Etsy

Ever since I read Charity's Etsy post I have been wanting to peruse around Etsy and see what some of my favorite sellers are creating. Here are a few goodies:

Some cards from the Frantic Meerkat:

Original Jewelry from BirdsNBeez:

Funky Finds from Cocoandmilkweed:

And traditional nose warmers from Flyingfly:

Flashback Friday

Senior Winter Dance

2000/2001

Back Row: Nate, Jess, Haley, Jared

Front: Aimee, B.J.

(you gotta love the decorations,

especially the piece of trash by Jared's foot)

Move Over Paula Deen

So, this week school pretty much demanded my undivided attention and I have let everything else fall to the wayside. Thank goodness for a subway card, a patient husband, and the fact that my kids are pretty low maintenance. Well, tonight I decided to redeem myself by making dinner--and let me just say it was delicious! We started with a green salad topped with carrots and bell peppers, and then homemade BBQ "chicken" pizza. Maybe it was because we were both starving, or maybe it was because Sweet Baby Ray's barbeque sauce is like mother's milk--whatever the reason the pizza was amazing and we shared a moment of content silence after we had licked our plates clean. Nate had to go to a meeting so that gives me time to whip a little something up for dessert. (Apple compote drizzled over vanilla icecream--so much for winning the biggest loser contest at work.)

Taco Town

I love their faces 30 seconds in!
I alway have about 5 different cravings after I watch this.

Flashback Friday

Haley, Jess, Ronald, Laura
Park City
August 2001

(P.S. This post is dedicated to Travis Miller)

They grow up so fast...

A few cat highlights from 2008:

-Charlie taking a mini vacation to Wendover without telling me

-Fritz climbing onto the kitchen table nightly because he knows it wakes me out of a deep sleep

-Charlie and Fritz having a total of 4 abscesses (3 for Fritz, 1 for Charlie)

-Fritz having to do extra chores to work off his vet bill

-Charlie still wearing Fritz' name tag

-Charlie bringing a dead bird onto our bed

-Fritz not wanting to be seen holding hands with his mom anymore

-Charlie not immediately running under the bed when people come over

-Charlie and Fritz watching me pull 10 toy mice out from under the dryer

-Fritz realizing that the bathroom sink is a comfortable spot for a nap

-Charlie getting stuck in the neighbor's shed

-Charlie getting stuck in the bathtub

-Fritz sitting in front of the heater with the warm air blowing on his face

-Fritz sleeping on his suitcase every night

-Charlie making the strangest cat sounds known to humankind

To Charlie and Fritz: Thanks for being the best cat-kids ever!

With Love,

Your parents

Smells like Hope

Hurray for this historic day! As I was driving home from school I was listening to a segment on NPR about the Obama collectibles that people were selling at the inauguration. My favorite was a clip of a man selling Obama air fresheners--he said, "Get an Obama air freshener....you open it up and it smells like hope!" I had to laugh but it's true! We are all hoping for a better world, hoping the economy will improve, hoping for the war to end, and hoping for people to have food on their table and a roof over their head.

As far as electing the first bi-racial president goes... it really put things into perspective for me when Obama stated that, "...a man whose father less than sixty years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath." We certainly have come a long way and still have a long road ahead of us. Here is a big toast to Hope, and to President Obama!!

I have a dream...

As a future social worker one of my goals and responsibilites is to be an advocate for social justice. Every time I watch this video I feel inspired!