tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17280330616018488872024-03-05T04:58:23.181-07:00My Thoughts and TreasuresThe Way I See ItUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger195125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1728033061601848887.post-60248352862262576662013-01-27T16:38:00.000-07:002013-01-27T16:40:24.810-07:00Awkward Moments Are A Treasure<center>
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My sister <a href="http://lifeinthepitts.com/">Helena</a> is having an awkward story linky party, so we can read awkward stories about her and others! the best part? If enough people participate she will have at least 4 more! Who doesn't love an awkward story? So I'll share mine with whoever still reads my blog, and you can share one too! I'd recommend it. Writing it out is not only enjoyable for others to read but it's therapeutic too. </div>
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Okay, so the year is 2009, my wedding is less than a week away and I decided I wanted to start packing for my honeymoon. I was so excited for our trip! We were going on a cruise to Mexico, I'd dreamed of going on a cruise for my honeymoon ever since I saw the movie Anastasia, and I'd never been to Mexico: added bonus. </div>
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I'd received a lot of gifts of the sexy and awkward variety at my bridal shower (that's a story in and of itself, opening gummie penises and edible underwear with my soon to be mother in law sitting next to me) as well as at my bachelorette parties (my friend Bryn threw me a little party, and my sisters took me out for a night of fun as well). All of the gifts I received went right into a box. I didn't sort through any of it as the whole idea of suddenly going from just kissing and cuddling to whole on intercourse was still a little uncomfortable to think about. So when I was packing I just dumped the whole box, as well as a bunch of lingerie I already owned, into a small suitcase. That's right, I had a whole bag devoted entirely to this stuff. </div>
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Fast forward to the day after our wedding, we were standing in line to board the ship, going through medal detectors as our luggage went through the X-ray machines. Michael and I were called back, something in our suitcase was suspicious, could we please open it for them... </div>
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Okay, I tell them, confident there is nothing in the bag that shouldn't be allowed... Oh wait, I just realized which suitcase it was! They open it, and it is filled to the brim with frilly and lacy garments. Three or four security guards stand around the suitcase as one rifles through, taking out the police man hat, the feather duster and the chocolate body paint to get to the medal handcuffs at the bottom of the bag. They were fake, of course, with the release latch on the cuffs, but they were sturdy medal, and NOT allowed. </div>
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I was mortified! The guards were trying to be discreet, but other passengers saw and I noticed a few knowing looks and smiles shared by some of the female guards. </div>
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The officer put a note on the cuffs, told us we could get them after we returned, then congratulated us on getting married and sent us on our way. </div>
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My face had ever been so red before! <span style="background-color: white;">I wanted to burrow into a hole and I'm pretty sure I didn't make eye contact with any of them as I boarded the ship. </span></div>
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We didn't go back for the cuffs, I was too embarrassed. But now, I kind of wish I had because it would have been funny. </div>
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The craziest part of the story? I accidentally had my pepper spray with me in my purse on the plane ride over and as we boarded the cruise ship... Oops. But hey, no one found it even though I was selected as the random person to search before the flight... That doesn't really make me feel safe, but I definitely had guardian angels watching out for me so that we could make the trip.</div>
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So that's my story! </div>
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Let me know if you <a href="http://www.lifeinthepitts.com/2013/01/well-that-was-awkward-link-up.html">link one up</a> too, and I'll be sure to read it!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1728033061601848887.post-20268946219298105382012-09-21T08:00:00.000-06:002012-09-28T13:48:30.620-06:00Sage will be an animal for Halloween 2012, and it will be a Treasure<center>
It will be Sage's first Halloween!</center>
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You all know how much I love Halloween :-)</center>
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I started thinking about it months ago, and trying to get ideas as to what we all could wear: I wanted our costumes to have a theme together. </center>
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Anytime Costumes is letting me review a baby costume, and I am so excited for the opportunity!</center>
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I went to their website and I started to look and get inspiration. Their website is very easy to navigate, they have great prices, they carry every costume I could think to look for and their customer service responds quickly to inquiries. </center>
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There are so many ideas out there! I was drawn to the animal costumes for Sage, and let me tell you, Anytime Costumes has <a href="http://www.anytimecostumes.com/themes/animal-costumes.jsp">all kinds of animal costumes</a>! It was hard to choose, they are all so cute! I'm excited for when Sage starts to <a href="http://animal.discovery.com/">discover animals</a> as she gets older. It will be fun :)</center>
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After much contemplation I chose one of their little monkey costumes, because it was adorable and I call Sage my little monkey sometimes. </center>
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At first I debated with myself about which size to get, because the newborn size says it is for 7-16lbs, and she's over 10 lbs now... I'm glad I decided on the newborn size though because it's a wee bit big on her. I feel like it will fit her for months! </div>
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But that doesn't bother me, it is adorably loose</div>
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The little booties have elastic which is nice and will help them to stay on her feet</div>
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I love her face!</div>
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The little ears are so cute, aren't they? </div>
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I'll add a little pink bow on Halloween so that everyone will know she's a girl</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">The fabric is really soft! when I put her in the costume for these photos I didn't feel the need to put a onesie or anything underneath because the inside material feels like it will be soft on her skin too</span></div>
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Diaper changes will be really easy too, as the jumpsuit has a snap closure on the bottom</div>
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The headpiece ties under her chin, and it didn't seem to bother her at all</div>
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Here's one of her laying down, you can see the tail attached at the bum</div>
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And here's a shot of her on her tummy, so you can see the back!</center>
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On Halloween I probably will put a onesie underneath just to make sure her back stays warm, as there is a gap. But I don't think that will be a problem at all!</center>
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We are really pleased with the costume! </center>
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She looks adorable, and comfortable, the costume arrived quickly and without any problems. </center>
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She was such a trooper during the photoshoot!</center>
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Now we just have to decide if we want to be Tarzan and Jane with a little monkey, or jungle explorers with a little monkey. Any thoughts?</center>
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Sage and I hope you all enjoy your Labor Day weekend!</div>
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And with that here are some photos</div>
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Sage being a star at 3 weeks old</div>
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Sage rockin the faux hawk!</div>
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I realized I never posted my 10 month photo:</center>
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Here it is!</div>
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And here are some photos of Sage's nursery. </div>
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It is not as organized right now, and Sage doesn't sleep in the crib yet, but we do diaper changes on the dresser and I often nurse her in the rocking chair :-)</div>
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the window</div>
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See that cute ant stuffed animal? My sister <a href="http://hulihaiser.blogspot.com/">Amber</a> made that for us! Cute, huh? </div>
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Michael loves ants :-)</div>
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I got a little crafty and made this picture</div>
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I got the idea from pinterest<br />
And that cute stuffed animal? Is from my sister <a href="http://lifeinthepitts.com/">Helena</a></div>
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Amber also made us a bunch of awesome vinyl</div>
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Those monkeys and butterflies? All her!</div>
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Our little diaper station!</div>
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I also did the "I am a child of God" photo, and Amber and I decorated these shelves</div>
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More butterflies! </div>
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they are throughout the room</div>
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Another crafty moment</div>
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I hung her hair things from ribbon I attached to this little pink hanger</div>
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More butterflies by her mobile</div>
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Her crib and mobile</div>
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Her awesome rug that my sister-in-law <a href="http://thekaisertwo.blogspot.com/">Annie</a> gave us!</div>
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Her room is pretty small, as you can see. This shot is from the doorway. But we make it work :-)</div>
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And I had to include an adorable picture of Sage!</div>
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She's here!</center>
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Well... she's been here for 6 weeks ;-) </center>
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I've just been too busy/tired/lazy to blog about it.</center>
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(this is her favorite place to sleep)</div>
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Sage was born July 17th, 5:17am, and she was 6lbs, 14oz and 20 inches long</center>
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We sure do love her!</center>
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(The above photos were taken when she was 4 days old)</center>
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She is so fun. </center>
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She makes the best faces. </center>
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The kissy lips is like her signature look</center>
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She was a pretty happy baby -this one was taken when she was around a week old</center>
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But my poor little girl became rather colicky around 2 or 3 weeks old. It's getting better, but she is fussy a lot. It is hard when I can't make her feel better.</center>
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She loves her daddy :-)</center>
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It is quite an adjustment, but we can't imagine life without her!</center>
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And, she's starting to smile socially now! </center>
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It is adorable</center>
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Oh! and I got a haircut :-)</div>
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We love our pretty little Sage :-)</div>
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SOOO much!</div>
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Sometime I'll write her birth story</div>
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and I have tons more pics that I will share from our professional shoot as well as more from my phone, so stay tuned! </center>
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I wanted to get some pictures of Michael and I together before the baby came, but I never set anything up. So one day when a friend was visiting with us I asked her to take some photos with my little camera </div>
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<center>They aren't professional quality, but I think they are cute!</center><center>And since I really wanted pics, they are definitely better than nothing :-)</center><center><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yA_6K7ea4aE/TD8Fo44E2EI/AAAAAAAADqM/N1URg0pglN8/s320/chantel_sign.png" /></center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1728033061601848887.post-18503898849329765122012-07-04T09:00:00.000-06:002012-07-04T09:00:00.929-06:00Living in the USofA is a Treasure<br />
<center>Happy 4th of July!</center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<center>(Photo belongs to my friend, <a href="http://krisfryer.com/">Kris Fryer</a>)</center><center><br /></center><center>I love America!</center><center>Well... I love what America was when it was founded, and I love what it is when the constitution is upheld. </center><center>That's all I'll say about that right now.</center><center><br /></center><center>Even though I see some scary things happening, I am glad that I live here.</center><center><br /></center><center>And to celebrate the birth of this country, I love watching the fireworks! </center><center><br /></center><center>But this year Utah is so dry, and there are fires everywhere, there won't be as many. And they are banned in quite a few places! Michael and I are in an area where we can do some, but I don't think we'll buy any, I think we'll just watch what other people put out :-)</center><center><br /></center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<center>We are planning on going to <a href="http://resistance.ning.com/events/cries-of-freedom-at-ellis">Cries of Freedom</a>, listening to one of Michael's good friends singing some original songs in the park, and then going to a BBQ.</center><center><br /></center><center>What are you doing for the 4th?</center><center>Whatever it is, have fun celebrating the birth of this great country!</center><center><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yA_6K7ea4aE/TD8Fo44E2EI/AAAAAAAADqM/N1URg0pglN8/s320/chantel_sign.png" /></center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1728033061601848887.post-66871366022980618172012-07-03T08:30:00.000-06:002012-07-03T08:30:01.456-06:00Rambling is a Treasure<br />
<center>(This is a rambling post)</center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<center>Birthdays are fun! </center><center><br /></center><center>I always enjoy celebrating the birth of my friends and family. It gets really hard to celebrate them all though, especially as our families are growing. Both mine and Michael's family likes to celebrate on Sundays, and there just aren't enough for everyone to have their own celebration.</center><center><br /></center><center>So this year we did a lot of combining! </center><center>It was actually a lot of fun having a combined birthday :)</center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My awesome step-mom made me this cake</div>
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<center>And my family ended up celebrating mine on a Monday, which worked really well because we did that 2 days before <a href="http://www.lifeinthepitts.com/2012/06/she-is-here.html">my niece</a> was born! and <a href="http://hulihaiser.blogspot.com/">Amber</a> flew out to be with <a href="http://www.lifeinthepitts.com/">Helena</a> during the birth and she'll be out there for a while helping out.</center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<center>Guys, Helena's baby Syndil is so stinkin' cute!</center><center>Seriously.</center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<center>I'm so excited to be an aunt, and I'm looking forward to meeting her</center><center>I have awesome nieces and nephews! It's just that this is the first baby for one of my siblings, and that makes it extra exciting. </center><center><br /></center><center>My little baby isn't here yet, it'll probably still be a while. But that's okay, she'll come when she's ready :-) I'm ready though! We have all the things we need (unless I forgot something...) I'm 39 weeks now, so she could come anytime! It's exciting, but I wish I could just know what day she would make an appearance so I could plan accordingly. </center><center><br /></center><center>Michael has a new job, which is great! We don't have the financial stress anymore, and it seems like a really nice place. They treat him really well. And they will even give him some time off when the baby comes! </center><center><br /></center><center>Well, that's all for my rambling post.</center><center>What's new in your life?</center><center><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yA_6K7ea4aE/TD8Fo44E2EI/AAAAAAAADqM/N1URg0pglN8/s320/chantel_sign.png" /></center><center>ps. isn't my niece the cutest?!?</center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1728033061601848887.post-21990453865674092592012-06-22T08:30:00.000-06:002012-06-22T08:30:00.262-06:00Nine Months is a Treasure<br />
<center>I want to start Small Treasure Tuesdays again, but I think I'll wait until after our little one makes an appearance. Would anyone be interested?</center><center><br /></center><center>I'm 9 months now! </center><center>Actually, 9 months and a week :-) </center><center>Since I'm 37 weeks I could technically have this baby anytime and it would be fine, but I feel like she is going to wait a few more weeks. Which is fine by me. I can be patient until she is ready! Although, I might change my mind as I get closer to 40 weeks :)</center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<center>Here is my 9 month picture!</center><center><br /></center><center>Since I've been doing hypnobabies, I am really looking forward to the birth. </center><center>Right now I'm not feeling anything but positive emotions, and Michael is so supportive. He's getting excited, and it is really cute!</center><center><br /></center><center>I think we have everything we need... I hope we do!</center><center>We got the carseat on Monday, which was the last thing we were needing</center><center>But of course, now that I say that we will think of a million more things we need but can't afford, LoL. That's usually how it works, right?</center><center><br /></center><center>I'm looking forward to meeting this little girl! I'll probably go way overboard with pictures, so I hope you guys will enjoy them, because I may post a picture a day for a while. It might happen.</center><center><br /></center><center>I'll blog again soon!</center><center><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yA_6K7ea4aE/TD8Fo44E2EI/AAAAAAAADqM/N1URg0pglN8/s320/chantel_sign.png" /></center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1728033061601848887.post-65678108775646258972012-05-31T22:54:00.001-06:002012-05-31T22:54:21.223-06:00Eight Months is a Treasure<br />
<center>Here is my 8 month picture!</center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<center><br /></center><center>On Tuesday I'll be 35 weeks! It is crazy to think that she could come as soon as 4 weeks! </center><center>I have a feeling it will be on or around the 16th of July though when she does choose to grace us with her presence :-)</center><center><br /></center><center>I never told you guys, but this is how I told my friends on Facebook that Michael and I are expecting:</center><center><br /></center><center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="cursor: pointer;">"Michael</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">and I found out that I have Primigravida. Which basically means that there is an organism living inside of me, and it is taking vital nutrients from my system. I have already begun to show signs of this infestation by feeling bloated and throwing up to get rid of toxins. Doctors believe my body will follow a natural eviction process by expelling the infestation hopefully by the beginning of July..."</span></center><center><br /></center><center>It was fun to read people's reactions :-) </center><center><br /></center><center>Have a great night!</center><center><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yA_6K7ea4aE/TD8Fo44E2EI/AAAAAAAADqM/N1URg0pglN8/s320/chantel_sign.png" /></center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1728033061601848887.post-13149400596606764782012-05-29T12:04:00.000-06:002012-05-29T12:04:19.015-06:00My Baby Shower Was a Treasure<br />
<center>I had my baby shower on May 5th, and <i>I loved it!</i></center><center>The theme was "Pretty in Pink" and it was just so much fun! </center><center>It turned out better than I hoped it would.</center><center>A bunch of us got together and brainstormed, and I had lots of ideas of things I wanted and didn't want, and everyone got some jobs that way no one was overwhelmed (hopefully!) and they all made it possible :-)</center><center><br /></center><center>So many people helped out with the shower and helped make it into the wonderful event that it was! I really appreciate what everyone did. </center><div style="text-align: center;">
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<center>My sister in law Mendy made the invitations</center><center>Aren't they darling?!</center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<center>And she framed these pictures of Michael and I :-)</center><center><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8eO3KHuJolPkn30TxRk8SNl5JtloYPQxv_pmwBaY3Z-P_h7m8tHUl6r7pCRKwlJJV22_DlaWQeIY2XWNWYk0OpeOLAEDDBshv8nPqILN0QQ6PdJWMOjDAPsFQu6uHD482zViW6NfU63o/s1600/100_9922watermark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8eO3KHuJolPkn30TxRk8SNl5JtloYPQxv_pmwBaY3Z-P_h7m8tHUl6r7pCRKwlJJV22_DlaWQeIY2XWNWYk0OpeOLAEDDBshv8nPqILN0QQ6PdJWMOjDAPsFQu6uHD482zViW6NfU63o/s320/100_9922watermark.jpg" width="320" /></a></center><center>My mother in law did the fruit and veggie trays </center><center>They were so tasty and looked so good. This isn't a good picture of them though...</center><center><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhatzFuwhXw9cosj90F8qerNslBGO-XB4DJGuspFskRF8vyCDG4LRl5r2B7o_-CLB_vvaAxQjvVXVIChvI_TDc4PAUFbditbs-C-wRsvFL36ntPV79dU9ozDquOKUd4-PmTL6PXbWvsQ8k/s1600/100_9925watermark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhatzFuwhXw9cosj90F8qerNslBGO-XB4DJGuspFskRF8vyCDG4LRl5r2B7o_-CLB_vvaAxQjvVXVIChvI_TDc4PAUFbditbs-C-wRsvFL36ntPV79dU9ozDquOKUd4-PmTL6PXbWvsQ8k/s320/100_9925watermark.jpg" width="320" /></a></center><center>My sister <a href="http://www.lifeinthepitts.com/">Helena</a> did the prizes for the games</center><center>I didn't have any pictures of the prizes, but you can kind of see one of them on the shelf in that cute polkadot basket -she went all out with the prizes! </center><center><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9vrjRtqeLMNuIeFdr5e_CCkn29u98TXAE-iQ1n5BwQXoEEsbzTvbykH1t8zpsdEHQ99gJQdEsaYA4b68HYzZfNvipPdTUUsT8n_O406uWF_AUheL22EHtT1aU_9swvT4OyYMdDG8mmE/s1600/100_9917watermark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9vrjRtqeLMNuIeFdr5e_CCkn29u98TXAE-iQ1n5BwQXoEEsbzTvbykH1t8zpsdEHQ99gJQdEsaYA4b68HYzZfNvipPdTUUsT8n_O406uWF_AUheL22EHtT1aU_9swvT4OyYMdDG8mmE/s320/100_9917watermark.jpg" width="320" /></a></center><div style="text-align: center;">
I really like<a href="http://tidymom.net/2011/ducky-baby-shower-punch/"> this </a>punch idea</div>
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<center>And my stepmom made it! It turned out really well. </center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<center>and she made the cupcakes, they have pacifiers on top made out of life savers and jelly beans</center><center><br /></center><center>My sister <a href="http://hulihaiser.blogspot.com/">Amber</a> did the games (which I don't have any pictures of) </center><center>They were really fun and creative! You'll have to take my word for it.</center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<center>She also made the cake -isn't it beautiful? </center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<center>This is the inside</center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<center>and she did the headband making station.</center><center>I don't have the headbands yet so I can't show you pictures. But they turned out really cute!</center><center>Amber also brought cute paper for people to write advice on, I'm looking forward to reading it all</center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My sister in law <a href="http://thekaisertwo.blogspot.com/">Annie</a> did the favors! they are in those cute white boxes</div>
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This is what they looked like, only cuter! I had bad lighting when I took this photo :)</div>
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And they tasted really yummy!</div>
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(The socks were from my sister Helena:-) </div>
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I love the balloons Annie chose, and all the different shades of pink</div>
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These cute little pacifiers were hanging on the windows</div>
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I love this wreath! Annie let me keep it, and it's hanging in the nursery now! You'll see when I post pictures of the baby's room</div>
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<center>Annie did the decorations, didn't they look awesome?!</center><center>I also kept that puffy pink strand (I have no idea what it is called!) also, you'll see it in the baby's room. </center><center>I'll post pictures soon! I have some things I want to finish up in there first though</center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<center>I didn't get a good picture of these hanging things, but they were super cute also! </center><center><i>and</i> Annie hosted the event at her house</center><center><br /></center><center>I'm sorry if I forgot anyone's jobs! </center><center>Everyone did so much, it was great!</center><center><br /></center><center>I had a wonderful baby shower! And I'm so glad that my sister Helena got to come out for it, and that we got to throw a baby shower for her as well :-)</center><center>We had tons of fun! I'm glad we are pregnant at the same time.</center><center><br /></center><center>Thank you all again!</center><center><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yA_6K7ea4aE/TD8Fo44E2EI/AAAAAAAADqM/N1URg0pglN8/s320/chantel_sign.png" /></center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1728033061601848887.post-9329352761577876442012-05-02T08:14:00.000-06:002012-05-02T08:14:00.405-06:00I'm Alive!<br />
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<center>Wow... I haven't written a blog post in almost 8 months!</center><center>I've missed it though.</center><center>I have to wonder: will anyone even read this?</center><center><br /></center><center>SOO much has happened since I last posted. And blogger has changed a bit!</center><center> I don't even know where to begin...</center><center><br /></center><center>I think I'll just write a quick update now, and maybe I'll fill you guys in more in the future. </center><center>I know you've heard it before, but I do plan to blog more regularly :-) </center><center><br /></center><center>If you follow me on Facebook you already know the biggest news since I last updated: </center><center><br /></center><center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Michael and I are going to be parents!!!</span></center><center>I'm due in July :-)</center><center><br /></center><center>I took a picture each month, starting at 3 months, and I'm wearing the same clothes in them, my shirt is going to stretch! </center><center>I wasn't really showing at all until around 4 months</center><center><br /></center><br />
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I'm seven and a half months pregnant now. </div>
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And I am feeling great! I've been taking good care of myself, and I've been trying to give my body everything it needs. I haven't even had much back pain at all yet! Which is one thing I was worried about, because of <a href="http://mythoughtsandtreasures.blogspot.com/2011/04/day-18-is-treasure.html">my scoliosis</a>. </div>
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We are really excited!</div>
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Nervous, overwhelmed, anxious, intimidated and so many other emotions. But <i>definitely </i>excited! </div>
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I feel ready to be a mom, you know? I know it will be an adjustment, but I'm ready to start adjusting :)</div>
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I'm going to be having a wonderful natural birth experience in a wonderful birth center about five minutes away from my house, with a midwife. I've been doing <a href="http://www.hypnobabies.com/mylink.php?id=4570">hypnobabies</a> and I am so excited about it! I know it will work wonderfully. And I'm looking forward to telling you all about my birth experience after our little one is with us. </div>
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So, you're probably wondering if we are having a boy or a girl</div>
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And this is how I announced on Facebook:</div>
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<center><br /></center><center>My <a href="http://www.lifeinthepitts.com/">sister Helena</a> is in town for a bit! I'm so excited about that! I haven't seen her yet, but I will see her tomorrow and we can compare belly sizes... Because she is expecting too! She is about two weeks farther along than I am! AND we are BOTH having girls! Crazy.</center><center><br /></center><center>Since she is in town we are having my baby shower this Saturday! I am really looking forward to it.</center><center>And we will have a shower for her the Friday after! It will be great fun.</center><center><br /></center><center>I will be sure to post pictures. </center><center>Because I will blog again soon :-)</center><center><br /></center><center><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yA_6K7ea4aE/TD8Fo44E2EI/AAAAAAAADqM/N1URg0pglN8/s320/chantel_sign.png" /></center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1728033061601848887.post-91402613723231394792011-09-13T08:11:00.001-06:002011-09-13T08:11:00.203-06:00Small Treasure Tuesdays<center>Michael and I are moving soon... We're pretty excited</center><center>We'll be moving just a few blocks away from where we are now, into Michael's parents basement apartment. </center><center><br />
</center><center>I'll put up pics soon.</center><center>It's really cute!</center><center><br />
</center><center>There's only one bedroom instead of the two we have now, but it has a small room that comes off of it and the living room is about twice the size of the one we have now, which is awesome! The kitchen has more cupboards though it doesn't have a separate dining room which is totally fine because we can fit a table in the kitchen.</center><center><br />
</center><center>My treasure today is the new dining room table we got for our new place!</center><center>The one we have now is too wide to fit comfortably in our kitchen so we got this new one from Ikea, and we are pretty excited about it :-)</center><br />
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<center>It has drawers on both sides, and it fold up nice and small</center><br />
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</center><center>I've missed blogging. I've missed reading your comments and commenting on your blogs.</center><center>I've missed reading your Small Treasure posts.</center><center><br />
</center><center>That's the main reason I wanted to start blogging more frequently again, because I think it's so important to appreciate the little things. Having this meme makes me do it, and reading your posts brightens my day!</center><center><br />
</center><center>So here we are!</center><center><br />
</center><center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">There aren't any rules with Small Treasure Tuesdays </span></center><center>I just ask that you share your post here so we can all read it</center><center>I hope that you'll link back here so other people can get involved (you can do that by including my button ;-)</center><center>And please read (and if you feel so inclined, comment) on other posts to spread the love </center><center>That's it! :-)</center><center><br />
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</center><center>The treasure I'm sharing today is the newest addition to the Magistro family</center><br />
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</center><center>She is 5 weeks old now! I haven't spent a lot of time with her yet, but I have been able to see her smile and hear her laugh :)</center><center><br />
</center><center>What's your treasure today?</center><center>It can be as long or as short as you want; it can be anything!</center><center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><center><a href="http://mythoughtsandtreasures.blogspot.com/"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yA_6K7ea4aE/TEM_k9FoCNI/AAAAAAAAD3A/4G9INbyhguw/s320/STT_Button.png" /></a></center></span></center><center><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yA_6K7ea4aE/TD8Fo44E2EI/AAAAAAAADqM/N1URg0pglN8/s320/chantel_sign.png" /></center><center><script src="http://www.blenza.com/linkies/autolink.php?owner=tellie&postid=06Sep2011" type="text/javascript">
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<center>Guess what today (technically yesterday, August 21) is...</center><center>Alright, alright I'll tell you!</center><center><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigmBrmpLYM8EemHQzIgva_x-7FeuMY90k8EURLDzbEg1bET_Pl1Ir96pX-3cvtRJCMRuNndQmetRlCEmQuMkPZzPSTgOIcXJJeamRIto87CGZQA1lNSR24Q_EDRwlZmfPWOEswqa4NDPM/s1600/MCW44.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigmBrmpLYM8EemHQzIgva_x-7FeuMY90k8EURLDzbEg1bET_Pl1Ir96pX-3cvtRJCMRuNndQmetRlCEmQuMkPZzPSTgOIcXJJeamRIto87CGZQA1lNSR24Q_EDRwlZmfPWOEswqa4NDPM/s400/MCW44.jpg" width="265" /></a></center><div style="text-align: center;"> It's my two year anniversary!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtv9GriBao12CKGxFBXzuIpaSUKWzHbil2qDLSdqiYwxiFwyFDBEK92786juzJ0kfSNA9T15J-_zcfp6U8QVGo8YgWhlwtQNcqmnqfWWx-BWQ_niWlZUp-VGn6UyDJeVxm3m8gwGfWv1w/s1600/7-6-11+182.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"> We have so much fun together </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTObZa_d-sANB-zf4rAPi0zvJuDj3WFFyAa6vWnrXJ2dHiYtz8DGIm6sobSZJdmV5NDF_Kei5KmQpkP4f9_Og5wkBgi9JFcbmyWyV_q3CnX5Td4_zxWm9F3cspjmvzdSmwGpZjpp1Y68/s1600/100_3246.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTObZa_d-sANB-zf4rAPi0zvJuDj3WFFyAa6vWnrXJ2dHiYtz8DGIm6sobSZJdmV5NDF_Kei5KmQpkP4f9_Og5wkBgi9JFcbmyWyV_q3CnX5Td4_zxWm9F3cspjmvzdSmwGpZjpp1Y68/s400/100_3246.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> He pushes and helps me to follow my dreams, </div><div style="text-align: center;">improve my talents and become the person I want to be</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjznx4L_9ei91bEj6s14ixeHChafylchsLs7r6V2Zj5dtpGc7jzsjS4PvRrHP_NMR6q7CquyBPMgs7QXXyiZ2KbcwdwBmAa8IY1Ne8BvFo150bMtry9b7T5eSWIxEGT5_4FwmO9oZx5x_E/s1600/7-4-10+207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<center>I love Zupas. It's one of my favorite places to eat lunch (or dinner!) </center><center>They have awesome food, but my favorite thing to get is the Nuts About Berries salad. It is awesome.</center><center><br />
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</center><center>I looked online, found <a href="http://eatatmoms.blogspot.com/2008/06/berry-and-roasted-almond-salad.html">this recipe</a>, and it turned out great!</center><center>I sweetened it with agave, and I used roasted walnuts because I wasn't able to find roasted almonds or roast my own. But it was still wonderful. </center><center>Everyone seemed to like it.</center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh54YlN7eB8sFrAogRkk5KhEcWyC3rcOTclVEZvavafSCm-zSdVe8ZzoLmhNW_NlJp7XpmFQfOpqLUgCV8bWBEDiRpfVtRd7phL-iH0waaKp2YVNHsAiMZy_53XcL8dzdnTlVMG3w225yY/s1600/IMG_0921%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh54YlN7eB8sFrAogRkk5KhEcWyC3rcOTclVEZvavafSCm-zSdVe8ZzoLmhNW_NlJp7XpmFQfOpqLUgCV8bWBEDiRpfVtRd7phL-iH0waaKp2YVNHsAiMZy_53XcL8dzdnTlVMG3w225yY/s400/IMG_0921%255B1%255D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><center>Note: this is not a pic of my salad. </center><center>I didn't remember to take a picture before it was too late</center><center><br />
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</center><center>And as a side note: when you guys go to dinner parties, do you give the host/hostess a gift? And if so, what?</center><center><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yA_6K7ea4aE/TD8Fo44E2EI/AAAAAAAADqM/N1URg0pglN8/s320/chantel_sign.png" /></center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1728033061601848887.post-76456684276427713132011-08-12T13:14:00.000-06:002012-09-05T13:15:18.871-06:00Costume Discounters is a Treasure<br />
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I just love dressing up, don't you? The only problem I tend to have with Halloween costumes is that they always feel rather awkward and feeble. </center>
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To me, Halloween costumes have always been something I would wear once, and then never again.</center>
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But, this year I've had the lucky opportunity of being contacted by the good people of <a href="http://www.costumediscounters.com/">Costume Discounters</a> and so <i>I know</i> things will be different :-)</center>
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I had the chance to choose a costume to review, and let me tell you, it was a <i>difficult</i> decision. </center>
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There was <i>so</i> much to choose from!</center>
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I was most pleasantly surprised! </center>
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From everything I looked at on their site (I looked at baby costumes, adult costumes, teen costumes, wigs <i>and</i> accessories) and as far as I can tell, their prices beat out <i>everywhere else</i> I've shopped.</center>
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Being 5ft tall I checked out their handy size charts to find out what size costume would work best, luckily for me I could shop in the teen costumes section! Don't worry, they have amazing costumes for all ages, I know because I looked around quite thoroughly ;-). </center>
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Their site was very easy to navigate, they have great customer service, they really have great prices and because of how nicely organized it is I was able to look through a large variety of popular themes, characters and time periods quite easily. </center>
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I was drawn to the <a href="http://www.costumediscounters.com/popular-characters/alice-in-wonderland.html">Alice in Wonderland costumes</a>, because I loved the colors and characters. </center>
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My favorite costume, and the one I was lucky enough to get, was the Mad Hatter Teen Costume!</center>
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<u>Isn't is awesome?!</u></center>
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I have to say, it is even better in person. If that's possible.</center>
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The fabric is better than expected. </center>
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Out of every store purchased costume I've ever had, it is the most comfortable, and sturdy. I can move around without feeling like it will come apart at the seems! It fits really well, and I don't have of my usual issues with costumes such as it being uncomfortable, having flimsy fabric, a shotty sewing job, being a poor fit and an unimaginative design.</center>
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So, without further ado, here is how it turned out</center>
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It didn't come with the leggings, I just thought they looked cute with it.</center>
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Because I'm the Mad Hatter, I just had to do this makeshift photo shoot with a tea cup!</center>
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I love that the jacket has coattails! </center>
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When I initially read the description, I figured that the shoe covers would probably be an aspect that I couldn't count on to work out, because I had never had shoe covers work very well in the past, however these ones are really nice! So far, they've been working quite well for me.</center>
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I love how this costume came with so many little details that made it all the better. </div>
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The little glovelettes, the boot covers, the hat, the neckerchief... All of it just really makes the outfit!</div>
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This is the most comfortable Halloween costume from a store that I've ever had the pleasure of wearing! </div>
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Aren't the coattails awesome!</div>
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I will definitely be wearing this costume as much as possible during this Halloween season, and in years to come.</div>
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And I will, without a doubt, purchase from Costume Discounters in the future.</div>
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Not only do I love this costume, as well as many others that I want to purchase, but <i>their prices are simply unbeatable</i>. AND they made me feel like I was an important customer whom they would be happy to assist with any questions or concerns.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I received the Ma Hatter Teen Costume from Costume Discounters in order to facilitate my review. No other compensation was received. This product review is based on my own personal experiences with this item, and it is completely honest and objective</span>.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1728033061601848887.post-9485277058921924542011-07-26T21:59:00.000-06:002011-07-26T21:59:28.729-06:00A break is a bitter-sweet treasure<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Don't worry, I'm still here!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8CsxxW19KYFYcRbSjwKyx7ekuxbEd4sDz7EUG4pTEPit2dWE1S7oqYBS78h5X9xk-Mf_wGzQRgj60wUbwC34v-sjwcc_jcKlxxSbVZJElVbepcGQT9uggabvkfGufthCHHTcf3kDChqs/s1600/tumblr_kqdrv9wnSp1qzr5ipo1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8CsxxW19KYFYcRbSjwKyx7ekuxbEd4sDz7EUG4pTEPit2dWE1S7oqYBS78h5X9xk-Mf_wGzQRgj60wUbwC34v-sjwcc_jcKlxxSbVZJElVbepcGQT9uggabvkfGufthCHHTcf3kDChqs/s400/tumblr_kqdrv9wnSp1qzr5ipo1_500.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><center>I took this quote from one of my <a href="http://www.mysweetandsimplelife.com/">friend's blogs</a></center><center><br />
</center><center>In case you haven't noticed, I've been taking a break from my blog to "go confidently in the direction of (my) dreams." I've been getting more organized, getting ready for some changes in my life, fighting the plagiarism accusations, doing things I've been putting off and getting refocused on what's most important in life.</center><center><br />
</center><center>I'll be back soon-ish. But know that I've missed you guys!</center><center>I hope you've all been having a fantastic summer!</center><center><br />
</center><center>Until next time.</center><center><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yA_6K7ea4aE/TD8Fo44E2EI/AAAAAAAADqM/N1URg0pglN8/s320/chantel_sign.png" /></center><center>ps. after a couple months of fighting it, I finally got a passing grade on my paper and in my class! :-D </center><center>I'm super pleased. </center><center>It just goes to show that when you fight for what is right, the road may be long and hard, but it pays off in the end.</center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1728033061601848887.post-64296624074966394382011-06-07T07:52:00.002-06:002011-06-07T07:52:00.382-06:00Small Treasure Tuesdays<center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">Happy Tuesday everyone!</center><center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">I'm back from my week of absence! Memorial day kind of threw me off...</span></span></center><center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">If you wrote a post last week, you can link both up if you'd like!</span></span></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</center><center style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Remember, your post doesn't have to be long, it can be as simple as linking up a picture or a quote. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I don't want anyone feeling overwhelmed by this :-)</span></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"> </center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">Here are the guidelines:</center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><center style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">1) Make sure you link directly to the page your Small Treasure Tuesdays post is on, not your main blog page. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">If you don't have a blog, you can still participate and leave your treasure in a comment.</span></center><center style="color: #333333;"><br />
</center><center style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">2) Please link back here so other people can join in on the fun! A good way to do that is by grabbing my button :-)</span></center><center style="color: #333333;"><br />
</center></span></span></span><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">3) Visit as many people as you want/can. Everyone loves to know what you think of their treasures!</span></center><div style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</span></div><div>So, this week my treasure is the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLNhtlq_CkE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">video I posted </span></a>yesterday (of course!), the warm weather <i>finally!</i>, and the fact that my hubby and I have been married for <b><i>almost</i> <i>2 years!! </i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYdNsfIi-GXSljmZRGaRJwxKkkwteUEb8IF5qpVK6-9VqZP0n1Xf-xqJT28AW1Rt0bdQrFC8SRfbYRocgUbiilfRZQXg8AbeqQypNnMfUlyhJ_yOh7I_9utfFbc9AdbQmEbcMcQmP_37k/s1600/8-22-10+144.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYdNsfIi-GXSljmZRGaRJwxKkkwteUEb8IF5qpVK6-9VqZP0n1Xf-xqJT28AW1Rt0bdQrFC8SRfbYRocgUbiilfRZQXg8AbeqQypNnMfUlyhJ_yOh7I_9utfFbc9AdbQmEbcMcQmP_37k/s400/8-22-10+144.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div>This is us on our one year anniversary :-)</div><div>We grow closer together everyday. I love him dearly.</div><div><br />
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<center style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">AND What's your treasure this week?</span></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">I'd love to hear about it, just leave the link in a comment and I'll add it to this post :-)</span></center></div></center></center><center><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yA_6K7ea4aE/TD8Fo44E2EI/AAAAAAAADqM/N1URg0pglN8/s320/chantel_sign.png" /></center><center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><center><a href="http://mythoughtsandtreasures.blogspot.com/"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yA_6K7ea4aE/TEM_k9FoCNI/AAAAAAAAD3A/4G9INbyhguw/s320/STT_Button.png" /></a></center></span></center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1728033061601848887.post-65433855767234119352011-06-06T08:40:00.001-06:002011-06-06T08:40:00.942-06:00This Song is a Treasure<center>If you have ever dealt with addiction, or know someone who has, you should watch this video.</center><center><br />
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</center><center>It was written and performed by my sister in-law Mia, as well as my hubby Michael.</center><center>It is so powerful.</center><center><br />
</center><center>Michael made the video for it, and he worked so hard on picking pictures that could symbolize the lyrics as well as the message they are trying to get across.</center><center><br />
</center><center>I think you should all watch it to the end! and pass it on to your loved ones.</center><center><br />
</center><center>They have many wonderful songs that help take people through the steps of addiction and overcoming it. They have a cd out called <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/miamagistro">Project Heal</a> </span>(available on iTunes and cdbaby), and are hoping to make another one soon.</center><center><br />
</center><center>ps. Sorry for my lack of blogging last week!</center><center>Small Treasure Tuesdays will be back tomorrow :-)</center><center><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yA_6K7ea4aE/TD8Fo44E2EI/AAAAAAAADqM/N1URg0pglN8/s320/chantel_sign.png" /></center><center>I'm sharing this at Nain's meme because I'm motivated to spread this video to everyone; because I think everyone can benefit from it in one way or another :)</center><center><a href="http://viewfromdownhere-viewfromdownhere.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Motivation Monday" src="http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa347/viewfromdownhere/vfdh_button_copy.jpg" /></a></center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1728033061601848887.post-23688379724418644172011-05-26T19:27:00.000-06:002011-05-26T19:27:08.193-06:00Motivation is a Treasure<center>I totally spaced and didn't mention this on Monday, but<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"> <a href="http://reasonstolose.blogspot.com/2011/05/season-4-challenge-1.html">here is this weeks challenge</a> </span>on Reasons to Lose.</center><center><br />
</center><center>I've been working out a lot las week and this week. I'm helping one of my good friends to win her offices Biggest Loser. My body is not used to working out two days in a row... possibly three. All I'm saying is she better win ;-P</center><center><br />
</center><center>I hope she does. She deserves it.</center><center><br />
</center><center>In other news I will hopefully be hearing back from the Dept. Chair tomorrow. It's been a pain, and I've had to have multiple people go over my case. If you have time please send positive thoughts and prayers my way, and his way so that he'll believe me.</center><center><br />
</center><center>If he doesn't follow my schools procedure then I will be taking my story to the news. The headlines will read something like "(my schools name) defends the pride of an adjunct instructor more than they defend the rights of a student." Pretty catchy huh? That should get peoples attention.</center><center><br />
</center><center>I hope all is well with you all. I've been super stressed about this whole situation. I really hope that it turns out in my favor, and soon.</center><center><br />
</center><center>I'm linking to Nain's meme Motivation Monday, even though it isn't Monday.</center><center>because I'm motivated to fight this, and to help my friend win her Biggest Loser competition</center><center><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yA_6K7ea4aE/TD8Fo44E2EI/AAAAAAAADqM/N1URg0pglN8/s320/chantel_sign.png" /></center><center><a href="http://viewfromdownhere-viewfromdownhere.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Motivation Monday" src="http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa347/viewfromdownhere/vfdh_button_copy.jpg" /></a></center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1728033061601848887.post-14731252702468006072011-05-24T10:36:00.004-06:002011-05-24T12:38:35.672-06:00Small Treasure Tuesdays<center>Happy Tuesday everyone!</center><center><br />
</center><center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Remember, your post doesn't have to be long, it can be as simple as linking up a picture or a quote. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I don't want anyone feeling overwhelmed by this :-)</span></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"> </center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">Here are the guidelines:</center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><center style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">1) Make sure you link directly to the page your Small Treasure Tuesdays post is on, not your main blog page. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">If you don't have a blog, you can still participate and leave your treasure in a comment.</span></center><center style="color: #333333;"><br />
</center><center style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">2) Please link back here so other people can join in on the fun! A good way to do that is by grabbing my button :-)</span></center><center style="color: #333333;"><br />
</center></span></span></span><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">3) Visit as many people as you want/can. Everyone loves to know what you think of their treasures!</span></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</span></center><center style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">I knew this would happen... as soon as my photo challenge ended I've gone a whole week without blogging. I'm going to have to work on that :-)</span></center><center style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</span></center><center style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">This week I'm sharing ten blogs that make me smile (in no particular order):</span></center><center style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">1 1/3. <a href="http://lifeinthepitts.com/">Life in the Pitts</a>, 1 2/3. <a href="http://thekaisertwo.blogspot.com/">The Kaiser Two</a>, 1 3/3. <a href="http://hulihaiser.blogspot.com/">Amber's Blog</a></span></center><center style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">2. <a href="http://nieniedialogues.blogspot.com/">NieNie Dialogues</a> </span></center><center style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">3. <a href="http://adventuresinloveandhappiness.blogspot.com/">Adventures in Love and Happiness</a></span></center><center style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">4. <a href="http://youaremyfave.com/blog/">You are my Fave</a></span></center><center style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">5. <a href="http://thosenorthernskies.blogspot.com/">Those Northern Skies</a></span></center><center style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">6. <a href="http://viewfromdownhere-viewfromdownhere.blogspot.com/">View From Down Here</a></span></center><center style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">7. <a href="http://www.smacksy.com/">Smacksy</a></span></center><center style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">8. <a href="http://mynewlifeasahousewife.blogspot.com/">My New Life as a Housewife</a></span></center><center style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">9. <a href="http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/">Hyperbole and a Half</a></center><center style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">10. <a href="http://colormekatie.blogspot.com/">Color Me Katie</a></center><center style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</center><center style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">Yeah, I cheated and put 12, but I figured if my sisters blogs were under the same number it would count :-) What are some blogs that make you smile?</span></center><center style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</span></center><center style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">AND What's your treasure this week?</center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">I'd love to hear about it, just leave the link in a comment and I'll add it to this post :-)</center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">Treasured Participants:</center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">Chloe @ <a href="http://mynewlifeasahousewife.blogspot.com/2011/05/small-treasure-tuesday-weekend-recap.html">My New Life as a Housewife</a></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">Nain @ <a href="http://viewfromdownhere-viewfromdownhere.blogspot.com/2011/05/coming-home-is-treasure.html">View From Down Here</a></center></span></span></center></span></center><center><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yA_6K7ea4aE/TD8Fo44E2EI/AAAAAAAADqM/N1URg0pglN8/s320/chantel_sign.png" /></center><center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><center><a href="http://mythoughtsandtreasures.blogspot.com/"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yA_6K7ea4aE/TEM_k9FoCNI/AAAAAAAAD3A/4G9INbyhguw/s320/STT_Button.png" /></a></center></span></center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1728033061601848887.post-14815579495745271412011-05-18T15:18:00.000-06:002011-05-18T15:18:41.457-06:00Small Treasure Tuesdays<center>I had this post scheduled, but I made an error in the date when it was supposed to publish. And I only just realized... I do apologize! But you can still link up :-D</center><center><br />
</center><center>Welcome to Small Treasure Tuesday, on Wednesday!</center><center><br />
</center><center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Remember, your post doesn't have to be long, it can be as simple as linking up a picture or a quote. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I don't want anyone feeling overwhelmed by this :-)</span></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"> </center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">Here are the guidelines:</center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><center style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">1) Make sure you link directly to the page your Small Treasure Tuesdays post is on, not your main blog page. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">If you don't have a blog, you can still participate and leave your treasure in a comment.</span></center><center style="color: #333333;"><br />
</center><center style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">2) Please link back here so other people can join in on the fun! A good way to do that is by grabbing my button :-)</span></center><center style="color: #333333;"><br />
</center></span></span></span><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">3) Visit as many people as you want/can. Everyone loves to know what you think of their treasures!</span></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</span></center><center style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">My Treasure is that it is the last day in my photo challenge... which is also kind of sad.</center><center style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">I was doing so well up until the end, but even though my posts didn't always make it on time, they always made it. :)</center><center style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</center><center style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">I hope you guys enjoyed following my challenge. Let me know if you do it too!</center><center style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</center><center style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">So the last prompt is a photo of the place you would like to live out your days.</center><div class="" 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/AVvXsEjjb4QGNgKgBOkAmtag_O-iPIsopPBDWufIKPuAtLjRsZudwg28YUW4AHjoATLzg-c7Pxbb83nLa4pvTxYgukcHWjw3M3V-eXt_qf_VsTRodBfpTF8j5ypbcxQGuSsS11mRXy8pZ8ihTC4/s1600/8-30-10+136.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjb4QGNgKgBOkAmtag_O-iPIsopPBDWufIKPuAtLjRsZudwg28YUW4AHjoATLzg-c7Pxbb83nLa4pvTxYgukcHWjw3M3V-eXt_qf_VsTRodBfpTF8j5ypbcxQGuSsS11mRXy8pZ8ihTC4/s400/8-30-10+136.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We really like Utah a lot, and we love St George. We would like to travel around, and I of course want to visit Michigan (where I grew up) but we would be perfectly happy to live out our days in Utah </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvgauR-OdHN4AZG3XOorM9mU4qaK_9YdljU0ZDYBnLr4mfffo0Ajre9UGffmI5Ji-5BsO9c2OuCVgKrbIDXjeWZcgW3KBLfhLNIkSVeU59vV94e9gEIQN3WAZ-NywGm7yd1bxIINRH8Y/s1600/227544_557417929871_203002634_31670621_1302728_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvgauR-OdHN4AZG3XOorM9mU4qaK_9YdljU0ZDYBnLr4mfffo0Ajre9UGffmI5Ji-5BsO9c2OuCVgKrbIDXjeWZcgW3KBLfhLNIkSVeU59vV94e9gEIQN3WAZ-NywGm7yd1bxIINRH8Y/s400/227544_557417929871_203002634_31670621_1302728_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But wherever we are, as long as we're together, I'm home :-)</div><center style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">What's your treasure this week?</center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">I'd love to hear about it, just leave the link in a comment and I'll add it to this post :-)</center><div><br />
</div><div>Treasured Participants:</div><div>Chloe @ <a href="http://mynewlifeasahousewife.blogspot.com/2011/05/small-treasure-tuesday_17.html">My New Life as a Housewife</a></div><div>Nain @ <a href="http://viewfromdownhere-viewfromdownhere.blogspot.com/2011/05/welcome-friends.html">View From Down Here</a></div><div><br />
</div></span></span></center></span></center><center><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yA_6K7ea4aE/TD8Fo44E2EI/AAAAAAAADqM/N1URg0pglN8/s320/chantel_sign.png" /></center><center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><center><a href="http://mythoughtsandtreasures.blogspot.com/"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yA_6K7ea4aE/TEM_k9FoCNI/AAAAAAAAD3A/4G9INbyhguw/s320/STT_Button.png" /></a></center></span></center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1728033061601848887.post-39013085470940557452011-05-16T09:06:00.000-06:002011-05-16T09:06:00.625-06:00Day 34 is a Treasure<center>I'm glad my post that I had written on Wednesday came back! Sweet.</center><center>I'm also glad blogger worked out it's issues :-)</center><center><br />
</center><center>Well, I kind of got behind over the weekend, so here is day 34.</center><center>The prompt is a photo of your parents at your age</center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj82-R5cHm5WiqACMucxQHMupiTFMJYJ2tySoVWHBD151XlT9GhrYlv9bX7AuTQJ_fcNNax2hLVWNDK01DJFbjVnWcEQyrycaIFFc73_02ikY_LiTym9daueaihRqoM8wT7h5e3SFlGKio/s1600/4-24-11+143.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj82-R5cHm5WiqACMucxQHMupiTFMJYJ2tySoVWHBD151XlT9GhrYlv9bX7AuTQJ_fcNNax2hLVWNDK01DJFbjVnWcEQyrycaIFFc73_02ikY_LiTym9daueaihRqoM8wT7h5e3SFlGKio/s400/4-24-11+143.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><center>I'm not actually certain how old they were in this picture, but I like it.</center><center>They're having fun together, and they look happy :-)</center><center><br />
</center><center>Remember <a href="http://reasonstolose.blogspot.com/">Reasons to Lose</a>? Well, I won the award for doing the most challenges! Which is pretty awesome if I do say so myself. We're starting up another 3 months today, and I'm going to be in charge this "season" of posting the weekly challenges. </center><center><br />
</center><center>You guys are of course welcome to play along! If anyone is interested I'll have a post over there each week where you can link up how you did on the challenges as well? Let me know if that's something you're interested in :-)</center><center><br />
</center><center>Since I'm motivated to do well this season (on working out and on posting the challenges) I'm linking this post to Nain's meme Motivation Monday! :-)</center><center><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yA_6K7ea4aE/TD8Fo44E2EI/AAAAAAAADqM/N1URg0pglN8/s320/chantel_sign.png" /></center><center><a href="http://viewfromdownhere-viewfromdownhere.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Motivation Monday" src="http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa347/viewfromdownhere/vfdh_button_copy.jpg" /></a></center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2