tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32683368966571859782024-03-21T08:43:32.723-07:00Through the Looking GlassBetsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10151622829528678194noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268336896657185978.post-32826993587906834822013-10-28T09:09:00.000-07:002013-10-28T09:09:13.022-07:00October's Book Club: The Fault in our Stars<div style="text-align: center;">
Last Wednesday our book club got together to discuss</div>
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by John Green.</div>
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This was such an amazing book, and we had so much fun discussing this book together.</div>
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One of my fellow bookies put together this month's treats.</div>
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It was absolutely magnificent.</div>
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She made homemade Stroop Waffles,</div>
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which I learned are a Dutch treat, in honor of the Amsterdam references within the book.</div>
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They were so good, and I'm hoping to make these in the future.</div>
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A Stroop Waffle set right on top of a hot cup of coffee is perfect.</div>
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It melts the caramel in the center, and makes it soft and gooey.</div>
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If you've read the novel you will be familiar with the glasses of champagne.</div>
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<b>It's not real champagne, it's ginger ale. </b></div>
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Don't worry Barnes and Noble, we're not bringing in alcohol.</div>
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And I felt so honored that she used napkins that she had brought all the way from Amsterdam.</div>
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Isn't that neat?</div>
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And of course I had to make up some fun bookmarks.</div>
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There were so many great quotes in this books so I found a few I liked and used them.</div>
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The discussion questions we used this month can be found at <a href="http://www.shmoop.com/fault-in-our-stars/questions.htm">Shmoop.com,</a></div>
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and <a href="http://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/15-young-adult-fiction/8711-fault-in-our-stars-green?start=3">litlovers.com</a>.</div>
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November's Book Selection is:</div>
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<i>Life after Life</i></div>
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by: Kate Atkinson.</div>
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We will be meeting Nov. 20th at 7PM. </div>
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And thanks for stopping by </div>
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Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10151622829528678194noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268336896657185978.post-35102733997372904762013-10-28T08:44:00.000-07:002013-10-31T09:19:51.911-07:00Individual Frosting Dips<div style="text-align: center;">
Cameron recently had her birthday.</div>
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She turned 4.</div>
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Wow!</div>
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How did 4 years already go by?</div>
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So last week we took a treat to Cameron's school for her birthday.</div>
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We did this last year as well, but I did cupcakes.</div>
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And what a mess cupcakes are.</div>
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So I wanted to go a different route.</div>
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Something not as messy, and fun as well.</div>
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So we came up with individual frosting dips.</div>
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So easy, cheap, and fun for the kids to eat.</div>
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and sprinkles to add some extra fun.</div>
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Oh, and of course some small bags for the animal crackers,</div>
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and little cups for the frosting.</div>
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You could even do thematic sprinkles for different holidays.</div>
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So fun!</div>
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Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10151622829528678194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268336896657185978.post-75878126288778805852013-10-28T08:28:00.001-07:002013-10-31T09:24:34.557-07:00Monster Pops<div style="text-align: center;">
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Today I thought I would share a treat that I made a few weeks ago.</div>
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I made these fun monster pops for my birthday celebration, </div>
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per request of Cameron.</div>
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The Monster Pops are made out of rice krispies bars, chocolate melts, </div>
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They were super fun to eat, and super rich as well.</div>
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Hope this inspires some monsterific treats.</div>
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Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10151622829528678194noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268336896657185978.post-78793846416263266682013-09-26T17:45:00.000-07:002013-09-26T17:45:26.079-07:00Indian Candy Corn Cake<div style="text-align: center;">
The Fall Festival is here.</div>
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Tomorrow night we will be tossing rings over milk bottles,</div>
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fishing for toys,</div>
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digging for prizes,</div>
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and strolling the cake walk.</div>
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The cake walk is always the most popular game.</div>
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And that's no surprise. Who wouldn't want to win an entire cake for .50 cents?</div>
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Since Halloween is quickly coming around the corner, and candy corn is secretly being consumed while little ones are asleep, I thought a Fall themed cake would be perfect. </div>
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I couldn't find my food coloring (these kind's of things happen often),</div>
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and so I had to borrow yellow and red from my neighbor to create orange.</div>
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Well, sadly I couldn't really get the right color, </div>
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but really I'm certain the 2-5 year olds aren't going to mind.</div>
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I want to try and tweet this cake later.</div>
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Work with making it bigger, and more vibrant, and just all around more awesome.</div>
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And hope and pray that one of the layers doesn't decide to crumble on me when assembling. </div>
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So, I know it's not perfect, but still fun, and festive for the Halloween season.</div>
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1 box of Chocolate cake mix</div>
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This really was a very easy cake to make.</div>
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I used chocolate for the bottom layer, </div>
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I'm hoping to try this again soon before Halloween.</div>
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If I do I will most definitely share and let you know how it goes.</div>
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Happy Baking,</div>
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and thanks for stopping by <br /><span style="font-size: large;">Through Betsy's Looking Glass!</span></div>
Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10151622829528678194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268336896657185978.post-40297858847975613212013-09-25T08:30:00.000-07:002013-09-25T10:16:13.771-07:00Button Bookmarks<div style="text-align: center;">
Tonight I'm hosting a bookclub.</div>
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And I have been making bookmarks for each month's discussion.</div>
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Some of them are simple paper bookmarks and others are a little more indepth.</div>
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For tonight's discussion I thought I would make some cute button bookmarks.</div>
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So EASY to make, and very cute.</div>
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Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10151622829528678194noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268336896657185978.post-16436567189710225782013-09-23T10:24:00.000-07:002013-09-23T10:24:19.617-07:00Curious George Storytime<div style="text-align: center;">
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Storytime at BN is one of my most favorite things to host.</div>
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I love the anticipation of the little one's eyes as they wait for each page to turn.</div>
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They get so excited, and they each have such wonderful imaginations. </div>
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So as some of you may know I USED to be one of the children's leads at BN,</div>
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and I was able to host storytime every Wednesday.</div>
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But with school, and everything else I was getting a little overwhelmed working </div>
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full time so I had to cut back, and I now only sparingly host Saturday storytimes.</div>
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This past Saturday we had a Curious George storytime, </div>
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and it was quite a blast.</div>
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Cameron and I dressed up as the "girls in the yellow boys',</div>
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I was able to make a few large bows for us from scrap fabric I had laying around.</div>
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Just thought I would chat up the Saturday storytimes.</div>
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They are a blast, and everyone should come and join in our crafts, treats, and fun story.</div>
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For dates and times check out BN.com for more details.</div>
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Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10151622829528678194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268336896657185978.post-28019720864436036772013-09-22T21:13:00.003-07:002013-09-22T21:13:55.993-07:00Fruit Tarts<div style="text-align: center;">
This past Friday was Cameron's helper day at school.</div>
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Which means that I get to come in and spend her whole school day with her and the other kiddos.</div>
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I love it!</div>
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Each parent is designated one day of the month.</div>
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And on your day you get to bring a healthy snack for the little ones to enjoy.</div>
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And you know me, I had to make something, slightly healthy, but also fun.</div>
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And I love fruit pizzas.</div>
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I'm sure you've tried fruit pizza before.</div>
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But for a little kid, a big slice might be too big, and a little too messy.</div>
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So I thought tarts were the perfect size, and hopefully to help control the mess a little.</div>
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Eh, I'm not sure if this was true for the latter, but they sure were yummy.</div>
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My awesome husband had the great idea of putting them in cupcake liners </div>
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Once again not so sure it helped, but they were cute.</div>
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These were super simple to make, and they were done within an hour.</div>
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I found out 3 year olds are hesitant on trying Kiwi. </div>
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but if they were brave enough to try it, they loved it.</div>
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Super easy, and yummy too.</div>
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Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10151622829528678194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268336896657185978.post-6285732825109987242013-09-06T07:48:00.000-07:002013-09-06T09:12:26.230-07:002013: 1st Day of School<div style="text-align: center;">
School has started again, Yay!</div>
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That's when the parents start jumping up and down, and silently yell.</div>
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Okay, I'm not doing that.</div>
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I still get a little sad when she leaves, even though she only goes for half a day.</div>
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Today was her 1st day back at preschool. </div>
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Cameron goes to a school where she can participate in preschool </div>
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for 3 years before entering Kindergarten.</div>
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I think it's a really good way to transition into an all day school situation.</div>
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This morning she was a little nervous which kind of surprised me.</div>
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Last year she loved it, and always looked forward to each day,</div>
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but I sure it's just new class, new teacher, new jitters.</div>
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Last year I made this fun chalkboard out of a <a href="http://throughbetsyslookingglass.blogspot.com/2012/09/chalkboard-explanation.html">table top</a>.</div>
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I've been able to use it for a ton of things such as her <a href="http://throughbetsyslookingglass.blogspot.com/2012/10/mermaid-party.html">birthday</a>,</div>
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last years school <a href="http://throughbetsyslookingglass.blogspot.com/2012/09/1st-day-of-preschool.html">pics</a> and more. </div>
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Last year I thought it would be fun to join in the 1st day of school hype.</div>
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This year Cameron wants to be a Ballerina when she grows up.</div>
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Last year, 2012, she wanted to be a <a href="http://throughbetsyslookingglass.blogspot.com/2013/05/last-day-of-preschool.html">Princess</a> when she grew up.</div>
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Can you tell she's a girly-girl? </div>
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There she goes.</div>
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How sweet.</div>
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My first instinct is to start apologizing, and making a million excuses to why I have not been here to see you, or to talk to you.</div>
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I kept choosing to spend time with family, or doing things that I love (not that I don't love blogging),</div>
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Okay, so yes I did start making excuses, but whatever...I'm back!</div>
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And I plan to not run away any time soon.</div>
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I'm not sure if you missed me, but I know I missed you.</div>
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About 4 months ago I took the initiative to start a book club through my work.</div>
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I work in a bookstore, why didn't we already have one? </div>
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I don't know.</div>
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But I later opened it up to the public.</div>
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Any and everyone is welcome to come.</div>
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We have been having so much fun with it.</div>
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It took the first few months to get the ball rolling, but I think it's finally taking flight.</div>
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The books that are being chosen are books that are thought to be the next "IT" book.</div>
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A lot of times we (the choosers) have no idea if it really is going to fly off the shelves,</div>
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but we are going off ARC reviews, publicity for the book, and the fads that are running through books at that initial time.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Fifth Wave</i></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So on this one I<i> </i>did have thematic cookies. I made lady fingers. Get it? It's a book about Zombies and I was going to make lady fingers, HAHA. Well, long story short, they looked ridiculous when I finished them. So in the trash they went, and to the store I went.</td></tr>
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by: Gillian Flynn</div>
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Obviously we know this is a big thing right now, but it was a big thing and still is.</div>
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It has now been on the bestsellers list for 14 months. If a book can stay on over three months that's phenomenal. I knew this one had to be read, and discussed. </div>
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I had a ton of fun putting this last months book club together.</div>
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I did truffles instead of cookies, because Amy Dunne's (main character) favorite treat was dark chocolate truffle balls, and I served red jelly beans because of Betsy's (character) habit of throwing them. I thought it was too funny that Betsy (my name is Betsy) did this. And lastly I made the bookmarks out of paint swatches, because Amy had this belief that you could just start fresh, and just paint over the past. Too awesome!</div>
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Can you tell I had fun planning them, and having them?</div>
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I also came up with my own questions for all the book discussions. If anyone is interesting in me sending them to you just send me an email to </div>
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or just comment on this post.</div>
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Any other questions or comments just comment down below.</div>
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I would love to hear suggestions, or would just love to hear what you have to say.</div>
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Today Cameron finished her first year of school.</div>
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She learned so much, and I couldn't have asked for a better teacher than the one she was blessed with.</div>
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To check out my post on the homemade chalkboard click <a href="http://throughbetsyslookingglass.blogspot.com/2012/09/chalkboard-explanation.html">here</a>.</div>
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Or to see my post on her first day of school click <a href="http://throughbetsyslookingglass.blogspot.com/2012/09/1st-day-of-preschool.html">here</a>.<br />
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Oh, and I asked her what she wanted to be when she grows up, this morning, and she said...<br />
Rainbow Dash.<br />
Remember the first day of school, she wanted to be...<br />
a Princess.<br />
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A lot of times the things I find are on the side of the road are there for a reason, they're junk.</div>
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when crash, the entire thing collapses.</div>
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UGH!</div>
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Do I put it back on the side of the road, uhh, not after I see the owner staring out of his window.</div>
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Oh, how awkward is this?</div>
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So, I finish shoving the piece of poop desk into my car, and drive to a dumpster.</div>
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I don't even know what this piece was for, but I had an idea.</div>
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And if you ever go in search of one, you won't be able to find one.</div>
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No one knew what one was, and no one had one.</div>
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But I finally found one at Hobby Lobby for $1.50.</div>
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Now hang and display the latest artwork.</div>
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I wish I wouldn't have painted the board the same color as the walls though.</div>
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Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10151622829528678194noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268336896657185978.post-78550407628873117712013-05-18T19:06:00.004-07:002013-05-18T19:06:45.278-07:00Let the Summer Begin!<div style="text-align: center;">
I know your probably wondering if I dropped off the face of the Earth.</div>
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No, I didn't, but I did finish another successful semester of school.</div>
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So that means, I now have time for crafting, sewing, and goodies. Yay!</div>
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I can't wait.</div>
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Throughout this semester I have done a lot of roadside pickups such as an antique desk,</div>
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a wooden chair, a rocking horse, and a few other random things.</div>
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I'm so excited to spruce them up, and either sell them, or</div>
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make them the latest piece in our home decor.</div>
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I can't wait to start on it.</div>
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Check back later to see what I happen to do with it.</div>
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And I promise to not leave the blogging world again for awhile.</div>
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Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10151622829528678194noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268336896657185978.post-81341349637449349152013-03-24T11:49:00.000-07:002013-03-24T11:49:02.553-07:00"17 & Gone" Review<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13132403-17-gone"><img alt="17 & Gone" height="320" src="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1345572427l/13132403.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>
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<span style="color: #0000ee;">"17 <span style="color: #0000ee;">& Gone" was written by Nova Ren Suma<span style="color: #0000ee;">,</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0000ee;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"> and <span style="color: #0000ee;">was published on </span>March 21, 2013.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0000ee;">She is also the <span style="color: #0000ee;">author of "The Imaginary Girls", and "Fade O<span style="color: #0000ee;">ut"<span style="color: #0000ee;">, and</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0000ee;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><span style="color: #0000ee;">can be found <a href="http://novaren.com/">here</a><span style="color: #0000ee;"> at her website.</span> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span id="freeTextreview566266088">Wow, such an amazing book! I
am so glad that I received this as an ARC for review. "17 & Gone"
is my most favorite book of the year. I was blown away as Nova Ren Suma
twisted this tale to unbelievable heights. She is an amazing writer, and
has a major talent with words. I was very impressed how much she knew
about the subject she was writing on, not only on missing girls, but on
the mysterious conclusion. You, as the reader, will be so shocked when
you come to find out what Nova Ren Suma was able to do with this
bone-chilly novel.<br /><br />"17 & Gone" is about a young girl of 17,
who is being haunted by the spirits, or what she thinks may be spirits,
of "missing", 17 year old girls. She is put through the test, and pushed
to find these girls that have chosen to reach out to her for help. When
she feels she is almost to a conclusion, she is then at risk to become
one of the "missing" girls.<br /><br />I cried, cheered, and even squeezed
in close to my loved ones as I read each word. If you are one for a
little spook, read "17 & Gone", and help spread the word of Nova Ren
Suma's next "IT" book.</span></span> </div>
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Thanks for stopping by</div>
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"Through Betsy's Looking Glass".</div>
Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10151622829528678194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268336896657185978.post-91672477812748696622013-03-24T11:23:00.001-07:002013-03-24T11:35:14.289-07:00A change of Pace!<div style="text-align: center;">
Since I'm not blogging consistently this semester, with school, and everything else,</div>
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I thought I would share my book reviews until the semester is over at least,</div>
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or I may just keep doing them after the semester as well. We will see.</div>
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Anyways...</div>
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Recently I have become a reviewer for ARC's (advanced reader copies) of teen, and</div>
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children's literature. I post my reviews on Goodreads.com, and I thought why not put my</div>
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blog to use and post them here as well.</div>
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Well my first book I'm gonna share is "The Orphanage of Miracles", by Amy Neftzger,</div>
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and is scheduled to be published on May 28, 2013. </div>
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She is also a popular writer of non-fiction, and the popular "Bedtime..." stories.</div>
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You can find out more about Neftzer on her <a href="http://neftzger.blogspot.com/">blog.</a></div>
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<span class="readable reviewText"><span id="freeTextreview530363134">"The
Orphanage of Miracles" was given to me as an ARC, and I was very glad
to read this beautiful fantasy novel for children aged 7-12(??). But
then again I'm 24, read it, and loved it. The age thing is overrated. I
don't want to give a synopsis, because I feel with too much information I
may give something away. So in short, there is a journey, a struggle,
friendships, and above all else MIRACLES!!!! I really enjoyed all the
magic, and fantastical elements added in, and it made me want to join
the world that these children lived in.<br /><br />But of course I feel I need to give the downfalls (UGH):<br /><br />2
POV"S: The author chose to switch the POV each chapter which I normally
like, and I did start to like, but gradually would wish to hear from
one POV, and would quickly try to skim past others. I was favoring one
character over another, but the novel wouldn't have worked without the
switching of POV's so I understand why she did it. Only a small
downfall.<br /><br />Relating to characters: I had a really had time
connecting to the characters. Normally I feel for the characters. I get
sad, when they are sad, I'm happy when they are happy. I didn't grasp
this in "The Orphanage of Miracles". I really wanted to know them more,
and to become more of a friend to them. This was probably the biggest
downfall, but it wasn't bad enough for me to not enjoy the story.<br /><br />What
happens next: So many things were left unanswered. I started
questioning things as I was reading and would make a note of it, but
when the last page was turned I still was left questioning. The final
chapter summed up many things, but left so many more unanswered. Why?
Maybe the author felt that as the reader, you were to create your own
answer. I have trouble doing this.<br /><br />All in all I really liked this
book, and I may check some of her other stories out. I think upper
elementary school kids will really enjoy, and appreciate this story.</span></span></div>
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<span class="readable reviewText"><span id="freeTextreview530363134">"Through Betsy's Looking Glass". </span></span></div>
Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10151622829528678194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268336896657185978.post-35270646649160834372013-02-11T16:22:00.001-08:002013-02-11T16:22:43.639-08:00Textbook gone FUN!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Wow...do I have some explaining to do, or what?</div>
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I have not even gotten on to my blog in over a month.</div>
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Last semester was a close one, on if I were to pass my classes or not.</div>
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I made a promise that I would take NO time at all on fruitless things such as blogging, </div>
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reading for pleasure, etc. while I was in school this semester.</div>
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I am almost done, and I need to just focus, and finish!</div>
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But today I weakened.</div>
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I have this horribly dull textbook, inside and out!</div>
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UGH!</div>
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I hate to look at it, open it, or even read it.</div>
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I needed something to spunk it up, and give me some inspiration to read it.</div>
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I told myself that I had 30 minutes to make a book cover, and no more.</div>
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I can do that, right?</div>
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LOL! </div>
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I can if I don't measure, etc.</div>
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Let's just say I did it, but don't look to closely.</div>
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I think it's uber fun though!</div>
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And sorry, but once again I won't be getting on very often this semester, </div>
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but right after school ends, I will be back to my normal groove.</div>
Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10151622829528678194noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268336896657185978.post-67220687098971116922012-12-22T11:33:00.000-08:002012-12-22T11:33:33.573-08:00December 22nd: Melted Frosty Cookies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Work Christmas Party...Woooh!</div>
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I love anything that involves sharing baked goods.</div>
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I was uber excited when I knew I could try out a new recipe.</div>
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In all my life I have never made Gingerbread cookies...can you believe that?</div>
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It could have to do with the fact that I don't like gingerbread cookies.</div>
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And to tell you the truth they aren't half bad.</div>
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Yum Yum Yum!</div>
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This might become a tradition!?!</div>
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Anyways since the snow is now melting I thought melted Frosties were the cutest idea.</div>
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How adorable? You know you want to make them now!</div>
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They were super simple to make and decorate.</div>
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The one below is my favorite...Look at his little smile!</div>
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Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10151622829528678194noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268336896657185978.post-69812663141065616722012-12-22T11:22:00.000-08:002012-12-22T11:22:47.960-08:00December 21st: Christmas Cards Displayed<div style="text-align: center;">
Every year I display my Christmas cards,</div>
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but I just set them all up on a mantle.</div>
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Not to interesting, and they seem to fall down a lot.</div>
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Pinterest has a lot of great ways to display them, but my house is very small and limited on space.</div>
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Yesterday I came up the greatest idea.</div>
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We have an archway in the entrance to our house, and I have never hung anything there,</div>
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all the Christmas Cheer that has been delivered to us.</div>
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I used kitchen yarn and clothes pins to hang all the pictures up.</div>
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I relocated our reusable chalkboard frame for the centerpiece.</div>
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I love it!</div>
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Only thing I'm worried about is...after the holidays I know I'm going to want something to hang here again...any ideas?</div>
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because obviously I wouldn't be able to do this without them!</div>
Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10151622829528678194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268336896657185978.post-10315488249832338502012-12-20T12:21:00.001-08:002012-12-20T12:21:08.089-08:00December 20th: Snow Day!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Yay!</div>
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Cameron was very excited when she found out that her world have been covered by snow.</div>
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Happy Day in the Brogren house!</div>
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School was canceled, but her school program was still a go.</div>
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Santa made a special visit to her school, and she was able to chat it up with St. Nick himself.</div>
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She once again added another toy...a dinosaur this time.</div>
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I sure hope Santa has a big bag!</div>
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Peter offered for me to go and get my nails done in some Holiday Cheer.</div>
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Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10151622829528678194noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268336896657185978.post-8236937712443939962012-12-19T11:44:00.002-08:002012-12-19T11:56:09.299-08:00December 18th and 19th: Reindeer Cookies<div style="text-align: center;">
Christmas shopping complete,</div>
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Christmas sweets are being baked...</div>
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and holiday cheer is coming back into our household!</div>
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Tomorrow Cameron is participating in her school Christmas program...</div>
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and I am baking cookies for her classroom.</div>
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Reindeer cookies seemed like the cutest idea for the little ones.</div>
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They were so simple to make, and I feel they came out pretty cute.</div>
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Only downfall is that they have red hot noises instead of red m&m's.</div>
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I was very disappointed when going to buy holiday m&m's...the only choice in holiday m&m's was a 8 lb. bag. Why do I need an 8 lb. bag?</div>
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Ugh!</div>
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Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10151622829528678194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268336896657185978.post-89133585407583921132012-12-17T15:06:00.000-08:002012-12-17T15:13:53.729-08:00December 17th: Coffee<div style="text-align: center;">
We can all agree that the recent events of Connecticut</div>
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and even here in my own hometown have caused some heavy hearts, </div>
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and some hugemongo stress in our household, and in most likely yours.</div>
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I'm in high hopes that we can all pull together and see what is right and what is wrong!</div>
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But today I am determined to focus on the good,</div>
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such as the magnificent coffee that my brother*in*law roasted for us.</div>
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Yummy!</div>
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I am so in need of a roaster now...</div>
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how awesome is it to wake up and drink a cup of coffee that you roasted yourself?</div>
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Thank you Kirk!</div>
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Your little spark of happiness brought joy to Peter and I's day.</div>
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And I hope you and Danna had a wonderful anniversary.</div>
Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10151622829528678194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268336896657185978.post-88321833646506620142012-12-16T10:53:00.000-08:002012-12-16T10:53:09.879-08:00December 15th and 16th: Sadness and Joy<div style="text-align: center;">
While December is normally such a happy time, </div>
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The tragedy in Connecticut has made me squeeze my little one just a little bit tighter, </div>
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and give a million more kisses.</div>
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This morning at Church I came to realize that these children were taken cruelly from this world,</div>
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but have gone on to such a happier place.</div>
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Each and everyone of us has to enjoy every precious moment that our children give us.</div>
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And that is just what I did this morning.</div>
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My daughter, niece, and cousins were all in the Christmas Program at church.</div>
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They did such a wonderful job, </div>
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and each one of them were cute beyond words.</div>
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Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10151622829528678194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268336896657185978.post-53600426685296210842012-12-14T21:26:00.001-08:002012-12-14T21:28:46.191-08:00December 14th: Sugar Cube Houses!<div style="text-align: center;">
Every year my amazing family gets together and makes sugar cube houses.</div>
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It is an awesome tradition that we participate in each year no matter how old we get.</div>
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We compete for the biggest, most unique, most silly, or even the pinkest.</div>
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Each house gets an award!</div>
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Sadly I have a job with inconsistent hours and I couldn't make it this year,</div>
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but my hubs and daughter were able to get there, and make their houses.</div>
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This was my daughter's first sugar cube house, </div>
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and I couldn't have been more proud of her.</div>
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Cameron's award was the "Pinkalicious Award"...I think it was perfect.<br />
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Thanks Jackie for always taking the time to put this together for us.<br />
I know Phil was up in heaven enjoying it all!</div>
Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10151622829528678194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268336896657185978.post-2802660656886175202012-12-13T20:42:00.004-08:002012-12-13T20:42:52.902-08:00December 13th: Did you receive your Card?<div style="text-align: center;">
Mostly everyone should have received their Christmas card.</div>
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Well, who I sent them to...obviously I'm limited on who all I can send them to.</div>
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If you haven't yet, you should soon.</div>
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I'm too excited so I'm gonna post it anyways.</div>
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I had to center around Santa in some way this year.</div>
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Cameron is all about the belief in St. Nick...it is so heartwarming.</div>
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And thank you so much for everyone that has sent us a card so far.</div>
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I love it so much to come home and see a card in the mail.</div>
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I especially loved the birth annoucement/Holiday card. Such a cute combo.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thank You Everyone,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And Happy Holidays!</span></div>
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Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10151622829528678194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268336896657185978.post-25441389620441384992012-12-12T19:08:00.000-08:002012-12-12T19:09:23.082-08:00December 11th and 12th: Catch Up!<div style="text-align: center;">
I know what your thinking </div>
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"she promised to do a daily post for the entire month of December".</div>
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I failed!</div>
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I missed yesterday.</div>
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This wonderful (sarcasm) 24 hour flu that is seeking out predators finally found me.</div>
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Yesterday was not good, and I felt that in hopes of not spreading it I kept confined to my room for the entirety of the day. </div>
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What if it could travel through the internet through some weird "cyber viral flu thing"?</div>
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Oh no, my inner geek is shining through.</div>
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Well, luckily it was only the 24 hour bug...I am back to my normal self, and happy to say that I </div>
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welcomed my morning breakfast.</div>
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There did happen to be one plus side to yesterday...</div>
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a hilarious video I found online.</div>
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I normally hate it when people post things on facebook for others to watch, because</div>
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truthfully they don't end up being funny, or they are just so </div>
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stupid I feel degraded after watching it.</div>
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But here I go posting my video that I found to be hilarious.</div>
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I literally laughed for probably a good 5 minutes after the video was over.</div>
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This is my first time trying to link to a video so I'm not sure this will work. </div>
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Here is the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBb5ulZwsxA">Link.</a> </div>
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If that doesn't work, go to Youtube, and type in Wisdom Teeth: aftermath, and it will be the first available choice.</div>
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Okay, I know this post is kind of lame, but give me a brake I was sick yesterday.</div>
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Tomorrow, I promise, I'll be back to my "A" game.</div>
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Happy Youtubing!</div>
Betsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10151622829528678194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268336896657185978.post-12065917395013292672012-12-10T17:44:00.002-08:002012-12-10T17:46:26.236-08:00December 10th: Creamy Chicken Bacon Pasta<div style="text-align: center;">
Good news: Cameron seems to be feeling better!</div>
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And luckily I have no bad news to share. Yay!</div>
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Most of the day yesterday I was hungry for something thick, rich, and totally not healthy.</div>
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You know you have days like that.</div>
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So I searched and pinned many things on Pinterest, and finally made a decision.</div>
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<b>A Creamy Chicken Bacon Pasta.</b></div>
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Yummy!<br />
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It was extremely simple, but so delicious!</div>
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It is a must make.</div>
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Here is the <a href="http://www.plainchicken.com/2012/09/chicken-ranch-pasta.html">link</a> to the wonderful mastermind behind this recipe.</div>
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Be sure to pin her page, and check it out.</div>
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You won't be sorry you did.</div>
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And I am excited to announce I just got done making a Christmas surprise for all my loved ones,</div>
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but sadly I can't share it here until after Christmas, because of course you will all see it.</div>
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UGH!</div>
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All bloggers can confide with me...the temptation is so strong.</div>
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And for a final note, I'm mailing out the Christmas cards tomorrow.</div>
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Check in your mailbox!</div>
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