes. Serve with baked pita chips (recipe below)
Pita Chips:
Buy a package of pitas, whole wheat, white...whatever kind you like. Cut about three pitas into bite size pits and put on a baking tray. Lightly salt and bake. You can coat each one with a small bit of butter if you like but without the butter they are still amazing! They only need baked for about 5 minutes at 375. You want them to be soft but toasted.
In my family, many people have this diasese...it is called can'tcookrealwella. I narrowly escaped this terrible diasese when I dated a chef and learned that I loved experimenting in the kitchen. Cooking and inventing new meal ideas is my form of art...since I can't draw or paint. I take recipes, I tweak them or I come up with things all on my own. It is a relaxing and rewarding hobby that I would love to share with others. So without further ado... I present to you my first recipe post. Enjoy! (Thanks Christine for the idea! I hope you are doing well.)
Hot Spinach and Artichoke Dip
This dip is the best spinach and artichoke dip I have ever tasted and trust me... I have had A LOT of spinach and artichoke dip. I first found the recipe in a magazine and I offered a few tweaks to make it my own. P.S. This makes a HUGE amount... Easily enough for four people to share.
1 8oz pkg of cream cheese
1 9oz pkg of artichoke hearts. (I used canned hearts and drained them before use.)
1 c. steamed spinach (1 10oz frozen package)
1/2 c. Helmans Mayo
1/2 c. grated parm cheese (fresh grated is the best)
3 sml/med garlic cloves (chopped real small)
1/4 t. black pepper
1/4 c. shredded mozzarella cheese
1. Preheat oven to 375
2. Grease a 2qt backing dish
3. While the spinach steams over the stove or in a steamer, mix cream cheese, artichoke hearts, mayo, parm, garlic and pepper into a food processor. Blend until everything is chopped.
4. Add steamed spinach. Again...blend until everything mixes into a paste.
5. Pour mixture into baking dish.
6. Cover with mozzarella.
7. Bake until the cheese is bubbling and golden brown...about 25 minutes. Serve with baked pita chips (recipe below)
Pita Chips:
Buy a package of pitas, whole wheat, white...whatever kind you like. Cut about three pitas into bite size pits and put on a baking tray. Lightly salt and bake. You can coat each one with a small bit of butter if you like but without the butter they are still amazing! They only need baked for about 5 minutes at 375. You want them to be soft but toasted.
Feels Like Summer!
Hello once again,
I think as you all can tell...I am not very good at updating this thing very often. Too busy I guess... Maybe too lazy. Things have been well. Lately CA has been HOT HOT HOT! Like triple digits hot... kinda crazy. Never felt this kinda heat in April/May before. I mean really...the Stanley Cup Playoffs aren't even over yet.
Speaking of the Cup... I am going home to Pittsburgh in three days!! YAY! I miss home SOO much and being so far away really eats at me. I have been in California for not even a year and already I dream of returning to Pittsburgh. I am a small town, family girl at heart. I can't help it. I really miss home and my friends and my family...especially during holidays and the playoffs (hockey or football...it sucks not being able to celebrate in the burgh!).
I am full heartedly considering moving back to PA when my lease is up in September. Not sure what to do right now, I am a little torn. It will be hard work to find a job and what if I am giving up too early? How do I know? Plus... I booked tickets to fly out of SF to Australia in October... It would suck having to rearrange those plans to fly out of the east coast. We will see... things are very topsy turvy but I am enjoying it while I can. Especially now that the weather is getting better.
The other day at my job it got so nice outside that instead of working the whole office took the day off to go to the beach together. Talk about spontaneous ideas! I have them all the time but I am never able to do them at work. It was awesome and a perfect day for it. Who knew that a beack could be so close when in a big city!
Anyway, I will write more again later. In the meanwhile, if anyone has any advice about my current predicament or if you have moved away from home before and missed it with your whole heart let me know. I could use someone who understand!
Talk to you again soon.
I think as you all can tell...I am not very good at updating this thing very often. Too busy I guess... Maybe too lazy. Things have been well. Lately CA has been HOT HOT HOT! Like triple digits hot... kinda crazy. Never felt this kinda heat in April/May before. I mean really...the Stanley Cup Playoffs aren't even over yet.
Speaking of the Cup... I am going home to Pittsburgh in three days!! YAY! I miss home SOO much and being so far away really eats at me. I have been in California for not even a year and already I dream of returning to Pittsburgh. I am a small town, family girl at heart. I can't help it. I really miss home and my friends and my family...especially during holidays and the playoffs (hockey or football...it sucks not being able to celebrate in the burgh!).
I am full heartedly considering moving back to PA when my lease is up in September. Not sure what to do right now, I am a little torn. It will be hard work to find a job and what if I am giving up too early? How do I know? Plus... I booked tickets to fly out of SF to Australia in October... It would suck having to rearrange those plans to fly out of the east coast. We will see... things are very topsy turvy but I am enjoying it while I can. Especially now that the weather is getting better.
The other day at my job it got so nice outside that instead of working the whole office took the day off to go to the beach together. Talk about spontaneous ideas! I have them all the time but I am never able to do them at work. It was awesome and a perfect day for it. Who knew that a beack could be so close when in a big city!
Anyway, I will write more again later. In the meanwhile, if anyone has any advice about my current predicament or if you have moved away from home before and missed it with your whole heart let me know. I could use someone who understand!
Talk to you again soon.
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