tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19977145634799648152024-03-13T15:52:51.105-04:00Better TogetherLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08210483114279599573noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997714563479964815.post-76104071547971170862012-01-31T22:44:00.000-05:002012-01-31T22:44:36.090-05:00What I'm loving...<div style="text-align: center;">...The warmer weather we've been having. High 60s tomorrow? Yes, please!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(I would be so okay with this weather until Spring arrives!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">...Netflix. As if I already didn't love it, I do even more since we've cancelled cable. We're working our way through <i>How I Met Your Mother </i>and I've been watching <i>Gossip Girl</i> :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://assets.huluim.com/shows/key_art_how_i_met_your_mother.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="124" src="http://assets.huluim.com/shows/key_art_how_i_met_your_mother.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dvdstreets.com/images/upload/Image/gossip%20girl/gossip-girl18_normal_normal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="http://www.dvdstreets.com/images/upload/Image/gossip%20girl/gossip-girl18_normal_normal.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">...Pinterest. More specifically, all of the cute Valentine's decor</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwYttkSLr-8BiOqhhHHzhnDONECKqlWH0pGnAxlcARWfpMG3VKBflJlQHSihE8NjhDN8hKQUJGNBZBl-3qldEmLG48kzzW933-9gIo6Q3yxk8VLWaPadgtEWaimePMymsBiqzeof0_0ns/s1600/Valentines+Wreath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwYttkSLr-8BiOqhhHHzhnDONECKqlWH0pGnAxlcARWfpMG3VKBflJlQHSihE8NjhDN8hKQUJGNBZBl-3qldEmLG48kzzW933-9gIo6Q3yxk8VLWaPadgtEWaimePMymsBiqzeof0_0ns/s320/Valentines+Wreath.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://nineandsixteen.blogspot.com/2012/01/paper-flower-wreath-tutorial.html">via</a></i></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">... fun new nail colors that showed up in my stocking on Christmas :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.vampyvarnish.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/OPI-Suzi-Says-Feng-Shui.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.vampyvarnish.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/OPI-Suzi-Says-Feng-Shui.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://www.vampyvarnish.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/OPI-Suzi-Says-Feng-Shui.jpg">via</a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2755/4275872812_d468ed3eac_z.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2755/4275872812_d468ed3eac_z.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2755/4275872812_d468ed3eac_z.jpg">via</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">... all of the fun events coming up this Spring... even if I don't have any free weekends ha!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>What are you loving?</i></div>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08210483114279599573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997714563479964815.post-58166550639160520922011-11-09T22:21:00.000-05:002011-11-09T22:21:11.681-05:00Fun day at the station I get to meet some pretty cool people with my job. Yesterday I got to meet Brian McCann (if you're not a Braves fan he's our catcher) which was pretty awesome. He is a super nice guy and indulged us with autographs and lots of pictures! Mike and I are huuggee Braves fans and I wish he could've been there.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyU84WiBTDw6mTBhucZTzF3clyZp7inNQyRK1xSM5oV-xH0-aGZb0GH9GPqjPuXP9oXajmqCxvUQnMlf8dAwgjewjnhMpVZ912_Wotosox6hUiTTtaXIbmOaig-SqjIqROPgQHHw6XPOM/s1600/IMG_0739.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyU84WiBTDw6mTBhucZTzF3clyZp7inNQyRK1xSM5oV-xH0-aGZb0GH9GPqjPuXP9oXajmqCxvUQnMlf8dAwgjewjnhMpVZ912_Wotosox6hUiTTtaXIbmOaig-SqjIqROPgQHHw6XPOM/s320/IMG_0739.JPG" width="239" /></a></div>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08210483114279599573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997714563479964815.post-20638131640266618812011-10-31T19:23:00.001-04:002011-10-31T19:24:33.044-04:00Long time gone...<div style="text-align: center;">Wow I took quite a hiatus from blogging, but really I'm okay with that. This summer was really crazy and so far the fall has been as well. Here are some some happenings...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><ul><li style="text-align: center;">I started my new (old) job in May back at the radio station I worked at in college and I absolutely love it- not that I ever thought that I wouldn't.</li>
<li style="text-align: center;">We moved to Atlanta and I now drive 1.8 miles to work- as opposed to the 23 I was driving. Never thought I would love living in the city, but I do!</li>
<li style="text-align: center;">Mike started school at Georgia Tech and well I would like to say he enjoys it, but it's insanely hard so not sure if that counts as fun. But having a football team is definitely fun!</li>
<li style="text-align: center;">We're both really busy which has been an adjustment, but its working out and we make time to have fun.</li>
<li style="text-align: center;">We now live in a town house, which has its pros and cons. Its old so it was/is interesting at times, but we have a great outdoor space (rare in the city) and we live next door to <a href="http://ordyandjoon.blogspot.com/">this girl</a> so you can't ask for a better neighbor. She lets me use her dryer (until we get one, hopefully Wednesday) and she gives Mike extra cake pops- and he truly appreciates her for that :)</li>
<li style="text-align: center;">The fun part about living in a town house is that it actually feels more like a home and I can do some fun decorating. Slow progress, but it gives me something to do while Mike is studying.</li>
</ul><div><div style="text-align: center;">I guess that's it for now. Thursday I'm having girls night with girls from work and we're all making recipes from Pinterest, crafting and watching Bridesmaids. Can't wait! I'll be back with my recipe and crafting plans!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, and of course Happy Halloween!</div></div>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08210483114279599573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997714563479964815.post-34226051290383779332011-05-09T22:04:00.000-04:002011-05-09T22:04:56.770-04:00Weekend recap<div style="text-align: center;">I have no pictures from this weekend, how sad. I really need to get better about that!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinBRtYqDoWDAy3rkiK19LG7SG1DxqcKP6S-ouGNH1M4PtXMDjUuEDaJchkeFwXl_IQq2ZgHo_d4148W7DEeepCvPl2v8OmiNLDj_U25km51_9NT-2HK5D4VWW_-0wL0g9OtWxPQLdkHI4/s1600/165332_718357064753_23203337_40168697_3186555_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Friday night we house/dog sat for our friends that just moved here. We tried out a delicious Greek place for dinner and as if we weren't already obsessed, we definitely are now. So good! And then of course, thanks to HBO Go, we watched most of season 7 of Entourage. Saturday evening we went over to <a href="http://misssouthernvol.blogspot.com/">this</a> awesome chick's house with some other friends and ate delicious food, drank yummy sangria and had a fabulous time! Sunday we headed to church and then to my sister and bro-in-laws house to celebrate our awesome Mama! Always a good time with the family and my sister's crazy dog Baxter, but he is super cute...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinBRtYqDoWDAy3rkiK19LG7SG1DxqcKP6S-ouGNH1M4PtXMDjUuEDaJchkeFwXl_IQq2ZgHo_d4148W7DEeepCvPl2v8OmiNLDj_U25km51_9NT-2HK5D4VWW_-0wL0g9OtWxPQLdkHI4/s1600/165332_718357064753_23203337_40168697_3186555_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinBRtYqDoWDAy3rkiK19LG7SG1DxqcKP6S-ouGNH1M4PtXMDjUuEDaJchkeFwXl_IQq2ZgHo_d4148W7DEeepCvPl2v8OmiNLDj_U25km51_9NT-2HK5D4VWW_-0wL0g9OtWxPQLdkHI4/s320/165332_718357064753_23203337_40168697_3186555_n.jpg" width="238" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What a mess!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Three exciting things:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1. <a href="http://adventuresindomestication.blogspot.com/">Vicky</a> graduated from TCU on Saturday, so proud! :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2. My friend Torie got engaged on Friday, yayyy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3. This is my last week at my current job. I accepted a job at the radio station I interned/worked for in college and I'm super excited to start! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08210483114279599573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997714563479964815.post-32790300928012821772011-04-24T21:50:00.000-04:002011-04-24T21:50:29.740-04:00Happy Easter<div style="text-align: center;">Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter! I had Good Friday off which was nice because work has been so crazy busy lately (even if there was a little work drama I had to deal with). It was also nice to have time to reflect on the sacrifice of our Lord and Savior. I was able to get a good work out in and a little alone time while I got a pedicure! Last night we made some delicious fish tacos and I completely forgot to take pics because we devoured them so fast!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Today we started off our day celebrating at church with my parents. Then we headed up to Mike's grandpa's to hang out with his family. It was fun watching the little kids hunting eggs and counting all of their money. I brought my camera and completely forgot to get it out! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I also put together a little Easter basket for Mike and I haha! I slacked on getting candy (not that we need it) so M got...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8rKIO30USV8jm4TS_r0D-CKUJFEup0Goc3Flj2NRSDJeqKFK9jsm5r1KnzSc2BcnQ9SLvBktQwrlragFPGBI2egBKWpudABEIUOsvCIdBhZv6iHuVwyWox9kVS8wjchM3mhpc48PY8R0/s1600/gt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8rKIO30USV8jm4TS_r0D-CKUJFEup0Goc3Flj2NRSDJeqKFK9jsm5r1KnzSc2BcnQ9SLvBktQwrlragFPGBI2egBKWpudABEIUOsvCIdBhZv6iHuVwyWox9kVS8wjchM3mhpc48PY8R0/s320/gt.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.carolinasauce.com/images/coded/8C0001-1062204840.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.carolinasauce.com/images/coded/8C0001-1062204840.jpg" width="85" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(My sister had this at her house and Mike loved it)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And the Easter bunny brought me this cute dress:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtyWhRmLP8wWyGYZcAnTbW06AdG2omSTuNPE1YPhZQRjRbjrBNVhxdwABGYNZlP2VcjjjsYG4UM8GGjm5CZm0qZGkasoI5fWc2y23XnZdypgzLHTYjSbiep8iTNqJZzWtQenNuOciABU/s1600/on809604-10vliv01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtyWhRmLP8wWyGYZcAnTbW06AdG2omSTuNPE1YPhZQRjRbjrBNVhxdwABGYNZlP2VcjjjsYG4UM8GGjm5CZm0qZGkasoI5fWc2y23XnZdypgzLHTYjSbiep8iTNqJZzWtQenNuOciABU/s320/on809604-10vliv01.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just 3 more weeks until we head to the beach!! Ahh can't wait!</div>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08210483114279599573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997714563479964815.post-26435934623684695192011-04-12T21:10:00.000-04:002011-04-12T21:10:12.541-04:00Happenings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center">Long time, no blog. My bad.</div><div align="center">The most exciting thing going on around here is that Mike was accepted to Georgia Tech! He will start in the Fall and I'm so proud of him.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/collegesports/files/2010/07/gtech.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" r6="true" src="http://blog.timesunion.com/collegesports/files/2010/07/gtech.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Celebration beer and pizza :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center">We went to our first Braves game of the season. We carpooled with<a href="http://misssouthernvol.blogspot.com/"> this girl</a> and her hubby- we had an impromptu tailgate, too bad I didn't take a picture haha! Unfortunately they lost to the Phillies-yuck! But we still had a good time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJbI0YJvtNUScHmPbiSuwnf7lUjLa6HC34KzE3ijzRkO4FQQCSUGz2ZgQqA_GJUino8xO9NjKVNRX6_jX_2hgN0wCpHGAGmJ16Lq0dXYKWrjnrsQ2youLQJHZP4ywy_KwYa-kOl5sQDqI/s1600/Braves+4-9-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJbI0YJvtNUScHmPbiSuwnf7lUjLa6HC34KzE3ijzRkO4FQQCSUGz2ZgQqA_GJUino8xO9NjKVNRX6_jX_2hgN0wCpHGAGmJ16Lq0dXYKWrjnrsQ2youLQJHZP4ywy_KwYa-kOl5sQDqI/s320/Braves+4-9-11.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div align="center">My hubby is so cute :)</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Sunday Mike worked so I went to church, layed out for a little, and went to see Julie and this precious little boy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzNnN_diCHGHE1e-Dyx-5yWqQAMDSZt2W8NW3o8IslHeiHbeNg9iz4HR8ghToomZp7Agn6ikiGLwrWyih49q2cLbg2pMnHZ4v6LYHRpOjHdjgIA1SkDoPhc4-Wy2LRvUbbYvo_0SXi8w/s1600/jonathan+and+les+4-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzNnN_diCHGHE1e-Dyx-5yWqQAMDSZt2W8NW3o8IslHeiHbeNg9iz4HR8ghToomZp7Agn6ikiGLwrWyih49q2cLbg2pMnHZ4v6LYHRpOjHdjgIA1SkDoPhc4-Wy2LRvUbbYvo_0SXi8w/s320/jonathan+and+les+4-10.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div align="center">Look how tiny! He is still only like 6.5lbs and soo sweet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTzY8XBaMOvmsBI5kxLpH68GroUC_CR9crIy8K3JDK50-k3Nn1L2SpYAN8G_SA9D_gZtTbFRQ7-92bto4VYgzJ9NFoaSIQChtSVlX1whR7aayP5FMVbMK9G_o2JST0gOd5koc0SGXg2MU/s1600/jonathan+4-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTzY8XBaMOvmsBI5kxLpH68GroUC_CR9crIy8K3JDK50-k3Nn1L2SpYAN8G_SA9D_gZtTbFRQ7-92bto4VYgzJ9NFoaSIQChtSVlX1whR7aayP5FMVbMK9G_o2JST0gOd5koc0SGXg2MU/s320/jonathan+4-10.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div align="center">Ughh I could have held him forever!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">We also found out that our friends are moving back to Atlanta next month and I am so excited! I can't wait to have my running partner back! (It's only been since high school haha!)</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Busy week, but what's new? Hope you're have a great week!</div>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08210483114279599573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997714563479964815.post-84315128046351857612011-03-30T21:59:00.000-04:002011-03-30T21:59:20.756-04:00Babies!<div align="center">This past weekend was super exciting! Two of my friends, Julie and Morgan, were pregnant with baby boys. They were actually due one day apart, but not until April. Amazingly they both gave birth on Saturday to the cutest little boys! </div><div align="center">Julie and I have been best friends since we were in 5th grade. We've pretty much been through every major life event together and it's been a blast. At every milestone I think "how did we get here so fast?" and this weekend was no different. Weren't we just little silly girls in high school...? And now we're old enough to have children? Hah! Anyway, with out further ado here is 'J' :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4eNZMfNDEbAyXFle459KtvvoyqXcPloVReeFK3_-QadlMi0oZErSQt1D9ZM0Geo7ThU2OdW2NBg5msgFAyn0RWh8HAwM29PxvDhL7EaUblNH4rSx0O4Gt4npywY2bh6ykgHDbS9QlhLc/s1600/Jonathan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4eNZMfNDEbAyXFle459KtvvoyqXcPloVReeFK3_-QadlMi0oZErSQt1D9ZM0Geo7ThU2OdW2NBg5msgFAyn0RWh8HAwM29PxvDhL7EaUblNH4rSx0O4Gt4npywY2bh6ykgHDbS9QlhLc/s320/Jonathan.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuLC8iDr4YHelfw1EOdZIisMOQa1S5F5F9xSBP2txMZBaCHb_eVvNO6tEW-aRPkDPEen04jj7q4BMSJX4FTvKV3zMjg07u6gDUWMnZ_HQICSaid0S5sEvl6HQKgKeHiC_0dBWb0MxNuZw/s1600/us+and+jonathan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuLC8iDr4YHelfw1EOdZIisMOQa1S5F5F9xSBP2txMZBaCHb_eVvNO6tEW-aRPkDPEen04jj7q4BMSJX4FTvKV3zMjg07u6gDUWMnZ_HQICSaid0S5sEvl6HQKgKeHiC_0dBWb0MxNuZw/s320/us+and+jonathan.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center">The best friends a girl could ask for :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWMYCW6-xIo8MsVcNH5sF3vLi9csymHrbfPSlW4gshLcPr9iUbFe_VTdriE4HaWpmhUerNGv48gi34N6fog40bJcl4-H2Zm7K989JMpttmbT6Pr0gpPqIwog-ehLFwWBfvTziCmqEYSY/s1600/Jonathan2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWMYCW6-xIo8MsVcNH5sF3vLi9csymHrbfPSlW4gshLcPr9iUbFe_VTdriE4HaWpmhUerNGv48gi34N6fog40bJcl4-H2Zm7K989JMpttmbT6Pr0gpPqIwog-ehLFwWBfvTziCmqEYSY/s320/Jonathan2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center">Julie sent me this pic yesterday and I just want to eat him up!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Morgan and I met when I interned at the radio station in college. I feel like I've known her forever! She already has one precious little boy and now she's really out numbered in her house haha! I haven't gotten to meet 'M' yet so I had to steal a pic from her :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNoJWYV4biVQI4frNxFW9p4djlzyG0pHHoUlLon8vbcfa190Y8G-yMS5G8rJIHoBaxsKjmNj_u9LlWe1Lh2XBhTRB8_p6n8lr3fFTOKMAuX0bv8jnhNsJ0wobebgl_eUgLnMkk3xa4Vq8/s1600/Mason.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNoJWYV4biVQI4frNxFW9p4djlzyG0pHHoUlLon8vbcfa190Y8G-yMS5G8rJIHoBaxsKjmNj_u9LlWe1Lh2XBhTRB8_p6n8lr3fFTOKMAuX0bv8jnhNsJ0wobebgl_eUgLnMkk3xa4Vq8/s320/Mason.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center">Can't wait to love on him!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Ahh so precious! These two will hold off my baby fever for awhile and I'm sure my husband is thankful!</div>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08210483114279599573noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997714563479964815.post-45009301157941321412011-03-21T22:00:00.000-04:002011-03-21T22:00:16.835-04:00Happy Birthday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To my awesome Mama!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvJzVxpug5Lt1-nLpgE5_MgTZdYoCs00GluArUa0Pr7TUr37tLNPI7GSp-yj3x_rxZxX1w1B1_R5SqfE5cGCK4hXIkPxvD_5rsoVdJVkAxhesN6yhFIfCTb7olbw3tSlBEVMMlE1HWkE/s1600/mama+bday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvJzVxpug5Lt1-nLpgE5_MgTZdYoCs00GluArUa0Pr7TUr37tLNPI7GSp-yj3x_rxZxX1w1B1_R5SqfE5cGCK4hXIkPxvD_5rsoVdJVkAxhesN6yhFIfCTb7olbw3tSlBEVMMlE1HWkE/s320/mama+bday.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yep, she's turning 30 ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love my mom... she's so much fun and always makes us laugh [even if we do tease her a lot].</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqt0lae0uABsVAQE4GV-RprqhZbhW5efDejcLstW_PkyCkf7ceH60-Y4B2JwfUZBHw49dq_UR55gMe4G62MNteVW5BCu039vy0_ZFT5xJpVnuooMoh5hTM783m3JRkZ0DSHFr7MCi-0gc/s1600/Greathouse+216.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqt0lae0uABsVAQE4GV-RprqhZbhW5efDejcLstW_PkyCkf7ceH60-Y4B2JwfUZBHw49dq_UR55gMe4G62MNteVW5BCu039vy0_ZFT5xJpVnuooMoh5hTM783m3JRkZ0DSHFr7MCi-0gc/s320/Greathouse+216.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">My sophmore year I don't think I really went anywhere.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">My junior year four of us went to Orange Beach and just got a cheap hotel and laid on the beach! We went to Jimmy Buffets sister's restaraunt called Lulus one night and with the t-shirts we bought we got fake tattoos- ha so rebellious! </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLFG-JjdAX51JkWMB5lFzjyYt0S1MOfg7RGruRKi2f4gvrY1ENRhIQ9glYmR4i_3tIYhZiGunbkdNESu1i3q5U_pxLYsEPTSGJEvosV1IOR9_7ktkW6NpFs5443lcf4cJiYwoHewctXH4/s1600/n23206598_31603744_1702.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLFG-JjdAX51JkWMB5lFzjyYt0S1MOfg7RGruRKi2f4gvrY1ENRhIQ9glYmR4i_3tIYhZiGunbkdNESu1i3q5U_pxLYsEPTSGJEvosV1IOR9_7ktkW6NpFs5443lcf4cJiYwoHewctXH4/s320/n23206598_31603744_1702.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Our senior year a group of us went to Hollywood, Fl... we found a condo, which ended up being a little sketchy. It was basically a retirement condo and supposedly the owners weren't supposed to rent out their condos for vacationers haha! But we made nice to all the people and they didn't mind us being there [minus the lady below us].</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivMX_XCbIgfA7SjPjyeRJeJTARKrmM75NqkWXUKp1oIQYX3V7N-Nswf1f06svNVb9hxUJoUSuxVApLVo6UpfdHtSFr55NhsoagPjMj5Ix2RsACx9YaXyIOiadHZUSxVrn43AWccagjFac/s1600/n23206598_33401173_2135.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivMX_XCbIgfA7SjPjyeRJeJTARKrmM75NqkWXUKp1oIQYX3V7N-Nswf1f06svNVb9hxUJoUSuxVApLVo6UpfdHtSFr55NhsoagPjMj5Ix2RsACx9YaXyIOiadHZUSxVrn43AWccagjFac/s320/n23206598_33401173_2135.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9dAkTGYdn6qH3uSOCGWZNWNSc4bWnjzzH_ZQ27eV8mfZp7c4xWZEtVKf0M00W_Nt2Elw8nCdotXiIWmZiQ1wYr_py5U1AS3Amceq134Zh6Tpjl8ME73flG2wYiM1IspXdzxgGDj4llo/s1600/untitled.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9dAkTGYdn6qH3uSOCGWZNWNSc4bWnjzzH_ZQ27eV8mfZp7c4xWZEtVKf0M00W_Nt2Elw8nCdotXiIWmZiQ1wYr_py5U1AS3Amceq134Zh6Tpjl8ME73flG2wYiM1IspXdzxgGDj4llo/s320/untitled.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">The last morning we were there the women invited us to do water aerobics with them and they kicked our butts! It was so hard and we were all really sore the next day!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">We went to Miami one day and we were looking for Miami Ink, but found this little gem of a place...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz14HdYktmVhmZ9icVti-EjTj_5dyzDEo8RDK-CJ1dhbDmshY-n9rD7_MhHAPNOfM1pjJyIpfWbfa_Pi_i1KliJsWfdVy4eJGpq8eWQLGDhmTqEFG0qSUDGURhRv35il7Pz7gzb9e3090/s1600/1.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz14HdYktmVhmZ9icVti-EjTj_5dyzDEo8RDK-CJ1dhbDmshY-n9rD7_MhHAPNOfM1pjJyIpfWbfa_Pi_i1KliJsWfdVy4eJGpq8eWQLGDhmTqEFG0qSUDGURhRv35il7Pz7gzb9e3090/s320/1.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Torie, Katie and I took back a little souvenir from here :)</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Ahh, what I would give for a week on the beach right now. I could really use it after these past couple of weeks!</div>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08210483114279599573noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997714563479964815.post-51153553717946926862011-02-28T10:34:00.000-05:002011-02-28T10:34:00.386-05:00National Craft Month<div style="text-align: center;">Did you know that March is National Craft Month?! I didn't either until my weekly email from Joann told me :) So, gather up your coupons and get to crafting! I have a few ideas in mind, but if you have any fun ideas to share let me know!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixohjZwidKRl-ff3ykDO5O4MqqVSd42kViG9MJt9bvqdxLviN4guIE-JGuqqVM1cbL2X1ZxnK17X5S_mexlqRUhKWoRu6kEHcwKH77k34_DDunBNi2cn9p1EFyEQ5bmlUYoKBJLHHVzIw/s1600/main1_21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="90" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixohjZwidKRl-ff3ykDO5O4MqqVSd42kViG9MJt9bvqdxLviN4guIE-JGuqqVM1cbL2X1ZxnK17X5S_mexlqRUhKWoRu6kEHcwKH77k34_DDunBNi2cn9p1EFyEQ5bmlUYoKBJLHHVzIw/s320/main1_21.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Have fun crafting!</div>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08210483114279599573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997714563479964815.post-68570542049185258492011-02-24T09:00:00.002-05:002011-02-24T09:00:04.086-05:00Valentine's Day Crafts<div style="text-align: center;">I made a few decorations to make our apartment pretty. Vicky over at <a href="http://www.adventuresindomestication.blogspot.com/">Adventures in Domestication</a> showed me <a href="http://myhouseofl.blogspot.com/2011/01/valentine-burlap-wreath.html">this</a> cute wreath and we both tried it out. It took much longer than I thought it would and trying to shape the hanger almost drove me crazy haha. Oh well it turned out pretty cute although its lost its shape some since it has been hanging for awhile.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-gls7L9R7fd_kvhbgV47rng34v_oV7m3h25s0hY5ktC2ZNv8HdWpWSfl8H1PDBeqLZilycVT2UKOVVMMgrTQ9c_l4xNWjWajlL3BxGjxJKqGTfw1qO7tZ5pEBrT9rxdpezrCa8_Pgb6w/s1600/heart+wreath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-gls7L9R7fd_kvhbgV47rng34v_oV7m3h25s0hY5ktC2ZNv8HdWpWSfl8H1PDBeqLZilycVT2UKOVVMMgrTQ9c_l4xNWjWajlL3BxGjxJKqGTfw1qO7tZ5pEBrT9rxdpezrCa8_Pgb6w/s320/heart+wreath.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">One Saturday I was out running and ran by our dumpster and saw this frame laying there...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihT4Oc6bWLSa1xe2dw0RtIB6WkrGsovbGPTW0gs9JZ3sEcoiA6s1uU4384Ba28gQ-7VIIZxyKkNqnjRdxfOPvYb87GBbMJVQTvzzGeMrriBhTzxqLqcn84_MzPfwkjA6dAflKUL-9ewtw/s1600/frame+before.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihT4Oc6bWLSa1xe2dw0RtIB6WkrGsovbGPTW0gs9JZ3sEcoiA6s1uU4384Ba28gQ-7VIIZxyKkNqnjRdxfOPvYb87GBbMJVQTvzzGeMrriBhTzxqLqcn84_MzPfwkjA6dAflKUL-9ewtw/s320/frame+before.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">It didn't have a backing just some fabric stapled in. I knew immediately I could paint it and make it cute. I later found out its a custom size from Hobby Lobby and a really random size. I found<a href="http://eighteen25.blogspot.com/2011/01/valentine-subway-art.html"> this</a> free printable and knew I had to use it. This is how it ended up...</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now I need to find a spring wreath and some bright and fun decorations because I'm ready to craft! </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08210483114279599573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997714563479964815.post-41346248010996771462011-02-23T20:18:00.001-05:002011-02-23T21:35:55.955-05:00Meal Planning [5]<div style="text-align: center;">I didn't skip planning for week 4- I just never got around to posting it. So here's week 5.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Monday: My birthday- we got BBQ and ate at home and watched the end of season 8 of 24 </div><div style="text-align: center;">Tuesday: Chicken and Mozzarella ravioli with sundried tomato alfredo sauce, asparagus</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wednesday: Pot roast, mashed potatoes, asparagus</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thursday: Leftovers</div><div style="text-align: center;">Friday: Chicken squares</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">When I make crockpot meals I usually get up a little earlier to get it together. However, this morning, I ran out of time and didn't have time to start the pot roast so I emailed Mike directions and he did it for me. It was delish! He did a great job :) And for Valentines Day he made filet with a marsala sauce, fresh green beans and yummy breaad. He also bought me a nice bottle of wine :) Love him!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Time to start planning next weeks meals!</div>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08210483114279599573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997714563479964815.post-31535195876273084032011-02-20T17:45:00.000-05:002011-02-20T17:45:51.038-05:00My early birthday present!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Mike told me Thursday I was getting my birthday present early-on Friday. (My birthday is tomorrow, Monday) He gets really excited about surprises and couldn't wait to give it to me. I came home from work to find this beauty of a package...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwYLtJev9aXoTorMS3ZMtJqhlTBYoMoJgnmanql8NLAUPW3DUVB-QBPlcgFepvmgqPOfcgtMHbKTBy3ft0ljhCN__a4WK8ukpsaTT6GhMiOZqHZClcMDvI11X2ZI73PAhmCxCjvtgC5mg/s1600/birthday+present.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwYLtJev9aXoTorMS3ZMtJqhlTBYoMoJgnmanql8NLAUPW3DUVB-QBPlcgFepvmgqPOfcgtMHbKTBy3ft0ljhCN__a4WK8ukpsaTT6GhMiOZqHZClcMDvI11X2ZI73PAhmCxCjvtgC5mg/s320/birthday+present.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Apparently we didn't have enough wrapping paper haha! Inside this box was my hand weights, a blanket and some other random things to throw the weight of it off. Then there was a smaller box wrapped in the pretty Tiffany blue paper. And insde that was this:</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxZBfQ4RIg9ADeeEizBBiAfipMTjE6o8cHS_iiZtMIkbTRues3YDQ3iAylBbs5QpaEBL8S_NtBwd03a03HsWYDVz6AjU7joNjmMO7lW_nnPl7qHr_GNyjJaV2PpB2kf_5afKgW8sgyTUA/s1600/mine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxZBfQ4RIg9ADeeEizBBiAfipMTjE6o8cHS_iiZtMIkbTRues3YDQ3iAylBbs5QpaEBL8S_NtBwd03a03HsWYDVz6AjU7joNjmMO7lW_nnPl7qHr_GNyjJaV2PpB2kf_5afKgW8sgyTUA/s320/mine.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">It's so pretty and I love it! We have a desktop computer, but the husband is usually on it doing homework or something else. So now I have my very own and I will definitely be blogging a lot more! My husband is the best!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Also Friday night, we celebrated with my family. We headed over to my parents for burgers and a bonfire. It was a lot of fun, but unfortunately I was so excited about my computer I forgot my camera ha! My sister took a few pics so I'll have to get them from her.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Overall, fabulous weekend! Now off to meal plan !</div>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08210483114279599573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997714563479964815.post-31127355766921055802011-02-10T11:00:00.001-05:002011-02-10T11:00:11.964-05:00Random thoughts<div style="text-align: center;">I'm bored and my brain isn't functioning enough to formulate a real post so here are my thoughts in bullets:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><ul><li><div style="text-align: center;">We got a light dusting of snow last night. Glad that's all it was- I'm over winter.</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: center;">I'm kind of obsessed with The Office right now. Mike and I have been watching it instant on Netflix every night. Love it.</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: center;">I saw bathing suits out at Target yesterday...yikes!</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: center;">Speaking of bathing suits, I've been doing a lot of ab exercises and my stomach has been soo sore! Clearly out.of.shape.</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: center;">We have friends coming to stay with us this weekend and I'm super excited! However, the switch on our vacuum is broken and I can't vacuum before they come! [and I'm sure they couldn't care less, but I care]</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: center;">I made a few Valentine's decorations and they took way more work that I anticipated, but I'll take some pics and post later.</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: center;">Girls Night next week- really excited! It's been awhile.</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: center;">I turn 25 in ten days... yuck. </div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: center;">I love my husband. A lot. He keeps me laughing a majority of the time.</div></li>
</ul><div style="text-align: center;">That is all, have a great Thursday!</div>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08210483114279599573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997714563479964815.post-671461023969242142011-02-09T08:35:00.000-05:002011-02-09T08:35:55.402-05:00Meal Planning [3]<div style="text-align: center;">I'm such a slacker in the posting department, but I did meal plan on Sunday for this week. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Monday: Fajitas and rice</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tuesday: Meatball Subs, tots, and carrots</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wednesday: Chicken Tacos</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thursday: Leftovers</div><div style="text-align: center;">Friday: Calzones</div><div style="text-align: center;">Saturday: On the Border - yumm</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sunday: ?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I didn't plan for this weekend because we have friends coming in town, but we already decided we're eating at On the Border, ha! </div>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08210483114279599573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997714563479964815.post-13195792976895432762011-01-31T13:08:00.001-05:002011-01-31T13:09:24.035-05:00Meal Planning [2]<div style="text-align: center;">Second week of meal planning!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Monday: <a href="http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/04/cajun-chicken-pasta/">PW's Cajun Chicken Pasta </a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tuesday: Mexican Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, salad</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wednesday: Grilled Chicken Salad</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thursday: Leftovers</div><div style="text-align: center;">Friday: Thai Coconut Chicken Soup [ we had this at a wedding this weekend and it was soo good!]</div><div style="text-align: center;">Saturday: Leftovers</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sunday: We usually eat out for lunch after church, which usually takes care of dinner as well</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">While at the Grand Canyon at the beginning of the month, we stopped in one of the little stores and I found a rack of cook books that were all Southwest cooking. Yum! So my souvenir was this one:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://imagethumbnails.milo.com/006/592/365/290/6592081_8696365_290.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" s5="true" src="http://imagethumbnails.milo.com/006/592/365/290/6592081_8696365_290.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I've been trying a recipe from the book each week. Last weeks was Spicy Chicken Joes and they turned out pretty darn good, so I thought I'd share the recipe.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Spicy Chicken Joes:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">2-3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts</div><div style="text-align: center;">2 Yellow onions, chopped</div><div style="text-align: center;">4-5 cloves of garlic, chopped</div><div style="text-align: center;">olive oil</div><div style="text-align: center;">1- 8oz can tomato paste</div><div style="text-align: center;">1- 16oz can tomato sauce</div><div style="text-align: center;">2- chipotles in adobo sauce, seeded and chopped [not nearly spicey enough for us- if you're not into spicy start with one pepper]</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 tablespoon worchestershire sauce</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 tablespoon ground cumin</div><div style="text-align: center;">1/2 cup packed brown sugar [ I would take this down to 1/4 cup, it was a little too sweet]</div><div style="text-align: center;">1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt</div><div style="text-align: center;">Rolls</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cilantro for garnish if you like</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Heat oil in pan. Brown chicken, onions and garlic [I drained off the water that the onions and chicken produced]. In separate bowl mix next 7 ingredients. Place chicken/onion/garlic mixture in crock pot and pour the sauce mixture over it. Cook on low for 5-6 hours or until chicken is cooked through. Shred chicken with forks and serve on rolls of your choice. Garnish with cilantro [Mike had cheese on his] and PLEASE serve with tator tots :)</div>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08210483114279599573noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997714563479964815.post-32638924998661240962011-01-29T11:19:00.000-05:002011-01-29T11:19:27.802-05:00I heart clearance<div style="text-align: center;">Especially Old Navy clearance. Not because I'm obsessed with their clothes (it's usually hit or miss for me), but because their clearance racks are insanely cheap. The other day I got an email saying their clearance was marked down even more so during lunch I headed over to the store. Yeah, the clearance was an extra 50% off. Score! And it was the first day of the sale so they had a lot and in every size. So here is what I picked up. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9k31DnTa4RLxV6-d9axEsvN_KFjLhmi1mvExtPgf1HxyGPR5roQP7PqT7nmOBIX7OGhnQveQ0MB67LT8s4QnPL_mfX_STbyR-xEDuJJXnLQpEvEeLIOlRAwz6r4a4IVGfNDRy4k9uQWM/s1600/DSCN1385.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9k31DnTa4RLxV6-d9axEsvN_KFjLhmi1mvExtPgf1HxyGPR5roQP7PqT7nmOBIX7OGhnQveQ0MB67LT8s4QnPL_mfX_STbyR-xEDuJJXnLQpEvEeLIOlRAwz6r4a4IVGfNDRy4k9uQWM/s320/DSCN1385.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dress = $4</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I also got a pair of dark skinny jeans for $7!</div><div style="text-align: center;">My total was $20. I figured there was no way the husband could be mad for me spending money on clothes when I got such a great deal :) I was right.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now I'm ready for Spring so I can wear everything haha! But it is going to be in the 60s this weekend! Praise the Lord! [I.hate.winter.]</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08210483114279599573noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997714563479964815.post-52280387056045525892011-01-27T17:40:00.000-05:002011-01-27T17:40:21.201-05:00Bruschetta Salad<div style="text-align: center;">While we were in Arizona we ate like kings [and queens]. Leah is a great cook and we probably gained 5lbs that week, but that's what vacation is for right? One night she made this salad and it's delish! It's all her, so I can't take credit. I didn't take pictures and this recipe isn't exact because really you just throw it all together. I just grabbed pictures from google for people who are visual learners :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Bruschetta Salad:</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Grape tomatoes cut in half - about a cup</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mygourmetconnection.com/recipes/salads-dressings/img/grape-tomato-salad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" s5="true" src="http://www.mygourmetconnection.com/recipes/salads-dressings/img/grape-tomato-salad.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Fresh Mozzerella cubed, about the same size as the tomatoes - 1/2 cup or more if you really like cheese :)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mix all ingredients together and let sit for a few minutes to let all the flavors mix, but not too long so that the croutons get soggy, blech! There ya go- it's super easy and so good!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08210483114279599573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997714563479964815.post-39197224235618936222011-01-25T21:32:00.000-05:002011-01-25T21:32:10.109-05:00Sisters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">This past weekend my sister Heather and her husband Dustin were in town from California. We haven't since them since May so it was really fun to have them around. I have another sister, Ashley who is the oldest, then Heather and I'm the baby. My sisters are the best! We get along so well and always have the best time acting crazy together while our husbands stand off to the side and give us weird looks. Holidays are always a little crazy when we're all together and I think we make our Mama nervous haha! At least my poor Dad now has some guys around to escape the madness with. I love having sisters!</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> My wedding 2008</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Heather's wedding 2009 [with my mom]</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">[my poor parents paid for 3 weddings in 3 years]</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ash gave us this necklace this weekend and I love it, so true!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKM5ROgEvjMtYGoFk2qQOat5q_MLyuvfjDal6YxGKzg5PNCT4WsNO99Fadctg_YYu-w8ySio7A7CpWWBncX2KDG_Jtmwgm-Y-9Pj7CO_fSrv3YpRzwyzHvpF1RmTJTQSV88jsaUqezvr4/s1600/0900631b81559b9fM.tif.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKM5ROgEvjMtYGoFk2qQOat5q_MLyuvfjDal6YxGKzg5PNCT4WsNO99Fadctg_YYu-w8ySio7A7CpWWBncX2KDG_Jtmwgm-Y-9Pj7CO_fSrv3YpRzwyzHvpF1RmTJTQSV88jsaUqezvr4/s1600/0900631b81559b9fM.tif.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08210483114279599573noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997714563479964815.post-90855128093722779542011-01-24T21:26:00.003-05:002011-01-24T21:42:18.838-05:00Meal Planning [1]<div style="text-align: center;">Keeping with my goals for 2011, I figured I'd just post my meal plan for the week on here to keep myself accountable and so I can remember what I cook from week to week.<br /><br />Monday: Burgers and bruschetta salad [so good and easy! I'll post the recipe soon]<br />Tuesday:Spicy Chicken Joes [from my new slow cooker cookbook] and tator tots. "Give me some of your tots!"<br />Wednesday: Tilapia, balsamic thyme roasted tomatoes and mushrooms, and brown rice<br />Thursday: We're going out to dinner with our small group<br />Friday: leftovers<br />Saturday: We have a wedding to go to<br />Sunday: leftovers or something random we have<br /><br />My grocery list was so short this week, it was nice. I try to meal plan around food we already have so I didn't need to buy a lot this week. Happy eating :)<br /></div>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08210483114279599573noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997714563479964815.post-20447220651552481242011-01-20T09:15:00.006-05:002011-01-20T10:03:09.163-05:002011<div align="center">Somehow January has flown by, but really when does time not fly? I've been thinking about some goals [not so much resolutions] for 2011 so I figured I'd throw 'em out there and maybe that will help keep me accountable. I don't usually do this, but lately I have been thinking a lot about how fast my twenties are going and I don't want to look back and think "what did do with that time?". You could say I'm having a little quarter life crisis- I turn 25 in a month from tomorrow eek! Haha. I know, I know that's still very young, but that also means I'm closing in on 30! Anyway here are a few goals for the next year...</div><div align="center"><br /></div><p align="center">1. Run a marathon</p><div align="center"><br /></div><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 251px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564273378029087122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1glWkOf_N-Mwi8-LHjSlHTyg2dIot3cUMtKzMLk73P1IwOexqdi9yIQbYQIALgo1e18AhYbOfbbvIL2CwwDe1vNuyIC4VAKHD9uvG2BFBXPo1JQ-h5mEs09EJNWkv4cA02i0uFdGqQ7A/s320/262ovald.jpg" /> I have wanted to run a marathon since my senior year of high school when I ran cross country and my first half. And then I got lazy. I ran on and off through college and the same since. I ran a half in October 2009, but then had surgery again a few months after that. I got back in to working out and running a little and then this fall got mono. What the heck?! So I'm done with the excuses and I'm gonna do it. I think I need to register for a race so I have more motivation ha!<br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">2. Meal plan: this works out great when I actually do it. It saves us money and me a lot time. I work full-time and my commute is at least an hour so when I get home it's nice to know that I already have everything to make dinner. Plus, I don't have the excuse of "I don't feel like cooking I'll just pick something up" which saves us money.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">3. Send out birthday cards [on time]: I love sending out cards, but I'm so bad at it! And I've already failed at January, so I need to get in gear for the rest of the year. Vicky [<a href="http://adventuresindomestication.blogspot.com/">Adventures in Domestication</a>] has the same goal so we can help keep each other on track :)</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">4. Read more: I love to read, but I never do anymore. I don't really know why- I guess it's easier to veg out watching tv? Also with this, I want to be more diligent in reading my Bible. Currently I am reading Crazy Love - our small group is going through this book and it's really good. </div><div align="center"></div><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564279763520523426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWyTn3a2dg4jBsL8YjQWITV33xqMMJpgQ15eGx2-nrHN3xgxuTp-YSG1VAHM9HCdCXIYCOixMlj0j_p17RfmYH1G5cnlmgfZrZDq0AYCxNZxvuS0oDFft-p_r1h1VBfMt1JnCOy8Fjb0o/s320/4-1.jpg" />I'm going to read HP7 again first, but I need book suggestions please!</p><p align="center">5. Get and stay organized: All of my goals lead to one thing- organization. I need to use my time better in the evenings and on the weekends to get all of this done. Maybe I need a planner? I still have my planner from my senior year of college and sometimes I look at it to remind myself when I think I'm busy, I will probably not have that much on my plate until I have kids haha! I had 5 classes, I was a resident assistant [full-time, all the time with crazy college kids for 3 yrs], I interned/worked for a radio station [office hours plus events at night or on the weekends], I served at a restaurant, and I had a fiancé stationed on the other side of the world [14 hours ahead of my time]. Oh and I started planning our wedding.</p><p align="center">Needless to say I think I can handle of all this :) Better get started!</p><p></p><br /><br /><p></p><br /><p align="center"></p>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08210483114279599573noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997714563479964815.post-39753019969702226302011-01-11T09:44:00.007-05:002011-01-11T12:35:19.275-05:00Vacation<div style="text-align: center;">Thankfully the 'winter storm' here in Georgia is allowing me to work from home again today so I actually have time to post.<br /><br />Back in the fall we decided to meet up with some friends over the winter break. These are friends that Mike was stationed with Okinawa and we hadn't seen them in a year or two. One of the couples lives in Arizona and we decided to head there since it would probably be the warmest [compared to Georgia, Ohio, and Albuquerque]. We left two days after Christmas and we spent a week there. Much to our surprise we got about 10 inches of snow dumped on us the 2nd day we were there [3 weeks prior it was in the 70s and 80s]. Joy. Oh well, it was pretty and probably the most snow we'd ever seen. We played in it some and attempted to sled with a card board box haha! Here are a few pics:<br /></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEyEy5xUUygWrRa0wtYt6zzjPAOrBv0v7DptjTprE4etsNVRTP3fJwLWSvUxRRCDlYa2GhArkVsGS7OlvsP7zcVmS7oHP5XUNK7msBCA6jJPbl-vuYJ5hchKct-h6g2LtFxRdK5pFhELI/s1600/IMG_3161.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEyEy5xUUygWrRa0wtYt6zzjPAOrBv0v7DptjTprE4etsNVRTP3fJwLWSvUxRRCDlYa2GhArkVsGS7OlvsP7zcVmS7oHP5XUNK7msBCA6jJPbl-vuYJ5hchKct-h6g2LtFxRdK5pFhELI/s320/IMG_3161.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560940255881529602" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMssVKj9Tm-hAjuT4pmyPjpcGQKNes0VVBmd6ctfXaTyfquWOKeoxNQ2IHH9U1LqNSqXYQpRonhcQGfoTTbHcHdA_DzUtiJUDk9Ly_djlwAHKO55hLfkT80pSWgNuCwhvbG2sd0xHXcMY/s1600/IMG_3166.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMssVKj9Tm-hAjuT4pmyPjpcGQKNes0VVBmd6ctfXaTyfquWOKeoxNQ2IHH9U1LqNSqXYQpRonhcQGfoTTbHcHdA_DzUtiJUDk9Ly_djlwAHKO55hLfkT80pSWgNuCwhvbG2sd0xHXcMY/s320/IMG_3166.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560940260740141730" border="0" /></a>Nice view from their driveway<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiT7qG2I4IqlsR4HHXLAZkxHOUQRmsvm914MO3K1NRXkDyFvJADQvBLNcPxpv6p2PelSFFxurFunM-v8DE9h8K3QFm5_z9tKNnwkFuMHFAgzpZQvqZmf3oXb84SdbSII2FJZe1R8sSxVM/s1600/IMG_3170.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiT7qG2I4IqlsR4HHXLAZkxHOUQRmsvm914MO3K1NRXkDyFvJADQvBLNcPxpv6p2PelSFFxurFunM-v8DE9h8K3QFm5_z9tKNnwkFuMHFAgzpZQvqZmf3oXb84SdbSII2FJZe1R8sSxVM/s320/IMG_3170.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560940264238804722" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr3KQxvxUs3mIoA2mD7KxtldJFSuY7seNovE-7Mac_QHKxMjWAAH1vLP6E9FYG5NXIye3CA_y6GoEB5s_A8h4dxcZ_k-w-6BY8rtj7MPEq3-Ni0azYg1p1Z5sbiXL7dcXm-T5zAUpWFeU/s1600/IMG_3280.JPG"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We hung around the house mostly and played games, ate delish food and relaxed. We had plans of camping a few days while we were there but decided we liked the warm house instead. We ventured into town on New Years Eve [they live in a pretty small town]. It was -1 degree. Yeah... We found a bar/saloon and they had a live band so that was pretty fun.<br /><br />NYE: Mike and I<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPsh7g69SpEvgVxVUHDUcdxnBgGLbV3ivrY45H4PajbOA1L_GHSQ6IjhWj0nWlFeOzuMaUgPLxwkIuxR6QUfFOEqwkI1GYAPss88FKUGBOQRvQXJS_MH8tNNpuVXJMatR2_-mk_QTEO1U/s1600/IMG_3176.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPsh7g69SpEvgVxVUHDUcdxnBgGLbV3ivrY45H4PajbOA1L_GHSQ6IjhWj0nWlFeOzuMaUgPLxwkIuxR6QUfFOEqwkI1GYAPss88FKUGBOQRvQXJS_MH8tNNpuVXJMatR2_-mk_QTEO1U/s320/IMG_3176.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560940272788160178" border="0" /></a>NYE: Luis, Mike, Keith, Cody and I. [Luis' wife Leah did not venture out with us that night]<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioVTTGx3B3sWQ1xQSk6Lya36NsHrLFRpL_aefkhxiZTUq2Anv4dmCyb8vOJ1L7u8XINcE7MCBOfPWLk2xDzy9quh_rF2M-EJLyAbolgaXXIIoMZXo80giXUjGi7k4YMTIZXxlVg-3pE-g/s1600/P1020574.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioVTTGx3B3sWQ1xQSk6Lya36NsHrLFRpL_aefkhxiZTUq2Anv4dmCyb8vOJ1L7u8XINcE7MCBOfPWLk2xDzy9quh_rF2M-EJLyAbolgaXXIIoMZXo80giXUjGi7k4YMTIZXxlVg-3pE-g/s320/P1020574.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560940281829786546" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW0YFrwy4V8tqDjIQnXENRRAtHTlaiP5ScS9CbfGrLTJ4JGQqbRe8Y85l6toUy6m2a5ngTf6LAUMROiFXzrKrfCvjOWmcyAT5lKnJrRVnLXb33work81Fc7wLAJjmumxn3YG4zHfyN8qY/s1600/P1020622.JPG"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The one thing we were all determined to do was go see the Grand Canyon. Leah and I had been before, but we hadn't seen it with snow. So at the end of the week we all piled in a car and made the drive up there. It was less than a 2 hour drive so not bad! We took a ton of pics and it was beautiful with snow. It was still freezing that day, but it didn't stop us from driving to a bunch of different look out points to find amazing views.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQG8Np4n55-4vj8QBNwTNCqGntsD0u9pamy12hIxTNN87DHXuY58Y31Wv8FVP88m8xGp2PXsbhf2YeJsjbRynHf6pgr2TEQN4L-mVBH6FRudglGw8LSWJU5KDHenKjIset9t2OX0pCas/s1600/IMG_3260.JPG"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZWiXUVpBmCIi9BM1K1g9kb66NV455cUrqN4YTaWirjc8RuKsUxhJqYuq2lna2kI-WvUwpVbeUkWrwkwZRagntm_TU2Z-OC6afJSfg95YYUJIxCO57KR5yM6w5YOZS7vh3vKWpUmdBftY/s1600/IMG_3242.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZWiXUVpBmCIi9BM1K1g9kb66NV455cUrqN4YTaWirjc8RuKsUxhJqYuq2lna2kI-WvUwpVbeUkWrwkwZRagntm_TU2Z-OC6afJSfg95YYUJIxCO57KR5yM6w5YOZS7vh3vKWpUmdBftY/s320/IMG_3242.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560941027532101890" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKbvh_MoYWx3zqFVrrSVCMbXl0njc6bz-RyrU9AwHPDwi-g6SVPbwHufRSGDuvRm6r1fKFYxN9R_osdPXa9Bw8LhKgthLO8e-AdOUdDAUL2z19jKn0VK1IsQs8Q5OR9SFbJuyZldbIMjo/s1600/IMG_3236.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKbvh_MoYWx3zqFVrrSVCMbXl0njc6bz-RyrU9AwHPDwi-g6SVPbwHufRSGDuvRm6r1fKFYxN9R_osdPXa9Bw8LhKgthLO8e-AdOUdDAUL2z19jKn0VK1IsQs8Q5OR9SFbJuyZldbIMjo/s320/IMG_3236.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560941021291639042" border="0" /></a>The boys. I mean men.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS75Cssu_HB_VbM4bqgi10QNYTZ8x8DdIFH6W_tLvY8cfdooBefWhSxL7BJbIoCRrXBLljyA8oMUMNBod0kauat3daP_bN2WCwpAZU6AE1jlXHUyG8K4sRa1a8C6Pj2uryjB7aEKyjSYg/s1600/IMG_3230.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS75Cssu_HB_VbM4bqgi10QNYTZ8x8DdIFH6W_tLvY8cfdooBefWhSxL7BJbIoCRrXBLljyA8oMUMNBod0kauat3daP_bN2WCwpAZU6AE1jlXHUyG8K4sRa1a8C6Pj2uryjB7aEKyjSYg/s320/IMG_3230.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560941012136773858" border="0" /></a>Us. [First time I've ever seen my husband with facial hair haha]<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKKZ1jbdJ34mdo_gpt61W_Y1EmjFLruJNBEkvDYGSdqpQyBdJ8-ZOzK9zDGI8C4n42MJexDZiSlX8hTFWMlXUtn5TnEn2kj5IS2uPBCnWHOrUmGu049mM4zsPoFyomiC-zesBHwRzcrRA/s1600/IMG_3219.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKKZ1jbdJ34mdo_gpt61W_Y1EmjFLruJNBEkvDYGSdqpQyBdJ8-ZOzK9zDGI8C4n42MJexDZiSlX8hTFWMlXUtn5TnEn2kj5IS2uPBCnWHOrUmGu049mM4zsPoFyomiC-zesBHwRzcrRA/s320/IMG_3219.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560941011346624034" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh73qyiSkI_qimq3ny5EsYPY8sXiorwMQYf1ui8c3Xtu_Jz-XQQIg4U2J0jB4dL8WbgE6k880E3JCNqh9nU2LmnSan2FKU4ocoSndA3LQhSht6WyNmDnFn9ZiF8_fLMFSACByNFGBCZbls/s1600/IMG_3194.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh73qyiSkI_qimq3ny5EsYPY8sXiorwMQYf1ui8c3Xtu_Jz-XQQIg4U2J0jB4dL8WbgE6k880E3JCNqh9nU2LmnSan2FKU4ocoSndA3LQhSht6WyNmDnFn9ZiF8_fLMFSACByNFGBCZbls/s320/IMG_3194.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560941006913418466" border="0" /></a>The snow was about a foot deep where we were standing.<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQG8Np4n55-4vj8QBNwTNCqGntsD0u9pamy12hIxTNN87DHXuY58Y31Wv8FVP88m8xGp2PXsbhf2YeJsjbRynHf6pgr2TEQN4L-mVBH6FRudglGw8LSWJU5KDHenKjIset9t2OX0pCas/s1600/IMG_3260.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQG8Np4n55-4vj8QBNwTNCqGntsD0u9pamy12hIxTNN87DHXuY58Y31Wv8FVP88m8xGp2PXsbhf2YeJsjbRynHf6pgr2TEQN4L-mVBH6FRudglGw8LSWJU5KDHenKjIset9t2OX0pCas/s320/IMG_3260.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560942039402804114" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW0YFrwy4V8tqDjIQnXENRRAtHTlaiP5ScS9CbfGrLTJ4JGQqbRe8Y85l6toUy6m2a5ngTf6LAUMROiFXzrKrfCvjOWmcyAT5lKnJrRVnLXb33work81Fc7wLAJjmumxn3YG4zHfyN8qY/s1600/P1020622.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW0YFrwy4V8tqDjIQnXENRRAtHTlaiP5ScS9CbfGrLTJ4JGQqbRe8Y85l6toUy6m2a5ngTf6LAUMROiFXzrKrfCvjOWmcyAT5lKnJrRVnLXb33work81Fc7wLAJjmumxn3YG4zHfyN8qY/s320/P1020622.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560942049398853074" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Another thing we all wanted to do was go shooting. I am the only was who isn't a Marine so you can understand their love of guns. Leah's dad has quite the arsenal so we were able to borrow a few from him. Mike brought his Glock and Leah has an SKS [? A huge rifle]. In Arizona you can pretty much shoot wherever as long as its federal property, which is apparently almost every where. We drove out of town a few miles and pulled off the road and there were places that were already set up and used for target shooting. Once again it was freezing, but we all had a lot of fun.<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8xDMrkzriq3eDXkXv68jjWgkxvlyk6p1TrZJ5aIrH9KDndFYGEKxB9PmlKp_TA1E2buMqDCpguz865Jz-4xkyHrBLeHolLaFcdhqZELrwd6Nph3-ZscWUtoDgyCPy81NqSstwBuangI/s1600/IMG_3273.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8xDMrkzriq3eDXkXv68jjWgkxvlyk6p1TrZJ5aIrH9KDndFYGEKxB9PmlKp_TA1E2buMqDCpguz865Jz-4xkyHrBLeHolLaFcdhqZELrwd6Nph3-ZscWUtoDgyCPy81NqSstwBuangI/s320/IMG_3273.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560942051917825842" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiT7qG2I4IqlsR4HHXLAZkxHOUQRmsvm914MO3K1NRXkDyFvJADQvBLNcPxpv6p2PelSFFxurFunM-v8DE9h8K3QFm5_z9tKNnwkFuMHFAgzpZQvqZmf3oXb84SdbSII2FJZe1R8sSxVM/s1600/IMG_3170.JPG"><br /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr3KQxvxUs3mIoA2mD7KxtldJFSuY7seNovE-7Mac_QHKxMjWAAH1vLP6E9FYG5NXIye3CA_y6GoEB5s_A8h4dxcZ_k-w-6BY8rtj7MPEq3-Ni0azYg1p1Z5sbiXL7dcXm-T5zAUpWFeU/s1600/IMG_3280.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr3KQxvxUs3mIoA2mD7KxtldJFSuY7seNovE-7Mac_QHKxMjWAAH1vLP6E9FYG5NXIye3CA_y6GoEB5s_A8h4dxcZ_k-w-6BY8rtj7MPEq3-Ni0azYg1p1Z5sbiXL7dcXm-T5zAUpWFeU/s320/IMG_3280.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560942057452218866" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6HpzaahM6SZtuS2j5yI0TiUJXMixBw3nGxjMG1CkiGflblYc-8S7aosV7ECmPHT86X2fK-aGWapBWcBpxJE6HBiXGuEEl0L3Zy-Gthy6NrdFFCJYSEUIJQhOEZ_l6emyE0evlkikcxog/s1600/IMG_3283.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6HpzaahM6SZtuS2j5yI0TiUJXMixBw3nGxjMG1CkiGflblYc-8S7aosV7ECmPHT86X2fK-aGWapBWcBpxJE6HBiXGuEEl0L3Zy-Gthy6NrdFFCJYSEUIJQhOEZ_l6emyE0evlkikcxog/s320/IMG_3283.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560942060743162770" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMssVKj9Tm-hAjuT4pmyPjpcGQKNes0VVBmd6ctfXaTyfquWOKeoxNQ2IHH9U1LqNSqXYQpRonhcQGfoTTbHcHdA_DzUtiJUDk9Ly_djlwAHKO55hLfkT80pSWgNuCwhvbG2sd0xHXcMY/s1600/IMG_3166.JPG"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We had a great trip even though the weather wasn't what we expected haha. Now we're back in Atlanta and we get hit with more snow/ice... oh well. [I'm ready for spring!]<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEyEy5xUUygWrRa0wtYt6zzjPAOrBv0v7DptjTprE4etsNVRTP3fJwLWSvUxRRCDlYa2GhArkVsGS7OlvsP7zcVmS7oHP5XUNK7msBCA6jJPbl-vuYJ5hchKct-h6g2LtFxRdK5pFhELI/s1600/IMG_3161.JPG"><br /></a>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08210483114279599573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997714563479964815.post-62163115984053455832011-01-06T09:03:00.003-05:002011-01-06T09:13:52.482-05:00Long time no post<div align="center">Worst blogger award goes to me, ha! I read plenty of blogs, but honestly I just haven't had the time to keep up with mine. December was pretty insane between working late most days, our weekends being jam packed, and of course Christmas. I was pretty stressed, but I made sure to enjoy the holidays and every thing we had going on. Monday after Christmas we left to go on vacation [which I'll post about later] and we got back on Tuesday night. I'll probably recap December [mainly for my own memory], our vacation, and my New Years goals - a little late, but better than never. </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">In the meantime check out <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.ordyandjoon.blogspot.com">Sheila's blog </a>and her <a href="http://ordyandjoon.blogspot.com/2011/01/first-step-to-recovery-is-admitting-you.html">giveaway</a>!</div>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08210483114279599573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997714563479964815.post-73961114423160989172010-11-19T12:21:00.004-05:002010-11-19T12:37:00.406-05:00Coffeee<div align="center">Happy Friday! This day could not come quick enough. The past few weeks have been a little crazy at work and traffic has been horrible so I'm excited for a weekend with few plans. My plans do include seeing Harry Potter!! So excited! I wanted to see it last night, but I'm getting to old for midnight showings and we had our Thanksgiving feast with our small group (so fun! but I took zero pics). </div><div align="center"></div><p align="center"><br /> </p><div align="center">I've been wanting a Keurig for well, a long time. It was on my wedding registry, but I didn't get it- not that I can blame anyone since they are quite pricey! So, I stuck with my normal coffee pot, but it's kind of annoying since Mike doesn't drink coffee. Recently, my parents were in LA and their hotel had a one cup brewer that used 'pods' instead of the little cups like Keurig so my mom went on a mission to find one. She found them and bought me one as well!</div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 250px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541314218594132642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh2swdMEAjist_2cQUMs9q1InFy7xkeMm7iSmF2_QqWvJ__z5b7z0nfs3z9Aa_TtFkGZNw2lghLU_C5f-3abeGd44syiP-jTv_Pv_4P-vKLmi1ZwBhNMP8q1MZpse2fyFPHBYLsRCmg34/s320/cuisinart.jpg" /><br /><div align="center">Wayyy cheaper than a Keurig and the coffee is delish! Thanks Mama! I decided to branch out on my creamer as well and have tried two different ones. The first one I tried was White Chocolate Rasberry...oh my goodness so good! Two of my favorite things added to my coffee? Yes, please!</div><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 290px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541314207858809010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0Pu8NKnjV4d7eqFkqy7MwY4pApUT82BBwHujvAZA4WuPiMFlfw_umWR5oOvWi5OLxJDgR1UK3yNdrGvfpZGpLB3sc1PC7lvSIBm-3djC_svAferGiLqNK-EozcRhMgpxKT8Fm8xOBv0/s320/bottle.jpg" /><br /><div align="center">And this week I'm drinking Gingerbread coffee, delicious as well!</div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 215px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 215px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541314213297192898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimEYvAIgJZ4ZfeYodJoRwrM6qZXaj3vFuhAbUC-76HO-v8dbH1IJ2WsQYpWVE5fHXLT1RUg5Y2M5ShxkXXQqsKDPVVXtUuBi6ZxeBHtk8awWgXFXRV32TrCTjZWOsKgPj4GPj1iNS0Sjw/s320/coffeemate-gingerbread.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">I'm thinking possibly peppermint or eggnog next week? Any suggestions?</p><p align="center">Have a fabulous weekend!</p>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08210483114279599573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997714563479964815.post-77594177711357456122010-11-10T09:08:00.004-05:002010-11-10T09:16:56.663-05:00Happy Birthday!<div align="center">Happy 235th birthday Marines!<br /><br /><br /></div><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 311px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537923844751029522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_Zs8qDgYJhAJ5ry5PoazmT3-hGmWNnNawOA7klX1DgUAiCiWaQYw7Gl0uLbhxtSuS5b1RIALMzbZzSXq6mcqz4z9AwXZe8XPXLnXnk5l_lxIXSt5anmJ2OXSqxM2t3ik_IJx11JorH4/s320/usmc.jpg" /></p><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537923600835527362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHmfXvnKnQRxQ-eVT5yWvxd-1QFAfsRMy6tyk7eSePv9cFis7EY3ZFAOs8bfPWplH_XR1sqN8hMGQZhUO7Dx8he0lar6L3AoQPvUnepGlKgBr3moIEQ5dwm0NdiZrnPWn1NRCoIE3QzZI/s320/usmc.png" /><br /></p><div align="center">And to my favorite Marine...</div><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 241px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537924382064309186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-6j-79i3IlaQ02oK85BElBNNqKU6UaCrUhW1cYVqNIsvd3i2fVYQ1HFrcXi9V1UR0E5EpnLUdqi_B9v7-81uWWKyYpY3Ih2KI6thp4wzclpumO00AkedsLLSnfwFc97A4hoW3jPSn8s/s320/n500042683_54_5687.jpg" /><br /><br />:)<br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxxtIzZoXxic7MKuELfoG3q8pYrRaveCzpWeA-aqzgexrGnknl9siaRUKsgdqgErTdXbEzOKRYXLpsMrv4SeknCXVvl8FIN_-rW335UZJ-kmOiYQUhhAktsX-080HuynCYRcOmH9q185c/s1600/n23201019_32294694_1308.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537923590555834898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxxtIzZoXxic7MKuELfoG3q8pYrRaveCzpWeA-aqzgexrGnknl9siaRUKsgdqgErTdXbEzOKRYXLpsMrv4SeknCXVvl8FIN_-rW335UZJ-kmOiYQUhhAktsX-080HuynCYRcOmH9q185c/s320/n23201019_32294694_1308.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /></div>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08210483114279599573noreply@blogger.com0