tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62833255843409891642024-03-05T00:26:50.298-05:00Mrs. ReaLifeMrs. Realifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10025912474674624793noreply@blogger.comBlogger217125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283325584340989164.post-88810178799686958532010-04-09T13:16:00.002-04:002010-04-09T13:16:10.135-04:00WIN an iPAD!!!!!!!!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMizFLrIJqRr1Jl5MvDxDdPkpOVU0kLi3VJdKjqPTi16k-oycUi6CuoRJY3e3ir0G-jPJ7AkN8FmtC2ZeTw0GwhqDMwEfiAB5zqgHgvoGtehwpb-9Foj3dHGZlpNsPyMQatP_MtDBX_1cb/s640/iPad+giveaway.jpg" width="426" /></div><br />
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<b>;0) </b>Mrs. Realifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10025912474674624793noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283325584340989164.post-63393881786415048242009-09-23T06:00:00.001-04:002009-09-23T06:00:02.353-04:00I Leave You With This...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUlLdCp6ShaI8ZgrpDKjgh7CZXCgxQxw8GQDmpsDBo5v5uUuTynNUWnXAaphKjErupf4C7pb9JMie_O0Ic552CG8KKg6y5PrJdlCNLG1gijSTjfciVHNpKoU2dqXDga0ZYZ95bqnyoRdUl/s1600-h/IMG_1090.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUlLdCp6ShaI8ZgrpDKjgh7CZXCgxQxw8GQDmpsDBo5v5uUuTynNUWnXAaphKjErupf4C7pb9JMie_O0Ic552CG8KKg6y5PrJdlCNLG1gijSTjfciVHNpKoU2dqXDga0ZYZ95bqnyoRdUl/s400/IMG_1090.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384396883281815666" border="0" /></a>This newlywed is saying goodbye.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span>As you all well know, I've been a bit <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://4evernite.blogspot.com/">like splattered raindrops</a> </span>lately.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://shannontrickey.blogspot.com/">It's trickey</a></span>, really, but this <a href="http://abelleandherbeau.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">belle and her beau</span></a> are going through some major life changes. Even though I'm an<span style="font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://www.undomesticatednewlywed.blogspot.com/">undomesticated newlywed</a> </span>and will likely never be a <a href="http://www.mckmama.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">MckMama</span></a>, I <span style="font-style: italic;">do </span>have other tricks up my sleeve. Writing has always been my #1 passion, although I thoroughly love <a href="http://fluffyfashionablefamous.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">all things fluffy, fashionable and famous</span></a>, <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.thelifeofsass.com/">I am not fully <s>satisfied</s> sassified</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>and that makes Jane <s>Anna</s> a very dull girl.<br /><br />Starting this blog was one of the best <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.misadventuresofanewlywed.com/">misadventures of a newlywed</a> </span>and I don't regret even one post. <a href="http://www.beingbrazen.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Being Brazen</span></a>, I'll just tell you that this <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.dustyandamy.com/">chapter</a> </span>of my life is over. Of course while this decision is <a href="http://sassafrasanne.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">indefinitely definite</span></a>, I'm pretty sure it's what I need to do to pursue my dreams. While it seems I'll always be <a href="http://learningtobeawife.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">learning to be a wife</span></a> and it's pretty obvious I'll <span style="font-style: italic;">never </span>be a <a href="http://sassyengineer.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">sassy engineer</span></a>, which means I do need to open the doors that are knocking, so this <a href="http://www.accordingtoerin.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">prep-e girl</span></a> is out of here.<br /><br />Despite your good guesses, I'm <span style="font-style: italic;">not </span>off to be a <a href="http://chicrunner.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">chic runner</span></a>, a <a href="http://jenniferthepinkchick.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">pink chick</span></a> or a <a href="http://monogramchick.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">monogram chick</span></a> and while the choice I've made is not a <a href="http://caseyandalexis.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">housewife's journey to forever</span></a> or a charge to<span style="font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://bethouaknight.blogspot.com/">be thou a knight</a>, </span>it is does cause me to say that I must <a href="http://lashleyadams.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">let go laughing</span></a> as there are some really great things on the horizon. Of course, I <span style="font-style: italic;">could </span>choose to become a <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://cocaineprincess.blogspot.com/">cocaine princess</a> </span>or a <a id="followed-blog-217" href="http://thepreppyprincess.wordpress.com/" onclick="'BLOG_readingList.changeSelectedBlog(event,"><span style="font-weight: bold;">preppy princess</span></a> and <span style="font-style: italic;">really </span>be <a href="http://inmyblondelife.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">classy and fabulous</span></a>, but just <a href="http://askwifey.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ask wifey</span></a>, I don't think I fit the bill ;0)<br /><br />This journey I've taken going<span style="font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://becauseiamwife.blogspot.com/">from Miss to Mrs</a></span> has been a bit like <a href="http://runinstilettos.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">running in stilettos</span></a> and at times I thought it may lead me to be a <a href="http://www.vodkamom.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Vodka-<s>puppy</s> mom</span></a>, but instead my blog sometimes reads like I'm in the <a href="http://sweetteadiaries.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">sweet tea diaries</span></a> of a <span style="font-style: italic;">misplaced northerner</span> {someone should grab that title!} <a href="http://sunshinemeg.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">floating on</span></a> in the <a href="http://adventuresofjonandsteph.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">adventures of Jon and Steph</span></a>, except we're Dan and Anna, we're as different as <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://ahokieandawahoo.blogspot.com/">a Hokie and a Wahoo</a> and well, let's face it... just <a href="http://makemineamojito.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">make mine a mojito</span></a>.<br /><br />As the saying goes... <a href="http://justinandjennsieb.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">First comes love, then comes marriage</span></a> and whelp! marriage has come. It's time for me to pull up my boot straps and get serious with my writing if I ever want a future in it. You see, I've been <a href="http://caughtupinlife.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">miss caught up</span></a> with <a href="http://missesmisadventures.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">miss e's misadventures</span></a>, <a href="http://courtneyandtheboys.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Courtney and the boys</span></a> and <a href="http://punkinsprose.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jenny.Lee</span></a>! These amazing blogs will be tremendously missed and the footprints they've left on my heart, not easily wiped away, for I will always <a href="http://www.lovemaegan.com/">...<span style="font-weight: bold;">love Maegan</span></a>, adore <a href="http://blueeyedbride.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">blue eyed bride</span></a>, and miss <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://saskiaspot.blogspot.com/">saskia's spot</a>. </span>Seriously! Withdraw may cause me to see <a href="http://polkadotandpaisley.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">polka dots and paisleys</span></a>!!<br /><br />But don't be too dismayed, you'll still be able to follow my <a href="http://mssalti.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tales from the <s>country</s> Salti <s>roads</s> Peaks</span></a> -- You can read my writing <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.helium.com/users/535706">HERE</a> and still get your fix. As sad as this is for me, all good things must come to an end, true? This is the <a href="http://newlywedcentral.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">reality of happily ever after</span></a>, isn't it?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">*****************************************<br /><br /></div>I hope you enjoyed that... it's been stirring in me a few days.<br /><br />While blogging truly has been one of the greatest adventures of my life, it's time for me to buckle down and really write like I know I'm supposed to. Some of you may be wondering why I can't do both... Ever heard of "Jack of all trades, Master of none?" -- When I visit blog land I get so consumed with all of said above blogs; reading, commenting, responding, etc... by the time I'm finished, I find the passion I had to write fades for one reason or another. It's time to focus.<br /><br />Like I said, I'll be writing <a href="http://www.helium.com/users/535706">here</a> if you care to stop in from time to time... This is a place where I can write without worrying about followers, comments or criticism; I can focus solely on practicing my writing. With this, I've decided not to write my first book using modern day technology. I have pen and paper in hand and have been <span style="font-style: italic;">'kickin' it old school'</span>. I find the words flow more freely and I'm not able to edit what I originally felt.<br /><br />I wish nothing but the best for each of you who've inspired me with your stories, touched me with your encouragement and uplifted my spirit with your wisdom, insight and sensitivities. I will likely be a "blog stalker" {I forget what that's officially called} when I need a good laugh or cry.<br /><br />So much love to each of you my dear friends...Mrs. Realifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10025912474674624793noreply@blogger.com51tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283325584340989164.post-71651141457342992902009-09-10T11:54:00.000-04:002009-09-10T11:55:07.171-04:00Trouble in In-Law Land?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.shejustgotmarried.com/modules/blog/post.php?entryid=468"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNSHfCAFuSlkcGD0eLouerWKugUSG5v-i_HMRjXh3X_L074F7i6rFE7DEhmHKgfTN2W-AAgSuUDartll-jORwecWKwVtMahtGsl8pUxP7p8ROxCUVk3Vduqbf26-CQvceARfa3po76NRx/s400/book1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379867404884280098" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Well... go <a href="http://www.shejustgotmarried.com/modules/blog/post.php?entryid=468">HERE</a> -- Win this fabulous book and get your husband's loyalty !!!<br /></div>Mrs. Realifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10025912474674624793noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283325584340989164.post-20240544388395246002009-09-08T14:23:00.000-04:002009-09-08T14:23:58.400-04:00CONGRATS!!<div style="text-align: center;">.... to <a href="http://runinstilettos.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Running In Stilettos</span></span> </a>!!! <br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZFx01RbpDSR_JhlYlqG5DH2CH9WIgGnCa1gM33Le42g5bJA6pMwDIIRsPVqyncPdbmYd5V6EkUS-UrfLFju7TCJj6q2vR2SJA86kqugo5ewJRO9mz0KeVyGsz0zRZehqmGi017v2Jtty9/s400/Lighthouse6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379163484525895682" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9RUbPpUN5an2WuKAaM4TYPRmEShMgwGXkuMidZW5tY72jpNeZT7LyVYHwmsIkVJJSDdblhtL0vEUYemawSDBZINjiklzVj3zRFuGBLHusEyPPTSRk95xKpOJKqabrjdHwppbvZu9aioUs/s1600-h/Lighthouse5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9RUbPpUN5an2WuKAaM4TYPRmEShMgwGXkuMidZW5tY72jpNeZT7LyVYHwmsIkVJJSDdblhtL0vEUYemawSDBZINjiklzVj3zRFuGBLHusEyPPTSRk95xKpOJKqabrjdHwppbvZu9aioUs/s400/Lighthouse5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379163479466284706" border="0" /></a>Mrs. Realifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10025912474674624793noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283325584340989164.post-75291578122696556762009-09-07T10:53:00.000-04:002009-09-07T10:53:56.243-04:00Fall for Followers<span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;">*******************UPDATED: Seeing as I overlooked the small fact that today is Labor Day, I am postponing the winner until tomorrow :) If you're a follower, enter now!!! </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">HAPPY LABOR DAY !!!</span></span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Original Post: </span><br /><br />It starts <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">August 1st</span>.<br /><br />Which is ridiculous seeing as its the hottest month of the year.<br /><br />Yet, I can't help it...<br /><br />Visions of crisp blue skies, bright orange pumpkins, big yellow mums on porches and people in sweaters, jeans and boots. The feel of cool, clean air, the sight of bright red trees, the taste <s>I don't have a sense of smell</s> of hot apple pie and the sound of walking through fallen leaves.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Autumn</span></span><br /></div><br />I live all year waiting for this season and it's right around the corner.<br /><br />I told you I'd kick off my return with a giveaway and what a better way to celebrate my favorite season!?<br /><br />If you've been following me for any length of time, you know I love photography -- I'm also starting a new challenge for myself {which of course will be blogged about later} and so this giveaway is very personal!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I'm giving away 3 of the following pictures {your choice}<br />framed in a black, 3 photo, matted frame {like this one :}<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj08cSOsXjYWHRtYUWLt8NL6uoDObfPg46Nq_RVM5dgtZqp2JYc9f6p9GxJ77S5a3UbgIC8Vw-HxKKVzkOYqlmvjTfhfYkQKd6ihjkyd6Ufv_ZdX03kHNW58PGDXdZZYLaIO54HJTu6taGc/s1600-h/3photoframe.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ysHR2XAIYy5WmF-cuG5VcQVh3nI_lBV13S1Jolw6HHst-h6b7TiHMgbnkYdNLWAU_ax7ughEstQxEOSRLxX6RUDImw8iGLSsqDCz291c52ou6tYNjk-29PS0jehCEi0LEL5qsI81c5LG/s400/Lighthouse6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376158972944958898" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">How to win: </span></span><br /><br />I've been thinking over these last two weeks and have decided this giveaway is going to be <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">exclusively for my followers. </span>I love each of you simply for the fact that you read, comment, email, chat and enjoy the content of my blog!<br /><br />So, <span style="font-style: italic;">really</span>? How. do. I. win?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Answer me one question:</span><br /><ul><li>If the world stopped having seasons {that sounded <span style="font-style: italic;">very </span>dramatic} tell me which season you'd want all year long and why?</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">That's it! </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">I'm totally celebrating you!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">My amazing<br /><br />awesome<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">wonderful<br /><br />fabulous<br /><br />followers!! </span></span><br /><br />I will announce the winner Monday, Sept. 6th @ noon<br /></div>Mrs. Realifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10025912474674624793noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283325584340989164.post-61852119468178653232009-09-03T09:34:00.000-04:002009-09-03T09:35:06.676-04:003 weeks in pix<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>So what have you been up to, Mrs. Realife?<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Thanks for asking! I'm delighted to share :)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOPlAt6Ov_m_BL7c1QNYWBr0fcb-SLEH3l9NtuhGqjBpdX3GioyyYtoTbP1npUXGoZLU8Z4jlDYbCR8weuCOp0C2xr_mbU7-cS4kaZImT7zvEsI3bjlBlpJ6SAzKmvlUNvt3TYRMskPsNO/s1600-h/IMG_5156.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOPlAt6Ov_m_BL7c1QNYWBr0fcb-SLEH3l9NtuhGqjBpdX3GioyyYtoTbP1npUXGoZLU8Z4jlDYbCR8weuCOp0C2xr_mbU7-cS4kaZImT7zvEsI3bjlBlpJ6SAzKmvlUNvt3TYRMskPsNO/s400/IMG_5156.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376654898868881778" border="0" /></a>We watched thunderstorms...<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Y9PVQFwvPkipFNYsppo15E4PWchgFudP8rIWzGuUy7CMpERj3kRWCjczAFNu1_TlBfzszbb-OZCmCCygVfpHHcWbTJFE9lQvG-2-YPXdvTEvk69oZW63ZMVXD0HhUFDE_5pFThwzXsAf/s1600-h/IMG_5162.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Y9PVQFwvPkipFNYsppo15E4PWchgFudP8rIWzGuUy7CMpERj3kRWCjczAFNu1_TlBfzszbb-OZCmCCygVfpHHcWbTJFE9lQvG-2-YPXdvTEvk69oZW63ZMVXD0HhUFDE_5pFThwzXsAf/s400/IMG_5162.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376654902598577202" border="0" /></a>and this baby bird grow up.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3ZkwzCzJxb97HcF7vH8TlEbR-j6ZbhSLdePE2NnOfOK4YCQ7LJajPVDKeucbpqfkLUcFA7nCgbIguh7AIg62nU1U2iXL77UhNw9CK8u48YW7MfWeF8SGC_GyI48BwSogjR7-sZbOyqYK/s1600-h/IMG_5168.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3ZkwzCzJxb97HcF7vH8TlEbR-j6ZbhSLdePE2NnOfOK4YCQ7LJajPVDKeucbpqfkLUcFA7nCgbIguh7AIg62nU1U2iXL77UhNw9CK8u48YW7MfWeF8SGC_GyI48BwSogjR7-sZbOyqYK/s400/IMG_5168.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376654908434051154" border="0" /></a>We made hamburgers for us... and Elly :)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1H5BqDua9Aqb_dkBKgUPPFY7xOOimmY0OOrN7FZakBBweam_hIqQsoYuAFD8SvLZMF1otYbejx0jqTPT8RMOnvuVsQuQtCQRgM4HFg9HbB_pon4CYg5QbF6ddWZ5EyE_RPlgfgoOT2h2a/s1600-h/IMG_5282.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1H5BqDua9Aqb_dkBKgUPPFY7xOOimmY0OOrN7FZakBBweam_hIqQsoYuAFD8SvLZMF1otYbejx0jqTPT8RMOnvuVsQuQtCQRgM4HFg9HbB_pon4CYg5QbF6ddWZ5EyE_RPlgfgoOT2h2a/s400/IMG_5282.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376662344372298162" border="0" /></a>We made...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOqKnEmAFFGoE8ibjLW0jG7RFQQg5MkTIZ_fdfC8kKUBmM84rqEvMdIDy5cvaj4KnpK_bMe3wxXYnawosWYH81_-JlFuhyphenhyphen_IIvziU64pXvzOaePdK47yDR5QjB9Q7h-pxLXxy6N5KcdyPA/s1600-h/IMG_5241.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOqKnEmAFFGoE8ibjLW0jG7RFQQg5MkTIZ_fdfC8kKUBmM84rqEvMdIDy5cvaj4KnpK_bMe3wxXYnawosWYH81_-JlFuhyphenhyphen_IIvziU64pXvzOaePdK47yDR5QjB9Q7h-pxLXxy6N5KcdyPA/s400/IMG_5241.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376658967088869410" border="0" /></a>...delicious,<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0xPv-fUZPQ87qLjFdJJIF7cZ8rh26tU_S7KeZzyfX_Zx4ZU9Xju0Tu6pzhAmgUFq-AYjDx6tVw5_bj76D2kVi6DhWqK8wTZYtjrYTjy_Ew7r51cGDg8jPqNaRTKKRwdtQn4q8lX5r8ase/s1600-h/IMG_5288.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZBoEr1_rXoibKLfjv5OXmY7G5LDLvlvxhPorY0xouSJ8QJCq6-t9EcPs7Q0TZyqZ7rt3GlGqit9PoxELMiHt9YflA6zT06zI0GSTFmcij7oqw3akM_7nxGQoacglM5u1Pmep55SKWmzjw/s400/IMG_5290.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376662352716950562" border="0" /></a>Salsa :)<br /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_tG6LCPogO2QhkcPMHTBqmvTPanJDYrwEZMLMvqNieDCjMlfs8sJo1cbimfTtptUPIBVUrdgIGGU7zVOJoDuTxEKiwWG_awSFONp-abVNP7bfDY5fR2FtZU3tG_zgBGjhEVEMptTCAQS/s1600-h/IMG_5272.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_tG6LCPogO2QhkcPMHTBqmvTPanJDYrwEZMLMvqNieDCjMlfs8sJo1cbimfTtptUPIBVUrdgIGGU7zVOJoDuTxEKiwWG_awSFONp-abVNP7bfDY5fR2FtZU3tG_zgBGjhEVEMptTCAQS/s400/IMG_5272.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376658988139609298" border="0" /></a>We drove through thunderstorms...<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUkfqeiTM9wi0joHKzNMdlUzjILPp5jWCuI8SqjFC5K6XaRbuNRlRzV3B7j5MBMA5ySpsQBynqeHdrJnN6L3toB4KZ5AfudGzYnhaICTfn0E_o-g2jljkM8GcqRzapAStbR1V0IW1I4XWT/s1600-h/IMG_5245.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikYTF4vs_BOdt-ScdEhAtzBkjDHe1H7jdiAZcDOtOuB5ZHZ95M0xDzGJoxjTl8GgAvLAPLimuE6smnqrVxOoy2h4CwE-9Gx7qgo2lOBvDbirJw6zsmR6uQVGDJyuPfWeAmqaHjQb6icGCI/s400/IMG_5205.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376656769020482082" border="0" /></a>... and made fresh crab cakes after crabbing and "gutting" them?<br />{I forget what you call it}<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-3L3IRuf9KydfIboRO0BnmBiMR6D2juUfwrDFHWvch2FmAlMKIs9iU1lmR2lDUYZ-hlgnTXrppJ9YS8T-5PR92LTqYgmL4OFwK3Xn-ssjJUv_7FGikUfxXwLXCiBncrnR-U-jMDzM9Tf8/s1600-h/IMG_5298.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-3L3IRuf9KydfIboRO0BnmBiMR6D2juUfwrDFHWvch2FmAlMKIs9iU1lmR2lDUYZ-hlgnTXrppJ9YS8T-5PR92LTqYgmL4OFwK3Xn-ssjJUv_7FGikUfxXwLXCiBncrnR-U-jMDzM9Tf8/s400/IMG_5298.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376663492425908402" border="0" /></a>We sat on our front porch and photographed another storm.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7N9M25dUdju4uQrNwL83bW8rN6-u0SsSkf20nBXknXfnH7_X793wX9_mDzCfvyW6wnnxfFkeGwPsvxsLUraLgm7ysyw73JRqupkDZeXBszkVsgNkgzzYe6l3wVP2JCXiWyoS_cMQjW6s6/s1600-h/IMG_5184.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUkISzeSDTzMoy4VX5hyphenhyphenkW28d-udVvmzEUMwYwiZg29NkFE6OABBnL6BIcUmiL7Q422VkGby-2q6Xynnbl2DZuH53gqVfHHSLkY2nElAYPfhjr-oDbN5m4xiv_-086aKezK7SF0vX1lN4F/s400/IMG_5354.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377223704764768274" border="0" /></a>We had summer BBQ's with friends...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4AkEI6xkPLz1Gv6_DJVSBxiLFWcYotHNM8K1nV7psQGLB-cv52-7nwA4h1yIfhMCcxlns2q7JyBbwfbzoTEs7VQXCck_hnC0HTS69VS-q_gxAUWlP92wvmleLSIWzQgjFxq6FqQ2GhreP/s1600-h/IMG_5349.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4AkEI6xkPLz1Gv6_DJVSBxiLFWcYotHNM8K1nV7psQGLB-cv52-7nwA4h1yIfhMCcxlns2q7JyBbwfbzoTEs7VQXCck_hnC0HTS69VS-q_gxAUWlP92wvmleLSIWzQgjFxq6FqQ2GhreP/s400/IMG_5349.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377223703541838226" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmumnAO06kjxytBAH70UJMAo4vdUiSEra51-JxekEyS7bk1OGNeml878GqITMhO-ZhjOOKcPM6uhG1JyC6ZEdQEoAKTTXRUuZDUx1Di_J_q_0Og0wMxi3Il_Tm8W1x_cg6kASNLBthOQP8/s1600-h/IMG_5326.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqiZDeg7UN2IOG0vzjXF2EeFZCqtJRy_qXLfAKS6xv_lIQGPmpEevsNEoW1AK9DqOZHXRFAxHLRUN9SXe4sKuIITR7_ZIQT_VECwllq1ciuu7KKM6iyQMqtRFCUti8sdJGYQUddiY63T2I/s400/IMG_5363.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377223719106737346" border="0" /></a>Went to our local Art Festival...<br /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8ynzcUlgM0t-WlRinMBU1iNtAza2tJ0zL3_5q3ZZUS_4y3uty7y129dD0g7d04-LSrKpfnoYsyrcTzNuj6AzhGNcSf5YEuB9rr7nAqcMm6CNWEYd274zoFYQZgy023bbRNQn1GVpzwcI/s1600-h/IMG_5356.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8ynzcUlgM0t-WlRinMBU1iNtAza2tJ0zL3_5q3ZZUS_4y3uty7y129dD0g7d04-LSrKpfnoYsyrcTzNuj6AzhGNcSf5YEuB9rr7nAqcMm6CNWEYd274zoFYQZgy023bbRNQn1GVpzwcI/s400/IMG_5356.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377223715928139394" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tLSrGH_teo_ucimj_11-igP-mMrAjyZl4dEmRqSO_Xeyb4IXg7LaYbPgn7mxSWW9pqPSa40dNqFnxEm3xV9n2_Ec0RP1I7wsmzZVre1TZK0IZjIK1iewrG-o8SZ1a2bQb_lOf21JAitD/s1600-h/IMG_5371.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tLSrGH_teo_ucimj_11-igP-mMrAjyZl4dEmRqSO_Xeyb4IXg7LaYbPgn7mxSWW9pqPSa40dNqFnxEm3xV9n2_Ec0RP1I7wsmzZVre1TZK0IZjIK1iewrG-o8SZ1a2bQb_lOf21JAitD/s400/IMG_5371.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377223724558285682" border="0" /></a>and purchased a really neat center piece for our dining room.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-V0E3FohcDHTSy9bPm0wnERDHPMAsMvRmSXtQvDELtdAiawJwhwQt5Ub_FOUt7nLL3Q9dRT6BIibm18vGjhWd28aO3xaWZKpMR94fTxV8tnhtMVSzfL2Iicz1S0OLI8hmUxzMFSJ1kPs/s1600-h/IMG_5374.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-V0E3FohcDHTSy9bPm0wnERDHPMAsMvRmSXtQvDELtdAiawJwhwQt5Ub_FOUt7nLL3Q9dRT6BIibm18vGjhWd28aO3xaWZKpMR94fTxV8tnhtMVSzfL2Iicz1S0OLI8hmUxzMFSJ1kPs/s400/IMG_5374.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377224213070047458" border="0" /></a>And of course, last, but not least...<br />We taught Elly how to order fast food :)<br /><br />What did <span style="font-style: italic;">you </span>do these last 3 weeks while I've been gone?!<br /></div>Mrs. Realifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10025912474674624793noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283325584340989164.post-22522948524535795032009-08-14T06:50:00.000-04:002009-08-14T06:50:33.705-04:00Featured Friday: She Rocks - I'm Rollin'I love featuring new bloggers -- I guess because I get to talk about people who I think just really rock.<br /><br />This weeks <s>next couple weeks</s> <a href="http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu117/newlywedcentral/featured-friday.gif"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Weekly Blog Love</span></span></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">{click to see all my featured blogs} </span>is a woman I've been following... well, for a long time, now. Her incredibly random thoughts maker her spontaneous and interesting and keep me coming back for more.<br /><br />She's incredibly funny.<br /><br />She <span style="font-style: italic;">literally </span>makes me laugh out loud.<br /><br />Taking road trips and visiting other cities is a hobby and reading about them is like reading a book. She's also features a freaking precious pup every now and then too.<br /><br />She's...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Honest.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;">Life of a party.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">Beautiful.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;">Open.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255); font-weight: bold;">Makeup Artist.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102); font-weight: bold;">Raw.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;">Cook.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;">Vulnerable.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: webdings;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192); font-weight: bold;">Sincere.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;">oh, and doesn't talk bullshit.</span></span><br /></div><br />How's <span style="font-style: italic;">THAT </span>for a description?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">She's... </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://mssalti.blogspot.com/">Ms. Salti</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> !!!! </span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://mssalti.blogspot.com/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 191px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNw82fzWUuetD8abLDYsA0czia3XEN3IN4tIK0_YXtERJbr-c7FYZVeBxbsviQMM50btloQTfoh7Zp9wDi7RB37oSqdEj97rplfcK5reh9-_rt7OY7m6vwb1gtP_ddivirTk2FC0dYAmGU/s400/Ms.+Salti.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369763243276391570" border="0" /></a><br />To add to all this fabulousness.... She's also holding a <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://mssalti.blogspot.com/2009/08/first-official-salti-peaks-giveaway.html">GIVEAWAY!</a> It's for a gorgeous serving bowl perfect for ANY hostessing event <s>or a night when you're home alone and just want to eat everything in your cabinets because your depressed :)</s> Click <a href="http://mssalti.blogspot.com/2009/08/first-official-salti-peaks-giveaway.html">HERE</a> to enter!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Go check her out... <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">follower her</span></span> and tell her I sent you!!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-family: webdings;">***********************************************</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Now... for the Rolling part...<br /><br />I need a break from blogging. It just so happens that the fabulous Ms. Salti mentioned that in her comment yesterday and I'm taking the advice because I need to regroup. I love writing. I love sharing my life. I love my readers. So I need a couple weeks to get my grove back after all I've been going through.<br /><br />How about this? I'll be back with a bang in September featuring a giveaway -- You know how I love giveaways :) Fall will be right around the corner and I will be <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">way</span> inspired --<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; font-family: lucida grande;">Love you all mucho - XOXO<br />and I'll see you in September...<br /></span></span></div></div></div>Mrs. Realifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10025912474674624793noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283325584340989164.post-50109548604699843342009-08-13T13:40:00.000-04:002009-08-13T13:40:42.877-04:0020/20 VisionSo after yesterday's post, I had several of you comment or email "What's a Vision Board?"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It's simple.<br /><br />Yet <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">incredibly </span>powerful.<br /></div><br />I was 29 years old, just got married, just graduated college, just moved to a small town and was exhausted. Finding a job and moving forward was very much in the windshield of my life, but the rear view mirror was still calling me.<br /><br />I phoned every counseling agency in the phone book.<br /><br />Twice.<br /><br />Nothing.<br /><br />I started to think I wasn't ever going to be a counselor and in desperation, began looking at independent sales, working from home, sort of businesses. Mr. Realife advised against it, but as my stubborn ass always seems to do, I did what I wanted.<br /><br />$400 later and not much to show for it <s>and a couple of embarrassing stories later</s>, I was stuck. in. a. rut.<br /><br />At the time, I was still seeing my own counselor and told her a bit of what I was going through. She asked me a question that I'd asked myself a thousand times, but coming from her it just sounded different, "Anna, where are you going?"<br /><br />She continued, explaining that our journey can't be aimless. We can't just say <span style="font-style: italic;">"Well, one day I want to, I hope to, I'm going to..." </span>-- You actually have to make a plan, draw out a map and follow it. If you don't, you'll either <span style="font-weight: bold;">1.) </span>never get there or <span style="font-weight: bold;">2.)</span> it'll take you 10x's longer than it should have.<br /><br />Over the next week, I wrote down what I wanted from my life. While I won't share those things, it was all inclusive - <span style="font-style: italic;">Personal , professional , financial , social , emotional, spiritual... </span>the list goes on. I then cut out hundreds of pictures, words and phrases from magazines that represented my list of desires for my life. Mr. R looked at me sideways, but I didn't tell him what I was doing... this was for <span style="font-style: italic;">me</span>.<br /><br />I brought it back to her the next week and she said,<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Every time you face a life issue, major decision or go through tough times,<br />you use this board to bring your life back into perspective.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Going home that night, I decided it was time to share this with my husband. While this life is <span style="font-style: italic;">my </span>journey, I wanted to share with him where I was going.<br /></div></div><br />With a few butterflies in my stomach, I sat him down and told him the story. He respected it. He knew that what I was telling him was important. What told me that was when he took it out of my hand and said "So the next time you want to sell ******, I get to pull this out and ask you if it fits in this plan?"<br /><br />He <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">got </span>it and I love him for that.<br /><br />Here's an example I found of a vision board.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFv5vog2fauXuGhjT-mbO4gGZljX6JTU-dGRj0j7qElugzej_g5rtpFW9_-Y6s3DCMuke1cUv_XUqszyfvUN3DuL8rV7m6oZ-Vn4TY7GrENnlp4hTO0N4oEOzzmMUEDhmTPY-3a6Zb-cWh/s1600-h/Vision+board+exp..jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFv5vog2fauXuGhjT-mbO4gGZljX6JTU-dGRj0j7qElugzej_g5rtpFW9_-Y6s3DCMuke1cUv_XUqszyfvUN3DuL8rV7m6oZ-Vn4TY7GrENnlp4hTO0N4oEOzzmMUEDhmTPY-3a6Zb-cWh/s400/Vision+board+exp..jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369503458919135346" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.evolvingtimes.com/images/vision-board-center-08.jpg"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Source</span></a><br /></div>Mrs. Realifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10025912474674624793noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283325584340989164.post-47833572157090414022009-08-12T11:45:00.001-04:002009-08-12T11:54:53.983-04:00What's been goin' ON with that girl?<div style="text-align: left;">If you've been reading, you know that there have been some interesting things taking place in my life -- Good? No. Exciting? Not exactly. Emotionally Draining? Yes. Opportunity to grow and move forward? Absolutely.<br /></div><br />I have a vision board for my life. It's full of things I want to do personally, professionally, socially, financially, etc... I keep it there to remind me of the big picture of where I'm going with my life. When weeks like these last three go by, my board truly keeps me focused on the bigger picture.<br /><br />As a passionate and sincere person in every area of my life, it's difficult when you work diligently to resolve a situation in "decency and order" and the whole thing blows up in your face. It's even more difficult to resolve stuff when people misconstrue things I've said, take things I've done the wrong way and the misrepresent me to others, <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">especially </span>when it's people you've trusted. Fuck.<br /><br />In addition to this, it's even harder when what you're facing creates an association back to the worst time in your life.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Then it's <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">devastating </span>to realize you haven't yet <span style="font-style: italic;">fully </span>dealt with the past.<br /><br />I don't believe in living in the past...<br />but I do believe our present is effected by it.<br />So when it's effected, it's our job to revisit and resolve it.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I realize I'm being vague... Some things just can't be talked about. I'm sorry.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >*****************************************************</span><br /></div>On a <span style="font-style: italic;">completely </span>different note...<br /><br />My blog was originally started to help pull myself out of the "<span style="font-style: italic;">reality </span>of married life" slums 5 months after I was hitched. Once I started writing, I quickly learned that being married was pretty funny and a joy to share it's ups and downs and virtually connected with a ton of amazing other married women.<br /><br />These last couple weeks, I've very seriously considered deleting my blog and moving on from the virtual world. On top of the other things said above, a few things happened where I felt very vulnerable to judgment. My heart would <span style="font-style: italic;">never </span>be to hurt, offend or demean anyone through this blog.<br /><br />On the other hand, it is not my responsibility to babysit anyone's feelings, each person, just as I am for myself, is responsible for their own reactions to not only my blog, but anyone else's blog and for that matter... anything else going on in their life! If you stop following me because I haven't commented on your blog or featured you on a Friday, I have to be honest in saying you may want to look <span style="font-style: italic;">inward </span>at why you take things so personally... I can bet it's not just my blog you deal with these feelings.<br /><br />So... let's play adults and communicate! :)<br /><br />I digress...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">With all that shitty stuff aside... I can't tell you what each of your responses to my post on Monday did for me in encouraging me to continue with my blog! I believe my life's purpose is to inspire, encourage and motivate others, so telling me that I've done just that for you INSPIRES, ENCOURAGES and MOTIVATES ME!! </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">I'll leave you with this... </span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinp2O9A91ehA-wbvDwcdztTtUEGNW15cepQe-f2JNnf9beWZz4Nnv1MKYeoAeeziNS05upP8tE3l5Qyh-u9DqLctCHgMQlS34mqi95CrixZxGHHtkX9eFLlMr56lBuSKhK49XUrNCTHost/s1600-h/with+Matt+in+chair.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 356px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinp2O9A91ehA-wbvDwcdztTtUEGNW15cepQe-f2JNnf9beWZz4Nnv1MKYeoAeeziNS05upP8tE3l5Qyh-u9DqLctCHgMQlS34mqi95CrixZxGHHtkX9eFLlMr56lBuSKhK49XUrNCTHost/s400/with+Matt+in+chair.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369103480964805602" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">...Because sometimes you need to remember what matters.</span></span><br /></div>Mrs. Realifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10025912474674624793noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283325584340989164.post-58244110260604071362009-08-07T12:23:00.000-04:002009-08-07T12:23:42.236-04:00Safety Zone<span style="font-weight: bold;">************************ This is a post I wrote when I very first started my blog back in April of 08'. It's a little deep for Friday, but with some of the stuff I'm going through right now, the safety I have in my husband means so much. So, I'm reposting this one as most of you likely haven't read it. Enjoy and happy Friday!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw1YjUAvKnBYbf8yf_ROw-9wCZXQCgxixb5hH5wCqi2noL1QnKMJSQURlwtCrD8YrudBoh_-U7Thy9dpf0BNSoS1hN2gz9rMxa27-XL9z7_b_AN_6GNDyAGU52BI6O744k5osCr1T8TuNa/s1600-h/image-36.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw1YjUAvKnBYbf8yf_ROw-9wCZXQCgxixb5hH5wCqi2noL1QnKMJSQURlwtCrD8YrudBoh_-U7Thy9dpf0BNSoS1hN2gz9rMxa27-XL9z7_b_AN_6GNDyAGU52BI6O744k5osCr1T8TuNa/s400/image-36.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367255695123802210" border="0" /></a><br />For all you sports fans, you clearly know what the safety zone is. For those of you who aren't, I'll tell you about <span style="font-style: italic;">my </span>safety zone -- To the side of my blog it <s>used to state</s> states that I will "Laugh, cry with you on this blog..." and I kept wondering when I'd write something about me crying, I mean, that's a little personal, right? Truth is, life is personal... your marriage is personal... your heart and what you're facing is personal and if what I face helps anyone, then I'll put my personal stuff out there --<br /><br />With a knot in my throat and the heavy beat of my heart pounding in my ears, I'll tell you about my dad. When people say "he's the best dad in the world" I know they haven't met my dad. He really is <span style="font-style: italic;">the best dad in the world. </span>My mother left us when I was 18 months old and my father worked 3 jobs to support us... <span style="font-style: italic;">he didn't leave</span>. Growing up he used to play "Rainy Days on Mondays" when I would cry and he watched <span style="font-style: italic;">Land Before Time </span>with me a thousand times. He would take me to work with him and tell me I was the best helper in the world (he laid tile... not sure how a six year old could help, but I was the best). On the weekends he'd take us to the beach and play with me in the ocean for hours on end... I always felt safe, even in the midst of the mightiness of the ocean. And every night before bed he'd say "don't let the bed bugs bite" and today, if we talk at night, he still does. He always knows what to say and never says what he knows I can't handle. He<span style="font-style: italic;"> is the best dad in the world </span>and my ever present safety zone.<br /><br />Since the time I can remember I've had nightmares that my dad had died. When I married Mr. Realife, it was almost a bitter sweet day as I understood <span style="font-style: italic;">he </span>would now be 'the man' in my life. It takes time to build that unbending trust, especially when it comes to sensitive issues such as my nightmares. We are brand new in our marriage and I had my first nightmare with him there on Monday. I didn't know how he was going to react.<br /><br />As I always have, I woke up shaking and sobbing and <span style="font-style: italic;">had </span>to call my dad. His voice would assure me things were OK. There I stood on our back porch, at 5:00 in the morning, sobbing on the phone to my dad. Mr. R walks out with a really puzzled look on his face. I was a bit embarrassed {and now annoyed at myself} and shewed him away. <em>He didn't leave</em>. He stood waiting patiently and with empathy in his eyes.<br /><br />I hung up and he asked what happened. Through my blubbering and blowing my nose I explained and he listened. Pretending he could understand what I was saying, he led me back to the bedroom. Without a word he got in bed, pulled the covers up, pulled me into his arms and held me until I fell asleep... For the first time, I knew I had a safety zone in this amazing man that I married.<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyzoBiIPo25jenpzdLQoeaPBnsgg46TM13Uz9l5yk9QWoWPK8IK32M3MJ_SXE4LZdjN3UFJMGWytPQXrV7jHSarWxB1-Elumnjl84Wf7INCEE-nzlMOzx441bSm6v2PfKXUZI4inMl4MUT/s1600-h/IMG_4190.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyzoBiIPo25jenpzdLQoeaPBnsgg46TM13Uz9l5yk9QWoWPK8IK32M3MJ_SXE4LZdjN3UFJMGWytPQXrV7jHSarWxB1-Elumnjl84Wf7INCEE-nzlMOzx441bSm6v2PfKXUZI4inMl4MUT/s400/IMG_4190.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367255700226188450" border="0" /></a>Mrs. Realifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10025912474674624793noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283325584340989164.post-40324304472934868602009-08-06T10:08:00.000-04:002009-08-06T10:08:32.452-04:00life shit goes on...Hello all of my incredibly amazing and lovely readers...<br /><br />Some things are going on right now that are preventing me from posting -- more about it later, but I'm thinking of you all and can't wait to catch up!!<br /><br />PLEASE send positive thoughts and prayers my way :)<br /><br />How about I leave you with a cute picture of little miss Elly Mae to cheer us all up :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ6N7o2pQiH0CFdwchM5Auw4ssxwgpj4TxuqJdds2AHaRRvvwvWrPhdLNkQ-IluGBmh5oM4RiDPUbkjNIEd0HNhTPrM9JkmYv6GGD5AIi_RfAw6_pv0GP-hhptNupCOnS4Z0tMmtNod-cU/s1600-h/ellyeatingbark1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ6N7o2pQiH0CFdwchM5Auw4ssxwgpj4TxuqJdds2AHaRRvvwvWrPhdLNkQ-IluGBmh5oM4RiDPUbkjNIEd0HNhTPrM9JkmYv6GGD5AIi_RfAw6_pv0GP-hhptNupCOnS4Z0tMmtNod-cU/s400/ellyeatingbark1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366852167828382082" border="0" /></a>Mrs. Realifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10025912474674624793noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283325584340989164.post-80315115579623728722009-08-04T13:25:00.000-04:002009-08-04T13:25:48.378-04:00Tuesday Talk: Freakin' Genius<span style="font-weight: bold;">****ETA:</span> Thanks to "Anonymous", who I just love with all my heart, <s>shoot me for lying</s> the story below is "false" and well... I'm all about "reality" on this blog, so I'm telling you up front it's been "Snoped" as false -- either way... who the hell knew you could make so much money off a parking lot?!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Original post: </span><br /><br />Sorry this isn't going to be informative, deep or even very insightful... but it sure as hell was a shocker to read, so I'm sharing.<br /><br /><a href="http://saskiaspot.blogspot.com/">Saskia</a>... this one's for you:<br /><br /><div> <div> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:13;color:black;" >From The London Times:</span></p></div></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style=";font-size:18;color:maroon;" >A Well-Planned Retirement</span></strong><span style=";font-size:18;color:black;" > </span><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0RIsnAzn0wpbBZEIFeQP0b38P1AQBOEh9pGmIIIlpKsBFBBZBcUeBpS5ainPQE3ZQG3VX6NWu78yeZ_nrfBXj41hMI62i277ap8mdHy3yVVMg_2LqgErX5Tw0046rGrSWn-DBYwjbcaw0/s1600-h/Genius.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 307px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0RIsnAzn0wpbBZEIFeQP0b38P1AQBOEh9pGmIIIlpKsBFBBZBcUeBpS5ainPQE3ZQG3VX6NWu78yeZ_nrfBXj41hMI62i277ap8mdHy3yVVMg_2LqgErX5Tw0046rGrSWn-DBYwjbcaw0/s400/Genius.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366117127541456626" border="0" /></a><br /><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:13;color:navy;" >Outside England's Bristol Zoo there is a parking</span><span style=";font-family:'Georgia','serif';font-size:13;color:navy;" > </span><span style=";font-size:13;color:navy;" >lot </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:13;color:navy;" >for 150 cars and 8 buses. For 25 years, its </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:13;color:navy;" >parking fees were managed by</span><span style=";font-family:'Georgia','serif';font-size:13;color:navy;" > </span><span style=";font-size:13;color:navy;" >a very pleasant </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:13;color:navy;" >attendant. The fees were £1 for cars ($1.40),</span><span style=";font-family:'Georgia','serif';font-size:10;color:black;" > </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:13;color:navy;" >£5 for buses (about $7)</span><span style=";font-size:13;color:black;" >.</span><span style=";font-family:'Georgia','serif';font-size:10;color:black;" > </span><span style=";font-size:13;color:black;" ><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-size:13;color:navy;" > Then, one day, after 25 solid years of never missing</span><span style=";font-family:'Georgia','serif';font-size:10;color:black;" > </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:13;color:black;" > </span><span style=";font-size:13;color:navy;" >a day of work, he just didn't show up; so the Zoo </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:13;color:navy;" >Management called the City Council and asked it </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:13;color:navy;" >to send them another parking agent</span><span style=";font-size:13;color:black;" >.</span><span style=";font-family:'Georgia','serif';font-size:10;color:black;" > </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:13;color:black;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-size:13;color:navy;" >The Council did some research and replied that the </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:13;color:navy;" >parking lot was the Zoo's own responsibility.</span><span style=";font-family:'Georgia','serif';font-size:10;color:black;" > </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:13;color:navy;" >The Zoo advised the Council that the attendant was </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:13;color:navy;" >a City employee.</span><span style=";font-family:'Georgia','serif';font-size:10;color:black;" > </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:13;color:navy;" >The City Council responded that the lot attendant</span><span style=";font-family:'Georgia','serif';font-size:10;color:black;" > </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:13;color:navy;" >had never been on the City payroll.</span><span style=";font-family:'Georgia','serif';font-size:10;color:black;" > </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:13;color:black;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-size:13;color:navy;" >Meanwhile, sitting in his villa somewhere on the coast of Spain</span><span style=";font-family:'Georgia','serif';font-size:13;color:navy;" > </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:13;color:navy;" >(or some such scenario), is a man who'd apparently had a</span><span style=";font-family:'Georgia','serif';font-size:10;color:black;" > </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:13;color:navy;" > ticket machine installed completely on his own; and then </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:13;color:navy;" >had simply begun to show up every day, commencing </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:13;color:navy;" >to collect and keep the parking fees, estimated at about </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:13;color:navy;" >$560 per day -- for 25 years. </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-size:13;color:navy;" >Assuming 7 days a week, this amounts to</span><span style=";font-family:'Georgia','serif';font-size:13;color:black;" > </span><span style=";font-size:13;color:navy;" >just over </span></p> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-size:13;color:navy;" >$7 million dollars!</span><span style=";font-family:'Georgia','serif';font-size:10;color:black;" > </span><span style=";font-size:13;color:black;" ></span><br /><span style=";font-size:13;color:black;" >.....</span><span style=";font-family:'Georgia','serif';font-size:10;color:black;" > </span><span style=";font-size:13;color:black;" ></span><br /><span style=";font-size:13;color:black;" ></span><span style=";font-size:13;color:navy;" >And no one even knows his name.</span><br /></div>Mrs. Realifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10025912474674624793noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283325584340989164.post-21803834106002318172009-08-03T11:47:00.003-04:002009-08-10T10:44:58.273-04:00new bra = new woman<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ></span>I'm not really inspired to do Not Me's today, so you're going to get some random musings on this <s>wretched</s> glorious Monday :)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKpWAot4gjg40AFwwooV_8BImdraSUiEKkcvKcu6Fru_76ZH3zH6QYypvmGw0OtUcwJ429G6RSWBOdUAx4ibJyruSBnj30lCTLN59TZX-sAewWxBry1-NP1jSKOZMpjsTYhIYwwBXWr_CV/s1600-h/IMG_4037.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKpWAot4gjg40AFwwooV_8BImdraSUiEKkcvKcu6Fru_76ZH3zH6QYypvmGw0OtUcwJ429G6RSWBOdUAx4ibJyruSBnj30lCTLN59TZX-sAewWxBry1-NP1jSKOZMpjsTYhIYwwBXWr_CV/s400/IMG_4037.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365763963368570450" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >Random Musings deserves a random pic, right? I wish I were here today.</span><br /></div></div><br />I started my morning routine as usual when I come into the office by making coffee and washing out coffee cups <s>from last week</s> -- I totally proved to myself that I don't have a sense of smell seeing as 15 minutes later I discovered that our sewage system had thrown up in my toilet -- awesome.<br /><br />I think my butt is actually getting <span style="font-style: italic;">BIGGER </span>since doing The Shred -- I've always just thought that I had a flat butt... but me thinks not -- This is doing wonders for my wardrobe seeing as I'm filling out my pants more. Um... er, yeah.<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">******** ETA:</span></span> Thanks to <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/08281237800161723776">Becky's</a> Comment.... I felt I should add, my whole body isn't getting bigger! LOL -- JUST MY BUTT!!! I've actually lost quite a few inches in other areas! I just think the muscles in my butt are building and I now officially have a butt that you can acutally see! I didn't want to discourage anyone from doing The Shred... It's transformed my body and still is!<br /><br />I've sucked at commenting lately. Sorry to all my amazing bloggy friends -- I will hopefully get back in my grove. I miss you!<br /><br />I'm taking little Miss Elly Mae to the "spa" today. Nails clipped. Nails painted. Body washed. Baby powder applied. Bows in hair. Pix to come later! <span style="font-size:78%;">{p.s. - we wash Elly every week... but since she's going, I'm having them do that, too... I'm <span style="font-style: italic;">not </span>a bad mommy}</span><br /><br />I went to Target this weekend! It's totally an even to go seeing as it's a half hour away. I spent 2 glorious hours roaming the isles of this glorious store. Only spent $58.00 so I was proud of myself!<br /><br />I promised pix of my new office like 3 years ago! The reason you haven't gotten them is because I'm OCD about how it needs to look before the big reveal! Sorry.<br /><br />I got a new bra and I'm a brand new woman <s>no, I am not bra deprived, I just happened to have one that I love with all my heart and you can <a href="http://newlywedcentral.blogspot.com/2009/07/not-me-never-me-monday.html">read</a> here that it died last week</s><br /><br />I know I've talked about my mom a few times on this blog. {pieces of it are <a href="http://newlywedcentral.blogspot.com/2009/06/dear-dad.html">here</a> and <a href="http://newlywedcentral.blogspot.com/2009/04/tuesday-talk-playing-devils-advocate.html">here</a>} Today, I'm missing her. :(<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Happy Monday all !!<br />Make it a great week!<br /></span></span></div>Mrs. Realifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10025912474674624793noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283325584340989164.post-41232272034563086412009-08-01T07:00:00.000-04:002009-08-01T07:00:02.758-04:00chillin'<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>I was on my way to Wal-mart when I saw this...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8D8qfWNaBKpl3MBTfH25LnIh1A2E8O_Y52uqNWIzopo1FtpfaW4f9oSd7G8BUZw4diNgbLKl2Caztv2S4BbdQnJItZQ9W_yMJ8MYt81VYYX034Cmlf-3VTpjyKQ50nd4yPBnnSZpoP43Z/s1600-h/IMG_5145.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 326px; height: 388px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeDRU3Pcg5Ps4jwSB9j4zo2O234m4Eu49mfxaDGUJUx5-LJgMNtQGmOSG-dAgL6vxJJae0AC5cfaLHO-QXVMVyVeSGrI2FYJW0SfeshGiEA7oAm-OT_Z3p1AY80qudVJN1bKJiC5xa9dIW/s400/IMG_5143.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364809038054247202" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZjkldCiXBlfMm3s9AXkq76z3akdzONJvL1YA3EPWmfZG6hZnlFM7oj0eNxFaodm9egggYlTS43-JLnN2BeQ9U51U1h5MVBKytsSNXzxtOaadqMBvXGlIzW4KK6lNh_e_2_v3YFstEqDS/s1600-h/IMG_5144.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZjkldCiXBlfMm3s9AXkq76z3akdzONJvL1YA3EPWmfZG6hZnlFM7oj0eNxFaodm9egggYlTS43-JLnN2BeQ9U51U1h5MVBKytsSNXzxtOaadqMBvXGlIzW4KK6lNh_e_2_v3YFstEqDS/s400/IMG_5144.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364809037697938834" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheJ6tz8wrLUcfWNkWSNaZqkuakOEiWdlgAdgcpkjummWlKkvCPNkW-DOhfmkw8KGLik3OgxecATbvdVVXspp2pCfWayVKk-2xujXEzQJ9zbh_FvyDCQJLcMEcLqHT4KZGaWN-wNnM4ZvKv/s1600-h/IMG_5146.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheJ6tz8wrLUcfWNkWSNaZqkuakOEiWdlgAdgcpkjummWlKkvCPNkW-DOhfmkw8KGLik3OgxecATbvdVVXspp2pCfWayVKk-2xujXEzQJ9zbh_FvyDCQJLcMEcLqHT4KZGaWN-wNnM4ZvKv/s400/IMG_5146.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364809035381832386" border="0" /></a>Who knew a horse could be a bird's best friend :)<br /><br />Only. in. the country.<br /></div>Mrs. Realifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10025912474674624793noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283325584340989164.post-41606053253503361742009-07-31T12:04:00.001-04:002009-07-31T12:07:04.424-04:00Foto Friday: Marley Elly Mae and MeWe live in the woods and in the woods, cute things happen...<br /><br />Tuesday, when I arrived home from work, I let Elly out as I always do. Mr. R was headed to the barn to feed the animals, and as is her tradition, she bolted like lightening to follow him.<br /><br />Not paying attention, I kept hearing this squawking bird and then realized Elly was pouncing back and forth like a boxer around something... Unbeknown to me, she was interrogating this baby bird!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8zkLNtC82B8s-kUl2V4oDjH84LLCjS4hqxEz2zw4mHn4EpuncMzLRSQTy1jI7g_W2dXIQddbdZgVuzjSQC1HDwLW9DFXYD0XeKVzRBqWY1ekmWPPRzTJLcvDgWI-trSKSXqEabkkMwNm9/s1600-h/IMG_5110.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8zkLNtC82B8s-kUl2V4oDjH84LLCjS4hqxEz2zw4mHn4EpuncMzLRSQTy1jI7g_W2dXIQddbdZgVuzjSQC1HDwLW9DFXYD0XeKVzRBqWY1ekmWPPRzTJLcvDgWI-trSKSXqEabkkMwNm9/s400/IMG_5110.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364634582580001234" border="0" /></a><br />I believe it's a Green Herion b/c we have a lot of these around... poor thing must have fallen out of its nest!!<br /><br />Seems Elly was moving too fast for me to catch a good shot, but she was being nice to the baby -- I think it was more freaked out by my shoving a large, black, loud, clicking thing in her face, but it was important that I documented the whole cute scene! Aren't you glad I did?? :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNvE1ECdx3M3R1PabzTa80ckW_zN_9qAdTxAb9GdStqNmLfgT-MRp9JUX-Pu0v4cU_F5L0ewYOQ5T93juBMnx7U-na6QFrqChEcI_CMJjlSuHoMeQJzdiYV1BecZw1MDZgMrr3nMJEAktD/s1600-h/IMG_5119.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNvE1ECdx3M3R1PabzTa80ckW_zN_9qAdTxAb9GdStqNmLfgT-MRp9JUX-Pu0v4cU_F5L0ewYOQ5T93juBMnx7U-na6QFrqChEcI_CMJjlSuHoMeQJzdiYV1BecZw1MDZgMrr3nMJEAktD/s400/IMG_5119.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364634573808692642" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Akma2P5dfIUHU77aAW6J6CBq4J7EFmWWZjpxi4CbDI3qxKoYTyA_jyQdbtF24RDdAeVj_gXGGM5BZA9BWfRmgcGx6T_Uwxm1mjugiyM0wPATKaCaCeMODnzH4EwPDm3nlHkDB3jv2s3o/s1600-h/IMG_5127.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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I hope she's OK!<br /><br />On another note... last weekend I went over to Raleigh to see my Sister, Brother and SIL and my 7 nieces and nephews --<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">I heart them. </span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6wQTpMwIzMZeswXEubg4cuOLdJUt-l_r90Rm7z0anCq4uQBlrk9gyaYyOO8mlLWHPlQ2fwdck1W0JEBcZbDO4qTmRDXgSKTtSuO-WWpeMWQty3ynAtQc747Smre-AgnYnX3UHKwhRtltH/s1600-h/IMG_4867.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6wQTpMwIzMZeswXEubg4cuOLdJUt-l_r90Rm7z0anCq4uQBlrk9gyaYyOO8mlLWHPlQ2fwdck1W0JEBcZbDO4qTmRDXgSKTtSuO-WWpeMWQty3ynAtQc747Smre-AgnYnX3UHKwhRtltH/s400/IMG_4867.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364634595003117234" border="0" /></a><br />The Adults.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuiWhim38JS3glmD6zVgHHTvFAFw9Adm6o7TamX1EvcvGPvNPA__KfBr5qcyt3pGYA4RUlVSnqnPptKGpWU5cimNST46bjr96DbPnbt_p2mvlBbdbz_XGRjCGNzUk95hCCAti5uH75Ouif/s1600-h/IMG_5086.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsg9TYxhfU9fFgMrPVoHGHN_c-wywUALVsFfagQ7OjKekijRtDuBbg74ySkqMmJ6yKBlMcTFLar7V89VgCykJqEZ9KIUeJLwlxYEWTxyoAWjIChaXHU5n4W1ELGljEYgqevGSsQQ5Kfq2Y/s400/IMG_4889.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364638808323969794" border="0" /></a><br />Kids.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7SbAnzyHplkYGzas23r-Z_-pLH_fFKNujUiW-9vn_jqLgDlJs0xQqoruTNza2y4_urmes7hlt5SnNNeaC6F-JX1x54Y1Z1lc1TlImeK7YYUYuFFeSPpoaMl9PaV12m2_l17PjEHm1uYp/s1600-h/IMG_4953.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7SbAnzyHplkYGzas23r-Z_-pLH_fFKNujUiW-9vn_jqLgDlJs0xQqoruTNza2y4_urmes7hlt5SnNNeaC6F-JX1x54Y1Z1lc1TlImeK7YYUYuFFeSPpoaMl9PaV12m2_l17PjEHm1uYp/s400/IMG_4953.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364644206667708018" border="0" /></a><br />Praying to the god of swimming.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9nH2UgCqwNG2sgq7Qkm-QvVFgCHhKCgRG7fRiKyoB5f7KGuDkZnrveo53H_Cmbz4lF9KFRneNk5FPpIunGllrEFVuEP9Tf5p2K8cTMxAlPZRXhczLdlMUKm9QtCAv5K1PvMxlGXS0TrOW/s1600-h/IMG_4941.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0jDBVWUq3gexjgaxh7mIhv7fqMsxK5hjbg9llIFBIQJ0WwEu-ji_KEPmLeN-SZKw3LbfdA77k2UE1g9Pqy8OjOAY0IItHCyyLVtj_xL1p3jamHxrv0f6SdmuANy3Y05rxFsojmwgZDT9E/s400/IMG_4902.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364650317491297666" border="0" /></a><br />Auntie, Anne... STOP TAKING PICTURES!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvUpjEDimxQkw5g1WYmKR75js6NlSmryZx2TpRboJq9Y2qZwetyBlWgw2cS7pHxr9s3tnRA5uWoMiXEx8QATjwX9ghf1rYMbhzdORg0dC4R4oJ4BHeclTTuDf01FSwAP-qHxNy7TMnv9M1/s1600-h/IMG_4915.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvUpjEDimxQkw5g1WYmKR75js6NlSmryZx2TpRboJq9Y2qZwetyBlWgw2cS7pHxr9s3tnRA5uWoMiXEx8QATjwX9ghf1rYMbhzdORg0dC4R4oJ4BHeclTTuDf01FSwAP-qHxNy7TMnv9M1/s400/IMG_4915.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364644209614924450" border="0" /></a><br />What would swimming be if I didn't bite my tube?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKWeKuU2aE-gBBAkKH1D2KJ-8voJKFf57JYBA33Hg2-5U5KtZ6XQNmT0v2_j80jWENaGxmPySyPIXNl-7hw7s0oYDkP2Pao3fjpU5qk6QzOQ6ACWbqjErhfSHZmj2k8VkKexYcQW290Zr/s1600-h/IMG_4947.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKWeKuU2aE-gBBAkKH1D2KJ-8voJKFf57JYBA33Hg2-5U5KtZ6XQNmT0v2_j80jWENaGxmPySyPIXNl-7hw7s0oYDkP2Pao3fjpU5qk6QzOQ6ACWbqjErhfSHZmj2k8VkKexYcQW290Zr/s400/IMG_4947.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364650311566764706" border="0" /></a><br />Come on! JUMP!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9g0yFp52Nrc9Jr78H3zgzGKzt8jY-ZAnwuKnTwIQhouM7XFX1suTFsT03bLQBYnGRv6gf5m3EfcYm1nndIuXBq-lW8maf9QSNgHACXsS2O-W_aDLILJ7SniMH-R982OT55UY4n6QD0U-5/s1600-h/IMG_4952.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9g0yFp52Nrc9Jr78H3zgzGKzt8jY-ZAnwuKnTwIQhouM7XFX1suTFsT03bLQBYnGRv6gf5m3EfcYm1nndIuXBq-lW8maf9QSNgHACXsS2O-W_aDLILJ7SniMH-R982OT55UY4n6QD0U-5/s400/IMG_4952.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364644221173669858" border="0" /></a><br />Mama... I'll rub your head and make you feel better.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm-SHGxwyA4iU36zhiu2dF7tlXviHsgHV6RTDp0U-kO13IzI149glUqFiGu_Qyj2wy2vsFyiTeOnjYwk2K7sCRUZxTssoHmT7s6xdhXKCp3gvt_44Up_b88VJ72u-d1ydn04Mm7BgUgOZH/s1600-h/IMG_5096.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm-SHGxwyA4iU36zhiu2dF7tlXviHsgHV6RTDp0U-kO13IzI149glUqFiGu_Qyj2wy2vsFyiTeOnjYwk2K7sCRUZxTssoHmT7s6xdhXKCp3gvt_44Up_b88VJ72u-d1ydn04Mm7BgUgOZH/s400/IMG_5096.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364644199706605858" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1OTMoMeZeZGS3ejVnewE8QAXJTrp4tzNfiQthPbTuyoWebHg5gR3iD9f2ctI3HNWz_9A5gbOZZAdH_vZ1m8AOaV6EHDdo5R01Dz37Wi5ONdzNToz1T0D2OiqYw4xd1X5HQIuqWeWIpPOQ/s1600-h/IMG_4896.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2H9ta_u6m9kjxPVp-YqKhz0XQqonJy92AoPUR7pfqyN_sXc0UXyxjFZvyAIxxrFAuoG9D2BfYBZsTMlBrjPApwsZ9Efk9yye6xFlLMKrE_cA0K9JJwWT1FyYDHqafACPRY106KDXsXdKR/s400/IMG_4875.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364638802261726658" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2hEWu66qqDDLqEhTkT84XLSfqRZnNEFzrGXkkLRpVhL5icxMm41Avh3C5GYS3o4qh7Ivmo8XEcTNt7mFBqKTg5uTNIM__xrUDR92S7vDBjlERumzDDj_HCb8K1cbNhBfuU1rWz6xwPUp_/s1600-h/IMG_4897.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2hEWu66qqDDLqEhTkT84XLSfqRZnNEFzrGXkkLRpVhL5icxMm41Avh3C5GYS3o4qh7Ivmo8XEcTNt7mFBqKTg5uTNIM__xrUDR92S7vDBjlERumzDDj_HCb8K1cbNhBfuU1rWz6xwPUp_/s400/IMG_4897.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364654538508835170" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLyRAyKLgypmkvcqIU3Mnwm3UsVgy2EJlNXZ_zNsuH9VOgQ_S2OLjR-2Ybh0mDo_G4Rj3wHndlmacrFSbsFIQ0w8CDPHGNbPZjwspEBPFjP_AzmlCfiGxKlBM4b0K4RVDdsNGpJCBV5N5-/s1600-h/IMG_4877.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLyRAyKLgypmkvcqIU3Mnwm3UsVgy2EJlNXZ_zNsuH9VOgQ_S2OLjR-2Ybh0mDo_G4Rj3wHndlmacrFSbsFIQ0w8CDPHGNbPZjwspEBPFjP_AzmlCfiGxKlBM4b0K4RVDdsNGpJCBV5N5-/s400/IMG_4877.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364654534900310178" border="0" /></a><br />One. more. piece.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhga4PnluyIFCRni3Jjv196ADHXhi_laGP95hAs5E3TDhAb4ErP37h62PVZN6YTr36SBVkDTx73shxFUejAxMLllRnlb1hPfUPLAkP2GYW5YXj9wGQNInHWde-qwhic19StqNsVkdRfUNvn/s1600-h/IMG_5067.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhga4PnluyIFCRni3Jjv196ADHXhi_laGP95hAs5E3TDhAb4ErP37h62PVZN6YTr36SBVkDTx73shxFUejAxMLllRnlb1hPfUPLAkP2GYW5YXj9wGQNInHWde-qwhic19StqNsVkdRfUNvn/s400/IMG_5067.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364654530788039858" border="0" /></a><br />What?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi40-KfITP5iLzurg4yeNg7vvKG3JFpoIcjqO-RsBGlQHayvpBeZO35D5Jd0KNom6YQE115MLC8lSCbUS-ZW3PCMFdUnJpnAPiGIaigA9HsFUCMitUn7aBzOAFZa9XBSfAInKp16irU1Vj/s1600-h/IMG_5075.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi40-KfITP5iLzurg4yeNg7vvKG3JFpoIcjqO-RsBGlQHayvpBeZO35D5Jd0KNom6YQE115MLC8lSCbUS-ZW3PCMFdUnJpnAPiGIaigA9HsFUCMitUn7aBzOAFZa9XBSfAInKp16irU1Vj/s400/IMG_5075.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364654525126942578" border="0" /></a><br />I'm gettin' outta here.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6kNlZP3B3dpigpw8bXJU3MCJNhwwWTE66XhcR9q8mQt91zvP6R6_1hDBMrBUoqRM6RqQQCTlmrAoFHhLeIDZNihxz3KHUHL2R4CScYdYg0Qn9Ls0OzbPxr3rqkLKEBop7Y93GBUy7aF7/s1600-h/IMG_5100.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6kNlZP3B3dpigpw8bXJU3MCJNhwwWTE66XhcR9q8mQt91zvP6R6_1hDBMrBUoqRM6RqQQCTlmrAoFHhLeIDZNihxz3KHUHL2R4CScYdYg0Qn9Ls0OzbPxr3rqkLKEBop7Y93GBUy7aF7/s400/IMG_5100.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364654523055802322" border="0" /></a><br />Auntie Anne with all the kiddos.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpomqfSDyVTqIaE_-0lReaQdDIQ0JCuyq7diRgU8sUKkOGZHze5LnclwvKnyFI053pM9SIkXTSt9RgbgU-68vZNBHlE6n2mqEF6kRxj2WEJ2Uik2euQUGthD-zrAijgsqmlZmwoskYWVAW/s1600-h/IMG_5103.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpomqfSDyVTqIaE_-0lReaQdDIQ0JCuyq7diRgU8sUKkOGZHze5LnclwvKnyFI053pM9SIkXTSt9RgbgU-68vZNBHlE6n2mqEF6kRxj2WEJ2Uik2euQUGthD-zrAijgsqmlZmwoskYWVAW/s400/IMG_5103.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364638794516719522" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;">I ALSO heart FRIDAYS!!! </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;">Have a fabulous weekend!</span></span><br /></div>Mrs. Realifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10025912474674624793noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283325584340989164.post-8108671675551942572009-07-30T07:00:00.001-04:002009-07-30T07:00:05.984-04:00Sometimes Being a Woman Rocks<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj45bEESZS3dFjjNODk7UH_Xoz5Wv2LqZg7N3-Mrbjkx-WvNnUKijCiHzNCzK0TAhNXqKuj-9LkKuy4PGvKEk9RQqtv_0THb2v5GJcwz6OicS6a17RjbkwTiRxgWXiHyJ4AM2NBjvFFqI7/s1600-h/Rabbit+08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 129px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj45bEESZS3dFjjNODk7UH_Xoz5Wv2LqZg7N3-Mrbjkx-WvNnUKijCiHzNCzK0TAhNXqKuj-9LkKuy4PGvKEk9RQqtv_0THb2v5GJcwz6OicS6a17RjbkwTiRxgWXiHyJ4AM2NBjvFFqI7/s400/Rabbit+08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363962471374464690" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">My 1st car</span></span> was a 1984, Red, 2 Door, Hatchback, Standard, Honda Civic. I'm not sure if it's because I just never paid attention or that I didn't care, but I went my entire first year driving it without changing the oil. I had no idea that this was needed every 3 - 5,000 miles.<br /><br />It died suddenly on the side of the road, never to be resurrected.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 153, 153);font-size:130%;" >My 2nd car</span> was a 1986 <s>I was moving up in the world</s>, Silver Blue, 4 door, Hatchback, Fully Loaded, Automatic, Dodge <s>somethingorother</s> - I drove it one year, changed the oil and kept gas in it.<br /><br />I should have kept this car because it ran well, was incredibly comfortable and was paid for but <s> I was a car snob</s> I wanted something a little more... um, 20 y/o-ish...<br /><br />...So, I traded it in for <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">my 3rd car</span></span>. A 1996, White, 4 Door, Tan interior, Fully Loaded, <s>no hatchback</s> Standard, Volkswagen Jetta - My. Absolute. Dream. of a car. I loved this car. I changed its oil, washed it, vacuumed it, and drove it into the ground in 5 years.<br /><br />This leads me to<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" > my 4th car</span>. A 2005, Silver, 4 door, Hatchback <s>I'm starting to see a pattern</s>, Almost fully loaded, Standard, Scion XB. Yes. That's that little milkman truck, safari car, box on wheels thingy. I'm not really sure what I was going for here other than a reasonable car payment and some security that my car wouldn't break down in the middle of nowhere as I was traveling a lot that summer. I drove it for 2 years and after a year of dating Mr. R, he convinced me I needed to trade it in while I could still get a decent trade-in price on it. And I did.<br /><br />Lastly? <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" >My 5th car</span>. A 2007, White, 2 door, Black interior, Fully Loaded, Hatchback, Automatic, Volkswagen Rabbit. I've decided I'm a serious VW girl. They are sporty, easy to drive, durable and fun cars. I take pretty good care of it... Oil is <span style="font-style: italic;">always </span>changed at 5,000 miles {even though the kind of oil that was used says I can go 10,000}, I don't clean it as often as I'd like... but that's life.<br /><br />Anyhow...<br /><br />I had my first 5 oil changes done for free by VW as this was part of the deal. It would cost me $80.00 to have the dealership change it and well... I thought it would be easier if I bought the stuff and Mr. Realife did it. Not so much.<br /><br />I bought the oil from Sam's Club and thought I was set. Mr. R informed me I needed an oil filter, too, so I went to Ace Hardware <s>I'm not kidding</s> and asked if they had one. They were incredibly polite <s>at least to my face</s> and said that I'd need to go to an automotive store.<br /><br />Napa was across the street, so I mosied {we mosey in small towns} on over. The line was long, but I went in with my game face on now. With men everywhere, I didn't want to look like an idiot, so I stood there looking like I knew <span style="font-style: italic;">exactly </span>what I was doing and what I was there for.<br /><br />After standing in line for 20 minutes, I was summoned to the register. I folded my hands in front of me and set them on the counter and said in my most serious voice <span style="font-style: italic;">I need a Fuel Filter. </span>He diligently looked on the computer to see if they had that part and he looked at me with a disappointed glare. <span style="font-style: italic;">I'm sorry ma'am, we don't have any in stock. </span><br /><br />With my pride a little hurt <s>again</s> and a little taken aback that such a large automotive center did <span style="font-style: italic;">not </span>have what I needed, I replied <span style="font-style: italic;">I'm really shocked you don't have such a common necessity for a car! I've waited 20 minutes really hoping you'd have this item. </span>He apologized and after giving me another referral, I sort of pouted my way out the door.<br /><br />Feeling distraught and <s>really</s> slightly annoyed, I walked into the new Automotive Store {name is slipping my mind}. Not. a. person. in. sight. -- The very kind looking man stood behind the counter smiling <span style="font-style: italic;">How can I help you, Ma'am? </span>Humbled by my last two experiences, I finally let my gaurd down and just asked <span style="font-style: italic;">I need to get my oil changed and I need a Fuel Filter, do you have one of those? </span><br /><br />He grinned and said <span style="font-style: italic;">I think what you mean, is do I have a OIL filter. </span><br /><br />I think I died a little on the inside that day <s>and so did my husband</s>.<br /><br />I think I'll stick to counseling.Mrs. Realifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10025912474674624793noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283325584340989164.post-16107192653587279032009-07-29T11:17:00.000-04:002009-07-29T11:17:39.182-04:00Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner!!Um... yeah. Not so much a chicken dinner...<br /><br />But -- how about a<span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> $30 GIFT CARD to an AMAZING STORE!!! </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Recap:</span> <a href="http://www.livingroomsdirect.com/">Living Rooms Direct</a>, who not only sells fantastic <a href="http://www.livingroomsdirect.com/">Living Room Furniture</a>, but also has a line of accessories to die for {<a href="http://www.livingroomsdirect.com/asp/keyword.asp?maid=1215&command=dosearch&keyword=&matchtype=&keywordvalue=">notNeutral</a>} offered an incredibly generous $30 gift card to one of my amazing readers!!!<br /><br />Who... you ask, is that amazing reader!!??<br /><br />A NEW FOLLOWER!!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://shootingstarsmag.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">SHOOTING STARS MAG!!!</span></span></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBR0fhJ0ShPQqCvSfBYvqNPcjAOOEDS4oW7Qsj1Sdw-WZ_QbR57_kSgd9g3c6M5F8a0cKJW3fPIpYcN7OP4MxUoSmAQjJ8pP7E9Cww2Gm7toPj1yhyphenhyphena4MyBHiYspcK5DEBaL8v5GkcO6zp/s1600-h/IMG_5147.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBR0fhJ0ShPQqCvSfBYvqNPcjAOOEDS4oW7Qsj1Sdw-WZ_QbR57_kSgd9g3c6M5F8a0cKJW3fPIpYcN7OP4MxUoSmAQjJ8pP7E9Cww2Gm7toPj1yhyphenhyphena4MyBHiYspcK5DEBaL8v5GkcO6zp/s400/IMG_5147.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363901196598651746" border="0" /></a><br /></div>I've been looking through her blog and she's LOTS of fun!! She discusses all the new movies, books and Hollywood stars!!<br /><br />Thanks for your well wishes yesterday... I'm feeling much better, thank you!!!<br /><br />Thank you to ALL of my amazing followers being so great!!! Look for MORE giveaways, funny stories and Tuesday talks to come :)Mrs. Realifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10025912474674624793noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283325584340989164.post-17473150850514633302009-07-28T18:01:00.000-04:002009-07-28T18:01:10.516-04:00so sorryI know I said I'd announce the winner today.<br /><br />I was sick today and the internet was the last thing on me mind.<br /><br />will. post. tomorrow.<br /><br />Thinking of you all brings a smile to my face :)<br /><br />I leave you with a cute pic of Elly in hopes you'll forgive me...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7wvsSmnKVcby-XYpG3_CKvcwnhsIvLG5Nf6Wx37xr4dkUiEg8KrGLiIXLGPkrYqq1eIVJ44oybJSochn_BgC78w0slNI1FRyAzyjEskjmRMDk80XUMdeOaNuGc89KnB6E7yPhqw8aq-M-/s1600-h/IMG_4441.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7wvsSmnKVcby-XYpG3_CKvcwnhsIvLG5Nf6Wx37xr4dkUiEg8KrGLiIXLGPkrYqq1eIVJ44oybJSochn_BgC78w0slNI1FRyAzyjEskjmRMDk80XUMdeOaNuGc89KnB6E7yPhqw8aq-M-/s400/IMG_4441.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363634378913995650" border="0" /></a>Mrs. Realifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10025912474674624793noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283325584340989164.post-66299158257761864352009-07-27T07:00:00.003-04:002009-07-27T07:59:57.326-04:00Not Me... Never Me Monday<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mycharmingkids.net/"><img alt="Prayers for Stellan" src="http://www.preshwebdesign.com/images/stellanprayers.png" border="0" /></a><br /></div><p>First and foremost... Stellan is back in the hospital -- My heart is sad and yet, as always, hopeful for what God has for this precious baby -- Please pray, send good thoughts, say positive words or whatever your fancy is, he needs them --<br /></p><p></p><center> <a href="http://www.mycharmingkids.net/"> <img src="http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r208/jennisajoy/OUAB/NotMeMondayButtonV6copy.jpg" /> </a></center><br />With that... I think we need a little funny, don't you?? Well... I did <span style="font-style: italic;">not </span>do some pretty insane things this week, so hold on to your panties.<br /><br />Not Me Monday was created by <a href="http://www.mycharmingkids.net/">MckMama</a> -- It's an opportunity to get a little therapy for all those things you would <span style="font-style: italic;">never </span>do, but did :) Click <a href="http://www.mycharmingkids.net/2009/03/not-me-monday_14.html">here </a>for all the rules.<br /><br />I did <span style="font-style: italic;">not </span>eat ice cream for lunch x's 2 this week<p></p><p>I did <span style="font-style: italic;">not </span>add chips and drink to round 2.</p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikMZKth0CV7f6TFZYOT0a4awbFWEnSOEi838n9hSUhbBZ6m4GwvFlKZVttjCF-1EI4ok1xtGJnio9_aRg2v72Tp5JZz3oGQK8shUXgq6S0yqBfd3lSdvy2azrHaBAQczBjU9ju4pTUNg5m/s1600-h/IMG_4826.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikMZKth0CV7f6TFZYOT0a4awbFWEnSOEi838n9hSUhbBZ6m4GwvFlKZVttjCF-1EI4ok1xtGJnio9_aRg2v72Tp5JZz3oGQK8shUXgq6S0yqBfd3lSdvy2azrHaBAQczBjU9ju4pTUNg5m/s400/IMG_4826.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362936554252510962" border="0" /></a><br />In addition to this... I did <span style="font-style: italic;">not </span>eat chips and salsa for lunch one day and for dinner another. </p><p><s>I am no longer wondering why I haven't lost any inches on my hips</s></p><p>I did <span style="font-style: italic;">not </span>skip cooking dinner for my <s>neglected</s> sweet and understanding husband every night this week. <span style="font-style: italic;">Oh. Except Sunday... :)</span><br /></p><p>This was <span style="font-style: italic;">not </span>one of my worst weeks ever.<br /></p><p>I'm <span style="font-style: italic;">not </span>an emotional eater.<br /><br />i am not.<br /><br />i am <span style="font-style: italic;">not</span>.<br /><br />i am <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">not</span>.<br /></p><p>Friday my bra was <span style="font-style: italic;">not </span>sticking me in the side from escaping under-wire -- It hurt so badly by 3:30... I did <span style="font-style: italic;">not </span>take off my bra at work and <s>steal</s> borrow our receptionist hoodie she so conveniently left on the back of her chair to cover up my braless chest. <span style="font-style: italic;">That </span>would be ridiculous.<br /></p><p>Speaking of hips... I have <em>not </em>been measuring the wrong part of my hips as my "hips" and thinking I just wasn't losing any inches. <span style="font-style: italic;">Not me.</span> I'm not 31 years old and just now learning what part of my body to measure as my hips. seriously. <span style="font-style: italic;">not. me.</span><br /><br /><br />Just a few more pix to convince you he's worth a minute of your time today <s>because I'm just cruel like that</s><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_52yBtxT6Af2IBIoM_0FeVpihuX_guSEEi7tUFJIw0CLL4q3OV_fr0Foqtsqg7F745HWNoxHTwquwdcNObw_S65wsnlGfKikrF2SdkoBwxaqpyeA5a2wQxqMzFUzRf5S1ACaQwR3fAwlP/s1600-h/Stellan29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 274px; display: block; height: 400px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362122319779526818" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_52yBtxT6Af2IBIoM_0FeVpihuX_guSEEi7tUFJIw0CLL4q3OV_fr0Foqtsqg7F745HWNoxHTwquwdcNObw_S65wsnlGfKikrF2SdkoBwxaqpyeA5a2wQxqMzFUzRf5S1ACaQwR3fAwlP/s400/Stellan29.jpg" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioCseOETbcCgCLBbEv3M1X2_K9c2dgVrOY8mSmqAP4Z8J_7lafAnH5Gnzdc0Z5gC234Q5UnytrhKhvdB3i7zBLiqZ-Lls1-CUOdJwl8KTeFnr323kqvzSMaIKnRCOs4L7-ApG5kxQdt3ws/s1600-h/Stellan32.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 322px; display: block; height: 400px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362122316086066178" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioCseOETbcCgCLBbEv3M1X2_K9c2dgVrOY8mSmqAP4Z8J_7lafAnH5Gnzdc0Z5gC234Q5UnytrhKhvdB3i7zBLiqZ-Lls1-CUOdJwl8KTeFnr323kqvzSMaIKnRCOs4L7-ApG5kxQdt3ws/s400/Stellan32.jpg" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRkqsatC-TfvOtb9_n95yYcrC6wfOBvdQnWXSn_8tr6Uacq7Gti3t2uIlKVNbYRMKeqiWDNxOeiNEDY58VhkIqLfcNjPiGzx_OVaSPNuTj-9p-fRYqC_TNek5AnApUNAUxF0a3hSYWfHWX/s1600-h/Stellan27.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px; display: block; height: 362px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362122312147018018" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRkqsatC-TfvOtb9_n95yYcrC6wfOBvdQnWXSn_8tr6Uacq7Gti3t2uIlKVNbYRMKeqiWDNxOeiNEDY58VhkIqLfcNjPiGzx_OVaSPNuTj-9p-fRYqC_TNek5AnApUNAUxF0a3hSYWfHWX/s400/Stellan27.jpg" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1qpa1BrcbThE6V_8EEt2MePZxGxTdFsSuhLqwqWgSKpkjLNkQ_KR4gycng33DTnZEabEoeb_rnJX9KUOph8rwULCll9qvTaM_U1v5axxYjeTR-Ete6ORQThOCcHbols5RLMx93e6ESkLt/s1600-h/Stellan6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 266px; display: block; height: 400px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362122306020845394" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1qpa1BrcbThE6V_8EEt2MePZxGxTdFsSuhLqwqWgSKpkjLNkQ_KR4gycng33DTnZEabEoeb_rnJX9KUOph8rwULCll9qvTaM_U1v5axxYjeTR-Ete6ORQThOCcHbols5RLMx93e6ESkLt/s400/Stellan6.jpg" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmxz-FzopUU8VRaNOUMaeJwi-xULACpfxIoFLHyhtkhW0gAatJmdNVB26smbFOesRttl1nf2t0jndQp9tsjkTPL_3L8Km9ivw8L9GZg868FoGBGNTID3etTaOnZlZS1NmQGZ-wCTsdxkel/s1600-h/Stellan7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 288px; display: block; height: 400px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362122309920172114" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmxz-FzopUU8VRaNOUMaeJwi-xULACpfxIoFLHyhtkhW0gAatJmdNVB26smbFOesRttl1nf2t0jndQp9tsjkTPL_3L8Km9ivw8L9GZg868FoGBGNTID3etTaOnZlZS1NmQGZ-wCTsdxkel/s400/Stellan7.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" >Of course ALL pix by <a href="http://www.mycharmingkids.net/">MckMama </a></span><br /></p><p align="center"><span style="font-style: italic;">NOT </span>that you <span style="font-style: italic;">needed </span>convincing :)<br /></p><p align="center">YOU HAVE TIL NOON TO ENTER<br /></p><p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><a href="http://newlywedcentral.blogspot.com/2009/07/thank-you-and-giveaway.html">MY GIVEAWAY</a>!!</span></p><p align="center">Have a HAPPY Monday</p>Mrs. Realifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10025912474674624793noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283325584340989164.post-28688209076954232292009-07-26T07:00:00.000-04:002009-07-26T07:00:02.250-04:00i just love her...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_NcSbJ_AKZj1q01Q15hwgl2eDdw1W2Vh91V_JvJLi7FZWfrvWBMX00q-fc_d734fbADwQpIIf6Na86AijBB74RpFJnqs9sYRsWWIjxve9VZ0HTuVth3LoqmGnEP-hPaJRL4Hz58f2sSfd/s1600-h/IMG_4785.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_NcSbJ_AKZj1q01Q15hwgl2eDdw1W2Vh91V_JvJLi7FZWfrvWBMX00q-fc_d734fbADwQpIIf6Na86AijBB74RpFJnqs9sYRsWWIjxve9VZ0HTuVth3LoqmGnEP-hPaJRL4Hz58f2sSfd/s400/IMG_4785.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362434153387679298" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLaaF8j07uiHKSXnprVu1AL1-NzC7BUIzTDvqANO3iaRfzIuEI9x00EIDZSK2_mZ8DyM1E76j4b1mxRQXrYWow3FiHp3B38SVH0OK1dHBIqTOV0f0LTtynsi2SFSclibz7Bg7KF02XE6HV/s1600-h/IMG_4787.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLaaF8j07uiHKSXnprVu1AL1-NzC7BUIzTDvqANO3iaRfzIuEI9x00EIDZSK2_mZ8DyM1E76j4b1mxRQXrYWow3FiHp3B38SVH0OK1dHBIqTOV0f0LTtynsi2SFSclibz7Bg7KF02XE6HV/s400/IMG_4787.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362434146028828802" border="0" /></a>Mrs. Realifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10025912474674624793noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283325584340989164.post-72781272813258403472009-07-25T07:00:00.000-04:002009-07-25T07:00:01.581-04:00I was innocently going through my day when...... I opened my glove box and fast food napkins attacked me.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2y0V0G0ddrp_PBMuBhU0QLtrh7jMdU_px0wYrWoD7HBbAYINwfo3L2vRun2GqfDfQw2519Rs8iy25AiMzdAkMuiPzNHcB1G7L_Hx_vEezWAbv0gbpjhDzDpJR7UHwo-FPfuJ03L3l2h2N/s1600-h/IMG_4796.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2y0V0G0ddrp_PBMuBhU0QLtrh7jMdU_px0wYrWoD7HBbAYINwfo3L2vRun2GqfDfQw2519Rs8iy25AiMzdAkMuiPzNHcB1G7L_Hx_vEezWAbv0gbpjhDzDpJR7UHwo-FPfuJ03L3l2h2N/s400/IMG_4796.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362116392784229602" border="0" /></a><br />Ever have an <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" >"aha" </span>moment??<br /><br />This was mine for the week.<br /><br />Not. Good.<br /></div>Mrs. Realifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10025912474674624793noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283325584340989164.post-64333635157285651962009-07-24T10:54:00.000-04:002009-07-24T10:55:04.425-04:00Featured Friday: Indefinitely Definite<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Georgia; panose-1:2 4 5 2 5 4 5 2 3 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:647 0 0 0 159 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]-->To date, this has been one of my worst weeks in the last 5 years. All I can say is thank you for your "virtual" hugs and love – They were received and I felt them from my head to my toes<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">...
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<br />With this… none of you need to hear my boo hooing – So, I’m going to post about my most loved blog this week and try and work through my Reader List {I’ve MISSED Y’ALL!!!</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">}
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<br />Without further ado… This blogger has truly touched my heart on more than one occasion. With her love for people from all walks of life, I’ve learned a thing or two about seeing the world a little bit differently. I love anyone who challenges my mind to think creatively and continue to be positive in the midst of a lot of stress.
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<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">I followed her through her journey of becoming healthier in body and she is as beautiful as can be. She has a deep love for her family and her new wife and I always look forward to hearing about what they've been up to. I enjoy her uplifting posts and reading about all the fun she has with concerts, girls nights out and spending time with her nieces and nephews.
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<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">If you EVER need inspiration, a good cry because your heart's been touched or a smile on a bad day... please visit:
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<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> <span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-size:180%;" ><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://sassafrasanne.blogspot.com/">ANNE over at Indefinitely Definite </a></span></span>
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<br />You are an incredibly beautiful person and
<br />you've inspired me to have more love for people... Thank you.
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">If you haven't already...
<br />be sure to enter for a </span>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://newlywedcentral.blogspot.com/2009/07/thank-you-and-giveaway.html">$30 Gift Card to Living Rooms Direct</a></span>
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<br />Happy Friday Lovelies!!!!
<br /></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> Mrs. Realifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10025912474674624793noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283325584340989164.post-55356742731866733772009-07-22T12:35:00.000-04:002009-07-27T13:36:31.322-04:00Thank You and Giveaway :)**********UPDATED: CONTEST NOW CLOSED! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR ENTRIES!! WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED TOMORROW, JULY 28th :)<br /><br /><br />Yesterday was the one of the worst days I've had in a very. long. time. -- Your "virtual" hugs brought tears to my eyes... thank you, each and every one of you.<br /><br />Today is a NEW day! I love how that happens every 24 hours :) and well... what better way to kick off this day than with a giveaway!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">*********************************</span></span><br /></div><br />A fantastic <a href="http://www.livingroomsdirect.com/">Living Room Furniture</a> company contacted me and would love to offer my readers either <span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;">an item equaling up-to $30 or a $30 gift card</span></span> toward the purchase of something you love!!<br /><br />While of course they sell furniture, there is a fabulous collection I've been browsing called <a href="http://www.livingroomsdirect.com/asp/keyword.asp?maid=1215&command=dosearch&keyword=&matchtype=&keywordvalue=">notNeutral</a> -- It includes a plethora of preppy and modern home accents and accessories perfect for the summer season!!!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >A couple of items I'm eying:</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLAtpbEy-Bw9a0jB0RVxRxlKeBC9oNg1a4vHLLn1QRiBrz3oxTvdLQ8wLAF9lftbL_X3EhEelxgah8_HBqCG6C3pkEKnu-ngxIxXB6BLNyh1hXvyxdwXDUHqSGegVvZoFyGuF-C2OeX2Lq/s1600-h/Ribbon+Carafe.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 376px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLAtpbEy-Bw9a0jB0RVxRxlKeBC9oNg1a4vHLLn1QRiBrz3oxTvdLQ8wLAF9lftbL_X3EhEelxgah8_HBqCG6C3pkEKnu-ngxIxXB6BLNyh1hXvyxdwXDUHqSGegVvZoFyGuF-C2OeX2Lq/s400/Ribbon+Carafe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361314448991071762" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3VxDzInl4T7wfE3E3ma43auVhAkbizyXVT4uhDk6nYf3x15KJfh8A4R887KN5eW3nq9ds0Zfb41S4TTVECLT93dC9ngPWujZLEFAlyWDuWVk_eO7hspsGPxN6u79x82YQQJnwAVrqr6xF/s1600-h/Ribbon+Glasses.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3VxDzInl4T7wfE3E3ma43auVhAkbizyXVT4uhDk6nYf3x15KJfh8A4R887KN5eW3nq9ds0Zfb41S4TTVECLT93dC9ngPWujZLEFAlyWDuWVk_eO7hspsGPxN6u79x82YQQJnwAVrqr6xF/s400/Ribbon+Glasses.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361314660041817026" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCunyCpcIpy1b5wF9reQy54qosCkxuqHt7kJLoGnxWHXddonH1JbGdpvWVR12zzs-4-b5NV5qW9dl9XtSru-JK9aTNnSaj5UVmaIHv97GnvLCowt6Jn2OaROOONoAxw8JnUFN7MT5UfWn/s1600-h/Ribbon+Martini.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 391px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCunyCpcIpy1b5wF9reQy54qosCkxuqHt7kJLoGnxWHXddonH1JbGdpvWVR12zzs-4-b5NV5qW9dl9XtSru-JK9aTNnSaj5UVmaIHv97GnvLCowt6Jn2OaROOONoAxw8JnUFN7MT5UfWn/s400/Ribbon+Martini.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361314453196751522" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.livingroomsdirect.com/notNeutral-LINK-NON1335.html">Bar Set </a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLgzu8ipQ6lSqDVX2J5ugRcRhmfNx9g7mkgXW9BrnkQHcmbuiX2mh9oADPVhrV6bImgWUrr2mzaA9OfghitKVi8NUd6TyuR9VdGFs-T111SmLaclGVtxZsSOaNbULXq8Hdb9NNkzMSxNw/s1600-h/Ribbon+Spice.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLgzu8ipQ6lSqDVX2J5ugRcRhmfNx9g7mkgXW9BrnkQHcmbuiX2mh9oADPVhrV6bImgWUrr2mzaA9OfghitKVi8NUd6TyuR9VdGFs-T111SmLaclGVtxZsSOaNbULXq8Hdb9NNkzMSxNw/s400/Ribbon+Spice.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361314657763632146" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.livingroomsdirect.com/notNeutral-01011606-NON1033.html">Spice Set</a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinVv-a0izu9R1p1d3AYYmemptlJFD1JRO0IShCKVhRoJH2Ad557l5XuPoXFMt6tXmfMUTXq_2oRzpvVH2rfJ5ybAruXKAPmbajkloqttZCpn5UGLNMJIL-WujzAdOPEpdmyzQbpKZN77RF/s1600-h/Ribbons+Server.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinVv-a0izu9R1p1d3AYYmemptlJFD1JRO0IShCKVhRoJH2Ad557l5XuPoXFMt6tXmfMUTXq_2oRzpvVH2rfJ5ybAruXKAPmbajkloqttZCpn5UGLNMJIL-WujzAdOPEpdmyzQbpKZN77RF/s400/Ribbons+Server.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361314456727212098" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.livingroomsdirect.com/notNeutral-01030700-NON1095.html">Serving Bowl</a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">How to Enter: </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2 entries: </span>Follow Me<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3 entries:</span> Follow Me on Twitter<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5 entries:</span> POST about this giveaway<br />{of course let me know what you've done!}<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">{if you referred the person who wins, </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">you'll receive a<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">SENSATIONAL SUMMER </span><br />prize from ME!}</span></span><br /><br />Giveaway will end Monday, <span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">July 27th @ NOON!</span></span><br />Winner to be announced later that day :)<br /></div><p> </p>Mrs. Realifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10025912474674624793noreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283325584340989164.post-998302807518027432009-07-21T18:29:00.000-04:002009-07-21T18:29:46.550-04:00need a hugDo you ever have a day when you don't need words, you don't need a listening ear, you don't even need a drink...<br /><br />you just need a <span style="font-weight: bold;">hug</span>?<br /><br />today is that day for me.<br /><br />How ironic that when I was able to get on internet for the first time today, <a href="http://sassafrasanne.blogspot.com/2009/07/need-one.html">this</a> post was at the top of my blog roll.<br /><br />Thank you, Anne.Mrs. Realifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10025912474674624793noreply@blogger.com21