tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90033939018192909102024-03-06T02:09:22.873-07:00Bitter Harpy Press"Some are born old maids, some achieve old maidenhood, and some have old maidenhood thrust upon them." ~ Miss LavenderBakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.comBlogger596125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003393901819290910.post-36460278788332711542022-08-28T23:24:00.004-06:002022-08-28T23:24:46.124-06:00Museums and Memorials<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The next day was the longest of all the days- and yet I didn't seem to take a ton of pictures. I have found that I spend so much time taking pictures- that I forget to live in the moment and actually experience things. So though we saw a crap-ton this day, I only captured a fraction of what I saw.</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/AVvXsEgJSXBFSVJCixSo00sAf5jZKoLQlRGMysJD-gHlYjHo_ZYQdI9WGWK1snLeksQ435h2RwVMEewu4QdLZsj9kUHWJTYuCYJFxUfmxhAouUUql_gFk4kRS1feAigDNEBIAkPHP1MD_FXGMf_Gw4a5jsikzcdF2wudXmzYa2vMWr1iPl7C9wJi3Ks2HaVx/s960/dc2.042.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJSXBFSVJCixSo00sAf5jZKoLQlRGMysJD-gHlYjHo_ZYQdI9WGWK1snLeksQ435h2RwVMEewu4QdLZsj9kUHWJTYuCYJFxUfmxhAouUUql_gFk4kRS1feAigDNEBIAkPHP1MD_FXGMf_Gw4a5jsikzcdF2wudXmzYa2vMWr1iPl7C9wJi3Ks2HaVx/s320/dc2.042.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Well, the first stop wasn't my fault. You're not allowed to take pictures in the National Archives so- you just have to go back to your National Treasure knowledge and imagine. </div><div><br /></div><div>We saw the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. They're in a dark-ish room and are very sensitive to light. They're really hard to see, there's been so much deterioration over the years. I also half wonder if they're real- or reproductions *because* they are so delicate. </div><div><br /></div><div>Yes, John Hancock's signature really is that big.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5qHf8td-i8nsghtyH3spdirjijdPMDs1UFI7JVm4zRoUWjFuq-sKIQw1E5mUNniP_dIa6B17sa26IlQsnjKuFmpc12pflBGejilhneZgYBvyNVYZBcA1ASJvImu-becwPMx-gOz39FW8n2STMHLldqRjMQNISWHPPezfxv4ulcFe1ZETOFdz9ZKAW/s960/dc2.043.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5qHf8td-i8nsghtyH3spdirjijdPMDs1UFI7JVm4zRoUWjFuq-sKIQw1E5mUNniP_dIa6B17sa26IlQsnjKuFmpc12pflBGejilhneZgYBvyNVYZBcA1ASJvImu-becwPMx-gOz39FW8n2STMHLldqRjMQNISWHPPezfxv4ulcFe1ZETOFdz9ZKAW/s320/dc2.043.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAq1tpl7DMXwoAbPI5dMuEYezQ4opvnhAgJ0gRD4bO40rzTAxCyCrBzTFHdd4VZAoGBqqjyEllgILsjqb42WKhedm4D_bNMiBwysNOvxSTADXGEkUSO8S3nRqD86tz9hUGkO1rgFiOZX-eGlQu_-cNyyrrTQF0igbj9oQKh0EDzJ4Uca4cZKJ3W1CP/s960/dc2.044.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAq1tpl7DMXwoAbPI5dMuEYezQ4opvnhAgJ0gRD4bO40rzTAxCyCrBzTFHdd4VZAoGBqqjyEllgILsjqb42WKhedm4D_bNMiBwysNOvxSTADXGEkUSO8S3nRqD86tz9hUGkO1rgFiOZX-eGlQu_-cNyyrrTQF0igbj9oQKh0EDzJ4Uca4cZKJ3W1CP/s320/dc2.044.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We walked down the street to the Smithsonian Museum of American History. All kinds of fun things in there to geek out over. Right as we walked in, we entered Julia Child's kitchen. This is her actual kitchen! They took it apart bit by bit and rebuilt it here. The only thing that was not genuine to her was the plastic fruit in the bowls.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYZle5uF-abDyTVe0JQHdNsG82kqZ3X0qQJZlaRnF0DBzYN4--W-ADSSsbh3qPGld-c6mHSBnk32bX25hILhCQHtXWXVNNkf-smmuQVgIPK_BbFn0PjUFJhtUBCgzXcNeh9zBiqNkzftNvr-PwwtN7BC3_tR2Uh5qmab9KxXFiO92vqgmbHq-0axj1/s960/dc2.045.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYZle5uF-abDyTVe0JQHdNsG82kqZ3X0qQJZlaRnF0DBzYN4--W-ADSSsbh3qPGld-c6mHSBnk32bX25hILhCQHtXWXVNNkf-smmuQVgIPK_BbFn0PjUFJhtUBCgzXcNeh9zBiqNkzftNvr-PwwtN7BC3_tR2Uh5qmab9KxXFiO92vqgmbHq-0axj1/s320/dc2.045.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>She was a little before my time. I mean, I've always known who she was, but I did not watch her show. It wasn't till adulthood that I gained an appreciation for her- and her towering height. I feel ya girl, I feel ya. She was a few inches taller than me, but she gets me.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CDlpi-LichmMwEnjmjZqua8DZn0q3lLTVVWe5zL2ERolbN60zHTKuVosXSU8pwQMIYFieGb4AwOwn2WM_EzAgRQjJUYfampyDD2n0M8LxC_Mg2KpgTunWj4cJv54xRx6GylTWWnIMysSxpXgyrhJakbfZ7P3CCcrFycC4ioohsTp0lCqhQacAnYM/s960/dc2.046.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CDlpi-LichmMwEnjmjZqua8DZn0q3lLTVVWe5zL2ERolbN60zHTKuVosXSU8pwQMIYFieGb4AwOwn2WM_EzAgRQjJUYfampyDD2n0M8LxC_Mg2KpgTunWj4cJv54xRx6GylTWWnIMysSxpXgyrhJakbfZ7P3CCcrFycC4ioohsTp0lCqhQacAnYM/s320/dc2.046.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I passed some original Mickey Mouse ears and of course I *had* to take a picture of them! It's Baker law that if you see something Disney somewhere you don't expect it- you HAVE to take a picture of it!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIDHiwNWxOsU8YqfAR84dHUu0jz4viscm_khDFiIDIkziAB8c94ZJLrblZsRucuWTEWa31w1u_QRnNstDIqw09pshcbAJFdcXOa63VdxWUgDfLcCVHlh-Hg8Rnsxzc7kgtWK-r4Y6915ENTKJ7N8BoqdZeO7NOJ2DIIh1VrFtiT1yzq6an7GL8lPky/s960/dc2.047.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIDHiwNWxOsU8YqfAR84dHUu0jz4viscm_khDFiIDIkziAB8c94ZJLrblZsRucuWTEWa31w1u_QRnNstDIqw09pshcbAJFdcXOa63VdxWUgDfLcCVHlh-Hg8Rnsxzc7kgtWK-r4Y6915ENTKJ7N8BoqdZeO7NOJ2DIIh1VrFtiT1yzq6an7GL8lPky/s320/dc2.047.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We wandered through the Presidential section. There were lots of really neat things, but the only thing that compelled me to take a picture was Lincoln's iconic stove pipe hat. His actual hat! That thing sat on LINCOLN'S head! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ok... calm down. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfuAlsUcR8xI63RUjcSjw7yN69q8rDX3ftJj-8OH4TNKHewlTScmdSucQKUUQfb8_x9AT2D01HtGRdS4Niq11QN2kYe7ELb0rQfmoPr6dAjvH-yIz7QGUjIqGU_KZJovb4tHkRUYoDcjZTUFmVTqFvvAyuFqiuhIO3Y8bK1pAXdJs78mNzjBiaBTny/s960/dc2.048.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfuAlsUcR8xI63RUjcSjw7yN69q8rDX3ftJj-8OH4TNKHewlTScmdSucQKUUQfb8_x9AT2D01HtGRdS4Niq11QN2kYe7ELb0rQfmoPr6dAjvH-yIz7QGUjIqGU_KZJovb4tHkRUYoDcjZTUFmVTqFvvAyuFqiuhIO3Y8bK1pAXdJs78mNzjBiaBTny/s320/dc2.048.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>There are also a lot of dresses from First Ladies. It's was kind of cool to have that connection to them. I've never seen a president- former or current- in real life- so it was neat to have them be a little more real to me. Jackie Kennedy's stuff was probably the most incredible, also Michelle Obama's- but like I said, I did not take many pictures. These three are the inaugural ball gowns of Roselyn Carter, Nancy Reagan, and Barbara Bush.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy5sN2RUzQAlppTDmB8z7zbUz06WGldKh06aqGqv8fkht1WE3AMevLFemY6qBNPSP2UBqRwHXdSr0qEqQZe-8Rh_eolr-E_-xhrxM9p2d93np6ZuWOxjBRAedkk2r2aZUPzqNKdDul1Nd9d4rRpodNXABKgFKEs-P6UZpbHtnInr-XmB1X6DNan3eU/s960/dc2.049.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy5sN2RUzQAlppTDmB8z7zbUz06WGldKh06aqGqv8fkht1WE3AMevLFemY6qBNPSP2UBqRwHXdSr0qEqQZe-8Rh_eolr-E_-xhrxM9p2d93np6ZuWOxjBRAedkk2r2aZUPzqNKdDul1Nd9d4rRpodNXABKgFKEs-P6UZpbHtnInr-XmB1X6DNan3eU/s320/dc2.049.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The thing I probably geeked out over the most- was the original Ruby Slippers from The Wizard of Oz. </div>We've talked about this. You KNOW what a fan of all things Oz related I am (except the original books, of all the weird things. I find them very dry) (Ok, and not the weird Oz movie made with that crappy Franco guy... that was a mess too...) <div><br /></div><div>ANYWAY!</div><div><br /></div><div>There were 10 pair of shoes used in the film. These are two of the shoes. They're not even a matching pair, but they were both worn by Judy Garland. It's interesting to me to see how different they are in person- I mean- I knew they were- I've seen them in documentaries and stuff. They never were the RED that you see in the movie, and I'm sure time has faded them a little, but just to be so close to something so dear to my heart... 💖</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtAwGHIREw75rogloHtQVl2HuIPaHPUacwbdr9kZtLMBPhgsRFhqSyYnuc6yXst-CNZKxvWRIIdTx6AUEN5RC8cKryesJbvthhM-Sr4Ow1iK5vb180DfxapDCnS8RLgq3B6ljq43m_1BWDi7iJk7bR5g4xLLzVjRwdG6zfoi6ECerEDnGdZEVMeTYQ/s960/dc2.050.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtAwGHIREw75rogloHtQVl2HuIPaHPUacwbdr9kZtLMBPhgsRFhqSyYnuc6yXst-CNZKxvWRIIdTx6AUEN5RC8cKryesJbvthhM-Sr4Ow1iK5vb180DfxapDCnS8RLgq3B6ljq43m_1BWDi7iJk7bR5g4xLLzVjRwdG6zfoi6ECerEDnGdZEVMeTYQ/s320/dc2.050.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We also saw a display of Stradivari instruments. Megan, the violinist in the group, nearly cried. She may have actually cried. Hey- you would too if you were inches away from one of the finest instruments in the world and it was *your* instrument. I nominate her to be one of the people who get to play them. Instruments *have* to be played or they deteriorate. </div><div><br /></div><div>Speaking of deteriorating, we got to see the original Star Spangled Banner. The one that inspired the song. Wow. It was ginormous! AND it was not in tact. Over the years people were given bits of it as mementos so the entire flag no longer exists. They have and preserve what remains. After years of touring and being displayed- it has deteriorated and become extremely fragile. Like the National Archives, it was in a darkened room and no photos allowed to assist with preservation.</div><div><br /></div><div>There were also several displays from political campaigns and rallies. There was an awesome exhibit about women and our social and political evolution. So much to learn. We spent *way* more time there than we meant to.</div><div><br /></div><div>We were supposed to spend half the day there, then half at the Natural History Museum. It was nearly closing time- so we ran over and crammed in as much as we could. I was only there for 20 minutes and I took way more pictures there than I did in the six hours at the American History Museum. Whoopsie.</div><div><br /></div><div>Right as you walk in there is giant crystal. </div><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/AVvXsEg2uLDFe9hnrt4umYn4qg2vtupZaFAk1uKtTW6jUfCGKvf-eqrgIaeef4qrbPaYthrTf4inEipJY3Zub6NeM80rk6rYJNneSle4fgk0kH--kftJXeG9LNO5vLp1WnXUDfs3yY8Z7j30qYIVPLXkndsKeTAm2EygTNIqJrGrNWbiy7M2TV5fzseuAuPw/s960/dc2.052.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2uLDFe9hnrt4umYn4qg2vtupZaFAk1uKtTW6jUfCGKvf-eqrgIaeef4qrbPaYthrTf4inEipJY3Zub6NeM80rk6rYJNneSle4fgk0kH--kftJXeG9LNO5vLp1WnXUDfs3yY8Z7j30qYIVPLXkndsKeTAm2EygTNIqJrGrNWbiy7M2TV5fzseuAuPw/s320/dc2.052.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>When I say "giant" I'm not kidding. I took a pic of myself with it to give you an idea of its size.</div><div><br /></div><div>I don't know if you know this about me- but I was once upon a time going to go into geology. I love the study of rocks and earth. BUT once I hit college and found out how much math is involved- I gave it up. I honestly do not care how far each continent drifts over the matter of 47 billion years. I won't be here to see it- so I don't care where it ends up. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBGGYYvIHj9LuNMFzLD3PjERjifmaEun7rQj5KeD3ajEyjHZhhv9xQjg1q6wg3ZKVPY3knuxrWyYXOrlaFf2wHhc4LDZb4RqpucYVZQDiyRt-aDMf2A5R_ruGlitEwUONh-qxLVF2zOiMCwcCJZcKILkmqcJwRq3wSGDl8yCREfRKsrQVrON-YMT8J/s960/dc2.051.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBGGYYvIHj9LuNMFzLD3PjERjifmaEun7rQj5KeD3ajEyjHZhhv9xQjg1q6wg3ZKVPY3knuxrWyYXOrlaFf2wHhc4LDZb4RqpucYVZQDiyRt-aDMf2A5R_ruGlitEwUONh-qxLVF2zOiMCwcCJZcKILkmqcJwRq3wSGDl8yCREfRKsrQVrON-YMT8J/s320/dc2.051.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />These next two are kind of funny. We'd been having a conversation about poisonous vs venomous.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you bite it and you die, it's poisonous. </div><div>If it bites you and you die, it's venomous.</div><div><br /></div><div>It drives me bananas when people get them mixed up. So it was super hilarious to me to find this blatant mistake at the freaking SMITHSONIAN!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLDOoVizkxyszmselq6dMflvJ8D4JZv_oc6N9FY0SgfVL0eShma9v0pUx4UQ8QuZI8ygYdAUWTIDFnuBQdTOgWHUwQPFOQVyT-jTlDgAPbGpC0pfoa333xil6jUVmtMRvr61S4ksSdH5TeQzYAfkBoaH1L3COoOywngJ3R9zfZGZaIRuedoqmdNXKS/s960/dc2.053.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLDOoVizkxyszmselq6dMflvJ8D4JZv_oc6N9FY0SgfVL0eShma9v0pUx4UQ8QuZI8ygYdAUWTIDFnuBQdTOgWHUwQPFOQVyT-jTlDgAPbGpC0pfoa333xil6jUVmtMRvr61S4ksSdH5TeQzYAfkBoaH1L3COoOywngJ3R9zfZGZaIRuedoqmdNXKS/s960/dc2.053.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwDnWxi6zSJ-fPbPQ-bKdgSLJkLmpChPo-4a0gx4eCYiVzkoOTFoDJ3I7ygK0N75LGGBtLhjnTVccdodVG9pOYKaPv7Yc9hnAUKYt8gpG92D40P6ZX5a16ugsoCz8jyBFsrBjbjBJp-mcENxrCjj2yTjU8wpzMcC-Kf4wGvHBmkpXjBbzyIeS0cm4O/s960/dc2.054.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwDnWxi6zSJ-fPbPQ-bKdgSLJkLmpChPo-4a0gx4eCYiVzkoOTFoDJ3I7ygK0N75LGGBtLhjnTVccdodVG9pOYKaPv7Yc9hnAUKYt8gpG92D40P6ZX5a16ugsoCz8jyBFsrBjbjBJp-mcENxrCjj2yTjU8wpzMcC-Kf4wGvHBmkpXjBbzyIeS0cm4O/s320/dc2.054.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">BUT at least they owned their mistake and put this little notice on the display. 😂</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLDOoVizkxyszmselq6dMflvJ8D4JZv_oc6N9FY0SgfVL0eShma9v0pUx4UQ8QuZI8ygYdAUWTIDFnuBQdTOgWHUwQPFOQVyT-jTlDgAPbGpC0pfoa333xil6jUVmtMRvr61S4ksSdH5TeQzYAfkBoaH1L3COoOywngJ3R9zfZGZaIRuedoqmdNXKS/s320/dc2.053.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We also saw a handful of Mummies. I stole this picture from Katie. She took pictures of some cat mummies. Poor little kitties... </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/AVvXsEheKbjc91LAdvn9lYmS0jQnf0i8wEbzylAvP5yTMjBe6SJSlY4YPHIe75KXoSZiZzCEBfOFi1UN8iLifkB7B3ErXdirMByQRWwoBYjhn1WLOhyZ48su_9IMn_pYBQgYAHUXZPa9wOKyICLOahOjINXBGkdOGAlj7gpb_bxuuSIOx3Q4bpKr3Nv8HwmX/s2016/bb1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1504" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheKbjc91LAdvn9lYmS0jQnf0i8wEbzylAvP5yTMjBe6SJSlY4YPHIe75KXoSZiZzCEBfOFi1UN8iLifkB7B3ErXdirMByQRWwoBYjhn1WLOhyZ48su_9IMn_pYBQgYAHUXZPa9wOKyICLOahOjINXBGkdOGAlj7gpb_bxuuSIOx3Q4bpKr3Nv8HwmX/s320/bb1.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We only had a few minutes to check out the gem section. I also wanted to be a jeweler in another life. I do love sparkly things. </div><div><br /></div><div>The hope diamond is pretty spectacular but once you've seen the crown jewels... <br /><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRWBVcQecvQWkE4iHo5pVWmF7mzswkKsP3G0lCN0ivVogRywfZm-eyxAmEHr7yWF_AZ6Iq3agQWs8_0k0LWSINgWx072XwET1OBV5RNGSMvBPNlPYRP8YJJhkGd9FHeHShXiR9HQlBKo4AN-0yBW1RumH607zREU70okXdXmHtdW4867IB9w0ofNEZ/s960/dc2.055.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRWBVcQecvQWkE4iHo5pVWmF7mzswkKsP3G0lCN0ivVogRywfZm-eyxAmEHr7yWF_AZ6Iq3agQWs8_0k0LWSINgWx072XwET1OBV5RNGSMvBPNlPYRP8YJJhkGd9FHeHShXiR9HQlBKo4AN-0yBW1RumH607zREU70okXdXmHtdW4867IB9w0ofNEZ/s320/dc2.055.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>But like I said, I love sparkly things and this room was full of them! It was the end of the day so the glass was all smudged with greasy finger prints, but you can still get a taste of some of the incredible jewels.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRx6TTVGaWcfYW9VXrM4C7f5s-oM9OoW5j7WvcXfr6qui1ZMpUzVahyLQ8gALc2eiRLRP5z-UkOUGW8wOPKucZQXKz3rttM3S2tlDtnL0Z1z8L9iGIsk2HtgsI93t8XlahSovygzYGverZCLBFpAaYYI2TDsaAL_Ih95cWGMbqUpybDsvEFJzeCqxc/s960/dc2.056.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRx6TTVGaWcfYW9VXrM4C7f5s-oM9OoW5j7WvcXfr6qui1ZMpUzVahyLQ8gALc2eiRLRP5z-UkOUGW8wOPKucZQXKz3rttM3S2tlDtnL0Z1z8L9iGIsk2HtgsI93t8XlahSovygzYGverZCLBFpAaYYI2TDsaAL_Ih95cWGMbqUpybDsvEFJzeCqxc/s320/dc2.056.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhybE4emXNQEHGa5ZGiQV1Dl5n-iwoUGPrejV8SoKNGBKRhcexVHJL8Dw5f3rZp6IjKKZ0msxkHYX__789dImB8FkRCSyvarteTd7jO7W-7LnBeNQ254u-dDoMbesG7fCiM4waMD5mPfOA9aFM8w4kWKAft92_JpEup5zBXqHJJ4g3e94kLF4ITGOQ/s960/dc2.057.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhybE4emXNQEHGa5ZGiQV1Dl5n-iwoUGPrejV8SoKNGBKRhcexVHJL8Dw5f3rZp6IjKKZ0msxkHYX__789dImB8FkRCSyvarteTd7jO7W-7LnBeNQ254u-dDoMbesG7fCiM4waMD5mPfOA9aFM8w4kWKAft92_JpEup5zBXqHJJ4g3e94kLF4ITGOQ/s320/dc2.057.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Holy crap! Will you LOOK at that aquamarine? I'd rather have that! 😵</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh2bWv7-39HQz42sz9GJNe2zbfozLoyDEMrY7LDE1NTQ6_6_PuCXW90VvPY04Q4Z2mr8I-wL1ve4bqOYSlC2Vn-aakh4LtgC5YE1kKfQarqia8IcJ1z3M5PmPDryIkZaNQxy7hyphA-HwBCPd0U2zEp_eNHcW8v_zWHqmSDX-Sy5PN_o5EevkLaOWg/s960/dc2.058.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh2bWv7-39HQz42sz9GJNe2zbfozLoyDEMrY7LDE1NTQ6_6_PuCXW90VvPY04Q4Z2mr8I-wL1ve4bqOYSlC2Vn-aakh4LtgC5YE1kKfQarqia8IcJ1z3M5PmPDryIkZaNQxy7hyphA-HwBCPd0U2zEp_eNHcW8v_zWHqmSDX-Sy5PN_o5EevkLaOWg/s320/dc2.058.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3zrvd9agk77kevHCyAPBofGqVHXeI-8N2zY23Kntqj_9Wq0Qmdnz8R_LoKDWMVcfETXiy39r2T_5iTF1ySdKlk8MsNCSaT2tVqg4-6pHPjeJsQA8T3x0VLn3xrLT2pkrmG6TfERrFBz7Ed33lBTyp2r0_pReHVY6yxkZoNix75jLy4LPrjLunk2fB/s960/dc2.059.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3zrvd9agk77kevHCyAPBofGqVHXeI-8N2zY23Kntqj_9Wq0Qmdnz8R_LoKDWMVcfETXiy39r2T_5iTF1ySdKlk8MsNCSaT2tVqg4-6pHPjeJsQA8T3x0VLn3xrLT2pkrmG6TfERrFBz7Ed33lBTyp2r0_pReHVY6yxkZoNix75jLy4LPrjLunk2fB/s320/dc2.059.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Seriously though... </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU9s45nEaMJ1nTjda0Ni361FGwatjF6AXCbqo_S0ALfwsyHnRUZDHSqDiCDoRYr1lNsb33yhs5QaAao8qPaKF_XKL2dY1vYfly2O1KaWKauT1h7zDHFpp9H30dQXnukRCY6MbrsX59NSFK1yrre4SPRPv8xBuAYuV5VbcEraA9-G78qW_BKY2WYpP_/s960/dc2.060.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU9s45nEaMJ1nTjda0Ni361FGwatjF6AXCbqo_S0ALfwsyHnRUZDHSqDiCDoRYr1lNsb33yhs5QaAao8qPaKF_XKL2dY1vYfly2O1KaWKauT1h7zDHFpp9H30dQXnukRCY6MbrsX59NSFK1yrre4SPRPv8xBuAYuV5VbcEraA9-G78qW_BKY2WYpP_/s320/dc2.060.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfsUx--1bOwOTszoZwJGSEgzfev97II2yT02Rji-TMplFh5y6LrQ6wkqMf3pdXyJsRaDVSl6HA0CPLY0SoJl9w2mQHLaHZFBqXnRJUV-VK5dORg2GLplZ-6i0YHquaYKnDIJK9AuvM_XdmBqhGdWQvuGXv6jHI8B-QJ5t2dEMAGVG52PcKsF4Aecs7/s960/dc2.061.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfsUx--1bOwOTszoZwJGSEgzfev97II2yT02Rji-TMplFh5y6LrQ6wkqMf3pdXyJsRaDVSl6HA0CPLY0SoJl9w2mQHLaHZFBqXnRJUV-VK5dORg2GLplZ-6i0YHquaYKnDIJK9AuvM_XdmBqhGdWQvuGXv6jHI8B-QJ5t2dEMAGVG52PcKsF4Aecs7/s320/dc2.061.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZnTPMEAT98lg8zFEHqZuZIfRdG_0h0sHv2jYqiKz2ybgKu8oRN5FHfIdJEp8FJYA5qLAA2M3I_4ZX0_LNWy9c0XJdrjAjEHsM8_5nICdnJq6qeGGDmZPqv201dbPtVS3fOgDh6M418EbZjxB9Qroi4a0VTAokMlLnNFtWY4xiXmIocp93qufJVMgZ/s960/dc2.062.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZnTPMEAT98lg8zFEHqZuZIfRdG_0h0sHv2jYqiKz2ybgKu8oRN5FHfIdJEp8FJYA5qLAA2M3I_4ZX0_LNWy9c0XJdrjAjEHsM8_5nICdnJq6qeGGDmZPqv201dbPtVS3fOgDh6M418EbZjxB9Qroi4a0VTAokMlLnNFtWY4xiXmIocp93qufJVMgZ/s320/dc2.062.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxkrIpVZqSC5IqyZ-cLFzQ-Ad-5RsoeIoFsN3Qm-au_d3xgim_jkPZzMbQIiooGfPvpr3F0lMsOoNb3Ps40CSocbIhbHnFGnvH5TIxAXQ11ZvagPRALb88-XlgJ-XOWDCugPimmHtTX232aNZbw6GA-FdwNMAV_vh-1T9eEtPQjIEYrTz3CBWWJ0O3/s960/dc2.063.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxkrIpVZqSC5IqyZ-cLFzQ-Ad-5RsoeIoFsN3Qm-au_d3xgim_jkPZzMbQIiooGfPvpr3F0lMsOoNb3Ps40CSocbIhbHnFGnvH5TIxAXQ11ZvagPRALb88-XlgJ-XOWDCugPimmHtTX232aNZbw6GA-FdwNMAV_vh-1T9eEtPQjIEYrTz3CBWWJ0O3/s320/dc2.063.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Time was ticking away and the sweet guard just kept telling is to take pictures and move on- it was almost closing time. He got it. He understood. The guards in the atrium however, were not as considerate. They kept yelling at Megan to leave- and she was just trying to get to our group. </div><div><br /></div><div>This is us trying to rush a selfie before getting thrown out. Megan was just around the corner and nearly had to rassle the guard to get to us.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ynZTVwjOtzr-CQdiCkhbN6uOGF3Gins9N0VE6fYSyzZdbkP1NgqC9-JDMOLmcvNATmeUqM8SnmBKsauqVqEasIgQndX_-ZVBg5b2YhcW-scRV2mb6bvSc8027xe4YODO8v__b_1SWG5yCJXw6UKHCUx2jPSZoxmGdcTforHtf7JMBzeYt6ZvwJTL/s960/dc2.064.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ynZTVwjOtzr-CQdiCkhbN6uOGF3Gins9N0VE6fYSyzZdbkP1NgqC9-JDMOLmcvNATmeUqM8SnmBKsauqVqEasIgQndX_-ZVBg5b2YhcW-scRV2mb6bvSc8027xe4YODO8v__b_1SWG5yCJXw6UKHCUx2jPSZoxmGdcTforHtf7JMBzeYt6ZvwJTL/s320/dc2.064.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>She got to us just enough to get her nose in the picture. haha!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwlDrvmUDBi2VXBf2wRGj30Wf9oz4u5iKJK5fxh7FoecReRCD2TCMs6b3XpY8tX5ntPe1aRDmN_LldVvGI8-36m_K08svvz-e_u_wU2aUFhJqHADRD700F-wSSAiOSCeNW4UqUbZjFcRM6581XYs29EGDBw8isoX3vuuoE8tEL3WhSFB6v3fzhgme/s960/dc2.065.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwlDrvmUDBi2VXBf2wRGj30Wf9oz4u5iKJK5fxh7FoecReRCD2TCMs6b3XpY8tX5ntPe1aRDmN_LldVvGI8-36m_K08svvz-e_u_wU2aUFhJqHADRD700F-wSSAiOSCeNW4UqUbZjFcRM6581XYs29EGDBw8isoX3vuuoE8tEL3WhSFB6v3fzhgme/s320/dc2.065.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I will definitely need to add that to my list of repeats if I ever make it back to DC. We didn't get nearly enough time in there. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLq8u_pRGaadb9mMtvYpNn28yWG6MojA2Jo9RdbPfd5CHuP-KTYgyoibtOgkZMhhFx3_Va8b832_2K0U-wulG5-kjJKJU8eXEnxK27HNli_uwjS4pDIAgP8cUwWFFwGuJFZtmVVTypFImjn5mjGStWyDpm8ukZMgsuadiYhdhjWpIKjhS9mrielLy/s960/dc2.066.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLq8u_pRGaadb9mMtvYpNn28yWG6MojA2Jo9RdbPfd5CHuP-KTYgyoibtOgkZMhhFx3_Va8b832_2K0U-wulG5-kjJKJU8eXEnxK27HNli_uwjS4pDIAgP8cUwWFFwGuJFZtmVVTypFImjn5mjGStWyDpm8ukZMgsuadiYhdhjWpIKjhS9mrielLy/s320/dc2.066.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>A few of us waited on the Smithsonian Lawn while the others went to get the car. This is the original Smithsonian Museum. There are several spread throughout the city now- but there are minor exhibits from each one in here (or so I'm told).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiRzfC-Ef2kvYNdb1kZF-Yque18wxiOrlzrP4MWYvVjrSELLFef8G1ffJZ6Yu7c9iIwnzuSrzWfNg5L4wuo6Nk8Whwcext3Ybd4H-bauhclOX_JrORcBbRY8kCLtH13lqgnYS-BmE2TomHztIqHUGZJfPi1R8yizwcKs8FbPdLAJIhYMqXEzbDhchh/s960/dc2.068.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiRzfC-Ef2kvYNdb1kZF-Yque18wxiOrlzrP4MWYvVjrSELLFef8G1ffJZ6Yu7c9iIwnzuSrzWfNg5L4wuo6Nk8Whwcext3Ybd4H-bauhclOX_JrORcBbRY8kCLtH13lqgnYS-BmE2TomHztIqHUGZJfPi1R8yizwcKs8FbPdLAJIhYMqXEzbDhchh/s320/dc2.068.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghkG4HH4zhPOeAOA21cl_hzKxdnKHgcIgd6R_3KcfY1GrVd08ZWtSvbIKaphBoq6rCq_9rbJkeR4qSzKc53cKn278UD0E9DKXo8sLH18RDcwROKPoiUf7b17LOYFZ-r784m2ekdEBAjcXI3XxvBqaZkkiL_tnTIvHj4cEZtewt_CLhnpbouiB8zj6e/s960/dc2.070.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghkG4HH4zhPOeAOA21cl_hzKxdnKHgcIgd6R_3KcfY1GrVd08ZWtSvbIKaphBoq6rCq_9rbJkeR4qSzKc53cKn278UD0E9DKXo8sLH18RDcwROKPoiUf7b17LOYFZ-r784m2ekdEBAjcXI3XxvBqaZkkiL_tnTIvHj4cEZtewt_CLhnpbouiB8zj6e/s320/dc2.070.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On the lawn, looking one direction you could see the Washington Monument...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBG7ftqnP10f_MG2E9zvi9tSQ4ELxkNiHieGs-C1HcthaJjqQ0fgqZjHR0nNqdpSpbB4hOXh-5c2SbNd0fIz186SgVOQHpnzq9S8j-bOja_KmcPM_B-VBoJrnRvGCC2MgsB1saDE-JmseK7X9ky3EgFOlfyqQ_ESywxP_Aeag4rvCA0C1iR6p-8oXx/s960/dc2.069.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBG7ftqnP10f_MG2E9zvi9tSQ4ELxkNiHieGs-C1HcthaJjqQ0fgqZjHR0nNqdpSpbB4hOXh-5c2SbNd0fIz186SgVOQHpnzq9S8j-bOja_KmcPM_B-VBoJrnRvGCC2MgsB1saDE-JmseK7X9ky3EgFOlfyqQ_ESywxP_Aeag4rvCA0C1iR6p-8oXx/s320/dc2.069.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />...and in the other direction was the Capitol building. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixXzBrc4zz_Xt62EhUnaWV_WR-mAuDOx2Rwgo_CWcUeuPA1_6Uy-FevHDIbyBV9pybKjtgDQ9WKmDVtscPX6hsOYHUhFAeaNISJ-3yoq55cb-kzCxKubvX2xQbclRUIvM7eXYx4CyLqMMSLDy2Tt9meA3BMN7hGDLrQGPiOCxHZj3sog_68dWkjSIb/s960/dc2.071.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixXzBrc4zz_Xt62EhUnaWV_WR-mAuDOx2Rwgo_CWcUeuPA1_6Uy-FevHDIbyBV9pybKjtgDQ9WKmDVtscPX6hsOYHUhFAeaNISJ-3yoq55cb-kzCxKubvX2xQbclRUIvM7eXYx4CyLqMMSLDy2Tt9meA3BMN7hGDLrQGPiOCxHZj3sog_68dWkjSIb/s320/dc2.071.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>That evening the girls wanted something exotic for dinner. I suggested Haitian. Oh my gosh. I LOVE Haitian food. I picked it up in New Jersey. Going to those dinner appointments was always my favorite. No one else had ever tried it. We found a restaurant called Port au Prince and ate the most incredible food! I'm still crying over how good it was. I hadn't had it in 20 years (not a lot of Haitian options in the Intermountain West) but it was just as delectable as I remember. I even hugged the chef when he came out and thanked him for being amazing (I also put my foot in my mouth by saying we wanted something "weird" when I was really looking for "exotic" but he was nice and let my idiocy slide).</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMukEczUxRi099_NAbFQaOG3e4XDa4VmDyWSpXJBfhkeLe01rJT7pgc3t27jvmJNiQCjNw8YiQfPm8zNPfhcHxZt426qaNev1cRY8L4O6w68lX9mUQ9DC6cnC7wweNaUTft-XjhRxpAXlEDhH39AS9846b4vIja-bQ16KMCQFUpkJmbpAkamyukkX/s1440/aa7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMukEczUxRi099_NAbFQaOG3e4XDa4VmDyWSpXJBfhkeLe01rJT7pgc3t27jvmJNiQCjNw8YiQfPm8zNPfhcHxZt426qaNev1cRY8L4O6w68lX9mUQ9DC6cnC7wweNaUTft-XjhRxpAXlEDhH39AS9846b4vIja-bQ16KMCQFUpkJmbpAkamyukkX/s320/aa7.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>He gave me the recipe for Sos Pwa- which I could never google because I didn't know how to spell it! It seems pretty straight forward. I bought the stuff to make it- now I just need to garner some courage!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrTLml65Qr9dw-Onji162wESZfX_ExzUIi3yWa2T6ETIJ8I74QyR0OF1tg0LJ3dy79NZGTuo1OIRhFnkN5ih7r7gB2zrAYy_cLf1Eoy6fcrudNxjMDDv6cv4WvsAY3OkXpZOcG8EpKfSFfeupRRzIKHq754NTQbvwPvtPuSdgs277x2tZxorQeqglb/s960/dc2.072.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrTLml65Qr9dw-Onji162wESZfX_ExzUIi3yWa2T6ETIJ8I74QyR0OF1tg0LJ3dy79NZGTuo1OIRhFnkN5ih7r7gB2zrAYy_cLf1Eoy6fcrudNxjMDDv6cv4WvsAY3OkXpZOcG8EpKfSFfeupRRzIKHq754NTQbvwPvtPuSdgs277x2tZxorQeqglb/s320/dc2.072.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>After dinner we went back into the city to explore the monuments by night. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjXsf-TEupk3xetpYKrsIGIBnpYfEo456zybabdZ1_KxvF82kaSYiAAmB8QLN4-LGzASxuB8gZQtowOmC2QhEh5Vkh9Sbr86C8f-lvLZJl_qGdf5NesdCJjTJA0OIuMnoeXFqkqWBZ-n8Vadhvuhu5Ymm-b6sVp7BhRKO6Vof8gENk3Imc5dcaCrq/s960/dc2.073.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjXsf-TEupk3xetpYKrsIGIBnpYfEo456zybabdZ1_KxvF82kaSYiAAmB8QLN4-LGzASxuB8gZQtowOmC2QhEh5Vkh9Sbr86C8f-lvLZJl_qGdf5NesdCJjTJA0OIuMnoeXFqkqWBZ-n8Vadhvuhu5Ymm-b6sVp7BhRKO6Vof8gENk3Imc5dcaCrq/s320/dc2.073.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>There is a lot of construction going on around the Jefferson Memorial, so we walked all the way around it before we figured out how to get up to it. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDiovFh0SD0bRfwCofz8rJMj3HgLumGAIU1O-qVX3cuJFh0xKg0djm8Ey50rBT5nfERM1fpkHCCcOHX7XcVAsZ6Ps4ugmtEtpdi9zWgQeuLl4wiabgN2QRKDylPvcLBq4Lh5Pr9QO3-jmOJwS7u1MJAczUAYQyurL1AUdv758BaWZvDysmy3w9b207/s960/dc2.074.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDiovFh0SD0bRfwCofz8rJMj3HgLumGAIU1O-qVX3cuJFh0xKg0djm8Ey50rBT5nfERM1fpkHCCcOHX7XcVAsZ6Ps4ugmtEtpdi9zWgQeuLl4wiabgN2QRKDylPvcLBq4Lh5Pr9QO3-jmOJwS7u1MJAczUAYQyurL1AUdv758BaWZvDysmy3w9b207/s320/dc2.074.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhThTt_X39FiPGofDKvP0rdZlu5OJpgupFsZXOP97CpJjzQowQoLj4KQJhsyp6NiVPNp-yLdlJLMetxHvWIUKRuEtqwEuPBrF1T67Ex37GDpxmkwLi8aBRPnKgCT4dk8bAXlGxVvB9ELtnkUc4ahRpr4oFFGfkHAqLENSOdkevVJAapeob2quih4IMO/s320/dc2.076.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>It was very nice- and inspiring. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvQ1Kd5Mp90cZZ_aUW3VVaNpI4fG8TTfJTWeGx6Gl4B-RzNXRulPdsgnZqBMqGpWwgktdQkj7SwbP65i4LEIJ7U0DH7pl3Q_Cg1BtXlUHaDPoXdE4nd8gE1659jxYXbo6qka9U9O3YNb-wHkUVvkdaFtkyy8Jm6gEJYHAmtU9QlurdCYI0SgLlc4hw/s960/dc2.077.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvQ1Kd5Mp90cZZ_aUW3VVaNpI4fG8TTfJTWeGx6Gl4B-RzNXRulPdsgnZqBMqGpWwgktdQkj7SwbP65i4LEIJ7U0DH7pl3Q_Cg1BtXlUHaDPoXdE4nd8gE1659jxYXbo6qka9U9O3YNb-wHkUVvkdaFtkyy8Jm6gEJYHAmtU9QlurdCYI0SgLlc4hw/s320/dc2.077.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Me and Jefferson... and Washington in the background. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhIW9cOL7ZTO_8flXw2Xi75oJNa_fbaJMDfitrN-JMeYAN3p3aWShggEdttwd2lhBTGtLdCHz_6Y7tUAjEbqvOCxe7013P9n0pHmOLO7tN0yj6TaY091jq3vbNqVkGEsKuDWQiKXBVR8817ZHqxaTnAHkLPMkpyijSzzQLURA1bwBrLbpybTCziR2F/s320/dc2.082.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Next stop on the agenda was the Lincoln Memorial- where once again, I made a fool of myself crying. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-VE8RK4uYK0DieqJkHUS8NOjeONP-sWsUTi34o8wTgwUpJhTNQUQ30EjwUywjjZYK-kCudLLxO5LTqSmVjZyd07ltY3DYyIN5Du53wLRsBlx9K0i_VXdqYGR8Uf0NZ545IOzfcj-MUwu0viq0Y9Q1XIVMy-t-po8HAVjZFbNs4jhUByu7_PaYGgmb/s960/dc2.083.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-VE8RK4uYK0DieqJkHUS8NOjeONP-sWsUTi34o8wTgwUpJhTNQUQ30EjwUywjjZYK-kCudLLxO5LTqSmVjZyd07ltY3DYyIN5Du53wLRsBlx9K0i_VXdqYGR8Uf0NZ545IOzfcj-MUwu0viq0Y9Q1XIVMy-t-po8HAVjZFbNs4jhUByu7_PaYGgmb/s320/dc2.083.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Seriously though. Stand there in the Lincoln Memorial and read the words of the Gettysburg address and try NOT to cry!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvOR149XK9jkjTCC2uh64C_Ti0Wqkff4pLdboLr3XyjT02WvqfHeowE3WLGyu2N_Vf5ZbBe6NVhezohMaRf46DoYnAOxmUqgfcnEI_fVm-yr6W-DkieAf1iPl2aaAqzM_NDcnPRoeStL1g3egFRoD1CzoYey8MjNlZNGnA05azZAC6FM0GQEjx1kjZ/s960/dc2.084.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvOR149XK9jkjTCC2uh64C_Ti0Wqkff4pLdboLr3XyjT02WvqfHeowE3WLGyu2N_Vf5ZbBe6NVhezohMaRf46DoYnAOxmUqgfcnEI_fVm-yr6W-DkieAf1iPl2aaAqzM_NDcnPRoeStL1g3egFRoD1CzoYey8MjNlZNGnA05azZAC6FM0GQEjx1kjZ/s320/dc2.084.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Somewhere there exists a group photo of us all here, but I can't find it! </div><div><br /></div><div>For it being so late, there were a lot of people still at the monuments- and they were not at all respectful. I was disgusted by their behavior and the trash strewn about (and the bathroom there was out of my nightmares. Literally. I have had horror dreams of bathrooms and this was it! It was THE MOST DISGUSTING bathroom I have ever set foot in). Sometimes people suck. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzQuMgkkgntI-k_RApxBVt5ntxxvBCQpFZXq66D0skLT-klL7eFha9R2bnER1J7TgEYK35baqExDQ6AeZcVZ1UDBSiUYeTemgDls5Vh55vuLhp0mfon7gHZoJ0wNcf5HcaMYbg3XBEkyV2s-3tm3O2CDEJj-VSaF2EA4h4zlrnqn-tetBs-5Ih_bGF/s960/dc2.085.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzQuMgkkgntI-k_RApxBVt5ntxxvBCQpFZXq66D0skLT-klL7eFha9R2bnER1J7TgEYK35baqExDQ6AeZcVZ1UDBSiUYeTemgDls5Vh55vuLhp0mfon7gHZoJ0wNcf5HcaMYbg3XBEkyV2s-3tm3O2CDEJj-VSaF2EA4h4zlrnqn-tetBs-5Ih_bGF/s320/dc2.085.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is Lincoln's view. This is what he stares at all day. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6HDRg5jk5NeYpfVrUxXU7jvWsHN2FcBU_5H54nxwecKgqG6jYjh39s41Ic0Sg1-_u_pavYjBi8QiN48cF5dkmGNGSdipr7ySJe5_ANYqtfITKkegUsMHHdX-Fy9TJ7emHL_mHWXbAbmWOWBby0tghUu-ZSy-_pnkmDEyC110TPiDJyBY8vIh_h9cy/s960/dc2.087.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6HDRg5jk5NeYpfVrUxXU7jvWsHN2FcBU_5H54nxwecKgqG6jYjh39s41Ic0Sg1-_u_pavYjBi8QiN48cF5dkmGNGSdipr7ySJe5_ANYqtfITKkegUsMHHdX-Fy9TJ7emHL_mHWXbAbmWOWBby0tghUu-ZSy-_pnkmDEyC110TPiDJyBY8vIh_h9cy/s320/dc2.087.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We walked over to the Korean War Monument. I cried more here too- but there were fewer people so it was less embarrassing.</div><div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGDo3vQh2oXUNRTo0CWzzSUfI7JSCj8TE6Hy09mRnZSLRAjZb8QdnAm9BxBfAY_X6sUWiIXg2967iNhMo0WyrORSoEHN7oL5T8j3h-w7ec7VOVo5R_-X3PkHO4M3reUi-HxO5IdAPOD37Q92mSX3Xs57jvdWO7LrPPHpK0Mc5RW0RNTcOtwqa6H-PI/s960/dc2.088.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGDo3vQh2oXUNRTo0CWzzSUfI7JSCj8TE6Hy09mRnZSLRAjZb8QdnAm9BxBfAY_X6sUWiIXg2967iNhMo0WyrORSoEHN7oL5T8j3h-w7ec7VOVo5R_-X3PkHO4M3reUi-HxO5IdAPOD37Q92mSX3Xs57jvdWO7LrPPHpK0Mc5RW0RNTcOtwqa6H-PI/s320/dc2.088.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><br />We also walked over to the Vietnam memorial. We spent a lot of time there. I didn't get a photo- but I stole this one from Katie. </div><div><br /></div><div>The wall has thousands and thousands of names. Every so often there was a picture or a short bio that family had placed. Things had gotten blown around a little bit- so we (mostly the others because I was a stupid, weepy mess) took time to read about the soldier, then find them on the wall and put the envelope back where it belonged.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAH7afi0CKvNiOk0qoeClQokOw0VPLxilapbH_jJl-E9XRA60OEKK69p5Ut9o8RfTTrv7f_CN2DPoUOxiGmiZrImpSKFCzd58f2CC7QNzBT8tfCqk3bHIR2gEyV_xKWBuKTSByq-3Xo9SqE9Nu-gKYJ7BbF_Wf_avIUlMwli1dsOMMukSYYBmGuPZa/s2016/aa9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAH7afi0CKvNiOk0qoeClQokOw0VPLxilapbH_jJl-E9XRA60OEKK69p5Ut9o8RfTTrv7f_CN2DPoUOxiGmiZrImpSKFCzd58f2CC7QNzBT8tfCqk3bHIR2gEyV_xKWBuKTSByq-3Xo9SqE9Nu-gKYJ7BbF_Wf_avIUlMwli1dsOMMukSYYBmGuPZa/s320/aa9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>This evening gave me renewed gratitude for my freedoms. Every single one of those who died had someone at home to mourn them. Can you imagine all the anguish? Those poor mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, wives, husbands and children. I'm always sad for those who lost their lives- but I mourn with those who were left behind. </div><div><br /></div><div>There are more monuments to come- but for now, this is the end of our day. </div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTP47CtMK6yykkwcsuDVMh4RaFtiopZo6OCQJ0O1cZdJZsjyvejFmDuHkkZHnXC-hfHk5MPCzyb8-7nAltEsEHmZf_Ws_uzTTxIs-e2BTNw20pBVmDXZ-QMBgxQbN7VVv56ucK5pLAbpwcwmwJqM7A5gZwtUeY8evf4ipdJmDVDB7lQN71ToGjUGIF/s960/dc2.089.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTP47CtMK6yykkwcsuDVMh4RaFtiopZo6OCQJ0O1cZdJZsjyvejFmDuHkkZHnXC-hfHk5MPCzyb8-7nAltEsEHmZf_Ws_uzTTxIs-e2BTNw20pBVmDXZ-QMBgxQbN7VVv56ucK5pLAbpwcwmwJqM7A5gZwtUeY8evf4ipdJmDVDB7lQN71ToGjUGIF/s320/dc2.089.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> Lincoln says "by-eeeee"<br /><p></p></div>Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003393901819290910.post-60506271159149729342022-08-18T23:34:00.003-06:002022-08-18T23:34:33.303-06:00Mount Vernon & Chip and Dale<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Today's adventure took us to Mt Vernon. I learned lots about George and Martha Washington. </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/AVvXsEixj7s9UjQx2naZEa43bYTIDYRhkO58vkPKVG4RL9csoXiKWhu6AiVRD___zEYqIAlnSKy4eIgwPF4AOtzbo-Omosw7LA8hDyAqtapScaDcDC-JXp3CTi1jFTy5p3irnl8KLgIrLK7cMLhhrhH7ifQzqOr4KY8DGveaK94gPB5yja-bJl07soglUpD6/s960/dc2.001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixj7s9UjQx2naZEa43bYTIDYRhkO58vkPKVG4RL9csoXiKWhu6AiVRD___zEYqIAlnSKy4eIgwPF4AOtzbo-Omosw7LA8hDyAqtapScaDcDC-JXp3CTi1jFTy5p3irnl8KLgIrLK7cMLhhrhH7ifQzqOr4KY8DGveaK94gPB5yja-bJl07soglUpD6/s320/dc2.001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The decor of the home was awesome. I love the plaster ceiling and wall colors. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1DLrJtpA-S1A9juKkmtbzYIcQ3UvJsPH8jv1zChR-wnH94gulQmcQ_FtHivts_AvmB1eouTm8VqVdvFwFQhbqZydLvUAmqNrvSdr7IhFTgEpsIfwyVKloQ5KtViSIynd0EUPLmoXdBdQu0fw6iSrCaVvNDqVbK27k4wMdNDlEf0WTbAQ6vmopjJt6/s960/dc2.002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1DLrJtpA-S1A9juKkmtbzYIcQ3UvJsPH8jv1zChR-wnH94gulQmcQ_FtHivts_AvmB1eouTm8VqVdvFwFQhbqZydLvUAmqNrvSdr7IhFTgEpsIfwyVKloQ5KtViSIynd0EUPLmoXdBdQu0fw6iSrCaVvNDqVbK27k4wMdNDlEf0WTbAQ6vmopjJt6/s320/dc2.002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio6UXFzOIQw8JMrV8Qg9vslTtq4nZyliyFd_XqEqOaQ0jbvX9hl55VA95b6hmaKb9UPCKZtg6UjWRNrlA8fIYztqq4yN9mFYsgP4-Mf_B45GSl-X9_QFAYrOMyy7SdlY8jzGqEomRgh-UPD5gNubgP-ksilK4zgQZUrzelJqH9mke1N8meupCjxZ7D/s960/dc2.003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio6UXFzOIQw8JMrV8Qg9vslTtq4nZyliyFd_XqEqOaQ0jbvX9hl55VA95b6hmaKb9UPCKZtg6UjWRNrlA8fIYztqq4yN9mFYsgP4-Mf_B45GSl-X9_QFAYrOMyy7SdlY8jzGqEomRgh-UPD5gNubgP-ksilK4zgQZUrzelJqH9mke1N8meupCjxZ7D/s320/dc2.003.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiikUInXntKFTit1IOyGePwW3UYVZy-obN-J3qGcF5GBT6cjWs3AEOF7y-w9ksjiri364lweYWFXuSBdpCl8pkmtl6oukdFn20XKUg0n35gt5j2BX1JMI7b5H3sjBQVaPoIpG7nJgp26zongmLjvT1pN-XanyFkTb57irfWCq6urrRmZdZ5S97lqqw8/s960/dc2.004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiikUInXntKFTit1IOyGePwW3UYVZy-obN-J3qGcF5GBT6cjWs3AEOF7y-w9ksjiri364lweYWFXuSBdpCl8pkmtl6oukdFn20XKUg0n35gt5j2BX1JMI7b5H3sjBQVaPoIpG7nJgp26zongmLjvT1pN-XanyFkTb57irfWCq6urrRmZdZ5S97lqqw8/s320/dc2.004.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I don't know if you can zoom in on the ceiling designs- but everything centers around agriculture. Here, you can see it a little better in the wall relief. Scythes and rakes worked subtly into the design. Seriously- NOTHING is missed. There are details in the details! I love it!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV7GH5Q7pa4CvLKaDJn_B8d675YupIjzPY-Wf3C63OUeNo5tM1tSHvq9qn3L_tp2YSSE_83ONWaTaSxzAVMFAn7lnm4aJ-QLaE7n3VR2a8wvnanxGU7g61tdK0VgucHkfc_nKqmeCUuraGlf8u2qSjJwwsQV14TZEONhCplNyOHQi_cgB6bQLBnK1u/s960/dc2.005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV7GH5Q7pa4CvLKaDJn_B8d675YupIjzPY-Wf3C63OUeNo5tM1tSHvq9qn3L_tp2YSSE_83ONWaTaSxzAVMFAn7lnm4aJ-QLaE7n3VR2a8wvnanxGU7g61tdK0VgucHkfc_nKqmeCUuraGlf8u2qSjJwwsQV14TZEONhCplNyOHQi_cgB6bQLBnK1u/s320/dc2.005.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>A smaller sitting room and piano. Isn't the wallpaper just delicious? I LOVE it!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht55jzky6DPX3xmlRkRpGjFJjiDuVvA3JYxPkBVMojnqNC0OT_keZtH1euNnxkodsY8wgHu0XZhBTX9ERigg6ZKGgOdMFITljr811g--mQtx6dEK3AjBLYqwjRq_GlOxSKDOjRpCNyrYBpgPH9Iado7QLrfnBIpuhJLnJAB661_PSYEFsIv1xJeXOQ/s960/dc2.006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht55jzky6DPX3xmlRkRpGjFJjiDuVvA3JYxPkBVMojnqNC0OT_keZtH1euNnxkodsY8wgHu0XZhBTX9ERigg6ZKGgOdMFITljr811g--mQtx6dEK3AjBLYqwjRq_GlOxSKDOjRpCNyrYBpgPH9Iado7QLrfnBIpuhJLnJAB661_PSYEFsIv1xJeXOQ/s320/dc2.006.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The man of the hour, General George.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaSshXVqhEjK-ZXBvo15SsWoFlsgTIgW-rfRqAPBuqQyTf5_bMeyaDr6eqme9pJRHp6EOgx-RCWR5RYeCaSeTW0eA1SFqAjCPVvFoG3u2vB9gDLdjVs_2w6y7H64FxPIukqxF5cr3eUw4wxJ5qogS15fRHtCOpoZ4WJhkbM8pw1Jmq0GdKABQsaLfT/s960/dc2.007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaSshXVqhEjK-ZXBvo15SsWoFlsgTIgW-rfRqAPBuqQyTf5_bMeyaDr6eqme9pJRHp6EOgx-RCWR5RYeCaSeTW0eA1SFqAjCPVvFoG3u2vB9gDLdjVs_2w6y7H64FxPIukqxF5cr3eUw4wxJ5qogS15fRHtCOpoZ4WJhkbM8pw1Jmq0GdKABQsaLfT/s320/dc2.007.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This was a second sitting room. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Cn99ISJY2rsXhHY46hEnEZB6h3MxpvC8M-WIC9nHtC2HfFpAqaRbV7vcTFK9FmwbR-EeTYW7gLZ-VWrfl51ArpYwlKyBX6QvchrOFHWTCHOiF_irkgFJZDFf5i1teUVa6K-npp0VBZ6_AdQ5-yAdOt37M1w2UzjCFldRVFUpvcWNQ3_4LtgECEQJ/s960/dc2.008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Cn99ISJY2rsXhHY46hEnEZB6h3MxpvC8M-WIC9nHtC2HfFpAqaRbV7vcTFK9FmwbR-EeTYW7gLZ-VWrfl51ArpYwlKyBX6QvchrOFHWTCHOiF_irkgFJZDFf5i1teUVa6K-npp0VBZ6_AdQ5-yAdOt37M1w2UzjCFldRVFUpvcWNQ3_4LtgECEQJ/s320/dc2.008.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I think they said this was a guest bedroom. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0KsMNZJK5PxdFkwdr32TxnZ8dNfZ5Ck7dCaZi9JHv0v2xOy2RgFvoPwvQggEkNOMMgdXl8aXYMrk6m2iJviMp-XEGzDHDP2tAFhDp-91H4rF-ZF_57NdTvFf2eJYtMqeGtVnXMjvaD2HwSNtL4cz7qTYPiQLhPLk3Jh9a0nauC1RfaM7t5pNEqGVN/s960/dc2.009.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0KsMNZJK5PxdFkwdr32TxnZ8dNfZ5Ck7dCaZi9JHv0v2xOy2RgFvoPwvQggEkNOMMgdXl8aXYMrk6m2iJviMp-XEGzDHDP2tAFhDp-91H4rF-ZF_57NdTvFf2eJYtMqeGtVnXMjvaD2HwSNtL4cz7qTYPiQLhPLk3Jh9a0nauC1RfaM7t5pNEqGVN/s320/dc2.009.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This is the key to the Bastille in France. It was a gift to Washington from Lafayette. Kind of awesome, right? </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM_3opDfhNnxz11AGSZ2OPAZdWe4f03znVXl3psOHZ8EbXoSKPXiJjuGMlet8159KPMOLP28-hqx79K8fDAfghWi51BmuiNSZRgHTo2BDr0tR6dS9ut2LyiRXPllAaPxCFFPmcjFV8P29jjOyUlcSEc9pEjrszBwszh-38V0GnWci0SO7rsY1cALrw/s960/dc2.010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM_3opDfhNnxz11AGSZ2OPAZdWe4f03znVXl3psOHZ8EbXoSKPXiJjuGMlet8159KPMOLP28-hqx79K8fDAfghWi51BmuiNSZRgHTo2BDr0tR6dS9ut2LyiRXPllAaPxCFFPmcjFV8P29jjOyUlcSEc9pEjrszBwszh-38V0GnWci0SO7rsY1cALrw/s320/dc2.010.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This is the same color it was in Washington's day. This color of green was very hard to come by, so anyone who had this rather garden-hose green was showing off their affluence. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYz48n0lA3vBSH1Ngweq9NJfFv2sX_5O5DmO8XT_MgdHxrxPf94nKQ11HKPyBqIWPLGp3LbSfwFMyF4wQflsep8cGWhmsjsxrQ70cq7_Y5nCAgfAPaeW_cRwanpU1qR8i-PHv1Yoqjn3wEOz2ojbFHpt_ZV2gEpPw2FD2QsJtYtTFbj-SrPl-XTTIz/s960/dc2.011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYz48n0lA3vBSH1Ngweq9NJfFv2sX_5O5DmO8XT_MgdHxrxPf94nKQ11HKPyBqIWPLGp3LbSfwFMyF4wQflsep8cGWhmsjsxrQ70cq7_Y5nCAgfAPaeW_cRwanpU1qR8i-PHv1Yoqjn3wEOz2ojbFHpt_ZV2gEpPw2FD2QsJtYtTFbj-SrPl-XTTIz/s320/dc2.011.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>There are many things in the house that are originals. The only thing original to the house that you can touch is the bannister. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhguRNSZNMNExCIa5XTzSPzGhECtRtpE_sxhnv_iiemCh_JhAJY8GLFzeJLiOc13GEqeDxJpVLzBkCBNwCJEMkHWy_6SsJCxUPmLXc33QV1YWO1kTx-czty-gCUP1vtJfzZDSlcd9jKbxjQMjLm9Sd7DUE9YyGnVDfnEB9g7Zk-T7YWZgBsQEsSt8KZ/s960/dc2.012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhguRNSZNMNExCIa5XTzSPzGhECtRtpE_sxhnv_iiemCh_JhAJY8GLFzeJLiOc13GEqeDxJpVLzBkCBNwCJEMkHWy_6SsJCxUPmLXc33QV1YWO1kTx-czty-gCUP1vtJfzZDSlcd9jKbxjQMjLm9Sd7DUE9YyGnVDfnEB9g7Zk-T7YWZgBsQEsSt8KZ/s320/dc2.012.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Very sturdy to last during 200 or so years of tourists!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNGuh6Ap-qKQOBR_w4FjoSHb34WUmfHH1j12JTAO9LJif6-5NwOR6-fhuzmourlr6WQ-hc4bXO5T1S3eHQKLODf8moGd00yE3_pwfoOkDxd9oxVxfC-XWUmgkZ5EVmqSS10o65AMg7D4FKCC_E5pgWCncYdYr23TTq0NxT50Er-P6fFVFUKquZP7K8/s960/dc2.013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNGuh6Ap-qKQOBR_w4FjoSHb34WUmfHH1j12JTAO9LJif6-5NwOR6-fhuzmourlr6WQ-hc4bXO5T1S3eHQKLODf8moGd00yE3_pwfoOkDxd9oxVxfC-XWUmgkZ5EVmqSS10o65AMg7D4FKCC_E5pgWCncYdYr23TTq0NxT50Er-P6fFVFUKquZP7K8/s320/dc2.013.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Most of the time I'm not a fan of mixing prints- but I think this room is just charming!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSy9VgxV08aoUCIDwUV_mSAL3j7O0Rpnf2Ovj47qInpnIC_HrREwLeBSsjnzpt7dluko9u91TfDSUDGMuMTI3h_RLRK0uxqmdLAkWx5T_d7T73z9l1MNq_KgXZpVeUH879Ij99wpWiLWRLIeSDaPBDc55zzgqKT9tP9zceJkJxCFkKoDrn4XsDf1VW/s960/dc2.014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSy9VgxV08aoUCIDwUV_mSAL3j7O0Rpnf2Ovj47qInpnIC_HrREwLeBSsjnzpt7dluko9u91TfDSUDGMuMTI3h_RLRK0uxqmdLAkWx5T_d7T73z9l1MNq_KgXZpVeUH879Ij99wpWiLWRLIeSDaPBDc55zzgqKT9tP9zceJkJxCFkKoDrn4XsDf1VW/s320/dc2.014.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>So pretty!</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/AVvXsEj46u9Dlxm89d4zuZcJxVDP8Z1dwb75HWx2OqyeQ3iVPEv2riV3QmmhxrEnMCafzf__-Dh2zc0VtvLmMkYbIr0Jcs48qzsM3wLB0gBsU9gnEod-eKXBPqKpfssKaWGsi_g4X0qocZJN1piX1GKbML4WW4jr0HDBb-1OEdjUl4X_mel-4YSpCCenNuGT/s960/dc2.015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46u9Dlxm89d4zuZcJxVDP8Z1dwb75HWx2OqyeQ3iVPEv2riV3QmmhxrEnMCafzf__-Dh2zc0VtvLmMkYbIr0Jcs48qzsM3wLB0gBsU9gnEod-eKXBPqKpfssKaWGsi_g4X0qocZJN1piX1GKbML4WW4jr0HDBb-1OEdjUl4X_mel-4YSpCCenNuGT/s320/dc2.015.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This room just exudes sunshine. So pretty!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPOvQNRnGkWQLP0OWykkdppNKBLlGNVvPXkKk5m9tVVc1jts0rh5lUFCUSTuNxFr3KfmyRQ36_xBTHmTqrb5e78IsHGvmO0HAPOb4LK0c5fl02eTTZTvlBMfjc4jnDU0WgxOuMF945UlBvkIL89mRJEmmxt0ubOgEJtv_-QQZVGFlzM_2sjNEZ2WSa/s960/dc2.016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPOvQNRnGkWQLP0OWykkdppNKBLlGNVvPXkKk5m9tVVc1jts0rh5lUFCUSTuNxFr3KfmyRQ36_xBTHmTqrb5e78IsHGvmO0HAPOb4LK0c5fl02eTTZTvlBMfjc4jnDU0WgxOuMF945UlBvkIL89mRJEmmxt0ubOgEJtv_-QQZVGFlzM_2sjNEZ2WSa/s320/dc2.016.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This is the room- the very bed- that George Washington died in. After his death, Martha never slept in this room again. She took a smaller, upstairs room. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSPFE0xVxq21NlVzITRkXtTecErhv96DafyFBDTBWjTRiWHB4m_t8h9sG_UEd3EXnNueuoksaaGeB1Odll75U616LKDI4cDcdVXajFs1Thrj0YvVXDokLUJZvvu-MJa0Sg21OfvvzFNa-GBY2J0NllupcuE_ZBoQqz1bPFFntRxMk5ZlSBojBdttKQ/s960/dc2.017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSPFE0xVxq21NlVzITRkXtTecErhv96DafyFBDTBWjTRiWHB4m_t8h9sG_UEd3EXnNueuoksaaGeB1Odll75U616LKDI4cDcdVXajFs1Thrj0YvVXDokLUJZvvu-MJa0Sg21OfvvzFNa-GBY2J0NllupcuE_ZBoQqz1bPFFntRxMk5ZlSBojBdttKQ/s320/dc2.017.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqcO1s1ND8w_SMyd6ILZuhXsKGrHI_OhEfWfOI6himG5UoDV9oMJBVwK2S92U00uUzMxMSBgrHOQ3dcGitLcKKc56dXOKfHSdWBU2tCiaylTL6z4kT89xD_inPjHqvTzj579bOiL-xDUlynGjlSbaohjMroVABxX2nrn7HEnda-BeMc9AmAQETpKI5/s960/dc2.018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqcO1s1ND8w_SMyd6ILZuhXsKGrHI_OhEfWfOI6himG5UoDV9oMJBVwK2S92U00uUzMxMSBgrHOQ3dcGitLcKKc56dXOKfHSdWBU2tCiaylTL6z4kT89xD_inPjHqvTzj579bOiL-xDUlynGjlSbaohjMroVABxX2nrn7HEnda-BeMc9AmAQETpKI5/s320/dc2.018.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This was his office downstairs. The chair is kind of interesting. It has a blade above it, and a foot pedal. He could sit in the chair and pump the foot pedal and it would fan him. Cool! (pun?)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibVx2bGn2FDWIs4lu-Xc7uJJEm4ilAhzG3HV9AoS4_vJVQyTMYBspwmrBAp4xOLVZn2ADJ7clD_TDm_nmEmzaHoL6BR7NHuw0TTiINnT7RHLNgACfntuv-m_kS5Y_Yzu9j043MJTFawnCk45HWlmdV3rQ5ppfSq1wbmMpcXwUeFhEbP5b6_YbqUhjk/s960/dc2.019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibVx2bGn2FDWIs4lu-Xc7uJJEm4ilAhzG3HV9AoS4_vJVQyTMYBspwmrBAp4xOLVZn2ADJ7clD_TDm_nmEmzaHoL6BR7NHuw0TTiINnT7RHLNgACfntuv-m_kS5Y_Yzu9j043MJTFawnCk45HWlmdV3rQ5ppfSq1wbmMpcXwUeFhEbP5b6_YbqUhjk/s320/dc2.019.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>HIs massive bookcase- all his books!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHQkFgmPIKH72zhbO5TFPi6nI5gpLcLLEyyCEFU-gIpk9XHsBJYFktmrRL98_QuUpWpWZRMuUtUL70PwFNOyc7uZTaQJl5TZlHzRHYqQXjGgZ14kanNW6pB_NU96EaEdWUT54GL-T5adbDsWO7UtfSJGa8uDvRdE7ZyBNeFGhEJdRr186nL1F0jos/s960/dc2.020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHQkFgmPIKH72zhbO5TFPi6nI5gpLcLLEyyCEFU-gIpk9XHsBJYFktmrRL98_QuUpWpWZRMuUtUL70PwFNOyc7uZTaQJl5TZlHzRHYqQXjGgZ14kanNW6pB_NU96EaEdWUT54GL-T5adbDsWO7UtfSJGa8uDvRdE7ZyBNeFGhEJdRr186nL1F0jos/s320/dc2.020.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>It's always interesting to see the kitchens in these large estates. They had to feed so many people and it just amazed me how it all got done. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZqROcVZRw-3BPVo6_EyWY9ihElwZG4zIYmaWbyHbRUVoyCR2AfGYsCd07VAMQGPn_uiXZekA_gM_RF-CGr_-tVU61vD6Y0fi3arbWYyD6Ne1g0Urq_TWfBOFqKdcp5Ftbl__quYFwhg6pYT6q9Tcgm_hTz3Ay6T5xXgoVVeTW6rNial4-yw2jPEEB/s960/dc2.021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZqROcVZRw-3BPVo6_EyWY9ihElwZG4zIYmaWbyHbRUVoyCR2AfGYsCd07VAMQGPn_uiXZekA_gM_RF-CGr_-tVU61vD6Y0fi3arbWYyD6Ne1g0Urq_TWfBOFqKdcp5Ftbl__quYFwhg6pYT6q9Tcgm_hTz3Ay6T5xXgoVVeTW6rNial4-yw2jPEEB/s320/dc2.021.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWabKTDBvgd4JqEYCzmmPf7uceU03NG_Bd0DUT9E9lRKY99aT__Sr7x6IvEkxF-USyvubZ-_NfBQBkiZSGwQ08AMLlcbUmuK9onUMslWXl0NY0tR9e9y1erUmmELnlHQsY-rq2OFpWCERm_KIeTGPhloCSCFhYmB6U7r-toyE2uNo6ntzCzGAg5y1e/s960/dc2.022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWabKTDBvgd4JqEYCzmmPf7uceU03NG_Bd0DUT9E9lRKY99aT__Sr7x6IvEkxF-USyvubZ-_NfBQBkiZSGwQ08AMLlcbUmuK9onUMslWXl0NY0tR9e9y1erUmmELnlHQsY-rq2OFpWCERm_KIeTGPhloCSCFhYmB6U7r-toyE2uNo6ntzCzGAg5y1e/s320/dc2.022.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We took a short stroll through Martha's garden. There were some incredible blooms there. We were hoping to make it back through so I didn't take many pictures- we ran out of time.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd_e35sF2YIM33J3KM674wQe1lBQUP29bg4-7kMtKwU8p_5_1QfqftuR_FSYQRiYLjXaTwBaN0mXtDoK529rzoYr86TQphAJthpE7UIgwqPu-4_4nFopdEtYaaSXU9zLsyOCXumOk0NRhR1kfUdG-tttVc2JmIaxTZtFCwwZzOCOsMTTQcUV36Ferv/s960/dc2.023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd_e35sF2YIM33J3KM674wQe1lBQUP29bg4-7kMtKwU8p_5_1QfqftuR_FSYQRiYLjXaTwBaN0mXtDoK529rzoYr86TQphAJthpE7UIgwqPu-4_4nFopdEtYaaSXU9zLsyOCXumOk0NRhR1kfUdG-tttVc2JmIaxTZtFCwwZzOCOsMTTQcUV36Ferv/s320/dc2.023.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHAxQtUBJ7xC_711-ykAIwZesVVCwDNKrhpCkZvFy64oSEVevkKBxGzvPQsOsqzrjtE2YKKXM0jOXTnnKY05tuVCTW9oXSLcYmZC3oQB2WYA1hGHX7vu9n2El0qlGsta8OEyNlKRqocvJoRpF8LHInspdKWbAidw9xElxiGtLVemimF5K8aaWFfJ6S/s960/dc2.024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHAxQtUBJ7xC_711-ykAIwZesVVCwDNKrhpCkZvFy64oSEVevkKBxGzvPQsOsqzrjtE2YKKXM0jOXTnnKY05tuVCTW9oXSLcYmZC3oQB2WYA1hGHX7vu9n2El0qlGsta8OEyNlKRqocvJoRpF8LHInspdKWbAidw9xElxiGtLVemimF5K8aaWFfJ6S/s320/dc2.024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The estate is huge! And it's a fraction of the size it was in his day. We walked around to some of the points of interest. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJzE_cXKo4aTSlC6QMLESCJ5TQSyOWm8dCahuafrht_PvAxs9BwTxJr6mVBcNZ39P-KfojmMjZM_upUBmPKO9pp-pI8N28HqHz6a73mSweyDOjB5w8Bn5SL2NHc2EQgeNkU_Xl7oq6N8JB4CHSpgAiO7q8wIZCRPswjefk2yTcQZKW3OdlDSa72p6W/s960/dc2.025.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJzE_cXKo4aTSlC6QMLESCJ5TQSyOWm8dCahuafrht_PvAxs9BwTxJr6mVBcNZ39P-KfojmMjZM_upUBmPKO9pp-pI8N28HqHz6a73mSweyDOjB5w8Bn5SL2NHc2EQgeNkU_Xl7oq6N8JB4CHSpgAiO7q8wIZCRPswjefk2yTcQZKW3OdlDSa72p6W/s320/dc2.025.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXhlLGqB5b91nUSPyv-48-eccrGzI7Dsp6XeTxBWlvWybuHwhL0CgBnp_lPj5DQND0IopSOlEznJhd7P3sla-4MBgmpPbISI9BcAmg_80YPTUx4G0htC0laaFNI4GJtPuj_ZSuDmhUBieOnR4XPNhWpkktIgW3wnn22s0dI7S8ifWXWz5tyHyJSyGv/s960/dc2.026.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXhlLGqB5b91nUSPyv-48-eccrGzI7Dsp6XeTxBWlvWybuHwhL0CgBnp_lPj5DQND0IopSOlEznJhd7P3sla-4MBgmpPbISI9BcAmg_80YPTUx4G0htC0laaFNI4GJtPuj_ZSuDmhUBieOnR4XPNhWpkktIgW3wnn22s0dI7S8ifWXWz5tyHyJSyGv/s320/dc2.026.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The cow goes moo.... </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEOUhMDzQaKEJ1qDu59mQad_93264dNf8B4-3e0IVoWg7JxZFSezyEdB1i7svb60WOavp45n5t1ymizwOllheQ_1IigPLY-zoE7qhQYGSKz-TTbpJDwV5wO1HKe67y7PewP8J_4_Fh-BpRUgWKCKBri2QK0qCW_qGNgUXWH5luPKFTEiNCwtCDxqq0/s960/dc2.027.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEOUhMDzQaKEJ1qDu59mQad_93264dNf8B4-3e0IVoWg7JxZFSezyEdB1i7svb60WOavp45n5t1ymizwOllheQ_1IigPLY-zoE7qhQYGSKz-TTbpJDwV5wO1HKe67y7PewP8J_4_Fh-BpRUgWKCKBri2QK0qCW_qGNgUXWH5luPKFTEiNCwtCDxqq0/s320/dc2.027.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We made our way to the family tomb. Here are the final resting places of George and Martha, and behind them are 25 other members of the family. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiPh5-jJCT0TAeVUsqiR2fCT8g3lfthquikB0NgfwgoPp91HPfCtxzzcmnP17Y4wDIpUJugTSAE_AMyBhjiGFux23fDMKr5kt98uHsTbHPeS2VW1eJQNsjWmbSsPP95kEFproygiwioMCcaCMu7LgOobRnELZkL447vmWUEjaFFG_nJ2xThnsyda7M/s960/dc2.028.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiPh5-jJCT0TAeVUsqiR2fCT8g3lfthquikB0NgfwgoPp91HPfCtxzzcmnP17Y4wDIpUJugTSAE_AMyBhjiGFux23fDMKr5kt98uHsTbHPeS2VW1eJQNsjWmbSsPP95kEFproygiwioMCcaCMu7LgOobRnELZkL447vmWUEjaFFG_nJ2xThnsyda7M/s320/dc2.028.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZx7x2v0e3cSdQFliN8JHZL3-wFbTHtMweBpszX4vSuDmLxACVpWouGkVkAvTUW42mu7GYtZYc-zJx_pMuXNYHgKDH0BtCzwmbfGRIuh6ovMdl6rUncr6IvHhd20CshALKrXsG59T_MIXuMF-k16IzHc1EeAykb18L1p8k-FAXgja-uEQQLHrjyBG/s960/dc2.029.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZx7x2v0e3cSdQFliN8JHZL3-wFbTHtMweBpszX4vSuDmLxACVpWouGkVkAvTUW42mu7GYtZYc-zJx_pMuXNYHgKDH0BtCzwmbfGRIuh6ovMdl6rUncr6IvHhd20CshALKrXsG59T_MIXuMF-k16IzHc1EeAykb18L1p8k-FAXgja-uEQQLHrjyBG/s320/dc2.029.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJa2ge3Deke6RGZ2eXZFiMhy8cFpf0svHYUiJ00R7oSHMc4a7GzF4WtEnaJTaqsQ10C-Nw-mVe7niZWYQuQNze6CbBvIY0UW4eBlM1ftBTxqjXzxyUOy6fpc8t7LVjWgua7lxAUF_pKjk6BGh23dO1O4Z314kgtNmR5PmV9yTwLZx8cEJQE1-p9UCV/s960/dc2.030.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJa2ge3Deke6RGZ2eXZFiMhy8cFpf0svHYUiJ00R7oSHMc4a7GzF4WtEnaJTaqsQ10C-Nw-mVe7niZWYQuQNze6CbBvIY0UW4eBlM1ftBTxqjXzxyUOy6fpc8t7LVjWgua7lxAUF_pKjk6BGh23dO1O4Z314kgtNmR5PmV9yTwLZx8cEJQE1-p9UCV/s320/dc2.030.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>A little bit down the path from their tomb, we came upon something that affected me greatly. Less than 100 yards from their opulent tomb, is a slave graveyard.</div><div><br /></div><div>It looks like a very peaceful wood, but in this area are buried hundreds of slaves in unmarked graves. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNFMIIsqdqnAkWu-T0XfBuBVSToJbZkcb4aKE9pRon8DmWp9LlvJOrEhkAP3_OQ5DANlZ49lw1j6GwSf6vZc06KvSEcsF54rnxTDkINuAzVNMJaHGMCVCkpeQDxye2Qj0VFxNwlXTafkxjt-fQqWa6ssAsRS86oCXrO4LJVLa7_xhqFH4t5hDAf4ju/s960/dc2.032.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNFMIIsqdqnAkWu-T0XfBuBVSToJbZkcb4aKE9pRon8DmWp9LlvJOrEhkAP3_OQ5DANlZ49lw1j6GwSf6vZc06KvSEcsF54rnxTDkINuAzVNMJaHGMCVCkpeQDxye2Qj0VFxNwlXTafkxjt-fQqWa6ssAsRS86oCXrO4LJVLa7_xhqFH4t5hDAf4ju/s320/dc2.032.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They're only now starting to use technology on the area to find graves. If you look closely, you can see where string is marking them off. They'll never know who is who. Even sitting here writing this, I'm in tears. This absolutely breaks my heart. You know I love a good cemetery. Why? Because people *want* to be remembered. We leave headstones, heck, we leave graffiti because we want to be remembered. Why to we keep history? Why do we do genealogy? Because people want to be remembered. They want to be able to say, "I was here." And all of these people- worked and lived and died and their names are forgotten. I hope they know they are NOT forgotten. We may not ever learn their names. But they lived. We know they lived. They suffered through so much. I hope in their suffering they had even a little bit of happiness. If not, I hope they have found peace in death. But they are not forgotten. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibA2ONSwsXyYC4Zr4GKg7Ju68cCYGyFjxPXJoSPzkjUUClAuFn3nFGh-XLraIqRod-PCo8cnBHmyzia_7xuxXEny6y5sUhtmwbS5BB4Xn4L3WlwrKnU9bdg5I8r480p6kMTmRNTnFs9s_1P4bUY1hjR6ludbFjc9LZuxaPlwTEZiSnSQn3D5IvLVv9/s960/dc2.033.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibA2ONSwsXyYC4Zr4GKg7Ju68cCYGyFjxPXJoSPzkjUUClAuFn3nFGh-XLraIqRod-PCo8cnBHmyzia_7xuxXEny6y5sUhtmwbS5BB4Xn4L3WlwrKnU9bdg5I8r480p6kMTmRNTnFs9s_1P4bUY1hjR6ludbFjc9LZuxaPlwTEZiSnSQn3D5IvLVv9/s320/dc2.033.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>I am a little embarrassed about how much this affected me. I bawled. Like, I totally ugly cried. Why are we so mean to each other? How on EARTH can anyone justify owning another human being? I just don't get it. There was a very sweet couple from California. We chatted with them for a while and they were asking if we'd been to the museum of African American History and Culture. Not yet. It was on our list. They were very sweet though. I felt like an idiot crying in front of them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In 1929, a group erected a memorial to those buried here, and another, larger memorial was erected in the 1980s. What's sad though- is that at the time, they did not have the technology to search for remains, so the concrete and brick memorials are probably directly over several graves that will now most likely remain unknown.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We were fortunate to be there at the time they did a wreath laying ceremony. I didn't get any pictures of it because Megan volunteered to be part of the ceremony and I was recording it on her phone- so no pictures- only tender memories.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmTPhFE9I1XMQCz8QcPdeSWi3AF0NIw9fJZXKrzqvMC01fbgb1MTi6SM2naAlgiXL53c7oowwZLGf9VJD30TY9aVqa8Z_uoO_YHmpdQbZ1V1OVfpt0VTKwltRHBthxhVdfb3BGTFSTeELs4HIqphEz_NRGJxpemv5X4N0AITZvyy_rSK_mq0FJtcd7/s960/dc2.031.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmTPhFE9I1XMQCz8QcPdeSWi3AF0NIw9fJZXKrzqvMC01fbgb1MTi6SM2naAlgiXL53c7oowwZLGf9VJD30TY9aVqa8Z_uoO_YHmpdQbZ1V1OVfpt0VTKwltRHBthxhVdfb3BGTFSTeELs4HIqphEz_NRGJxpemv5X4N0AITZvyy_rSK_mq0FJtcd7/s320/dc2.031.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Inside the museum they had several things that were owned by the Washington and Custis family (There was something I didn't know. George Washington did not have his own children. He married the widow, Martha Custis, and raised her children as his own!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This was some of Martha's jewelry. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6pj9BkegUROewBmgJ9YyYDOUu7ADkvsS00ZB9eH_Tm-Bp5UiGUGKvI9vl113gXzVUTMXw6Ce47RF9poukOcNUU7gNKnTTa7hvvgHKOvS6fN8tlTLjUZM6t9Qleu0lwAZQcMLQSgtyVcAPEdii_DBBQuOCAXx-UM9XsLu6HkXIgY-FhbMzKtAqKr8/s960/dc2.034.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6pj9BkegUROewBmgJ9YyYDOUu7ADkvsS00ZB9eH_Tm-Bp5UiGUGKvI9vl113gXzVUTMXw6Ce47RF9poukOcNUU7gNKnTTa7hvvgHKOvS6fN8tlTLjUZM6t9Qleu0lwAZQcMLQSgtyVcAPEdii_DBBQuOCAXx-UM9XsLu6HkXIgY-FhbMzKtAqKr8/s320/dc2.034.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>They were a musical family and had many instruments.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZgmMcKKXDLIXLfEm6akttd1xYYXpJzTBsh_db5OENx1LQQGvLgKsCKyHadM8QlHqhoEkdYFtUGUi_tni8RYzS6vpF3fvVGqM_wdVLLlMIK-ihtRLdbTl1g_eEgYUbtU6JjDjfDh_8wclsVM9lb8tERB5QqbqyiCT5MDluhjITYd_VD6gIQmdYPqWy/s960/dc2.035.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZgmMcKKXDLIXLfEm6akttd1xYYXpJzTBsh_db5OENx1LQQGvLgKsCKyHadM8QlHqhoEkdYFtUGUi_tni8RYzS6vpF3fvVGqM_wdVLLlMIK-ihtRLdbTl1g_eEgYUbtU6JjDjfDh_8wclsVM9lb8tERB5QqbqyiCT5MDluhjITYd_VD6gIQmdYPqWy/s320/dc2.035.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>They had a few scenes from his life, telling his history. I didn't get a picture of it, but they had one talking about how he *could* have been king. Wisely, he turned that down. <br /><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/AVvXsEib9xwRqmMZwDCh5Qsn9ZVOjn_q-iapLiSIYIYf_T3dppBm5EEm1lWhrQAEL497yHEthKnvyyr4mZSbS1VlF9QjT9RL1-C6Sd4u2XPPKK8FpLE5XHONmljUhxcysm_5SJizQjb4CE0HzG18RhIRgwozEowrUfpwxMFMKYmtbVZBVPmZLwpDIyPB1llB/s960/dc2.036.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9xwRqmMZwDCh5Qsn9ZVOjn_q-iapLiSIYIYf_T3dppBm5EEm1lWhrQAEL497yHEthKnvyyr4mZSbS1VlF9QjT9RL1-C6Sd4u2XPPKK8FpLE5XHONmljUhxcysm_5SJizQjb4CE0HzG18RhIRgwozEowrUfpwxMFMKYmtbVZBVPmZLwpDIyPB1llB/s320/dc2.036.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxeU0ATLtIJiZ4-JyHqpi-lsKawbYR5why5RiI0UjEFmjIHbFsjdsjrm43ID6NCaOX-oCztfj6FlmOYvqqrqW7l-Wzlbn_WBjnTYAOSDrN43S0j6MVleBb6wJyDX8vIcMC5JBdXCPPzqA544ltMSYFEBzbRfBzeAnsp3my5MYfrjmtoVT9Z7cKU0rq/s960/dc2.037.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxeU0ATLtIJiZ4-JyHqpi-lsKawbYR5why5RiI0UjEFmjIHbFsjdsjrm43ID6NCaOX-oCztfj6FlmOYvqqrqW7l-Wzlbn_WBjnTYAOSDrN43S0j6MVleBb6wJyDX8vIcMC5JBdXCPPzqA544ltMSYFEBzbRfBzeAnsp3my5MYfrjmtoVT9Z7cKU0rq/s320/dc2.037.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3X_F1yG4PRiX5hHsaFJXwWl3eaE95CWoOvyreHvZyE7ZFl8BjOLRXCkC1tKPkNzurE1S5t0-1Meusbl9BBZYg-NdrlkoyW_Xep6Oz29nDzPrMaFA1INFyaM9-gzyW79qqxqVkpCRVLvbMYqAhhg0RU_NI1-d8uN7nEtnJOmOYWos-nDC7ouvxQ4YM/s960/dc2.038.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3X_F1yG4PRiX5hHsaFJXwWl3eaE95CWoOvyreHvZyE7ZFl8BjOLRXCkC1tKPkNzurE1S5t0-1Meusbl9BBZYg-NdrlkoyW_Xep6Oz29nDzPrMaFA1INFyaM9-gzyW79qqxqVkpCRVLvbMYqAhhg0RU_NI1-d8uN7nEtnJOmOYWos-nDC7ouvxQ4YM/s320/dc2.038.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>It was a hot and surprisingly emotional day. I did not plan on crying my face off at Mt Vernon. </div><div><br /></div><div>We headed out to pick up our final arrival from the airport. Katie got in that evening. On our way, we stopped by the Fairfax County Courthouse. We were there around 5 pm when court should have been getting out. What was the big deal? The Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial was going on inside! There was a news truck parked outside, but we did not see anything exciting.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4WHtsGpGuzPiTQBQsnKiJBFH-JGhBK8_2I9K_DcSNKE0i9qqiOreAou3cZEpcU8fcxm_WdkzC1kHcsboKWt1djLKtRERZ5JCel24494rMnmMew8LgKwQ5MCvRzEq662A5FvfATVPIfoaU2C9zFxCPhoqQW_GfssoajnauX2cyy9iIEPIqejN9IJxp/s960/dc2.039.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4WHtsGpGuzPiTQBQsnKiJBFH-JGhBK8_2I9K_DcSNKE0i9qqiOreAou3cZEpcU8fcxm_WdkzC1kHcsboKWt1djLKtRERZ5JCel24494rMnmMew8LgKwQ5MCvRzEq662A5FvfATVPIfoaU2C9zFxCPhoqQW_GfssoajnauX2cyy9iIEPIqejN9IJxp/s320/dc2.039.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg78LsG-DFU-30DFmm-Pg5e0xtsLtIn4RMFTh-QyLttFrhOfhiy_6zxi74FjmbcjdW9JQRBbZVcOYL0q5q0x84geehm918HxrXCYKDGSAAizjdoln7yvN4LRl9Glfjc6xmp25c80Yvyfk-Ebdse0OrD7IQH3VVhojNbZuYvTHIqEA_G-U2rJoSBfizo/s960/dc2.040.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg78LsG-DFU-30DFmm-Pg5e0xtsLtIn4RMFTh-QyLttFrhOfhiy_6zxi74FjmbcjdW9JQRBbZVcOYL0q5q0x84geehm918HxrXCYKDGSAAizjdoln7yvN4LRl9Glfjc6xmp25c80Yvyfk-Ebdse0OrD7IQH3VVhojNbZuYvTHIqEA_G-U2rJoSBfizo/s320/dc2.040.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>After we picked up Katie, we drove into Leesburg to eat at a fancy schmancy restaurant that used to be a bank. It was a fun atmosphere. I don't know why I didn't take any pictures. Sorry!</div><div><br /></div><div>As we were walking back to the car, a vigil march passed by. They were protesting gun violence and mourning the deaths of those in Buffalo the week before. They were singing, "This little light of mine" as they marched. We did not march with them- but we sang with them as they went by. One lady even threw me her little candle (an electric tea light) as she passed. It was very moving. I'm glad I got to be part of it! I still have the tea light. It's sitting on my countertop. 😊</div><div><br /></div><div>When we got back to Marie's we decided to take it easy. It was funny- I took my massager with me because I knew my feet were going to hate all the walking. Marie got all of her massagers out too- she has a really nice one for feet, back, neck, shoulders, a whole spa's worth! We sat down to watch the new Chip and Dale movie since it had just come out that day (I was wearing my C&D shirt coincidentally!) and passed massagers back and forth. I think the most popular one was the foot massager... oh man. I have got to get me one of THOSE! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-hhwq2QX7ceWrTlHu6aZJ_Mfnr2m0TmRVpI1eUpw4Oq7CVRvz7TuXPMN1zcvPtbQ6DYPrjIoEH3ZAwlgd5G9edYjI3OrcRLugNdYKCiZ73ulqOLdiAbFNsCnD4XORxSpHlirsFvF5TaPzKc9TDsNvfkS1mL6npP5hATOjeRgeZx5djIqBF_tOBdwd/s960/dc2.041.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-hhwq2QX7ceWrTlHu6aZJ_Mfnr2m0TmRVpI1eUpw4Oq7CVRvz7TuXPMN1zcvPtbQ6DYPrjIoEH3ZAwlgd5G9edYjI3OrcRLugNdYKCiZ73ulqOLdiAbFNsCnD4XORxSpHlirsFvF5TaPzKc9TDsNvfkS1mL6npP5hATOjeRgeZx5djIqBF_tOBdwd/s320/dc2.041.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;"><br /></div><p></p>Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003393901819290910.post-23057127331378249132022-08-17T23:08:00.001-06:002022-08-17T23:08:11.925-06:00Capitol Tour and Library of Congress<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">After I wrote all of those NYC posts, every night I had stressful travel dreams for a couple of weeks- so I had to take a break. I think I'm ready to get back into it. But I'm taking the risk that the crazy dreams will start back up. I'm willing to make that sacrifice for you. I know, I know. I'm the best. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">Day one in DC (I use the name DC loosely- we were everywhere, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware...) dawned bright and early. Anadine had gotten there earlier in the day the day before and was in bed by the time we got there. Megan flew the red eye and got in very early that morning so she was at Marie's before we were awake. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">First on the list for this adventure was the Capitol building. We piled in and headed into DC. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJquu-1bpxvJpuF2vARE0ii9SVG8SW6hkPWPOqmhl7o3Tq174vz0nRDK1r9HeX9Tu-KuH78-uRdUc24JAOqmhoakCt3tz0HJ3Sy9jWQrTDDRaMeBwtx_IplwVqMo_jeULAb4t9YtQ6ld_Or-Y4lSf2F2_C1uoZUxG1Say70_Y30xmMJcxGbnD4eoR/s643/DC1.000.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="873" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1k68HL7Jo82mWPficHldpGgt-p241P7ceclG7obYCIdkkrIWl7cmN21DyfjXQ6ozuo7ogUIXY8nMegGRcTGyvw-LQ1kDG7k0FEHQMD7EgylAV3nfIzr0FSKZmTWVlPkzZWgZNKYU0Si-X_DZ32WnbZuZEgQqYdq6OzZePOUNyPoV2Kkd-vPdkj10T/s320/dc1.0002.PNG" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJquu-1bpxvJpuF2vARE0ii9SVG8SW6hkPWPOqmhl7o3Tq174vz0nRDK1r9HeX9Tu-KuH78-uRdUc24JAOqmhoakCt3tz0HJ3Sy9jWQrTDDRaMeBwtx_IplwVqMo_jeULAb4t9YtQ6ld_Or-Y4lSf2F2_C1uoZUxG1Say70_Y30xmMJcxGbnD4eoR/s643/DC1.000.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You have to make an appointment to get a tour of the capitol. Several of us submitted to the representatives of our states to try to get one. Of all the people who applied- we had ONE winner! I won't say which state because I don't want to get our tour guide in trouble because s/he gave us some "off limits" information and peeks down non-tour hallways. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We waited out on the steps for a while until our guide arrived.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJquu-1bpxvJpuF2vARE0ii9SVG8SW6hkPWPOqmhl7o3Tq174vz0nRDK1r9HeX9Tu-KuH78-uRdUc24JAOqmhoakCt3tz0HJ3Sy9jWQrTDDRaMeBwtx_IplwVqMo_jeULAb4t9YtQ6ld_Or-Y4lSf2F2_C1uoZUxG1Say70_Y30xmMJcxGbnD4eoR/s643/DC1.000.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJquu-1bpxvJpuF2vARE0ii9SVG8SW6hkPWPOqmhl7o3Tq174vz0nRDK1r9HeX9Tu-KuH78-uRdUc24JAOqmhoakCt3tz0HJ3Sy9jWQrTDDRaMeBwtx_IplwVqMo_jeULAb4t9YtQ6ld_Or-Y4lSf2F2_C1uoZUxG1Say70_Y30xmMJcxGbnD4eoR/s320/DC1.000.PNG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our tour started by going in the underground tunnel. Our guide said that this hallway is usually filled with fun artwork, but we caught it on painting week. (the red block is our guide ha!)</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/AVvXsEiJji0VOG54_0ss-ZxdOWTNRIxf3fY0LNxW8e7YnAuHjszI50ndcV5dDplOt77UDP7lCew0whc20d8LzQAe2Ebx0hcpRHZ6nd6T-8xtQNPqf_jRVrnGZ96Jj5iWRmMCEl9rnCJYSly-OiCrwfIntZPR9oDw0ZJeBUrFssyfeFRRmQb7gxQvOCaJvQoe/s596/dc1.0003.1.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="471" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJji0VOG54_0ss-ZxdOWTNRIxf3fY0LNxW8e7YnAuHjszI50ndcV5dDplOt77UDP7lCew0whc20d8LzQAe2Ebx0hcpRHZ6nd6T-8xtQNPqf_jRVrnGZ96Jj5iWRmMCEl9rnCJYSly-OiCrwfIntZPR9oDw0ZJeBUrFssyfeFRRmQb7gxQvOCaJvQoe/s320/dc1.0003.1.PNG" width="253" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The first part of our tour was to learn about the statue of Freedom and the architecture of the outside of the rotunda. Did you know there were two rotundas? One inside the other? Yeah, me either. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We knew it was going to be an emotional day because from this point here, several of us were already misty-eyed.</div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></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/AVvXsEhUS-i8A2B4peH-P3k5du5Ul5h-iXGquZhi7JtihvfObKrPuroho-K9EtidW8SN2zzAdTTOKhDf_A9hPEGo4AvPUVHJiI_w-kHXVavng67yRo2pN1PLX3TQT9cIKN7PMKtNuo1FlNKslrTqEOsvSU7ExepXjZT3A3CQAVLF7EAk4ml_vdrJf7y6DB86/s960/dc1.001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUS-i8A2B4peH-P3k5du5Ul5h-iXGquZhi7JtihvfObKrPuroho-K9EtidW8SN2zzAdTTOKhDf_A9hPEGo4AvPUVHJiI_w-kHXVavng67yRo2pN1PLX3TQT9cIKN7PMKtNuo1FlNKslrTqEOsvSU7ExepXjZT3A3CQAVLF7EAk4ml_vdrJf7y6DB86/s320/dc1.001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Our guide promised us a very feminist oriented tour, which was totally up our alley. A group of liberal feminists'? Yup. </div><div><br /></div><div>Of the hundred and something or other historical figure statues in the Capitol building- SIX are women (I *think* I'm remembering that right- someone in my book club correct me!)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy3JgkKY6Q93kw7WpUhjiXHq5UQcos4ZnveW--2yweG31-tjdK0pEopaQHWnyx7NMpZYtHmhZZkDonnu35Fs9pBipwRtFYKynqUOzeEuEdwu_qLafsnXAU8XSRWVUl_7uUtqVHF705UkIaWnaspFtFPYtzAmp4wBwzaiV3bTx1iNEb_u7x85sqkyyO/s960/dc1.002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy3JgkKY6Q93kw7WpUhjiXHq5UQcos4ZnveW--2yweG31-tjdK0pEopaQHWnyx7NMpZYtHmhZZkDonnu35Fs9pBipwRtFYKynqUOzeEuEdwu_qLafsnXAU8XSRWVUl_7uUtqVHF705UkIaWnaspFtFPYtzAmp4wBwzaiV3bTx1iNEb_u7x85sqkyyO/s320/dc1.002.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Here is Freedom up close. My favorite part is the all the symbolism. Nothing is accidental, everything is symbolic and I love it. I especially loved having someone explain it to me because often symbolism is lost on me. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBnV-TUIaQdpnlznhnWM2MPN4p8V2goW04VRaRY9SXry7D9W8zIQOIltDREiQY9GFbWzwEcgdDdDCcJ9xmxMxed4cfRLNgjIWiI8YbJXL-x10FvDbWmNr7Rd3l4EXl8fJiCpwSifrx2MS0ntityipJWbSW0UJAsYmY_fOwpAHRtP8CUHTRwwtH40j/s960/dc1.003.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBnV-TUIaQdpnlznhnWM2MPN4p8V2goW04VRaRY9SXry7D9W8zIQOIltDREiQY9GFbWzwEcgdDdDCcJ9xmxMxed4cfRLNgjIWiI8YbJXL-x10FvDbWmNr7Rd3l4EXl8fJiCpwSifrx2MS0ntityipJWbSW0UJAsYmY_fOwpAHRtP8CUHTRwwtH40j/w150-h200/dc1.003.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPe_1FDrvx9qgtLCYN1L5NPTavlqvUU8h88Pz2h4vx2G9mX9rbtLxq0xO5cJAKW4wg726gHR3vfTHSlzlcJNf4lWNCysn51zSP5hGjKTU6JVgVqo3XKJaZidNFWBkzGccspE8pxFbDs_YLERk3fNGMlFuv8CnY_9ynXQUa7xEr55rNO-tR-aGuWJow/s960/dc1.004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPe_1FDrvx9qgtLCYN1L5NPTavlqvUU8h88Pz2h4vx2G9mX9rbtLxq0xO5cJAKW4wg726gHR3vfTHSlzlcJNf4lWNCysn51zSP5hGjKTU6JVgVqo3XKJaZidNFWBkzGccspE8pxFbDs_YLERk3fNGMlFuv8CnY_9ynXQUa7xEr55rNO-tR-aGuWJow/w150-h200/dc1.004.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmOqLL-LvWjV8d-3sLvfBZc0TBnaSpdAAtU6iPpK4Y6yQMRzpKWjUCaGGqYLgc44ZXJZTk-AmTc-UetBmJqiSJEcL6MFBK0saFMJSS-9kgK8iNIJgZZn1-ZuQHRSu_6LJ96bkhOpJ8rormDJ4PMPNywI4i9HwAyW4o9qDjiyGCzJpeaAHCpkRHaGj/s653/dc1.001.4.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="653" data-original-width="489" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmOqLL-LvWjV8d-3sLvfBZc0TBnaSpdAAtU6iPpK4Y6yQMRzpKWjUCaGGqYLgc44ZXJZTk-AmTc-UetBmJqiSJEcL6MFBK0saFMJSS-9kgK8iNIJgZZn1-ZuQHRSu_6LJ96bkhOpJ8rormDJ4PMPNywI4i9HwAyW4o9qDjiyGCzJpeaAHCpkRHaGj/s320/dc1.001.4.PNG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Not far away was this little unassuming table. This table was used at Lincoln's second inauguration. Pretty neat. </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/AVvXsEi8NNcPgvTjejbYbm1a40LKbawMVi40OpDeNrTd38j2wVklSkgO0KyfJI0LiU3liYUoOPJF0AjalX0d8oyRwZPBIPjuPNJzf-bGQqZuQmA7aVifRl8JujNiFTPzfxeQ3w2NhFZ9sHzMZcFd0S1i8cMQOwgflctuP6gbDEFDzn7LuZaGzCjNOy-n6qRp/s2048/dc1.00010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8NNcPgvTjejbYbm1a40LKbawMVi40OpDeNrTd38j2wVklSkgO0KyfJI0LiU3liYUoOPJF0AjalX0d8oyRwZPBIPjuPNJzf-bGQqZuQmA7aVifRl8JujNiFTPzfxeQ3w2NhFZ9sHzMZcFd0S1i8cMQOwgflctuP6gbDEFDzn7LuZaGzCjNOy-n6qRp/s320/dc1.00010.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These lovely ladies are Justice and History. They were once over an entrance to a building, but they were deteriorating so they brought them inside for preservation. </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/AVvXsEhRkUVbi2XW9U4ja9ZjuYTmcNMgY1hk3ZxSaeWDXjoGxkUz19DLUM_lfufJjqbEWGrrv06eGcgg532vb5FqKsnVogf_Z5UgQJs0CN822mO6Lf_0jKPuZY9uwc4SaFpQzXDRiNKvH5-n8_kiHNgDO-CYXuqkkSyhtMBtqZ5dwPY6SPSM-13PU1iOJqXc/s960/dc1.005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRkUVbi2XW9U4ja9ZjuYTmcNMgY1hk3ZxSaeWDXjoGxkUz19DLUM_lfufJjqbEWGrrv06eGcgg532vb5FqKsnVogf_Z5UgQJs0CN822mO6Lf_0jKPuZY9uwc4SaFpQzXDRiNKvH5-n8_kiHNgDO-CYXuqkkSyhtMBtqZ5dwPY6SPSM-13PU1iOJqXc/s320/dc1.005.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This is the original Senate chamber, then it served as the supreme court chamber for several years. So much history happened in this room. John Adams was inaugurated here. If you look reeeeeally hard, you can still see the figures seated at the desks. And if you listen veeeeery closely, you can hear the nation-changing orations still reverberating from the walls. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ApQAZShsacFPdP3DW2QI65jP0IuLNKaOmA7dOVwgpil4GdqgK-R10mHcQ9bXh9qgXJaWv_X2l0uDVdysE9YcEnBOLtaMziO9-Qa41xwnIq13k6AUHHnD6lu918Q84IbmxOyWm5RQmkz0ikgfhJilV48tUl7le-tg2K-qiV5Zj3erobu65UOsVRxQ/s960/dc1.006.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ApQAZShsacFPdP3DW2QI65jP0IuLNKaOmA7dOVwgpil4GdqgK-R10mHcQ9bXh9qgXJaWv_X2l0uDVdysE9YcEnBOLtaMziO9-Qa41xwnIq13k6AUHHnD6lu918Q84IbmxOyWm5RQmkz0ikgfhJilV48tUl7le-tg2K-qiV5Zj3erobu65UOsVRxQ/w200-h150/dc1.006.jpg" width="200" /> </a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmZ3YNCGaNNHtEBUX5Paowhonnpl_Zr_SR3-ZgNMmkYXLwAh5aqSpCte29qEJQLBsu_kmdEdMVXIO8C0DsFNYI8Q2qBM4elwa4xu5qvb93bZ2YEIAuU6J2JbDhxm90e3CLOHYLiMktYJsHugtgpijxwU0FO8MZ2Xjo9jN-ib1DRH64TiEjrPcDgJw/s960/dc1.007.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmZ3YNCGaNNHtEBUX5Paowhonnpl_Zr_SR3-ZgNMmkYXLwAh5aqSpCte29qEJQLBsu_kmdEdMVXIO8C0DsFNYI8Q2qBM4elwa4xu5qvb93bZ2YEIAuU6J2JbDhxm90e3CLOHYLiMktYJsHugtgpijxwU0FO8MZ2Xjo9jN-ib1DRH64TiEjrPcDgJw/w200-h150/dc1.007.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is the lower rotunda. Some of these pictures might give you vertigo. Sorry. </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/AVvXsEj5gYVu2rN3-fiZStom-P7KYgl5XjyLXJz3VailuRheWbOO8B-VhLBoYQnLJJ4__-4PMBR3CIqs6bE-f4RjLuCNk2jThgAcWqP7aiF6uzE38wPfFc8JybOySopl_FR0GhRXwHjzddUeXY-8mYpPjjlaYHH4HWv2Ka6-bkLzKVLKlGKu7BRTciPCzQ5B/s960/dc1.008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5gYVu2rN3-fiZStom-P7KYgl5XjyLXJz3VailuRheWbOO8B-VhLBoYQnLJJ4__-4PMBR3CIqs6bE-f4RjLuCNk2jThgAcWqP7aiF6uzE38wPfFc8JybOySopl_FR0GhRXwHjzddUeXY-8mYpPjjlaYHH4HWv2Ka6-bkLzKVLKlGKu7BRTciPCzQ5B/s320/dc1.008.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Each state has two representatives from their state represented in Statuary Hall. For each of the 13 originals, one statue is in the lower hall. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRq3bfplsnAKLIhI8--JqKrOt72uIf07S_gfGMg2oNGhowz9XkeLv8IVyS8XlL_4b5uluSRXsDS8S9MoJPu1VM-1cqlxxyPLBYHSPSCX2m84GDKOByDTVCUx8IF30f4j_fUBVplnRPJmB9RILX3Lxzc-M0yKxfmkVuI8yLiITcMjVM6Zf4sPFrY5OS/s960/dc1.009.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRq3bfplsnAKLIhI8--JqKrOt72uIf07S_gfGMg2oNGhowz9XkeLv8IVyS8XlL_4b5uluSRXsDS8S9MoJPu1VM-1cqlxxyPLBYHSPSCX2m84GDKOByDTVCUx8IF30f4j_fUBVplnRPJmB9RILX3Lxzc-M0yKxfmkVuI8yLiITcMjVM6Zf4sPFrY5OS/s320/dc1.009.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>And then there's this guy. Who doesn't love this guy? </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoTZRjZuuXGOjqAXwNmYN9adiUeLNl-zG4rBFFSwU24X3aSdSgnd49vfuuF0icyk3TZsqgqVQLne_W_Mf3DR4PgJZDDCfHeOYkPfpKVY_fFuL4Too4KGydElIJp1Ra3fHHrvRZy20YBRWheMuzUCDaz-kp8ikKkZBWz5YASrHeoh1T03Scxog_E6i8/s960/dc1.010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoTZRjZuuXGOjqAXwNmYN9adiUeLNl-zG4rBFFSwU24X3aSdSgnd49vfuuF0icyk3TZsqgqVQLne_W_Mf3DR4PgJZDDCfHeOYkPfpKVY_fFuL4Too4KGydElIJp1Ra3fHHrvRZy20YBRWheMuzUCDaz-kp8ikKkZBWz5YASrHeoh1T03Scxog_E6i8/s320/dc1.010.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>When we went to the main Statuary Hall, we found this marker on the floor where Lincoln's desk stood. I stood where Lincoln stood!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuIZmRMYO2xEvMctJ0PwEZ5Ul0zRPsYwTxMBFcWLuBT7eCEP52JGLXsF96rTgywYHmu_cbcm2YrS0JQl3BY_CGbc-A5iYoi8spT-QrlEzS8p3FA-6lehROM8GavFNdBDn-EyZWe-vCWN0Q8ZlF3AycJbJy2OxurrPR6oYFFzxhBdYzRxbTNp9ij3ln/s960/dc1.011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuIZmRMYO2xEvMctJ0PwEZ5Ul0zRPsYwTxMBFcWLuBT7eCEP52JGLXsF96rTgywYHmu_cbcm2YrS0JQl3BY_CGbc-A5iYoi8spT-QrlEzS8p3FA-6lehROM8GavFNdBDn-EyZWe-vCWN0Q8ZlF3AycJbJy2OxurrPR6oYFFzxhBdYzRxbTNp9ij3ln/s320/dc1.011.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I don't remember why I was fascinated by the statue of Edison. </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/AVvXsEh5gbdxllmBpBgORz2iwSPAhraki-XsFN1NY7UNLZNP555ushj9VBI751FbfXYFu0G9qgQuw2yH-DYbqKQnCQtrQBK1sa684p4smMjCbRHJ4U6YXpKCfTd-vsTkG8wPSOO0PtxhvMofpI7QgJQ5ZZemKrpqzIImkLd4ltSI7CGpj7r7g0OwneR7mifq/s960/dc1.012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5gbdxllmBpBgORz2iwSPAhraki-XsFN1NY7UNLZNP555ushj9VBI751FbfXYFu0G9qgQuw2yH-DYbqKQnCQtrQBK1sa684p4smMjCbRHJ4U6YXpKCfTd-vsTkG8wPSOO0PtxhvMofpI7QgJQ5ZZemKrpqzIImkLd4ltSI7CGpj7r7g0OwneR7mifq/s320/dc1.012.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I recognized this guy sitting over in the corner. Hello, Utah! Utah also claimed Philo T Farnsworth, which wasn't fair since he was totally from Idaho. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8X1Q4r-QWyIolp9nYr0WlxlmxV0DSQHuvW70S9gRs8_-o3aJAksOL7DBVdnATx6rJ-ySN4PYkPMqc80haQlRxnV70KHViVaCetHJfOgg79FHC-Z1K0kFCalV9Xt8ULLs7FNruK75WK3_H1QKlVwuM-ZAfmWs73uJIfwsP1-uoxrnbGbFu8SI3fno/s960/dc1.013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8X1Q4r-QWyIolp9nYr0WlxlmxV0DSQHuvW70S9gRs8_-o3aJAksOL7DBVdnATx6rJ-ySN4PYkPMqc80haQlRxnV70KHViVaCetHJfOgg79FHC-Z1K0kFCalV9Xt8ULLs7FNruK75WK3_H1QKlVwuM-ZAfmWs73uJIfwsP1-uoxrnbGbFu8SI3fno/s320/dc1.013.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This is one of the Idaho representations. George Laird Shoup. Our guide told us that they had to be born in the state and contribute to American history. Neither of the Idaho guys were born in Idaho. Laaaame! Wasn't there *anyone* from Idaho who has made a significant impact on history? (I nominate Ezra Taft Benson, former US Secretary of Agriculture)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOz8wxSwJtQnfpXm74lHRon0h1AWu3wvI9gbLxZrk9Dpvzb1fo7tHxiFYeQTLLDD1PmRmYEbC29S6Er4mlha1lERKUO57wYPq5dx6lmWexR9K25Yd4UZACs3f5JmXDYSnc2AubbERSl11qaNEmZwPtpXVPpKN5LjCq764r9sa39pJ5t_Er6HC2eo2f/s960/dc1.014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOz8wxSwJtQnfpXm74lHRon0h1AWu3wvI9gbLxZrk9Dpvzb1fo7tHxiFYeQTLLDD1PmRmYEbC29S6Er4mlha1lERKUO57wYPq5dx6lmWexR9K25Yd4UZACs3f5JmXDYSnc2AubbERSl11qaNEmZwPtpXVPpKN5LjCq764r9sa39pJ5t_Er6HC2eo2f/s320/dc1.014.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Here are a couple of the statues of women. I can't remember who the one on the left is, but the one on the right is Rosa Parks. <br /><br /></div><div>*Thanks to Anadine's pictures- I can read that the woman on the left is Frances Willard (an American educator, temperance reformist and suffragette [thanks Google])</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOB-NrUmeYiSa68K4cRbDi4j0he-hjWXT2-uc5YtH3usMCumRKsx1BJhtsl5GfPYUwb_aTo7ka76iBEw9v41QKQGmFjwsr81EMFYE_5rdV1LDpdbFVeOgTjLfvf0visKkY3KLlyCZ5-Iecvv53an56sl7xsS7dGskgiGXpXxrkykxStGPehn35cOj/s960/dc1.015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOB-NrUmeYiSa68K4cRbDi4j0he-hjWXT2-uc5YtH3usMCumRKsx1BJhtsl5GfPYUwb_aTo7ka76iBEw9v41QKQGmFjwsr81EMFYE_5rdV1LDpdbFVeOgTjLfvf0visKkY3KLlyCZ5-Iecvv53an56sl7xsS7dGskgiGXpXxrkykxStGPehn35cOj/s320/dc1.015.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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZmwqy9GNiP9bLTYtVP6ufH0nFVEvX-WJDcisNXwwtgMQ5pwrUURjqkXfybo6yloxCbssCBXeFVo9L1P7Qg-svF2xpoGEzH04gX40HnhghwRjBU07FS1_PQBNe0KviycqMMbpaplNZsVT0apNKpKu9CFI1B4L3DB5kU2lQrHl29_A-Ca2F4nwkqus/s353/dc1.001.2.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="353" data-original-width="309" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZmwqy9GNiP9bLTYtVP6ufH0nFVEvX-WJDcisNXwwtgMQ5pwrUURjqkXfybo6yloxCbssCBXeFVo9L1P7Qg-svF2xpoGEzH04gX40HnhghwRjBU07FS1_PQBNe0KviycqMMbpaplNZsVT0apNKpKu9CFI1B4L3DB5kU2lQrHl29_A-Ca2F4nwkqus/s320/dc1.001.2.PNG" width="280" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Here is the main rotunda. We sat down and our guide explained everything you see in the center artwork. If you really zoom in you see George Washington </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCUbMz3AdsMbVxTYeVGFOtJtUPjtLowvMMpQeJXU_b8nCP4i4wiGW6s5XlWk6f-6vc0UGVc5ZQMv4AWf-aWrCIgYGNkeHnSg2ElshYXF0_sBSYJzf--zKva-U0J145HbkJultrtlkrgsnWBJNuWlAaBJInibHJD3H6dTj3kM-jRGoHe5wfgIlVQpmT/s960/dc1.016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCUbMz3AdsMbVxTYeVGFOtJtUPjtLowvMMpQeJXU_b8nCP4i4wiGW6s5XlWk6f-6vc0UGVc5ZQMv4AWf-aWrCIgYGNkeHnSg2ElshYXF0_sBSYJzf--zKva-U0J145HbkJultrtlkrgsnWBJNuWlAaBJInibHJD3H6dTj3kM-jRGoHe5wfgIlVQpmT/s320/dc1.016.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And then this guy. Fair warning- anytime I saw anything with Hamilton, I took a picture of it. remember, I had just been to the Broadway show like, the day before... <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVN6eTMrw8axdnQb9oGCBJVNEatIPwWOmhOA-JBlMzH34rBh-tAiXkToGma9fY6shoXxFBe6ljYpZcFGbXJv1pgHijQhmd0X1JJcyoNb3jM_lb6p_ufmlgLQd_v33Eull-czI1FhdRhmaBe7AKIFJFh3LQ0yHbVuXFVqUGPIQVJIzUGdhyAiE-U2Sy/s960/dc1.018.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVN6eTMrw8axdnQb9oGCBJVNEatIPwWOmhOA-JBlMzH34rBh-tAiXkToGma9fY6shoXxFBe6ljYpZcFGbXJv1pgHijQhmd0X1JJcyoNb3jM_lb6p_ufmlgLQd_v33Eull-czI1FhdRhmaBe7AKIFJFh3LQ0yHbVuXFVqUGPIQVJIzUGdhyAiE-U2Sy/w150-h200/dc1.018.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtFvyfL_ysI-iCPVIzv0X2LH7bqVu2w3eR7dvR_CRvRJWHBOeDWGnP7vSQs-77Hq5IlDqU1UVyg4KVSY-2Aya96IrKZ7wmZdPuH-kUkXoGFxzCJkeMLVu8gtCP0TzCmjh66QJBXlShc8GzLVMXnLRIKUElAktZivYyjfaaSjJVHCsVjEjt35NDgHby/s960/dc1.019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtFvyfL_ysI-iCPVIzv0X2LH7bqVu2w3eR7dvR_CRvRJWHBOeDWGnP7vSQs-77Hq5IlDqU1UVyg4KVSY-2Aya96IrKZ7wmZdPuH-kUkXoGFxzCJkeMLVu8gtCP0TzCmjh66QJBXlShc8GzLVMXnLRIKUElAktZivYyjfaaSjJVHCsVjEjt35NDgHby/w150-h200/dc1.019.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These massive paintings surround the rotunda. As I was going through pics- I didn't get them all. I don't know why! But they were awesome and filled with detail. </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/AVvXsEgZqoLHaIETMFhl3wC46bCtrLUwJfY7pnpMh4YeVbeSl2dhh0M7NjL0xODiEWZqEbzb7t9PGSGkZVqHhZbdeRTmO_tptthLn44gKx2E7fRtD7ssU7SZYOPKqbqaAIKpCcKa5vxFfGnGMlLC0WT5PkCTq-eWpPc7yQwC1fhO5ErSA5ZPhTm0C-0K4bSx/s960/dc1.020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZqoLHaIETMFhl3wC46bCtrLUwJfY7pnpMh4YeVbeSl2dhh0M7NjL0xODiEWZqEbzb7t9PGSGkZVqHhZbdeRTmO_tptthLn44gKx2E7fRtD7ssU7SZYOPKqbqaAIKpCcKa5vxFfGnGMlLC0WT5PkCTq-eWpPc7yQwC1fhO5ErSA5ZPhTm0C-0K4bSx/s320/dc1.020.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFv5efscyI1yMXEl907IR3eEztvGY15T6Akgn4Um9Kd1-41nEsdk4nQbQdQQdiioOHZI33vFNhVtPuxJaUTTzik5iGgjHB0SHKulD_L55NjhEZCV6hrzpwVyZIotaapFt_PCZvxoMLMekWCzQ7qZ4TSTnHO1i5FkvRfqokiFOwMEoI8KZifAP9UDkb/s960/dc1.021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFv5efscyI1yMXEl907IR3eEztvGY15T6Akgn4Um9Kd1-41nEsdk4nQbQdQQdiioOHZI33vFNhVtPuxJaUTTzik5iGgjHB0SHKulD_L55NjhEZCV6hrzpwVyZIotaapFt_PCZvxoMLMekWCzQ7qZ4TSTnHO1i5FkvRfqokiFOwMEoI8KZifAP9UDkb/s320/dc1.021.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The coolest thing about this one- was that the artist wanted it to be totally authentic. Instead of just saying, "oh, this person represents this guy..." he actually traveled around and did live sketches of every man in the room. There were only a few who were unavailable (read, dead) but he was able to get likenesses from family portraits and such. I just think that is amazing!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_27RlJziqKq70OHdPItStbpdDDpZXNlH93mbc62BJqoQfU2EaNrl7vviGQjP06Y-SyWWpWkhTaukPpa9HYxk6TbXG_yaogGkCnXsoaZ0VXIsdKpdqTA3ckfQIMS6xD4wVCtaL1_XSjcioe6zgawMpl5YJeF98SdSnI2HTqAuy2HID118opMMT5kvp/s960/dc1.022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_27RlJziqKq70OHdPItStbpdDDpZXNlH93mbc62BJqoQfU2EaNrl7vviGQjP06Y-SyWWpWkhTaukPpa9HYxk6TbXG_yaogGkCnXsoaZ0VXIsdKpdqTA3ckfQIMS6xD4wVCtaL1_XSjcioe6zgawMpl5YJeF98SdSnI2HTqAuy2HID118opMMT5kvp/s320/dc1.022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIaGsFblSyckE-1XjDiLuMxriGP0JNNlwsTH2XmSlmv2bgl2tyDDeFQk4V13Ngd3mBz4MVvo7wa025bHnV5A-6eMWXN1JxAVl_16awv-Lrzaj_Th-ZHrchgk9KExv6T_mt2UVJyov0cmactntsanOx_nyebFA03edd49UojosehpL6TIoXYaJbGbC7/s960/dc1.023.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIaGsFblSyckE-1XjDiLuMxriGP0JNNlwsTH2XmSlmv2bgl2tyDDeFQk4V13Ngd3mBz4MVvo7wa025bHnV5A-6eMWXN1JxAVl_16awv-Lrzaj_Th-ZHrchgk9KExv6T_mt2UVJyov0cmactntsanOx_nyebFA03edd49UojosehpL6TIoXYaJbGbC7/w150-h200/dc1.023.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiadSRT0YJVpbJiUL7iWaQQRyOZzp8uZCj4nQlvKDfBkPTIVmd8c_nZAYFrOQ1W7hs-K59lFEIb5kWeBYKK2o-cGk4V1GTFenmUIU_X19AqlG4ApBRx0mGQorgO9mp0qZ0-Azx6M0toj4b_4YH8M7c0A1MxoFy12t-mONdCE2y-HWOqKYJcMlGPNXhA/s960/dc1.024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiadSRT0YJVpbJiUL7iWaQQRyOZzp8uZCj4nQlvKDfBkPTIVmd8c_nZAYFrOQ1W7hs-K59lFEIb5kWeBYKK2o-cGk4V1GTFenmUIU_X19AqlG4ApBRx0mGQorgO9mp0qZ0-Azx6M0toj4b_4YH8M7c0A1MxoFy12t-mONdCE2y-HWOqKYJcMlGPNXhA/w150-h200/dc1.024.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's my standing-straight-under-the-rotunda shot....</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/AVvXsEjmd17ezWl8O8vtS34G7MqBZ03u9tEDMvuRFFKdXcEp94syNwcEqhkim4uxxelpFW29o-yMc0rUxTk4Kx8QmVuG1N6_Cf-Z8qPQ3EscXEdSDJ-HNw7eeulXHQLsYomFL8SSiCOor4kt3PFKJWOrKLt1gF_TIk3MbjSkocgoN7ppj2ZcorUA6yvgFTeF/s960/dc1.026.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmd17ezWl8O8vtS34G7MqBZ03u9tEDMvuRFFKdXcEp94syNwcEqhkim4uxxelpFW29o-yMc0rUxTk4Kx8QmVuG1N6_Cf-Z8qPQ3EscXEdSDJ-HNw7eeulXHQLsYomFL8SSiCOor4kt3PFKJWOrKLt1gF_TIk3MbjSkocgoN7ppj2ZcorUA6yvgFTeF/s320/dc1.026.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>And photographic proof that I was there. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmjWpxJrC6zFGZkDx_21I0HxseGyUQUENoMl2N_94D7_AxmyNxANnXwqgSDhMUeynggV8x8LbIf-2XvzGh2nuC9qQLWZ8aIvbGWNQMvcw5zuBbHbJ-dG8S6Lf0bxmZrJSuZ7SJQR0NWPOUQW91hr3h4C4Ima28oCeMFGYlrAn2XdKy97vsxsfl3aE/s960/dc1.027.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmjWpxJrC6zFGZkDx_21I0HxseGyUQUENoMl2N_94D7_AxmyNxANnXwqgSDhMUeynggV8x8LbIf-2XvzGh2nuC9qQLWZ8aIvbGWNQMvcw5zuBbHbJ-dG8S6Lf0bxmZrJSuZ7SJQR0NWPOUQW91hr3h4C4Ima28oCeMFGYlrAn2XdKy97vsxsfl3aE/s320/dc1.027.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>There was a hallway blocked off by a giant flag. Our guide told us it was off limits to tours- so naturally we went in. It leads to a door where the Speaker of the House can go out on a balcony and look over the whole Mall. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrL9vZNQBJVb4-CsrXVdWrW99U8BSmw3KlPPDmLXvgGnzBQykixPnzvcqe_V8aelp9Bp4jaqUKFB3MTNAM7g_3D51lWAhldlvmUqthSDc4jeFHFWPFKPhc5VKn42n1fg7rR6Yr4VNwOfp39x2fyqXUBZugp404l1pL3PHifXvJOhzDCLW8wS99ACHL/s960/dc1.028.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrL9vZNQBJVb4-CsrXVdWrW99U8BSmw3KlPPDmLXvgGnzBQykixPnzvcqe_V8aelp9Bp4jaqUKFB3MTNAM7g_3D51lWAhldlvmUqthSDc4jeFHFWPFKPhc5VKn42n1fg7rR6Yr4VNwOfp39x2fyqXUBZugp404l1pL3PHifXvJOhzDCLW8wS99ACHL/w150-h200/dc1.028.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh73dOL3GYHXTmVCOJHuWLCfDpirqjs5MYnHL1XngUZA8Ly2tZrTGDOxMrrIlZRSbWBCEgT_wD6oLU5dm4JM-8zExyjf5cBSBVCEuu_TuMw7DYBGG4uD4dy0IvkSwN2yHlwXCKE5SUCFBopYUWL8CwQLQ_X5MUk7zlJq_6qpOWSxOyKz1iMDWAW_JyC/s960/dc1.029.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh73dOL3GYHXTmVCOJHuWLCfDpirqjs5MYnHL1XngUZA8Ly2tZrTGDOxMrrIlZRSbWBCEgT_wD6oLU5dm4JM-8zExyjf5cBSBVCEuu_TuMw7DYBGG4uD4dy0IvkSwN2yHlwXCKE5SUCFBopYUWL8CwQLQ_X5MUk7zlJq_6qpOWSxOyKz1iMDWAW_JyC/w150-h200/dc1.029.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is a statue of Regan. I know a lot of people didn't like him, and honestly- I don't understand his politics well enough to have and opinion one way or the other- but he was the president of my childhood so he holds a special place in my heart. </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/AVvXsEjnsAqY6ux80eaMMVOflKPhl0fj8ST5HEkqPlK03LNA54I97R17n0ENm_HjH39UBmCq4DN4Die2FPj216OUwGNDmqxZ_GMa4fYIBtkJcTb9edQnYufZqCifKsKj_IhoRS4JdX8NBpmmI-Hgsq8JpTdfeQs23on-EMjw41GBVBAY1YrHHKuUqawtaq62/s960/dc1.030.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnsAqY6ux80eaMMVOflKPhl0fj8ST5HEkqPlK03LNA54I97R17n0ENm_HjH39UBmCq4DN4Die2FPj216OUwGNDmqxZ_GMa4fYIBtkJcTb9edQnYufZqCifKsKj_IhoRS4JdX8NBpmmI-Hgsq8JpTdfeQs23on-EMjw41GBVBAY1YrHHKuUqawtaq62/s320/dc1.030.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here, our guide was telling us (against the rules) about the horrific events of January 6. One of the most disgusting days in our history. Sometimes I'm not super proud of our country. That was one of those days. </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/AVvXsEjJy7oNU-AvIoa3_XSllAw8n82H7h4R5rRcbG6I-3kEocKitU1Z23wfI1C48l9JjMFSaFiC23BJOVF-hZo8ywLmllT5AdL0o5Wls92oCBPn_R-ypiBbQr3jIT4_345wpJtFo8mVWp5dmRolqBzoY-O7ANmEvO50Ms--lTub3jx8PfY0-zqjnA0H1JlN/s595/aa6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="541" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJy7oNU-AvIoa3_XSllAw8n82H7h4R5rRcbG6I-3kEocKitU1Z23wfI1C48l9JjMFSaFiC23BJOVF-hZo8ywLmllT5AdL0o5Wls92oCBPn_R-ypiBbQr3jIT4_345wpJtFo8mVWp5dmRolqBzoY-O7ANmEvO50Ms--lTub3jx8PfY0-zqjnA0H1JlN/s320/aa6.png" width="291" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">These are the stairs that the insurgents rushed. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZr8P0MFh4MN2MWnQTWXHXJkBFepGv4Mo-vGNIscrUmwyePN6wATnGfczqCxaJLRsgVpvz-_NdkjNnh93yCEpKbnqEM97WGLjqTmVAxbvJcbvHTH3qnlYR5lw4rZs57mQEz93CqZLlTcm8VzeOyycoMo0w6neqjqMlUh-FKvD663Z9fV10xy55MGge/s2048/aa2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZr8P0MFh4MN2MWnQTWXHXJkBFepGv4Mo-vGNIscrUmwyePN6wATnGfczqCxaJLRsgVpvz-_NdkjNnh93yCEpKbnqEM97WGLjqTmVAxbvJcbvHTH3qnlYR5lw4rZs57mQEz93CqZLlTcm8VzeOyycoMo0w6neqjqMlUh-FKvD663Z9fV10xy55MGge/s320/aa2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>And this is where they broke into Nancy Pelosi's office. So disgusting. I don't care if you don't like her, her politics or her hairdo. That is not the way an American Patriot should behave!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxbR5Pf-M1O1VxodtiMDvm_skX-cYTMX3FrwjIGT7muqzV8wU7jBtir_2Jl8CR8pY8rOf6UFIkuXJU4qcDXkHBhtBLQnj-5BMtLVJoFLV0wXp449mFb_hu-GxP0IyKCkqba_UsqPAD_kywYSzNPRx2MhLs4BvYz0JfhUyKslfgKiAB6ZcglUcstBpD/s2048/aa4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxbR5Pf-M1O1VxodtiMDvm_skX-cYTMX3FrwjIGT7muqzV8wU7jBtir_2Jl8CR8pY8rOf6UFIkuXJU4qcDXkHBhtBLQnj-5BMtLVJoFLV0wXp449mFb_hu-GxP0IyKCkqba_UsqPAD_kywYSzNPRx2MhLs4BvYz0JfhUyKslfgKiAB6ZcglUcstBpD/s320/aa4.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our guide also took us to "the tomb", meant to be the final resting place of George Washington until his wife nixed that idea. It lies directly under the crypt rotunda. It is rumored to have been used as a jail occasionally, but it's just a myth.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbqMUUjmrZeGuw8TqvviyhfMr67JhtCfcBIczfsQH29pMulYyG7imxot-0sBTZOgsZ_k6d_7kZLnGNIhkr58x7XEQ8P1QyMY07evoZSo1UVEKL-RTKSNyFtkQ5e7zAE0P-yWvJH_fqCCwTjR-IqSUqFaYOQgq-WSdcx4FvhHLTzi4fXhrWkjx8YG3/s596/aa3.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbqMUUjmrZeGuw8TqvviyhfMr67JhtCfcBIczfsQH29pMulYyG7imxot-0sBTZOgsZ_k6d_7kZLnGNIhkr58x7XEQ8P1QyMY07evoZSo1UVEKL-RTKSNyFtkQ5e7zAE0P-yWvJH_fqCCwTjR-IqSUqFaYOQgq-WSdcx4FvhHLTzi4fXhrWkjx8YG3/s320/aa3.PNG" width="180" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Here is Marie in the super-secret House of Representatives Elevator... Ok, it was a public elevator, but still, it sounds way more fun my way. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbGQc0CnnqaOIzFr4dOUM61HSysCastBssiu-5eZqsZ4JbfUTg4h35wlziZV57zDIalEdAeybFzv7DxUr4XT8CsQOIp1C4fjfBPRVxYRZMkGdRA0x5PvsFJ_Lcv4CeFKvned0SkHDLfgeZUwyGHxSYehsFfS391q2dnzdq4eoFc_86ye4ZzpLGghU/s960/dc1.031.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbGQc0CnnqaOIzFr4dOUM61HSysCastBssiu-5eZqsZ4JbfUTg4h35wlziZV57zDIalEdAeybFzv7DxUr4XT8CsQOIp1C4fjfBPRVxYRZMkGdRA0x5PvsFJ_Lcv4CeFKvned0SkHDLfgeZUwyGHxSYehsFfS391q2dnzdq4eoFc_86ye4ZzpLGghU/s320/dc1.031.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>That was the end of our Capitol tour. It was very educational. I'm so glad we got the tour guide that we did. There were a lot of extra little tidbits we might not have gotten otherwise. Sorry I have to block you out, Mx Tour Guide. It's for your own job security. (like anyone who reads this will care 🙄)</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5v0lzdDSYd-PUxWY6lSP5n1JB4Hrww2PuwK9_39ZE49aGJ9-0RUGrinSyd-I4wKVm2knyTaqWGgzLvETVDdlZd-UuLl64vdLNGkwmRuojW5xqecvWB0_fRVsRYDtYGUEcn3qQsmdZTVzBCL2hKPASqJhCtpXxtRSs5OMxXrzj-_p0fKP7GTKSaK-u/s900/dc1.0004.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="900" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5v0lzdDSYd-PUxWY6lSP5n1JB4Hrww2PuwK9_39ZE49aGJ9-0RUGrinSyd-I4wKVm2knyTaqWGgzLvETVDdlZd-UuLl64vdLNGkwmRuojW5xqecvWB0_fRVsRYDtYGUEcn3qQsmdZTVzBCL2hKPASqJhCtpXxtRSs5OMxXrzj-_p0fKP7GTKSaK-u/s320/dc1.0004.png" width="320" /></a></div>Our next stop was the Library of Congress. <br /><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/AVvXsEgW3ST9ctk3WKoTgdk3UW2jZkTkhnyz-vzgC6LJo83HyNtfWUYPSjBFb0cfiWfAbksCXAUZAopX5eCKObAZI-tJ_SNHeaesVmgIH1p39ztPCPVH0zDLLeVhW2qGsMrYvDzjr2f3QX9oOcP1GcY3B79img6PIhKhEdYJoMP7f5MhUTZ596QSlYgAt6AN/s960/dc1.033.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW3ST9ctk3WKoTgdk3UW2jZkTkhnyz-vzgC6LJo83HyNtfWUYPSjBFb0cfiWfAbksCXAUZAopX5eCKObAZI-tJ_SNHeaesVmgIH1p39ztPCPVH0zDLLeVhW2qGsMrYvDzjr2f3QX9oOcP1GcY3B79img6PIhKhEdYJoMP7f5MhUTZ596QSlYgAt6AN/s320/dc1.033.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I really should have written all these posts sooner- I've already forgotten more than I learned!</div><div><br /></div><div>The inside is quite beautiful and ornate. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOS7L3oZitkuOXIgRxvZ5szz8oTJ7TVTbqJ2SlIsBAOoNcQhwJpQtebhPRexIZJOyCa60jdd91s5UGrz3Nnh2ZOrcrsc713ZOyQUGYDbXw52JUkDYZdW4hwcjL7Kd17CQnA7MjPwMpuDO5zuxPs5ZnJJou1fg2wGWtHC47VkPfRDXT0soxEeyt8OS0/s960/dc1.034.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOS7L3oZitkuOXIgRxvZ5szz8oTJ7TVTbqJ2SlIsBAOoNcQhwJpQtebhPRexIZJOyCa60jdd91s5UGrz3Nnh2ZOrcrsc713ZOyQUGYDbXw52JUkDYZdW4hwcjL7Kd17CQnA7MjPwMpuDO5zuxPs5ZnJJou1fg2wGWtHC47VkPfRDXT0soxEeyt8OS0/s320/dc1.034.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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQt5UCIhMOuxquXUoiFWndAdIz9diTfGUyHyaWXIcbJMNdulfbVWyOfynW85xFt11gEUJ9SNk_GpNAq6KiGvscZefHsqs-F4rwbU_ZkVkLkDQWphp5DgacdubhSkaob7hYpnSpK9DL4pc2gLijekz2NkyBYHB2-gkpfIqJHMGiGoi0kUuiLXTfodX6/s2048/aa5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQt5UCIhMOuxquXUoiFWndAdIz9diTfGUyHyaWXIcbJMNdulfbVWyOfynW85xFt11gEUJ9SNk_GpNAq6KiGvscZefHsqs-F4rwbU_ZkVkLkDQWphp5DgacdubhSkaob7hYpnSpK9DL4pc2gLijekz2NkyBYHB2-gkpfIqJHMGiGoi0kUuiLXTfodX6/s320/aa5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Proof I was there.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW0s3urdbfhhfNasJoC_fax6ceIsLnK-ZqLDwcei852Xo0vKtT56dRZM9L6xNQBP6PVyrGpAI2eeRwELfyVzCrqFBpWb1Kw4b7L76fcCSAqvGq9AWeWEfjJPmJyz6xdUK5mmxwdcA_FwsYtN2zO4cWmpDxAz9dKP7IB3SBWtoUI7nML6yeWR0vsDrH/s960/dc1.035.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW0s3urdbfhhfNasJoC_fax6ceIsLnK-ZqLDwcei852Xo0vKtT56dRZM9L6xNQBP6PVyrGpAI2eeRwELfyVzCrqFBpWb1Kw4b7L76fcCSAqvGq9AWeWEfjJPmJyz6xdUK5mmxwdcA_FwsYtN2zO4cWmpDxAz9dKP7IB3SBWtoUI7nML6yeWR0vsDrH/s320/dc1.035.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>On display they had a Gutenberg Bible. Wow! That was actually kind of awesome. This was the paving stone to educating the masses! There are fewer than 50 left in the world!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXkgf-sGnJ0L2TeRoP2586LTsZxotQlPJKNWzJFoJ6N1k8yeO2_dhZhcFNW-UMQ-ajbKpiAkHJVS98e5QG9Rkc0_HqGxjOBgJb114yye8uP-9PnrceLLvO949_OSHtYg0OWtB_fkSmgcyjuaX8MgybvCl73VDdOYQ-KyKoF8L5P3aLA-5jaLJutlkn/s960/dc1.036.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXkgf-sGnJ0L2TeRoP2586LTsZxotQlPJKNWzJFoJ6N1k8yeO2_dhZhcFNW-UMQ-ajbKpiAkHJVS98e5QG9Rkc0_HqGxjOBgJb114yye8uP-9PnrceLLvO949_OSHtYg0OWtB_fkSmgcyjuaX8MgybvCl73VDdOYQ-KyKoF8L5P3aLA-5jaLJutlkn/s320/dc1.036.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I liked these little cherub-y looking fellows. So many pieces of classic art look the same. It was nice to see a little ethnic diversity thrown in. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhixmtz-MycZZcGT2PGNZSkatzE9SpkpvYe5i5Oos824m_LfdxV5KgXyST86AoTLndimshgeRDx93zzSp9JYoq_ioqzz73NpWpbVi6zjAiwZlN4lNbGr3yONuwbdqwAtRUodf4b4dG3U7MfvmnR3V9dl9w_TKJG_8XhVEAeAKcI3HRutX0sY4t1kG3S/s960/dc1.037.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhixmtz-MycZZcGT2PGNZSkatzE9SpkpvYe5i5Oos824m_LfdxV5KgXyST86AoTLndimshgeRDx93zzSp9JYoq_ioqzz73NpWpbVi6zjAiwZlN4lNbGr3yONuwbdqwAtRUodf4b4dG3U7MfvmnR3V9dl9w_TKJG_8XhVEAeAKcI3HRutX0sY4t1kG3S/s320/dc1.037.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This is the main reading room. In one of those alcoves is where the President's Book of Secrets is kept. Haha juuuust kidding. I totally know that the events of National Treasure I and II are not real. And I did *not* in any of the places we visited- pretend I was searching for clues. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgckjBGHRD-4r0XDMvTUg49v5dLpOfHSiTvuYB6SzNFppjDURR6yNdxN4f9IDSkvUHo0rJhTyg8igoln5-KJhkGd9QmyjqxvJSZbFXgvt6iW2f60hytjB8wENaK9aaiDpWC03K6TXEhMzkA00tfilsxgrCWTv752t4GZS9SXBhyinTSSIYcHUAoIwdP/s960/dc1.038.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgckjBGHRD-4r0XDMvTUg49v5dLpOfHSiTvuYB6SzNFppjDURR6yNdxN4f9IDSkvUHo0rJhTyg8igoln5-KJhkGd9QmyjqxvJSZbFXgvt6iW2f60hytjB8wENaK9aaiDpWC03K6TXEhMzkA00tfilsxgrCWTv752t4GZS9SXBhyinTSSIYcHUAoIwdP/s320/dc1.038.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Ahem... aaaanyhoo- I did not realize it until afterward, but there is a Cyrus Dallin sculpture in here. He did the Isaac Newton statue. I tried zooming in- but I don't think I caught him in any of my pictures. Dangit! All the reason to go back!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffkGQ-cfLHmyEsOkkdlLtZ3-B7-toLk7CQYl31SHixl7JsDa1p5nMp9sSZTHUbjFWJGw4yf6FPWQ_di0vDE-2J95EhJA2YYJ6P499aM_EuaNtOJfKMX7NQaNN5HngHOD4Lvv49Wx0rObx5JIB_DE2PAExyqEnyunXymqf3PkUjY-KjYT6wt-e5rQ2/s470/dc1.0006.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="321" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffkGQ-cfLHmyEsOkkdlLtZ3-B7-toLk7CQYl31SHixl7JsDa1p5nMp9sSZTHUbjFWJGw4yf6FPWQ_di0vDE-2J95EhJA2YYJ6P499aM_EuaNtOJfKMX7NQaNN5HngHOD4Lvv49Wx0rObx5JIB_DE2PAExyqEnyunXymqf3PkUjY-KjYT6wt-e5rQ2/s320/dc1.0006.PNG" width="219" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Not my picture. I totally stole this from some website. </span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMMj7ieSqnw8PqqfTx4TwvnJ8gUSVt3ZEQOHpP6wdOB5Kh6ja0PYq6KQOO3JuQ2IlIavhGSt7gETuNfINpG5TVEZFB3qY9koOT-qVLuz4R4CA4iVma9vZQukHvzDt45BcO_RciuwpwJAE1OVemPi0EsrtfpGn7RS__wly5_bq1VEMIt1fb_NCJQn_/s960/dc1.039.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMMj7ieSqnw8PqqfTx4TwvnJ8gUSVt3ZEQOHpP6wdOB5Kh6ja0PYq6KQOO3JuQ2IlIavhGSt7gETuNfINpG5TVEZFB3qY9koOT-qVLuz4R4CA4iVma9vZQukHvzDt45BcO_RciuwpwJAE1OVemPi0EsrtfpGn7RS__wly5_bq1VEMIt1fb_NCJQn_/s320/dc1.039.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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjja0oJBEsJqeQk6mmt29ztBPIVi9Mbraq8rk-LlrewDKoxfi1Qi60RWNnzrKIe1Zm6L5_zlTaEjhxLb2m9x8uG-bBVk25ve_zkcHrw-XJbXTiUBdM92S53s4M1BrcEHnAoyXmkDrJABMYJqCkbMgVu8LsxFaVpQGeE3ffM-OfqgxI8iKHRKzEAhJG/s960/dc1.040.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjja0oJBEsJqeQk6mmt29ztBPIVi9Mbraq8rk-LlrewDKoxfi1Qi60RWNnzrKIe1Zm6L5_zlTaEjhxLb2m9x8uG-bBVk25ve_zkcHrw-XJbXTiUBdM92S53s4M1BrcEHnAoyXmkDrJABMYJqCkbMgVu8LsxFaVpQGeE3ffM-OfqgxI8iKHRKzEAhJG/s320/dc1.040.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>These buildings are all well and good and "oh yeah, isn't that neat?" Until you stop and realize WHEN they were built and then I just marvel at the craftsmanship and wonder how on earth they accomplished it!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWBN3xVLXqfmENL-3gaqO9tMkgrT5EGMr_vgu44uS6PJOmW7ZrFUhowQ85yULPzksiFj6LE2K93D1T_PWNJY0W3ndTTmfNracrI48LxP0RKYUyPo_T0C0WtsoLmplhKREB8rp6yEA7GKttZ_eGpvJRxBPTJ6-6IlikGKiJrRZKdPkOdttGz3ueFTxk/s960/dc1.041.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWBN3xVLXqfmENL-3gaqO9tMkgrT5EGMr_vgu44uS6PJOmW7ZrFUhowQ85yULPzksiFj6LE2K93D1T_PWNJY0W3ndTTmfNracrI48LxP0RKYUyPo_T0C0WtsoLmplhKREB8rp6yEA7GKttZ_eGpvJRxBPTJ6-6IlikGKiJrRZKdPkOdttGz3ueFTxk/s320/dc1.041.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This is a mosaic of Minerva, goddess of wisdom. Why is the picture blurry? I'm glad you asked. It's a funny story. There were signs everywhere to keep moving along, do not stop and linger on the stairs. A worker was standing at the top shouting at anyone who stopped to take pictures. So, being the snot that I am, I never *stopped* but I moved very, very slowly and took this picture over my shoulder. Haha!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLE3x3Ov77KRXgZ6jNm98AdgZrKRgE0vmmtdsqOxmQrgeucrXnvwZ6yejXHJtj41q-S1-o2o9bRBls3j-RJKKvcXQLizOYJbmPi5ULHowrTeyy2nSrLm5jSkx6w_pdnIRI2VtR-w7C4T3jMmnTlqXFY6Jm2oGYylvXGkqp55iIExzyCf373G1W6mpS/s960/dc1.042.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLE3x3Ov77KRXgZ6jNm98AdgZrKRgE0vmmtdsqOxmQrgeucrXnvwZ6yejXHJtj41q-S1-o2o9bRBls3j-RJKKvcXQLizOYJbmPi5ULHowrTeyy2nSrLm5jSkx6w_pdnIRI2VtR-w7C4T3jMmnTlqXFY6Jm2oGYylvXGkqp55iIExzyCf373G1W6mpS/s320/dc1.042.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After the Library of Congress, we headed to a little Amish market. We got there just before they closed so we ran in and bought a bunch of goodies because it was book club night- and what is book club without a houseful of num nums? I bought cannoli, cake, cookies... It all looked good... someone else bought a pie or two, some donuts... seriously. We probably doubled their sales for that day in the last five minutes of their work day. And that's not even what we went for! Apparently they have amazing pretzels but they had closed that part of the store by the time we got there. Next time!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For dinner we went to one of Marie's favorite burger joints. We got it to go and headed back to her house. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Even the burgers and fries were an adventure! Mine was the Philly burger. Yum- o!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCKzPNaTYhGfaACNaT-70InLDHDPNQODe0WDcm_IZSDrULPtL6-KKZWGwIy0j7e0IEIK1mU9kZsqhzZlTSEra1YzKqDt-ZTxEfYuVB4FQ6z5bzAi4vgsb7_Wn36aR3NjBm5Rzyv40Q3YmLBwU7nR9iX9C80p4r2pAXEilwtOGUUtY-E8JKKdwDG5XJ/s2048/dc1.0009.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCKzPNaTYhGfaACNaT-70InLDHDPNQODe0WDcm_IZSDrULPtL6-KKZWGwIy0j7e0IEIK1mU9kZsqhzZlTSEra1YzKqDt-ZTxEfYuVB4FQ6z5bzAi4vgsb7_Wn36aR3NjBm5Rzyv40Q3YmLBwU7nR9iX9C80p4r2pAXEilwtOGUUtY-E8JKKdwDG5XJ/w150-h200/dc1.0009.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqF5N2eLfV37w0ayYDjj0X7akmRz8wuyFivcF8mhb0SVW-JVi22wObXHH-8jCOWP2w_PLoyp8JAtmoOpmz1Fc6S2-Qq_Fc7KK5vYRnvhDWjxgpzT92rVZehRQkc8ZTn9erqggOPUu7AOl9978aN_NFzEe42NeJnMq0yRgoakS9bXCdIoG_cjMtvks/s2048/dc1.0008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqF5N2eLfV37w0ayYDjj0X7akmRz8wuyFivcF8mhb0SVW-JVi22wObXHH-8jCOWP2w_PLoyp8JAtmoOpmz1Fc6S2-Qq_Fc7KK5vYRnvhDWjxgpzT92rVZehRQkc8ZTn9erqggOPUu7AOl9978aN_NFzEe42NeJnMq0yRgoakS9bXCdIoG_cjMtvks/w150-h200/dc1.0008.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTh78ZtKZirDSofteB48cHftESNfglhQ4eATkSL0KnbWfHhfUH6duSRY8x7oFtXhAAUg98-SknmfB0wHzqmVA_FS_ZBmGqs2o4QKHOxoJ8YQBT4sTgyFKy4ZKkTzRQFNVBWLkNmJFxsY33U1rcbLI9qxvw87FdDm-QsF7-netcqx7VTTdP9XHaeyiu/s2048/dc1.0007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTh78ZtKZirDSofteB48cHftESNfglhQ4eATkSL0KnbWfHhfUH6duSRY8x7oFtXhAAUg98-SknmfB0wHzqmVA_FS_ZBmGqs2o4QKHOxoJ8YQBT4sTgyFKy4ZKkTzRQFNVBWLkNmJFxsY33U1rcbLI9qxvw87FdDm-QsF7-netcqx7VTTdP9XHaeyiu/w150-h200/dc1.0007.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>We had book club in Marie's basement. Have I told you about this book club? I feel like I have, but I can't remember what I had for lunch today- so it's not like the ol' memory is super reliable. We're international (for reals) It all started in Utah- but as people move away, we just keep them in. When the pandemic hit and zoom calls became a thing, we all joined in. Marie is a founding member, so she's been face-timing in the whole time, but it took a pandemic for the rest of us to be able to attend. <p></p></div><div><br /></div><div>So for the few of us outliers- we zoom in once a month and try to catch up on on everyone's news. Most of them are there live, then the rest of us are there electronically and/or in spirit. It was kind of fun to be on the live end of the zoom call this time. haha! We had book club there, and the Utah folks had to take a zoom turn. 😁</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I will try not to let another month go by before I post the next day's adventure. </div><br />Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003393901819290910.post-90512259503806337362022-07-17T23:46:00.002-06:002022-07-17T23:52:38.533-06:00Last Day in NYC<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And then on the third day...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Whew! I didn't think there'd be anything left to see of NYC but we barely scratched the surface! We didn't have anything pressing time-wise to do, so we took our time in the morning. I got my lovely Starbucks hot chocolate again. Even if it's 97 degrees outside, it's still a good idea to start your day with free hot chocolate. #lifetip</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had tickets to see a show in the early afternoon- so until then we just see'd as many sights as we could cram in. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our first subway stop was Grand Central Station- another one of those I've-Heard-About-It-My-Whole-Life-And-I-Want-To-See-It-For-Reals places.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was really pretty inside. I honestly had no idea what to expect. It was much... er... more grand than I thought it would be.(ohhh.. NOW I get it!) Definitely a fancy station, for sure. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4XG6CLxj5KXnkBI3D7HtbwrtCyXvyH1kuewvXD04TuD3Gk7XHDcwzt3Ee0n3Inz-sANWQ6U7QKAeZQkyMik5WDfYwExrpzxTuWtFbdorxJcQho1c-oCFNZtsL5jhPR-jOpeMSHgwaWJdj2FGj7kxsug2VdIhRNXUJxPsHpuy_LQE-QVrxwAd1Kfht/s960/ny3.002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4XG6CLxj5KXnkBI3D7HtbwrtCyXvyH1kuewvXD04TuD3Gk7XHDcwzt3Ee0n3Inz-sANWQ6U7QKAeZQkyMik5WDfYwExrpzxTuWtFbdorxJcQho1c-oCFNZtsL5jhPR-jOpeMSHgwaWJdj2FGj7kxsug2VdIhRNXUJxPsHpuy_LQE-QVrxwAd1Kfht/s320/ny3.002.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I took some pics of the ceiling- which depicts astrological signs- but only the ones from the summer months. Boo... The pictures are really hard to see though, so I deleted them from this post. Meh. Trust me, you're not missing much. This is the only one that kinda turned out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi991hdb1tFsUtvr8dzie6kl1hkPqLJL4uazc0P0LQY7gPOS0v-UoR-d0hxxj_QDDe2HDOFmQ_jcxq7bVzOiBjJAsl7z4YpO6Bu1JDQ6oCG9LnZfh7JyriuQYJ64wnXE1ElsJwHr-RXomd01ORRGLufSkvLXMI0JvJnD_lvck0mFrGPUVbM-leoKHKW/s960/ny3.005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="960" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi991hdb1tFsUtvr8dzie6kl1hkPqLJL4uazc0P0LQY7gPOS0v-UoR-d0hxxj_QDDe2HDOFmQ_jcxq7bVzOiBjJAsl7z4YpO6Bu1JDQ6oCG9LnZfh7JyriuQYJ64wnXE1ElsJwHr-RXomd01ORRGLufSkvLXMI0JvJnD_lvck0mFrGPUVbM-leoKHKW/s320/ny3.005.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div>It was neat to see that they still have the train boards flashing. They're digital now, but you can still hear the echoing of the little flipping tiles (there is a *slight* chance I've watched too many movies).<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmtVCZAOrkVMczah_7_AeGQWvtp4OF1N-NJE0XXf2f4r_ql_5tq6E95w-Jkxuw-aAqBOy092GnacTliZfTom8sKYPeUG41HUbUCotZnaiU-DzZd9eYx77cautDlF1_cMAfkZGZ0ZQRBDq7EjAyIvJzDxdgmE8hqYKnCtxDNDX0PQdNSBdo9w3GeVn6/s960/ny3.003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmtVCZAOrkVMczah_7_AeGQWvtp4OF1N-NJE0XXf2f4r_ql_5tq6E95w-Jkxuw-aAqBOy092GnacTliZfTom8sKYPeUG41HUbUCotZnaiU-DzZd9eYx77cautDlF1_cMAfkZGZ0ZQRBDq7EjAyIvJzDxdgmE8hqYKnCtxDNDX0PQdNSBdo9w3GeVn6/s320/ny3.003.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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGB0n-fz8v5Oe9yuqdohHQZ53kO_gqz0HqUhotIH4t-c9ILGHGHZfgoPP6DwFWN--Ztmt-HoZEDAnBaxZBhxPbLPmgr8vZnQIawl_02GnWqk3An6NryWNtXJc8yY-wq8eDLSiuljyAVJrixVjAcNvsPQzOuBm5My0hf33hBEhucvYHkOKf1WAxwhGF/s960/ny3.007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGB0n-fz8v5Oe9yuqdohHQZ53kO_gqz0HqUhotIH4t-c9ILGHGHZfgoPP6DwFWN--Ztmt-HoZEDAnBaxZBhxPbLPmgr8vZnQIawl_02GnWqk3An6NryWNtXJc8yY-wq8eDLSiuljyAVJrixVjAcNvsPQzOuBm5My0hf33hBEhucvYHkOKf1WAxwhGF/s320/ny3.007.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Just as you walk out of the station- Kablam! The Chrysler tower is *Right There* </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV6Vx4q8FIYvW8CTo-dAKVTdOyMHSrlzsY6PKD11nymXKtJ0je7M0_e6MRKo42ubc-rbkl0kyu8f_hilOt27NhoC99xgf2oRgqwkJIqFTL5UZgMCa-zjysA3rtYpxk7ZM-sNYYFXZcTa3bmRw9V0NrW2wcJUJBtrr58y7az39Dm2hm_uUnhX0xGkvi/s960/ny3.008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV6Vx4q8FIYvW8CTo-dAKVTdOyMHSrlzsY6PKD11nymXKtJ0je7M0_e6MRKo42ubc-rbkl0kyu8f_hilOt27NhoC99xgf2oRgqwkJIqFTL5UZgMCa-zjysA3rtYpxk7ZM-sNYYFXZcTa3bmRw9V0NrW2wcJUJBtrr58y7az39Dm2hm_uUnhX0xGkvi/s320/ny3.008.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Let's pause here to quote a couple of lines from Broadway shows:</div><div><br /></div><div>"I'm supposed to be the Grand Duchess, Anastasia- but I think I look more like the Chrysler building!</div><div>- The Producers</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjFQmDEUvMGH1Ba90smkd0uGQM9J2nNCQyf29pF8ABjKUx43e4kihPum9H2FcDwHytFJGrDMPnJtkZvaMj0F8VSbBjpewkZz_IMGCEyWOEoAFtJKthS9_jItvFj1x0P9IqACp_z1eGXu3VPj2mQxJ7upD8dkg9H4tGYkl4Oel79pE-5uCuZLGU3Wxz" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="318" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjFQmDEUvMGH1Ba90smkd0uGQM9J2nNCQyf29pF8ABjKUx43e4kihPum9H2FcDwHytFJGrDMPnJtkZvaMj0F8VSbBjpewkZz_IMGCEyWOEoAFtJKthS9_jItvFj1x0P9IqACp_z1eGXu3VPj2mQxJ7upD8dkg9H4tGYkl4Oel79pE-5uCuZLGU3Wxz" width="318" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"... and if this floor don't shine like the top of the Chrysler building, your backside will!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-Annie</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhX-pyNYglG3F096Yv81m-L1SIQ9cruYKnZKfyrWgJyFWdbIru9pPp43sys9WAbh8VuepOJiX9uOQEr1q4VC9b3Uyr-c5HBCE72L41_85_X6LZBli7hpcwtuXzKp6gPmwRXBp-0nA0rt3scgS-eiaHflDcsEcovxhw1FFYBMpsgt4RxG1QNOB9mtnJu" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="319" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhX-pyNYglG3F096Yv81m-L1SIQ9cruYKnZKfyrWgJyFWdbIru9pPp43sys9WAbh8VuepOJiX9uOQEr1q4VC9b3Uyr-c5HBCE72L41_85_X6LZBli7hpcwtuXzKp6gPmwRXBp-0nA0rt3scgS-eiaHflDcsEcovxhw1FFYBMpsgt4RxG1QNOB9mtnJu" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Are you quite finished? Ok. moving on. </div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXTgcU8TlxaARbvtksuN4Yml963ZRAng1F_lQ5HGw-A1mlPviLCFt2abe0o5KSzII7P2RE6Jpl2utZAqGcnf-IbfiYtroZgpocfjW5wUUVuTBHcQYX5TYfLEqOU6uqxkkx0cO4FAXRTPIe0_lPdC2i3b54bpOjgAcTheipmCQS449fAB2zBKIOQIDA/s960/ny3.010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXTgcU8TlxaARbvtksuN4Yml963ZRAng1F_lQ5HGw-A1mlPviLCFt2abe0o5KSzII7P2RE6Jpl2utZAqGcnf-IbfiYtroZgpocfjW5wUUVuTBHcQYX5TYfLEqOU6uqxkkx0cO4FAXRTPIe0_lPdC2i3b54bpOjgAcTheipmCQS449fAB2zBKIOQIDA/s320/ny3.010.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>As we were walking to our next destination, we passed the main entrance to Grand Central. It's pretty fancy too!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhEXENbIJprctS8_li1LHJqJp6HYfy4WgAEk0zjKaJSmQhM-NrQFjUa3Qx61QxeM7eFYM_0qCSGxXBrUPO6MonXnSHmYiJSo7oJEdHg_S9E4IEA40S2wZohjxWdDJzBBOdLxUjFXq7H-ek_wczu8FU7ESrKEUf3dLe9ltR2KASid7a4eYs1X5977YM/s960/ny3.011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhEXENbIJprctS8_li1LHJqJp6HYfy4WgAEk0zjKaJSmQhM-NrQFjUa3Qx61QxeM7eFYM_0qCSGxXBrUPO6MonXnSHmYiJSo7oJEdHg_S9E4IEA40S2wZohjxWdDJzBBOdLxUjFXq7H-ek_wczu8FU7ESrKEUf3dLe9ltR2KASid7a4eYs1X5977YM/s320/ny3.011.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>One of the must-sees on Kristen's list was the New York Public Library. I've wanted to see it because of movies like Breakfast at Tiffany's, so I was down to see it too. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgujb9_ywHxlqYtCMyhY98XAE-zYPaldPFK6yBMGZ5Bc5M4Ab2aoaFAzfqvoKqSEtG6SE174J81mgcgJHCKj8OH1_wbV_eFKIKPlUEkaIIgfU04WcWUW00Xnem9hYkMeM61qPXlbKkCCHkhB1uF2jL4N3fKwr6anhpr5945ExiSuaf3C6qpTA3-Ifff/s960/ny3.012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgujb9_ywHxlqYtCMyhY98XAE-zYPaldPFK6yBMGZ5Bc5M4Ab2aoaFAzfqvoKqSEtG6SE174J81mgcgJHCKj8OH1_wbV_eFKIKPlUEkaIIgfU04WcWUW00Xnem9hYkMeM61qPXlbKkCCHkhB1uF2jL4N3fKwr6anhpr5945ExiSuaf3C6qpTA3-Ifff/s320/ny3.012.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>It's definitely one of the fancier libraries I've been in. And puzzling as there seems to be no books. Haha I knew from Breakfast at Tiffany's that it was not a browsing library- but I thought there would at least be *some* way to look for books. There was a study room- but we didn't have the qualifications to get in. Hopefully next time we can figure out the system. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9cciXAmIsKJ8nO7JzG6Ek6iPg-E3YS17AcdruafwLibJewC6dhj2sYFTcaMeOpOH4U7yHtreIjSaEIPrV42_ssiXFN-1SRjAqw64vB2obBmVmSKcQlusP4buJZyAUyMnZFiXSEv8Va4acmbgxq942mxmR2Z7AKSLMFk_29mxs5GVdby9_QagP73DP/s960/ny3.013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9cciXAmIsKJ8nO7JzG6Ek6iPg-E3YS17AcdruafwLibJewC6dhj2sYFTcaMeOpOH4U7yHtreIjSaEIPrV42_ssiXFN-1SRjAqw64vB2obBmVmSKcQlusP4buJZyAUyMnZFiXSEv8Va4acmbgxq942mxmR2Z7AKSLMFk_29mxs5GVdby9_QagP73DP/s320/ny3.013.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwAuMSNq3sLA5Aq8bt2X0EtCyfD7AIepsCvpzIvDjdyMEc4D8PKXGmdUytssCyVVpiRkwHYNTn2pAD2OwdNLVRS5FxJ0e41XJqQTtxxT2hDq834lPeWvdJTw4tsWxgxhUQggeKvbnjMVms6tmo6kSxDVxTFLZdNNxhTXuI6F5i2MrmJFIwO5DBQ_EN/s960/ny3.014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwAuMSNq3sLA5Aq8bt2X0EtCyfD7AIepsCvpzIvDjdyMEc4D8PKXGmdUytssCyVVpiRkwHYNTn2pAD2OwdNLVRS5FxJ0e41XJqQTtxxT2hDq834lPeWvdJTw4tsWxgxhUQggeKvbnjMVms6tmo6kSxDVxTFLZdNNxhTXuI6F5i2MrmJFIwO5DBQ_EN/s320/ny3.014.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Heading nowhere in particular, we stumbled upon Bryant park. I only know this name because I'm a fan of Project Runway and this is where they have Fashion Week. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBtSkBsgQrXAcaZOZHvq0jz1VvpWLfwCP8hk4cN8mYXxyf951tEpynmKn82phOMjf7MOf8v7qKnJ5g-HpVKmymslRWVbRuJss2aEeUaSW_L8ruIil73Hgv3NEBmFLBFixcszkZmbqv0XCtDJKI75LNIDvpalRSGpnNP_hyXYw4Q5f_u676tv0RT1OV/s960/ny3.015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBtSkBsgQrXAcaZOZHvq0jz1VvpWLfwCP8hk4cN8mYXxyf951tEpynmKn82phOMjf7MOf8v7qKnJ5g-HpVKmymslRWVbRuJss2aEeUaSW_L8ruIil73Hgv3NEBmFLBFixcszkZmbqv0XCtDJKI75LNIDvpalRSGpnNP_hyXYw4Q5f_u676tv0RT1OV/s320/ny3.015.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyRIiYlt4RWBut37U7CmSNglfKWX8J0p1XYbzPnyvhY5KIsr2-5o4GUUmWUvyRlwNfDCgyQKB1Nqn9IVDkh0Rc4Uq0gsVfTUzz-U0WVB5IZGXiXt_5TnR3TQenU984j-v7T5M1Wd5djjjdWJqJFjOuMtMI2cIk2kDRNHjTb08XvqHHfgOlwj4-VW60/s960/ny3.016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyRIiYlt4RWBut37U7CmSNglfKWX8J0p1XYbzPnyvhY5KIsr2-5o4GUUmWUvyRlwNfDCgyQKB1Nqn9IVDkh0Rc4Uq0gsVfTUzz-U0WVB5IZGXiXt_5TnR3TQenU984j-v7T5M1Wd5djjjdWJqJFjOuMtMI2cIk2kDRNHjTb08XvqHHfgOlwj4-VW60/s320/ny3.016.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We were getting hungry- but not lunchy just yet. So we stopped at this adorable little French Patisserie </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You can never go wrong with an éclair- so I got one. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDUn8-XySEncmOlzEEew75CZFUQno680pPH6O78rFkZr6QiuntH40BshYl5S20rQxx2MExSuzQoocpCMy_kLvFr_gC9_OKnw_ydjVJWqq8shr6WPgBwfDof0ZZ8V_kAhVza_sNJ0HnlA_itl2YeqRONGAsUXPjopF4L3ZPQAo7fvKQH58NaSgHfqtq/s960/ny3.018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDUn8-XySEncmOlzEEew75CZFUQno680pPH6O78rFkZr6QiuntH40BshYl5S20rQxx2MExSuzQoocpCMy_kLvFr_gC9_OKnw_ydjVJWqq8shr6WPgBwfDof0ZZ8V_kAhVza_sNJ0HnlA_itl2YeqRONGAsUXPjopF4L3ZPQAo7fvKQH58NaSgHfqtq/s320/ny3.018.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Here I am, all happy with my little éclair. What is usually in an éclair, cream, right? </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj78sAMtaAoIYnbb8yi88njJPC3Ae3AzncjqaTo9LNw6sRYNGybyiGM4I51kny4Y4ijXAnP5xAy4LQGUEWCGSTmRBU1Ma72Vcob9wjuK9w1Qih_l8NbiE0xLXLqpCy7ArO2hjux308iCmwkbx_LS-0IXcJfIAxynD6ssW_gFOnW_S2Q3ZhV1DPJ0scA/s960/ny3.019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj78sAMtaAoIYnbb8yi88njJPC3Ae3AzncjqaTo9LNw6sRYNGybyiGM4I51kny4Y4ijXAnP5xAy4LQGUEWCGSTmRBU1Ma72Vcob9wjuK9w1Qih_l8NbiE0xLXLqpCy7ArO2hjux308iCmwkbx_LS-0IXcJfIAxynD6ssW_gFOnW_S2Q3ZhV1DPJ0scA/s320/ny3.019.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Imagine my astonishment and delight when I bit in and it was CHOCOLATE MOUSSE! OH my gosh! I should have gotten eight more! It was SO GOOD!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis0D1a3QS72RUlW8hWeT3eHHwdXNOa_Au0cd79S4D5f5hJPH3x1NClU5jzvVm5EIhSEyQLIkLzm2ep8gZP1wvJ51NACCMEZnKaZtkYRALIyGyElU9RvWrZl2nayXY9_fQFbwATywbSid8YUGhaMJol83NkdANHpFQoGiLnwXjtRwR_r462YEOZ4Gk2/s960/ny3.020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis0D1a3QS72RUlW8hWeT3eHHwdXNOa_Au0cd79S4D5f5hJPH3x1NClU5jzvVm5EIhSEyQLIkLzm2ep8gZP1wvJ51NACCMEZnKaZtkYRALIyGyElU9RvWrZl2nayXY9_fQFbwATywbSid8YUGhaMJol83NkdANHpFQoGiLnwXjtRwR_r462YEOZ4Gk2/s320/ny3.020.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Being near Bryant park, and walking past stores completely dedicated to selling buttons (yes, buttons. walls and walls of buttons) we realized we'd wandered into the Fashion District. And once again, the Project Runway geek in me surfaced and we tracked down Mood- the fabric store where all the contestants run around like maniacs trying to find the perfect textile. Oh my gosh. It is a maze in there! They give them 30 minutes on the show- that has got to be just for production purposes. There is no way you can find what you're looking for in under 30 minutes. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQcRkx7js2elpRs8lSxUWnmM81U-YCzbE7YvoySJJSh9YaZCL8orqCotddp2ZyPKoEjVw_I0fWuOGD9vBPhT8MlTt-2FNb4xlcAsSucblzhnd7sQdvIGSiguombs2uJAU-8lvXu0JijT4y7x6no3k_QkBWsXqsNknOhdQ7bx9jpBKZ8p89lGzlTUM/s960/ny3.025.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQcRkx7js2elpRs8lSxUWnmM81U-YCzbE7YvoySJJSh9YaZCL8orqCotddp2ZyPKoEjVw_I0fWuOGD9vBPhT8MlTt-2FNb4xlcAsSucblzhnd7sQdvIGSiguombs2uJAU-8lvXu0JijT4y7x6no3k_QkBWsXqsNknOhdQ7bx9jpBKZ8p89lGzlTUM/s320/ny3.025.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGUWzEvbP-jlT8XzA9qjh0-UPrVjlaGl3qWdOZi_QFvoDRePkdsfOEYzc-fPS-jYX2gVezHlt6V7ANblyEgp81WpQd3H4gXoEPDT1GPhpNm2mjN1dMjE9nLaUh1DFa1-kCEMLGQ6-jj_ugPV0QiobbFHhsUkh4ik5DwfUa0JZ38l7RzKOv7rn14mHO/s960/ny3.021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGUWzEvbP-jlT8XzA9qjh0-UPrVjlaGl3qWdOZi_QFvoDRePkdsfOEYzc-fPS-jYX2gVezHlt6V7ANblyEgp81WpQd3H4gXoEPDT1GPhpNm2mjN1dMjE9nLaUh1DFa1-kCEMLGQ6-jj_ugPV0QiobbFHhsUkh4ik5DwfUa0JZ38l7RzKOv7rn14mHO/s320/ny3.021.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOXXqxQc8diUbDqKlryB7pkbXS2ZIV5zqb1q8QDKPHxJ6OyEEa-jc1hCny3Ws9k7kNwDP2dzTkBvo84iv88GZZRakRtbpp0F8T4y2MY7UigxugFsn5JPa_duh1AbW7f7v42IHrjwfhNfA0U07pUrM9VONt7rWG22ITk-gunMTzno3NGbSmHyUhMbPs/s960/ny3.022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOXXqxQc8diUbDqKlryB7pkbXS2ZIV5zqb1q8QDKPHxJ6OyEEa-jc1hCny3Ws9k7kNwDP2dzTkBvo84iv88GZZRakRtbpp0F8T4y2MY7UigxugFsn5JPa_duh1AbW7f7v42IHrjwfhNfA0U07pUrM9VONt7rWG22ITk-gunMTzno3NGbSmHyUhMbPs/s320/ny3.022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>There was an upstairs and a downstairs- fabric stuffed in every corner. </div><div><br /></div><div>No. I did not see Swatch. He was not there that day. 😞</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAS0KdOI-tsYohPmmLEmgfviwdJ0fFSjGrBaJ-z_VEoHWc1wAu0WGgcqCv8gL5UIcJi-5qjoB0laAPe4bMtYFVYOMRQ359jbWQhJzZDoo2D8np2EBxPd6vRXDvJxZkPh0wRhRB-lsQPASEqAVPPdp_jY7hRwNXovi62MX-PTntUtyW2hUoxXrlESTc/s960/ny3.023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAS0KdOI-tsYohPmmLEmgfviwdJ0fFSjGrBaJ-z_VEoHWc1wAu0WGgcqCv8gL5UIcJi-5qjoB0laAPe4bMtYFVYOMRQ359jbWQhJzZDoo2D8np2EBxPd6vRXDvJxZkPh0wRhRB-lsQPASEqAVPPdp_jY7hRwNXovi62MX-PTntUtyW2hUoxXrlESTc/s320/ny3.023.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>By this time we needed to get closer to the theater so we kept walking. This is the closest we got the Empire State building- but it was close enough, a block away. I can say I've seen it. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHbsUUmBagv-XBdPU18LDQfvDI1Ir2fJo7naSDlXbgz8ZxSrZ5hkiRTCjoFBNcIcxbELsfZZgFM0ToWP8-MxGShDfao2dpSENnjbE772VB72T1zK65i8Vskg8z4igf_nEzOmnACFGJvywBIi9nYRiPrKYy0IFuJ-JxvB9NZDDoh5cDfjEHswEJLxv/s960/ny3.024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHbsUUmBagv-XBdPU18LDQfvDI1Ir2fJo7naSDlXbgz8ZxSrZ5hkiRTCjoFBNcIcxbELsfZZgFM0ToWP8-MxGShDfao2dpSENnjbE772VB72T1zK65i8Vskg8z4igf_nEzOmnACFGJvywBIi9nYRiPrKYy0IFuJ-JxvB9NZDDoh5cDfjEHswEJLxv/s320/ny3.024.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We had a little time before our show, so we were going to eat lunch at Junior's but it was SO BUSY we only had time to get a slice of New York cheesecake. It was probably the best NY style cheesecake I've ever had. It was kind of weirdly crumbly, but then you'd put it in your mouth and it was like buttuh. Oh my goodness, it was so smooth and creamy. Yum-O!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFddtZ5GX2emgxRymL7RYQF2HmPJZgNM9gsZo_Ui8FWPDJbw29u2E8DwZe26l5BV2o5hw0Q4-gmWraVH1CmrHTU10i45gHogDmoif6NCgOyleNbcEtni4S7QxFKgMaH8a_2sescGS87QeBa94dOzCfrOUU7sxBNA6fQ_xYVkh0-VzsKLjsAsoY03Sn/s960/ny3.026.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFddtZ5GX2emgxRymL7RYQF2HmPJZgNM9gsZo_Ui8FWPDJbw29u2E8DwZe26l5BV2o5hw0Q4-gmWraVH1CmrHTU10i45gHogDmoif6NCgOyleNbcEtni4S7QxFKgMaH8a_2sescGS87QeBa94dOzCfrOUU7sxBNA6fQ_xYVkh0-VzsKLjsAsoY03Sn/s320/ny3.026.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Not far from Junior's was our theater. The Richard Rodgers Theater where we got to see Hamilton. </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/AVvXsEgl90O6zgTkMYS_xrBH1S5oebvu2lrzF0GvcW8BYlkk8TM-puyYKQ0IINxGBhk0Rs8m9amzgAkSdlOoXmjUP7tGc2LcswiHeTww4P5NTk0gkroKhl3Vi_GTqCJCKig0xM449AZR110G4r39Iso0xTeOAeuFWNcSSB_PvaXjtD-W0-w8hFauI7o2gvl6/s960/ny3.027.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl90O6zgTkMYS_xrBH1S5oebvu2lrzF0GvcW8BYlkk8TM-puyYKQ0IINxGBhk0Rs8m9amzgAkSdlOoXmjUP7tGc2LcswiHeTww4P5NTk0gkroKhl3Vi_GTqCJCKig0xM449AZR110G4r39Iso0xTeOAeuFWNcSSB_PvaXjtD-W0-w8hFauI7o2gvl6/s320/ny3.027.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>HAMILTON! Did you hear...er...read that? Ham. Il. Ton!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-S9I0zh_OJ0Y39ZUo2sTHBCi0vFXxXlcdPyPsl2t8F_GyroUzSoLtAqMsqP5TuSdkd94FqNF95vgOwiG5CpNtLmiWXVECzUmVro6qSr79KqI5eXeFOSqnq3FIcgjDxUyoKyWzwPuMKuvPIMwOa2VQ6-jSH5DGBGd-zhZPqu_tngV1pBSlKFGJx0vC/s960/ny3.028.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-S9I0zh_OJ0Y39ZUo2sTHBCi0vFXxXlcdPyPsl2t8F_GyroUzSoLtAqMsqP5TuSdkd94FqNF95vgOwiG5CpNtLmiWXVECzUmVro6qSr79KqI5eXeFOSqnq3FIcgjDxUyoKyWzwPuMKuvPIMwOa2VQ6-jSH5DGBGd-zhZPqu_tngV1pBSlKFGJx0vC/s320/ny3.028.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>When we were planning our trip, we both knew we wanted to see a show, but which one? There are so many to choose from. We *really* wanted to see The Music Man with Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, but they wanted $450 a ticket! YIKES! So we narrowed it down to Wicked and Hamilton.</div><div><br /></div><div>I've seen Wicked before (you know I'm obsessed right, my cats *are* named Elphaba and Nessa Rose, after all)- but there's nothing quite like seeing a show on Broadway- so I would have been ok with that. I had seen the Disney+ version of Hamilton and already loved it. Kristen had not seen either- or heard the music from either- so I let her pick. I was secretly glad she chose Hamilton- I'd never seen it on stage so it was a first for both of us. </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/AVvXsEgOuS7xTZq0_JmrIMytHQQQpmzzHmGDAP5Xp5dL5B9XZiwbcnstEQthIu6TyT7qHS7f6yvxcNaA1Ca7DYx4DBJMTJjft8VixPGi8KEunASDNOVVkLbNdFhKUZG6yfVD8bZ_L-2UA6vEYF-u97U9Ccpo4jlGzG4aVJNsJKzdIBVU8vbri_Gpj8ZYR3eI/s960/ny3.029.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOuS7xTZq0_JmrIMytHQQQpmzzHmGDAP5Xp5dL5B9XZiwbcnstEQthIu6TyT7qHS7f6yvxcNaA1Ca7DYx4DBJMTJjft8VixPGi8KEunASDNOVVkLbNdFhKUZG6yfVD8bZ_L-2UA6vEYF-u97U9Ccpo4jlGzG4aVJNsJKzdIBVU8vbri_Gpj8ZYR3eI/s320/ny3.029.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>You know how sometimes you see a show, or hear the soundtrack with the original cast and then when you see it with a different cast, you're a little bit disappointed? Nope. Not this time. It was fan.freaking.tastic and I would not have changed a thing. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEida8_vcC_SX4KOx8-aNPfIup34a6pkTgtGU4n1jVDXNFoa7-gwYKjNNiLqe79-_A7qUDxFhFiP8GgWa_Fq_jItuJeIKbkQHW_fiKXznEXq_KSH_R-jH61ZdgTYS5X4abnLOV47EqURqOvmQUnxYKe42oOPDZUE2GePB2ajDMxHb3JiDaH199-9GAVj/s960/ny3.030.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEida8_vcC_SX4KOx8-aNPfIup34a6pkTgtGU4n1jVDXNFoa7-gwYKjNNiLqe79-_A7qUDxFhFiP8GgWa_Fq_jItuJeIKbkQHW_fiKXznEXq_KSH_R-jH61ZdgTYS5X4abnLOV47EqURqOvmQUnxYKe42oOPDZUE2GePB2ajDMxHb3JiDaH199-9GAVj/s320/ny3.030.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiprlh8Ese9k-JC2wtLmivmz3LdomlVztpXmp3zpk-ZANX8RIA2B8zT0f4jHIFdt316LYkL02_mnzDWvNex6V8evFrKoLiOx7ouQeU0wTzBVZAIbnoF4mkJStPCRSZGt-k0Rnuo2TPWoP4Ep77DZQxJGR0y7Fzce4eMHikdLyJvIEUAvZlgmPl6D_rG/s960/ny3.031.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiprlh8Ese9k-JC2wtLmivmz3LdomlVztpXmp3zpk-ZANX8RIA2B8zT0f4jHIFdt316LYkL02_mnzDWvNex6V8evFrKoLiOx7ouQeU0wTzBVZAIbnoF4mkJStPCRSZGt-k0Rnuo2TPWoP4Ep77DZQxJGR0y7Fzce4eMHikdLyJvIEUAvZlgmPl6D_rG/s320/ny3.031.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We had really good seats. We were in the mezzanine, but honestly, looking around, I don't think there's a bad seat in the house. </div><div><br /></div>Final recommendation: GO. SEE. HAMILTON!<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWmqgq0Fgrtg9d-pR8ruxT6W6-td8plZ2CPWGQH29MxVqewt7GVg6ETN4wqWue99DTPJae7-8oJmb6YBchoBJLv3tvJl0CP8G13hhhdih6z5D9f7kA63-_KWWjHuMpL_S9sfGwpMy72gzSuldwJ4VOVELJcE-3uI9BUePlmjsGbjOqEaTFG71YFb_u/s960/ny3.032.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWmqgq0Fgrtg9d-pR8ruxT6W6-td8plZ2CPWGQH29MxVqewt7GVg6ETN4wqWue99DTPJae7-8oJmb6YBchoBJLv3tvJl0CP8G13hhhdih6z5D9f7kA63-_KWWjHuMpL_S9sfGwpMy72gzSuldwJ4VOVELJcE-3uI9BUePlmjsGbjOqEaTFG71YFb_u/s320/ny3.032.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The theaters are almost all near Time's Square- so while we were there, we stopped by the Disney Store...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDny4mMq-OtdFBojZVppEo_o-VLr6zt5lrsjFfia1DWNztxzKwi9uSuL0dof47KNhYepve0oA9tY1fl612oEYHCI7BuJk5DuE5ugWS9tkwPU8XuzN67JwS4PaZtUky2somKrNJbw6hUo6pQrk5Gij-Z2iSx43Zv4Vc8LpQ9xwQAsx4npVTciOYFz7c/s960/ny3.033.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDny4mMq-OtdFBojZVppEo_o-VLr6zt5lrsjFfia1DWNztxzKwi9uSuL0dof47KNhYepve0oA9tY1fl612oEYHCI7BuJk5DuE5ugWS9tkwPU8XuzN67JwS4PaZtUky2somKrNJbw6hUo6pQrk5Gij-Z2iSx43Zv4Vc8LpQ9xwQAsx4npVTciOYFz7c/s320/ny3.033.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>...because we're all well aware of the fact that I am just a six-foot-tall five year old. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQvuxleprLU8Ak7kifmQBpASEbCpW58EdjSxg-0PQJPPe7OoLJbhL7VftjiZvnIKRjWdNVPcSIQ5YgrhX8zoWcZ_RXzXC04hM9WvFzIMlyKjFomid1ferh82gFkrVhd5lchMJtne-LTl0hmkBS6sl58ou5MwigxFcgbGPXJkvsHINh1no_08gUFkB/s960/ny3.034.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQvuxleprLU8Ak7kifmQBpASEbCpW58EdjSxg-0PQJPPe7OoLJbhL7VftjiZvnIKRjWdNVPcSIQ5YgrhX8zoWcZ_RXzXC04hM9WvFzIMlyKjFomid1ferh82gFkrVhd5lchMJtne-LTl0hmkBS6sl58ou5MwigxFcgbGPXJkvsHINh1no_08gUFkB/s320/ny3.034.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This is my- good riddance, Time's Square face. I was there. I don't need to return. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifKV7dZPQhfdz9lGf1_xLtmOki0Oel5Ax0X2XiBY5EjTyIfpC3aBXgo5Fto7dhy5mguoict37TabXTzwpu3Zn9j0kkE9aRWRs_eeOj8audZkDqNNGJnTGelhM1TCBfUfpPXBoM-XW359Zhxn5NhgOY42YE0IzD96QMZOyDraInc6ZGEHO1OtGmyREC/s960/ny3.035.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifKV7dZPQhfdz9lGf1_xLtmOki0Oel5Ax0X2XiBY5EjTyIfpC3aBXgo5Fto7dhy5mguoict37TabXTzwpu3Zn9j0kkE9aRWRs_eeOj8audZkDqNNGJnTGelhM1TCBfUfpPXBoM-XW359Zhxn5NhgOY42YE0IzD96QMZOyDraInc6ZGEHO1OtGmyREC/s320/ny3.035.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Kristen's husband was driving into the city to bring us the car. We had a little time before he got there so we wandered down the street to Trinity Church. It was just down from our hotel. I wish I would have realized its significance sooner. ALEXANDER HAMILTON is buried there! What!?! </div><div><br /></div>We hustled over- but same old story- everything closes early there. It was 5:45 and they closed at 6 so they were not letting new people in. I begged. Please! I just want to take a quick picture and I'll leave. Nope. Dang. </div><div><br /></div><div>Luckily- his gravesite is near the fence so we were able to peek in and see it anyway. I do need to go back though, because a lot of the people mentioned in the play, including his wife, son, and sister-in-law, Angelica are buried there. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCFvdVBA0U082bzN7TRyoX2hsHG7-UixYwcMwj25356UkMKjUOgAk_tC6rKL6h_EoYfLtXPj4XBagpuhtcRVjuIh85qMK8s3V2_M6uuUHTj40cOvC6rNOsmA8QMxY3GyfSupINLLVg59GOeqHB3uu-Bqid1UtxsHAmq09YFGVA-H5uF0ut-SAdgyK/s960/ny3.036.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCFvdVBA0U082bzN7TRyoX2hsHG7-UixYwcMwj25356UkMKjUOgAk_tC6rKL6h_EoYfLtXPj4XBagpuhtcRVjuIh85qMK8s3V2_M6uuUHTj40cOvC6rNOsmA8QMxY3GyfSupINLLVg59GOeqHB3uu-Bqid1UtxsHAmq09YFGVA-H5uF0ut-SAdgyK/s320/ny3.036.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>After seeing that show, the church the previous day where George Washington and other founding fathers worshiped, then Hamilton's grave- I was definitely in history mode- which was really convenient because the next week would be filled with history. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggq91g2Kr5kY8cQF35kYES79IygLO7ae7Zu084QLsZIcxw00mTg_4WL9QH1zM849lD-8m0BVtaA67wuu_dJkqpswF-rRpau6JeS2mZRHtMsal7DhFgoOCnC5mNsZL-Fxrij5y5qEJOydfyOe4rk10VYf8cONHPUXBWvsqU_uW2G-91qtEbAomUA001/s960/ny3.037.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggq91g2Kr5kY8cQF35kYES79IygLO7ae7Zu084QLsZIcxw00mTg_4WL9QH1zM849lD-8m0BVtaA67wuu_dJkqpswF-rRpau6JeS2mZRHtMsal7DhFgoOCnC5mNsZL-Fxrij5y5qEJOydfyOe4rk10VYf8cONHPUXBWvsqU_uW2G-91qtEbAomUA001/s320/ny3.037.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We met up with Kristen's husband- thank you thank you for bringing the car in, and then taking the train back home. You didn't have to do that and it was very kind of you! </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN5v435z_JxUAvOdF_3B7fhlgYayBCZQCEzxTRpehyR4IMfBurUckaoNyWt0HAe7w926FfErN-97xS9eH6XeteaEgkI7V2VV3l8VON9yxuQTmafPV2X62JBx9vVaxWjrdWywQRhc83CAgmURNPErGlwlRGsxdtYeyqSIHnJRL4V5w1r6O-IHKTzoio/s960/ny3.038.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN5v435z_JxUAvOdF_3B7fhlgYayBCZQCEzxTRpehyR4IMfBurUckaoNyWt0HAe7w926FfErN-97xS9eH6XeteaEgkI7V2VV3l8VON9yxuQTmafPV2X62JBx9vVaxWjrdWywQRhc83CAgmURNPErGlwlRGsxdtYeyqSIHnJRL4V5w1r6O-IHKTzoio/s320/ny3.038.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The original plan included walking across the Brooklyn bridge- but time and feet wouldn't allow it. So I was perfectly content to drive across it. We said our goodbyes to Manhattan and blew it a kiss in the rearview mirror. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX_apLewvSXqP2Fy5eeAQDxC1xRYJ9DkuhW3uE5JS8uovK6xTWZAHiDOtBy3FwaF4Jf8PGFyxnaPObXNC7tzYjp9eYy2ED3FFHaj2yxqLpC_368TZqoAS9GcL1wBFNHvC7mOh1NnFmHex8qy9fOjHZqFoaSCUxvvRH3OS6ifH7VI3U52kEzrzmAFn9/s960/ny3.043.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX_apLewvSXqP2Fy5eeAQDxC1xRYJ9DkuhW3uE5JS8uovK6xTWZAHiDOtBy3FwaF4Jf8PGFyxnaPObXNC7tzYjp9eYy2ED3FFHaj2yxqLpC_368TZqoAS9GcL1wBFNHvC7mOh1NnFmHex8qy9fOjHZqFoaSCUxvvRH3OS6ifH7VI3U52kEzrzmAFn9/s320/ny3.043.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>That one's ok.. let's try another one. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUxD4H53rDR0O9-E1yy8EUXngiS0UGAD8ZbFFNKnqsB1ruzzSKtWAjce9evRr9ThM95XrdVD-ueo3vJ5srR27ahM-KxRKbEIINMyM4ZhtdVjoGEu-AbD9aRFJaW_UXFJbYg_uwcxJzLwCSH_dB7TtLZZ2kysH52WGZS_Mdihe-9Z-Gi7C2L4_rOId/s960/ny3.044.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUxD4H53rDR0O9-E1yy8EUXngiS0UGAD8ZbFFNKnqsB1ruzzSKtWAjce9evRr9ThM95XrdVD-ueo3vJ5srR27ahM-KxRKbEIINMyM4ZhtdVjoGEu-AbD9aRFJaW_UXFJbYg_uwcxJzLwCSH_dB7TtLZZ2kysH52WGZS_Mdihe-9Z-Gi7C2L4_rOId/s320/ny3.044.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">No, no... try again... ok good. This one's better. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioHA-8zK3sNdu-_roCf0euDmAcU57doecgmM3M3gho5nGFiAU-ZyJOLLeMVKYkH6g0JbNd1z-tvdRssi1K9own_frord7lJoZoQrYvgXy8aMXdcGax_xndZoMzjnFut5SeCZB68ZvYI4IEiMjsDY1yEFiLoKEHKOoMvVFb4TH6HfcZ5KllaPUI_GiV/s960/ny3.045.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioHA-8zK3sNdu-_roCf0euDmAcU57doecgmM3M3gho5nGFiAU-ZyJOLLeMVKYkH6g0JbNd1z-tvdRssi1K9own_frord7lJoZoQrYvgXy8aMXdcGax_xndZoMzjnFut5SeCZB68ZvYI4IEiMjsDY1yEFiLoKEHKOoMvVFb4TH6HfcZ5KllaPUI_GiV/s320/ny3.045.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvnExC3dSSpkHTiaPJfLKK6D11m70GYIi1Uhkj9rab5NGrK9IOxQTHipVYSjxfS-onbfS6EJvy3JX5-qoRnHJhpr2J2NxZj_X7Ps4we49hKpOHAezXSxihIsQ8u-H42qNqGCN6YMErsMijusxKDj07cLzjh0zFzVp34coQR0SxMEkDhq9_QLrSVnri/s960/ny3.040.jpg" style="clear: left; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjlQAmUMg3NlwFEc0fpo0-2ozQ7rU7TFsJ_ob70c5ZRyvTVmIzfSCW6jEjXTa6-rSvBnFplYw8BC9oM2h10gG9iHAW-uNuSX3bGaWya_UZoWOq5uGHip92fu1pSLDFrTrP09cfJOXWq4NyzXHb2P63V_q4mN1ML_3_e1bP4MPcpd-Ow7sca8OFFvR/s960/ny3.047.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjlQAmUMg3NlwFEc0fpo0-2ozQ7rU7TFsJ_ob70c5ZRyvTVmIzfSCW6jEjXTa6-rSvBnFplYw8BC9oM2h10gG9iHAW-uNuSX3bGaWya_UZoWOq5uGHip92fu1pSLDFrTrP09cfJOXWq4NyzXHb2P63V_q4mN1ML_3_e1bP4MPcpd-Ow7sca8OFFvR/s320/ny3.047.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We were in Brooklyn a grand total of about 10 minutes and then crossed the Verrazano Bridge.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0iNYKsGiNGKAoYfEbcvsT3jZp7JWdQJpdvfZsRvy4Iiq91hz1ArXpGwV8W3aDyh0cgI-csBFOnFdOu436pJSczItT5_pZfSTi3zQeSFjWBjkzLyE_m9OU29lF-xyZly8Gwca5w5tQfWAR01bDYTJk8KcBySvoefvWVXuDxQQpawl2ndFSsVEOh3EO/s960/ny3.048.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We were going back to our area after a zone conference and I got lost. I was so freaked out, I thought I was going to get in so much trouble, maybe even sent home! The lady at the toll booth asked for my money and when I said I didn't have any, she said she'd just bill it to the license plate. </div><div>"Ma'am," I said, "I am a missionary and I'm not supposed to leave my area. I will get in so much trouble if you tell on me." </div><div>She was very understanding and said, "Sweetie, just head down the road, take a left, turn around, and go home. You'll be fine." So I went along my way but I was flipping out so much, I missed the left and went even *further* into Staten Island. Oh my gosh. </div><div><br /></div><div>When we finally got home I called my district leader to tell him everything. Poor Elder McKay, having to deal with hysterical sisters. "Are you ok?" I confirmed I was fine. "Is your companion ok?" I confirmed she was fine too... "Then don't worry about it."</div><div><br /></div><div>WHEW!</div><div><br /></div><div>Ok... back to the present... </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTwq6hM4IDHyltYzimOcXk4tVx1CI5dir0Djc7GR_884Mq6F7OvDflgAAYmcdUZVAlJWaR1jByXLdFpj-Cl-S3BWKarPwqNX_OH5DCFRSat8G7ePpzefnumQhsJTNn7aeuBTn-M1EE4b16zrVnKIMxjgsQ-cbdvbgnYk53moam5KLL9eNZl-iN2cs-/s960/ny3.050.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTwq6hM4IDHyltYzimOcXk4tVx1CI5dir0Djc7GR_884Mq6F7OvDflgAAYmcdUZVAlJWaR1jByXLdFpj-Cl-S3BWKarPwqNX_OH5DCFRSat8G7ePpzefnumQhsJTNn7aeuBTn-M1EE4b16zrVnKIMxjgsQ-cbdvbgnYk53moam5KLL9eNZl-iN2cs-/s320/ny3.050.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Speaking of New Jersey- we passed through it. My mission was the northern part, so we were only in my mission for minute...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiwNve-r72k_KULU-EOafZzfIbVeNOfhlKCBdNbdRv6ZeJFcVDYJBZ9VNw4DcfqK66p8yyaBXpGA6CZWZtoAe_ivqVSKeXBzkBwVVF_JlpgtIN6y53IDCJiXPrGgFRD42YBdVxnc1KheSTcTj6sN4I-Y5DE2YmY0R5PJxpuFu_3HASRqLcHWg3i2b2/s960/ny3.051.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiwNve-r72k_KULU-EOafZzfIbVeNOfhlKCBdNbdRv6ZeJFcVDYJBZ9VNw4DcfqK66p8yyaBXpGA6CZWZtoAe_ivqVSKeXBzkBwVVF_JlpgtIN6y53IDCJiXPrGgFRD42YBdVxnc1KheSTcTj6sN4I-Y5DE2YmY0R5PJxpuFu_3HASRqLcHWg3i2b2/s320/ny3.051.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>...but we accidentally took a wrong exit (see? It's not just me! It's confusing!) and ended up going a little further into my mission. My last area was Elizabeth- so it was almost close to home. 💚</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZXEmrgC8Fm0SmKJMO0Q3SxBLVUf-ufx6Bx9rSkem1nA70rzfEzmfEJEtmVaXosNHqUgk8G-XtJ4oBSIyZ6fvqlj81kyCuufXC_EKyjd-t6QrdQul44j1XW4SOy5SjnnlFoC8OzOH7SBADJwyFHTEE675dZFmL-6N68RYvNDfFq7W66Qq-neCrHSX0/s960/ny3.052.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZXEmrgC8Fm0SmKJMO0Q3SxBLVUf-ufx6Bx9rSkem1nA70rzfEzmfEJEtmVaXosNHqUgk8G-XtJ4oBSIyZ6fvqlj81kyCuufXC_EKyjd-t6QrdQul44j1XW4SOy5SjnnlFoC8OzOH7SBADJwyFHTEE675dZFmL-6N68RYvNDfFq7W66Qq-neCrHSX0/s320/ny3.052.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd_UV-ilxH6mGO0xNfZ5No9DEubMRFjHg1NxaRt9cBV5PKXxmAJbeeJgl-OK8taYRR4dNfisiRFz8C8IGkX1lk8inyWMJ1-8Be_AIG-7c3SnDMAP4OpHbVfGuQEQEEtw_QlQyzxoqEnCnkIXepy0xTOv-f8yPX-CoIMSJgm4hdBsVQP5DDdhKCqfYR/s960/ny3.053.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd_UV-ilxH6mGO0xNfZ5No9DEubMRFjHg1NxaRt9cBV5PKXxmAJbeeJgl-OK8taYRR4dNfisiRFz8C8IGkX1lk8inyWMJ1-8Be_AIG-7c3SnDMAP4OpHbVfGuQEQEEtw_QlQyzxoqEnCnkIXepy0xTOv-f8yPX-CoIMSJgm4hdBsVQP5DDdhKCqfYR/s320/ny3.053.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>On our drive, we were both in history mode so we listened to documentaries about Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr- we wanted to see how historically accurate the play is. </div><div><br /></div><div>We drove and drove; I recall only stopping once for food and loo- and then kept on driving. We passed out of New Jersey and on through Delaware and Maryland down into Virginia. I've always heard that the Washington DC temple just kind of sneaks up on you. You're driving down the highway and then KAPOW! There it is! They aren't kidding! I was right there- just floating above the road. </div><div><br /></div><div>I'm glad I got to see it at night- and experience this phenomenon. We headed into Leesburg and crashed at Marie's house. Anadine was already there, and Megan came sometime during the wee hours while we were all still asleep. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjV4Qp6QeHJR5Avxbo1eOnwPW5Pbzo34bgnQJ-XOEsnOyxHFYK5UNlHYXr4miM7H3BwxTkRx71Y8qryBRz9u5dYIC62zAs_MXmD15dW7ZyZDZqyxSuzOqh8812CD2XuYLsL2hrZt1GIZSoyPwno57K2kzl3Vh2WqnTy7nRnuXJgU4dry9xR5CKn4ct/s960/ny3.054.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjV4Qp6QeHJR5Avxbo1eOnwPW5Pbzo34bgnQJ-XOEsnOyxHFYK5UNlHYXr4miM7H3BwxTkRx71Y8qryBRz9u5dYIC62zAs_MXmD15dW7ZyZDZqyxSuzOqh8812CD2XuYLsL2hrZt1GIZSoyPwno57K2kzl3Vh2WqnTy7nRnuXJgU4dry9xR5CKn4ct/s320/ny3.054.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">New York was a wonderful adventure! There's still so much to see and do, but I think that was a pretty good first go. Our feet definitely needed the long drive to rest- because the next week... well, you thought we did a lot in NYC- just you wait till the DC posts! Whew!</div><br /> <p></p></div>Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003393901819290910.post-47182340421309543392022-07-17T01:34:00.003-06:002022-07-17T13:05:34.016-06:00New York Day 2<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Whew! Thanks for returning for day 2. It was a long. LONG. day. We put in about 15 hours of sightseeing and somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 miles of walking- and it was a museum heavy day so there was also a lot of standing around. Spoiler alert- my feet were *killing* me by the end of the day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Further spoiler alert- my feet took a month or more to recover from this whole trip. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had a lovely breakfast at our hotel. They had a Starbucks machine so I got to make my own hazelnut hot chocolate. It was a lovely way to start the day. </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/AVvXsEgY4URtBoPR1yPdyTZ539PBWV5XDzGvfjnAHKNRnOrfMdx3ijot6Lg5qJFedMkjpBgcfnvX3ltABz40VxL7t41nuNNXGXkNrqPE9nC2TymrlsqHWygs-x6TE1T-2o_QfkzuTq0XkQfIRvUBafKqT9MQRPEKmAmzqPx4KmFSvQx9U_Z5HVR88AkDIOqn/s960/ny2.001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY4URtBoPR1yPdyTZ539PBWV5XDzGvfjnAHKNRnOrfMdx3ijot6Lg5qJFedMkjpBgcfnvX3ltABz40VxL7t41nuNNXGXkNrqPE9nC2TymrlsqHWygs-x6TE1T-2o_QfkzuTq0XkQfIRvUBafKqT9MQRPEKmAmzqPx4KmFSvQx9U_Z5HVR88AkDIOqn/s320/ny2.001.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Our first goal for the day was the World Trade Center Memorial. It was nearby so we started to walk. We passed this church- you know I'm a sucker for a cemetery so we stopped to explore. The workers invited us in so we checked it out. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZBgLK9YEgNHSDBJh2zQItiHCHNNkwG5EloogSbTuA-bLbQ4ZCew1v8p9BntZAeIRbtMR-vtw1aUmL74sX8qBVGdLxmlvh-5vMi3TvamKhL_uwp75SZ9HBU8K5YNpYBgUZ7RzlmfnKizZPLjZAP6tGgLkQGGn2vdYuIpgrOHTAi-qzCFoAGqcquiH3/s960/ny2.002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZBgLK9YEgNHSDBJh2zQItiHCHNNkwG5EloogSbTuA-bLbQ4ZCew1v8p9BntZAeIRbtMR-vtw1aUmL74sX8qBVGdLxmlvh-5vMi3TvamKhL_uwp75SZ9HBU8K5YNpYBgUZ7RzlmfnKizZPLjZAP6tGgLkQGGn2vdYuIpgrOHTAi-qzCFoAGqcquiH3/s960/ny2.002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf5plzdM65ll-yeg-FPaLkBk47sq_hgIG5WBpk9pxCy4o41htadE4Oxf_vdfqjmSdwMVKOO8FCdrHoESbAGe9C5KoYiIR17Rz6ER_or8QzNiR3FbyDdxpRsn5d5ekHbgNO9xMpAoy8JhA3LOR38eMZOW4H3IeC_qyVnJvfbH9PyYf7jZ6pLhIwyFQk/s960/ny2.006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf5plzdM65ll-yeg-FPaLkBk47sq_hgIG5WBpk9pxCy4o41htadE4Oxf_vdfqjmSdwMVKOO8FCdrHoESbAGe9C5KoYiIR17Rz6ER_or8QzNiR3FbyDdxpRsn5d5ekHbgNO9xMpAoy8JhA3LOR38eMZOW4H3IeC_qyVnJvfbH9PyYf7jZ6pLhIwyFQk/s320/ny2.006.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There was a lot of awesome history here! This was the church George Washington worshiped in just after his inauguration. Wow! That's really neat!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is the New York Seal. "This depiction of the official seal of New York State dates back to circa late 1700s. The seal, adopted in 1777, depicts the state's coat of arms and a banner inscribed with the official state motto, "Excelsior," meaning "ever upward" in Latin. The seal also depicts allegorical figures representing Liberty and Justice; Liberty is seen with one foot on a crown, symbolizing the nation's independence from the British monarchy, and Justice is blindfolded, representing the American judicial system's impartiality" (description plate by the painting. I could never sound that educated. haha!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZBgLK9YEgNHSDBJh2zQItiHCHNNkwG5EloogSbTuA-bLbQ4ZCew1v8p9BntZAeIRbtMR-vtw1aUmL74sX8qBVGdLxmlvh-5vMi3TvamKhL_uwp75SZ9HBU8K5YNpYBgUZ7RzlmfnKizZPLjZAP6tGgLkQGGn2vdYuIpgrOHTAi-qzCFoAGqcquiH3/s320/ny2.002.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Marvel geek in me giggled at EXCELSIOR , but it was beautiful either way. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This was the original Great Seal of the United States from 1785. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I think it's funny because I was thinking it looked like a turkey- which was originally recommended as the national bird by Benjamin Franklin. The description plate confirmed my suspicions. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Also, I learned that George Washington's pew sat below this painting. Coooool! 😀</div></div></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/AVvXsEh0c_cOco9G5raELyBVc2kB1sRMvS6bxjFX9FhU2efsg6uZR9ktUNARxs1qXW_Ih-q-jYqaHn9zT899kxCKIWRCnFwpxJlSr8OvGRR7EMrI8B56ObIllx_hNxAGIjEJEr-cK22HfXr0mXSR6gRe1NxdLcLiu_oIvblOeTBE-UlR_o_mPz9iotsdhTyG/s960/ny2.004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0c_cOco9G5raELyBVc2kB1sRMvS6bxjFX9FhU2efsg6uZR9ktUNARxs1qXW_Ih-q-jYqaHn9zT899kxCKIWRCnFwpxJlSr8OvGRR7EMrI8B56ObIllx_hNxAGIjEJEr-cK22HfXr0mXSR6gRe1NxdLcLiu_oIvblOeTBE-UlR_o_mPz9iotsdhTyG/s320/ny2.004.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>It was a very pretty church, very modest compared to some I've been inside, but it holds so much history- Also, it has the distinction of being the *only* building in the area that was not damaged when the towers fell. Which is really quite a miracle considering how close it is. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCWKGCGYZg7poPpu_rg-Uc0ksqiseA560yA5Zr9jZdaN51jqlMTL6_ZTwRexAf1vCx5sZ9CWrqPvgKX52nfRLp_RzHGkH-I2r2vpR4o0GgzvEI-XqZ6roulMCXJUFsM8TRd06TskcCZ4RipRr5Ha3Ucg6XOQNXTdBBt7ILtRyuKcCeZexNK_xOIbFY/s960/ny2.005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCWKGCGYZg7poPpu_rg-Uc0ksqiseA560yA5Zr9jZdaN51jqlMTL6_ZTwRexAf1vCx5sZ9CWrqPvgKX52nfRLp_RzHGkH-I2r2vpR4o0GgzvEI-XqZ6roulMCXJUFsM8TRd06TskcCZ4RipRr5Ha3Ucg6XOQNXTdBBt7ILtRyuKcCeZexNK_xOIbFY/s320/ny2.005.jpg" width="240" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The older the cemetery, the more fun I have. I could have easily spent all day there- but the two headstones that stood out the most to me were these two: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The name on this one might be my favorite name EVER. I want to write a book and use this name! Mrs. Mehitable Nesbit. Oh my gosh. People just don't name babies like this anymore and it is a darn shame! Just say it over and over. Mehitable Nesbit, Mehitable Nesbit. Isn't that just delightful? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCWKGCGYZg7poPpu_rg-Uc0ksqiseA560yA5Zr9jZdaN51jqlMTL6_ZTwRexAf1vCx5sZ9CWrqPvgKX52nfRLp_RzHGkH-I2r2vpR4o0GgzvEI-XqZ6roulMCXJUFsM8TRd06TskcCZ4RipRr5Ha3Ucg6XOQNXTdBBt7ILtRyuKcCeZexNK_xOIbFY/s960/ny2.005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMDeAcQOryt51kfvqnHdlAgDEMOtroieswzv_AfPtGhhsX9a7dBckM5cFft_288YU3XxynUfek4yFLwCUZSMqve85OoP9giFHbF43-tOZqwX6VAnIYS1enz4oYRh5IO8HAcOPv3_HjuGaJDdcEzmw7Pz87t8cOGXFKLbS7TK2MP-1Vjq2D-U0ulx_/s960/ny2.008.1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMDeAcQOryt51kfvqnHdlAgDEMOtroieswzv_AfPtGhhsX9a7dBckM5cFft_288YU3XxynUfek4yFLwCUZSMqve85OoP9giFHbF43-tOZqwX6VAnIYS1enz4oYRh5IO8HAcOPv3_HjuGaJDdcEzmw7Pz87t8cOGXFKLbS7TK2MP-1Vjq2D-U0ulx_/s320/ny2.008.1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This was also a favorite. I kind of want this inscribed on my headstone when I die: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Behold and see as you Pass By</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As you are Now so Once was I</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As I am Now you Soon will Be</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Prepare for Death and Follow Me</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCWKGCGYZg7poPpu_rg-Uc0ksqiseA560yA5Zr9jZdaN51jqlMTL6_ZTwRexAf1vCx5sZ9CWrqPvgKX52nfRLp_RzHGkH-I2r2vpR4o0GgzvEI-XqZ6roulMCXJUFsM8TRd06TskcCZ4RipRr5Ha3Ucg6XOQNXTdBBt7ILtRyuKcCeZexNK_xOIbFY/s960/ny2.005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTeGPaN6XLmbqY79-Mx41jt6zgWg2l3SgBKp9X7keyyAAO4bYPifW153SX_izAEyHl23PWPzs-0uas4SflRWBI6z0_I3B48cG3B24RqZyMRymM6zoQbWgCvSZUEyJd-CPOr_MKckts1ceD0YKIqtcwvpMTxpWH5vKDOvoou-KsJWD5PlVI8iXFILwm/s960/ny2.008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTeGPaN6XLmbqY79-Mx41jt6zgWg2l3SgBKp9X7keyyAAO4bYPifW153SX_izAEyHl23PWPzs-0uas4SflRWBI6z0_I3B48cG3B24RqZyMRymM6zoQbWgCvSZUEyJd-CPOr_MKckts1ceD0YKIqtcwvpMTxpWH5vKDOvoou-KsJWD5PlVI8iXFILwm/s320/ny2.008.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Absolutely fantastic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cemeteries just fill me with joy (usually- we'll talk about this later). I know. I'm a weirdo. I just love to imagine what life was like for people. Were they happy? What were they like? </div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3TqHtWjrDuUcyk9ihD1hPo0CFfXBwukySXe9EfpYYOujK4xDCj_qNrpwznDZ9Edjor7XZZ7GuLHt5-K3z8vW8zfkTtSNK3dLmjn_ytBoZlOUu-ZLXxaILXca5labZRMhcGqAO9ruOc_a_R1aa2QEVm2MaR_pMevGJtms7gOXNyNWqs5HYr_NFVHim/s960/ny2.007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3TqHtWjrDuUcyk9ihD1hPo0CFfXBwukySXe9EfpYYOujK4xDCj_qNrpwznDZ9Edjor7XZZ7GuLHt5-K3z8vW8zfkTtSNK3dLmjn_ytBoZlOUu-ZLXxaILXca5labZRMhcGqAO9ruOc_a_R1aa2QEVm2MaR_pMevGJtms7gOXNyNWqs5HYr_NFVHim/s320/ny2.007.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Like I said, I could have spent all day there- but we headed on over to the One World Tower. We stopped and paid respects at the Twin Towers Memorial. It was a very nice, peaceful place. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi84VCOmxUdUX2M9JnfaIPpU0LPM8-yyN2xhoUal_O-_IBu5u335gRhSBwKOnZMwO6sTfenb6YQGFPaOPattJvaIVwqZk1PXIl4RkKLeNR98F8PrQQQ4tpkOUg_A5qIlSnxUT4YeqDSlaMmys25qPDngfsg19i9jdNTs79e18fxBRCqPdI39e4JbkJB/s960/ny2.009.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi84VCOmxUdUX2M9JnfaIPpU0LPM8-yyN2xhoUal_O-_IBu5u335gRhSBwKOnZMwO6sTfenb6YQGFPaOPattJvaIVwqZk1PXIl4RkKLeNR98F8PrQQQ4tpkOUg_A5qIlSnxUT4YeqDSlaMmys25qPDngfsg19i9jdNTs79e18fxBRCqPdI39e4JbkJB/s320/ny2.009.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We had tickets to go to the One World Trade Center Observatory, the tallest building in the western hemisphere.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqrkoZSQM_zTSouwquvhW0R-2cjYIowQe_Mii5r6nQ42Vtk_Hl7VOhIHmEHHD4pJmWRlKbJWJB-ravKb1NzB3PEUaAiALeDbOD3jet-8bfO3FKdjXM44SASucoXevXk2wemT7VzdJ2zDvr5vXsuLPC-qTPvQnXIpNcWnk54NnQ6PzdlOTCV1AFtkcz/s960/ny2.010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqrkoZSQM_zTSouwquvhW0R-2cjYIowQe_Mii5r6nQ42Vtk_Hl7VOhIHmEHHD4pJmWRlKbJWJB-ravKb1NzB3PEUaAiALeDbOD3jet-8bfO3FKdjXM44SASucoXevXk2wemT7VzdJ2zDvr5vXsuLPC-qTPvQnXIpNcWnk54NnQ6PzdlOTCV1AFtkcz/s320/ny2.010.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Up, up, up we went to the 102nd floor. The elevator ride (48 seconds) was so "long" they showed us a movie on the way up. Hahaha! Oh my gosh. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfv85xJToN-KAbnrFAQrd8yLnedADL-7OP0X2hj6UeLsWh7tU6T940VnJdpd721c691Egt3jPD7_2-Y3fjLrPSTOtaIWy55q4whtsnnqbl4yI3MUYt2Nk5UM0Jk2L5x2BPo-4xYaooFlX5R59Z3mvXgJssBdXu2AVqdRl7NmIxeysLRDGCkvqfErXs/s960/ny2.011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfv85xJToN-KAbnrFAQrd8yLnedADL-7OP0X2hj6UeLsWh7tU6T940VnJdpd721c691Egt3jPD7_2-Y3fjLrPSTOtaIWy55q4whtsnnqbl4yI3MUYt2Nk5UM0Jk2L5x2BPo-4xYaooFlX5R59Z3mvXgJssBdXu2AVqdRl7NmIxeysLRDGCkvqfErXs/s320/ny2.011.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was fun to walk around the observatory and see the whole city- and New Jersey 😉 It allowed us to plot out some of the places we wanted to see. It was in the plan to walk across the Brooklyn bridge but (spoiler alert) it didn't happen. </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/AVvXsEgx_XkRjc77oREQinuXk9loD9TVI9_J5NmCWj0ud5Lw9nCF9PintHANO3VKNoorE6KZjnJ7HO1caWkFrB-rQs77728HpBGWSzQr1kZJkvczr7VdJ0_5kTO-VRTHbdnLWYYr_ugH97C7sXASY12UJbFDRGPmdE0CcBLJKke01nMrP2JwzPwipEOFKnpU/s960/ny2.015.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx_XkRjc77oREQinuXk9loD9TVI9_J5NmCWj0ud5Lw9nCF9PintHANO3VKNoorE6KZjnJ7HO1caWkFrB-rQs77728HpBGWSzQr1kZJkvczr7VdJ0_5kTO-VRTHbdnLWYYr_ugH97C7sXASY12UJbFDRGPmdE0CcBLJKke01nMrP2JwzPwipEOFKnpU/w200-h150/ny2.015.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMtFtrX5LDAg6TAyd6zJx6lmKH0O27wmIJbft8LmJ8DvVjZMOiUNrkZM8lfhOQFlWGhFxu46dRTTwNE7Ph50X1zJbddLtqsCgyjfLSlg9nYhAHPR-ah_QAPSih3QtQA9zrwLlkYKSi8-l4qsgkbTxVaqRlwJMNdPmtWeaSVnf4EIbLJKKO5L9kOl-P/s960/ny2.012.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMtFtrX5LDAg6TAyd6zJx6lmKH0O27wmIJbft8LmJ8DvVjZMOiUNrkZM8lfhOQFlWGhFxu46dRTTwNE7Ph50X1zJbddLtqsCgyjfLSlg9nYhAHPR-ah_QAPSih3QtQA9zrwLlkYKSi8-l4qsgkbTxVaqRlwJMNdPmtWeaSVnf4EIbLJKKO5L9kOl-P/w200-h150/ny2.012.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFdZKDUNs4Ch9UZfDWdcjtqizbx1pP_Ku9jFn6E_7oH5hfEBBht1JrbAL_CqWYSBKJbi07fdK6oGejby8KBs4pEclY5LONKNlx3uYehyJveIrdT7cp9HN2Y770BajyuEWOp0ByZUPypuWs11AUmGVOMWVpPs_j8JmMDkQUdrg6LTQUAn56e3QKO2qG/s960/ny2.013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFdZKDUNs4Ch9UZfDWdcjtqizbx1pP_Ku9jFn6E_7oH5hfEBBht1JrbAL_CqWYSBKJbi07fdK6oGejby8KBs4pEclY5LONKNlx3uYehyJveIrdT7cp9HN2Y770BajyuEWOp0ByZUPypuWs11AUmGVOMWVpPs_j8JmMDkQUdrg6LTQUAn56e3QKO2qG/w200-h150/ny2.013.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our next adventure took us to the subway and we headed waaaaay uptown. Our plan was to spend a few hours at the Met- and then a few hours at the Natural History Museum... </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/AVvXsEglbONWlYauuNK3kCEaNirZsYR8qJpcI0_kJ2Ih30eVXx1XxwpEVnN1UyOvI2FCnNvgBFSR1KSdBLNiNobgU6acKkmoQds8gV40LeMxNjQ67dxkjxF6x7dy7dbeE1Q4DWcBCpbw7TyD5Hi29q1750LCbQpOuXPzzqFFYUsbOmOswtxAMt05uy8-HT9g/s960/ny2.014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglbONWlYauuNK3kCEaNirZsYR8qJpcI0_kJ2Ih30eVXx1XxwpEVnN1UyOvI2FCnNvgBFSR1KSdBLNiNobgU6acKkmoQds8gV40LeMxNjQ67dxkjxF6x7dy7dbeE1Q4DWcBCpbw7TyD5Hi29q1750LCbQpOuXPzzqFFYUsbOmOswtxAMt05uy8-HT9g/s320/ny2.014.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />There was a lot to see. I've already forgotten more than I learned. Prepare yourself mentally and emotionally for a barrage of art photos. I want to always remember what I saw there. I wish I could have taken pictures of everything!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCeUmKwsCY8Pz86Zq-AOXHvVF5rI1IjiT5mzMfVQzcWIQe8CVSIzQQKdhcrXZhtE2MjsFb-8LSu2103XUEq_wUDL3DqO6V0qRAA4ZLgZfwLDeUrZfFO7TobkvXXbEHDt_G8hTtb1sdVBONRKEJCxWETp0N9OF2M8XJyW7vQPJXSbybSUPW496SH3PU/s960/ny2.017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCeUmKwsCY8Pz86Zq-AOXHvVF5rI1IjiT5mzMfVQzcWIQe8CVSIzQQKdhcrXZhtE2MjsFb-8LSu2103XUEq_wUDL3DqO6V0qRAA4ZLgZfwLDeUrZfFO7TobkvXXbEHDt_G8hTtb1sdVBONRKEJCxWETp0N9OF2M8XJyW7vQPJXSbybSUPW496SH3PU/s320/ny2.017.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We started to the left- classic art. If it wasn't for this mask, you wouldn't be able to tell us apart, huh? </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjElCB4xrQYgfkBvjw6RSpYdxHF4QYOCxzpTtMyn45yc52a5dcOR215s3v-fBVVRjuK2qfDpt4jCjQl4kZOYlbKC6pb9x2V_YmLreWQKgQ6MGm1qLPeliTAA7o_o86ZU5joyxiXAdsG1yN_BIvTkL_LjxtpdMlXGfauM9RfJd1khXbnM-qGsPRhh5ez/s960/ny2.018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjElCB4xrQYgfkBvjw6RSpYdxHF4QYOCxzpTtMyn45yc52a5dcOR215s3v-fBVVRjuK2qfDpt4jCjQl4kZOYlbKC6pb9x2V_YmLreWQKgQ6MGm1qLPeliTAA7o_o86ZU5joyxiXAdsG1yN_BIvTkL_LjxtpdMlXGfauM9RfJd1khXbnM-qGsPRhh5ez/s320/ny2.018.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We saw all the legends. Odysseus, Perseus, Theseus... A lotta eusses!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I stopped and spoke with Zeus. He did not respond. 🤷 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I loved this sculpture of Perseus. I didn't want to shock or offend my more sensitive viewers though, so the picture was strategic. 😂😆😂</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnwhC34E6_tfIpY7lhsacfgvALHxnZx9NY6LciiV_iCqx0aRfpu3VGHpKCrJAf5DXtHnwGfwdsmEzgsSuOxBD5YLiRf8Fc6Ut4iKMfqGvq4xEPoazbXeNeXTtZkYWoH_a8MKOMTw56skjedALTczwcJ_Iu2ho80izG0xG-a7CbiQLlDjd1gIO_oN1S/s960/ny2.019.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnwhC34E6_tfIpY7lhsacfgvALHxnZx9NY6LciiV_iCqx0aRfpu3VGHpKCrJAf5DXtHnwGfwdsmEzgsSuOxBD5YLiRf8Fc6Ut4iKMfqGvq4xEPoazbXeNeXTtZkYWoH_a8MKOMTw56skjedALTczwcJ_Iu2ho80izG0xG-a7CbiQLlDjd1gIO_oN1S/w150-h200/ny2.019.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYt-TDnp3PAMQrTIT_7X-z49izkR5X5L19R7fpXhlWApco4Jv7Vj83FBvXQi-rd_zKeyGNlZQq4By_2Pgxy6L8Pw6yeS13NzWyXmxBXcfIjRJmR8rkce3SOrBUs5rvhugD-nCqKSF0brPpncMQZJWionK5jt9QrIrEGs8oEaCPDawP37f4MgqgqAJy/s960/ny2.026.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here is our good friend, Hercules wearing the Nemean Lion, once again, begging the question: Who wore it better?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigl1fWqWNzpmxR-VRA0YDal1QkZU0a26eJSrngLLbqYkACHfzPMAl3smwsZH0iC8jTTOs4ylVkDK5NEIR_sWj9jC91JNfIawFRiZD-W4K6be6Pbxgw20Hp8mW8S3Z-njd0SA2UDwjsyUrUJBMD-LjmqsWOZy_NSANwr6UTacKKfpsXxSKSBKkBWnOB" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="227" data-original-width="227" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigl1fWqWNzpmxR-VRA0YDal1QkZU0a26eJSrngLLbqYkACHfzPMAl3smwsZH0iC8jTTOs4ylVkDK5NEIR_sWj9jC91JNfIawFRiZD-W4K6be6Pbxgw20Hp8mW8S3Z-njd0SA2UDwjsyUrUJBMD-LjmqsWOZy_NSANwr6UTacKKfpsXxSKSBKkBWnOB=w200-h200" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3I47y_ZFUPZZd14wEExAQfMvBkKZPOaTPCbb_B-igp-sI4EjifXQrxa1PW7m4dlz4eyofA4iKcrwzVKAYG7Xzoc8LNSdd2xRZbYbdRi2OzPQdIDWAgT3Gdfir8y4j_5eQ6xcutFyomJTnZqdO39QtB6oxYIjnYgCbnUKF06RN-m02YEY4ZTVDPQXQ/s960/ny2.020.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3I47y_ZFUPZZd14wEExAQfMvBkKZPOaTPCbb_B-igp-sI4EjifXQrxa1PW7m4dlz4eyofA4iKcrwzVKAYG7Xzoc8LNSdd2xRZbYbdRi2OzPQdIDWAgT3Gdfir8y4j_5eQ6xcutFyomJTnZqdO39QtB6oxYIjnYgCbnUKF06RN-m02YEY4ZTVDPQXQ/w150-h200/ny2.020.jpg" width="150" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We found our way to The Eatery. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihCr0PhDrxaIeZRkJt2G33zvO_DGnB8yoWOtTqJt1Y-RSK4Wkskxx1FOx8ztd3b44HOdxYhQIZGHWWaaawckuQg5qYYinZesIPfakBVWvLeXtxTwJK3YKdAqZ_AHu25-6r4uYEWmYp6Y8Nv8Px3oMK8DN6kyk-bYLz8aAvOQGQEdbHMg0-wk_yZuVK/s960/ny2.021.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihCr0PhDrxaIeZRkJt2G33zvO_DGnB8yoWOtTqJt1Y-RSK4Wkskxx1FOx8ztd3b44HOdxYhQIZGHWWaaawckuQg5qYYinZesIPfakBVWvLeXtxTwJK3YKdAqZ_AHu25-6r4uYEWmYp6Y8Nv8Px3oMK8DN6kyk-bYLz8aAvOQGQEdbHMg0-wk_yZuVK/w200-h150/ny2.021.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOEdj7Yrw_-hGkL3e8SlYLRUjYJU4hJh-XFMveXunQxU_cmOd09h6GUMzQ386a61I3jZvlmQ90bItJ4fL_snomO_7wFvgIcGXKojq_u6dVFKWlZK7Ou2JEyVg0b1GfEtZ01lD5MwrNefZUaVOMHl1xYJsuwAFVE8AT1emd5KGvxsWW04xF7IYkfkBx/s960/ny2.022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOEdj7Yrw_-hGkL3e8SlYLRUjYJU4hJh-XFMveXunQxU_cmOd09h6GUMzQ386a61I3jZvlmQ90bItJ4fL_snomO_7wFvgIcGXKojq_u6dVFKWlZK7Ou2JEyVg0b1GfEtZ01lD5MwrNefZUaVOMHl1xYJsuwAFVE8AT1emd5KGvxsWW04xF7IYkfkBx/w200-h150/ny2.022.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I took these next few as future decor references. I do love a good French Rococo parlor 💚</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguI15HhqC_Fjl7xgTVBekC5BHwsHxtWMvOmsmStAFUrr8IOL8HSnZ0RXPMkOJM_hRdiuDq38Io6PLH2G5N0bFc1d71gl_Ed7kXvG10DVfNyKio_jxgTAacMFUwinj13C0kjnAXf78rFPt4cE6g6zo1WA8YCeRbmGDTX14uR_HWTPzSA1jH0uX4JdsQ/s960/ny2.023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguI15HhqC_Fjl7xgTVBekC5BHwsHxtWMvOmsmStAFUrr8IOL8HSnZ0RXPMkOJM_hRdiuDq38Io6PLH2G5N0bFc1d71gl_Ed7kXvG10DVfNyKio_jxgTAacMFUwinj13C0kjnAXf78rFPt4cE6g6zo1WA8YCeRbmGDTX14uR_HWTPzSA1jH0uX4JdsQ/s320/ny2.023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-WlZ_fq39K10p65qBgJyrpFMW0DK0y1Zb2dcYuIeYz02PNIJePPhB3UIg_U_SaW33vZkCCNafG2O5OswyyAwUpkGSIazWivVTQ5dT7OY-2jZRC-UVTNqEn9BBBCIJ4VERGQvB3mevBT8sWzrjGKVdoxNg59Q1eB3-ze7bY1Pf0E8OxsNn2VyG0I8/s960/ny2.024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-WlZ_fq39K10p65qBgJyrpFMW0DK0y1Zb2dcYuIeYz02PNIJePPhB3UIg_U_SaW33vZkCCNafG2O5OswyyAwUpkGSIazWivVTQ5dT7OY-2jZRC-UVTNqEn9BBBCIJ4VERGQvB3mevBT8sWzrjGKVdoxNg59Q1eB3-ze7bY1Pf0E8OxsNn2VyG0I8/s320/ny2.024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Tale as old as time... true as it can beeeee..... Oh... uh. sorry. I'll stop there. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqN3CUYPwdUXNiQK3MtWcRdGCUUDWgpedrydDQW5faB37lxQNKBKm8smiueQBjERMhCMXhiGTXod-uQQSWIi33x9CVHwkYG9x6FW2M6vAZqsc4wLelhRJnPhpjlQ2OOTFzwRhOwYto2FXAq79-AELdPLpxcN_ahom4kOWtDbiwAmLB1ajDGK7v6O6M/s960/ny2.025.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqN3CUYPwdUXNiQK3MtWcRdGCUUDWgpedrydDQW5faB37lxQNKBKm8smiueQBjERMhCMXhiGTXod-uQQSWIi33x9CVHwkYG9x6FW2M6vAZqsc4wLelhRJnPhpjlQ2OOTFzwRhOwYto2FXAq79-AELdPLpxcN_ahom4kOWtDbiwAmLB1ajDGK7v6O6M/s320/ny2.025.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>The next section was the Modern Art. I'll tell you now. I just don't *get* it. I do not understand modern art . At. All. </div><div><br /></div><div>I mean, I know the name Jackson Pollock. I've seen is stuff before (not in real life)- but I just don't get it. There were lots of others that I didn't even take pictures of because I don't understand how they are fine art. Some of it looks a lot like the stuff I have on my fridge from my niece or the aftermath of my painting T-shirts. 🤷<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgumtJN2Ic8EJXmdD_UYRcd4Yeusq0EYy_gb019QrNh85YvuGERZXGCLSwmk0fX0puZ7u4eSyZ9k5FcykRg-dqzttWdJy_tqBmBka04RXDyy8m00WYZaBBTYIhkdfrk3j1jdP0FtVelSdmIp7hc9uDNSeOBjIpNqhotxKE32hlQCw04AIcOcP1wuo5E/s960/ny2.027.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgumtJN2Ic8EJXmdD_UYRcd4Yeusq0EYy_gb019QrNh85YvuGERZXGCLSwmk0fX0puZ7u4eSyZ9k5FcykRg-dqzttWdJy_tqBmBka04RXDyy8m00WYZaBBTYIhkdfrk3j1jdP0FtVelSdmIp7hc9uDNSeOBjIpNqhotxKE32hlQCw04AIcOcP1wuo5E/s320/ny2.027.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-WGdbh8sPn73Poxmy1oM0AAXUMglb6RlT_S0pzKrUbLGdfC8s4KhBeZlG7yVGR_WBRZlte_SVMktxvX06x2a71-MbHvv4eWDqViC4zkUByaR1wyf_9VkodN7E5AgLBzI-yBIs8tlTN2e0ITmAlhOKKVoqFsgQa7GJij0Udd3kartee5OFH6ZZVdEQ/s960/ny2.028.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-WGdbh8sPn73Poxmy1oM0AAXUMglb6RlT_S0pzKrUbLGdfC8s4KhBeZlG7yVGR_WBRZlte_SVMktxvX06x2a71-MbHvv4eWDqViC4zkUByaR1wyf_9VkodN7E5AgLBzI-yBIs8tlTN2e0ITmAlhOKKVoqFsgQa7GJij0Udd3kartee5OFH6ZZVdEQ/s320/ny2.028.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Am I a total unsophisticated neandterthal? I'd like to think not. I was pretty impressed with myself at knowing so many of the artitsts we saw- but I will admit- Modern art is out of my realm of comprehension. </div><div><br /></div><div>These were my first Picasso. There were several and I geeked out all over the place. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit5aL1TIYsEhtYYRLfl1rYGp9cwGW4x3wLiTdF-kZCF96NshmCa49n23PVTWpq2wZpDZhs3anxiCoOvecOCZOD_B1WTTRqXn0ui6NvarzPk9pRTXU729ravd9t-zskVKeW-fRFwkbawJqw4hGTXj8tw2I3zVjAg-HIN96qQJ-Vi3oZiBH5thSB50K8/s960/ny2.029.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit5aL1TIYsEhtYYRLfl1rYGp9cwGW4x3wLiTdF-kZCF96NshmCa49n23PVTWpq2wZpDZhs3anxiCoOvecOCZOD_B1WTTRqXn0ui6NvarzPk9pRTXU729ravd9t-zskVKeW-fRFwkbawJqw4hGTXj8tw2I3zVjAg-HIN96qQJ-Vi3oZiBH5thSB50K8/s320/ny2.029.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWYCWtWXp18F8AlxSfbBRz9xh9SiyG6Pw3PX94dTEyHUdZ-XFhZBJDjpT3kfQqXNhwHPVN9JZ-60EngyRTO7l35L7CFjVlw9HGMgWbh2eEW6gW86U841H-Zb2Put8Bg_g5evpzc2UMSCDj-LSxRy2A38ive1FExNX-W92YYCZXe1UY9T2T3IOWIZrx/s960/ny2.030.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWYCWtWXp18F8AlxSfbBRz9xh9SiyG6Pw3PX94dTEyHUdZ-XFhZBJDjpT3kfQqXNhwHPVN9JZ-60EngyRTO7l35L7CFjVlw9HGMgWbh2eEW6gW86U841H-Zb2Put8Bg_g5evpzc2UMSCDj-LSxRy2A38ive1FExNX-W92YYCZXe1UY9T2T3IOWIZrx/s320/ny2.030.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Henri Matisse. MATISSE guys!</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/AVvXsEgRq1vQ4Ai7KFWIq1fsAnPq7ZcWqbOllP6BWC2XdtIYDJJpS1qeXMADlY8Eo15rqH405ALYJhTIvqj16tVKHqWcgKLujuddfUVXeln7OudVyhb7EXmsIAylfPzhQxc-Mf_eotAc9_8rs5-uSmCjVOFU16huoMc5dtJVZqofrXmm_W5f25MjXtvFQJsN/s960/ny2.031.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRq1vQ4Ai7KFWIq1fsAnPq7ZcWqbOllP6BWC2XdtIYDJJpS1qeXMADlY8Eo15rqH405ALYJhTIvqj16tVKHqWcgKLujuddfUVXeln7OudVyhb7EXmsIAylfPzhQxc-Mf_eotAc9_8rs5-uSmCjVOFU16huoMc5dtJVZqofrXmm_W5f25MjXtvFQJsN/s320/ny2.031.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>A room filled with Degas took my breath away. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuOm2obP0mVwYmIMg5BpuN88pua7w-qdomPpZqmr7OCUlFUBJVkDhggyKUk5lGNWJNL98z0dQo9y_4BxBdHoFEx-w1s-axG_tWq7zpmbREtCR4nAEJfgLeSQDU-UQn4AJSTW0JXS6BHqw6LexJ_XFCVo9gnaWPyjNKxbTcs1RLZqkmisOpbaetBV0w/s960/ny2.032.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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He's always been a particular favorite of mine. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjASIA1wbVMFSL1AH4mSu5qGDFGnyDsqV82XWNhHIiR0BOKBghQU1qplg7DHhk6GE8ABVYqrvVmU5qKGOrod7aKexO1SuRpA1qLFoKkMATdKc2THKRsoL9kTQGcjSRAYtbkAVhTfcWjfELMti1CdLhWcJiQF55LfxIz7k-XGxu-EPO-dgZbvwo1Zwas/s960/ny2.038.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjASIA1wbVMFSL1AH4mSu5qGDFGnyDsqV82XWNhHIiR0BOKBghQU1qplg7DHhk6GE8ABVYqrvVmU5qKGOrod7aKexO1SuRpA1qLFoKkMATdKc2THKRsoL9kTQGcjSRAYtbkAVhTfcWjfELMti1CdLhWcJiQF55LfxIz7k-XGxu-EPO-dgZbvwo1Zwas/s320/ny2.038.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Zff2X8JA1NDxDFFBZoWaHBkR_-kAYhMj5l3wb-5rRZ6l93mWltuT_01rwlOskmpoXZDHzv2SXX70-NZm6HYHcYMN1QVkKDpVuzx6IcDP_tCxzenEZ0CUpeTSh_aDnyqWcU-m3Zz_P_DMigLTnrsNWgEos3G2HtG4HXRGtnQgsURhFg64ADGveJuQ/s960/ny2.040.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Zff2X8JA1NDxDFFBZoWaHBkR_-kAYhMj5l3wb-5rRZ6l93mWltuT_01rwlOskmpoXZDHzv2SXX70-NZm6HYHcYMN1QVkKDpVuzx6IcDP_tCxzenEZ0CUpeTSh_aDnyqWcU-m3Zz_P_DMigLTnrsNWgEos3G2HtG4HXRGtnQgsURhFg64ADGveJuQ/s320/ny2.040.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This is a Rubens. There were also Van Dykes and so, so many others. I really wish I'd taken pictures of everything. It was amazing! All these paintings and artists I've heard about my whole life- right there!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXhpyTO-lmZRG080LU6BMd8OmObm2bshbHCECz_A-0-CIranvr7Ku4WgESSpFTFWED-8pcSi2rJWrWkuIJC7TMsndiiO5k98G6ijoIRmFpurWMBXwHQb1706TuQMQWx82rekCI11cqk8fvWPqyEFkQdju5PJAnmhIP4i9oEOiplSPiSPqKdmGY3pSI/s960/ny2.041.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXhpyTO-lmZRG080LU6BMd8OmObm2bshbHCECz_A-0-CIranvr7Ku4WgESSpFTFWED-8pcSi2rJWrWkuIJC7TMsndiiO5k98G6ijoIRmFpurWMBXwHQb1706TuQMQWx82rekCI11cqk8fvWPqyEFkQdju5PJAnmhIP4i9oEOiplSPiSPqKdmGY3pSI/s320/ny2.041.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>As we made our way to the American Art Exhibit I was on the hunt for a particular sculpture. I am related to the artist, Cyrus E Dallin and I learned before going that one of his pieces was on display there. We searched and searched and I finally found it in a room that was blocked off. D'oh! Because they were short handed, a lot of rooms were closed off. But I could *see* it. So I asked a worker there if she could accompany me into the room so I could see it. She didn't want to- for fear of losing her job- and I totally don't blame her. The compromise was that she took my phone in and took a picture of it for me. <br /><br /></div><div>This is Appeal to the Great Spirit. Fun fact, a copy of this sculpture is in the White House collection and President Clinton had it in the Oval Office. I was excited to see it- even it was from the doorway across the room. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8H0QSBbWOBarAT5bwsK8jkwgDnS7f_gheLWDIWERSl9Xivsb5T9wKLx_DwYNvG_SShoVEWBFEEABe84-hHM-1hjPn3tdmtFP5MSVgkWjwWxgacPrWALqp-Yrte0ASuOqiL2WCOr-omrGoOvPFW0zTQtK-v9fJJ3taaOLneJZUUkePObBg96nSikhr/s960/ny2.042.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8H0QSBbWOBarAT5bwsK8jkwgDnS7f_gheLWDIWERSl9Xivsb5T9wKLx_DwYNvG_SShoVEWBFEEABe84-hHM-1hjPn3tdmtFP5MSVgkWjwWxgacPrWALqp-Yrte0ASuOqiL2WCOr-omrGoOvPFW0zTQtK-v9fJJ3taaOLneJZUUkePObBg96nSikhr/s320/ny2.042.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We were running out of time and we were barely half way through the museum! We ran through weaponry- this is Henry XIII's field armor. I've seen his dress armor at the Tower of London and his size, it seems, never diminished. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjusWc41eOagTtmojA1FYpdvvAXZLFmMr-_-HmgXaPUsXo-qqbUdIv7pUzPwwiOPOsXxspjzMw68yAkb9Ya6Qfq_iVnvwp5_qWkSN2gCqLsCA7rvFqWp7WVbANrp-Va8mtu-e34Q81gyFIgCDJx_HM2eRAOwVOs6YFDGmZGqafScFhOBLu-BON7C6LW/s960/ny2.044.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjusWc41eOagTtmojA1FYpdvvAXZLFmMr-_-HmgXaPUsXo-qqbUdIv7pUzPwwiOPOsXxspjzMw68yAkb9Ya6Qfq_iVnvwp5_qWkSN2gCqLsCA7rvFqWp7WVbANrp-Va8mtu-e34Q81gyFIgCDJx_HM2eRAOwVOs6YFDGmZGqafScFhOBLu-BON7C6LW/s320/ny2.044.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We ran through the Egyptian section. I had just finished watching Moon Night so I would have liked to have had more time here, but they were sounding the closing bell. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhO-42HdKXx1BVGU-2YHk5-FqPsjl93kfJ84z5LSKL-6LldQWXhElzRiKd0-NFiNav17TOyO8GzUdBuPkODLaklfy-2-yACR88VoQ4NrEJdpFh4JbjZMFdXPYSNUfRtVNYRZBh3KtW1s34c9ijtaMCURow8Knsz6bv7Gm53qiDe1xt5VZ2EEyDfX7W/s960/ny2.045.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhO-42HdKXx1BVGU-2YHk5-FqPsjl93kfJ84z5LSKL-6LldQWXhElzRiKd0-NFiNav17TOyO8GzUdBuPkODLaklfy-2-yACR88VoQ4NrEJdpFh4JbjZMFdXPYSNUfRtVNYRZBh3KtW1s34c9ijtaMCURow8Knsz6bv7Gm53qiDe1xt5VZ2EEyDfX7W/s320/ny2.045.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhro_rktKC4xAcpzCxtn1ChFBOdB-LzBzzqY5b1egcZaiB3AId-gF7Opp-uUrwbk_VT9EXS7L-rLH6bn9udTHoQdcHaJJ9pvVMpuCd5M1lwsTOk_K7dTJ0-DDaPS5d2SmVPMn76-EuQlVDWDZPQLk8ZSQ5WUBUuh5toTCkLlFZL6b5MZfbUXc1Hmc5S/s960/ny2.046.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhro_rktKC4xAcpzCxtn1ChFBOdB-LzBzzqY5b1egcZaiB3AId-gF7Opp-uUrwbk_VT9EXS7L-rLH6bn9udTHoQdcHaJJ9pvVMpuCd5M1lwsTOk_K7dTJ0-DDaPS5d2SmVPMn76-EuQlVDWDZPQLk8ZSQ5WUBUuh5toTCkLlFZL6b5MZfbUXc1Hmc5S/s320/ny2.046.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJZSSafJijGlnBwSLVKNU9Bq-qZ2iADc8T3Gyx-wWv81bfzUIAyRvi0rGMqBLbJUBa_1zcm2KnsjgwkCFEVy1YEx45f9TBMXUC19QSlYvVclHRz8AjwlGadyHxYeN2uxcOYRud8SGb3PXs5G8fS71kN8VIGX6GaQBLNvELuQ-ZY5YtiT0q9P4IIS15/s960/ny2.047.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJZSSafJijGlnBwSLVKNU9Bq-qZ2iADc8T3Gyx-wWv81bfzUIAyRvi0rGMqBLbJUBa_1zcm2KnsjgwkCFEVy1YEx45f9TBMXUC19QSlYvVclHRz8AjwlGadyHxYeN2uxcOYRud8SGb3PXs5G8fS71kN8VIGX6GaQBLNvELuQ-ZY5YtiT0q9P4IIS15/s320/ny2.047.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This is the Temple of Dendur. The ethics of removing all these antiquities nags at the corners of my brain, but I guess there's no other way I'd ever get to see them because it's not likely I'll end up in ancient Egypt anytime soon. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUbto1e8rPDa1CvmJ6wiszR2ex5ctLjPH3x0CLpcNmp-ICeB7RxLL8awMS-_qb4hfKAc4stInUpMeO6dSpNnfC_w6IGp8hL898L5hpoY_OO1ywpnuMbn58cF05pPd46_zcLj7PpJsKjcL4XMy_KA_O4hQkyKqIDwFWfZD_dolP61Tsyz2gh3AXObCp/s960/ny2.048.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUbto1e8rPDa1CvmJ6wiszR2ex5ctLjPH3x0CLpcNmp-ICeB7RxLL8awMS-_qb4hfKAc4stInUpMeO6dSpNnfC_w6IGp8hL898L5hpoY_OO1ywpnuMbn58cF05pPd46_zcLj7PpJsKjcL4XMy_KA_O4hQkyKqIDwFWfZD_dolP61Tsyz2gh3AXObCp/s320/ny2.048.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZIwXCrSN-fSTpR9FLAC2AOn5l420CLGEPAoXLRGPhZDZPYgVNU2rP0X_Fe4yLZOqshjosFR2CDBNxySfJw-nTnlANL-ouh7uJyRdQPCm2Kpg2ueSA8ntnntGG8DJq-7okXzDo5wpFWxsgVGaTP_SzIaZ-u2S7NZXoCciYk9MYEAVcSyBn6OZyBcp/s960/ny2.049.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZIwXCrSN-fSTpR9FLAC2AOn5l420CLGEPAoXLRGPhZDZPYgVNU2rP0X_Fe4yLZOqshjosFR2CDBNxySfJw-nTnlANL-ouh7uJyRdQPCm2Kpg2ueSA8ntnntGG8DJq-7okXzDo5wpFWxsgVGaTP_SzIaZ-u2S7NZXoCciYk9MYEAVcSyBn6OZyBcp/s320/ny2.049.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73PuC-RmXJtUyofHOAt8SehyvEcvuNciAqBeBMbhv-Byp03Slkq4AGrJuAHpDSxAfTVimRRv1msFEufmnLd56o14dNvXTvbMUo9EMFFOoek4_uBnvDAFTsRC7gK381GdLyRonmiBIZNwdZ0kBFl9jOhpjcub422G8HSDZczeYh3oJTngsdmRUOGPm/s960/ny2.050.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73PuC-RmXJtUyofHOAt8SehyvEcvuNciAqBeBMbhv-Byp03Slkq4AGrJuAHpDSxAfTVimRRv1msFEufmnLd56o14dNvXTvbMUo9EMFFOoek4_uBnvDAFTsRC7gK381GdLyRonmiBIZNwdZ0kBFl9jOhpjcub422G8HSDZczeYh3oJTngsdmRUOGPm/s320/ny2.050.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The last thing I geeked out over- the dumbest thing- was this quilt coat. I am a fan of the fashion from the Met Gala and I remembered seeing this coat made from a thrifted quilt worn by A$AP Rockey in 2021.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcEMm3TWFRjCGCnsqv0x_Y5uiLWzlm6pu_82EvvOfMZP5aNx_iZ3kb-EP1cHw9F2Jlm6R2T1Es7U2Anoe8KwUUu7n9Krycs7cT1fjY8tc5mm21RwnjEWewhGVHj40HFbGyg5jojpzSDuy-tlNO4Io6-9F4Hp-zkKBJgAonkNH03v2UCB_tOdrnHpmA/s960/ny2.051.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcEMm3TWFRjCGCnsqv0x_Y5uiLWzlm6pu_82EvvOfMZP5aNx_iZ3kb-EP1cHw9F2Jlm6R2T1Es7U2Anoe8KwUUu7n9Krycs7cT1fjY8tc5mm21RwnjEWewhGVHj40HFbGyg5jojpzSDuy-tlNO4Io6-9F4Hp-zkKBJgAonkNH03v2UCB_tOdrnHpmA/s320/ny2.051.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipPGoF7SyWP5HnonheLM5kubNxAPHxLCjHZu4pE4Ljh-96lUX0bVWPtpU8GpPumvM1eAdHG7lAqSNNuCNBmywGqk0jLo6dJaVm8YC74e7_iQNctoyQvy48-ymWsElWXbz5OcLWW_NsdXLqxNzW9woKiGeHLRC1kCKPJtFTFEeZtttyOwimK3836nt8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="321" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipPGoF7SyWP5HnonheLM5kubNxAPHxLCjHZu4pE4Ljh-96lUX0bVWPtpU8GpPumvM1eAdHG7lAqSNNuCNBmywGqk0jLo6dJaVm8YC74e7_iQNctoyQvy48-ymWsElWXbz5OcLWW_NsdXLqxNzW9woKiGeHLRC1kCKPJtFTFEeZtttyOwimK3836nt8" width="167" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">We spent six hours in the Met and still barely made it half way through. So, I'm gonna have to plan another trip to see the rest of it- and the Natural History Museum. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">By this time, our feet were killing- but we still had a lot of walking to do! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We walked through central park for a while. The park is kind of a miracle. You're in the middle of this crazy city- but it was so peaceful. Except for the occasional siren, you would have never known you were in crazy place!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There we so many beautiful things to see. The flowers were lovely. I wish I knew what any of them were. ha! </div><div><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKJVWG8R6FIA7gbdvP1Fa3CpaycHbBbX0oMNmF3IlZjgVE1lqNaFbyT4TQ2pROAxU85u3Z3LCvGZaSVfwWRMEVva9QoEl3ewAA4eBaQFoAtBQj_ETddeiwQ-6ACSsOYwM8UMWg-Ey1EWfvpAKHcfZF2rXeUBceJxb86PbvCGrINtsI5F8suc8xaG0/s960/ny2.052.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKJVWG8R6FIA7gbdvP1Fa3CpaycHbBbX0oMNmF3IlZjgVE1lqNaFbyT4TQ2pROAxU85u3Z3LCvGZaSVfwWRMEVva9QoEl3ewAA4eBaQFoAtBQj_ETddeiwQ-6ACSsOYwM8UMWg-Ey1EWfvpAKHcfZF2rXeUBceJxb86PbvCGrINtsI5F8suc8xaG0/s320/ny2.052.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAHiQ_h-iW0sjALC6D5nNPNa69o6PlswgEtbre0FyUROzUrbLxAZEKkLR_kAPLeD4x-6fzQlr7-3aAdeMWqzKuDuk6YaUxyIV-0LBtuwWuMWROKCQwbo1ct4HlVstf8L3-usMpG43QEoTjULypEkeE3cWS2m67Mtqe3WdJiZ0ewxsIn9FsomwHIIpD/s960/ny2.053.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAHiQ_h-iW0sjALC6D5nNPNa69o6PlswgEtbre0FyUROzUrbLxAZEKkLR_kAPLeD4x-6fzQlr7-3aAdeMWqzKuDuk6YaUxyIV-0LBtuwWuMWROKCQwbo1ct4HlVstf8L3-usMpG43QEoTjULypEkeE3cWS2m67Mtqe3WdJiZ0ewxsIn9FsomwHIIpD/s320/ny2.053.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifLwJWcLXsfBGUdy5bKqkFa8EafXuVamlWoNEzGLBTdkH_82OtDryVzhTBsFSeA5kTLlciJnb2U_GtjIIIJXhyJm4RX2O7ZEu3hFGF_6F-KtJK8Jg37V16ms-su5GVsMz_GgSL3uV3hGgdNXD0QX2qIiiNPh7gGxYUUKqu09A3BKx_CSlGRxFZR_d/s960/ny2.054.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifLwJWcLXsfBGUdy5bKqkFa8EafXuVamlWoNEzGLBTdkH_82OtDryVzhTBsFSeA5kTLlciJnb2U_GtjIIIJXhyJm4RX2O7ZEu3hFGF_6F-KtJK8Jg37V16ms-su5GVsMz_GgSL3uV3hGgdNXD0QX2qIiiNPh7gGxYUUKqu09A3BKx_CSlGRxFZR_d/s320/ny2.054.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3WJXjQCBxdMpR-pFRUbiaYGmZuYMoxxjjSwaYeG68sUWv1ETh144tTY5fpCSk9bgns6DzxSMloQv32jcGwvCNyQM4HGKgyGdQtnJIAET-tbnbGB4bE29Ya0sp2tjN2QvQhphVuPD2Zgr-AHSmqZPGtv7H8sqCTljyNhnMLNiIMJM1CAWiN86tLYtC/s960/ny2.055.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3WJXjQCBxdMpR-pFRUbiaYGmZuYMoxxjjSwaYeG68sUWv1ETh144tTY5fpCSk9bgns6DzxSMloQv32jcGwvCNyQM4HGKgyGdQtnJIAET-tbnbGB4bE29Ya0sp2tjN2QvQhphVuPD2Zgr-AHSmqZPGtv7H8sqCTljyNhnMLNiIMJM1CAWiN86tLYtC/s320/ny2.055.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We made sure to go by Bethesda Fountain. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz688zlyCktAQ96AieylNL7ROAtmd0munO1iOhY_unTQtp3W7otrlukXCt_vUwGpKhy_DLjg91mFXc3MjX49YE_ncOfgQ0pa0JByv_XrSW1yMFKGKAcG6ppHejx9qsIE-4ocOVH2yh8JX_HyUHotYRp537bKxxadIy5U-bXgtSIl6aAFpOwaBQlYBm/s960/ny2.056.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz688zlyCktAQ96AieylNL7ROAtmd0munO1iOhY_unTQtp3W7otrlukXCt_vUwGpKhy_DLjg91mFXc3MjX49YE_ncOfgQ0pa0JByv_XrSW1yMFKGKAcG6ppHejx9qsIE-4ocOVH2yh8JX_HyUHotYRp537bKxxadIy5U-bXgtSIl6aAFpOwaBQlYBm/s320/ny2.056.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>And this tree was probably the most beautiful. My picture doesn't do it justice. The whole tree was purple with blossoms. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-p4MCMwMDuL9CiyumWusDZrLm-CHJM9BWOFX5aLnJvS1is53AGAIpLAHg4RDe4ACDgGrshF7ZWzn5qpaGqRbvRVWwT7RONWJj6oDLraxO-7WP-GiY1u4gzLj2C4AsR-heszxxvytGl_qItsm40nBLQdddbImGOxLK0aT92jStC-ppTQ9fOpJRFHT/s960/ny2.057.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-p4MCMwMDuL9CiyumWusDZrLm-CHJM9BWOFX5aLnJvS1is53AGAIpLAHg4RDe4ACDgGrshF7ZWzn5qpaGqRbvRVWwT7RONWJj6oDLraxO-7WP-GiY1u4gzLj2C4AsR-heszxxvytGl_qItsm40nBLQdddbImGOxLK0aT92jStC-ppTQ9fOpJRFHT/s320/ny2.057.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We also walked up to Belvedere castle but somehow I didn't get any photos of it. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOG3PrEvDX7TN5eKjOmZrVLXW9oe9TyKp34cyFi56KpSJp-rzIKw-ZH3Wa9pJnfeNxUuh4Aj0A7UH_M6lIFa8h5DqP2CVnRpQ5E1aVX42pYvWThaBGC20mhozBEYk2S3VpDaHh9mwXsK7WNvJHiV89TwwUKWcrEW1iyVArvHAC7XJQf0VYEuSToID/s960/ny2.058.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOG3PrEvDX7TN5eKjOmZrVLXW9oe9TyKp34cyFi56KpSJp-rzIKw-ZH3Wa9pJnfeNxUuh4Aj0A7UH_M6lIFa8h5DqP2CVnRpQ5E1aVX42pYvWThaBGC20mhozBEYk2S3VpDaHh9mwXsK7WNvJHiV89TwwUKWcrEW1iyVArvHAC7XJQf0VYEuSToID/s320/ny2.058.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We found our way over to Strawberry Fields. Pot is legal in New York and everyone made sure to sit here and smoke it. Oi! We walked through quickly to avoid second-hand high. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5U1XTuv5EYt-ZqPsLrkSdM6dBk8s6RIEDiqDdZ571VYhGL6wI8n_xWmbVeLDmeyO848LgzhODRRFUNBaUsLQmXYazdNRpx0U4AcEKnVzqQtWDwBpCTDhN2D6oHJ15LTnzuQONgdZWj0NS50NtH-YbW2dIkLUOEGrhb_QJ8yugrR0avJ3AnTvs_Ycn/s960/ny2.059.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5U1XTuv5EYt-ZqPsLrkSdM6dBk8s6RIEDiqDdZ571VYhGL6wI8n_xWmbVeLDmeyO848LgzhODRRFUNBaUsLQmXYazdNRpx0U4AcEKnVzqQtWDwBpCTDhN2D6oHJ15LTnzuQONgdZWj0NS50NtH-YbW2dIkLUOEGrhb_QJ8yugrR0avJ3AnTvs_Ycn/s320/ny2.059.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQlsRRrbd6PyPMhxqtcpVElJytlc4vNzsy9syRsPOYl7LMHSrERHH1su_5hxtzwbR7KiJs3zt1kp56gq5-oX9qzODj9_9oMfDx8gPK8fuZsa5dJs8TtVq1-vJ1opstucL3OEqb-QUmqHimFiBWrzeopcxoRDSIx_BnR-j0fw-ThvIlETXCKUrrDx96/s960/ny2.060.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQlsRRrbd6PyPMhxqtcpVElJytlc4vNzsy9syRsPOYl7LMHSrERHH1su_5hxtzwbR7KiJs3zt1kp56gq5-oX9qzODj9_9oMfDx8gPK8fuZsa5dJs8TtVq1-vJ1opstucL3OEqb-QUmqHimFiBWrzeopcxoRDSIx_BnR-j0fw-ThvIlETXCKUrrDx96/s320/ny2.060.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>One of Kristen's favorite haunts is the little hole-in-the-wall cookie place. Oh my gosh- this cookie was amazing! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPy6WfZZ_gQFT8BNYL6mVm_odwGxJY4X4ixsDJfXxwA0wBBzeeBVS5J9-SlWQEOaCXZ7qH8PdZ77i7t_BfSsCSz0ui5HxQwoQBZ_YA7lX3dRUhJ_FyWTcTCQflYS-2kOVhGRR5324kY80IrMLjpivZwghU5cDYFHEbeGE_UDvOtlaZ6SP4ACyANBqx/s960/ny2.061.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPy6WfZZ_gQFT8BNYL6mVm_odwGxJY4X4ixsDJfXxwA0wBBzeeBVS5J9-SlWQEOaCXZ7qH8PdZ77i7t_BfSsCSz0ui5HxQwoQBZ_YA7lX3dRUhJ_FyWTcTCQflYS-2kOVhGRR5324kY80IrMLjpivZwghU5cDYFHEbeGE_UDvOtlaZ6SP4ACyANBqx/s320/ny2.061.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We walked down the street and found the Manhattan Temple. We did not make an appointment for anything, but I still wanted to see it. By this time we both reeeeeally needed a loo- so we asked the security guard- yes- there is a security guard- if we could go to the church upstairs and use the loo. </div><div><br /></div><div>Once again, I wish I'd been better about taking pictures. They had amazing Book of Mormon art that I've never seen before. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-4kRoP7TtXrXsX1OgjBc5j56a5kyFdXyoJlGsIpmJMs7i36P3__ooREvg3ax4hm4ErA0HKSqzpYEBTnP5vb05BieOXID3eu1FkCOtdRYXIF3u9u5Hx3MJlyN_mSseGi6BwKotcmjjOm_YQ-CmNd_VtO9Nf07XlLNpyGjlZsUqetL4mK_kXxAm8W6d/s960/ny2.062.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-4kRoP7TtXrXsX1OgjBc5j56a5kyFdXyoJlGsIpmJMs7i36P3__ooREvg3ax4hm4ErA0HKSqzpYEBTnP5vb05BieOXID3eu1FkCOtdRYXIF3u9u5Hx3MJlyN_mSseGi6BwKotcmjjOm_YQ-CmNd_VtO9Nf07XlLNpyGjlZsUqetL4mK_kXxAm8W6d/s320/ny2.062.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I get to check another temple off my list. Next time I'll make sure to take time to go inside, but for now, this was close enough. </div><div><br /></div>I was at the meeting where President Hinckley announced the Manhattan Temple so I was happy to see it. It's so strange- right there in the middle of the city- no temple grounds- no flowers or landscaping. Just there- on a street corner. Right where it belongs. A little oasis. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4qcQywpgkooPd7wrZeYlyz_h2Zc84qfcwebM2A-uOWtwGISfZO41VNauouroAfnVrt8c8wHh0k6926lkt4FAzMh7LCtsfpiHxrCFHwvdnGekuCvlrdkVFNK-09ErJG7yGX5V08aVFTZxP7TMEksKjLzh9r3p6Bmb79xQQmpXsPWrIQQ5xLDmWGCT/s960/ny2.063.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4qcQywpgkooPd7wrZeYlyz_h2Zc84qfcwebM2A-uOWtwGISfZO41VNauouroAfnVrt8c8wHh0k6926lkt4FAzMh7LCtsfpiHxrCFHwvdnGekuCvlrdkVFNK-09ErJG7yGX5V08aVFTZxP7TMEksKjLzh9r3p6Bmb79xQQmpXsPWrIQQ5xLDmWGCT/w150-h200/ny2.063.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgifjHLgJS1XW7LjhSbZPw1XnZHDGwRyDCEk0TLWZqqh1gBR8L-0OaXrEiSKo54zL5kiaLorf7KQGPFfpPUaD9IHxy9meBHB4CgdHxVdglEgp9ptHrO6EPMmKeY2g5ZiiOCbY4QNsbyFPYcMqlVQ6wc83aKWvSTU4TKo_X6Tbgl4KT7v1J8RRjucAFQ/s960/ny2.064.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgifjHLgJS1XW7LjhSbZPw1XnZHDGwRyDCEk0TLWZqqh1gBR8L-0OaXrEiSKo54zL5kiaLorf7KQGPFfpPUaD9IHxy9meBHB4CgdHxVdglEgp9ptHrO6EPMmKeY2g5ZiiOCbY4QNsbyFPYcMqlVQ6wc83aKWvSTU4TKo_X6Tbgl4KT7v1J8RRjucAFQ/w150-h200/ny2.064.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4qcQywpgkooPd7wrZeYlyz_h2Zc84qfcwebM2A-uOWtwGISfZO41VNauouroAfnVrt8c8wHh0k6926lkt4FAzMh7LCtsfpiHxrCFHwvdnGekuCvlrdkVFNK-09ErJG7yGX5V08aVFTZxP7TMEksKjLzh9r3p6Bmb79xQQmpXsPWrIQQ5xLDmWGCT/s960/ny2.063.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0AVNKqN71OSvHBupR7_ss1uZW9MADqOxg6Mq77ns8apjyCi-Sllpow2aHH5Y20UKKnJ8_NSiGuIMGvGSPyyGraxXhmMUThL36pItzoAMC-ASgdI5FUo5kn4EYFA-BX59Gx8jFofLoz06FMaXMboaQz4_r7WI71a69gzebQJ8_ONIBP6bzuR4Iwa9L/s960/ny2.065.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0AVNKqN71OSvHBupR7_ss1uZW9MADqOxg6Mq77ns8apjyCi-Sllpow2aHH5Y20UKKnJ8_NSiGuIMGvGSPyyGraxXhmMUThL36pItzoAMC-ASgdI5FUo5kn4EYFA-BX59Gx8jFofLoz06FMaXMboaQz4_r7WI71a69gzebQJ8_ONIBP6bzuR4Iwa9L/w150-h200/ny2.065.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQIg4zcDKEODFe6Sdar22JKtRTU-M4ChCL8xiektktjxApjx_nRRzOFXNduYbQ-wkOiiDf96jbmNWIcWraxhRQNyfmOfmQ6vYyOkPMsanWrTEA0dLlK2V2aDLgoCVaj1bV1yuPwNCFty9i1iSVDv6QOvPPuqWQEzZXxQdmwnGDY7wUEde3J-hDTC2n/s960/ny2.066.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQIg4zcDKEODFe6Sdar22JKtRTU-M4ChCL8xiektktjxApjx_nRRzOFXNduYbQ-wkOiiDf96jbmNWIcWraxhRQNyfmOfmQ6vYyOkPMsanWrTEA0dLlK2V2aDLgoCVaj1bV1yuPwNCFty9i1iSVDv6QOvPPuqWQEzZXxQdmwnGDY7wUEde3J-hDTC2n/w150-h200/ny2.066.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was only too delighted to walk a block or so down the road and come upon Sesame Street! After all that sophisticated, fancy-pants art, the next few pictures are really going to show the 5 year old hidden inside. </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/AVvXsEgBHoundDbecVcZXwiNmScn1olCATYMzVm_56XnyWsvmCofaUADT9FmazYG8aMedPWUPk-Z-3r9byIUQVDgY8RTUuHHYZEDSsIiQ6zGkkxZxZG-jO9lug8RXyva6QqF5Mw2RWAeakJ5QETcBLM6ism4iPheY2w5EUJ-qj85RvcbI4dac8vdTymZlTUd/s960/ny2.067.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBHoundDbecVcZXwiNmScn1olCATYMzVm_56XnyWsvmCofaUADT9FmazYG8aMedPWUPk-Z-3r9byIUQVDgY8RTUuHHYZEDSsIiQ6zGkkxZxZG-jO9lug8RXyva6QqF5Mw2RWAeakJ5QETcBLM6ism4iPheY2w5EUJ-qj85RvcbI4dac8vdTymZlTUd/s320/ny2.067.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7smAgOh7m_TPTs93uRinKIPXBGFe_o13A6D6V01vPhK9IXBKjeGoi7UDOdZMw6ptmFGs7KNIynLTansTvn5QxXzGF4Tbi7P9uv3ssWeoovYb5KW8d4cLQ_d8atRBvyZDDlTBq0DEQdAi0EjpXrKLSvMxrMMNl00KA0NOqPExbY8tV_MNt3vyrxHg3/s960/ny2.068.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7smAgOh7m_TPTs93uRinKIPXBGFe_o13A6D6V01vPhK9IXBKjeGoi7UDOdZMw6ptmFGs7KNIynLTansTvn5QxXzGF4Tbi7P9uv3ssWeoovYb5KW8d4cLQ_d8atRBvyZDDlTBq0DEQdAi0EjpXrKLSvMxrMMNl00KA0NOqPExbY8tV_MNt3vyrxHg3/s320/ny2.068.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We continued our way downtown. We were on our way to Rockefeller Square when we passed the building where the Tonight Show is filmed. It's right next to Radio City Music Hall where I sang "Let's Go to the Movies" to myself and did a little Rockette kick... uh... in my mind, that is. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUuYbHcMKO9W6tBkxMlQhmYN-N9N4_mkG6RrLGLZd3ORokPHeS_BCyifFjrss8X4H9WtEUtG6hGka0iShbSU8FkLniooWDbmajGtlYrB8TvnKh9xBSCKHbhs9fZDmXOd5XrVvo5yFQYDl3Uba74EVAAqXhEFvmb7P4SxV9-nHa_Y73mg1hU5TlOS_f/s960/ny2.069.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUuYbHcMKO9W6tBkxMlQhmYN-N9N4_mkG6RrLGLZd3ORokPHeS_BCyifFjrss8X4H9WtEUtG6hGka0iShbSU8FkLniooWDbmajGtlYrB8TvnKh9xBSCKHbhs9fZDmXOd5XrVvo5yFQYDl3Uba74EVAAqXhEFvmb7P4SxV9-nHa_Y73mg1hU5TlOS_f/s320/ny2.069.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYLOcQ2NN6_l1ypMaXBjcK0eGfOB4yoWHtC9Dtlh4KN0cidco_-BRwQzdJPuogKRtOlYeOuENEFTBd6sLXrb9v5VYDspxDWFFII1O-igy373XcRohp9ASosL_p70q-21ZllBmej9HTOzE5DElA1C6A-GCUhrpXzWeNlQlUdeEKSmKTVw3B2A_pTNH/s960/ny2.070.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYLOcQ2NN6_l1ypMaXBjcK0eGfOB4yoWHtC9Dtlh4KN0cidco_-BRwQzdJPuogKRtOlYeOuENEFTBd6sLXrb9v5VYDspxDWFFII1O-igy373XcRohp9ASosL_p70q-21ZllBmej9HTOzE5DElA1C6A-GCUhrpXzWeNlQlUdeEKSmKTVw3B2A_pTNH/s320/ny2.070.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We also passed Christie's. So many times has this place been in headlines. I just think of all the amazing things that have passed through there. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9zu6sSY5Cnhf_xGOYO0UQYUCGbC5rojFJg0gPsPwN0_KVJUwIxEYySXsp8Mh9gKbrzYSpNtTkXMQI-XRXIg5I5oMA-9iKqas4kr4kpE9G_LxkmvdKsWzKTDScPCzdZmtMX7L3RKq8saH488Sg8oQaZnxxAeUXVBG8GU7WGbtf88HRi8IX9WKmvkjs/s960/ny2.071.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9zu6sSY5Cnhf_xGOYO0UQYUCGbC5rojFJg0gPsPwN0_KVJUwIxEYySXsp8Mh9gKbrzYSpNtTkXMQI-XRXIg5I5oMA-9iKqas4kr4kpE9G_LxkmvdKsWzKTDScPCzdZmtMX7L3RKq8saH488Sg8oQaZnxxAeUXVBG8GU7WGbtf88HRi8IX9WKmvkjs/s320/ny2.071.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I also got a little over excited when we went by FAO Schwarz. I thought they'd all closed so I was happy to see this one still exists. It was closed for the day- but just being by the door was enough to make me grin like an idiot. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif-rXAWnuQhf-v9-rjCBzrUJ5pFyhGTN-xQSzMyexMBApIp-HHoKQ2W8LzxAYrPAEkX91Z8rtsbubPJ8HjCu1DkxvQpRzwaANUyotARA4DRNU6QP3fW-cF3wkP6T557ZDMw9OKax7F8kgd3BvyIuDSb3oKMoNgVYJUKeMeXFD3tb0Pn3ya7QGq__-Z/s960/ny2.072.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif-rXAWnuQhf-v9-rjCBzrUJ5pFyhGTN-xQSzMyexMBApIp-HHoKQ2W8LzxAYrPAEkX91Z8rtsbubPJ8HjCu1DkxvQpRzwaANUyotARA4DRNU6QP3fW-cF3wkP6T557ZDMw9OKax7F8kgd3BvyIuDSb3oKMoNgVYJUKeMeXFD3tb0Pn3ya7QGq__-Z/s320/ny2.072.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We finally made it to Rockefeller Plaza. I didn't realize they had skating year round. I knew they did the ice skating in winter- but I guess the rest of the time it's roller skating. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaKEr6cPlQLuxRbrXc_fKwg-TEaFJ9P_uVUXNHGRchbqTBjp7Dj08bxm7nX4jxTv6iwNOn21GKV3zt1f48ftDcIlTPFd7sGrnYt9bT105eC_JJKCXOSSv9WMG9ipGkcrZWm76_610xAR3lqmhnW83DXmj2M_b0ehzhNnW4udb6YyYE3KLhaLVuo7-_/s960/ny2.073.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaKEr6cPlQLuxRbrXc_fKwg-TEaFJ9P_uVUXNHGRchbqTBjp7Dj08bxm7nX4jxTv6iwNOn21GKV3zt1f48ftDcIlTPFd7sGrnYt9bT105eC_JJKCXOSSv9WMG9ipGkcrZWm76_610xAR3lqmhnW83DXmj2M_b0ehzhNnW4udb6YyYE3KLhaLVuo7-_/s320/ny2.073.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyhp5EMKP9VYUERm4op2SmtYkes2LwEsRqu6jOd1lFndwh7cd2UHP9_RWN6Cgnz9GfwQMLdxxNnOpSquNWXtg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikc1TkAZJHQ1ChmTiyZ4bgqyUSXbAjtRFqyxopKmwIBuEo_kgsinDZgXB1y_s05Mj3G0ucDVrn4VsuUc625Laww1Yl9b20pyQh11T0bq0inNCaX2pOQBTPqkfcAmTs-AQGtehlMwvqFjJlolXyAkD3yBL28D1Z57WB30xYtpcIs4ofsy8vLkIXiVDK/s960/ny2.075.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikc1TkAZJHQ1ChmTiyZ4bgqyUSXbAjtRFqyxopKmwIBuEo_kgsinDZgXB1y_s05Mj3G0ucDVrn4VsuUc625Laww1Yl9b20pyQh11T0bq0inNCaX2pOQBTPqkfcAmTs-AQGtehlMwvqFjJlolXyAkD3yBL28D1Z57WB30xYtpcIs4ofsy8vLkIXiVDK/s320/ny2.075.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>There she is: 30 Rock. No Liz Lemmon, no Jack Donaghy, but still, it was fun to see with my own eyes.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGwo4eefE6OrIpTkacDdqUVAK0ZhDzEB--ooWahl00LjLeE9dhMhGqPitRlZGfcepwrmNr6INVqI4_xfUBare3J2c-G9eGtg-3n_KALwnxxAtSA25UyqOFxz-XVaUp_3m67fJlFm0zJwJ0P8wfQx2K9mcmyA0CqpWJW11r8Wfvxm5HwFS7QSeMk71j/s960/ny2.076.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGwo4eefE6OrIpTkacDdqUVAK0ZhDzEB--ooWahl00LjLeE9dhMhGqPitRlZGfcepwrmNr6INVqI4_xfUBare3J2c-G9eGtg-3n_KALwnxxAtSA25UyqOFxz-XVaUp_3m67fJlFm0zJwJ0P8wfQx2K9mcmyA0CqpWJW11r8Wfvxm5HwFS7QSeMk71j/s320/ny2.076.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Also on the plaza was the studio for NBC news. You can peep through the windows and see where they film the Today Show. I could have been one of the weirdos jumping around outside the window! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8feqd4yRq2mjoVR_ae4VC2KQbY2l6CEub54imgQvV_IKQ8EN8c7Ybkn6siT64FsZ_97nP3OZDlFr1ePYTqSZelhzWa2sCSYEyU8NaFAVIZV1bWj3cHzAc9U3YAx3OsDbSa8fSxmQBfjYdHBFcmb5UCbL7nbzLJSN6ndwRVAv57ovhxq0bWoUTABKJ/s960/ny2.077.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8feqd4yRq2mjoVR_ae4VC2KQbY2l6CEub54imgQvV_IKQ8EN8c7Ybkn6siT64FsZ_97nP3OZDlFr1ePYTqSZelhzWa2sCSYEyU8NaFAVIZV1bWj3cHzAc9U3YAx3OsDbSa8fSxmQBfjYdHBFcmb5UCbL7nbzLJSN6ndwRVAv57ovhxq0bWoUTABKJ/s320/ny2.077.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We walked on down to Time's Square. I wanted to see it all lit up at night. And I did. It's another one of those iconic places that you feel like you just *have* to see. Well. I've seen it. I don't ever have to go back. I can NOT imagine wanting to be there on new year's eve. Bleh. I was there on a Tuesday in May and it was bad enough. It was cool to see the lights and banners flashing- but there was far too much humanity for my taste- and the whole place smelled like pot. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEd1fH7PShrmADJHvaTUWNyXnG4EKu68Jss6BxVwwxBc9AH15Wa0tfGCsDwdOexcwg7vmtskvpAqhlhIx2dp63kO4cDKNhpVrVZSdwBP7zcdu6_KE6KPIhbCB13af-KDhhgUBWcv1pLLREDjfSofiSbGeekxr9SitEzdu1Tt6jQWVsyxpiGbtTAsJC/s960/ny2.078.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEd1fH7PShrmADJHvaTUWNyXnG4EKu68Jss6BxVwwxBc9AH15Wa0tfGCsDwdOexcwg7vmtskvpAqhlhIx2dp63kO4cDKNhpVrVZSdwBP7zcdu6_KE6KPIhbCB13af-KDhhgUBWcv1pLLREDjfSofiSbGeekxr9SitEzdu1Tt6jQWVsyxpiGbtTAsJC/s320/ny2.078.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Someone even offered some to Kristen. Does she *look* like a pot smoker? I would say heck no- but I guess these days you never can tell. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfr5rEsKzhRds6u31cUa8rs2BJCVRsF3qmbvg4b7-R-OHW8AUrqp5zCAFjJS3Wv8n4y3tCk1Clnw14Akbi5IcalmGtWTWWy4I2cVNtIp1tdiYTO2vTvPE2-b1jjPnOxk1wB-AE9sjkbPpT9G7HXFuk_thIZLaxI0MalW64YKSA-SH-_GSE0oAPW7PY/s960/ny2.079.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfr5rEsKzhRds6u31cUa8rs2BJCVRsF3qmbvg4b7-R-OHW8AUrqp5zCAFjJS3Wv8n4y3tCk1Clnw14Akbi5IcalmGtWTWWy4I2cVNtIp1tdiYTO2vTvPE2-b1jjPnOxk1wB-AE9sjkbPpT9G7HXFuk_thIZLaxI0MalW64YKSA-SH-_GSE0oAPW7PY/s320/ny2.079.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I was the most excited, of course, when I saw they had a Disney store. It was closed. You know, for the "City that doesn't sleep" things sure close early in New York. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRJ94qcU7JWlnZxW8nRk0399xgYuAdnRqt14AWtTKCAzlL2kcm2RxouEqIQKJjXVdXWyddTpdw_24PWs1FG558xQQFHi5dC-wbs0YHxmdOIkgJRvYQaJwWOQqO9gW-MppQSkAJ2UVdYBUkGkJ0K5tKZvG4QojG1aah22ROAFeteJOmXqANziAJc5n-/s960/ny2.080.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRJ94qcU7JWlnZxW8nRk0399xgYuAdnRqt14AWtTKCAzlL2kcm2RxouEqIQKJjXVdXWyddTpdw_24PWs1FG558xQQFHi5dC-wbs0YHxmdOIkgJRvYQaJwWOQqO9gW-MppQSkAJ2UVdYBUkGkJ0K5tKZvG4QojG1aah22ROAFeteJOmXqANziAJc5n-/s320/ny2.080.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRSACuglcAFtbQTd_D8oDh06QVY55LEwFZQsHVCAfe3epmjks_BOs5d_j0sB9m3Ku_YFnGlJmb4GT6hDMr7eSdf0q8dQ_DUwa9MdnKE7v7nB0zPqMFSeGcqw4mnHWnx-IKsYShU5xlNqZU4CEuK1_3hIOdb1uU36ogfFZTrpP-SNtyKeDzEHEktyiO/s960/ny2.081.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRSACuglcAFtbQTd_D8oDh06QVY55LEwFZQsHVCAfe3epmjks_BOs5d_j0sB9m3Ku_YFnGlJmb4GT6hDMr7eSdf0q8dQ_DUwa9MdnKE7v7nB0zPqMFSeGcqw4mnHWnx-IKsYShU5xlNqZU4CEuK1_3hIOdb1uU36ogfFZTrpP-SNtyKeDzEHEktyiO/s320/ny2.081.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I think according to Kristen's fitbit, we'd tracked at least 10 miles that day. And most of that was standing around looking at stuff in the museum- so even though we weren't walking, we were standing. My feet were absolutely dead by the end of this day. I'd brought my massager with me and two pairs of shoes. I'm really glad I did because this was still just the beginning! </div><div><br /></div><div><br /> <p></p></div><br />Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003393901819290910.post-71215883613275888262022-07-11T23:48:00.004-06:002022-07-12T08:58:51.566-06:00That one time I went to New York City Day 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hey, remember how I used to blog All. The. Time? Yeah, I haven't done that in a while- but I've had a couple of pretty awesome adventures and I wanted to write them down before I forget. If anyone besides my mom reads them, cool- but really this is just kind of an online journal of my trip. I have the pictures. I have the journal entries... but I kinda want something that blends them together. Join me if you dare, on this tour of places that I'd only ever seen in movies- and I finally get to watch a movie and say, "Hey, I've been there!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">**deep breath** Here we go:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A couple of months ago I went on an amazing adventure! My friend, Marie and I made plans to go to the DC temple open house. We thought, hey- let's open this up to the whole book club. Remember my book club? <a href="https://bitterharpypress.blogspot.com/2017/11/all-hail-goddess.html" target="_blank">The world's greatest book club</a>? I feel like I've said book club too much... Anyway, we opened it up and about half the ladies were in! I talked to Kristen, who lives in New York, and she and I decided on a slightly longer adventure. We planned that I would go visit her in NYC, and then we would drive to DC together to meet the rest of the crew a few days later. <br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'd *seen* NYC, but I'd never *been* there so I was very excited for this adventure! And I'd never been to DC at all- so all all kinds of things to see!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Before the trip started, I met my mom and sister halfway between Caldwell and Poky to give them my critters. They got to stay at grandma's house for a couple of weeks. 😀 Here we are in the middle-of-nowhere-Idaho. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXOyjnt8BXHEwIN5XbqLx8n1l9B6NpFHQ0DgYvO70moDBDmfYdfqGumOrpUvx2u2Hsn7Xa1mkCoRykWnUmXhU977VfGyAPTyIq-uxT3Y_OCjFJ_cTXzzIFzW1rlWkcLJdgF9fFMJ5HzWgsM_JWrGvXG9gkkaD7TSK4ebHq6J_Buy1LSJQuY_Q7En8/s960/ny1.1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXOyjnt8BXHEwIN5XbqLx8n1l9B6NpFHQ0DgYvO70moDBDmfYdfqGumOrpUvx2u2Hsn7Xa1mkCoRykWnUmXhU977VfGyAPTyIq-uxT3Y_OCjFJ_cTXzzIFzW1rlWkcLJdgF9fFMJ5HzWgsM_JWrGvXG9gkkaD7TSK4ebHq6J_Buy1LSJQuY_Q7En8/s320/ny1.1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div>Sunday morning I headed to the airport. My friend, Janna was also flying out, so I left my car at her house and we drove together. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9dcRWKistXAG2h5fyzrJYg87hob2EMsd_vhG0_h2iUOEkfAmesqq9LJTFvIqCr8PM6JCJ-JFRzkaRoSm2Icw7tvedtKAZom2LWngIgNQ5ANZ9iNehqewGBfjvty8ZIfouZcFn2Uzx5WuYhNF_EAGNCn7K4_5pkuqHVicnrZlbX520xfb_woGEa4b9/s960/ny1.3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9dcRWKistXAG2h5fyzrJYg87hob2EMsd_vhG0_h2iUOEkfAmesqq9LJTFvIqCr8PM6JCJ-JFRzkaRoSm2Icw7tvedtKAZom2LWngIgNQ5ANZ9iNehqewGBfjvty8ZIfouZcFn2Uzx5WuYhNF_EAGNCn7K4_5pkuqHVicnrZlbX520xfb_woGEa4b9/s320/ny1.3.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The flight to Atlanta was uneventful. I love some good turbulence. I learned how to watch movies and that made it go by so much faster!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq9mMQZeR5j24d2gqIR9qoxEfE-ffkiv7COVF9ZHkYi9grhKzsobcHEhXttYtMIeJyU_5L6lfKKgiERumyf5mBf5FSU8Eo9MKGSKp0P_M8n0M_j-XzT7IZ_ApwZ62pu5t9SCabCy8iJDkjp7YkrQmdqCx0O3chl-bStH_BkKYqV7j8WgnySZgYlfZd/s960/ny1.4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq9mMQZeR5j24d2gqIR9qoxEfE-ffkiv7COVF9ZHkYi9grhKzsobcHEhXttYtMIeJyU_5L6lfKKgiERumyf5mBf5FSU8Eo9MKGSKp0P_M8n0M_j-XzT7IZ_ApwZ62pu5t9SCabCy8iJDkjp7YkrQmdqCx0O3chl-bStH_BkKYqV7j8WgnySZgYlfZd/s320/ny1.4.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The flight to NYC was short- but made me feel bad. I was in the very last row and it was a full flight. The last guy to get on the plane was assigned next to me. Well, he was assigned in my row, but the girl who got there before him took the window seat. Anyway- I stood up to let him in- and he started bribing everyone to trade seats with him. He offered a kid $100 bill to move. She'd already traded someone else so she could sit by her mom- so she refused. The whole thing made me feel kinda bad. I mean, at the time, it was just ridiculous and I was laughing- but the more I thought about it, the worse I felt. I'm not *that* disgusting am I? I think his bribe was up to $300 when the flight attendant finally told him to sit. One other person didn't show up- so he ended up taking that seat- one row up and over from me- so he was still in the back. I mean, it worked out well for me because I got extra elbow room- but still...</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyhoo- I got there a little later than planned. It was a long day of traveling. Kristen picked me up and we headed to her house in Long Island. She booted one of her kids out of his bed so I could sleep in it. Awww, thanks buddy. Sorry about that!</div><div><br /></div><div>The next morning her oldest son drove us to the train station and we headed into the city!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZzBBhRR8tSdPqfeaeVRwTClNtuqdqlICEr_-LyoNsYZeuWQpY9HdKsAay083FTDNPqQ1lnMLZkMZjwqzmIo161JSEDLdIq8woE7yIjOwnRgGb_ncwb_ifmyR82VtL7gCjOss_pog1ZszLgqsaBvHm0VEhzSe-Np0RxQztjVl3tZbLAlwmnjNWqu1i/s960/ny1.5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZzBBhRR8tSdPqfeaeVRwTClNtuqdqlICEr_-LyoNsYZeuWQpY9HdKsAay083FTDNPqQ1lnMLZkMZjwqzmIo161JSEDLdIq8woE7yIjOwnRgGb_ncwb_ifmyR82VtL7gCjOss_pog1ZszLgqsaBvHm0VEhzSe-Np0RxQztjVl3tZbLAlwmnjNWqu1i/s320/ny1.5.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />This was my first step into the city. I can no longer say I've never been to NYC!</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6JeuXVQMgO43-ZXuvG6gmY86s7UWDOgfm1mFLUQiqoxnRb5Wd1ENrOc1411ZGwExfhjyyZp3KB0hnhIg4L9Gtjb239WoY1vpL37OBQ6_5R1ENopo14j3emXgfm4WQpuZ3BImPx8g9EGHKl3a1e1KaMTPDJQ3urBI1Q77KFKyFGijBppgMK58HIw_P/s960/ny1.6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6JeuXVQMgO43-ZXuvG6gmY86s7UWDOgfm1mFLUQiqoxnRb5Wd1ENrOc1411ZGwExfhjyyZp3KB0hnhIg4L9Gtjb239WoY1vpL37OBQ6_5R1ENopo14j3emXgfm4WQpuZ3BImPx8g9EGHKl3a1e1KaMTPDJQ3urBI1Q77KFKyFGijBppgMK58HIw_P/s320/ny1.6.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>First thing we did was head to our hotel so we could check in and drop off our stuff. We stayed in the Financial District. We were on the 16th floor. This was our view- out onto someone's terrace. I'm not a creeper at all. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXdc7lVeIV94XmYpX-OdW68k6dTb6XMlLND2fgfoV7C-X-DlzsI-noAg0jaqt_gdyjgrEEU4fSACL1V84KqjUKHmKadSkYD6h9NQhheZQlZdHZWWEbK_c3H_qhSzLt9BcVg634uxtcbbLM-FI5vSwXsJ7rpmPSfc1qdmBS9hxBPND_m2cIFU5hvFGc/s960/ny1.7.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXdc7lVeIV94XmYpX-OdW68k6dTb6XMlLND2fgfoV7C-X-DlzsI-noAg0jaqt_gdyjgrEEU4fSACL1V84KqjUKHmKadSkYD6h9NQhheZQlZdHZWWEbK_c3H_qhSzLt9BcVg634uxtcbbLM-FI5vSwXsJ7rpmPSfc1qdmBS9hxBPND_m2cIFU5hvFGc/w200-h150/ny1.7.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkKYtiNu5_4BT0-CPYYaV8S89QD5iV_lftrUS_lNFxRGQtyqvwF78OFFp3W9QFcyPRYUAD2Jf25uXpMMSsg78X-MyzLxxazHamwLRgJkunCX4HLJHXyvVwFONgiXej6WVUth2OQV6AANwTVfcZmVzXBlYG42GKQWE6-mSVXdFXoKc58Lxje5Q1xulz/s960/ny1.8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkKYtiNu5_4BT0-CPYYaV8S89QD5iV_lftrUS_lNFxRGQtyqvwF78OFFp3W9QFcyPRYUAD2Jf25uXpMMSsg78X-MyzLxxazHamwLRgJkunCX4HLJHXyvVwFONgiXej6WVUth2OQV6AANwTVfcZmVzXBlYG42GKQWE6-mSVXdFXoKc58Lxje5Q1xulz/w200-h150/ny1.8.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We ventured out and our first block led us to the red cube sculpture. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHw0zm2l_jtJbadm-4B8S6v097ID-Ysop6FtnNXaY2_eCRUcD89JeYGYSLn6D2bNLJjSIhLZ4l06XCjMPZtMAlCu7LPZ8Fv5eEiIBFL3HunMPYnqC9QPhngrmUZgtGgfcQnN5pyTm3Oha5IPhnfTxpdDWhgfmE7xFZnKsRxdLevPyitL6ITVter0kv/s960/ny1.9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHw0zm2l_jtJbadm-4B8S6v097ID-Ysop6FtnNXaY2_eCRUcD89JeYGYSLn6D2bNLJjSIhLZ4l06XCjMPZtMAlCu7LPZ8Fv5eEiIBFL3HunMPYnqC9QPhngrmUZgtGgfcQnN5pyTm3Oha5IPhnfTxpdDWhgfmE7xFZnKsRxdLevPyitL6ITVter0kv/s320/ny1.9.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>We walked down to Battery Park and caught the ferry to Liberty Island. I'd been there before- but where we didn't have a full day, we wanted to hit Liberty and Ellis. I've never taken the ferry from NY before. When I worked at Ellis, we drove from NJ over a secret bridge, then the one time we went to Liberty Island, we only ferried to and from Ellis and Liberty. </p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWUpvgnOAYxlVkp6Xr0hIGSur0qhD3GDyuZf2dLIiIZ6U36O6n0IZ0mO9errjOjUmECFotOSN4Uyu4CkZz78ukuW5cf-FPZ_MQp2J7MwcVUzVzWui_3mxWsC5mHr2xGIRgtVi7NAmseGLF57cJZnVXlq_VYvTpPKJ8NkTWLv2sl6PD-QbWjVXue19x/s960/ny1.010.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWUpvgnOAYxlVkp6Xr0hIGSur0qhD3GDyuZf2dLIiIZ6U36O6n0IZ0mO9errjOjUmECFotOSN4Uyu4CkZz78ukuW5cf-FPZ_MQp2J7MwcVUzVzWui_3mxWsC5mHr2xGIRgtVi7NAmseGLF57cJZnVXlq_VYvTpPKJ8NkTWLv2sl6PD-QbWjVXue19x/w200-h150/ny1.010.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7yNN-udhR16VvNlra7_XgWwAvbF4E39K4LS_0ZwwP-mmrj51yUkQV24qahiIto45B4F2EmQG4YU8sY8SF3b0WJJDUiNzfsnhGwbPiOwX8rvLQC-CW8KDIMNtO34qftlEsI9Rs3wdsMopy5bVcJv5xLiqmwVJA_Uzek5qx-m_ODj8l1lbHYzamGj5d/s960/ny1.011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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That's what inspired this. It was the closest to Jersey I've been in 19 years.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxq_Mu4OV_uS8qleTP-HsnBwDDJunh7FaVmV2JMOWh8JSqaFGH4bveCNEiJPFOBrseJqfW9Y755e7X6xU5JXQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vVUnJikwlnJGU7D5_WST9QmOo1g5IYfsiOGr5P-_XJJ_eqkS4KiTrjhsYYv8UQOnkodlOam16pog9rRaEvHN5JrYv_blqpv25EUD0PrgKblKg7D9SzoGF7VMT3GxxMU2NqAPlv1WXxMhqwEjWtA0sx634h-a7WgcsNuxj-uBfg1S19zr7wa7dlco/s960/ny1.019.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTXDGr5ScUiFRO8B9dwBqcWQslaBSkpcIC9XGFzBcKI6bayZP6kASqOywidu1L36lBFyyluQGgddbcJh0-gcHI0CCLz-pkXFuk2Uw0MWw-RzK7ghuGV747nsGjWYEZR48d4YDbThA-xjrWGSQ3kzuMQ4PiRt8Ya3f5sPLn0lPLtLkEKzsAeqJpiciK/w150-h200/ny1.031.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Did I take too many pictures? Probably. But, yet here I am, blogging them, and here you are, looking at them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmoU7J_XsoFi0SDbJm6rVnIwYoxxlM01m7EMcJOqnM7tjRl_94XzPU2mqr0UGZMIbmtfLkTQ9iqZ2EhtRGUaWefJ_6A4cH20_IusbJwvB8IuGP2ea0OU9_42xb5ucbHnhscNs_2BpeFszGzAhqmQDnV_IIOwxrcM9QRzDJe0PkXPveTprHrT-FiraE/s960/ny1.032.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmoU7J_XsoFi0SDbJm6rVnIwYoxxlM01m7EMcJOqnM7tjRl_94XzPU2mqr0UGZMIbmtfLkTQ9iqZ2EhtRGUaWefJ_6A4cH20_IusbJwvB8IuGP2ea0OU9_42xb5ucbHnhscNs_2BpeFszGzAhqmQDnV_IIOwxrcM9QRzDJe0PkXPveTprHrT-FiraE/s320/ny1.032.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We wandered Liberty for a while and had to check out the gift shop. When I saw this hat...er...tiara thing, I HAD to take it just so I could ask, "Who wore it better?" Hahaha!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMMEyhnpUio5OQxQxtT56iMF04olCfLVDjSfxnJ-OnvFypIxYQf3VNrbVkkJjCGI2indsXftQaA7GgIViqoimu5tb3Hp-lGe-Sa97DfDkxg5tX6u1Bsi0JCoeYQjDGdNVm6x-YRE6-RvQbYUOOqIuMbeivaQ7DtmOfvTZ5Idfz-Akajd-R0sNQayYq/w240-h320/ny1.033.jpg" width="240" /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSkffvBRhE-Pl3RhDbx22vV7rYsi1TQ4v_be1v1rnbRwdQhyKdYeLZE00_Vxvap07j4ePaazCxngJbX8tgNjmx7K_b__AaXmDOPm9xsFSLTcS-Ngoxcx4DkEQCZ2n-0yTvPbEXsaZzhmMyrODIf6QUdQbZQM05y6MmUjaPGdZ_ZFjgnIbYemwhEraM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="164" data-original-width="180" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSkffvBRhE-Pl3RhDbx22vV7rYsi1TQ4v_be1v1rnbRwdQhyKdYeLZE00_Vxvap07j4ePaazCxngJbX8tgNjmx7K_b__AaXmDOPm9xsFSLTcS-Ngoxcx4DkEQCZ2n-0yTvPbEXsaZzhmMyrODIf6QUdQbZQM05y6MmUjaPGdZ_ZFjgnIbYemwhEraM" width="263" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was happy to have me and New Jersey in the same picture. :) </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH15fKMZ26vwriwvyHIedXj0EQ4Ne0qVVZ3arkworgUxKU4ggtd7w2COdTjq_VXfvfudLquBif-EGX8VbsBCao8NwE03z2Rj5MG9W1eilylzOgFR6XUaIC26HypBTmhjCKVjn-6Be98fPS8AWD86lsnEaAzfn3ax3B7wnZhAb0GfETtLbymxgylfWQ/s960/ny1.026.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH15fKMZ26vwriwvyHIedXj0EQ4Ne0qVVZ3arkworgUxKU4ggtd7w2COdTjq_VXfvfudLquBif-EGX8VbsBCao8NwE03z2Rj5MG9W1eilylzOgFR6XUaIC26HypBTmhjCKVjn-6Be98fPS8AWD86lsnEaAzfn3ax3B7wnZhAb0GfETtLbymxgylfWQ/s320/ny1.026.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There were a lot of really neat things in the museum. It's always nice to see a girl with a nose bigger than mine. (my family will appreciate that joke, even if no one else does) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigr0e9Zx-67RsRPfigpH9uFuNw0rnZCT_3BU1VwpCjJTUPYRch7izWT9Aa50kIJTYYRkwLKvHr7RvsdYF28uWJjLbLAhK8Z8rzX5U42Q4Vqgw0PD5cQLYvdDCHkykhxvXwqKcxEz97lIbZ4ix_DYXwSGlBWjxHfSlWEUxn416vWObrfxGTRf5ibIGu/s960/ny1.034.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigr0e9Zx-67RsRPfigpH9uFuNw0rnZCT_3BU1VwpCjJTUPYRch7izWT9Aa50kIJTYYRkwLKvHr7RvsdYF28uWJjLbLAhK8Z8rzX5U42Q4Vqgw0PD5cQLYvdDCHkykhxvXwqKcxEz97lIbZ4ix_DYXwSGlBWjxHfSlWEUxn416vWObrfxGTRf5ibIGu/s320/ny1.034.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This was the original torch. Some fool thought it would be a good idea to poke holes in it so light could shine through- and it made it too fragile to repair. Kinda neat though, to be this close to it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_7_tS8Nac4w8n4FdhmSxJ6eetghgMX41UI3YPOE7W4xPMiZNYjR3MT3i1GdU0-quCUg7Erbt2H1CxoojFokz7Vb-oe4uH5-km-lOPHVPTsf4v8eVB0F4wJFSnqhrWIti4vKepim1P01Cpmvi_z2v7jFg-c0wAhhVBYHvdCQHK9-wLtiP1FPbHa92n/s960/ny1.036.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_7_tS8Nac4w8n4FdhmSxJ6eetghgMX41UI3YPOE7W4xPMiZNYjR3MT3i1GdU0-quCUg7Erbt2H1CxoojFokz7Vb-oe4uH5-km-lOPHVPTsf4v8eVB0F4wJFSnqhrWIti4vKepim1P01Cpmvi_z2v7jFg-c0wAhhVBYHvdCQHK9-wLtiP1FPbHa92n/s320/ny1.036.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzODxOpdix_ySf49GfACRZNDykUhUM7JHL-lX4IzgKPzY3k1zhPtP_sD23t7VztO23npqVfRgMt2avqtPkJmlk0FoGB_ygUAHmxVf419i7KREHYzXC-MkXSh6lPyIlr2EAVnSwAzfMC4K54moPdMZdwk0eKM1MIspA7zOQtrt7YFRqJmhWBibCujB/s960/ny1.035.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzODxOpdix_ySf49GfACRZNDykUhUM7JHL-lX4IzgKPzY3k1zhPtP_sD23t7VztO23npqVfRgMt2avqtPkJmlk0FoGB_ygUAHmxVf419i7KREHYzXC-MkXSh6lPyIlr2EAVnSwAzfMC4K54moPdMZdwk0eKM1MIspA7zOQtrt7YFRqJmhWBibCujB/s320/ny1.035.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We got the last ferry over to Ellis. I'm pretty sure I have another 8,000 pictures like these, but with me dressed as a missionary. </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/AVvXsEi2_OIX3qFBqkVJCfoIzpDyC3ANJ8cTTC40DZlbiLjRBD8_N5HGS7g0HpOApvyv1d3AfjCd-3cOsM1-33MJftJdvMPqkOnrSIz8WllL0ZjYQSTlnTSbfW9Jk-vf-kkcKrnwr2nBy_5QVTBRFnf9ymzJoXTARO7EqzK1k4uhTdwDTyicozPapwkh-pYs/s960/ny1.037.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2_OIX3qFBqkVJCfoIzpDyC3ANJ8cTTC40DZlbiLjRBD8_N5HGS7g0HpOApvyv1d3AfjCd-3cOsM1-33MJftJdvMPqkOnrSIz8WllL0ZjYQSTlnTSbfW9Jk-vf-kkcKrnwr2nBy_5QVTBRFnf9ymzJoXTARO7EqzK1k4uhTdwDTyicozPapwkh-pYs/w150-h200/ny1.037.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3IneX4uz0et-bd_0kkWIj0tXFXvBlQ5I0UI9kwSSkEp4pDfpTx6ZbBA9Ofmi6_coX4kaZeYNEd7hejcEOTRTg46tzcdfljz0dLAip8GqtM4q77pr5e5qDIlCNiSffnOqg1Xqe6uYNd8wOMEkdq7U28Yq0dobwj6axS2iql8khYPIuLM_w3XyLKtsT/s960/ny1.038.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3IneX4uz0et-bd_0kkWIj0tXFXvBlQ5I0UI9kwSSkEp4pDfpTx6ZbBA9Ofmi6_coX4kaZeYNEd7hejcEOTRTg46tzcdfljz0dLAip8GqtM4q77pr5e5qDIlCNiSffnOqg1Xqe6uYNd8wOMEkdq7U28Yq0dobwj6axS2iql8khYPIuLM_w3XyLKtsT/w200-h150/ny1.038.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is still my favorite room. It hasn't changed much in the last 100 years. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjgyFzZGGxfzxWmy0vQzN7aqhk-lf6a59N0Tz4USWyhXpWeoSFdZoFssWODZz_5qiiZX_tfKqVz3o9_dAUj8NHX_i5Nx2GIVn-vPez4H4CMdtiY3fwMjGml_OBXMLXpUHerZq370wB9I5G50ilSxb32d7bLsfJ9H3vXXtS7UuaQu8U4gGuPX9jF9S3/s960/ny1.040.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjgyFzZGGxfzxWmy0vQzN7aqhk-lf6a59N0Tz4USWyhXpWeoSFdZoFssWODZz_5qiiZX_tfKqVz3o9_dAUj8NHX_i5Nx2GIVn-vPez4H4CMdtiY3fwMjGml_OBXMLXpUHerZq370wB9I5G50ilSxb32d7bLsfJ9H3vXXtS7UuaQu8U4gGuPX9jF9S3/w150-h200/ny1.040.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg77Si-bBCqB19TjavvQAlCuyhXnYh0rORgrOossMGA9LGsdS3vBf1AO3JHaBEkfatAe5ZvZTkgFub3MLb8w4JbP_QNgA0WsA-tT59WY89bGbaG1w0PabPFhQerIRf7KIXIAnK2wztYeqSQjZOwXOkppuAO_r3enhWpvlOkMBqegsEYnCiLgtQ-Z9ns/s960/ny1.041.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg77Si-bBCqB19TjavvQAlCuyhXnYh0rORgrOossMGA9LGsdS3vBf1AO3JHaBEkfatAe5ZvZTkgFub3MLb8w4JbP_QNgA0WsA-tT59WY89bGbaG1w0PabPFhQerIRf7KIXIAnK2wztYeqSQjZOwXOkppuAO_r3enhWpvlOkMBqegsEYnCiLgtQ-Z9ns/w150-h200/ny1.041.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">By the time we got there, the History of Immigration Center was closed so I didn't get to see anyone I might know. We toured the building- and just heads up for those who may plan a trip- when they say they close at 5 pm... they close AT 5. Where I come from, that means at 5 they start shooing people out. Nope. they start throwing people out at 4:30 so they can lock the doors and leave at 5. We didn't even make it to the gift shop. 😭 So we sat outside and waited for the last ferry to come pick us up. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZTY-_wYdhz6LkM6Llgw0zguasL1SS7RTGjKX__lHKHCKqmpfemPXNGGLrgKRwdC9doHC9J1BLvU61CfBbx26RY6PJT8It77_nNYZKTSo40-k-pR-qafP2-uCjLHpEYUXag5ulfHloyI0ljBrVrd3G942X5gB1DpxPtS7WtnHxGZjjH4GlQPEI_-D_/s960/ny1.042.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZTY-_wYdhz6LkM6Llgw0zguasL1SS7RTGjKX__lHKHCKqmpfemPXNGGLrgKRwdC9doHC9J1BLvU61CfBbx26RY6PJT8It77_nNYZKTSo40-k-pR-qafP2-uCjLHpEYUXag5ulfHloyI0ljBrVrd3G942X5gB1DpxPtS7WtnHxGZjjH4GlQPEI_-D_/s320/ny1.042.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">If you've never been to Ellis Island, I really, REALLY recommend you go. It's been a long time since it was in operation, but you can still feel the spirit of all those who were processed there. There's nothing quite like it. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZvnbxOVfQljBitW7ySX0OLlZEaoQisSQmUvB7-olK8SNY8wJyw-KzuNaz2jjKTuqa_FqMk_MiVB8pvXGsFTeGUAy-QBUVBatOetD5lOaKtDqfoYirAxZ65B_BWjebtSyiqZDRkZqXHi4nMfAUGs24VTCu4svwOTFTlgZND0nYp81iZ4K2hTcy4Hr/s960/ny1.043.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZvnbxOVfQljBitW7ySX0OLlZEaoQisSQmUvB7-olK8SNY8wJyw-KzuNaz2jjKTuqa_FqMk_MiVB8pvXGsFTeGUAy-QBUVBatOetD5lOaKtDqfoYirAxZ65B_BWjebtSyiqZDRkZqXHi4nMfAUGs24VTCu4svwOTFTlgZND0nYp81iZ4K2hTcy4Hr/w200-h150/ny1.043.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-CmnMf18DtB34wIAIW__4Uy2sJeXXq_0OiwotlfQekyYg3QCUG5LWnYizZwI2Gx4fCORWV0t53yql3q6UcwvQYcUKm-bXrJQaVR6G4zNrmEyGNRcILFdU76TVNoCekuHarg5al--VCfJBmTk7a3doNxuV7zJYBNIeCUa3dqCA0euwctplnMUKxx1u/s960/ny1.044.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-CmnMf18DtB34wIAIW__4Uy2sJeXXq_0OiwotlfQekyYg3QCUG5LWnYizZwI2Gx4fCORWV0t53yql3q6UcwvQYcUKm-bXrJQaVR6G4zNrmEyGNRcILFdU76TVNoCekuHarg5al--VCfJBmTk7a3doNxuV7zJYBNIeCUa3dqCA0euwctplnMUKxx1u/w200-h150/ny1.044.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG_T9t_qiMojIsMTix8-Ya8_eyT5SmrL5kj4_sxB64ed42o465qA2NVQmRUDVY8eKfyILHAc5Zi-QSujBS4iOeaR9VVOyxaTF1eMIknmvLQ-60nwH4q367vf3b8RIXGvdj6pVwioIVy9xFZBvaZ_1ez85a8Lxg68AiKSjwKA7-Y0GHG4XHIKkA3P1i/s960/ny1.046.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG_T9t_qiMojIsMTix8-Ya8_eyT5SmrL5kj4_sxB64ed42o465qA2NVQmRUDVY8eKfyILHAc5Zi-QSujBS4iOeaR9VVOyxaTF1eMIknmvLQ-60nwH4q367vf3b8RIXGvdj6pVwioIVy9xFZBvaZ_1ez85a8Lxg68AiKSjwKA7-Y0GHG4XHIKkA3P1i/w200-h150/ny1.046.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgef8IqG1dHtOJveuFsviYTk_vleJod6B8dCSAXMUVkYKIpP21SSy-tvS6FlXxO3flroQHAl1idOQomUUrQPUMgfImbGOXdZOwxJPYXjiXQK0FHDFjCDuocVXs2hC7KbJvQ3gHc0-V2p3vUQ5ilVKDHLLScF_OVcNAiMa_ecN-NAHRQtEYHUFUwDJ9F/s960/ny1.045.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgef8IqG1dHtOJveuFsviYTk_vleJod6B8dCSAXMUVkYKIpP21SSy-tvS6FlXxO3flroQHAl1idOQomUUrQPUMgfImbGOXdZOwxJPYXjiXQK0FHDFjCDuocVXs2hC7KbJvQ3gHc0-V2p3vUQ5ilVKDHLLScF_OVcNAiMa_ecN-NAHRQtEYHUFUwDJ9F/w200-h150/ny1.045.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a really rainy, kind of miserable day. We didn't get much sleep the night before, so we walked back to our hotel, got a couple of slices of pie and hung out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our walk back though, took us past the New York Stock Exchange </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicMMkJvv4w1d5LgIuO1A2hMg_xzj01M289rHS4zLCTEuGDvFKe88CVhb97eId8PrOmiSsiGCe2U88x6uQS1WcJXwVAEFIaKaO_f9H1ZwisFHa-Dsmc1kY4jZtv3No974Lk_dEEafuQsKfwUAe-23rVErgBS4t6MYllYPdoM5HVHWhv1hNjkjdPcdVI/s960/ny1.050.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicMMkJvv4w1d5LgIuO1A2hMg_xzj01M289rHS4zLCTEuGDvFKe88CVhb97eId8PrOmiSsiGCe2U88x6uQS1WcJXwVAEFIaKaO_f9H1ZwisFHa-Dsmc1kY4jZtv3No974Lk_dEEafuQsKfwUAe-23rVErgBS4t6MYllYPdoM5HVHWhv1hNjkjdPcdVI/s320/ny1.050.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This little girl was staring down the NYSE. I think they move her around because I swear I've seen pictures of her staring down the Bull (which we saw but I did not take pictures of because there were 1000 people crawling all over it)</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/AVvXsEjN88aYFu1HebGnl04GQmRhPtm99-jJNLm6Ad7ZA9u8upEWj1kvcV9s9quA5AsWKmxWGis9uT08VKEDJ6ReNf1w_sm5SI3kAk7F5REHEo8JZaOCgyL0KVZht4cjanPPnGzqtM_xPsN56c1ugMQBRKPAx2ZJa_9YELVJcODocO6OZN0xRmy2rZyyX6uo/s960/ny1.051.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN88aYFu1HebGnl04GQmRhPtm99-jJNLm6Ad7ZA9u8upEWj1kvcV9s9quA5AsWKmxWGis9uT08VKEDJ6ReNf1w_sm5SI3kAk7F5REHEo8JZaOCgyL0KVZht4cjanPPnGzqtM_xPsN56c1ugMQBRKPAx2ZJa_9YELVJcODocO6OZN0xRmy2rZyyX6uo/s320/ny1.051.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was an adventurous first day, for sure. Buckle up and wait till day two!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMHbOJLBhMBCow9Nyvd1gxSfHEg7WnUsvrHWy_qqwQB89oPyHjqnLh2uJ6GAEUJkXsiBww2Gk0c9zFMY45F3Gu4uaa3LQEehzc72lYzhcg11DB8c6RRiOcW1EX2wRRJH-WQTwxJnbwPJADvBxj36x3vzTYi8WEksL7pPtnWGHo1aK4vGryCt1-ufhU/s960/ny1.052.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMHbOJLBhMBCow9Nyvd1gxSfHEg7WnUsvrHWy_qqwQB89oPyHjqnLh2uJ6GAEUJkXsiBww2Gk0c9zFMY45F3Gu4uaa3LQEehzc72lYzhcg11DB8c6RRiOcW1EX2wRRJH-WQTwxJnbwPJADvBxj36x3vzTYi8WEksL7pPtnWGHo1aK4vGryCt1-ufhU/s320/ny1.052.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><br />Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003393901819290910.post-87675469414056443362020-12-31T23:59:00.007-07:002021-01-02T00:11:22.109-07:00A Year in Status Updates 2020<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Here it is! My favorite post of the year, It was quite an adventure that's for sure! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u>January</u></b></span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Me: Don't turn the tv on. I'm grounded from the tv today.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">10 year old (absolutely aghast): why are you grounded?</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Me: because I was very bad yesterday.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">8 year old(also flummoxed): who grounded you? Who's the boss of you?</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Me: I'm the boss of me! I. Am. Grounded!</span></div><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Anybody out there eBay savvy? I've got some stuff I wanna sell. Old collector-y stuff that needs a wider audience than a local online yard sale</i></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I miss listening to Christmas music. Now all I hear while I drive is the potentially expensive noises that my car makes.</span></span></p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Today's edition of things that go on in my head which I probably shouldn't share:</b></i></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>{Drops something} "Dangit, gravity! Why do you hate me? You're always trying to keep me down!"</b></i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>.</b></i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>.</b></i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>.</b></i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>{Burst out laughing at my own idiotic comment]</b></i></span></div></div><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm pretty sure that anxiety is the glue that holds me together. Get rid of my anxiety and what am I but a puddle of atoms?</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>I've been here for 18 seconds, it's dark and I can hardly see it but I LoVe IT! (Savannah, GA)</i></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Thank you, DoubleTree for the free cookie. Sometimes a girl needs a free cookie.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Spent the afternoon at Tybee Island. It was windy, it was cold. But it was a beach. I'll take it any day! I watched the ships come in. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u>February</u></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Friday's highlight was getting to play the 103 year old </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/steinway?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZW_ZluLF66p02LWpdCejztPa4lPCggvZ0odiJap0edOomK-Iur4V0BosnCrW853l6PYI16BQpP-V7EJVP1hcTdGfT1sLMsepGZStr6BOukstAc2_95YCf6N7w0e-_X76ws&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#steinway</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> at the First African Baptist Church. I really did play it. By the time she started recording I was just dinking around. I thought she was taking a photo. Haha! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYTlZe_cKSxjBRvehGKIKRjWJmMOq1WkR1qNv-sfI6TxEJOc91nTWBauNEBSssjS942jH6i6VNSnZvhQkgjIEjcpOtdluQLiAyawIP2uP_i_rbxlypscbnnZixQM0UaOxAN8L2FLorCc/s1200/83301736_10157710710140482_1473713917615144960_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYTlZe_cKSxjBRvehGKIKRjWJmMOq1WkR1qNv-sfI6TxEJOc91nTWBauNEBSssjS942jH6i6VNSnZvhQkgjIEjcpOtdluQLiAyawIP2uP_i_rbxlypscbnnZixQM0UaOxAN8L2FLorCc/s320/83301736_10157710710140482_1473713917615144960_o.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>To honor the passing of Hollywood legend, Kirk Douglas, I'm watching 20,000 leagues Under the Sea. Thank you Disney+</i></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I just realized I have not left my house since Sunday.</span></span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Is it past bedtime? Yes it is. </i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Did I stay up and watch Frozen II anyway? Yes I did. Do I regret it? No I don't. Will I be singing a different tune in the morning? Most likely</i></span></div><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hey all. My BFF is an author who is coming to the Boise Barnes & Noble to do a book signing on Feb 24-25. She would like to set up some school presentations while she's here. Do you know anyone at your schools who could make it happen? They are middle grade books, aimed at about 10-12 years old.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Sing with me! If you're single and OK with it, Clap your hands...</b></i></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Got to church today just in time to watch everyone drive away...</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Denver, prepare thyself. For 'tis but a month ere I cometh.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I've caulked two bathtubs and fixed a vacuum. I think I'm ready for my own home improvement show!</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Stole the boys and ran away to Oregon... Because it's there! We ate lunch and discussed the world's best root beer, got free cupcakes, saw Sonic and ate ice cream. They accidentally made one blizzard too big, hence the angry look on big brother's face.</i></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-SK21z-IimTgvUU-EkfamuEmOZ9uRexRqRK3vQktIz3DK2_pXVrb1DI5BrauiFH8jbgWlOB7-P4w__DNOw0mQlL75CWm4JGuwO-Mf1g4BKONrz1l56ga9X9LRStHUeKikLS5TthzS9Ao/s1230/88009081_10157795272205482_5107772019768819712_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="1230" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-SK21z-IimTgvUU-EkfamuEmOZ9uRexRqRK3vQktIz3DK2_pXVrb1DI5BrauiFH8jbgWlOB7-P4w__DNOw0mQlL75CWm4JGuwO-Mf1g4BKONrz1l56ga9X9LRStHUeKikLS5TthzS9Ao/s320/88009081_10157795272205482_5107772019768819712_o.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><b>March</b></u></span></p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Telling you now- {Onward} is awesome. But if you've lost a loved one for whom you'd give anything to see just once more... Take a box of tissues.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Maybe a dish towel since tissue seems to be in high demand right now...</span></div></div><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Okaaaay.... Maybe I won't be going to Denver next week.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PSA: Darby O'Gill and the little people is on Disney plus. BUT It is not the original audio. I guess American audiences couldn't understand the Irish brogue so they had to dub It.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Had a fun night with the kids so their parents could have an anniversary date. Our walk through the neighborhood was determined by heads or tails. We colored my poor blank driveway and had a hula hoop contest!</i></span></span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Think about your SENIOR year in High School. (If you can remember that long ago <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😂" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td0/1/16/1f602.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span>). The longer ago it was, the more fun the answers will be! It takes 5 minutes, so let’s have some fun!! <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😊" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t7f/1/16/1f60a.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Class of: 1995</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1. Did you marry your high school sweetheart? I didn't date. Still don't. Huh... </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2. What did you drive? 1985 Chevy Celebrity</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3. Where did you work? Fred Meyer</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">4. Where did you live? Chubbuck</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">5. Were you in choir/band? Choir</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">6. Still talk to your best friend? Yup! </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">7. Ever get suspended? No. I was... Am.... A good girl</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">8. If you could, would you go back? HELL NO! I even avoid reunions!</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">9. Still talk to the person that you went to prom with? I didn't go to any high school dances. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">10. Did you skip? Ummm... Yeah.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">11. Go to all the football games? One or two. I think we took state that year?</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">12. Favorite subject? Biology</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">13. Do you still have your yearbook? In a box at my mom's house.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">14. Did you follow your "original" career plan? Not even close.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">15. Do you still have your senior ring? As a matter of fact, I do! It's in my jewelry box.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">16. Favorite teacher? Mrs Hardy</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">17. What was your style? Whatever was three seasons late and cheap.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">18. What were your favorite shoes? I think I had black keds</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">19. Favorite thing to eat for lunch? If I stood in line I ate chicken sandwiches. If I did vending machine it was chocolate cookies and Dr pepper.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">20. Favorite bands/groups? I was obsessed with NKOTB</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">21. High school: HHS! Ram Power! <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🐏" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t82/1/16/1f40f.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 24px;">Umm... not to add to the paranoia or hysteria... But did I just feel an earthquake?</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFtDDiznBHcB6XO0MA58Nzl8Zc5ZddXQAPyUhdblYuRvRPLt65C5UmG2jTiiyQe4-kbSwpH7HO6UwkVAWUxx_K9Ir5HmDFjfwB9nK9N5ruqZ9ZNI0borEGPHbn5PVuj_fciAlCohVjz7E/s640/91525229_10157901319420482_2635579360903430144_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFtDDiznBHcB6XO0MA58Nzl8Zc5ZddXQAPyUhdblYuRvRPLt65C5UmG2jTiiyQe4-kbSwpH7HO6UwkVAWUxx_K9Ir5HmDFjfwB9nK9N5ruqZ9ZNI0borEGPHbn5PVuj_fciAlCohVjz7E/s320/91525229_10157901319420482_2635579360903430144_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 24px;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u>April </u></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>And just like that I have a LOT more time on my hands. </i></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">All my friends... all faiths... even if you don't believe, let's join together as a global community for just one day.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I've wrapped up my James Marsden marathon. Now Pixar.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>2000 piece puzzle. Average 4 pieces a day. 1 year 11 months to finish. </i></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Its getting serious guys. I got so bored yesterday I almost signed up for a dating website</i></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>We had a fun afternoon in art class. We learned how to make puffy sidewalk chalk. @tjbaker08 and I mixed it up and the kids went crazy.</i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">For </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/earthday?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVLEMpr5HxHerzpbWxjvmqet-lPkObSk_y6o0p_whXc0FVOafu2IUHRc-RQXsd5_4OkaRWMGQdbHBRrGovI0iKItsCEAs9CvtrAsu8NQI_UyPzJC0F3dB-cyQpdjd55A28&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#earthday</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> we went out and cleaned up the trash in the neighborhood.</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUBkbhcn2CSN7ULGKLc5uaYAuMELnvgM72LoTiK6t1jYNTusLyNkEklfYMb_Euhj4HTgTpFbgioFOYv2iliA4w7jbJTXb5pv-jRsJSKL9-cRlotjALShOhC0KTANTU2AyplQeFJ-NrQE/s1440/94522688_10157983211535482_5924421409282457600_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUBkbhcn2CSN7ULGKLc5uaYAuMELnvgM72LoTiK6t1jYNTusLyNkEklfYMb_Euhj4HTgTpFbgioFOYv2iliA4w7jbJTXb5pv-jRsJSKL9-cRlotjALShOhC0KTANTU2AyplQeFJ-NrQE/s320/94522688_10157983211535482_5924421409282457600_o.jpg" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>I repotted all my plants from my dad's funeral and my "Nonie tree" and I finally got my planter filled with some color! Taking bets now to see how soon they all die. </i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tonight's fun: We made a restaurant for the kids! The hostess (me) asked for the reservation and showed them to their table. The server JaNeil, took orders. While they waited for chef Trav to prepare food, they got some live entertainment (which they did not enjoy </span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤷" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf5/1/16/1f937.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">) when they got the bill they had to pay up in hugs and kisses. The kitchen staff was happy when it was over.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u>May</u></b></span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When I sit down to do math with my eight year old nephew, he gets frustrated and cries and screams and pouts. He yells, "I don't wanna do it!" And raises a ruckus for an hour over 10 minutes worth of work.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It doesn't help that the person he's talking to knows what she's talking about about and is trying to help him. He's overwhelmed and upset. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I feel the same way when talking to people about lawn care and Sprinkling Systems. It was all I could do not to sit down in the middle of Lowe's and cry.</span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Channeling my inner </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/mariekondo?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVLEMpr5HxHerzpbWxjvmqet-lPkObSk_y6o0p_whXc0FVOafu2IUHRc-RQXsd5_4OkaRWMGQdbHBRrGovI0iKItsCEAs9CvtrAsu8NQI_UyPzJC0F3dB-cyQpdjd55A28&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#mariekondo</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> today and going through boxes from 20ish years ago. Found some awesome stuff... Cried as I threw some of it away. The pearl necklace was from my friend's wedding. The best friend necklaces...? Anyone have the other halves?</span></i></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Today we had kindergarten graduation! And for the last day of school we partied it up with a movie night! </b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>It's been a busy, fun, crazy week. I borrowed all the kids, piled them in the car and took them to grandma's for a week. We've played. We've picnicked. They took turns mowing grandma's lawn while the peanut gallery watched. Made home made corn dogs. And there have been some timeouts and some sweet cuddles. And that was only through Tuesday! </i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our adventure today took us to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/rosspark?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVLEMpr5HxHerzpbWxjvmqet-lPkObSk_y6o0p_whXc0FVOafu2IUHRc-RQXsd5_4OkaRWMGQdbHBRrGovI0iKItsCEAs9CvtrAsu8NQI_UyPzJC0F3dB-cyQpdjd55A28&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#RossPark</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> where the rock slides are the same as when I was a kid. I (yes, *I*) took the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/niecephews?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVLEMpr5HxHerzpbWxjvmqet-lPkObSk_y6o0p_whXc0FVOafu2IUHRc-RQXsd5_4OkaRWMGQdbHBRrGovI0iKItsCEAs9CvtrAsu8NQI_UyPzJC0F3dB-cyQpdjd55A28&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#niecephews</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> on a "hike".</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ejd9VxDqnSCQcY-1pF8UtOBVAfy-U2FCWHUaJGaNkDhpQGO8C1cZRWtAJfphdjXjSwonOGXGdaw2t0DNjs5K_hgY65p-A8E7ohNbfbC-3vi06Mc1Fj8xuyGxk_zT7AqF1rRI2yh4oO8/s1440/100745818_10158112280150482_5526006653628973056_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ejd9VxDqnSCQcY-1pF8UtOBVAfy-U2FCWHUaJGaNkDhpQGO8C1cZRWtAJfphdjXjSwonOGXGdaw2t0DNjs5K_hgY65p-A8E7ohNbfbC-3vi06Mc1Fj8xuyGxk_zT7AqF1rRI2yh4oO8/s320/100745818_10158112280150482_5526006653628973056_o.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>When a regular ol' card game causes you to say 4 letter words you don't normally say... You know it's past bedtime. Sorry, mom.</i></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Holy wind, Pocatello! I about had a Mary Poppins moment chasing my mom's patio umbrella over the neighbor's fence!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u>June</u></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There seems to be a Muppet shaped gap in my nephews' education. I must come to the rescue!</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>I spent 3 hours weeding along the back fence today. The weeds were as high as the big lily. I also found a few squatters. Some of them got to stay, some got evicted.</i></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Tagged along on the little family's adventure to Jump Creek. My kind of hike- about 5 minutes of hike ending in natural falls.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The rule for auntie sleepovers is that we have to watch a movie the kid has never seen. Introduced the kid to the Court Jester and he loved it! Thank Heaven!! We also played Atari... That one he wasn't so impressed with.</i></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I can't bring myself to delete my Marco Polo conversation with my dad. Sitting here listening to our pointless silliness... it sure is good to hear his voice. Happy Father's Day</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Is it 3 a.m? Yes it is. Am I still up? Yes I am. See what covid has done to me !? I need to get back to work so I can be on a regular schedule!!</i></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A few weeks ago I found MASH on Hulu and set a goal to watch all 11 seasons before going back to work next week. That goal has been met... But now I have another month off... What to binge this time...</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Watching documentaries about cats... With cats. So this is what life has become...</i></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">If I ever had a nanny, I would want it to be Julie Andrews.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u>July</u></b></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I've never been a fan of R&B and rap so I've avoided Hamilton despite the rave reviews and recommendations of friends. I didn't want to spend a million dollars to see a show I would hate... So Disney kindly televised it and I have only one word. Genius.</span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>This hollyhock at my mom's house is out of control! To put it in perspective, I am 6 feet tall!</i></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVvAxqN6B1kCj1sfHrdg6B_kSWzC_nXfQu4vihkd1C9FRZeVyBX8TXd6OKom-f_KReFb_Pq_XXl82lp5bDeSP2woyqs8TN8PzY2oz4waU0Z2KfFjWpc0NLTyISP73LVUEjGllICxMWr0/s1715/109067390_10158262450545482_2160302963555378334_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1715" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVvAxqN6B1kCj1sfHrdg6B_kSWzC_nXfQu4vihkd1C9FRZeVyBX8TXd6OKom-f_KReFb_Pq_XXl82lp5bDeSP2woyqs8TN8PzY2oz4waU0Z2KfFjWpc0NLTyISP73LVUEjGllICxMWr0/s320/109067390_10158262450545482_2160302963555378334_o.jpg" /></a></span></div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 24px;">I can say I saw the comet. Not well... But I well enough.</span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>I GET to go back to work!!!</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u>August</u></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Back to work observation... I have a Pavlovian response to goldfish crackers. I used to munch on them at work and did not eat a single goldfish during pandemic vacation. Now that I'm back to work I'm craving goldfish like crazy! </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/weirdthingsiprobablyshouldnttellpeople?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVLEMpr5HxHerzpbWxjvmqet-lPkObSk_y6o0p_whXc0FVOafu2IUHRc-RQXsd5_4OkaRWMGQdbHBRrGovI0iKItsCEAs9CvtrAsu8NQI_UyPzJC0F3dB-cyQpdjd55A28&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#weirdthingsIprobablyshouldnttellpeople</a></span></span></p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Two things to celebrate today:</i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Today is national Sneak Some Zucchini on your neighbor's porch day. I don't have any zucchini to celebrate with but I do have a good recipe if anyone wants to give me a zucchini </span></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 16px;"><img alt="😉" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t57/1/16/1f609.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></i></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>2. I have been in my house a YEAR! Holy crap?!? My walls are still naked and there are still boxes in my bedroom... But a year. A whole year.</i></span></div></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Happy </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/internationalcatday?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVLEMpr5HxHerzpbWxjvmqet-lPkObSk_y6o0p_whXc0FVOafu2IUHRc-RQXsd5_4OkaRWMGQdbHBRrGovI0iKItsCEAs9CvtrAsu8NQI_UyPzJC0F3dB-cyQpdjd55A28&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#internationalcatday</a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to the two cutest, laziest, sweetest monsters I know.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was an awesome day. My sister </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Valeri was a beautiful bride!! And very unpleasant surprise... I caught the bouquet. I</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> really really really didn't mean to.</span></i></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I keep my house so cool that my kitty takes her daily naps in the hot, stifling garage. </span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Very grateful to my family who helped me lay down weed barrier, soil and all those bricks. This backyard may turn into something yet. Also, I had one more very late bloomer. Such a happy little guy. And my miracle plant: A branch of my bleeding heart broke off and so to be funny I stuck it in the dirt and said "grow!" Four months later I went to throw the stick away and found it had sprouted!</i> </span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><u>September</u></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Parts of the fam went camping for the weekend. Mom and I drove up for dinner and shenanigans. I can't believe I am Pocatello born and raised and I've never been up </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/scoutmountain?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVLEMpr5HxHerzpbWxjvmqet-lPkObSk_y6o0p_whXc0FVOafu2IUHRc-RQXsd5_4OkaRWMGQdbHBRrGovI0iKItsCEAs9CvtrAsu8NQI_UyPzJC0F3dB-cyQpdjd55A28&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#scoutmountain</a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wrapped up in two blankets and fuzzy socks... But I still refuse to turn the heat on before Oct 1!!</span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>That feeling you get when all your laundry is clean... But then you realize you live alone and no one else is going to fold it and put it away</i></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">An impromptu Halloween party in the middle of September?? Sure, why not? We put together costumes for a reindeer on summer vacation, a boxing Mickey clown, and a unicorn princess. Followed by crafts, witch movies and caramel apples.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga69egtSfI_Z6-cm8B6yewV6r8Fnj7D35S72FBaDvJA1aToKVPaba9Hn4rdrNxQCHGu1yF0tc7BKJx51ArBZlayNFiHjpuZWobekamxp3H5ldCwljFwetRzjshNpznUacG3eBP_u9jU6Q/s1691/119158306_10158416638785482_3699829250089279600_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1691" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga69egtSfI_Z6-cm8B6yewV6r8Fnj7D35S72FBaDvJA1aToKVPaba9Hn4rdrNxQCHGu1yF0tc7BKJx51ArBZlayNFiHjpuZWobekamxp3H5ldCwljFwetRzjshNpznUacG3eBP_u9jU6Q/s320/119158306_10158416638785482_3699829250089279600_o.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 30px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">The best part of living alone is that I can go sleep in Spare Oom while the unfolded laundry sleeps in my bed. </span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 orb7ywq3 la0tivve" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; display: inline-flex; font-size: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 30px;"><img alt="🤷" height="30" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t2d/1/30/1f937.png" style="border: 0px;" width="30" /></span></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Seriously, if they don't have bagpipes in heaven, I don't want to go!</i></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Work meeting this week- we had a Disney Trivia contest and I beat 50 people! 'Bout time all that useless knowledge paid off!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Well... I found my lost pair of jeans. </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/laundryday?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUJcIU-ekF0bIiy4aK_BuA5SGRIoA3AYZa9ayPtFgexwWW5qrAVaKxIp2HCnmfaTrouSXtaTJV19cZh7EAWNrI2mNzkxlpF0fgaM_p2orgTT9HU1jL1YMB9JDwzw_xr0HrUPcfE4oeK8bb9nJLhCf9c&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#laundryday</a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/allmywhitesarenowmylightblues?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUJcIU-ekF0bIiy4aK_BuA5SGRIoA3AYZa9ayPtFgexwWW5qrAVaKxIp2HCnmfaTrouSXtaTJV19cZh7EAWNrI2mNzkxlpF0fgaM_p2orgTT9HU1jL1YMB9JDwzw_xr0HrUPcfE4oeK8bb9nJLhCf9c&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#AllMyWhitesAreNowMyLightBlues</a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></i></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">When I hear a weird noise I often look at my cats. If they carry on like nothing has happened, I know all is well. But when they get up and investigate the noise, it makes me paranoid because that means the noise was real! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am Idaho born and raised. I've lived in West Idaho for over a year... And somehow this is still my first visit to the </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/boisetemple?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUJcIU-ekF0bIiy4aK_BuA5SGRIoA3AYZa9ayPtFgexwWW5qrAVaKxIp2HCnmfaTrouSXtaTJV19cZh7EAWNrI2mNzkxlpF0fgaM_p2orgTT9HU1jL1YMB9JDwzw_xr0HrUPcfE4oeK8bb9nJLhCf9c&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#boisetemple</a></span></b></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>You know I love a good Hallmark movie... But sometimes it's ok to be ambitious and live in the big city. You don't always have to opt for the small town and your high school crush. There is nothing wrong with having goals to see the world. </i></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><u>October</u></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Had lots of family fun at </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/linderfarms?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUJcIU-ekF0bIiy4aK_BuA5SGRIoA3AYZa9ayPtFgexwWW5qrAVaKxIp2HCnmfaTrouSXtaTJV19cZh7EAWNrI2mNzkxlpF0fgaM_p2orgTT9HU1jL1YMB9JDwzw_xr0HrUPcfE4oeK8bb9nJLhCf9c&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#linderfarms</a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> tonight. So much we didnt get pictures of everyone! Beautiful night! Thank you @do_work_realty for the fun times!</span></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Is this a safe space? Can I admit that though this movie is nearly 30 (!!!) years old I've never seen it? Taking care of that now...</i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/barvvy6Ta8kjm/giphy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="160" data-original-width="245" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/barvvy6Ta8kjm/giphy.gif" /></a></i></span></div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 24px;">Nothing ruins a Friday faster than realizing it's only Tuesday.</span></p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">8 yo nephew: What time is it?</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Me: 6:20.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">8yo: My clock says 6:19.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">M: I rounded to the nearest ten.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">8yo: uuuuuugghhh...</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">M: What's wrong?</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">8yo: It's the weekend. Don't make me do math!</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I feel ya, kid.</span></div></div><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;">Going to church for the first time in months! </span></p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>A couple of weeks ago I did a blog post and talked about the greatest compliment I'd ever received. The one I wrote was wrong... So I changed it to:</i></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>A few years ago I spoke in church. Afterward a man in the congregation shook my hand and said, "Great job! I didn't fall asleep once." That is the highest honor a Mormon can receive. Haha!! </i></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Macy reported her mission today and I didn't fall asleep once. Well done Macy. Well done.</i></span></div></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I'm to the age where I can do my own home improvements, leave for a few days, and come home and be totally surprised! </span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙄" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t4e/1/16/1f644.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>I knocked another Idaho temple off my list today. One more to go!</b></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi046Rkr3qpPtt52aNSfJcMQ4EQ-X0iFLOcuVl4eNZ1zdzeUyWny_IO7Qi9O89Ww2DcsUJjbKCip0XZ5D27QbyzziPYW5ZMZN_F-KMRetlVBP4p5UxZS5b3sh7qpbGwyn9rj5T76nrVEZo/s1800/122041265_10158503890255482_1030471534490059750_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi046Rkr3qpPtt52aNSfJcMQ4EQ-X0iFLOcuVl4eNZ1zdzeUyWny_IO7Qi9O89Ww2DcsUJjbKCip0XZ5D27QbyzziPYW5ZMZN_F-KMRetlVBP4p5UxZS5b3sh7qpbGwyn9rj5T76nrVEZo/s320/122041265_10158503890255482_1030471534490059750_o.jpg" /></a></span></div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Feeling some anxiety tonight so I wanted to read something funny... *I * think I'm funny so I went to my blog to read some old posts and came across this instead. Still grateful for all these things.</span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Some movies you have to watch once just so you know to never watch it again.</i></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 24px;">Some days are just pie-for-breakfast kind of days. Happy Friday, y'all.</span></p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>So I'm proofreading some things at work- one paragraph has an overabundance of commas and I think to myself, "This is what we call the Shatner comma... huh... William Shatner is getting older. I wonder how he's doing. I bet when he dies we have a William Shatner Day. That would be neat, I'll watch all the Star Treks. But you know, I'd rather celebrate it on his birthday rather than the day he died. I'd rather honor his life than forever mourn his death. Like Easter. I am grateful that the Savior died for me... but I'd rather celebrate the fact that He rose again and that He lives and made it possible for me to live again... Oh... right, commas..." </i></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>This, ladies and gentleman is my literal train of thought. Welcome to a sneak peek into what goes on in my head.</i></span></div></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Someone turned </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/niftyfifty?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXiuR2tca0HYG5_wsnSKRvXVLDXpu35E6tA0DyZ5Sf5pPz1QR_7OoQ4X5Z-957zNK8Si012xoUyy0HByEz_qFth1YMzAIkTxvHazswrXgcYRRd8_zXuAl5QpEg7JpqWklM&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#niftyfifty</a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> so we had a surprise sock hop! Happy birthday Kim! welcome to the 50s!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Two weeks of church in a row?! It's a Rona miracle! Also, teaching this kid to play </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/villainous?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXiuR2tca0HYG5_wsnSKRvXVLDXpu35E6tA0DyZ5Sf5pPz1QR_7OoQ4X5Z-957zNK8Si012xoUyy0HByEz_qFth1YMzAIkTxvHazswrXgcYRRd8_zXuAl5QpEg7JpqWklM&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#villainous</a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> was fun!</span></b></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 24px;">Voted today. No fanfare. No stickers. Just a ballot, a box and me.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u>November</u></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I like being tall. I smile on the inside when some random stranger at the store asks me to get something down for them. </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/30daysofgratitude?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXiuR2tca0HYG5_wsnSKRvXVLDXpu35E6tA0DyZ5Sf5pPz1QR_7OoQ4X5Z-957zNK8Si012xoUyy0HByEz_qFth1YMzAIkTxvHazswrXgcYRRd8_zXuAl5QpEg7JpqWklM&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#30daysofgratitude</a></span></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>I marvel at the miracle of the night sky. Our universe is incredible. I could look at stars forever.</i></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are so many songs I love. But this song from the Carousel of Progress is one of my all-time Disney faves! There's a great big, beautiful tomorrow shining at the end of every day. </span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>In college I designed a scratch ticket and it was distributed by the Idaho lottery. Still pretty proud of that.</b></span></p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Just one friend? There are so many I love!</i></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>But today I'm going to give a shout out to a friend I've actually never met in person. She stumbled across my blog years ago and we've become long distance friends. I LOVE having international pals! One day when the world opens back up I will visit her in Switzerland!! <span><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/barbara.wild?__cft__[0]=AZXiuR2tca0HYG5_wsnSKRvXVLDXpu35E6tA0DyZ5Sf5pPz1QR_7OoQ4X5Z-957zNK8Si012xoUyy0HByEz_qFth1YMzAIkTxvHazswrXgcYRRd8_zXuAl5QpEg7JpqWklM&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><div class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Barbara Wild</div></a></span> I'll see you... Someday!</i></span></div></div><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>I love the smell of a cooking roast beef. How comforting and nostalgic is that smell? It smells like coming home to mom's house after sitting through a long lesson at church. Mmmmm.....</b></span></p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Who says you can't learn wisdom from Disney movies ?</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Apparently the next president of the United States has been chosen. And the future of [our country] has been settled. And nothing we can do here now is going to change things one iota. I know some of you have been bitterly disappointed... [but] we here together can build the greatest united country in the whole bloomin' world if we'll just remember one thing. There's a time to stand up and fight for what you believe in, and there is a time to join hands and work together or all the fighting doesn't mean thing. So I suggest this is the time for joining hands, a time for making up.“</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">-The One and Only Genuine Original Family Band</span></div></div><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>This girl. This girl right here makes me smile. She gives the best hugs and kisses. She has the most infectious giggle and just exudes pure joy.</i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOwELMJvK_ZmcTT_FeoWqvRwKrtK6gRCC7PgtXkVbVPV55j6kGnhrqjrwd5R18v1Khq7O5XMQMmS-MtUquPG4dQbWxO0V4J09b18BqIpcTwbQiOZyt7X-mqnmFk1nsiu4v3IJjONKIsJc/s960/123629704_10158551475560482_1687456793505215190_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="836" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOwELMJvK_ZmcTT_FeoWqvRwKrtK6gRCC7PgtXkVbVPV55j6kGnhrqjrwd5R18v1Khq7O5XMQMmS-MtUquPG4dQbWxO0V4J09b18BqIpcTwbQiOZyt7X-mqnmFk1nsiu4v3IJjONKIsJc/s320/123629704_10158551475560482_1687456793505215190_n.jpg" /></a></i></span></div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>The moment I had my house keys in my hand. Best. Day. Ever!</b></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I love that when I moved in I didn't have to paint or change a thing. My little house is perfect as is.</span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>I am awfully grateful for this sweet girl. Only the lucky people get to have an angel in their family. True Christlike love and pure joy.</i></span></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxgnEtHPiRlYipHGwk_oFeHgIWik7ZA911O0quo4zJI8M9NFJv1LICy2_XmEajUmSb879QicEVKcWSa0FBJixi1dKzM0cUBfSlLr04lNWI4-LMehMARmHuOqLr7RSbQPw18D_8In9l_cc/s960/124381399_10158559775105482_7309278495661499413_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxgnEtHPiRlYipHGwk_oFeHgIWik7ZA911O0quo4zJI8M9NFJv1LICy2_XmEajUmSb879QicEVKcWSa0FBJixi1dKzM0cUBfSlLr04lNWI4-LMehMARmHuOqLr7RSbQPw18D_8In9l_cc/s320/124381399_10158559775105482_7309278495661499413_n.jpg" /></a></i></span></div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today I am grateful for goldfish crackers. 2020 has been the year of goldfish. They keep me awake at work and make me popular with the littles. I'll take whatever edge I can get.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">To those who served, thank you for your service . To those who stayed behind and worried, thank you for your sacrifice. </span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 16px;"><img alt="🇺🇲" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t8d/1/16/1f1fa_1f1f2.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>I don't excel at many things... But I do make really good chocolate chip cookies.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I'm cheating and saying two. I love my silly, awesome brothers, Randy and Travis</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">. I'm so grateful for them!</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwUK98ej809xurYANBSZdCdUmOxoXvDhFftL5YwH0p6OaPFEMtIiGmfcIUPsm2PFhhnXe62MlFP2UVMKR-hrZtxn9wIJh9mgCyXSow7RSW33AUVzijAucQQiTn9SOHDI4e37oUB5Zq9uY/s960/125402111_10158567504535482_512255034707350467_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwUK98ej809xurYANBSZdCdUmOxoXvDhFftL5YwH0p6OaPFEMtIiGmfcIUPsm2PFhhnXe62MlFP2UVMKR-hrZtxn9wIJh9mgCyXSow7RSW33AUVzijAucQQiTn9SOHDI4e37oUB5Zq9uY/s320/125402111_10158567504535482_512255034707350467_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>I look forward to winter solstice when daylight will start lasting longer. I hate it when it gets dark so early.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Housework is so much more enjoyable if you wear a tiara. </span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 16px;"></span></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Not part of my gratitude calendar, but extra grateful for furry critters who woke me up this morning after I failed to set my alarms. Even More grateful that they somehow know the weekends from weekdays because they don't wake me up on weekends, but weekdays they're like, “Servant, you've slept long enough. Wake the heck up!“</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I don't know if she realizes just how much I admire her- and though I can look her straight in the eyes, I quite look up to her. Jona, </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">, how does being a hero feel?</span></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am grateful that I was taught tolerance. I don't care what race, religion/lack of religion, orientation or culture you claim, if you're nice, I like you. If you're not nice, buzz off. </span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 16px;"></span></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>I'm quite a fan of electricity. Sure candlelight has its charms, but I enjoy light. And AC. and my electric toothbrush. And ice machines. And...</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 24px;">Anxiety is the *best*!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 24px;" /><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 24px;">-no one ever</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am grateful for fun, silly coworkers. Yesterday I showed up to a meeting wearing my tiara and instead of making me feel like a weirdo, a bunch of them put on their tiaras or mickey ears to join in. </span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙂" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t4c/1/16/1f642.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Shaking and shaking and shaking the pepper shaker wondering why no pepper is coming out... Only to realize it's the salt shaker... Which works very well, indeed. </b></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤦♀️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tc3/1/16/1f926_200d_2640.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am grateful for the gift of memories. I can keep happy moments alive even though they may be long past. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you've ever met me, you know I love to celebrate everything! Christmas? Of course! St Patrick's day? Fer sher! National Unicorn Day? All over it! Sneak some zucchini onto your neighbor's porch night! Aww yeah! </span></i></span></p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I am grateful for cameras. What an incredible thing to be able to freeze a moment in time and remember it decades later. </span></div></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Diving for watermelons with JaNeil</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> makes me laugh till I die! Grateful for funny moments. </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/givethanks?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZV8zdnurydVr3DgISGBt2FGo86o-qWrFKwQERfC9EAkYV7JyepgfKj0DjlzVpFBtaPfiHSYXNsEzAcYp2pO51eSnxNw74KyywE5CU5jnRNpEEkNJ18KmLRzj1ZGAXbsL80_7_qrIetoQ4Oaigb4m6cS&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#givethanks</a></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fold all the clean laundry or sleep in SpareOom? Yeah. Like that's even a debate. Grateful for clean clothes and machines that wash and dry them for me. </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/givethanks?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZV8zdnurydVr3DgISGBt2FGo86o-qWrFKwQERfC9EAkYV7JyepgfKj0DjlzVpFBtaPfiHSYXNsEzAcYp2pO51eSnxNw74KyywE5CU5jnRNpEEkNJ18KmLRzj1ZGAXbsL80_7_qrIetoQ4Oaigb4m6cS&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#givethanks</a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> also grateful for a second bedroom.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2RqqRoA9tO7MC7QQb8pLEUc8OJRlTlqSRDW4DdWT0lsiuJblNeXhtgChWU-pK_1YJXCygJr4HCQYCin9IWMUVRHCH8x3Abu7Dqqtoq299lTxBUrviK2R6wK5p_wpyv6m9IxJSLyAfMU8/s1440/127057761_10158588612175482_8111416851262384976_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2RqqRoA9tO7MC7QQb8pLEUc8OJRlTlqSRDW4DdWT0lsiuJblNeXhtgChWU-pK_1YJXCygJr4HCQYCin9IWMUVRHCH8x3Abu7Dqqtoq299lTxBUrviK2R6wK5p_wpyv6m9IxJSLyAfMU8/s320/127057761_10158588612175482_8111416851262384976_o.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">After a few rough nights' sleep (as only a single, childless person can experience </span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 16px;"><img alt="😝" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta1/1/16/1f61d.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">) today I'm grateful for naps. Naps are nice. I look forward to my next one.</span></i></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Water is the elixir of life and honestly my all time favorite beverage. I luvs wadda </span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am grateful for the book A Monster Like Me. Not only was it written by my BFF </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/wendy.swore?__cft__[0]=AZV8zdnurydVr3DgISGBt2FGo86o-qWrFKwQERfC9EAkYV7JyepgfKj0DjlzVpFBtaPfiHSYXNsEzAcYp2pO51eSnxNw74KyywE5CU5jnRNpEEkNJ18KmLRzj1ZGAXbsL80_7_qrIetoQ4Oaigb4m6cS&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><div class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;"><span>Wendy Swore</span></div></a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">, but I'm in it! Twice! </span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 16px;"><img alt="😁" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t4f/1/16/1f601.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></b></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I'm grateful for my mama. You know how awesome she is, so no need to elaborate. </span></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>I know I mentioned the other day that I am grateful for drinking water. But water in general is a miracle to me. I love to drink it, watch it, listen to it, sit in it, swim in it, float on top of it, stand under it, chew on it... I even like it when it falls from the sky (not such a fan of driving in it). It's beautiful yet deadly.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thanksgiving with these weirdos. It was small. Maybe the first time ever we've all been at the same table for a holiday. But it was nice. </span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 16px;"><img alt="🦃" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tc/1/16/1f983.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 16px;"><img alt="🥧" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td2/1/16/1f967.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOcvXwAbLGdwjrP07obaIzb1XEBimLrQXHCYjhHovcfOXDBu1VpIXNJhzpditI-jzyfOcfofRbtA3zFJll3etcVH9vozYce8hbnvO5gf4fDNGaG21046l04KN9wPzYwfY3EHR24DekTSM/s1440/127229201_10158597835485482_3089174241184663262_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOcvXwAbLGdwjrP07obaIzb1XEBimLrQXHCYjhHovcfOXDBu1VpIXNJhzpditI-jzyfOcfofRbtA3zFJll3etcVH9vozYce8hbnvO5gf4fDNGaG21046l04KN9wPzYwfY3EHR24DekTSM/s320/127229201_10158597835485482_3089174241184663262_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 16px;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Most of the time dads aren't involved in Christmas shopping for the kids- so the year my dad ventured out and bought me a Nook... Perfect gift. Made me cry. </i></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙂" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t4c/1/16/1f642.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Whenever one of my niecephews randomly quotes a Disney movie, it gives me hope for the next generation of Disnerds. </span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤓" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tb3/1/16/1f913.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Someone once told me my eyes were so beautiful they could get lost staring at them... It was an 80 year old woman ... But I guess ya gotta take compliments where ya can. </span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤷♀️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/te3/1/16/1f937_200d_2640.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">On this last one... I am passionate about the proper usage of pronouns. It is NOT "Her and her friends went to the movies." It's "SHE and her friends..." It's not "my husband and I's first date..." it's "my husband'S and MY first date..." Also, sometimes it's OK to say "me" in a sentence. "Mom took Kim and me to the movie." The rule is, take the other person out of the sentence and if it doesn't make sense, change the pronoun. "Brad and I danced all night" see? That sounds better than "me danced all night", but so many people are afraid to use me that they always use I... Now go enjoy the rest of your day. Grateful for my education. </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/givethanks?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZV8zdnurydVr3DgISGBt2FGo86o-qWrFKwQERfC9EAkYV7JyepgfKj0DjlzVpFBtaPfiHSYXNsEzAcYp2pO51eSnxNw74KyywE5CU5jnRNpEEkNJ18KmLRzj1ZGAXbsL80_7_qrIetoQ4Oaigb4m6cS&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#givethanks</a></span> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u>December</u></b></span></p><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">My Elfie got out last night. If any of my Caldwell neighbors could keep an eye out... I'm panicking. She's never been outside before.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">***She's home!!! ***</span></div></div><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;">The temple brings me peace. I can't wait till it opens fully once again. </span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>It's 8:30. Do you know where your children are? After her unapproved walkabout, Elfie was starving and Nessa let her know how badly she was missed. Don't do it again! Naughty kitty! </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">My favorite scene from The Christ Child is when the Wisemen finally find him. The look of relief on his face after years of faith and searching, to finally behold the Christ. What an amazing day that will be.</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>I'm really tired. I should go to bed. But I can't find the remote to turn my TV off. I don't know how to do it manually. I've looked all over. And don't go giving me logical solutions like unplugging it.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I sat down to read my book, got all comfy and realized I didn't bring my book with me. Guess it's naptime instead. </span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤷♀️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/te3/1/16/1f937_200d_2640.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/lazygirlproblems?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZV8zdnurydVr3DgISGBt2FGo86o-qWrFKwQERfC9EAkYV7JyepgfKj0DjlzVpFBtaPfiHSYXNsEzAcYp2pO51eSnxNw74KyywE5CU5jnRNpEEkNJ18KmLRzj1ZGAXbsL80_7_qrIetoQ4Oaigb4m6cS&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#lazygirlproblems</a></span></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Sometimes the universe aligns and the Polar Express Hot Chocolate song comes on just as you sit down with your hot, frothy beverage.</i></span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span>Chapter 23<span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></div><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Mondays are Mondays. There's no helping that. But when it starts out by stepping in a puddle 8 seconds after you put on warm socks? Sigh...</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">JaNeil and I tried our hand at candy making tonight. It was not without adult supervision though. Thank you for talking us through it, mom.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I don't have a star on my tree. I have an angel. And when I think of angels, I think of my Heather Lindsay Barlow.</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> She is a peacemaker; far kinder than most people deserve and quite an example to me. </span></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Most random fb request of the day: does anyone in Idaho have a marble slab I can borrow?</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">To those who have brought me Christmas treats, thank you! I promise they ARE going to waist! </span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤣" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t52/1/16/1f923.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 16px;"><img alt="😂" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td0/1/16/1f602.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I miss going to the TabChoir Christmas concert. Last year was the first one I'd missed in like, 8 years. The one I missed is, of course when they sang my favorite-est Christmas song. </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/birthdayofaking?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZV8zdnurydVr3DgISGBt2FGo86o-qWrFKwQERfC9EAkYV7JyepgfKj0DjlzVpFBtaPfiHSYXNsEzAcYp2pO51eSnxNw74KyywE5CU5jnRNpEEkNJ18KmLRzj1ZGAXbsL80_7_qrIetoQ4Oaigb4m6cS&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#BirthdayOfAKing</a></span></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Clocking out from work to begin the holiday week like:</b></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/Nk9vmTrmOVNuw/giphy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="480" height="227" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/Nk9vmTrmOVNuw/giphy.gif" width="320" /></a></span></div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Having our </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/christmasadam?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZV8zdnurydVr3DgISGBt2FGo86o-qWrFKwQERfC9EAkYV7JyepgfKj0DjlzVpFBtaPfiHSYXNsEzAcYp2pO51eSnxNw74KyywE5CU5jnRNpEEkNJ18KmLRzj1ZGAXbsL80_7_qrIetoQ4Oaigb4m6cS&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#christmasadam</a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> party a few days early. There was spaghetti, cookies, games, sillies and </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/thestarofbethlehem?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZV8zdnurydVr3DgISGBt2FGo86o-qWrFKwQERfC9EAkYV7JyepgfKj0DjlzVpFBtaPfiHSYXNsEzAcYp2pO51eSnxNw74KyywE5CU5jnRNpEEkNJ18KmLRzj1ZGAXbsL80_7_qrIetoQ4Oaigb4m6cS&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#thestarofbethlehem</a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/auntielife?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZV8zdnurydVr3DgISGBt2FGo86o-qWrFKwQERfC9EAkYV7JyepgfKj0DjlzVpFBtaPfiHSYXNsEzAcYp2pO51eSnxNw74KyywE5CU5jnRNpEEkNJ18KmLRzj1ZGAXbsL80_7_qrIetoQ4Oaigb4m6cS&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#auntielife</a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/niecephews?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZV8zdnurydVr3DgISGBt2FGo86o-qWrFKwQERfC9EAkYV7JyepgfKj0DjlzVpFBtaPfiHSYXNsEzAcYp2pO51eSnxNw74KyywE5CU5jnRNpEEkNJ18KmLRzj1ZGAXbsL80_7_qrIetoQ4Oaigb4m6cS&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#niecephews</a></span></span></p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>It's so very frustrating when you say something awesome and clever and no one gets it.</i></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>This is not that thing</i></span></div></div><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I'm not very home improvement-y... But even I know this combination of screws is wrong to hang a door. No wonder my door was falling off its hinges! If you're gonna flip a house, take pride in your work and do it right!</span></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxEg_SkSMUEEjGmFMVJeFcS5hOAKRR_kAeLK-QOiuCgketz4p10M2jEDSzxGtlTrn8Ye6wGT1cwrDk7yROIiWGQEEbYwDhLvqvKFPdB5-Z6qndC_9qIgEhKEvD8tustuEwNx2DGqQLdxc/s1440/132572651_10158660587705482_9059924570599201313_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxEg_SkSMUEEjGmFMVJeFcS5hOAKRR_kAeLK-QOiuCgketz4p10M2jEDSzxGtlTrn8Ye6wGT1cwrDk7yROIiWGQEEbYwDhLvqvKFPdB5-Z6qndC_9qIgEhKEvD8tustuEwNx2DGqQLdxc/s320/132572651_10158660587705482_9059924570599201313_o.jpg" /></a></span></div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The funnest thing about Christmas is watching the kids play with their new toys. </b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Well, Soul is... Well... Determine for yourselves... But I can't see kids sitting through it. I will say it has a beautiful message though</i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 24px; white-space: normal;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 24px; white-space: normal;">Been up for an hour... [looks at watch] Is it naptime yet?</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I set a goal to go to the temple at least once a month. Even though I haven't been able to go inside since March, I still kept my goal and went every month.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Hey, remember that one NYE I made sparkling jello in a fancy mould? You know, the one that I put in warm water so it would come out and then when I picked up the plate to show it off, it slid into the hot water and promptly dissolved?</i></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Hey, remember that one NYE where I planned a volleyball all-nighter and ONE person showed up?</i></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Hey, remember that one NYE when a random stranger walked into my house in the dead of night because I forgot to lock my front door?</i></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Hey, remember that one NYE where I stayed up way past curfew and gave my mission companion an easy cheese facial?</i></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Yeah... Good times... </i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">That's</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> it for 2020! Here's hoping that 2021 is... less eventful? Is that really something I want to hope for? Let's hope that the events are good events... </span></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #050505;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9UoyWEKIC_mRIQdCsjWK28WapZXaVvhKbiRN1bjspBaaMCrHZ8yWEr5IEyYtQKdaWwt6yczJFt8J0Bo5KkGuLsBgTO8je-0GFen8bnhkzvmHoyN_98_cmqcY8B2WUpurm5arAl_24qQ/s1440/135430274_10158684277010482_4743306653846643530_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9UoyWEKIC_mRIQdCsjWK28WapZXaVvhKbiRN1bjspBaaMCrHZ8yWEr5IEyYtQKdaWwt6yczJFt8J0Bo5KkGuLsBgTO8je-0GFen8bnhkzvmHoyN_98_cmqcY8B2WUpurm5arAl_24qQ/s320/135430274_10158684277010482_4743306653846643530_o.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></div></div>Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003393901819290910.post-50968778891105109112020-12-07T22:12:00.003-07:002020-12-07T22:12:48.835-07:00Gingerbread 2020<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Welcome to this year's Baker Gingerbread Extravaganza! In this year of uncertainty here is a little bit of stability for you! The annual sugar coated blood bath. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had a couple of newbies this year. Welcome to the family, fellas. It only gets crazier from here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here we have new comer, Brent, sporting the minimalistic look.</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/AVvXsEg27Fm4Rf48vQ9RCdplD40rnLtqj1NuA-oI4E6l6DIeCatqT9P3YAGTYkGIgQtl9fCEXtjsf2P19kPPSKYun56JeQQ7lptcXIqqOsJxMR3v81WcdyDxdWwIF1U4Zea4My5gk-UOsDKHhQE/s960/5064.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="540" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg27Fm4Rf48vQ9RCdplD40rnLtqj1NuA-oI4E6l6DIeCatqT9P3YAGTYkGIgQtl9fCEXtjsf2P19kPPSKYun56JeQQ7lptcXIqqOsJxMR3v81WcdyDxdWwIF1U4Zea4My5gk-UOsDKHhQE/s320/5064.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next up we have Sadie and our other newbie, Arm Candy... er... Allen. I hope you can click on these and make them bigger- because the details are quite cute. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(also... aren't <i>they</i> the CUTEST?? 😍😍😍)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEKGuFINRo55ZvIuyEo24aYLcKdOh1O95H7-PLbBNb6HcYLY8OD7YTNwzIlD7Wd8qWMeiTqk1de27ko1ZiBx7KwlNlbBIm3jJagfrvH5cQPh36WZDqsQBohrJ-FKyI5GDBZWpQiaQCdQ0/s2048/1127201640.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEKGuFINRo55ZvIuyEo24aYLcKdOh1O95H7-PLbBNb6HcYLY8OD7YTNwzIlD7Wd8qWMeiTqk1de27ko1ZiBx7KwlNlbBIm3jJagfrvH5cQPh36WZDqsQBohrJ-FKyI5GDBZWpQiaQCdQ0/s320/1127201640.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sporting one of my favorite roofs of the season, Valeri!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEyudCcJoYI59ItVkldeaGxdZ_gbezVGeaLQ-ypn1FU3kH53e_-5Q4ZDkt_FZPJPQQoafIFq4AMCsBrW-1qnFs0E6B1QehTaqvbA6TmOMHkUN0nytUjbS2D0HpKVRHfrPJBfyqE2V9Wmk/s2048/1127201641_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEyudCcJoYI59ItVkldeaGxdZ_gbezVGeaLQ-ypn1FU3kH53e_-5Q4ZDkt_FZPJPQQoafIFq4AMCsBrW-1qnFs0E6B1QehTaqvbA6TmOMHkUN0nytUjbS2D0HpKVRHfrPJBfyqE2V9Wmk/s320/1127201641_HDR.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And Nephew #1 created a chocolate Santa... don't look too closely unless you want to see a North Pole Moon. 😝</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_gHjBkXhxF3rMny8vAG5uXpT36HC-qn_gpx0Bob6Z6oyVkjD32VsCqe88Ihnm7cVepEUc-pxsM9kpxQFQ58Y4fFBoWXsIlJCzYbq8So1x6mG8ti0rXt67cdIRXjZAr0oztyRGEWNPHLQ/s2048/1127201642_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_gHjBkXhxF3rMny8vAG5uXpT36HC-qn_gpx0Bob6Z6oyVkjD32VsCqe88Ihnm7cVepEUc-pxsM9kpxQFQ58Y4fFBoWXsIlJCzYbq8So1x6mG8ti0rXt67cdIRXjZAr0oztyRGEWNPHLQ/s320/1127201642_HDR.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This was the house I made. I couldn't decide which photo to post- so I went ahead and posted them all. It is MY blog, after all.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4K_PdQl6OOiulaf_j-4EsqcHfhAKOxikdowyeqeEh1WVVFkEPJKteU323Cl_IyWk1RCCtIATH20CiQ7HULdfCu7wO1sVQ1NN_MWskDqFW9sME8X6Cb0mwyJrf0U5fp930kvhbk7KNiNc/s2048/1128201613.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4K_PdQl6OOiulaf_j-4EsqcHfhAKOxikdowyeqeEh1WVVFkEPJKteU323Cl_IyWk1RCCtIATH20CiQ7HULdfCu7wO1sVQ1NN_MWskDqFW9sME8X6Cb0mwyJrf0U5fp930kvhbk7KNiNc/s320/1128201613.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHwKypkFSzFHLRw9h6ze6a4EiWBsNuywtjtBZch9FoQVbMxSM8S8wdHhYttgr9HcYjYZUFRMseM4QOZ7v57rA_uidjw8-dXMVMA8wgPsK7YVqZMNoHf0hQKM-7xWP7PAuiwCsRhvD6j5A/s2048/1128201613_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHwKypkFSzFHLRw9h6ze6a4EiWBsNuywtjtBZch9FoQVbMxSM8S8wdHhYttgr9HcYjYZUFRMseM4QOZ7v57rA_uidjw8-dXMVMA8wgPsK7YVqZMNoHf0hQKM-7xWP7PAuiwCsRhvD6j5A/s320/1128201613_HDR.jpg" /></a></div><br /><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/AVvXsEiizB-tU-8xwklxS3GliXUcu7AXlsWMGFpWl4c7YhRZarg8eq1hqyk_cyR7NOY0OUxbKUDCom7vXUj9N69bj2eoRiqUaOVWOuyVztCJfjlKu7LGkOcIbUNRtyxNL1owgdSq5tay6VRspI8/s2048/1128201613a_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiizB-tU-8xwklxS3GliXUcu7AXlsWMGFpWl4c7YhRZarg8eq1hqyk_cyR7NOY0OUxbKUDCom7vXUj9N69bj2eoRiqUaOVWOuyVztCJfjlKu7LGkOcIbUNRtyxNL1owgdSq5tay6VRspI8/s320/1128201613a_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Please notice all the hidden Mickeys. Especially the wreath and holly 👀</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjklqQhQikiJdpw5Y-vXQKvmTjpaVxcQyTOKLp2DSyU-RNC4Jy7sxhJuwvKB94YJ8I8Fd6By3n2shHAXJ_z9v49NsQMixZkpVwr6Wea4E7tJjqe7lQpusFE60Aj8GoTfklZX8Zx2R4q6dE/s2048/1128201616.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjklqQhQikiJdpw5Y-vXQKvmTjpaVxcQyTOKLp2DSyU-RNC4Jy7sxhJuwvKB94YJ8I8Fd6By3n2shHAXJ_z9v49NsQMixZkpVwr6Wea4E7tJjqe7lQpusFE60Aj8GoTfklZX8Zx2R4q6dE/s320/1128201616.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next up are the Ruffridges. Shayla went with a classic, golden theme and Alex has the tastiest roof and the best shirt of the night!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNAKEaRxK407BeqrTpX3CMgoUdeGoEWeugGjCdQLaptvKGThKPEFtOhIVs3br4_jpm67C5k45CjTjXE6e46K8CpB60muNsph4eeAdJ_oQj79pc1x5OZSTkAYzH7LggWRfjgCOBrdqKnk/s2048/1128201916a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNAKEaRxK407BeqrTpX3CMgoUdeGoEWeugGjCdQLaptvKGThKPEFtOhIVs3br4_jpm67C5k45CjTjXE6e46K8CpB60muNsph4eeAdJ_oQj79pc1x5OZSTkAYzH7LggWRfjgCOBrdqKnk/s320/1128201916a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Macy made a lovely stone cabin in a winter wonderland.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiRy17fc3ZvN3EZc2faZC5CpUr2rYX_QlCTBWXDPMduE-A8dd4pFWlkOfIWRLDVoKH2FgYgB0NIWBf2EdcZpBPeEMMj6cUt7RVrNldQlwjA6ophaTLYkkoYoOAZtOuHIKEJ3p-xtuFXQM/s2048/1128201918b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiRy17fc3ZvN3EZc2faZC5CpUr2rYX_QlCTBWXDPMduE-A8dd4pFWlkOfIWRLDVoKH2FgYgB0NIWBf2EdcZpBPeEMMj6cUt7RVrNldQlwjA6ophaTLYkkoYoOAZtOuHIKEJ3p-xtuFXQM/s320/1128201918b.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here we have the combined creation of Lisa and my Squishy. Looks tasty, girls!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyUaB1SYG7XgGuB-qFOWKzO0EWQGzPT34Qk96K68s6DoNzPA1iMXE5-MVGrJq9oDw5CMiNWGtBj5cVDBiPUrFZs0cJzU4g2aB9I29hO8Sc3D4ZwQNTRcmiMP_u9mTBihkjVfeyXUFUg0U/s2048/1128201922.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyUaB1SYG7XgGuB-qFOWKzO0EWQGzPT34Qk96K68s6DoNzPA1iMXE5-MVGrJq9oDw5CMiNWGtBj5cVDBiPUrFZs0cJzU4g2aB9I29hO8Sc3D4ZwQNTRcmiMP_u9mTBihkjVfeyXUFUg0U/s320/1128201922.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is Kim's yearly Victorian Mickey creation. This year she ventured out and added some color to her snow. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVVe28hr-j5ST_xesM7rPoV4OhYindzwjBuRChRn73k3qtRmerhrTX1C_Y168ZmoCHXgSwu0P0A1UnWprHYc7y3I_BgzFdqRkcNmD28zLC9xFGVIsUKDNMbaLq_tsEIExDmHwjPb5aseA/s1600/5213.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVVe28hr-j5ST_xesM7rPoV4OhYindzwjBuRChRn73k3qtRmerhrTX1C_Y168ZmoCHXgSwu0P0A1UnWprHYc7y3I_BgzFdqRkcNmD28zLC9xFGVIsUKDNMbaLq_tsEIExDmHwjPb5aseA/s320/5213.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">On another night, in another town- we have the rest of the Baker crew</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Nephew #2 made a happy house. There are two smilies on the front and an M&M smiley on the back. Love it!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl4t34rG8XKMTkKw7t4bn_s0DUkb7kaxQzHZjfo2ds9WyQHnCobBq0kvhljsxCshBTEzGcxeI9x18I9ZX-L729S69hqzfS5xZpgFM1l4LECztTF2-Nyugp2ra-DyiEmWjpl7A1xuc4kho/s2048/1206202016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl4t34rG8XKMTkKw7t4bn_s0DUkb7kaxQzHZjfo2ds9WyQHnCobBq0kvhljsxCshBTEzGcxeI9x18I9ZX-L729S69hqzfS5xZpgFM1l4LECztTF2-Nyugp2ra-DyiEmWjpl7A1xuc4kho/s320/1206202016.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Little Miss had to be stopped. Literally. She would have found a place for every candy should could get her hands on. I love how enthusiastic they are about decorating. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwP50pb-9N_L2l-Zwq4rD0mB4_pOQNCZB8_gKSuKjn6JrzA2I8yLwZrdvD7rvw-GGpjrT4DEq8uRHzfL5E8D1z670HhVlYdnWcb8M212577hwkuUoMKAdgWvHjyLjQhyphenhyphen_wpsqY0CPZ2Q/s2048/1206202039.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwP50pb-9N_L2l-Zwq4rD0mB4_pOQNCZB8_gKSuKjn6JrzA2I8yLwZrdvD7rvw-GGpjrT4DEq8uRHzfL5E8D1z670HhVlYdnWcb8M212577hwkuUoMKAdgWvHjyLjQhyphenhyphen_wpsqY0CPZ2Q/s320/1206202039.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Nephew #3 also had to be stopped- but he's getting better and better every year!</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/AVvXsEhgXhO-TSa6LgEvYzyOBxelteobb6tvT8ZWKpacEyt0MFcj5oM4KltV88CiURSoPFewSduJvX1nBatX-g0jlxcev71TeQUlO2bm89BGxojI-gxxj4k28-ycbuRvOEKy5PJ7KvirS4iTRa4/s2048/1206202043b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgXhO-TSa6LgEvYzyOBxelteobb6tvT8ZWKpacEyt0MFcj5oM4KltV88CiURSoPFewSduJvX1nBatX-g0jlxcev71TeQUlO2bm89BGxojI-gxxj4k28-ycbuRvOEKy5PJ7KvirS4iTRa4/s320/1206202043b.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Travie must be on the naughty list- because he decorated his house with coal and mint chocolates</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyFN7_wnkC8tBnjdC4wUMt30brD3U5gM1f4Jqvv_6g3S1YiwpwBkAnwbwtilWFy9R6FMhDyaAQFka0UBun2nnbTwFaQNtzrjed8ASJIOm8vy3OzRF-PzhFGSXOvsOhFyGlDYQ3eNa42AM/s2048/1206202044.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyFN7_wnkC8tBnjdC4wUMt30brD3U5gM1f4Jqvv_6g3S1YiwpwBkAnwbwtilWFy9R6FMhDyaAQFka0UBun2nnbTwFaQNtzrjed8ASJIOm8vy3OzRF-PzhFGSXOvsOhFyGlDYQ3eNa42AM/s320/1206202044.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Neilly went traditional peppermint and did a darn good job! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBBEF7euPO2Kr8StXPcWxmc-Nbo8oRCp8X0Og1qvUfdZXS1nWzWKrDAfQ29XeDXf9RN0NizC6gmFiYtPIOXaIPBw9h6NsrOOJb9YJC8bedZjumBkIBbtvWfLQjB4wwrBfHH5bK4u1AEN8/s2048/1206202142.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBBEF7euPO2Kr8StXPcWxmc-Nbo8oRCp8X0Og1qvUfdZXS1nWzWKrDAfQ29XeDXf9RN0NizC6gmFiYtPIOXaIPBw9h6NsrOOJb9YJC8bedZjumBkIBbtvWfLQjB4wwrBfHH5bK4u1AEN8/w267-h356/1206202142.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Last- and never least- is my little Goober. She did this house herself! I swear! I would put frosting where she pointed- and she'd put the candy on. I think we have a pro in our midst!</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ErTWcIntR1knwa0cIlWGJhw2b9sQO7v0W_2mtaEPG-kwdExkeg5kIKHG45Dhi-fzLlpmEqDhf9Q7hiOJ4mL4PRm1azZ0OewZkT1P9Ubh0ZzABUjHE-OvSnXlf0LPokFm04UKM10Pfpk/s1440/received_2787962178128256.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ErTWcIntR1knwa0cIlWGJhw2b9sQO7v0W_2mtaEPG-kwdExkeg5kIKHG45Dhi-fzLlpmEqDhf9Q7hiOJ4mL4PRm1azZ0OewZkT1P9Ubh0ZzABUjHE-OvSnXlf0LPokFm04UKM10Pfpk/s320/received_2787962178128256.jpeg" /></a></div><br />Thank you for joining us for this year's gingerbread craziness. I think we're going on 25-30 years? I'm not even sure any more. I just know it's not Christmas without a messy sugar rush and burned fingers. <br /><p></p><div><br /></div><div>I am the advisor for the 11-13 year old girls at church. Last week we baked the gingerbread and this week we're going to decorate the houses. I've never done this without adult supervision- but I'm hoping that 20-some-odd years of experience... it will turn out alright. The baking went well... cross your fingers it ends as well as it began. </div>Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003393901819290910.post-21507769609150499052020-10-02T15:19:00.002-06:002020-10-02T15:19:02.793-06:00Burning Questions: Episode 5<p><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Well. We made it! My birthday is...</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/J20blQoMRpRvffnOmb/giphy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="236" data-original-width="320" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/J20blQoMRpRvffnOmb/giphy.gif" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">After all this build up, am I doing anything exciting? Nope. I'm hanging out with the family and watching general conference. All my weekend birthdays are spent watching Gen Con. I'm sure there will be a good lunch in there somewhere. </span><p></p><p>On to the last of the questions...</p><p><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">41. Is it true that if you can't love yourself, you</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> can't love another?</span></b></p><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">No. You can love lots of people and not love yoursel</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">f. It's also very damaging to say until you love yourself, no one else can love you- because that just puts into your head that you're absolutely unloved and unlovable. be careful when you use those words!</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>42. What's the most positive thing you could say to yourself right now?</b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Uhhh... I have a good credit score. Yeah. That's about it. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>43. What time of the day feels the most magical to you?</b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The moment I clock out from work, shut down my computer and close the door to my office. It's the mental equivalent of taking your bra off as you walk through the door. Ahhhh....</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/U3t5kVx4M8DkRa16Sm/giphy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="525" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/U3t5kVx4M8DkRa16Sm/giphy.gif" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>44. Were you a cute baby?</b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ummm... yeah! Baker babies are adoooooorable!</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjfbxwbFrLNtb7sdAFj4kOJm4IELpRE0nEZAPT9jY49a37BSHKDEElS7QThYxF1Cn0R52Wo4p2NJeDExBebOI7gtcnYkZAdDvPT0XZGfmVzc8srA85ymVe3aTCeXUNesJa3n21_vG1AA/s565/blog2.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="424" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjfbxwbFrLNtb7sdAFj4kOJm4IELpRE0nEZAPT9jY49a37BSHKDEElS7QThYxF1Cn0R52Wo4p2NJeDExBebOI7gtcnYkZAdDvPT0XZGfmVzc8srA85ymVe3aTCeXUNesJa3n21_vG1AA/s320/blog2.PNG" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>45. Is there something you wish you had said sorry for, but never did?</b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The last thing I said to my dad was snotty. And I get to live with that for the rest of my life. So... yeah. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>46. What is any creative talent you wish you had?</b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I wish I had the decorating talent of my sister. Everything she touches is beautiful. Everything I touch looks like it was put together by a drunk third grader. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/XwRP4JkXOsPII/giphy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="310" data-original-width="310" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/XwRP4JkXOsPII/giphy.gif" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>47. Do you think you'd make a good teacher? Why or why not?</b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yes. I think I am a natural teacher. I am especially good when I am confident in my topic. Would I make a good math teacher? probably not so much. Want me to teach you the history of Ellis Island? You've got it!</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>48. Do you think it's possible to fix a "broken" relationship?</b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I honestly don't know. I guess it depends on the cause of the break. I have enough trouble trusting in the first place- you break my trust? I don't know if we can come back from that. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/UTY42CoHu6wixtxTDh/giphy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="480" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/UTY42CoHu6wixtxTDh/giphy.gif" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>49. If you chose to get a tattoo what would it be and where would you want it?</b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I once saw a tattoo of the Cheshire Cat that was invisible except under black light. That would be cool- OR if the black light thing works, maybe I'd get something from the Haunted Mansion. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>50. When was the last time you stayed up past midnight and what were you up to?</b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am up that late quite often these days... reading, you know. I did not read ONE BOOK while on pandemic vacation- I'm already on my sixth book since going back to work.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you for sticking with me this week. It's been kind of fun answering some of these questions- and even MORE fun fiding gifs to go with them. haha!</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/xIJLgO6rizUJi/giphy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="314" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/xIJLgO6rizUJi/giphy.gif" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div>Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003393901819290910.post-11148016900004889412020-10-01T11:13:00.015-06:002020-10-01T11:13:00.194-06:00Burning Questions: Episode 4<p>Uh oh! we're winding down the week of... what was it we were talking about...? </p><p>Oh yeah,</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/8FiLjz5WBZVnNmse5e/giphy.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="480" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/8FiLjz5WBZVnNmse5e/giphy.gif" /></a></div><p><b> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">31. What is the 10th picture in your phone gallery?</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Me, showing off my 10 year anniversary work button- and rocking red lips! I really should wear them more often. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVE3WWNJFt4YJyYZh0TGj0NnBntfHcb7I-1kR63NaW_TXYgPJczjCgjrfxyt2gsANvoj1pRoj8b0YI1zN6ZCapjYlFk2tAZQwCCCdFDdnPzMaxkQY0zYeNUeElYC_fDQ2U2d8WG7yuRZU/s505/blog1.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="505" data-original-width="379" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVE3WWNJFt4YJyYZh0TGj0NnBntfHcb7I-1kR63NaW_TXYgPJczjCgjrfxyt2gsANvoj1pRoj8b0YI1zN6ZCapjYlFk2tAZQwCCCdFDdnPzMaxkQY0zYeNUeElYC_fDQ2U2d8WG7yuRZU/s320/blog1.PNG" /></a></div><p></p><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>32. Would you ever dye your hair an unnatural color?</b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have always wanted peacock colors- but my job requires that we have professional, natural looking hair. So maybe when I retire I'll rock the blue and green hair!</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB8t7IOVHWg7WpoutA8JHRmNCFreeMwiXEe4iZs7tW-JYROKriUPrP5aYQ7QfPjWDXlYcDfqJF7wscbdu4HazmnLF1u21UIMTUXpH-v5wHMTqCtdVlD4mQXx3DyYgiHVP_IKdm1jCemgY/s463/hair.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="463" data-original-width="409" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB8t7IOVHWg7WpoutA8JHRmNCFreeMwiXEe4iZs7tW-JYROKriUPrP5aYQ7QfPjWDXlYcDfqJF7wscbdu4HazmnLF1u21UIMTUXpH-v5wHMTqCtdVlD4mQXx3DyYgiHVP_IKdm1jCemgY/s320/hair.PNG" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>33. What job would you be terrible at and what job would you be good at?</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I would not be a good professional dancer. I have very little rhythm and no coordination to speak of. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I would be a really good tour guide. I LOVE showing people around and telling them all the useless trivia I have floating around in my head. That's the dream... that's the dream. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>34. Do you think forgiveness is mandatory to move on from something?</b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I guess so. But does forgiveness include saying the words, "I forgive you" or can you just forget about it and move on? because there are certain things I will not say I forgive- but life has continued just the same. But that doesn't mean I dwell on it and have let it fester. To the girl from Jr High who reached out to apologize to me me for being a bully. I'm glad you finally feel sorry for your actions- but they did not affect me enough that I have even thought about them once in the last thirty years. You're not that special. Move on. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>35. What did you think was cool when you were younger?</b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I thought kids who were trendy were so neat! I was always two seasons behind in fashion- as soon as it was on sale at the clearance rack, that's when I would get it- by then, the next trend was in. I've always been out of sync with the cool kids. That's ok. I have grown to appreciate my uniqueness. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/js3GapFuYqXle/giphy.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="356" data-original-width="480" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/js3GapFuYqXle/giphy.gif" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>36. Is there a place that makes you sad to return to?</b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Disneyland is the happiest place on earth- and my happy place- but I also cry when I go there because that is when I miss Melanie the most. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>37. What's the best advice anyone has ever given you?</b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Melanie always used to say to "Put on your big girl panties and deal with it." I always hated that saying because I hate the word "panties" (you know, how some people hate the word "moist" whatever...) but it really is good advice. Take a deep breath and deal with what life has handed you. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>38. Have you ever treated someone badly just because someone else treated you badly?</b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Huh. I don't think so. If I have, I'm very, very sorry. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>39. What's your favorite lyric from your favorite song right now?</b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This will always be my favorite Broadway song...</div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">FIONA:</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Many a lassie as ev'ryone knows'll</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Try to be married before twenty-five.</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So she'll agree to most any proposal.</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">All he mus' be is a man, an' alive.</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I hold a dream an' there's no compromisin'</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I know there's one certain laddie for me.</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One day he'll come walkin' o'er the horizon:</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But should he not, then an old maid I'll be.</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Foolish, ye may say.</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Foolish I will stay.</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Waitin' for my dearie, an' happy am I</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">to hold my heart till he comes strollin' by.</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When he comes, my dearie, one look an' I'll know</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">That he's the dearie I've been wantin' so.</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Though I'll live forty lives till the day he arrives,</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'll not ever, ever grieve.</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For my hopes will be high that he'll come strollin' by;</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For ye see, I believe</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">That there's a laddie weary, and wanderin' free,</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Who's waitin' for his dearie:</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Me!</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1ST GIRL:</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What do ye do while ye're waitin' around</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For your lad to come your way?</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">FIONA:</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Well, when no one is lookin', ye kneel on the ground,</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">An' ye pray an' pray an' pray!</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2ND GIRL:</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But when lassies sit an' have no men,</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Oh, how long becomes the night.</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/3o7aTqHP4EURNFdmmc/giphy.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="186" data-original-width="480" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/3o7aTqHP4EURNFdmmc/giphy.gif" /></a></div></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">FIONA:</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But I fear the night is longer when the lad's no' right.</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Waitin' for my dearie is sweeter to me</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Than wooin' any laddie on the lea.</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">GIRLS:</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dreamin' of your dearie, an' idlin' the day</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">FIONA:</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">That's how I am an' how I'll ever stay.</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Though I'll live forty lives till the day he arrives,</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'll not ever, ever grieve.</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For my hopes will be high that he'll come strollin' by;</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For ye see, I believe</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">FIONA AND GIRLS:</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">That there's a laddie weary, an' wanderin' free,</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">who's waitin' for his dearie:</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">FIONA:</span></div><div class="highlight" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Me!</span></div></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>40. What was the last thing that completely took your breath away?</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I would have to say my </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">niece</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">, Sadie. At my sister's wedding Sadie was all dolled up and she looked absolutely GORGEOUS!</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span><img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="518" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaxYeDpFwJwsXv6eeCrqr8AFm_RtoaDZIXkksUGMXpdEF-xerARW8HT_8cdrCWQHFGHDKWMZu0M5rFHwegnDdgssYUIg5jG3p18MttCSgGD4Q5A9Z5bp-3C-XUgkWpCRC05B5HfCy5J8A/w320-h241/blog.PNG" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;" width="320" /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">One more day of this pre-birthday nonsense and then I'll set you free like the wild animals you are! </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/hFtVHPDcrVubS/giphy.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="498" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/hFtVHPDcrVubS/giphy.gif" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div>Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003393901819290910.post-82177192581905407182020-09-30T11:12:00.001-06:002020-09-30T11:12:00.806-06:00Burning Questions: Episode 3<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hey! Happy Wednesday! Half way through the week already? How is that even possible? Just a quick reminder that there is still time for you to throw a card in the mail to wish...</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/TvHvW4jdIElFu/giphy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="250" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/TvHvW4jdIElFu/giphy.gif" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#kiddingnotkidding</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>21. What is something you are skeptical about?</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I know this is probably pretty generic, but I don't trust politicians. I don't believe one word of it. And even if they are saying pretty things, I question the motives behind it. There is too much corruption in our system to trust any of them. I vote because it is my civic duty- but I only pray that I am voting for the least of the evils. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>22. If you have a job, do you prefer morning shifts or ev</b></span><b style="color: #050505; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">ening shifts?</b></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Morning. I'd like to get to work and get it over with as soon as possible! </span></span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>23. What is something you are most confident about? </b></span><b style="font-family: georgia;">How about something you're really insecure about?</b></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I am confident that my chocolate chip cookie dough is the best I've ever put in my mouth. It's almost a shame to bake it. I mean, the cookies are pretty amazing too- but the dough... mmmm.... </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I am however, NOT confident in my lasagna building skills. I have never been able to master it. It turns out like spaghetti with lasagna noodles... just not right!</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>24. What do you think in general of girls with short hair? How about guys with long hair?</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hair is hair... I don't give a rat's patoot either way. I WILL say I am not a fan of the man bun... but if a dude can rock long hair, go for it! just keep it clean and tidy. The hippy era is over and does not need to be repeated. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/3o6Zt2r7fDWfd9Mezu/giphy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="480" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/3o6Zt2r7fDWfd9Mezu/giphy.gif" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><b>25. With films in languages you do not speak, do you prefer a dub or a subtitle?</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Subtitle for SURE! </span></div><p><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>26. If you wear makeup, what are your preferred brands?</b></span></p><p><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;">I should probably say something sophisticated... but I don't put a lot of money into this mess- so I stick with the grocery store brands. Mostly Cover Girl, some Revlon. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>27. What part of a person's body do you usually find the most attractive?</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Their smile. I do love some straight, white teeth.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/13aSSyJaI5NkTm/giphy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="229" data-original-width="260" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/13aSSyJaI5NkTm/giphy.gif" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>28. What/which music are you currently listening to?</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;">Right now I'm sitting in silence. But the top three Pandora stations I listen to are Disney, Broadway and Oldies.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>29. Do you find smoking unattractive?</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;">Decidedly so, Yes. I may love the person- but I don't want to be around them when they are purposely sucking cancer into their bodies. nope nope nope. My Grandpa smoked. It was so gross and he always smelled nasty!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>30. What was the last thing you looked up on Google?</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ummm... how to put talk-to-text back on my phone. It was accidentally deleted and I can't figure it out! If any of you know, shoot me an email/text/IM.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/xTiTnzvzlEj5vD3Tkk/giphy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="400" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/xTiTnzvzlEj5vD3Tkk/giphy.gif" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ps. this is very satisfying to watch... because I totally get how he feels!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>And just like that we're done with another day! I'd like to thank all six people who have stuck with me thus far... or maybe that's just my mom checking out the page six times... either way, See you tomorrow!<br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p>Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003393901819290910.post-73170805309383705072020-09-29T11:12:00.004-06:002020-10-18T13:50:19.206-06:00Burning Questions: Episode 2<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Welcome back! did you survive the anticipation? Whew! That was a close one! Here we join this self-led interview, already in progress... </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">(just in case you're late to the party, the reason I'm doing this...)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/SwI6niQCVhuf8kU5l2/giphy.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="480" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/SwI6niQCVhuf8kU5l2/giphy.gif" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>11. What is your favorite Studio Ghibli film and why?</b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I really love Howl's Moving Castle. It is one of those rare times when I love the movie AND the book- they are vastly different though. Most book/movie combos irritate me- but this one works. (probably because I saw the movie before I read the book, fell in love with the movie, then realized the book was also awesome. Ella Enchanted is another example of this phenomenon) </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/8YXI8BDQqJtiU/giphy.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="500" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/8YXI8BDQqJtiU/giphy.gif" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>12. Do you always make eye contact with people when you’re speaking to them?</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Rarely. Eye contact makes me very uncomfortable. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>13. Have you ever self-harmed?</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Only mentally. Let's not dwell. Next question. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/m93v8Rl9GBaW61AmOK/giphy.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="480" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/m93v8Rl9GBaW61AmOK/giphy.gif" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>14. What’s the nicest compliment you’ve ever been given?</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">A few years ago I spoke in church. Afterward a man in the congregation shook my hand and said, "great job! I didn't fall asleep once." That is the highest honor a Mormon can receive. Haha!! </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>15. Have you felt butterflies in your stomach today?</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Not today. There is nothing to anticipate. Well, I guess I did get excited when the microwave beeped telling me my cinnamon roll was ready. </span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>16. Did anyone/anything get on your nerves today?</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Elphaba is running around like a wild animal... but it's more cute than irritating, so no. I guess not. But the day is young... so... </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>17. Is there something you currently want, that you can’t have?</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">An adventure. Anywhere. Although I did sneak in a work trip to Savannah in January, I was supposed to go to Nashville twice this year. I dreamed I went to New York (I've seen it- but never been there). I would DIE to go to Disney World right now- the lines are so short I could actually do most of the parks in a week instead of the two weeks that would give a guest time to take it all in... but really, anywhere outside of my state would be nice.</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/14bWswbeWGzYEo/giphy.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="500" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/14bWswbeWGzYEo/giphy.gif" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>18. Who was the last person to make you feel embarrassed or uncomfortable?</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Probably myself. I <i>try</i> to be funny and end up saying stupid/offensive/idiotic things. Am I my father's daughter? Yes. I am. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But aside from myself, the older gent who asked me out and tried to start text conversations with me. Ugh. Someone from my own decade- that's all I ask!! (please don't make comments about gold digging or how I wouldn't have to wait long for him to die... if you know my history with sexual abuse, you will understand why old men hitting on me makes me VERY uncomfortable)</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">(there... now I've made YOU uncomfortable)</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>19. Think of the last film you watched. Who was your favorite character in it?</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The other day I had a marathon in honor of RBG- I watched movies about female lawyers. The last one on my list was Laws of Attraction. My favorite character is Thorne Jamison (Michael Sheen) because he's so hilariously clueless. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/40700000/tumblr-nh6qm92Pic1rdh6yvo10-250-laws-of-attraction-40707711-250-170.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="250" src="http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/40700000/tumblr-nh6qm92Pic1rdh6yvo10-250-laws-of-attraction-40707711-250-170.gif" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>20. What are you known for?</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Probably my Disney prowess. Most people know my love of the House of Mouse. I don't keep it hidden. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ok. Whew! We made it through another segment. Come back tomorrow for more action and adventure!</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yeah... I know. I need to have a talk with my marketing team. </div>Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003393901819290910.post-5992313330454464032020-09-28T12:06:00.001-06:002020-09-28T12:06:00.840-06:00Burning Questions <p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hello! Guess what is coming up this week? I'll give you one guess! Ok. I'll tell you!</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/fWx0tFMyUfhyU/giphy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/fWx0tFMyUfhyU/giphy.gif" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p>I stole this questionnaire from a friend's facebook page. The original idea was to have people pick out one question and I'd answer it... but since we all know I am my own favorite topic of conversation, I just couldn't leave any of the questions unanswered. So- in honor of the week leading up to the official celebration of ME... here ya go. 😁</span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>1. Museum date or aquarium date? Why?</b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span> </span>Well, it would depend on the museum, but that would probably be my first choice. Fish are cool- </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">but once you've been to a few aquariums they all kind of look the same... BUT since I don't date, this question is purely speculative. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>2. Describe your favorite type of weather.</b></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Springy. Blue sky, white puffy clouds that form pictures for the imagination, new leaves budding, <span>f</span>lowers in bloom. About 68 degrees<span><span> </span></span>and</span></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">a very, very mild breeze, just enough to stir the air, but<span> </span>not enough to make it cold. </span></span><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>3. Name a subject/topic you know a lot about.</b></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Disney. My sister Melanie was the only person who knew more Disney trivia than me- since she passed, I am now the queen! Did I tell you that I won a trivia contest at work the other day? beat out 50 people! </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/wcFlXfhyyyp0c/giphy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="207" data-original-width="350" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/wcFlXfhyyyp0c/giphy.gif" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>4. Do you have any friends or know anyone with the same name as you?</b></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I know and love lots of Heathers. It's always fun to introduce myself and say, "I'm Heather. This is my friend Heather and my other friend Heather" I never met another Heather until I was in the fifth grade- then suddenly there were a gazillion of us. </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>5. What’s something most people love that you hate?</b></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oh man, a lot of things... but most violently<a href="http://bitterharpypress.blogspot.com/2018/07/santa-monica-and-jerk-iversal-studios.html"> I hate Universal Studios</a>- the theme park. They make billions of dollars every year- so people must love them. But I will never darken their door again. </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>6. Who knows the most about you personally?</b></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eh.... Melanie DID... now? I guess probably my mom? I don't know. There are a lot of things I keep pretty close to the chest. No one REALLY knows me. I'm a mystery...</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>7. If you could create ANY mix-up or mythical animal and have it be brought to life, what would it be?</b></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">I would love to see unicorns. No really. I don't even need to own one- just know they are in the </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">world is magic enough for me. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>8. Do you think everyone in our lives serves a purpose, or are some people just there?</b></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> "I've heard it said that people come into our lives for a reason- bringing something we must learn; and we are led to those who help us most to grow if we let them, and we help them in return..."</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/nit5PnCu3xgf5Ly4zC/giphy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="269" data-original-width="480" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/nit5PnCu3xgf5Ly4zC/giphy.gif" /></a></div><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>9. How do you feel about getting your picture taken?</b></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I don't mind selfies- but I'm not overly fond of being the subject of someone else's picture. If I'm in a group photo- you can bet your left leg I'm standing behind someone. </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>10. 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Have you appreciated all those nice, long pandemic posts? Yeah... I have no excuse for not blogging, other than I feel like no one reads it but my mom. Hi Mom!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But sometimes I like to put stories on here that I want to keep. Maybe someday I'll print out my blog posts and count it as a more interesting journal than the one I write in every night. At least this one has pictures, right?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyway, I want to tell you the story of the locket.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Over 25 years ago, my sister Valeri was dating this guy. His name was Brent. I think she was living in Salt Lake at the time. I was still in high school. Val dated a lot (a lot for my family- half of us don't have a lot of dating experience, so when I say "a lot" I mean compared to me) and she brought a couple of the guys she dated home. I didn't like them. I didn't like any of them. Then one day she decided she wanted to introduce us to her new beau. We met them in Bountiful, Utah at the temple open house. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I honestly don't remember that. The only reason we know any of this part of the story is because Valeri- also an avid journal keeper- wrote it down. The only thing that I remember is that I liked him. Of all the guys she'd ever dated, he was the only one that I liked. I remember encouraging her to go for it! He was definitely a keeper. She remembered that in the car he spent a lot of time talking to our dad.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They dated for a few months- and life happened. He decided to move back to Arizona and they lost touch. The next spring I graduated from high school. For my graduation present Val gave me a locket. It was pretty- gold, with etched filigree and an amethyst. My favorite color at the time was purple.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Being ever so thoughtful (though, kind of a weirdo) Val put flower petals in the locket. Petals from flowers that Brent had given her. Because I was so sad that they had broken up. I love you Val, but my world was not shattered. I was sad for you, sure... but... hahaha... anyway.. she gave me this locket with flower petals from a guys she dated. It was thoughtful nonetheless. Valeri is nothing if not thoughtful. She never gives a gift that doesn't have meaning behind it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Decades later- after marriages, children and divorces, Brent looked Val up on social media to see what had ever become of her. In this time of pandemic they were able to reconnect and get to know each other electronically, forced to keep from meeting because of state lines and Val's work saying she'd have to quarantine if she met up with him. So they kept it long distance, but distance can't kill chemistry.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When she called me and said she'd reconnected with someone from her past, the first hopeful words out of my mouth were, "Is it Brent?" I didn't remember anything about him other than I liked him and yes, I was sad when they broke up. She was happy to report it was Brent and that they'd been talking for a while. I was all for it! It all happened so fast- but 2020 has seen crazier things happen. They were finally able to get permission to meet up without Val having to quarantine, and the rest is history.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The reason I mentioned before that he'd spent time talking with our dad- was because of how special it was to Val that he'd gotten a chance to meet dad. It's no secret that Val is a daddy's girl and she was totally his favorite, so it of course sad that he couldn't be here to be a part of her big day... but wait, he WAS a part of her big day. They chose to get married on dad's birthday- a nod to him and a way to include him in their happiness.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">During one of my many visits home this summer, I was going through boxes of crap I've had stored at my mom's house for years. Boxes of stuff I need to get rid of but can't quite part with. I was hoping to find the locket in my old jewelry box- but it was not there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I DID find it hidden away in a music box. I didn't tell Val that I'd found it. She'd forgotten about it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On the day of her wedding I wrapped it up and gave it to her. The locket that contained flower petals from her groom. 25 years later. I am not superstitious (I'm only a littlestitious) but I think it was meant to be- and this locket was safely guarded all those years, just waiting to be given back to her. .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8FifDRW8XuS0ePhyphenhyphengYyx33dk2S8GVqL26e511f-H2b4eijgplHQLSwl-LrCE8QbAd6VLJyxhPVAgNkC-ueGxwh718ngdMoEgmJOznA07iwsEQgDLhMBaKY_fDQKSJ1Otu16c3ZTJIOV4/s2048/0815200933a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8FifDRW8XuS0ePhyphenhyphengYyx33dk2S8GVqL26e511f-H2b4eijgplHQLSwl-LrCE8QbAd6VLJyxhPVAgNkC-ueGxwh718ngdMoEgmJOznA07iwsEQgDLhMBaKY_fDQKSJ1Otu16c3ZTJIOV4/s320/0815200933a.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIqqubtEBJC7pkW7fMb7rfpFxlXEyOT78NKTxXk-T0wcEe9VWpznRqeY9EEA6z1rdiCrbYzxMsdK27h5IsYimP-XCXs5LReNIm3yag0zUB-PC1t61STLhZ1zAUukDZWYp9p-zIHOePlwc/s2048/0815200933b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIqqubtEBJC7pkW7fMb7rfpFxlXEyOT78NKTxXk-T0wcEe9VWpznRqeY9EEA6z1rdiCrbYzxMsdK27h5IsYimP-XCXs5LReNIm3yag0zUB-PC1t61STLhZ1zAUukDZWYp9p-zIHOePlwc/s320/0815200933b.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I still think he's a pretty awesome guy and I'm glad they were finally able to make the stars align. I wish them a very long and happy life together!</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8fSJvdnpcoPc3yP2iz5EjSdBXmtt6RBIqVoeSbyNcvGqoZyja-VU_YeA0kYzeFDVY13K44cGW-Y1dHQXRX6duob7iFvm7NUjbQn9d5-etQv8oa8oEicTnQmbOlFfy2mfyY1Yhnj0UaY/s2048/0815202049_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8fSJvdnpcoPc3yP2iz5EjSdBXmtt6RBIqVoeSbyNcvGqoZyja-VU_YeA0kYzeFDVY13K44cGW-Y1dHQXRX6duob7iFvm7NUjbQn9d5-etQv8oa8oEicTnQmbOlFfy2mfyY1Yhnj0UaY/s320/0815202049_HDR.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>PS. I caught the bouquet by accident. I had every intention of stepping out of the way- but she threw it AT me and to protect myself my reflexes caught it... don't worry though, it's the 4th bouquet (at least) that I've caught and the tradition hasn't caught up with me yet. I think I broke it.<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykWqPoLtqUs63_I32sZBzQasYDkrh4GO8Bgym49TG9YZ2Fjvovf8EB7tOWPThnqPB9kmbwah9ePepFbgyCH1ut_j3JECWupKscDyTqKsEulg61DwEwjb0HYkv1BH5EeoGl_nJL_Ows1I/s2048/0815202128.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykWqPoLtqUs63_I32sZBzQasYDkrh4GO8Bgym49TG9YZ2Fjvovf8EB7tOWPThnqPB9kmbwah9ePepFbgyCH1ut_j3JECWupKscDyTqKsEulg61DwEwjb0HYkv1BH5EeoGl_nJL_Ows1I/s320/0815202128.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003393901819290910.post-51236291451309054272020-06-18T22:01:00.000-06:002020-09-09T22:02:12.826-06:00the Lost Pandemic Post<div>I don't remember starting this post... but apparently during a day of boredom I start confessing everything going through my mind...</div><ul><li>I am boring</li>
<li>Shower shoes are not the same as water shoes and are not meant to be hiked in.</li>
<li>It is possible to watch 11 seasons of a series in two weeks' time.</li>
<li>All 11 seasons of MASH are on Hulu.</li>
<li>I did not inherit a green thumb. You want plants killed? Send them to me. I can only grow noxious weeds. They love me.</li>
<li>Cats aren't that great at deep and meaningful conversation. Oh sure, they're funny when they want to be, but try to get serious on them...?</li>
<li>I have a list three miles long of things I should probably do, but I don't.</li>
<li>Every time I leave the house I spend money. So I'm grounded.</li>
<li>Years of training myself to a decent sleep schedule can crumble in a matter of days. </li>
<li>Getting an unexpected check in the mail can make a crummy day brighter. </li>
<li>I love a good rain storm. </li>
<li>I am not a fan of cooking for one.</li>
<li>I'm not really a fan of cooking at all. </li>
<li>Sometimes I have toast for dinner.</li>
<li>I am addicted to lotion</li>
<li>I am addicted to fudgsicles.</li>
<li>I am addicted to chocolate chip granola bars.</li>
<li>Of all the characters in Jane Austen's works- I relate the most to Miss Bates from Emma.</li>
<li>When I tell people I love to read, that is a lie. I have not read one book this whole lock-down.</li>
<li>That's not true. I do love to read. I just haven't done it.</li>
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Oh man. ODB has been having a ball watching me struggle trying to addition and subtraction on a number line. What a mess. But if it gets that kid excited to to schoolwork- I'll make myself the fool.</div>
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The 4th grader wrote out an assignment for me today- adding odd fractions and reducing them down. Oh my gosh. I broke out in the math sweats for that one!</div>
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Whew! Thank Goodness it's Friday, right?</div>
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Which brings us to the whole point of this post. While scrolling through some site or other, I serendipitously came across a notice that The Phantom of the Opera was playing on YouTube this weekend. I've already watched a show from the National Theatre of London- One Man, Two Guvnors starring James Cordon (super funny!)</div>
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The version released by The Show Must Go On was the 25th Anniversary edition- so it's like, 10 years old- but it was so good! plus the star playing Christine was Sierra Boggess. I saw her live in Denver when the original cast of The Little Mermaid was doing a pre-Broadway tour. So that was a fun connection.</div>
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It's confession time. As much as I love Wicked... and Les Mis... I LOVE Phantom. I will admit that I have seen it five times on the stage. Every time it comes to a theater near me, I have to go. Like, I HAVE to. </div>
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I was first introduced to it my sophomore year of high school. Though only a soph I was asked at the very last minute to take a spot on the Senior Choir tour (and by last minute- I mean Last. Minute. They called me Sunday night at 10:00 to leave at 4 am on Monday- fastest packing I've ever done in my life!). We went to Los Angeles that year. We spent a day at Disneyland- but oddly that was not my favorite thing. The evening spent at the Phantom changed my life. </div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">How cute is my dress??? My mom made it! I felt so awkward and out of fashion- but looking back now, dang it was cute! I wish I could pull that kind of dress off now! No, I can't. Trust me.</span></div>
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I introduced the rest of my family to this Play- they also loved it. Not like I did- but still... I listened to it constantly. I know almost every lyric (to the original- they have changed it in subsequent versions and it drives me crazy that they sing the wrong words. haha!)<br />
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Two years later on another choir tour we went to San Francisco. This time as a senior I didn't have to be invited. I was already in Senior Choir! We voted what activities we wanted to do on tour- of course I voted for Phantom. Oh. Yes.<br />
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This time was special because I had time to plan ahead. Last time I bought the CD... what could I buy this time? I opted for a replica of the phantom's mask. I even paid a little extra for a tour after the production. I got to see the stage, the trap doors and all the marks- and then we went backstage and met <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: "Roboto Condensed"; font-size: 16px;">Franc D'Ambrosio who played the Phantom. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: "Roboto Condensed"; font-size: 16px;">You can't really see in the picture, but he signed my mask.</span></div>
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In the ensuing years I listened to the music often- and sang it every time. Back in the day when my friends and I used to gather around the piano and sing it was always part of our repertoire. My friend Ryan and I would sing Think of Me- and my personal Favorite solo was Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again. </div>
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For years it was my angry music. And my cleaning music. And my don't talk to me music. And now it's my nostalgic take-me-back-to-better-days music. Then they came out with the movie. Oh my gosh. I LOVED the movie! I've practically worn out my DVD. It's not as good as seeing it in person- but they can definitely do things on film that they can't accomplish on stage. It also introduced me to one of my celebrity crushes- Gerard Butler (who reigned for years until I "met" my love Richard). </div>
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I saw it those two times in Cali and then thrice in Salt Lake. No one in my mind can match Michael Crawford's Phantom- and Sarah Brightman's {original} Christine (she's done some other versions I'm not a huge fan of). </div>
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Anyway... I'm just rambing now. I could really just sit here and talk about it forever. A.L.W. is a true genius. I genius, I tell you (not counting the whole Love Never Dies debacle). For a while there I got some flack for liking Phantom. But people always seem to find ways to criticize things that shoot to popularity. There's a reason it's so popular! The music- the scoring- the lyrics. It's all brilliant. </div>
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Anyway- it was one thing to watch Disney Parks from around the world be closed... then it started to get a little closer to home. And then the world imploded.<br />
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Vacations cancelled, weddings are being cancelled or postponed... or continuing on but without friends and family there to celebrate the big day. (Two friends getting married next weekend- one in Colorado one in Utah- both have been waiting for near 40 years for their big days and ppbbbttt....)<br />
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You know what... I just had this long post written about my feelings about the whole situation... but to be honest- you've heard it before. You have your own opinions. There are two ways to react to the insanity that has taken over our country: you can either laugh, or you can cry.<br />
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There have been some AWESOME memes and posts on social media the last few days- so instead of preaching about hand washing and hoarding- I'm going to share my favorite posts with you.<br />
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Everyone is freaking out about being quarantined. Guys... it's a typical day for me. Except now I can stay home and binge watch the Great British Baking Show with a lot less guilt.<br />
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Everyone else in my work group flew out early that morning. Before I even woke up they were all on their flights. My flight wasn't until the late afternoon so I had a whole day to bum around the city by myself. I decided to take a trolley tour of the city. It was the same company as the haunted city tour the night before- but I will tell you, the daytime tour is much, much better. I wish I'd had a full day to take advantage of it. They have 15 different stops around the historic district and you can get off at any of the stops you want and then pick up another trolley every 15 minutes. The whole tour round trip with no stops is an hour and half.</div>
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It was a dismal, rainy day but I was determined to get in as much history and culture as I possibly could. I caught the first available trolley and had the whole thing to myself. It was kind of awesome because I had the driver's attention. He told me everything he could about the city and if I had any questions he answered them. It was my own private tour for the first 4 or 5 stops. </div>
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I know this picture is bad- and seems super random, but it's of a hearse. There is another ghost tour in town and they take you around in this tricked out hearse- you can't really see in the picture- but you are sitting above it- kind of like a double-decker hearse. I've heard great things about their tours- so maybe next time I'll take that one.<br />
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This is the Independent Presbyterian Church. Yes, It's pretty- but it's also the church used in the opening scene of Forrest Gump. You know, where the feather is flying through the air. Did you know that a lot of scenes were filmed there? Yeah. That's another one I need to go back and watch to see if I recognize any of it. We passed the area where Forrest's bench was located and fun fact: they had to keep changing out the bench because they would leave the chocolates sitting there and they melted all over and ruined the bench and it would have to be replaced. Funny stuff.<br />
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I honest to gravy cannot remember what this building was. I know in my travels I passed the "Jingle Bells church," where One Horse Open Sleigh was written, later changed to Jingle Bells. Written in Georgia by a guy who was homesick for the winters of Boston.<br />
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I also passed the Second African Baptist Church where Martin Luther King Jr practiced and perfected his I Have a Dream speech before delivering it in Washington DC. I won't lie- I got a little choked up at that point.<br />
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There were so many places we went past and that I learned about. Even though these pictures are garbage- I consciously decided NOT to take a lot of pictures from the trolley simply because I wanted to live in the moment.<br />
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This was St John's Episcopal Church. I can't remember why it touched me enough to pull out the camera- but it's a pretty church regardless.<br />
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The first stop where I exited the trolley was the Cathedral of St John the Baptist.<br />
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Such a beautiful building. I tell you, my camera is garbage- to do this cathedral justice, you should look at pictures taken by <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=savannah+cathedral&safe=active&hl=en&sxsrf=ACYBGNTmf8MKhby7yEcI_aqd79O2QA_9uQ:1581052698972&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiT5Pij2L7nAhVOqZ4KHfunD1AQ_AUoAnoECBIQBA&biw=1707&bih=821">professionals</a>.<br />
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The stained glass was out of this world! There was a lot of construction going on inside so I didn't get the pictures I wanted- but from the looks of things they wouldn't have turned out anyway. haha!<br />
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Looking up at the ceiling was a treat. Just beautiful from every angle!<br />
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After spending a short time in the cathedral, I ran back out to the trolley stop and hopped on the next trolley. I wanted so badly to tour the First African Baptist Church and they only do three tours a day. Because of the time restraints I was only going to be around for one tour- so I willed the trolley to get to my stop on time. I ran for it and barely made in!<br />
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We sat in the main worship room and the wonderful guide gave us the history of the church. She told us of the Reverends who have led the congregation. There have only been like, 17 in the churches long history. That means they stick around for a really long time!<br />
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It was built by slaves- for slaves. In the windows are the images of the first 6 reverends. Though the church has been around since 1777, the building wasn't completed until 1859. <br />
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She was telling us the history of the Steinway Piano they own. She asked if anyone played. I raised my hand in a... sorta kinda maybe way. She asked if I took lessons- I told her I took lessons till I was 13. I can play a little. Which is true. Like Elizabeth Bennet, I play a little, and very ill indeed.<br />
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She moved on- unimpressed by my humility. She explained that it is one of the oldest Steinways in the south- 103 years old. I couldn't take my eyes off of it. After a while I raised my hand again and asked... "can I play it?" She said yes!!<br />
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It is a magnificent instrument- it's been played by some pretty amazing musicians- John Legend for one (!). I opened it up and very haltingly played the only song I know. But I know it well. I heard laughter from the group- but after I finished playing an condensed version of the song I learned that they were not laughing AT me- they were laughing at my definition of "sorta kinda maybe."<br />
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I have hung out with some pretty impressive pianist in my time. Trust and believe me when I say- I only play a little. She took video of me as an afterthought. I didn't know she was taking video- I thought she was just taking a picture so in the video I was just plinking randomly- trying to play a poor man's version of chopsticks- so the video is not representative of what I actually played. haha. But I counted myself pretty fortunate. It would have been AWESOME to lift that piano lid and play it like it was meant to be played.<br />
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The rest of the tour took us to the basement level. All along the floor there were holes like this. When they built it they said it was ventilation. You know- to keep air flowing and keep the building cool. True? yes- BUT it was also to let air flow back down because under this floor is a four foot crawl space that was used to hide runaway slaves as part of the underground railroad.<br />
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You hear the stories- You read the books and see the movies. But this made it so much more real. I also learned how they used quilts as signals to let folks know when it was safe to come and go. I wish I'd gotten a picture of the quilt she showed us- and what all the different blocks meant, but I was unsure of what I could actually take pictures of and rather than offend, I opted to just enjoy it.<br />
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It was a great experience and very educational. I highly recommend that you visit the First African Baptist Church while visiting. And I wouldn't mind being there for a Sunday service.<br />
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The last thing I got to do on my tour- time was quickly counting down to airport time- was the Prohibition Museum. It sounds weird- but it was actually really awesome!<br />
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They start you out in the days of wives and mothers campaigning to have the demon drink outlawed- bring fathers and sons home and put and end to drunken violence. I don't think that's too much to ask. It continues down the timeline of all the political campaigns and votes.<br />
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My new historical hero is this woman.<br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Nation">Carry A Nation</a>. A leader in the temperance movement who motivated in a very... unorthodox way.<br />
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She lost her first husband to alcoholism and thereafter became very vocal against any alcohol. She would take a hatchet and attack places that served booze- particularly taverns. She was often arrested but was able to use the money she made from speaking on the Vaudeville circuit to post bail.<br />
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She was a woman large in stature and personality. I like her. A lot of kids these days do "wax museum" days at school where they dress like a historical figure and give a report as if they were that person. I would pick her. If YOUR kids do this- PICK HER! I can guarantee no one else will be doing it. Not all the girls need to be Marie Curie or Amelia Earhart.<br />
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The exhibit continues on through the installation of prohibition and takes you through all the creative ways that people got around it- moonshine and bootlegging.<br />
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There is a whole section on Al Capone and other bootlegging gangsters of the day. The violence that the underground sales incited. And my personal favorite, the genuine $1000 bill.<br />
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Prohibition and the lifestyle led by those who worked their way around it shaped a lot of the culture. Flappers came in vogue- the Charleston was the dance craze of the time and speakeasies were a favorite haunt.<br />
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Is that a Mickey Mouse I see there?<br />
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Personally, I'm on the side of the temperance movement- but clearly I am outvoted on that.<br />
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On that note- it was now time to say goodbye to this awesome, historic city.<br />
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I got my bags packed and for the first time in my non-tech savvy life, I ordered a Lyft. Of course I got the red-neckest of red necks who just wanted to talk about the current president and how (gag) great he is. I kept looking at my phone- pretending not to hear him. I don't want to talk politics with people I know- I'm absolutely NOT talking about politics with a perfect stranger whose views are so completely different from mine- because if you can't say something nice... don't say nothin' at all. (Disney education in action, folks)</div>
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Another Savannah staple is the ice cream shop, Leopold's. I guess it's been there for 3 or 400 years (exaggerate much?) and is on all the go-to lists of places to visit. Sadly- I did not get a chance to go into the real Leopold's. I saw it on several occasions, but I never made it inside. BUT luckily they had a Leopold's stand right by my gate at the airport. How very thoughtful!<br />
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The flight was a little bumpier than usual so that was fun. But it left like, 30 minutes late- which made me (and a bunch of other passengers) very nervous because of connecting flights. We were sweating bullets. They even announced, "If this is your final destination, will you please stay seated so that those who need to run for connections can get through?" I was one of those who had to run. Luckily I wasn't too far down the terminal and I made it just in time for my flight home. WHEW!<br />
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It was a very fun trip. I'm always up for a work adventure and it was most definitely an adventure. Thank you for letting me share it with you. :)Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003393901819290910.post-24035813914454879092020-02-05T22:54:00.002-07:002020-02-05T22:54:38.535-07:00Haunting Memories<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The next day of my Savannah adventure started in the afternoon after work. We worked a short day because that evening we had to attend a work dinner. That meant that we had some time in the afternoon to explore. The guys had other things they wanted to do so my coworker, Kim and I took the rental car and drove to Bonaventure Cemetery. It was on the list of must-see locations on every Savannah travel guide I found. </div>
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It is one of the most hauntingly beautiful cemeteries I've ever seen! (did you see what I did there?)</div>
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This cemetery is over 150 years old and is still in use today. It is filled with history. Several of Savannah's founders, Statesmen and soldiers are buried here. </div>
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It's apparently one of the most photographed burial grounds in the country. Totally understandable. It's gorgeous. and we were there in the dead of winter. There were some trees in bloom, but I guess if you go at the right time of year it's covered in magnolias.<br />
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It's always been a tourist destination, but it was made famous by the book (and later movie) Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. I'd never heard of it- but I guess it was famous enough that they had to remove on of the monuments and put it in a local museum to keep it from being destroyed by visitors. <br />
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The graves of children always break my heart and Bonaventure is filled with many. This one in partictular was very sweet. Gracie was the daughter of a local hotel owner and had run of the hotel (imagine a Victorian version of Eloise!) and was beloved by guests and residents. She died at the age of 6 and her statue was made from a photograph and is apparently a very good likeness.<br />
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We saw markers like this all around the cemetery and learned that they are markers of Confederate soldiers.<br />
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This area was particularly humbling. There was a significant Jewish section.<br />
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One grave marker in particular was very sobering. Here are buried the ashes of hundreds of Holocaust victims. We were there the day after Rememberance Day- and you can see that many people were there and left markers, promising that they would never forget.<br />
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The map told us that these were the two oldest trees in the wood. They were not the largest- but that doesn't mean they can't be the oldest. <br />
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This grave was absoluetly lovely with these amazing pink blooms growing all over it. January! It's January! Back home we're covered in snow and ice and these flowers are just blooming like they haven't a care in the world. <br />
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This is the plot for the Mercer family. You may recognize the name <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Mercer">Johnny Mercer.</a> No? Well I'm sure you've heard some of his songs. He was a noted lyricist and won four Academy Awards for his words. You've heard "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's, "Jeepers Creepers" and I just learned that he wrote a Disney song- "The Phony King of England" from Robin Hood.<br />
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He also co-founded Capital Records. No big deal.<br />
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That evening we met with the management team from the hospital we'd been visiting. We had dinner at a restaurant called The Vault. You guys know me. You know I love a good theme. It was so cool! It was built in an old Bank of America.<br />
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They still have the old vault doors- and you can even reserve a table inside the vault.<br />
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The decor on the wall and the very bar itself were both fashioned out of safety deposit boxes.<br />
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Sure it had atmosphere- but was the food any good? Yes! I had Turmeric Chicken. Sooooo good!<br />
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Apparently their blood orange martinis are very potent... Long story short- I drove back to the hotel that night. Hooray for the designated driver!<br />
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The rest of my party all did the buffet- but since I had already done fried chicken, I wanted to try something else. I wanted good, comforting chicken pot pie. Isn't it the cutest pot pie you've ever seen?<br />
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And it was super yummy! The Lemonade was also incredible.<br />
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After lunch we took a drive to Tybee Island. Because, why not? Whenever you get the chance to see the ocean, you should absolutely take it!<br />
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It's January. And wasn't exactly bathing weather- but a cruddy day at the beach is still better than a regular day. It was windy and cold- but I was in heaven.<br />
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The others wanted to find somewhere to have a drink. I walked with them for a while- but I would really rather hang out on the beach. So I ventured off alone and wandered the sand looking for shells.<br />
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I'm not sure if it was just because it was off season- but there were more shells than I've ever seen in my life! You didn't even have to look for them. They were just there, ripe for the picking. <br />
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Sand is always a fascination with me. I don't know if you can tell- I know this photo doesn't do it justice- but you could see the detail of the shell fragments that made up the sand. Every grain of sand- every remnant of shell is a miracle to me. Can you imagine the places they've been? The things they've seen? the stories they could tell? Miracles I tell you. Miracles. <br />
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I went back to find my crew and they were hanging out in a smoky bar. I sat with them for a while- but then thought, "what am I doing? There is a BEACH 30 yards away! Why am I sitting in a stinky bar?" So I went back to the pier and watched the cargo ships come in. In my next life I'm coming back as a beach bum. <br />
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That evening back in the historic district we took a haunted city tour. It was about an hour and half long. They told us some fun stories as we drove through the city. We made two stops. The first was at the Andrew Low House. An example of genteel living during Savannah's prime. It was also the home of the Girl Scouts founder Juliet Gordon Low.<br />
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This chandelier was so beautiful.<br />
After my life as a beach bum, I'm going to come back rich and live in a Victorian manor.<br />
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Even the Pianoforte was a work of art!<br />
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The children definitely had it well in this house. Even if the toys are the tiniest bit creepy. <br />
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It held all the modern conveniences. This is the fanciest Victorian Era bathroom I've ever seen!<br />
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Seriously though, those beds!<br />
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And the dining room was also impressive. <br />
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The second stop on our tour was the Chandlery on River street. I didn't take pictures there because they said that the artifacts were too fragile and to please not expose them to light.<br />
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Can anyone smell the B.S?<br />
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They assured us over and over when we were buying out tickets for the tour that it was not a spook alley. I am a fan of the history. Do I believe in ghosts? sure- but do I think that they have nothing better to do than to hang around haunting their old stomping grounds? No. But I don't like to have things jump out at me.<br />
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They took us into the Perkins & Sons Ship Chandlery where I was hoping to see some nautical paraphernalia but instead they sat us down on some barrels and had a guy come out and tell ghost stories (that's not a problem- this was a ghost tour, after all) but when they started slamming doors, grabbing at people and trying to make grown men jump- I was done. It was like they were trying to give you a Disneyland experience... yeah.... no.<br />
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So for anyone who may be interested- don't go on this particular tour. It only scores a C- with me. My coworkers agreed. They were also a little disappointed in it. I'm glad I did it- don't get me wrong- but it's not one that I would do over and over. Maybe a different tour company next time?<br />
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Anyway- that was the last night in the city. Sit tight in your seats for the ever so exciting last day.Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003393901819290910.post-78842329746005637222020-02-04T21:59:00.000-07:002020-02-04T22:02:11.469-07:00A Triumphant Return<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Alright guys. I've got TWO YEARS worth of blogging to catch up on. Can I do it? I'm going to do it even if I die trying! My blog is kind of my scrapbook. I don't scrapbook anymore- even though I have a million dollars worth of scrapping supplies taking up a whole corner of my garage. So here's the plan. I'm going to do my bestest to catch up. I'm going to post them, let them sit for a week or so and then edit them to reflect the actual date they SHOULD have been posted to start with. That way I don't have 800 blog posts in 2020 and only 4 (oops) in 2019. It's ambitious- but I have missed writing and I miss reading my own blog. (self absorbed much?)</div>
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Why the sudden interest in blogging again? WELL aside from the aforementioned reason, I have FINALLY learned how to get my pics off my phone without having to sift through every cookie that is stored on my phone. Am I a little late in the technology game? Yes. Are we shocked at that discovery? I would say probably not. So having explained myself... Let's start with the more recent stuff and let history tell it's own story in reverse. </div>
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The most exciting thing that has happened lately was the trip I got to take for work. Have I told you lately that I love my new job? Well, yeah. I do. It's still an adjustment, this whole working from home business, but I love training full time. </div>
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I am one of the few people that teach a special system that we use at only 4 of our 180 hospitals. They are slowly moving the training of this system from my department to another department so I got to meet with the old team and the new team to see where there are gaps in our training and train the new trainer so that our developer can slowly step back into the role for which he was hired.</div>
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I got all my crap packed. I had a major anxiety breakdown because I was traveling to and through cities that I've never been to before. I've heard tales of the O'hare airport and I was so nervous that I would not make my connecting flights. I cried the day before I left I was such a basket case. I don't even know why. I am a lucky traveler! I guess I know better than to challenge the universe. You never know when your luck will run out so I don't press it.</div>
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I got up and ready Dark and Early Monday morning and headed to the airport. I've never been to the Boise Airport before! I had no idea what to expect! But- I got my car parked in an easy to find spot and went in to get checked in. My suitcase was too big to carry on so I had to check it- but that just meant that I didn't have to keep track of it and drag it all across creation. </div>
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Yep. Things were going to go my way. (incidentally, when I got off the plane at the end of the week to return home, the first sign I saw had a sign for Baker, OR)<br />
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The flight from Boise to Chicago was sadly boring. I like a little turbulence... it's like a free roller coaster!<br />
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While I was waiting for my next flight (my anxiety was all for nought- I had like, an hour to kill on my layover) I decided to forage for some lunch. They had the staples- McDs and Subway... but I knew Melanie would roll over in her grave if she knew I was in a new city and ate food that I could get three blocks from home. So when in Chicago what do you eat? Deep dish pizza! It was...<br />
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The flight from Chicago to Savannah was on the smallest plane I've ever been on. I was smooshed into the wall- but there was more leg room... so waddaya gonna do?<br />
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As I flew over Savannah- I was excited that I could finally see land. There are so many rivers and streams there. It was a very interesting landscape.<br />
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I flew over shipping yards. Being a kid from a landlocked state this is not something I have ever seen. This picture doesn't capture it- but those boats have hundreds of these shipping containers- and then there are acres and acres of land covered in them as well. You wanna know how all that imported stuff gets into the country? This is how! This is the second largest shipping port in the country- second only to New York.<br />
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My coworker picked me up at the airport- their flight had gotten in earlier. There were four of us on the trip but one did not make it until after Midnight on Monday. So the three of us who were there got together for dinner. We walked through the streets of Savannah and though it was already dark I could tell I was going to love this city. So old. So much charm. Awesome!<br />
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We found a place called Planters Tavern- which was in the basement of the Olde Pink House (a place that was on my must-see list)<br />
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Guys. It was so gross. Haha! But I HATE fresh tomatoes- so I didn't plan on liking it- but you know, when you travel and authentic food magically tastes amazing? Yeah... the others liked it- but they probably like tomatoes. But I tried.<br />
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For my dinner I ordered authentic Southern Fried Chicken. Oh. My. Gosh. It was amazing. It came with a side of Mac and Cheese which was only just OK- but the chicken. Yowza!<br />
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The Olde Pink House dates back to 1771 and is the most famous restaurant in Savannah.<br />
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Want a history lesson? Read <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59a7470e6f4ca3ff9e4ef513/t/5b86f7a40e2e7266ba8b765a/1535571878672/OPH+History+and+Menu.pdf">this</a> to learn about the Olde Pink House.<br />
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The next morning we were up dark and early and headed to the local hospital to work. It was an adventure for sure!<br />
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That evening we went for a walk down River Street. There was a cool looking antique shop so we wandered in. The only think in there I saw that I would have wanted to buy was this LP. Pat Boone and Irving Berlin? My mom's two favorites! I should have bought it for her... but it would have just gone from his box of junk to ours... so I took a picture of it to send to my mom to let her know I was thinking about her- and I carried on.<br />
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This was the craziest antique store I've ever been in. You could spend a month in there and still see new things every day. Just looking at this picture I see things I've never seen before. I took it because it seemed so much like one of those Eye-Spy pictures. Can you find the creepy marionette? The topless Barbie driving a convertible? The Darkwing Duck (is that really an antique?)? and my personal favorite, the severed foot holding a pencil in its toes?<br />
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What other treasures did you find in that picture? Isn't it nuts?<br />
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As we continued down River Street we saw the Georgia Queen. The Disney girl in me geeked out just a little. Not only is this the big sister to the Mark Twain, but it was also featured in a recent Disney+ movie: the live action Lady and the Tramp. Did you know that was filmed in Savannah?<br />
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Now I have to watch it again so I can see if I recognize any of the places they filmed.<br />
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I love history- and I kind of geeked out over these incredible buildings. Sure, they hold lame stores now- filled with tourist trap junk- but if you close your eyes and time travel back a couple of hundred years, you can hear the ship bells ringing. You can hear- and feel- the clatter of wagon wheels, heavy laden with cotton. You can hear the cotton factors shouting out prices and trying to get the best deal. Making a profit. Your toes curl at the horrors and atrocities that took place here- buying and selling human beings. A lot of history happened here. It's very awe inspiring. Even if our 21st century has somewhat marred its memory.<br />
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To get from River street up to Bay street above, you have to walk these treacherous staircases. So treacherous that they come with a warning. I don't care for stairs on a good day- but when they warn that I might actually die on them? eesh!<br />
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Actually, this one wasn't so bad- but the one down the street that we descended on...? yeah. that was scary. There were actually a few of them that were closed off they've become so decrepit.<br />
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Savannah is known for its cobblestone roads. This is leading down to River Street. Fun history fact: All of these cobble stones were used in ships as ballast rocks. You have to weigh a ship down so it doesn't list (see how I use nautical terms? not bad for a landlocked girl #readingmakesyousmarter) So when the ships would come in- they wanted to get rid of the ballast to make room for the cargo. Someone had the brilliant idea to take all these piles of rocks and use them to pave the roads. So there you have it!<br />
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This bell- which you can hardly see because I was so enamored with these tulip Magnolias- was the bell the rang to signify the end of the work day.<br />
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Seriously though- It's January for crying out loud and these ridiculously beautiful flowers are just like, "whatever, we grow when we want! Welcome to the South."<br />
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If you're still in your historic time travel mode- Here is the original Cotton Exchange.<br />
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I'm totally in love with that Lion fountain!<br />
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That night we ate dinner at the Moon River Brewing Company- said to be one of the more violently haunted places in Savannah. None of us had our hair pulled, nor were we pushed down stairs- BUT we also were not trying to do construction on the third floor. So... I guess we didn't tick anyone off.<br />
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I again came out of my food comfort zone and tried new things. The first appetizer we got was called Devils on horseback. Sounds fun, right? They are bacon wrapped dates stuffed with almonds. You think it's weird that I don't like tomatoes? Will you still speak to me if I tell you I don't like bacon?<br />
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It's OK... you can unfriend me now.<br />
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If you stayed with me this long- you deserve to know that I found these were actually really good! I don't know that I would order them every time I went there- and there were four of us so we each got to taste one- and that was enough. But it was actually pretty tasty. The date had a weird texture and that was what made it a one time experience for me.<br />
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Our second app was Stuffed Mushrooms. Mexican chorizo and bleu cheese topped with a chipotle creama.<br />
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Oh. My. Gosh. It was amazing! once again- we split them four ways- but I could have easily ordered this and eaten it as my meal. Soooo Yummy! See? I'm trying new things and learning that not everything is nasty!<br />
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My dinner was a New York Strip steak and scalloped potatoes and broccoli. Let's just say that I dined well that night and left with a very happy tummy.<br />
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There is so much more adventure to come! I will try so hard to keep up on this blog and not get two years behind again. I know that only my family reads it and like, 6 friends- but I'm here for you. I'm here for all 18 of you!Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003393901819290910.post-18083523152265803442019-12-31T23:59:00.000-07:002020-01-01T02:42:01.275-07:00A Year in Status Updates 2019January<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I got a lot of great things for Christmas... But by far the best gift is my electric toothbrush. I feel like I've been living in the dark ages! </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/thankyousanta?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">thankyousanta</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><span class="_5mfr" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t88/1/16/1f385.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">🎅</span></span><span class="_5mfr" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tce/1/16/1f600.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😀</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Today was a bad day. Like, a bad, bad day. So all day I've been singing this song to myself- praying that tomorrow is better. </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/theresagreatbigbeautifultomorrow?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">theresagreatbigbeautifultomorrow</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Last night's odd dream: I gave away everything I own, moved to China and lived on the streets.</span><br />
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Thank you my friend @azo_15a <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/unicorn?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">unicorn</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/valentineflowers?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">valentineflowers</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/luckyinfriendship?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">luckyinfriendship</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/galentines?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">galentines</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/singleandokwithit?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">singleandokwithit</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/foreveralone?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">foreveralone</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/noreally?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">noreally</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/imokwithit?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">imokwithit</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/friends?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">friends</span></span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Guys! They made a trailer about my best friend, </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=679259206&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARAU-0k8c3Wa4BwBpcxPjJiVWkThf3KxTa70FA0V4guTnldU1TqiRCjNqLhSWx6kyuha-w1h-XkNs8DM%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/wendy.swore?eid=ARAU-0k8c3Wa4BwBpcxPjJiVWkThf3KxTa70FA0V4guTnldU1TqiRCjNqLhSWx6kyuha-w1h-XkNs8DM" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Wendy Swore">Wendy Swore</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">'s book, A Monster Like Me. It's only a few weeks away from release!! I can't wait to read it cover to cover!!!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I got here before she did... She still doesn't know I'm here... </span><span class="_47e3 _5mfr" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle;" title="smile emoticon"><img alt="" class="img" height="16" role="presentation" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t4c/1/16/1f642.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: -3px;" width="16" /><span aria-hidden="true" class="_7oe" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0px; width: 0px;">:-)</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> I walked in and saw her book on the stand and started crying! I think I might be more proud of her today than any other day in the 30 years we've known each other. </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/bestfriend?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">bestfriend</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/bookrelease?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; 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After the huge crowd died down I let her know I was there. We hugged and cried and then I asked my <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/bestfriend?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">bestfriend</span></span></a> for her autograph. Here she is signing my copy of <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/amonsterlikeme?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">amonsterlikeme</span></span></a> @wendyswore <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/ihaveafamousfriend?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">ihaveafamousfriend</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/read?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">read</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/bookclub?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">bookclub</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/bookrelease?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">bookrelease</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/middlegradebooks?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">middlegradebooks</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/monsters?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">monsters</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/mythology?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">mythology</span></span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Hey my Orem/Provo/Springville/Payson friends- </span><a aria-describedby="u_7m_1" aria-owns="" class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=679259206&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARBRggkSOXY93iMMosAcn6BOSKuSqRySKI3H42fISie8yHD-KvCWy1rEDoCAFATQH-UnCJGaiss082TO%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/wendy.swore?eid=ARBRggkSOXY93iMMosAcn6BOSKuSqRySKI3H42fISie8yHD-KvCWy1rEDoCAFATQH-UnCJGaiss082TO" id="js_pmc" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Wendy Swore">Wendy Swore</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> will be signing copies of her book </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/amonsterlikeme?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">amonsterlikeme</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> TODAY (Friday, March 8 ) at the Orem Barnes and Noble starting at 6 pm. Stop by early because they are selling fast!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I hope I never reach the age when you are no longer excited to push the buttons on the elevator.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">It's the first day of spring! I celebrated by eating my lunch outside. Which means that I was cold. And my lunch was cold. But it's spring!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">There is sunshine in my soul today. There is also anxiety but at least the sunshine is putting up a good fight </span><span class="_47e3 _5mfr" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle;" title="smile emoticon"><img alt="" class="img" height="16" role="presentation" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t4c/1/16/1f642.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: -3px;" width="16" /></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Waiting for </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100005022428153&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARA36m0TwrF1gHwYtdVEL9-dLRlf3hvChiwkM4tEUWIgJPjzi_rIEJYdlLf9MjHQPcsZJyIe7FQprn6c%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/macy.baker.779?eid=ARA36m0TwrF1gHwYtdVEL9-dLRlf3hvChiwkM4tEUWIgJPjzi_rIEJYdlLf9MjHQPcsZJyIe7FQprn6c" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Macy Baker">Macy Baker</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> to open her mission call!!!!</span><br />
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<span class="_ezo" id="u_fetchstream_25_1m" style="background-color: white; color: #f1765e; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600;">Congratulations</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">, Colorado! You get </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100005022428153&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARCseY_lALr5a_EPtcad7efWqlqXDuhmRbhEqCVkSX03YQIXfBXI3Dz1ee0Hu6noWQHDAiYFJbwN_zJn%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/macy.baker.779?eid=ARCseY_lALr5a_EPtcad7efWqlqXDuhmRbhEqCVkSX03YQIXfBXI3Dz1ee0Hu6noWQHDAiYFJbwN_zJn" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Macy Baker">Macy Baker</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">My greatest wish is to have just one day where I can say whatever I want with no fear of repercussion.</span><br />
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Heartbreaking. I feel a marathon coming on. <span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/te/1/16/1f622.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😢</span></span></div>
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I finally get to the point where I have my Visa number memorized and some fat head hacks it and goes on an Amazon shopping spree... Ugh... Now I get to change allllll my auto payment accounts. But thank heaven for fraud protection</div>
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My dear friend <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100006992412117&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARCCKo2C11f--0Dit9dmehpJz0aEYTZSZVyw0qe8-9BqLcCOo4yYP2NZddtOwoNu8AbEJMFzZf_TWSMc%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/tamara.aganikian?eid=ARCCKo2C11f--0Dit9dmehpJz0aEYTZSZVyw0qe8-9BqLcCOo4yYP2NZddtOwoNu8AbEJMFzZf_TWSMc" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Tamara Aganikian">Tamara Aganikian</a> is retiring. To help remind her how much she will be missed I made this quilt for her. (I had help. <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=778129430&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARDTsW9j_ld3Unk3x3gYjmYdFkI8zcLda318blmN7S7lY3FrM-kp3hbfExArYW_9b2qoWIRTutWmLt9c%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharon.slack.758?eid=ARDTsW9j_ld3Unk3x3gYjmYdFkI8zcLda318blmN7S7lY3FrM-kp3hbfExArYW_9b2qoWIRTutWmLt9c" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Sharon Slack">Sharon Slack</a> did all the hard stuff) it's made from my uniform shirts. So I told her it was like a hug from me. Pics: The front, the back, the quilting detail (which I did!) I even quilted her name into it. I gave it to her last week because I knew I would miss her last day. Thank you, Tamara for all you've done. You will be missed! <span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">❤</span></span><span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/te7/1/16/1f494.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">💔</span></span><span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">❤</span></span> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/retirement?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">retirement</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/quilting?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">quilting</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/quilt?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">quilt</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/stmarkshospital?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">stmarkshospital</span></span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Alright Salt Lake Area friends, I need a good, honest plumber ASAP! Who can you recommend?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I just got an email from the past!!! My Amazon prime was cancelled almost 50 years ago! I never subscribed... Maybe the past is telling me not to...?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I've been trying to think of a word that would sum up my day. And I recall the time when at a Relief Society dinner my nephew </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100037484796829&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARCgAHL6dgHJcy6nj5C29Qvvq0aZRdysIK5zdt_X-kjSl0U7hq4aI2_Kp4fwjeH5afXjJhmn2uAjf6Id%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/dallin.reece?eid=ARCgAHL6dgHJcy6nj5C29Qvvq0aZRdysIK5zdt_X-kjSl0U7hq4aI2_Kp4fwjeH5afXjJhmn2uAjf6Id" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Dallin Reece">Dallin</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> described his bedroom as a "pig hell". That has been my day. My day has been a pig hell.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I went to the color run today. To run? You ask. Don't be absurd. To babysit an adorable baby while her mom ran. In the end we all had our </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/unicorns?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">unicorns</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/colorrun?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">colorrun</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/5k?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">5k</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/auntlife?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">auntlife</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I accidentally stepped on a snail. </span><span class="_5mfr" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tff/1/16/1f40c.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">🐌</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> My heart is broken... So is his shell. I can still hear the crunch.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I wanna barf... </span><span class="_5mfr" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t73/1/16/1f616.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😖</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Aladdin was even better the second time. Of all the Disney remakes this is the best by far! </span><span class="_5mfr" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6a/1/16/1f497.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">💗</span></span><span class="_5mfr" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t3b/1/16/1f42a.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">🐪</span></span><span class="_5mfr" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ted/1/16/1f412.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">🐒</span></span><span class="_5mfr" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tc0/1/16/1f42f.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">🐯</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Spider in my bed. Is nothing sacred?!?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I just spent two hours watching YouTube videos about Disneyland. Now I'm going to go lay on my bed and cry. </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/homesick?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">homesick</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Best line from my dream last night: I'm standing in Disneyland! Why is there not a corndog in my hand?!?! </span><span class="_5mfr" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td0/1/16/1f602.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😂</span></span><br />
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The assignment for the baby shower game was to "make a baby". Can you guess which one is mine? In my defense, she never said how developed the baby needed to be. <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/babyshower?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">babyshower</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/thereisoneineverygroup?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">thereisoneineverygroup</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/theweirdfriend?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">theweirdfriend</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/idratherbeweirdthanboring?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">idratherbeweirdthanboring</span></span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">House hunting with </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=630575055&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARAVLN4F6TYcYvGVbFQoMQVINwOO2g7pq8DS_eImTvrlGEMZFAKNRSyj6evMMCUUSMpS1EkwF5muft24%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/janeil.baker.1?eid=ARAVLN4F6TYcYvGVbFQoMQVINwOO2g7pq8DS_eImTvrlGEMZFAKNRSyj6evMMCUUSMpS1EkwF5muft24" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="JaNeil Baker">JaNeil Baker</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">. One offer extended... Now we wait...</span><br />
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Spent the morning at <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/tracyaviary?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">TracyAviary</span></span></a>. Before I could get a good picture of the <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/peacock?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">peacock</span></span></a>, he showed me his best side. <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100037484796829&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARDNA6DABNZXS9Rq-5MQ6gZwsNjvch406QVzm5Dci7vG2oIWH-hNYhT5H8XuGUdIO_FjQzqNxu9Lyj2P%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/dallin.reece?eid=ARDNA6DABNZXS9Rq-5MQ6gZwsNjvch406QVzm5Dci7vG2oIWH-hNYhT5H8XuGUdIO_FjQzqNxu9Lyj2P" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Dallin Reece">Dallin</a> is an excellent bird feeder. And <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1435352358&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARAxuErzYP5pa31KXcAV4CiS0HHCCjpFPI3o2IG9XMDFTiZx3BefRnAQz0XdATbvidWKg793pVHbLikA%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/valeri.bakerreece?eid=ARAxuErzYP5pa31KXcAV4CiS0HHCCjpFPI3o2IG9XMDFTiZx3BefRnAQz0XdATbvidWKg793pVHbLikA" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Valeri Baker Reece">Valeri</a> is the perfect tree! <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/birdfriends?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">birdfriends</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/emu?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">emu</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/toucan?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">toucan</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/touristinmycity?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">touristinmycity</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/niecephews?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">niecephews</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/auntlife?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">auntlife</span></span></a> </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">We went to the </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/naturalhistorymuseum?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">naturalhistorymuseum</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> and learned stuff... </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/touristinmycity?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">touristinmycity</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/straightoutofmynightmares?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">straightoutofmynightmares</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/fossils?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">fossils</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/auntlife?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">auntlife</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/niecephews?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">niecephews</span></span></a><br />
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Today's adventure started at <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/ashtongardens?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">ashtongardens</span></span></a> We got a golf cart to save Sadie's knees. I drove at first and that was scary enough. I let <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100017008622121&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARBVVDIUjOF-dRCwSLyi4Nl1qb9rKogRnXuPtFNvWQrm-wfJub0EnFinfr-G6OxxVQ6FBKN8BvClPEm-%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/mercedes.miller.1806253?eid=ARBVVDIUjOF-dRCwSLyi4Nl1qb9rKogRnXuPtFNvWQrm-wfJub0EnFinfr-G6OxxVQ6FBKN8BvClPEm-" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Mercedes Anne Miller">Mercedes</a> have a go and held on for dear life!!! <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/flowergarden?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">flowergarden</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/touristinmycity?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">touristinmycity</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/auntlife?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">auntlife</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/niecephews?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">niecephews</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/familytime?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">familytime</span></span></a> </div>
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Next, onto the <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/museumofnaturalcuriosity?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">museumofnaturalcuriosity</span></span></a> so much fun but I was totally out of gas so I didn't take many pics. <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/touristinmycity?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">touristinmycity</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/auntlife?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">auntlife</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/niecephews?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">niecephews</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/familytime?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">familytime</span></span></a></div>
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Last stop of our summer adventure was the <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/butterflybiosphere?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">butterflybiosphere</span></span></a> All the bugs like Sadie. I couldn't get any to land on me. <span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/te/1/16/1f622.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😢</span></span> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/touristinmycity?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">touristinmycity</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/butterfly?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">butterfly</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/auntlife?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">auntlife</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/niecephews?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">niecephews</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/familytime?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">familytime</span></span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I'm going to the Scottish festival Saturday. Anyone wanna tag along? (Bagpipes... men in kilts as far as the eye can see...? </span><span class="_5mfr" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t2/1/16/1f60d.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😍</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">)</span><br />
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So I accidentally bought a house today. <span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t2c/1/16/1f631.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😱</span></span><span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tbf/1/16/1f62c.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😬</span></span><span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t2e/1/16/1f633.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😳</span></span><span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t4/1/16/1f60f.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😏</span></span><span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t7f/1/16/1f60a.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😊</span></span><span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t4f/1/16/1f601.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😁</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">My favorite day of the year! I'm going to miss the </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/paysonscottishfestival?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">paysonscottishfestival</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> when I move away. I love how early parents teach their kids. I will miss the athletes.... Er.. athletics... And it was fun to run into an old work friend @cherolynframpton . Best day. Sigh.... </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/goingsolo?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">goingsolo</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/medate?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">medate</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Moving progress: I paid the title company and packed a box. Whew! </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/movingsucks?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">movingsucks</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/ihatepacking?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">ihatepacking</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">At the premier of </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/fightingpreacher?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">fightingpreacher</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> with some awesome ladies! </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/fightingpreachermovie?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">fightingpreachermovie</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/premier?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">premier</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/utahfilmmakers?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">utahfilmmakers</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">After the movie we got to meet the principle actors, a few supporting actors and the director. They all signed our posters... And not forgetting our favorite extra in the movie </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=548112269&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARAEPjFYDLdsVEE246hkD67U9RBZDGMsFPFFpWvyTc7NAJ7kwuSZ0m1owNiGgcNzQtsJE0bL276AsXMJ%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/april.stoker.50?eid=ARAEPjFYDLdsVEE246hkD67U9RBZDGMsFPFFpWvyTc7NAJ7kwuSZ0m1owNiGgcNzQtsJE0bL276AsXMJ" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="April Stoker">April Stoker</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">!! </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/fightingpreachermovie?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">fightingpreachermovie</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/fightingpreacher?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">fightingpreacher</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">. </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/utahfilmmakers?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">utahfilmmakers</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> go see the movie! It was fantastic!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">9 years ago this past weekend I moved away from Colorado. From my facebook memory flashbacks it appears I hated packing. Turns out it's still true. </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/packingsucks?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">packingsucks</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Date night with my sweet auntie </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100006459913896&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARAtL1U_xlTu9c1S-4EugcZLar94fNsZBVd3o7whd0fo1DWW6LnqmUkzu8eJz5pomvaS_MpPU3TbjCDM%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/ileen.lister?eid=ARAtL1U_xlTu9c1S-4EugcZLar94fNsZBVd3o7whd0fo1DWW6LnqmUkzu8eJz5pomvaS_MpPU3TbjCDM" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Ileen Lister">Ileen</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">. I hope she knows how much I love her. 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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Great day at </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/hoglezoo?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">hoglezoo</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> with my friend </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1656702422&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARBpiBOocahkcgSFzT4nikcdK24w1V1F1CmLsXsB9CNwRpRk-mECSaBX9c7BdYaivU3ieTaWrJ2TS1aV%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/nora.zollinger?eid=ARBpiBOocahkcgSFzT4nikcdK24w1V1F1CmLsXsB9CNwRpRk-mECSaBX9c7BdYaivU3ieTaWrJ2TS1aV" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Nora Jill Zollinger">Nora</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> It was the most fun I've ever had at this zoo! 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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Goodbye 801! Hello 208! How have I accumulated this much crap!? </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/movingsucks?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">movingsucks</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/happysad?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">happysad</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I made it from my brother's house to Walmart and back home. In the dark. Without GPS! </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/nailedit?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">nailedit</span></span></a><br />
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Look who made it in the fighting preacher promo!! <span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t83/1/16/1f60e.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😎</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Thank you for building my furniture! And the tension. </span><span class="_5mfr" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td0/1/16/1f602.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😂</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1435352358&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARD1J_gQNJug9klYAApNbrfWjUDBS25y3TLi0MBELcYUCVA7qKf_uE9oCa1-8M8gcSCQxPYWUqLZYgid%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/valeri.bakerreece?eid=ARD1J_gQNJug9klYAApNbrfWjUDBS25y3TLi0MBELcYUCVA7qKf_uE9oCa1-8M8gcSCQxPYWUqLZYgid" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Valeri Baker Reece">Valeri Baker Reece</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100017008622121&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARA2k_2J2UwMpveZULpitKLyIxiA0czZ68Ei7GLSNHROUGu96uavjHNoQye-nZkUP7D10G3l9I8_bvgK%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/mercedes.miller.1806253?eid=ARA2k_2J2UwMpveZULpitKLyIxiA0czZ68Ei7GLSNHROUGu96uavjHNoQye-nZkUP7D10G3l9I8_bvgK" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Mercedes Anne Miller">Mercedes Anne Miller</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a aria-describedby="u_43_1" aria-owns="" class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=630575055&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARC9sBdvjs73qBkQZxwwU0oxYinXY4KPW-qqFOIrfu7nSPzjyuueIi6w3ZItdma0whtxYW67BFWM2OeC%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/janeil.baker.1?eid=ARC9sBdvjs73qBkQZxwwU0oxYinXY4KPW-qqFOIrfu7nSPzjyuueIi6w3ZItdma0whtxYW67BFWM2OeC" id="js_cri" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="JaNeil Baker">JaNeil Baker</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Happy back to school everyone! Haha!! I'll just be sitting here... Not using algebra</span><br />
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After the pretty picture I posted yesterday, it's kind of embarrassing to post this. But I just have to tell you the story behind this. Nearly two years ago when I was evicted from the rat hole that I used to live in, this song came on and really boosted my spirits. It really helped me get through the last two years knowing that even though I felt I had hit rock bottom, but I could still stand up <span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">and keep walking. With the help of so many wonderful people, family and friends I have survived! I am so happy to be in my own space! I just can't even express to you how happy I am right now <span class="_47e3 _5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle;" title="smile emoticon"><img alt="" class="img" height="16" role="presentation" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t4c/1/16/1f642.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: -3px;" width="16" /><span aria-hidden="true" class="_7oe" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0px; width: 0px;">:-)</span></span> so when this song came on today I had to sing with all my heart and share with you my happiness! <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/imstillstanding?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">imstillstanding</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/themesongofmylife?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">themesongofmylife</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/grateful?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">grateful</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/firsttimehomebuyer?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">firsttimehomebuyer</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/unpacking?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">unpacking</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/morepansthananypersonshouldhave?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">morepansthananypersonshouldhave</span></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Checking out the new digs. Elfie is exploring every inch. Nessa is hiding. Neither of them will have anything to do with me. </span><span class="_5mfr" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/te1/1/16/1f63f.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😿</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> Trying to not take it personally... </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/elphabaandnessarose?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">elphabaandnessarose</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/giveittime?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">giveittime</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/newhouse?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">newhouse</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/crazycatlady?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">crazycatlady</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/reunitedanditfeelssogood?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">reunitedanditfeelssogood</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">5 year old niece: "Are you sad your car is not as big as ours?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Me: No. I don't need a big car, you have a big family.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">5: Well you need a family. Get a family.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">M: how do I do that?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">5: you get married. You need a boyfriend.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">M: how do you get a boyfriend?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">5: you just ask someone.</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />M: well where do I find one?<br />5: I don't know... Walmart?<br />Travis: I don't see why not... It worked for <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1497425288&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARBUqFB9qtItT25z2CqdhTwGH2xp74d696ohi_vpc7WPNx7aM5S53Cu594wKAfTBVSwS5KhDAiwSp5sX%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/shayla.bakerr2?eid=ARBUqFB9qtItT25z2CqdhTwGH2xp74d696ohi_vpc7WPNx7aM5S53Cu594wKAfTBVSwS5KhDAiwSp5sX" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Shayla Ruffridge">Shayla</a> and <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1225887098&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARCdMplC6WQHysPbXPRqwWaYdJObSKeuYwdL9ysXj9EaOXnTvg6KBlnCPbaWU1TewohrHgsn5lQNm_x2%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/alex.ruffridge?eid=ARCdMplC6WQHysPbXPRqwWaYdJObSKeuYwdL9ysXj9EaOXnTvg6KBlnCPbaWU1TewohrHgsn5lQNm_x2" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Alex Ruffridge">Alex</a>. <span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td0/1/16/1f602.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😂</span></span><span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td0/1/16/1f602.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😂</span></span><span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td0/1/16/1f602.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😂</span></span></span><br />
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(Not a) date night with my favorite 9 year old! Pizza, games and introducing him to some classic Disney! <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/auntlife?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">auntlife</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/niecephews?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">niecephews</span></span></a></div>
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Just a couple of princesses hanging out. More pizza (she chose!) And coloring and introducing her to my favorite version of Cinderella. <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/auntlife?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">auntlife</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/niecephews?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">niecephews</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/princessparty?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">princessparty</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/theslipperandtherose?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">theslipperandtherose</span></span></a></div>
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Tonight was this guy's turn for auntie time! He chose to eat at "booger king" ate lots of rainbow sherbet and watched night at the museum. <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/auntlife?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">auntlife</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/neicephews?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">neicephews</span></span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Deep thoughts from today:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">1. The books are so much better. Why do I even own the Harry Potter movies? They make me mad!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">2. Jim Gaffigan is super funny.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">3. These thoughts aren't very deep.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">4. I should have stopped after one.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">5. Maybe two.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">6. This is ridiculous.</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />7. Now I have to quit on a logical number.<br />8. It might be the medicine talking.<br />9. I alphabetized my movies today.<br />10. I can't believe we're still friends. I'm sorry.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Ok, I'll bite.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I'm curious to read other people's answers and get to know some of you better!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Here goes nothing </span><span class="_5mfr" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t57/1/16/1f609.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😉</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">3 places I've lived:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">1. 845.6 miles from Disneyland</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />2. 1025.9 miles from Disneyland<br />3. 2631.6 miles from Disney World (currently)<br /><br />3 things I love to watch on tv<br />1. Classic Mickey cartoons<br />2. Duck Tales<br />3. Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers<br /><br />3 places I have visited<br />1. Disneyland<br />2. California Adventure<br />3. Disney World<br /><br />3 things I love to eat:<br />1. Disneyland red wagon corn dogs<br />2. Churros<br />3. Anything Mickey shaped<br /><br />3 favorite drinks:<br />1. Ice water<br />2. Mint julep<br />3. Cozy cone hot chocolate</span><br />
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I'm officially an Idahoan! ...again (never really stopped claiming it.. But now I have documentation)</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Thank you all for the birthday wishes! I feel sufficiently loved. </span><span class="_5mfr" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td2/1/16/1f604.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😄</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Who knew The Hobbit was such a spiritual parallel?!? Elder Uchtdorf is awesome! </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/generalconference?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">generalconference</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I've never enjoyed getting in wrecks, but it's so much better when it's not my fault. </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/everyoneisfine?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">everyoneisfine</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/fenderbender?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">fenderbender</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">It's been a busy week! Thursday night we went out to celebrate @kimmybaker2012 birthday. Happy 30ish birthday! We played video games and went crazy. One nephew won 1000 tickets in one spin of the lucky wheel! </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/birthday?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">birthday</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/familytime?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">familytime</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/auntlife?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">auntlife</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/neicephews?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">neicephews</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Friday night @kimmybaker2012 and I took all 4 kids for a </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/halloweenparty?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">halloweenparty</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> sleepover. </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/auntlife?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">auntlife</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/neicephews?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">neicephews</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/theywerealittletooincharacter?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">theywerealittletooincharacter</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/boxingwithninjas?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">boxingwithninjas</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">At the party we got very crafty. MLB is such a good little artist, BB gives the BEST hugs and the boys were good sports about these blasted craft projects. The big one said ages 6+ and would take an hour. I'm 40+ and it took me 5 hours. I want my $$ back! </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/auntlife?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">auntlife</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/neicephews?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">neicephews</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/halloweenparty?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">halloweenparty</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">To finish the weekend we went to the </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/boisestate?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">boisestate</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/football?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">football</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> game. We were on the second to last row up in the nosebleeds. So cold but so fun! </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/auntlife?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">auntlife</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/neicephews?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">neicephews</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/familytime?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">familytime</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/wewon?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">wewon</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I'm speaking in church tomorrow if anyone wants to come sit on the front row and make faces...</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I've said it before, I'll say it again: I have the world's best book club! We even got to interview the author! Thanks for joining us </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=679259206&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARBO9vMifOsF8Ddwkw-HAYOLReVNdBM5h8U37dYsPls5aO8quRi7ocXS-l3WTVvQPcrmkYzZRuKuXyKs%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/wendy.swore?eid=ARBO9vMifOsF8Ddwkw-HAYOLReVNdBM5h8U37dYsPls5aO8quRi7ocXS-l3WTVvQPcrmkYzZRuKuXyKs" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Wendy Swore">Wendy Swore</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/amonsterlikeme?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">amonsterlikeme</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/mybestfriend?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">mybestfriend</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/bookclubadventures?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">bookclubadventures</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/bookclub?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">bookclub</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Fun night seeing </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/thriller?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">thriller</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> with the </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/odysseydance?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">odysseydance</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> company but we were super sad that </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100000092882127&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARCM8Y6iJK9x7DwOF0Dtc2KuI_2fU2ASihtCjRYhVbzDOaoaKrvEuKvC1x1T8H6IjnkV_iUBknqG1eWD%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/anahit.azizian?eid=ARCM8Y6iJK9x7DwOF0Dtc2KuI_2fU2ASihtCjRYhVbzDOaoaKrvEuKvC1x1T8H6IjnkV_iUBknqG1eWD" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Anahit Azizian">Anahit Azizian</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> couldn't make it. </span><span class="_5mfr" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/te/1/16/1f622.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😢</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I'm crying looking at pictures of my babies. They were so tiny! The baby pics are from @wendyswore before they were mine. They were originally Cleopatra and Hermione. 3 years ago today, on </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/nationalcatday?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">nationalcatday</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> my </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/elphabaandnessarose?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">elphabaandnessarose</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> and came to live with me. Now they're big ol spiky monsters.... Who are still so soft and cuddly (when they want to be). </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/crazycatlady?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">crazycatlady</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/babypictures?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">babypictures</span></span></a><br />
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November<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">5 year old niece: where are your glasses?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Me: I don't wear glasses.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">5yo: Oh. Then you need to put on makeup, you look weird.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Kids don't lie about this stuff guys. Haha!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Little sis and I ran away to Oregon for a </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/gno?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">GNO</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> why Oregon? </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/whynot?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">whynot</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> !?! </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/lastchristmas?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">lastchristmas</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">It's Disney+ Day! If anyone needs me the next two months my new address is: the couch.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">So a blonde, a brunette and a redhead went out for dinner... </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/sisters?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">sisters</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/sistersnightout?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">sistersnightout</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/watchout?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">watchout</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/thecityisstillstanding?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">thecityisstillstanding</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><br />
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December<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Sick today. My work outfit: red and white plaid flannel top, teal and blue plaid fleece bottoms, red and green striped socks. I'm a hot mess if ever there was one! </span><span class="_5mfr" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td0/1/16/1f602.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😂</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/workfromhome?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">workfromhome</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">A little elf reminded me today is </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/nationalcookieday?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">nationalcookieday</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> so I had some little helpers over to celebrate. Little miss scooped "one for the pan, one for me..." ODB dropped an egg on the floor... That was his favorite part. We had to stop for a musical number while they baked then fresh cookies as a reward! </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/auntlife?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">auntlife</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/neicephews?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">neicephews</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/baker?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">baker</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/elfontheshelf?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">elfontheshelf</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/familytime?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">familytime</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Hooray for no makeup days! </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/workfromhome?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">workfromhome</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Oh my goodness it was a busy day! We attended my ward's Christmas breakfast- which was awesome- and then this handsome guy was baptized today. He was so cute about it and so excited! We followed that up with an intense basketball game for the big brother, then ended the night at Little Miss's dance recital. It was a crazy, busy, awesome day! </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/familytime?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">familytime</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/auntlife?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">auntlife</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/niecephews?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">niecephews</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Holiday Inn, White Christmas and It's a Wonderful Life. Productive day. </span><span class="_47e3 _5mfr" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle;" title="smile emoticon"><img alt="" class="img" height="16" role="presentation" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t4c/1/16/1f642.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: -3px;" width="16" /></span><br />
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Content </span><span class="_5mfr" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tdc/1/16/1f43c.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">🐼</span></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />5. What's the closest thing to you that's red? My shirt... It's plaid.<br />6. Tell me about the last dream you remember having? My phone broke and I was miles from home and didn't know what to do. <span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t57/1/16/1f4f1.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">📱</span></span><br />7. Did you meet anybody new today? Not really... Stranger danger!!<br />8. What are you craving right now? I could go for some popcorn.<br />9. What comes to mind when you think of cabbage? Babies... You know... Cabbage patch...? Whatever. Go away.<br />10. Have you ever counted to 1,000? Maybe once? I usually fall asleep around 783. <span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/taf/1/16/1f634.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😴</span></span><br />11. Do you bite into your ice cream or just lick it? Depends on how drippy it is. <span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tcb/1/16/1f366.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">🍦</span></span><br />12. Do you like your hair? I need to get it done, but yeah,<br />13. Do you like yourself? What's not to like?<br />14. Would you go out to eat with George W Bush? Is he paying? Sure.<span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t7a/1/16/26f3.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">⛳</span></span><br />15. What are you listening to right Now? Ellen DeGeneres<br />16. Are your parents strict? Didn't need to be. I was a boring kid. Still am...<br />17. Would you go sky diving? Theoretically yes. Realistally... No. <span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t30/1/16/1f635.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😵</span></span><br />18. Do you like cottage cheese? Cooked in things yes. Plain? Gag.<br />19. Have you ever met a celebrity? Meh... I guess he was kind if a celebrity....<br />20. Do you rent movies often? Nope<br />21. Is there anything sparkly in the room you're in? 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Do you use chap stick? No. Lip gloss <span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t48/1/16/1f484.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">💄</span></span><br />26. Can you use chop sticks? Sorta<br />27. Are you too forgiving? Ugh. Yes.<br />28. Ever been in love? Nope.<br />29. Last time you cried? 10 minutes ago. stupid Ellen... <span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t40/1/16/1f62d.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😭</span></span><br />30. What was the last question you asked? Where's the binki?!?!?! <span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tab/1/16/1f476.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">👶</span></span><br />31. Favorite time of the year? Spring<br />32. Do you have any tattoos? No<br />33. Are you sarcastic? Moi??? <span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t58/1/16/1f47c.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">👼</span></span><br />34. Ever walked into a wall? Have you met me?<br />35. Favorite color? <span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t94/1/16/1f49a.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">💚</span></span><br />36. Have you ever slapped someone? Yes. And it felt awesome!!! <span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t40/1/16/1f4a5.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">💥</span></span><br />37. Is your hair curly? Yes<br />38. Do looks matter? They shouldn't. <span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t2e/1/16/1f479.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">👹</span></span><br />39. Do you like your life right now? Yes!!<br />40. Do you sleep with the TV on? I don't have a tv in my room... No.<br />41. Can you handle the truth? I'd like to think so.<br />42. Do you have good vision? Slowly declining but still no corrective lenses. <span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tea/1/16/1f453.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">👓</span></span></span>Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003393901819290910.post-78183454788436121862019-07-12T22:00:00.000-06:002019-07-13T00:27:52.055-06:00That one time I bought a house<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Alright everyone! It's been ages since I've blogged. It's been ages since I've had anything exciting to blog *about*. But this is a story I want to remember.</div>
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I have a new job. I work for HCA. I've been with the company for nine years as a registrar and Team Lead. I love my job and I'm not super excited to leave my job- but being rather independent it's difficult to depend on others to live. So I had to improve my job situation so I could afford to support myself. I'm literally middle aged. It's time to stop living like an aimless noob.</div>
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I applied for a couple of different jobs but the one that worked out is still with HCA, but instead of working in registration, I will be working as a trainer for the corporate education team. I'm really excited for this job! I think I'm a natural teacher so I should be right at home. I just have a TON to learn. </div>
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The biggest change about this job is that it is work from home. Hard to do when you don't have a home from which to work. Though it's not a huge raise, it's enough that I should be able to finally get a house. I decided on Caldwell area because it's a more affordable market. Also- I have family there. I have been collecting things for years to have in my "auntie closet". Stuff that I wanted my nieces and nephews to come over and read and play with and enjoy. All of those books have never been read, the games never played, the coloring books never colored. Half of my niecephews are grown up now and are not into those things.</div>
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As soon as I became and aunt- I moved away (not because of that, haha!) and I've never really been near them when they're little. This is my chance. These littles are still young and naive enough to think I'm cool. Best to get my time in with them before they grow up and wise up.</div>
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So I started looking for houses. I hate house hunting. I've been looking for years. Always disappointed and frustrated. It depresses me and makes me want to sleep. A lot. But I called my realtor group in Idaho and got them on the job. I'd been looking to move there last year and it didn't work out. They made up a search for me and the suggestions started rolling in. I collected a bunch that were my favorites- but how are you supposed to pick a house from pictures? I needed to get there and look for a house in person. I took a day off of work and drove to Idaho. I told myself this was the only day I had to find a house. This was my only chance. It had to be today!</div>
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The immediate goal was to get a house in my brother's subdivision. I wanted to be close enough that the kids could safely ride their bikes to my house when they just felt they needed to run away. It quickly became apparent that it wasn't going to work. There weren't many houses to choose from in my price range- so I agreed to look in the surrounding cities. A 30 minute drive to auntie's is still better than the 5 hour drive it is now, right?</div>
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We looked at seven or eight houses. The first one was gorgeous on the inside but the neighborhood was terrifying. I need a neighborhood that is safe enough that my littles can play outside in safety. Nope. The next one was really nice. It was huuuuuge. It needed a little love- but it checked off all my boxes. it even had a kitty door ready built in. And the most amazing covered deck I've ever seen in my life! We looked at the others- but when it came down to it, I decided that the second house was the one I was going to go with. It was about 25-30 minutes away from family.</div>
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We went back to realtor's office and wrote the order up. I was so nervous I wanted to die. We got it all signed and done. The offer was lovely. And accepted later that night. By then I was already back in Utah. I'd done what I'd set out to do. Bought a house in one day... That was the goal! right?</div>
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I'd had a chat with the Lord. I explained to him that I am far too dense to pick up on subtle promptings. I needed to know for sure if this was the right house for me. I needed to know. A house is just a house- but I want a house in the right neighborhood where I can fit in and make friends. Be by people who will change my life- and hopefully I can have a similar effect. I asked Him to help me feel peace if this was the right house.</div>
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Everyone said it was exciting. I wasn't excited. I just wanted to puke and go to bed. The next day I showed the house to a few coworkers. Not excited to show them. Didn't care what they thought. Tried to do it with a smile... but just felt sick. I wasn't sure if it was crippling fear of commitment, or the Lord telling me it was not right for me.</div>
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I remembered what I asked. "Please help me feel peace if it's right." I did not feel peace. That was my answer. I'd gotten an email earlier in the day asking for money for an inspection. That was kind of what triggered the anxiety. I knew if I put any money into it- I would not get it back. So if I was going to back out- it had to be now. I called realtor and told him I couldn't do it. He wasn't very pleased with me. I can't blame him. He put a lot of work into it- spent an entire day with me driving all over creation and looking at houses (that alone should earn him a medal) and then I just big, fat chickened out. I felt so awful. But I felt immense relief after that conversation. </div>
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A week or so came and went- we took the rest of the week off to deal with the holiday- which was good because I had guests in town and didn't have time to deal with it anyway.</div>
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The next week though I got back into looking at houses. I was trying to plan another trip to go look at houses. I am transitioning to my new job- so it's not like I can just take time off and go. </div>
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Yesterday- Thursday- I was talking to a coworker and telling her how I needed to get back out there because I refused to buy a house I'd never seen. Sure, my family is there and they were willing to go look at houses for me- which my sister did go with me when I was there- but how am I supposed to know the feel of a house through pictures and videos? impossible. I needed to be there in person.</div>
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Later that day I got a couple of new listing alerts and took a look at them. One was super cute. One ridiculously affordable and the other was butt ugly but in the right price range. It will be at least another week before I can get out there to look for houses. So I decided to just bite the bullet and have my sister go look. No harm in that. So I text realtor and asked if he could go with her that day. Sure... so they met up and looked at the first house- the cute house. I was at work so I couldn't watch the video they sent me until after I got off work.</div>
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The second house- the super cheap one- I took the virtual tour with them. It was a decent enough house. It needed a LOT of fixing up- but with as cheap as it was, I could totally do that. The layout was weird and it had a laundry closet instead of a laundry room- and it was in the kitchen. I HATE laundry closets. Especially when they're in such a stupid place. But- sometimes beggars can't be choosers.. What clinched it was the neighborhood. It was a total dive. Nope Nope Nope. I would not feel safe walking down that street and I would not let my littles out to play unsupervised.</div>
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The third house we'd ruled out because there were already several offers on it driving the price up and I didn't really like it that much anyway. So I just got to see the two.</div>
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When I got off work I watched the video of the first one. Guys. I loved it. How do you fall in love with something you've never seen in person? I don't know how it happened. It's totally perfect for me. It's a flip house so everything is recently updated. It's so pretty. The yard isn't much to look at- but even that is a bonus because I can make it my own without being intimidated by someone else's landscape ideas. And bonus bonus- it's about TEN minutes from my family!</div>
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Enough talk. Are you ready to see some pictures?!</div>
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This is the outside. It's BRICK! Not long ago my mom was telling me that her dream home was a red brick house with white mortar. When my parents built their house in Salt Lake that's what they ordered. When they came to inspect the house- the contractors had used my parent's brick on the other house they were building across the street- and the other house's brick on my parent's. They were so disappointed but it was too late. So I love that it has brick.</div>
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It's a twin home. I was not looking for a twin home, but honestly, it's not a big deal. Looking at the home from above, you can see that the only place they are conjoined is a small part of the garage. Other than that they share no walls. How awesome is that?</div>
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As you walk in through the garage, there is a little pantry and laundry area. So like a mud room. Which is awesome!My washing machine gets a little overenthusiastic and it will be nice to have it on the other side of the house when I do laundry at night. Then into the kitchen.</div>
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I love that there are electrical outlets all over. The cruddy apartment I was in before only had like two outlets in the whole kitchen. I'm already trying to plot out where things are going to go. I wish the appliances were black- but that is not a big deal at all.<br />
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These pictures don't really show much- but I like that the kitchen is kind of closed off. I'm not a huge fan of open concept- and this makes it feel a little more concealed.<br />
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The sliding glass doors lead out to a small patio and then around the corner to the back yard. Seriously- the yard is ugly. Which is why they didn't post pictures of it on the website. haha! But there is a nice durable shed in the back corner where I can keep shovels and stuff... you know, because I'm so green thumby. (I'm gonna try! I've been taking notes of lovely gardens)<br />
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Can you spot the kitty door? Ok, it's probably actually a doggie door- but I don't have doggies at this time. My girls are indoor cats- but I would like to eventually get- or build- a cat cage that they can go out and sun in- for that outdoorsy- yet controlled safety- feel.<br />
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The master bedroom has a ceiling fan, walk in closet and en suite bathroom. It's not a very big bathroom- but I am not that concerned. It's just me, after all. I don't need duel sinks. That's just one more sink to feel guilty about not cleaning.<br />
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The two smaller bedrooms are similar in size. One will be my work from home office. So I guess I'll pick the one with the best view for day dreaming. Probably not the one that looks at the shed.<br />
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And our tour ends back at the beginning...I believe they call that "full circle". Look at this garage! Shelves already there- a work bench!? A place to store all my crap! I have like, three Christmas trees and I'm already mentally organizing where everything is going to go.<br />
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So there you have it. We wrote up the offer last night and it was accepted almost right away. We had to wait for one of the sellers to sign so it wasn't official until this morning- but we are under contract. And this time there is no anxiety. I'm so freaking excited I can't stand it! I just want to get moved in and get life going as soon as I possibly can. It will be a few weeks before we close. The sellers want a quick close- which I'm totally amenable to- and then moving day!</div>
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Seriously though- no anxiety. Just pure giddiness. This is what it should be like. I see the stark contrast between this offer and the last. The other house was nice enough- and I hope the sellers were able to get the next highest bidder to take it- and I hope they're very happy in it. But I just needed to wait a liiiiiiittle bit longer. Because this house- which I haven't even met yet and I've already named- is the one for me. I feel like I've met my true love and we've had the whirlwind-est of romances.</div>
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9 years later.... They're still weirdos.</div>
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One thousand four hundred sixty one days since I last heard her voice.</div>
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House hunting is the pits. My offer to be the grateful recipient of a $100,000 donation is still valid. <span class="_5afx" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/ineedrichrelatives?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">ineedrichrelatives</span></a></span></div>
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Nothing ruins your Wednesday faster than realizing it's only Monday.</div>
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Oh, my friend, my friend....<span class="_50jn"> — feeling heartbroken.</span></div>
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<span class="_50jn">It happened again. I smashed a spider but can't find the body. <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/itsgoingtocomaftermeinmysleep?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">itsgoingtocomaftermeinmysleep</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/nosleeptonight?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">nosleeptonight</span></span></a><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/ninjaspider?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">ninjaspider</span></span></a></span></div>
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February</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Experiment confirmed. If I start listening to Les Mis as I leave my parent's house and skip "Lovely Ladies", the final song plays as I drive into my West Valley driveway.</span><span class="_5afx" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/thethingsthatkeepmeawake?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">thethingsthatkeepmeawake</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Ok. Gonna geek out here for a sec. I love the Olympics. Like, I LOVE them. It's day one And I'm already planning to lose sleep watching curling on live streaming. God bless the inventor of </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/roku?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">roku</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> and thank you </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/nbcsports?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">nbcsports</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> if you need me for the next two weeks I'll be in front of a tv.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">***Olympic Spoiler!! *** that was the most beautiful ice dancing routine I've seen in my life. Tears! The music makes all the difference. Canada totally deserves the win!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Sometimes I do dumb things... Like watch curling past 2 a.m. but what a great match! </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/goteamusa?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">goteamusa</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><span class="_5afx" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/goldfever?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">goldfeve</span></a>r</span></div>
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<span class="_5afx" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Note to self: when you're in a new ward and they go around the room introducing everyone, that is not a time to quote a line from Anne of Green Gables. "Could your please call me Cordelia?" Yeah... They think that's my name now.</span></span></div>
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If ever there was a day to start drinking....</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">This is the least stoked I've ever been for the oscars. I've not even heard of most of these... And yet here I am....</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">I feel like I am going backwards. </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/fhehereicome?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">fhehereicome</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"></span><span class="_5afx" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/singlemormonproblems?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">singlemormonproblems</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Got up 20 minutes earlier than usual, got distracted by the internet, left 10 minutes late anyway. </span><span class="_5afx" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/welcometomymonday?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">welcometomymonday</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Another failed offer. </span><span class="_5afx" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/househuntingsucks?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">househuntingsucks</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">I wish the camera in my phone worked as well as the camera in my head. The Moon. the gargantuan full moon rising over the mountains right now is so beautiful but my camera just can't do it justice.</span></div>
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How do you post something like this? Unexpectedly, but peacefully, my dad <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100004995403305&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARCrFy425TgoCi6sHNtrF6zeu-9-uAHebnHizk2lPFIKjf8IdrPF7JUrjq7RK74hFPGgrqiW9nZ0lsZa%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/craigebaker3?eid=ARCrFy425TgoCi6sHNtrF6zeu-9-uAHebnHizk2lPFIKjf8IdrPF7JUrjq7RK74hFPGgrqiW9nZ0lsZa" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Craige Baker</a> passed away today. I'm so grateful for the blessings of the temple and knowing that families are forever. He's with my sister, his brothers and his parents. He's at peace. I'll miss you, Pops. I love you.</div>
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For anyone interested: the funeral for my dad, <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100004995403305&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARC1ELIL_foxL35LwShlHHAPqYSf3tBgXuqzU772NnsuydYEPDxwIR_PtcREURoBGLkzq8WDlHSXHRPq%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/craigebaker3?eid=ARC1ELIL_foxL35LwShlHHAPqYSf3tBgXuqzU772NnsuydYEPDxwIR_PtcREURoBGLkzq8WDlHSXHRPq" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;">Craige Baker</a> will be on Saturday, May 5 with a viewing Friday night. More details and an obituary will be posted, but just thought I'd give a heads up.</div>
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My nephews. I feel so badly that they are missing out on a lifetime with a wonderful grandpa. He loved his grandkids so much.</div>
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Watching FRIENDS for the 100000th time and still wondering why Joey and Chandler had two microwaves.</div>
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Adult daughters... How well do you know your MOM?<br />Mother's name? <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1588230885&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARD-xLSJFWB-qQH2bZZUdwZeu-_nuVXSDaHUkWP5XFLjrtGC-QwpDzdPXNj4cYRsPjiUxlXq6XNdirEZ%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/larae.baker.9?eid=ARD-xLSJFWB-qQH2bZZUdwZeu-_nuVXSDaHUkWP5XFLjrtGC-QwpDzdPXNj4cYRsPjiUxlXq6XNdirEZ" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;">La Rae Baker</a><br />What is she doing right now? Getting ready to watch the news.<br />What dressing does she eat on her salad? Bleu cheese. Bleh!<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br />Name something she hates? seeing her kids struggle.<br />What does she like to drink? Caffeine free diet Coke<br />Favorite music to listen to? Pat Boone or show tunes<br />What is her nickname for you? Babe. But I'm pretty sure she calls all of us that.<br />What is something she collects? Food container lids Ha ha ha!!<br />What is her favorite color? Blue<br />What would she never wear? stilettos<br />What is her favorite sports team? Which ever team has a grandkid on it.<br />Favorite animal? I would like to say my kitties…<br />What could she spend all day doing? Play cards<br />Who is her favorite child? She'll tell you she doesn't have one… But we all know it's me <span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t57/1/16/1f609.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😉</span></span><br />What's her favorite sweet? Junior mints <span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td0/1/16/1f602.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😂</span></span><span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td0/1/16/1f602.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😂</span></span><span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td0/1/16/1f602.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😂</span></span><br />Am I even close mom?</span></div>
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Why not?<br /><br /><span class="_5mfr" style="margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t4c/1/16/25aa.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">▪️</span></span>Favorite smell - lilacs... Or attractive men. <span class="_5mfr" style="margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td4/1/16/1f606.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😆</span></span><br /><span class="_5mfr" style="margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t4c/1/16/25aa.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">▪️</span></span>First job -Freddie's<br /><span class="_5mfr" style="margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t4c/1/16/25aa.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">▪️</span></span>Dream job - tour guide<br /><span class="_5mfr" style="margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t4c/1/16/25aa.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">▪️</span></span>bloodline- royal British/Scottish/Irish <span class="_5mfr" style="margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/te8/1/16/1f451.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">👑</span></span><br /><span class="_5mfr" style="margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t4c/1/16/25aa.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">▪️</span></span>Favorite foot attire - socks or flip flops. 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Holy Hale! This new theater is incredible! <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/halecentretheatre?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">halecentretheatre</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/newsies?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">newsies</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/auntlife?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">auntlife</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/neicephews?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">neicephews</span></span></a> @ Hale Centre Theatre</div>
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My life is smeared with a history of poor choices. Today's addition: suggesting a sloppy Joe potluck at work and then wearing a white shirt. <span class="_5afx" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/dumbthingsido?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">dumbthingsido</span></a></span></div>
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Disturbing realization... The road to Provo produces a pavlovian response in me. I am seriously craving some Krispy Kremes right now!</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Hey everyone. Someone hacked my dad </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100004995403305&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARCUcoxtvyqunN1rIsmaE3iEhuuFdOVCl7KqUu8yGxZRpywgUaOwFVObv6gCdJB0JYCNJpTVuMhxN9oG%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/craigebaker3?eid=ARCUcoxtvyqunN1rIsmaE3iEhuuFdOVCl7KqUu8yGxZRpywgUaOwFVObv6gCdJB0JYCNJpTVuMhxN9oG" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;">Craige Baker</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">so don't accept friend requests from that account. I doubt heaven has WiFi.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Another offer made... Another offer rejected... </span><span class="_5afx" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/househuntingsucks?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">househuntingsucks</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">I was about to post a status about how proud I was of myself that I did not have one single Peach today and then I thought...mmmm... Peaches... and caved. </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/notanaddict?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">notanaddict</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/icanquitifiwantto?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">IcanquitifIwantto</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="_5afx" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/liesitellmyself?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">liesItellmyself</span></a></span></div>
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This. 100% this. And when you call with an urgent matter- don't beat around the frickin bush. Get. To. The. Point.</div>
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I can usually determine what kind of day I'm going to have based on the song stuck in my head when I wake up. For example, it's going to be a great day when I wake up singing Zip-a- dee-Doo-Dah.<br />What kind of day is it going to be when I wake up singing one of Phoebe Buffay's songs? It sounds happy and cheerful but it's about a morbid topic...?</div>
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I just had a super funny Saturday nap dream. I was walking out of a store and I thought to myself "wouldn't it be funny if I ran into Hugh Jackman right now.?" I took three more steps and saw Hugh Jackman standing in the parking lot talking to someone! I thought that was so funny that I walked up to him and told him so. I wanted to offer him something to be nice and all I had in my hand was a litt<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">le package of Gummy Bears. I think gummy bears are disgusting so I had no problem sharing them with him. I asked him " would you like some Gummy Bears?" He looked at me as if I had two heads, pointed at his perfect body and said "you think I put Gummy Bears in this?" Just then my friend <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=548112269&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARDvmWl6kKu-j896uBvCWa_Ei69c01z6G9HgRdWr3EtrNDvx6wTaCnY5ezcquVg8E-caEt1oJb5kh6Ba%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/april.stoker.50?eid=ARDvmWl6kKu-j896uBvCWa_Ei69c01z6G9HgRdWr3EtrNDvx6wTaCnY5ezcquVg8E-caEt1oJb5kh6Ba" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">April Stoker</a> walked up and realized who I was talking to and started talking to him about ComiCon. I've never been to Comicon so I couldn't be part of the conversation. I could tell he was more interested in talking to her than to me so I walked away. she kept chatting and chatting and chatting with him until he was annoyed and got in his car and drove away while she was still talking (hahaha sorry April!) And then I woke up, got on my phone to check my Instagram and the very first picture that I saw was one Hugh Jackman had just posted. A picture that he was in Salt Lake! How random is that? Too bad it didn't actually happen!</span></div>
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Holy Hades look who's 80! Happy birthday to my dear auntie <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100006459913896&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARBhjrfTKl9oXl-H_S6in1Mi2CcJsSufH6PKmhh5pmK7ga8gUWiEd94r7SbGTultWe9_xVeqFD89hha0%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/ileen.lister?eid=ARBhjrfTKl9oXl-H_S6in1Mi2CcJsSufH6PKmhh5pmK7ga8gUWiEd94r7SbGTultWe9_xVeqFD89hha0" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Ileen</a>!!</div>
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Did anyone out there get TabCATS Christmas concert tickets that they won't use? I very much dislike the new system. I always had better luck with the lottery version of ticketing. Sigh... <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100000092882127&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARAFhADF_ch0CeNKnt1xBwou9kIRQ6DW6noadoE6H-aDRq8QC1rrRfXUK_H8YQonSKpN4M-EoR8wtDDN%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/anahit.azizian?eid=ARAFhADF_ch0CeNKnt1xBwou9kIRQ6DW6noadoE6H-aDRq8QC1rrRfXUK_H8YQonSKpN4M-EoR8wtDDN" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;">Anahit</a>, it looks like it's standby again.</div>
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Aunt night! Halloween movies, homemade pizza and caramel apples! </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Every year I plan on doing the thankful countdown and every year I forget till it's too lame (yes, lame) to start. This year Thanks to </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1229058049&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARBNksxIgOpmsjfwn09ENX8L6vyyRMtCXSX6pvsEBQxgNP3gX9_DXYTHawhyffqxHvMKXUFiemyZhelz%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/christie.k.rasmussen?eid=ARBNksxIgOpmsjfwn09ENX8L6vyyRMtCXSX6pvsEBQxgNP3gX9_DXYTHawhyffqxHvMKXUFiemyZhelz" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;">Christie Kinikini Rasmussen</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> I remembered! Now we'll see if I can keep it up.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I like this. I'm going to do this. Day 1. I'm grateful for the smell of my nephew's stinky stinky feet. He's sitting next to me reading and I'm going to miss him so much when I have to go home tomorrow.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Day 2. I'm grateful for GPS. I'm rubbish with directions and it has been a godsend the last few years.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Day 3. Today I am grateful for the color green. Green means life. Green means too warm for snow (not always, but you know what I mean). Green means renewal and sunny days ahead. I love green.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Today is National Candy day so I'm celebrating by eating all the Halloween leftovers, playing candy crush and watching movies about candy.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Day 4. What food are you most grateful for? </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I'm most grateful for potatoes. You can bake them, mash them, slice them, dice them, fry them.... Whatever you want, and they are always amazing. I can't think of ever meeting a potato I didn't like</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Day 5. What sound are you grateful for?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I was trying to think of something deeply moving... something heart-wrenching and tear inducing... But honestly right now the sound I'm grateful for is the beep of the microwave because it tells me my food is ready </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Day 6. What in nature are you grateful for? That one's easy. Clouds. They bring rain, shade and provide endless hours of imaginative play. Plus they remind me of Melanie. We would gaze at the clouds for hours looking for pictures. Yup. I love clouds.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Day 7. What memory are you grateful for?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I'm grateful for that time </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=679259206&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARBW2qvOTSounAx58gSvOMOGAQB1fDte_Dg20IaL58sIRm1vzkaXXEgvTBSfX-p4CJTtXUPILjm-Rb6j%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/wendy.swore?eid=ARBW2qvOTSounAx58gSvOMOGAQB1fDte_Dg20IaL58sIRm1vzkaXXEgvTBSfX-p4CJTtXUPILjm-Rb6j" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;">Wendy Swore</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> and I decided to become blood sisters. We chickened out on cutting and decided to use ketchup instead. Then we decided that was gross so after a solemn vow (I'd been watching a lot of Anne of Green Gables), we became the world's only frosting sisters!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Day 8. What book are you grateful for? </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I'm going to skip the obvious religious books because... Duh. And say that the books that I am the most grateful for - even though I've said it a million times - are the Enchanted Forest Chronicles. They inspired my imagination like no other and made me want to be a writer.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Dangit! I missed a day! Day 9. What place are you grateful for? I think this has some pretty obvious answers, but I'll be cliche and say home. My mom's house, that is. I can be myself there. I don't feel guilt for my life there. It's still a little weird without my dad, but there I know I'm loved.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Day 10. What taste are you grateful for? There are so many things I love. I I think today I'm going to be grateful for peppermint. I don't know how to explain it. I just love it.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I love high school musicals! Highland (the Salt Lake one) did Fiddler on the Roof and it was absolutely fantastic!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Day 11. What holiday are you grateful for? </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I love to celebrate everything. But I guess once again I'll go with the more common answer: Christmas. I love being around my crazy family and our wild traditions. It will be weird this year without dad.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Day 12. What texture are you grateful for? </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">This is a weird ambiguous question. But after a lot more thought than it deserves, I've decided I'm grateful for sand. It's so satisfying to run fingers and toes through sand. A good beach? Ahhh... Yes. I love sand.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Day 13. What ability are you grateful for? </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I am grateful that I can walk. I've pushed enough wheelchairs that I know better than to take it for granted.</span></div>
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Day 16. What about your body are you grateful for?<br />I guess I'm grateful for my stupid, weird face. Even though I have RBF, I still look in the mirror *most* days and like what I see. (Purple eyebrows and all)</div>
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Day 17. What knowledge are you grateful for?<br />I am grateful I know how to read and write. We take it for granted in this country. I have met so many women from around the world who can't even write their own names. I can't imagine a world without written words. Writing is my outlet, reading, my escape.</div>
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PSA: Nov 18 is Mickey's 90th birthday. Netflix has Mickey's Prince and the Pauper, Mickey and the Beanstalk, the Three Musketeers, Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas and Twice upon a Christmas and Mickey's Nutcracker Suite. Hulu has Mickey's 90th Birthday Spectacular (I only gave it a B- though) and there are hours and hours of classic Mickey shorts on YouTube. Happy celebrating! <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/90yearsofmagic?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">90yearsofmagic</span></span></a><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/itallstartedwithamouse?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">itallstartedwithamouse</span></span></a></div>
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Day 18. What peice of art are you grateful for?<br />Hmmm... This one is hard because I'm not a major art connoisseur. I need to have the work in front of me to be moved by it. I know music and poetry are considered art, but for this question I'm limiting myself to physical art. Hmmm... The sculpture that comes to my mind first is the statue of Chief Massasoit by Cyrus Dallin. It may be because it's so huge- but I just think it is so incredibly majestic and beautiful. Plus I'm related to the artist... So you know, it's family.</div>
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Day 19. What touch are you grateful for?<br />Simple and sweet. I am eternally grateful for the softness of kitties. Especially warm kitty bellies!</div>
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There are dozens of people that I'm grateful for- but today I'm going to honor my sweet Auntie @[100006459913896:2048:Ileen]. I don't know why she keeps me around. But I sure do love her.'" class="scaledImageFitHeight img" height="150" src="https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/s200x200/46498361_10156608394145482_3058448895836160000_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&_nc_ht=scontent-sjc3-1.xx&oh=9b4bcb9e564627bf1f1f7eb622ef74dc&oe=5CD02BBB" style="border: 0px; height: 150px; left: -49px; min-height: initial; position: relative; width: auto;" width="200" /></div>
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Day 20. Who in your life are you grateful for?<br />There are dozens of people that I'm grateful for- but today I'm going to honor my sweet Auntie <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100006459913896&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARA6VzzbzdMX5aBJEdP3rHoSN7MdWuKmnMzY4M-cKQbDKIU1S438K5bHAn52WfZhWRyWfOWt2pdCY7x7%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/ileen.lister?eid=ARA6VzzbzdMX5aBJEdP3rHoSN7MdWuKmnMzY4M-cKQbDKIU1S438K5bHAn52WfZhWRyWfOWt2pdCY7x7" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Ileen</a>. I don't know why she keeps me around. But I sure do love her.</div>
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Day 21. What song are you grateful for?<br />I can't pick a MOST favorite because that's like picking a favorite movie... Too many for all moods. But I love this song. It's such a happy, uplifting song. I often sing it- even when I have the blues because as wrong as I think my life is going, it's still pretty darn awesome. Life IS a happy song.</div>
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Day 22. what story are you grateful for?<br /><a href="http://bitterharpypress.blogspot.com/2013/03/this-is-story-of-tree.html">This one</a></div>
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Day 23. What tradition are you grateful for?<br />I love our family Christmas. We're crazy on Christmas eve. You have to experience it to understand... Just trust me.</div>
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Day 24. What challenge are you grateful for?<br />I don't know if "grateful"is the right word... but I guess I appreciate the challenge of searching for a home. It's frustrating and discouraging but it's giving me time with my auntie and making much more appreciative of space. I've learned I can be patient when I want to and to not just take the first thing to come along. I'd liken it to dating... But I have little experience to compare to.</div>
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Day 26. What form of expression are you grateful for?<br />Well, I already professed my love for writing- so today I will talk about music. It's there to sooth, there to vent anger. It invites the spirit and is a release to grief. And it accompanies the happiest of times. I can't imagine life without music.</div>
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Day 27. What small thing that you use daily are you grateful for?<br />I don't know what is considered "small" but I would like to give a shout out to indoor plumbing. Big, BIG fan of indoor plumbing.</div>
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Day 28. What small thing that happened today are you grateful for?<br />I know it's kind of a first world problem, but I have a nephew who is kind of hard to shop for. I went shopping for someone else but as I walked into the store it was as if the clouds parted and angels sang. The perfect gift for my nephew was sitting on the table as I walked in. The only one. And the right price. I'm so grateful!</div>
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Day 29. What friend/family member are you grateful for today?<br />I'm grateful for my family and friends every Day. Anyone who doesn't run screaming at the sight of me has my gratitude. But today's shout out goes to <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=610430087&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARB_TzhW0jVgTP9KAsQ4nm44a5QB6862uA27TwygfvXJ2yWBqORcaDPbDKmYadCsqRdCipbXnoKkj4EI%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/melissa.turneranderson?eid=ARB_TzhW0jVgTP9KAsQ4nm44a5QB6862uA27TwygfvXJ2yWBqORcaDPbDKmYadCsqRdCipbXnoKkj4EI" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Melissa Turner Anderson</a>. She is the one I talk to nearly every day. We can (and do) have full on conversations without words- using only emojis and we both know what the other is saying. She knows all my secrets and likes me anyway. It's been almost 8 years and I haven't scared her off yet. Although, posting thus picture might do the trick. Love you!</div>
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Day 30. What talent do you have that you are grateful for?<br />Huh. I don't know. I'm ok at a lot of things but not really *great* at anything. But this past month I have had a blast finding the perfect gifs to go along with my comments. So I am grateful for my ever so entertaining ability to gif.</div>
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Waiting in line is fun to do,<br />Fun to do,<br />Fun to do,<br />Waiting in line is fun to do<br />To do. To do, to doooo....<br /><br /><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100000092882127&extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARBUT0hB3y871-0muAfaj4zobveZ_qwk1LKjfLLPLptRRfRlHGanNfMyMBjq0c6edMCJYuqEhF_V1c7U%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/anahit.azizian?eid=ARBUT0hB3y871-0muAfaj4zobveZ_qwk1LKjfLLPLptRRfRlHGanNfMyMBjq0c6edMCJYuqEhF_V1c7U" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;">Anahit</a> I miss you!!!</div>
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Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003393901819290910.post-29464246968146646392018-09-15T23:26:00.001-06:002018-09-15T23:26:39.832-06:00That one time I sang with MoTabIt's been a really long time since I have posted one of my weird dreams. To be honest, it's been a long time since I've had one that I remember. And I have not one to tell you- but TWO!<br />
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A couple of weeks ago I dreamt that I was going to general conference with my sister and nieces. While were standing in line I suddenly remembered that I was in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Wait, was I? I couldn't remember. I remember trying out, but did I make it? I needed to call my friend Katie. She would know. She's in the choir.<br />
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I racked my brain trying to remember if I was in the choir or not. I remembered going to a couple of rehearsals so I must have made it into the choir. Oh my gosh. I hadn't been to a rehearsal in months! Would they still let me be in the choir? I had just forgotten to go. And eventually I had forgotten that I was in the choir at all. Why didn't anyone ever call to check up on me? Did they not care? Or was I making it all up and I really wasn't in the choir?<br />
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I left my family and ran through the conference center trying to find the prep rooms for the choir. The general public I imagine does not have access to those rooms so I had no idea where they were. I just went down corridor after corridor. I finally found them and when I was stopped at the door I told them, "I'm a member of the choir!... I think..." I didn't have my name tag with me to prove anything. Someone had to look at a roster and I was indeed on the list.<br />
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General Conference was moments away from starting. I didn't know where I was supposed to sit. I had never had a fitting so I didn't even know if I had a dress! They tried to find me a dress but one had never been made for me since I was not there for rehearsals. The lady with the clipboard told me I would have to sit this conference out and maybe next time I would be able to sing with them. I was so sad. My first general conference as a member of the choir and I wouldn't even be able to sing with them.<br />
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So I had to try to track down my family who I had told to go find seats. Again I went through room after room looking for them. I ended up in a production room, you know, where the director sits and tells you which camera angle to use. I wandered through hallways and eventually found my sister sitting out in the hallway. I asked her where our nieces were and she said they'd found a place with some people they knew. I asked if there was a seat for me. But there was no room. I went from having a choir seat- to having no seat at all.<br />
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The second one I had last night and woke up from this dream.<br />
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I was at a work retreat. We were in the forest. There was a Native American demonstration going on when suddenly a child was stolen from the group. We had to work together to find the missing kid.<br />
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We hadn't realized it was part of the retreat. As we went through the trees we came across this arena and there was a big plastic statue of a man. He was on kind of a teeter-totter thing- at the bottom. at the top appeared a super fake looking Yeti-Sasquatch thing, all white and covered in fur. At the command of the person in charge, the Yeti was let loose and it rolled down the slant of wood toward the plastic man where they were to engage in some kind of fight. That's when I knew this was all fake and part of some elaborate team building thing. Whatever.<br />
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As the Yeti made contact with the man his face (the yeti's face) melted off and there it also became another man.. so he'd been defeated and the man inside the monster was unleashed? I don't know. I just know that the next part of the training was that we were to follow a trail to an unknown destination. It started out as a trail of pennies in the snow. We hiked out until we were in a field and it became a trail of painted Native symbols. Some of us went faster than others, but we had to follow the trail as it twisted and wound around. even though you could see where the trail went ahead, you still had to follow it like a maze.<br />
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I got ahead of a lot of the group. People kept joking around and cheating. I hate cheaters. So I just worked alone and followed the trail through the field. I led to a neighborhood. It was now a trail of pins. I followed it into a house, through several of the bedrooms, bathrooms, upstairs, downstairs and back outside. Into another house where it became a trail of stringed black beads. Again, through nearly every room in the house, upstairs, downstairs, bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchens and so on. In every house I went through the type of trail changed. Beans, beads, buttons, push pins, tacks, furniture tacks... you name it, i followed it. And no matter how small the curve of the trails, I made sure to not miss one single trail marker.<br />
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This went on for miles. For hours. Finally I came to my mom's house and my boss was there. I asked her if it was almost done. "Keep going". I ran into the instructor in the dining room and asked him how much further. "I think you're about half way there." Ugggghh. really? only half way? But I kept plugging along. In the very next room, my mom's kitchen, the fish wire that I was now following went into a big plastic tub, like a plastic jar that whey protein comes in, and in the bottom of the jar was the spool of fish wire. Was I supposed to pull out the string and undo the whole spool?<br />
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Ain't nobody got time for that! I just reached in and pulled out the spool thinking I would follow the next piece and move on. But there was no more. The spool of fish wire was the end of the trail. In the bottom of the bucket there was a paper. I pulled it out. It was a check for $50. What? I asked the instructor who was just around the corner in the dining room what this was all about. He explained that there had been donations made from several organizations for the winner of the trail hunt. I looked in the jar again and there was more paper. Some of it cash, some were more checks- some personal checks that had been hand written, others were big cashier's checks.<br />
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They hadn't announced it to us, but the winner of this little exercise would receive a "cash" prize of $4000 and I had just won it! Whaaat? That was amazing! I dug in to pull out the rest of the booty...<br />
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You don't need to tell me I'm bonkers. I already know.<br />
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<br />Bakeshowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048122771154286989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003393901819290910.post-88897706455466039282018-09-15T21:01:00.002-06:002018-09-15T21:18:54.371-06:00Fired. Hired. Promotion. Homeless.Somewhere in the world there are people who are afraid of Friday the 13th. I'm not talking about the movies, but the actual date. Triskaidekaphobia, the fear of the number 13 is a real thing. (not to be confused with the fear of Tricuits) I am not afraid whenever a Friday the 13th rolls by. I mean, I'm always reminded of that one time... well... let's just say that I will never look at Cocoa Puffs the same way again.*<br />
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There are a couple of dates that make me nervous though. Oddly enough there are no 13s involved. The dates of September 15 and 16 make me break out in a cold sweat. These two dates are infamous in my personal history. They are either really, really good. Or notoriously bad. I never know what kind of day it's going to be.</div>
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This weekend is the anniversary of getting <b>fired</b> from the bank. Bad... but also kind of good. I hated that job but being fired always sucks. And I probably would not have left of my own accord so for my own good I had to be forced out.</div>
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It's also the weekend that I got<b> hired </b>at my current job- which I love. so good thing!</div>
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A few years later it became the anniversary of when I got my <b>promotion</b> to my present title at work- which has been an amazing change for me and allowed me to be more active at church and meet new people and get involved in things I couldn't have done while working in the ER.</div>
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And today is the one year anniversary of <b>losing my home</b>. I'm still so angry about that I don't even want to talk about it. It's not very Christian to hope that Karma comes round and kicks that lady in the face and removes what's left of her teeth. I know I'm supposed to forgive- but some things take a little time. There is no where in the scriptures that says you have to forgive RIGHT NOW. I'll forgive someday. But at the moment I still mentally flip her off whenever I drive past her house.</div>
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BUT then again, it's been a good thing because I was super comfortable there and probably would never have moved on. So being forced to move on has put me in a place to meet new and awesome people and make new friends. I'm still homeless. And house hunting is the biggest........ pain. So many houses looked at, offers made and rejection after rejection. </div>
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And all of these things happened on these dates. Getting fired, getting hired, getting promoted, being homeless (alright.. not homeless in the I'm-living-on-the-streets sense, but in the I-don't-have-a-place-to-call-my-own sense)</div>
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I mentioned on Facebook today that I can usually tell what kind of day I'm going to have by the song that is stuck in my head. A lot of times I wake up singing Zip-a-dee-do-dah or this song...</div>
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Then there are days where I wake up and have stuff like Moves Like Jagger ricocheting through my brain.. I don't know. I don't even listen to stuff like that. I don't listen to the radio at all. I don't know where it comes from.</div>
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This morning I woke up with a Phoebe Buffay song <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-1UQZXiI0c">stuck in my head</a>. One of her more depressing ones. It sounds chipper at first- but then has a very morose second line. I wondered what kind of omen that was for the day. For the weekend.</div>
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One friend suggested something about finding beauty in the world as well as thinking about the darkness of her message... which led me to thinking about this weekend of impending doom... or delight. I made it through the first day of the weekend- mostly by hiding in my room. There's still a whole other day so I'm not out of the woods yet. But hopefully this year will be a neutral year. I don't need great things happening all the time.. but I'd really like to avoid the disastrous ones, thank you very much.</div>
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Oh, it is also my Sister's birthday. Happy Birthday, Lisa!</div>
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*<span style="font-size: xx-small;">For the truly curious, when I was a teen my friend had a sleepover that was cereal themed. We all brought a cereal that we'd never tried before. One girl ate a whole box of Cocoa Puffs and then that night she threw them all up.. in my hair... that was the Friday the 13th that will live in infamy.</span></div>
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