tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54074335557722918502024-02-06T21:42:06.002-06:00Bugeyed GuideUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407433555772291850.post-46888389442769569472020-03-05T10:30:00.003-06:002020-03-05T10:33:26.790-06:00This hike is 2.5 hours from New Orleans has 8 waterfalls!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you live in Louisiana and even somewhat enjoy hiking for fun,
then you’ve likely heard of a spot not too far from Baton Rouge in Mississippi
where lots of waterfalls can be discovered. Upon further investigation though,
you’ll find that the exact location gets a bit confusing. Where exactly are
these and what are they called? The answer is Clarke Creek and the best place
to download the route is via AllTrails whether on the website or App. It gets
confusing because people call them Tunica Falls. There are hikes in St.
Francisville called “Tunica” this and that in Louisiana, but those are different,
and they don’t have waterfalls (to my knowledge). So if you want to see these
falls search for “Clarke Creek”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When I say waterfalls, I mean up to 8 of them! We did a 3.7
mile hike and saw four of the waterfalls. Here are my top five things that
people don’t tell you about these hikes that you should know. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it’s rainwater rather than snow melt. This feature is pretty badass because
waterfalls and their flow elsewhere are hit or miss. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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summer months. We did this hike in early September during a heat wave and
enjoyed it thoroughly. The key is to start early. We arrived at the trailhead
at 6:30am and left around 10:30am. The whole route was pretty shaded.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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many different ways to do this trail, I recommend going with someone that has
the All Trails Pro app.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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after a big storm or in a heavy rain. I don’t like to get my boots too wet or
muddy and this trail would definitely be a mud pit in the rain. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As always when you hike, stay hydrated and bring extra water.
I had a 1L bladder pack and drank about half. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The parts of the trail that actually lead to most of the
waterfalls is not really a trail it’s a creek with big boulders. So the
majority of the waterfalls are accessible with moderate hiking rather than
easy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">Here's the route that we took in red:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I've been attending sewing classes for the past year and fell in love with fashion goddess, Ms. Christina Blunt. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.polishedbrand.productions/" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">http://www.polishedbrand.productions/</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">She's a fierce creative force that I've had the pleasure to share, learn and grow with. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Here are a few of my beginner creations and alterations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This vintage dress had a high neck and a Pentecostal attitude. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Created a V and popped out a choker for a modern vibe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My first Chewbacchus was solid gold with this C3PO apron. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407433555772291850.post-41944757949794535462016-12-09T16:13:00.000-06:002016-12-09T16:13:19.159-06:00Life in Lyrics 2016<i style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">I saved every letter you wrote me</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">From the moment I read them</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">I knew you were mine, said you were mine</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">I thought you were mine</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">Do you know what Angelica said</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">When we saw your first letter arrive?</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">She said, "Be careful with that one, love</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">He will do what it takes to survive."</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">You and your words flooded my senses</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">Your sentences left me defenseless</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">You built me palaces out of paragraphs</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">You built cathedrals</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">I'm re-reading the letters you wrote me</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">I'm searching and scanning for answers</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">In every line, for some kind of sign</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">And when you were mine</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">The world seemed to</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">Burn</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">Burn</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">You published the letters she wrote you</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">You told the whole world how you brought</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">This girl into our bed</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">In clearing your name, you have ruined our lives</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">Do you know what Angelica said</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">When she read what you'd done?</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">She said, "You have married an Icarus</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">He has flown too close to the sun."</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">You and your words, obsessed with your legacy</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">Your sentences border on senseless</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">And you are paranoid in every paragraph</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">How they perceive you</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">You, you, you...</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">I'm erasing myself from this narrative</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">Let future historians wonder how Eliza</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">Reacted when you broke her heart</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">You have torn it all apart</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">I am watching it</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">Burn</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">Watching it burn</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">The world has no right to my heart</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">The world has no place in our bed</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">They don't get to know what I said</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">I'm burning the memories</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">Burning the letters that might have redeemed you</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">You forfeit all rights to my heart</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">You forfeit the place in our bed</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">You sleep in your office instead</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">With only the memories</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; text-align: center;">Of when you were mine</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; 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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It's like when a baby is born and grandma dies the same year. It's like reaching the top of your dream mountain and falling off once you get there. It's like realizing there really are monsters in a closet full of your favorite things. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407433555772291850.post-89635773727532602262016-02-12T13:45:00.000-06:002016-02-12T13:45:03.659-06:00Timeline of My Life to Music 2014<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2014 flew by. I only had time to jot down 5 songs. I had more on my shoulders than ever before. I've never scrambled to get so much done. Thought that I was providing a future for my family. Thought that nothing could stop us and that we were building an even bigger family for the community. The brewery opened at the end of the year and my world started to change. I'll try to piece together a list of songs from my short list and the things that I tagged in Shazam. </span><br />
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As predicted in last years post 2013 was no cake walk. We had a lot of ups and downs securing a location for our brewery. Each month we'd get our hopes up about another location; we'd draw plans, draft agreements and then the deals would fall through. We also watched our son grow from a baby to develop his strong personality and begin to destroy our home the way that toddlers do. Never a dull moment. I look forward to success in 2014 with the opening of our brewery and the introduction of our beer to our community. </div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">is a love story </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">about beer </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">or a beer story</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> about love. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407433555772291850.post-83008533542822475012014-02-04T16:59:00.000-06:002014-02-04T16:59:53.803-06:00I Have Good Taste<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I stumbled upon this video by creative folks for creative folks, thanks to the always creative seeking website, <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">BRAIN PICKINGS</span></b></a>. In it, Ira Glass warns amatuer designers and creators that the early days of their careers may be struck with thoughts of self doubt and less than stellar production. He encourages them to quickly increase their body of work and believe that through experience, creative success and confidence will come and their natural good taste will shine. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I liked his emphasis on the creative thinker's sensibility of <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">good taste</span></b>. He described how in the beginning your good taste will help you recognize that your work is lacking and ultimately help you improve. I reflected on my beginning years as a designer and definitely remember questioning my abilities. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As an interior designer, fresh out of college, I quickly faced clients and associates whose taste or vision conflicted with mine. It's discouraging and it feels awkward to reassure others that your vision is right since you don't have any real world experience to draw from. This is especially hard when you are trying to tell someone how <b>their</b> space should look, the space that <b>they</b> will work in, not you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The saying, "fake it until you make it", has some wisdom to it. You have portray confidence in your creative work and your recommendations as a designer. No matter what age you are, people will always question you if you don't stand tall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Everyone has an opinion, but in the end you are the expert with <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">good taste</span></b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We are opening a brewery! </span></span></h2>
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<a href="http://www.nolabeerblog.com/2013/01/the-courtyard-brewery.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jan 14 2013 Nora's Beer Blog</span></b></span></span></a> </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">"I fell in love with their "Baby IPA," a session IPA."</span></span></div>
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Hellwig in New Orleans, not only did they begin a family, but also a
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> <span style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/scott-wood/Content?oid=2250058" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Sept 10 2013 The Gambit</span></b></span></a> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">"Can you boil water and cool it? Yes. Can you clean up after yourself?
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">“It’s similar to going to a winery,” Leblanc said. “It’s not about the consumption of beer; it’s about tasting beer.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> </span></span><span style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://nola.curbed.com/archives/2013/10/24/courtyard-brewery-plans-to-set-up-shop-in-lgd-warehouse.php" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Oct 23 2013 Curbed</span></b></span></span></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">"the Coliseum Square Association is cool with The Courtyard Brewery setting up shop in an Erato Street warehouse"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">"self distribution laws, which are in place in 16 states, would foster growth of microbreweries and brewpubs by allowing them to sell directly to bars and retailers. 'It gives the smaller guy more exposure,' Coco said. 'No one brewery is going to dominate in the city. We should be a city with several operations and tremendous variety.'"</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407433555772291850.post-89486960045786125452013-11-23T12:18:00.000-06:002013-11-23T12:18:35.950-06:00Trying to Keep Up<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One post every six months is about all I can spare. I've become one of those busy people. I'm busy chasing a pay check, a dream and this little human. He's getting so big and gregarious and curious. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">and get my number and you know the rest. :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2 years of beers... In March 2011, I started using an app called Untappd to record the beers that I tried and to rate them. Since then I've consumed 452 different beers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My palate has changed a lot since I first started. At first I loooooved Belgians and today, I'd still enjoy one, don't get me wrong, but IPAs excite me most. It's amazing how they seem so bitter to a novice and yet so fruity, citrusy, and floral to a hop head. I'm definitely a convert, and I want to convert you too. If you aren't ready for "bitter" beers yet, try some of those listed under 2011 and work your way up. You'll get there.</span><br />
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<b>Our French Quarter Beer Cabinet</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">These are the 47 that I gave 5 caps to, which is the highest rating (listed in no particular order).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2012</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Sierra Nevada Pale Ale</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Oskar Blues Brewery Deviant Dale’s</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Brouwerji Contreras Valeir Extra</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Great Divide Brewing Company Belgian Style Yeti</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Allagash Brewing Company Four</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Fentiman’s Traditional Ginger Beer</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Alpine Beer Company Duet</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;">Alpine Beer Company</span></span> Pure Hoppiness</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;">Alpine Beer Company</span></span> Willy</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Boulevard Brewing Co. Terra Incognita – Savor 2012 Ale</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;">Boulevard Brewing Co.</span></span> Peach Porch Lounger</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">New Belgium Brewing Company Super India Pale Ale</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Jacob Leinenkugel Company Summer Shandy</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Avery Mephistopheles’ Stout (2011)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;">Avery </span></span>Collaboration not Litigation Ale</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Lightning Brewery Old Tempestuous Ale</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Midas Touch</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Brouwerji Dilewyns Vicaris Tripel-Gueuze</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Moylan’s Brewery Hopsickle</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">New Belgium Brewing Company Abbey Grand Cru</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Saint Somewhere Brewing Company Lectio Divina</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2011</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Brewery Ommegang Gnomegang</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Bieres de Chimay Chimay Blanche</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: black;">(Cinq Cents)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Hennepin Farmhouse Saison</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Allagash Brewing Company Black</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Allagash Brewing Company White</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Brouwerji St. Bernardus Tripel</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Avery Brewing Company White Rascal</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Avery Brewing Company Salvation</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Victory Brewing Company Storm King</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Brouwerji Het Anker Cuvee van de Keizer – Blauw</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Bayou Teche Brewing LA 31 Grenade</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Brasserie Lefebvre Blanche de Bruxelles (gateway drug)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Laguintas Brewing Company Wilco Tango Foxtrot (WTF)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;">Laguintas Brewing Company</span></span> A Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ Ale</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;">Laguintas Brewing Company</span></span> A Little Sumpin’ Wild Ale</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;">Laguintas Brewing Company</span></span> Hop Stoopid</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;">Laguintas Brewing Company</span></span> Hairy Eyeball Ale</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;">Laguintas Brewing Company</span></span> Undercover Investigation Shutdown Ale</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Brouwerji van Hoegaarden (ABinBEV) Hoegaarden</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Brouwerji Lindemans Kriek</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;">Brouwerji Lindemans</span></span> Framboise</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Terrapin Beer Company Rye Squared</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Chateau Jiahu</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Brouwerji Van Steenberge Augustijn Blond</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Southern Tier Brewing Company 2xIPA</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Brouwerji Karmeliet Tripel Karmeliet</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Life and Limb Collaboration Dogfishead/Sierra Nevada</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> There is a non-alcoholic one in here. Can you find it?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407433555772291850.post-41080143544265985802013-03-06T09:58:00.000-06:002013-03-06T09:58:12.355-06:00Timeline of My Life to Music 2012<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
Another year, another set of lyrics that find their way into my life playing like a soundtrack. It's been action packed for sure, going through pregnancy, birth, and finishing the remodel on my Katrina home renovation. Blood, sweat and tears this year. My goals are set high for 2013 so it shouldn't be a cake walk either.<br />
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<b>January 2012</b><br />
Besides Daniel "Learn How to Fight"</div>
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<b>February 2012</b></div>
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Priscilla Ahn "The Boobs Song"</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>March 2012</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Bright Eyes "No Lies Just Love"</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">April 2012 </b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Frank Sinatra "That's Life"</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">May 2012 </b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jill Barber "Never Quit Loving You"</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">June 2012 </b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">OK GO "Needing/Getting"</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">July 2012 </b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Beatles "Obladi Oblada"</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">August 2012 </b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Phil Collins "You'll Be Here in My Heart"</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">September 2012 </b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Neutral Milk Hotel "Love You More Than Life"</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">October 2012 </b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Feist "Bittersweet Melodies"</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">November 2012 </b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Walyon Jennings "Good Hearted Woman"</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">December 2012 </b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Flying Lizards "Money"</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407433555772291850.post-91138698550976864052012-11-02T10:00:00.000-05:002012-11-02T10:00:24.502-05:00Back to Work Lady<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
After taking my 12 week leave to become a mom, I'm back to work. </div>
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It would have been a full week but I had food poisoning or some sort of stomach virus on Monday. I guess my body really wanted to stay home. Once I returned, it felt like the first week of school. I didn't even know what season it was as a tried to find parking that first day. I left during the summer and still expected the kids to be out. But alas, the weather has changed and so has a another stage in my life.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is a good reminder to me </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to not let my looks slip while I take care of Jules, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to not let my smile fade because I'm doing too much, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and to just rock what I've got because it's a lot.</span></div>
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Two months ago I was jumped in to the mom gang. The initiation lasted four weeks, and amounted to a grueling hazing that takes over all of your body and most of your mind. When it's over, you wake up a new person and are welcomed into the posse with respect.</div>
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Moms for Life.</div>
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My wedding baby is due in one week. <b>ONE WEEK.</b> My body has passed the pregnancy test with flying colors thus far. When the birth day finally arrives, I will remind myself of this,</div>
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birth is an innately instinctive act, hardwired into our brains and
bodies through millions of years of mammalian evolution, and designed to
ensure the best possible outcomes for mothers and babies." ~Sarah J.
Buckley, Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering.</span></span></div>
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There are little things here and there that need tweaking,
but it’s great to be in! Having my own washer/dryer, dish washer and ice-dispensing
fridge is delightful. My favorite part is all the specialty lighting and the
white walls. It looks like an art gallery. We are currently displaying a friend’s
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The to-do list continues but so does the warmth in my heart while I nest.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407433555772291850.post-37592030255820185402012-07-13T08:15:00.000-05:002012-07-13T08:15:00.409-05:00Lyrics for Baby Unborn<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am 37 weeks today... </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I hope that womb's not too warm </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Cause it's cold out here</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">And it'll be quite a shock</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">To breathe this air</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">To discover loss</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">So I'd like to make some changes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Before you arrive</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">So when your new eyes meet mine</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">They won't see no lies</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Just love.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Just love.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">excerpt from No Lies, Just Love by Bright Eyes</span> <br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6bQXzoEZ794" width="420">&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;I &amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;</iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407433555772291850.post-4463495730252679712012-06-29T14:45:00.000-05:002012-06-29T14:45:03.226-05:00The After<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
I wonder what my little baby will look like.....</div>
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Periodically the universe asks me, <span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">“Who are you?”</span> </div>
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takes this question to the extreme in her work and even in her own bedroom stream-of-consciousness drawings. Read more about her and her space <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/05/23/greathomesanddestinations/20120523-LOCATION.html#1" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">via </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/24/garden/a-brooklyn-artist-free-associates-on-her-walls.html?_r=1&ref=garden" style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;" target="_blank">The New York Times</a><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> / Images by </span><a href="http://trevortondro.com/" style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;" target="_blank">Trevor Tondro</a><a href="http://trevortondro.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> </span></a></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407433555772291850.post-38630347757749855402012-04-13T08:00:00.004-05:002012-04-13T08:00:10.888-05:00Lines that Last a Lifetime<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/> <w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/> <w:OverrideTableStyleHps/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">Sometimes it’s a note on the counter or a drunken slip up, but sometimes husbands say a few words that melt your heart. Today, my husband was dancing around the apartment showing off this move and that move. He said that he used to dance in the shower and in his room growing up. Then he said, </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #0b5394; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“I’ve been practicing my whole life to dance with you.”</span></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407433555772291850.post-66667163888459664242012-03-30T08:00:00.000-05:002012-11-14T09:34:44.915-06:00Lessons from Lyrics #7<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="Portal" height="296" src="http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1360/1107620460_960cf2bbf5.jpg" width="400" /><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: xx-small;">Photo by</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> c@rljones</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Weight of Lies by The Avett Brothers</span></b></i></div><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1F2zl4LqSlg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407433555772291850.post-40279705975554244182012-03-23T08:00:00.003-05:002012-03-23T08:00:10.975-05:0010 Tweets Worth Sharing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUpf7LL0D58wLEylODeB4u00v8Y72BjjAMT8jDMcJ6SfcYlfHX_7dvwEa9MqSkJHHuqiU-7S9qcC4a3MWpAJnCmMzjXs41gH0B4gADNd0FCSmWFNyMxwg8QDUR0unbkftDAMnQinhUr98/s1600/favs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUpf7LL0D58wLEylODeB4u00v8Y72BjjAMT8jDMcJ6SfcYlfHX_7dvwEa9MqSkJHHuqiU-7S9qcC4a3MWpAJnCmMzjXs41gH0B4gADNd0FCSmWFNyMxwg8QDUR0unbkftDAMnQinhUr98/s1600/favs.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">So many tweets roll across my phone each day. Here are a few that I particularly liked</span>. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407433555772291850.post-68101114454401560682012-03-16T08:00:00.022-05:002012-03-16T08:00:06.952-05:00In My Face<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRumNa8X-aAM_ltmmvg3CNceGkfsDoSSZLsmjiK0lXjZEmsdYqcRRSLGPqfT2T8hKXfvhhDpiyQtUaKmRjX9cJNvdNr1txdQfedPVjF6DPX68hiTxTJHlDW3kU7-WD-BqnWlMEXG3FJ2k/s1600/BatchPic0003-1+small+gk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRumNa8X-aAM_ltmmvg3CNceGkfsDoSSZLsmjiK0lXjZEmsdYqcRRSLGPqfT2T8hKXfvhhDpiyQtUaKmRjX9cJNvdNr1txdQfedPVjF6DPX68hiTxTJHlDW3kU7-WD-BqnWlMEXG3FJ2k/s400/BatchPic0003-1+small+gk.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My husband takes lots of photos of me, especially double exposures of my face. Above is a double exposure that he took of me in a flea market. I was annoyed (as usual) that I had to pose and hold up a black shirt behind my head...in the middle of a store. Of course, I love the result. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijBrRnnmybJChXtYgznHfpbq-f2TSXLCwVvyL59kXRnKMh1e2G94thl8YPYJYdtJnZY3zwa2KV8OCFqja3FmOAvD5Uc-0pMEUJxy-AnimMaXdKZYw5Wf8sv7V2_0AFRp-Ac_AN0MDOPJo/s1600/BatchPic0059_2+gk+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijBrRnnmybJChXtYgznHfpbq-f2TSXLCwVvyL59kXRnKMh1e2G94thl8YPYJYdtJnZY3zwa2KV8OCFqja3FmOAvD5Uc-0pMEUJxy-AnimMaXdKZYw5Wf8sv7V2_0AFRp-Ac_AN0MDOPJo/s400/BatchPic0059_2+gk+small.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The second one is another film photo that he took of me just moments after we said our vows. He loves it and so do I.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407433555772291850.post-68508109754484437612012-03-09T09:05:00.000-06:002012-03-09T09:05:28.945-06:00Paranoia Kitchen<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitpedia/4571879100/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Sharp Microwave Logo by digitpedia, on Flickr"><img alt="Sharp Microwave Logo" height="240" src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4004/4571879100_b3cf9a9d51.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: xx-small;">photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitpedia/">digitpedia</a></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div> I see why codes and regulations are so much more stringent in California. Those people are paranoid about everything. My husband, a native, is no exception. Last night, I was told that steaming broccoli in the microwave would kill the nutrients. I was also told not to use the new bowls in the microwave because "you can only microwave dishes that say 'microwave safe' on the bottom" and that the bowl was "clay and may have lead in it".<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I dropped what I was doing and turned to Google to rescue me from <b style="color: #b45f06;">"paranoia kitchen"</b>. Within minutes I found that he was wrong on both counts. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="color: #0b5394;">Claim #1 - Microwaves Kill Nutrients </b></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/updates/Microwave-cooking-and-nutrition.shtml">Microwaves may actually maintain more nutrients in vegetables than other cooking methods because of the quick cook time.</a> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/17/health/17real.html">"The factors that determine the extent [of destroying nutrients] are how long the food is cooked, how much liquid is used and the cooking temperature."</a> </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="color: #0b5394;">Claim #2 - Dishes that don't say "microwave safe" on the bottom aren't microwave safe</b></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="color: #0b5394;"><br />
</b></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">I found this <a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Test-if-a-Dish-Is-Microwave-Safe">WikiHow</a> on testing dishes for use in the microwave. Following the instructions, I found that the unlabeled bowls that were accused of containing lead passed the test. </span><b style="color: #0b5394;"></b></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="color: #0b5394;"><br />
</b></div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/daviderickson/2540615102/" title="Broccolli by DavidErickson, on Flickr"><img alt="Broccolli" height="281" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2156/2540615102_a30cd7e0b4.jpg" width="500" /></a><span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: xx-small;">photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/daviderickson/">DavidErickson</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">After the research and testing, I was able to resume my meal and thoroughly enjoy my micorwave steamed broccoli. Yum.</span><br />
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<div class="episode_title" style="text-align: center;"><h2>I’d Rather be the Father</h2><h2 style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">by <a href="http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/author.php?auth_id=2525">Faith Shearin</a></span></h2></div><div style="text-align: center;">Right from the start, it's easier to be the father: no morning<br />
nausea, no stretch marks. You can wait outside the<br />
<br />
delivery room and keep your clothes on. Notice how<br />
closely the word <i>mother</i> resembles <i>smother</i>, notice<br />
<br />
how she is either too strict or too lenient: wrong for giving up<br />
everything or not enough. Psychology books blame her<br />
<br />
for whatever is the matter with all of us while the father<br />
slips into the next room for a beer. I wanted to be<br />
<br />
the rational one, the one who told a joke at dinner.<br />
If I were her father we would throw a ball across<br />
<br />
the lawn while the grill fills with smoke. But who<br />
wants to be the mother? Who wants to tell her what<br />
<br />
to wear and deliver her to the beauty shop and explain<br />
bras and tampons? Who wants to show her what<br />
<br />
a woman still is? I am supposed to teach her how to<br />
wash the dishes and do the laundry only I don't want<br />
<br />
her to grow up and be like me. I'd rather be the father<br />
who tells her she is loved; I'd rather take her fishing<br />
<br />
and teach her to skip stones across the lake of history;<br />
I'd rather show her how far she can spit.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">"I'd Rather be the Father" by Faith Shearin, from <i>Moving the Piano</i>. </div><div style="text-align: center;">© Stephen F. Austin University Press, 2011. Posted on <a href="http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2012/02/23">Writer's Almanac</a>.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0