tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85066635333830730082024-02-19T04:17:54.241-08:00We Aren't Roommates - We're Married!The first year after two former single people got married...Katie Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967868282904786326noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506663533383073008.post-76987491018718307852011-04-14T07:51:00.000-07:002011-04-14T07:51:25.513-07:00Tamparific!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi55Dnjqv_Z1oySd-oxuZ2fiKC1H97qmQ6KLAFMy0aTk_rG_optK22H5tBFZeOvnGoNe_ffHwOQuSGSxVX_j00jU9BAFJN5sIT0eq8_iAVRVwimbujf9h0IRcazRUnmKpBcp6CKfrqii3Ew/s1600/P4100906.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi55Dnjqv_Z1oySd-oxuZ2fiKC1H97qmQ6KLAFMy0aTk_rG_optK22H5tBFZeOvnGoNe_ffHwOQuSGSxVX_j00jU9BAFJN5sIT0eq8_iAVRVwimbujf9h0IRcazRUnmKpBcp6CKfrqii3Ew/s200/P4100906.JPG" width="150" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This past weekend I headed south and spent a little time in the town on Tampa for work. On Friday night we were lucky enough to score tickets to the last home game for the Tampa Lighting, who’s now in the playoffs. The hockey game was a blast and the Lighting ended up beating the team they were playing. (Side Note – don’t know much about hockey and don’t even know who they were playing that night.) The coolest part of the experience was that in less than (24) hours this ice rink and the hockey players were going to be gone and an arena with bulls bucking and cowboys flying would be center stage. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQtNHhmH7XyW-2LKWt8KS92OO4BIh-8qt9cFfaUxLKsjdce3oRCGuQ0oCUnuswm-EYpJRl0WeU9PmuRzKdc282xNHHkdFqaR_ktZUtUBws5HtDWTqXpIjThThOmXEDfuP1MDcEPw1YBSv/s1600/P4080891.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQtNHhmH7XyW-2LKWt8KS92OO4BIh-8qt9cFfaUxLKsjdce3oRCGuQ0oCUnuswm-EYpJRl0WeU9PmuRzKdc282xNHHkdFqaR_ktZUtUBws5HtDWTqXpIjThThOmXEDfuP1MDcEPw1YBSv/s200/P4080891.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfMmwXclHuTehdtWdpNgk30SRHOhRIzUiaBIDll-xOYxThLcwBOrtj9ba6yZHEywryY2B9jUbKmbid63fPtAVCUxtjSp-8yKTYkSI9EM6G0AZy811ytkT6TSjqLDf2_GFDg7nKTuOq9Ix6/s1600/P4080890.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfMmwXclHuTehdtWdpNgk30SRHOhRIzUiaBIDll-xOYxThLcwBOrtj9ba6yZHEywryY2B9jUbKmbid63fPtAVCUxtjSp-8yKTYkSI9EM6G0AZy811ytkT6TSjqLDf2_GFDg7nKTuOq9Ix6/s200/P4080890.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My hotel room has awesome! I had a great view of the river and a balcony to enjoy it on. On Saturday morning I woke up to rowers working out up and down the river. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxhbA0MYNDCQfazVQNBaSdozAMW8WPCwR9HD6RIOBBKZyAAKVFLlHEo68ijkpikAUJovSz0Is6FCylPD1c9JkUbvFTZzqq4_SqCNjRjlDAvnU_XETjg_sNUE6cpS9L8DgMkYf6D0UjT6KT/s1600/P4100894.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxhbA0MYNDCQfazVQNBaSdozAMW8WPCwR9HD6RIOBBKZyAAKVFLlHEo68ijkpikAUJovSz0Is6FCylPD1c9JkUbvFTZzqq4_SqCNjRjlDAvnU_XETjg_sNUE6cpS9L8DgMkYf6D0UjT6KT/s200/P4100894.JPG" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszP3ZWxO7qpeoz0n4XRSpR8yqKtJeoflVMSQlbG9x9hYwxjMQG8Q2QF6BbnGTJ67ckpkOAq7hELI6_4HxE-waNfoNKRXqw2HP9A4BCUnB1YFmFoxu3Culn42jMWsuYW_sjnuCtTFoVb8S/s1600/P4080888.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszP3ZWxO7qpeoz0n4XRSpR8yqKtJeoflVMSQlbG9x9hYwxjMQG8Q2QF6BbnGTJ67ckpkOAq7hELI6_4HxE-waNfoNKRXqw2HP9A4BCUnB1YFmFoxu3Culn42jMWsuYW_sjnuCtTFoVb8S/s200/P4080888.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">On Sunday night I got to experience one of the top 5 dinners in my life. We ate at a steakhouse called Burn’s and it was amazing. You were fed dinner in one portion of the restaurant and once you were finished you got to go on a tour of the kitchen. Burn’s is known for how long they age their beef and the fact that it’s cut to your size on the spot. The food and the kitchen were awesome!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-T_HZ0QI4vk_67EvuWT05insQwP7yya8WwRRQHlMJiGc9X3REVs6ILFMknx2ntNyCcHzU4YvfF5RDJll7XxVdG0lzkfovbd4Ra8t6lCtTi3ZOZuuUV8eqiAA3fTeYW7apepFGucIKRz8/s1600/P4100897.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-T_HZ0QI4vk_67EvuWT05insQwP7yya8WwRRQHlMJiGc9X3REVs6ILFMknx2ntNyCcHzU4YvfF5RDJll7XxVdG0lzkfovbd4Ra8t6lCtTi3ZOZuuUV8eqiAA3fTeYW7apepFGucIKRz8/s200/P4100897.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGpNbxVMnXxXAsGyE2O1CBtjve5hCJfMu7Hqka81siwr149_jCrNIDISjDqeGWXi_rDxTfHR5YjU2lPcgi55s_ko4ysJljDc25cGHUZlGDAmg5fSJotnpC4xJU8PT42RyR-vtSTlEqmNBB/s1600/P4100896.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGpNbxVMnXxXAsGyE2O1CBtjve5hCJfMu7Hqka81siwr149_jCrNIDISjDqeGWXi_rDxTfHR5YjU2lPcgi55s_ko4ysJljDc25cGHUZlGDAmg5fSJotnpC4xJU8PT42RyR-vtSTlEqmNBB/s200/P4100896.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Well, that’s until we got to tour the wine cellar, YES the LARGEST wine cellar in the world. We were in heaven.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXa8nwcLxSZf-pkwRarZbS7xpkehOSSTW1RQyW6MaRAwn11TQUDWpwXzbLD2WQgYP7nRGXD41vW7QJAvGFROhB4-Wjy1p2zS4WX9Qdb4NuBBpmJzEDG6_i42wJAvoUCadK3NmQZEhLTj47/s1600/P4100915.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXa8nwcLxSZf-pkwRarZbS7xpkehOSSTW1RQyW6MaRAwn11TQUDWpwXzbLD2WQgYP7nRGXD41vW7QJAvGFROhB4-Wjy1p2zS4WX9Qdb4NuBBpmJzEDG6_i42wJAvoUCadK3NmQZEhLTj47/s200/P4100915.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_qtZX2O_1VociNXzzekhs4dQ0GudHi5AQ-evZpYtGVtLsbzQ16cpbWlFsKr1orrv97oBymugoiYDKpv5s31Pf8A_VFzdaITuUU-IPKmG564RtUJk1H6iJA8VJkRPBIlpvya7D2ytnwW-A/s1600/P4100900.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_qtZX2O_1VociNXzzekhs4dQ0GudHi5AQ-evZpYtGVtLsbzQ16cpbWlFsKr1orrv97oBymugoiYDKpv5s31Pf8A_VFzdaITuUU-IPKmG564RtUJk1H6iJA8VJkRPBIlpvya7D2ytnwW-A/s200/P4100900.JPG" width="150" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div>Katie Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967868282904786326noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506663533383073008.post-82285759412979189722011-04-03T15:21:00.000-07:002011-04-03T15:21:59.233-07:00Our First "Cousin Weekend"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbFDPqlltblxj6fKW1EuJNHNYeq_uvVLlIbD-L_TUZHl_c8vEMlM1GPy_EKge4Ng5NtZZTWbdld2Cf8JB36pTz6LJEIHgrLkTvRUKXzdYmH-3Cvi4qRc8_zc6889hjIEWXVWPLGn3ouWrK/s1600/P4020814.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbFDPqlltblxj6fKW1EuJNHNYeq_uvVLlIbD-L_TUZHl_c8vEMlM1GPy_EKge4Ng5NtZZTWbdld2Cf8JB36pTz6LJEIHgrLkTvRUKXzdYmH-3Cvi4qRc8_zc6889hjIEWXVWPLGn3ouWrK/s200/P4020814.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This past weekend The Great White Hunter and I headed west to Frasier, CO to spend a weekend with his sisters, their families and his (3) cousins and their families. All and all there were (13) of us snuggled in a very nice cabin in the woods. We spent the weekend sledding, skiing (well some of us), hot tubbing, drinking, eating and of course watching some Final 4 action. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzRDVaaXNz1W8BVgdw9qMUHu-TmsstEl5TvEKrLfRURCIIzFY6OP_PS4lnWO-6wiyWoXWQz5PQxcmIxodCosIzG6CkRlQ9wP-nmpQLF6IElzxM1aSeigjANqze6YxUxov6HR__HNp5wHqz/s1600/P4020799.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzRDVaaXNz1W8BVgdw9qMUHu-TmsstEl5TvEKrLfRURCIIzFY6OP_PS4lnWO-6wiyWoXWQz5PQxcmIxodCosIzG6CkRlQ9wP-nmpQLF6IElzxM1aSeigjANqze6YxUxov6HR__HNp5wHqz/s200/P4020799.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYOFRWYbMPRkZBp7ufaFuJPqvy2XJLzi16up-Da01g7S5rcs1-cpCbBKPU8_lIgOe1xA9j8370mIcxu4x-Pg6bhxLzbs1S6T_7UiDFMrA4DnfqYMaQ0rKwS3wsxIbbDywZWcc6EItOHJcS/s1600/P4020800.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYOFRWYbMPRkZBp7ufaFuJPqvy2XJLzi16up-Da01g7S5rcs1-cpCbBKPU8_lIgOe1xA9j8370mIcxu4x-Pg6bhxLzbs1S6T_7UiDFMrA4DnfqYMaQ0rKwS3wsxIbbDywZWcc6EItOHJcS/s200/P4020800.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoxJgRfHNneifRtR9bl0ITODaf9sUVqYMtoKuGCWCCwFwMi8uR9-QCslNSlGQs_FtYXjy4V2e2oAe68ey4G1J7f7vGMCJlivLGrsZu3yl10Be03R_bOVcdJfkBXYndg9sXLhP5IAleGN0N/s1600/P4020798.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoxJgRfHNneifRtR9bl0ITODaf9sUVqYMtoKuGCWCCwFwMi8uR9-QCslNSlGQs_FtYXjy4V2e2oAe68ey4G1J7f7vGMCJlivLGrsZu3yl10Be03R_bOVcdJfkBXYndg9sXLhP5IAleGN0N/s200/P4020798.JPG" width="150" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Friday evening we all arrived and enjoyed a very delicious pizza from the town of Frasier followed up by some hot tub time and then bed for the evening. The next morning TGWH and I was the lucky couple to cook breakfast. Everyone enjoyed homemade cinnamon rolls from, of course, the Pioneer Woman cook book and a couple of Longhorn Casseroles from, of course, a Kitchen Keepsakes recipe book. Everyone enjoyed it very much and I got the best comment ever that my cinnamon rolls tasted a lot like the cinnamon rolls you get at the State Fair. (Side Note – For those of you that know what I’m talking about here know that is really one of the best comments anyone could make about cinnamon rolls.) Some of TGWH’s cousins headed off to Winter Park to ski while along with his sisters, the kids and the husbands TGWH and I headed to the local kid’s sledding hill. We all had a blast sledding down this little hill for quite a while. Even Courtney, TGWH’s niece, did a solo mission down the hill which ended in a complete wipe out and a killer snow rash on her face. But, without hesitation she asked to go again along as her dad accompanied her. That afternoon TGWH and I headed to Granby to visit one of his jobs, had a nice lunch back at home and then tried to take a nap which was interrupted by Allie Face, TGWH’s niece, wanting to honk our noises. Saturday evening we enjoyed an amazing Mexican fiesta prepared by Jenny and Tracey, TGWH’s cousins, and then settled in to enjoy some great socializing with everyone. This morning we woke up to egg’s Benedict prepared by Linda with a little help from everyone and then we headed home. It was an amazing weekend with a fabulous bunch of people. This former single girl loves the family she married into and is looking forward to the next “Cousin Weekend”.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREh5F5ZKAhsxRTT687Nn3_7XH1Mb45fpAFPlOWGakhErgsFxDcTVKYdIegr3kcnsn5SalCijCW1Bv4s6-iJusk_jQkEZZyjxYMhhI_eroavKFdHVkZHMkGVHTUM7RyuWt_tHGUA9Aryma/s1600/P4020801.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREh5F5ZKAhsxRTT687Nn3_7XH1Mb45fpAFPlOWGakhErgsFxDcTVKYdIegr3kcnsn5SalCijCW1Bv4s6-iJusk_jQkEZZyjxYMhhI_eroavKFdHVkZHMkGVHTUM7RyuWt_tHGUA9Aryma/s200/P4020801.JPG" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEOZQteRSAKD_lWEq4NlxtsJYk-fFbHm9MTGdfqpgqbRsDqqc28prWwxGmKIjyFKU3xT-4yHmiLXWzZhDsn2grGZ9zj8S7Urduz3IArdyse6XczU76z6N95P1Soq03ot4KsK7AfJWLk7e/s1600/P4020805.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEOZQteRSAKD_lWEq4NlxtsJYk-fFbHm9MTGdfqpgqbRsDqqc28prWwxGmKIjyFKU3xT-4yHmiLXWzZhDsn2grGZ9zj8S7Urduz3IArdyse6XczU76z6N95P1Soq03ot4KsK7AfJWLk7e/s200/P4020805.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEFxcDJOkvdimwt2u3cWNTuKADkOQu3yK61msAPmmBEFckJumsd2PIeo_BNMY16ar3w0ANcrLZ0emkE2qScd0v05mb0uvP8V8pJPWEy8BzXLIP_2JYGIqJqXtVH__az3JtCEIwpgZZyj4d/s1600/P4020802.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEFxcDJOkvdimwt2u3cWNTuKADkOQu3yK61msAPmmBEFckJumsd2PIeo_BNMY16ar3w0ANcrLZ0emkE2qScd0v05mb0uvP8V8pJPWEy8BzXLIP_2JYGIqJqXtVH__az3JtCEIwpgZZyj4d/s200/P4020802.JPG" width="150" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7z7YUxORyjSw96s4kXFoLLn9jJEjMI-oObiB2lN_gXqT8Fps2HLAzS3ONMJjcvp1XN0X7nhg0IcNDgUGyv_RI5xRLO9nhNzBmVVCjVxnW3xZuLvgTRc66HKV6tQ8Bd7-KOaKedWvdlzKA/s1600/P4020806.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7z7YUxORyjSw96s4kXFoLLn9jJEjMI-oObiB2lN_gXqT8Fps2HLAzS3ONMJjcvp1XN0X7nhg0IcNDgUGyv_RI5xRLO9nhNzBmVVCjVxnW3xZuLvgTRc66HKV6tQ8Bd7-KOaKedWvdlzKA/s200/P4020806.JPG" width="150" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgswgG_vUwgWGuZzp3_hJ9skWNGod_cKS8LxYM95MI3CUqpVLfqToA3mAGwlDufsUWBuMD2pW-aqqiGA_QWk-8XPEjdsRpsSxoudoLEZp6Nlw3yWI5WMovRQvodEW-Q6L5O1Ug0baFTaKLj/s1600/P4020807.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgswgG_vUwgWGuZzp3_hJ9skWNGod_cKS8LxYM95MI3CUqpVLfqToA3mAGwlDufsUWBuMD2pW-aqqiGA_QWk-8XPEjdsRpsSxoudoLEZp6Nlw3yWI5WMovRQvodEW-Q6L5O1Ug0baFTaKLj/s200/P4020807.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeQEYUKZcrofTof4LUvK6u4JhExHaFh0PORYPfTpHo4SsgNkdO-vD5Pp1J2HnEluDrZZ1yr4G-XsZwJq8cs7YA3viaiSRpNh1KRvznlHougjMG9Eb8Cg4-0xM4c2zBtjxNuGub1jFIniDi/s1600/P4020813.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeQEYUKZcrofTof4LUvK6u4JhExHaFh0PORYPfTpHo4SsgNkdO-vD5Pp1J2HnEluDrZZ1yr4G-XsZwJq8cs7YA3viaiSRpNh1KRvznlHougjMG9Eb8Cg4-0xM4c2zBtjxNuGub1jFIniDi/s200/P4020813.JPG" width="200" /></a> </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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Over the past couple of months I have been working towards one of my New Year's Resolutions, getting my jewelry hobby up and running. I've been working with an AMAZING artist Ms. Rylee Miller owner of <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ryleestylee?ref=ts#!/pages/SDG-Designs/155585451165615?sk=wall">SDG Designs</a> to come up with a name and logo. I'm proud to announce that "Paisley White" is one-of-a-kind jewelry made by you guessed it this former single girl and I now have a logo. As I stated before look for me on Etsy very very soon. I've been working on my photo skills to get some killer pictures to post on there. <br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ok, so I’m officially on week 15 of the Turbo Fire workout. For those of you that saw my first post on my blog and after dong the calendar math you would know I’m a bit behind the program. I’m not going to lie I lost two weeks at Christmas time when I gave myself two weeks off for good behavior, not a good idea. I got back on the bandwagon the beginning of January and have not looked back. I must say it has been extremely hard to work out on the weekends, what I consider my off time. But, I have done it to an extent and am still working on it. </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> In my 1<sup>st</sup> blog I commented on how much I loved the program and I can tell you I still love it as much as when I started. Oh, and I feel a heck of a lot tougher now that I’m kicking and punching an invisible person every morning. Plus, the choreography has gotten so much easier and you can honestly put a lot more effort into every move because you start to know what is coming next.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I was not a good Turbo Fire starter and I did not take any measurements, which I’m a bit bummed about now. But, my wonderful husband tells me that he can see a difference so I’ll definitely believe him. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Turbo Fire try it, it’s STILL amazing!</span></div>Katie Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967868282904786326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506663533383073008.post-68577326698916685632011-03-03T14:13:00.000-08:002011-03-03T14:13:45.436-08:00The Great White Hunter and I at Cowboy's Stadium!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy2z0u2UGU2v7IemisJWT-qR3uaGpUgkPkRQGxzpkP6zZRxFXVTn_uGNJ2r8N1IQBToG3XBYAMzPxk78oQOcz6oxHd3Y92KyImvNJLkw0AUwRuWZ7_R74vlLdS_5w-iv_nHdU9sxg4hfDw/s1600/418-11-1201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy2z0u2UGU2v7IemisJWT-qR3uaGpUgkPkRQGxzpkP6zZRxFXVTn_uGNJ2r8N1IQBToG3XBYAMzPxk78oQOcz6oxHd3Y92KyImvNJLkw0AUwRuWZ7_R74vlLdS_5w-iv_nHdU9sxg4hfDw/s320/418-11-1201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Note - Yes, ladies the jewelry I'm wearing is for sale...</div>Katie Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967868282904786326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506663533383073008.post-17136898630098337282011-02-27T17:23:00.000-08:002011-02-27T17:23:08.919-08:00Chicken Pot Pie...Sorry, had to share the corny picture of the dinner I made for The Great White Hunter this evening. Showing my love with food...<br />
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</div>Katie Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967868282904786326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506663533383073008.post-31858520728143915362011-02-25T08:47:00.000-08:002011-02-25T09:43:12.546-08:00Everything is bigger in Texas...<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Last week The Great White Hunter headed to Texas for a company meeting leaving me HOME ALONE. Now, if any of you follow my blog you've probably read somewhere that I don't do the best when I'm HOME ALONE. Needless, to say I was pretty sure that any robbers, killers or monsters in the neighborhood were waiting for my husband to leave to attack our precious home. It was a very long (2) nights of jumping ready to attack at every sound I heard. But, thankfully I lived through it and on Friday of that week I headed to Texas as well. The PBR held their annual Iron Cowboy event at Cowboy's Stadium in Arlington and this year timing was perfect for The Great White Hunter to join me for the weekend. We were able to sneak away on Friday evening for an AMAZING dinner just the (2) of us to celebrate V-Day. We went to Bob's Steak and Chop House near downtown Dallas. We both had amazing steaks and really enjoyed the old gangster type atmosphere. On Saturday morning the craziness started at 9:00 and didn't end till about midnight. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPDM3tjdpIeAgDj-s61NLDCWHhTK0tNBrez0OYAblX5gU_wYBpzYKx-00CgzQBGqqzFRSnMSFLqUcOT0s0yg6qCIvlChDBcWkgod7T_Z86ZNX8qd5P0QnXTvBuX4PP7Ogzu5wCv-8lh84/s1600/IMG00080.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPDM3tjdpIeAgDj-s61NLDCWHhTK0tNBrez0OYAblX5gU_wYBpzYKx-00CgzQBGqqzFRSnMSFLqUcOT0s0yg6qCIvlChDBcWkgod7T_Z86ZNX8qd5P0QnXTvBuX4PP7Ogzu5wCv-8lh84/s200/IMG00080.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_8tlMgYHMETdaAWTMuLU0OqndsvCh-aKpeqVf4suqTQkFiD09Af12mM-v97IBV9Iz7Ej5FREApauMPSLacQ_ftrLPCEqGQjxgaywYyXLpjluH6BhfPX11MOFVk7PFnYWiUWAuqheM6tf/s1600/IMG00076.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="147" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_8tlMgYHMETdaAWTMuLU0OqndsvCh-aKpeqVf4suqTQkFiD09Af12mM-v97IBV9Iz7Ej5FREApauMPSLacQ_ftrLPCEqGQjxgaywYyXLpjluH6BhfPX11MOFVk7PFnYWiUWAuqheM6tf/s200/IMG00076.jpg" width="200" /></a>But, one of the bonuses this year was a Toby Keith concert before the bull riding began. We got to watch the concert from about (15) feet away from where he was performing. It was awesome but a bit loud! Another bonus was we escorted Jerry Jones into the stadium. Like a normal small town girl I had no idea that was the plastic looking guy walking behind us until The Great White Hunter got super excited and explained who he was. These two former single people had a blast in the house that Jerry built!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECGh4CUORSjEhWMRiXXapmaswTC9DNEkFNjHLgdmJG7hNaLrSCdiCMu0hSLmdf3tO0ms77EYi10LUDmvDq-Dy1C8SudsPxV-2DRS8TQ9Uqfz9RlA8pw-Yx-q9q7-s53kx3teGn24Vu-kM/s1600/IMG00082.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECGh4CUORSjEhWMRiXXapmaswTC9DNEkFNjHLgdmJG7hNaLrSCdiCMu0hSLmdf3tO0ms77EYi10LUDmvDq-Dy1C8SudsPxV-2DRS8TQ9Uqfz9RlA8pw-Yx-q9q7-s53kx3teGn24Vu-kM/s200/IMG00082.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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Don't forget everything that you see is for sale.Katie Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967868282904786326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506663533383073008.post-44996764829444574412011-01-31T16:25:00.000-08:002011-01-31T16:25:13.054-08:00The Kid…<div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Great White Hunter and I were so blessed to host the Golding’s this past weekend for dinner. That’s right the kid got to come and visit… She’s just too cute! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioY7qOQ7kzflv0VxnuAwM7kDmRWiUecsvwHtpwt-ATwQwAGF0Wc6ogQCYOvRbWaLqDf8PNWRfi4bqsHI0g2jCnG_qOedj3LCkRj9U29RUNKGWVpD25vD4WjsJIII75ptJeQD4Rt4uUoljx/s1600/P1290526.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioY7qOQ7kzflv0VxnuAwM7kDmRWiUecsvwHtpwt-ATwQwAGF0Wc6ogQCYOvRbWaLqDf8PNWRfi4bqsHI0g2jCnG_qOedj3LCkRj9U29RUNKGWVpD25vD4WjsJIII75ptJeQD4Rt4uUoljx/s200/P1290526.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpRko8rxrjfjoZTVQi-PYOoO1lvn3ljHL34LZ_RHMCCmiFHs-vo-oT4jn8Dq5tYpaHYzVRYeqbxq8VossVV6RNHKpEsCWylMxA0cgkK7OKv0IWaAwj_d4obgt-f2DePB0RmA7UnT4SZjou/s1600/P1290530.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpRko8rxrjfjoZTVQi-PYOoO1lvn3ljHL34LZ_RHMCCmiFHs-vo-oT4jn8Dq5tYpaHYzVRYeqbxq8VossVV6RNHKpEsCWylMxA0cgkK7OKv0IWaAwj_d4obgt-f2DePB0RmA7UnT4SZjou/s200/P1290530.JPG" width="200" /></a> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div>Katie Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967868282904786326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506663533383073008.post-32962447102687181812011-01-27T12:01:00.000-08:002011-01-27T12:01:32.680-08:00Another First...Ok, since this blog is about The Great White Hunter and I's first as a married couple I've come acrossed another first. Just as a side note I'm not proud of this first but it is in deed a first. Last night on my way home I was minding my own business when up over a small hill a county sheriff waited for me and the G to fly by. Needless to say by using the word "fly" you understand I probably wasn't cruising at the approved speed limit for the road I was on. So, yes last night I received my 1st speeding ticket as Katie White. <br />
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Moral of the story - There's always a first for everything and of course don't speed.....and get caught. :)Katie Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967868282904786326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506663533383073008.post-3595362680119936902011-01-22T19:40:00.000-08:002011-01-22T19:47:15.340-08:00My First Creation<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today The Great White Hunter and I were fortunate enough to have a pretty low key day. We spent the morning in Simla watching Riley and Brody play basketball, had lunch with the Maranville’s minus the bub and ran a few beading errands in town. My wonderful husband was nice enough to buy me a set of drawers so I could organize by bead chaos. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9noNdKgB8kHJsTnpqeIoy4ZAcHVjeMaeUY0zleaS1eE_ZvlCSTgP595qqIrz4CT-QbJvOoZqFoW3TxqfVwJwK9kZHusIK6RfOQNNw_yzcAscwBoiM3WUMX3GNPYQLQUZRxGvHLGrOVoN-/s1600/P1220522.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9noNdKgB8kHJsTnpqeIoy4ZAcHVjeMaeUY0zleaS1eE_ZvlCSTgP595qqIrz4CT-QbJvOoZqFoW3TxqfVwJwK9kZHusIK6RfOQNNw_yzcAscwBoiM3WUMX3GNPYQLQUZRxGvHLGrOVoN-/s320/P1220522.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I then sat down and made my first two necklaces and one new bracelet. After these three projects I have decided to switch up some of the items I’m using to make a stronger necklace since it seems I’m into the big heavy stones. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzvQo6FF-noAUr3Huve-TUvS4OiCsWZdmW5LvL-BP-jbrDA6glnr8IjLLELmc3CFJuXpdpAJN67gnZhmhBpwZat4tHsuaeYUdpnmEOvY08D558QsSEqj9STpTZQJ_TjvDjoPo_CyV3Nx8/s1600/P1220519.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzvQo6FF-noAUr3Huve-TUvS4OiCsWZdmW5LvL-BP-jbrDA6glnr8IjLLELmc3CFJuXpdpAJN67gnZhmhBpwZat4tHsuaeYUdpnmEOvY08D558QsSEqj9STpTZQJ_TjvDjoPo_CyV3Nx8/s200/P1220519.JPG" width="150" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiej2jBP0GAf38BLNx3kM8bs5qS2kUfaVG1JSAA3ErRSra8qaYzFao_VE6LWqnjJek0imvjXv9-dfm-c87b7vHKubW-DqgPsHeWl1ncbTASg4VZ3uqJ3ZAhM6Hptiq7DFjodtwHFFQOQGDf/s1600/P1220521.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiej2jBP0GAf38BLNx3kM8bs5qS2kUfaVG1JSAA3ErRSra8qaYzFao_VE6LWqnjJek0imvjXv9-dfm-c87b7vHKubW-DqgPsHeWl1ncbTASg4VZ3uqJ3ZAhM6Hptiq7DFjodtwHFFQOQGDf/s200/P1220521.JPG" width="150" /></a></div>Katie Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967868282904786326noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506663533383073008.post-42937885621140388912011-01-16T17:17:00.000-08:002011-01-16T17:17:44.485-08:00The National Western Stock Show <div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQQMUlY5YTyxCyfR4vjsXEeykLXz9Ii5HdQt0ScaYFTmSzbshFtm5xviI5a" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="rg_i" data-src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQQMUlY5YTyxCyfR4vjsXEeykLXz9Ii5HdQt0ScaYFTmSzbshFtm5xviI5a" height="168" id="N_2OX9WM2ZW0uM:b" onload="this.style.display='inline';google.stb.csi.onTbn(0, this)" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQQMUlY5YTyxCyfR4vjsXEeykLXz9Ii5HdQt0ScaYFTmSzbshFtm5xviI5a" style="display: inline; height: 168px; width: 164px;" width="164" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yesterday The Great White Hunter and I ventured up I-70 to the 2011 National Western Stock Show. This has turned into a yearly destination for TGWH and me to look at cattle, shop and run into friends we haven’t seen in a while. It was plenty nice outside which made it very enjoyable to walk the yards and watch the many ranches prepare for the Shorthorn pen and carload shows. We ventured to the hill to peruse the numerous booths and of course take a moment to watch all the different people in attendance. We were lucky enough to stumble on a picture that we are hoping to purchase for the bedroom and of course I found a purse. We had an early dinner at the All You Can Eat Buffet outside of the club and enjoyed free beer from a celebrating ranch after their big win in the Hereford competition. (Side Note – we did know the sister-in-law of the big winners. We didn’t just take free beer, what kind of people do you think we are?) We finished the evening hanging with our favorite fellow G-Money and soon headed south full of food, beer and with a special stock show scent. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Katie Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967868282904786326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506663533383073008.post-9933143038721819122011-01-16T16:59:00.000-08:002011-01-16T16:59:58.162-08:00New York City - A little piece of heaven...<div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdVK-9Vj_xjKzfrY-sm6uJzGf_G9u2ljYHVyduzsyIBxn91E6plvjHRoUDj1Ro71bOhIOgMLUYzmTh35qkhyLWZHiPCVvwGYO57-hNtg4xfoxjlsDUBlcGES7Qpl98vR5UaZtpuj0WU0U/s1600/P1090518.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdVK-9Vj_xjKzfrY-sm6uJzGf_G9u2ljYHVyduzsyIBxn91E6plvjHRoUDj1Ro71bOhIOgMLUYzmTh35qkhyLWZHiPCVvwGYO57-hNtg4xfoxjlsDUBlcGES7Qpl98vR5UaZtpuj0WU0U/s200/P1090518.JPG" width="150" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Last weekend I traveled to NYC for PBR’s first 2011 event at Madison Square Garden. I was fortunate enough to have some free time to do a little shopping at Macys, Lord and Taylor and Forever 21 to name a few places. I ate AMAZING food from pizza to Italian to seafood, plus amazing red wine ran like a free flowing stream all weekend long. I would have to say after all of this I did get one treat in NYC that quickly flew to top of my all time favorite list. As you all know I am a HUGE dessert fan, and one of my favorites is of course the cupcake. In my past I have many different store made and homemade cupcakes. Plus, a few years ago I had the pleasure to visit <a href="http://www.sprinkles.com/">Sprinkles</a> cupcakes that are located mostly on the west coast. After this visit these cupcakes quickly rose to the top of my dessert list. They were moist and melted in your mouth with an addition of oh so fluffy frosting to fill out the balance. Well, ladies and gentlemen Sprinkles was KNOCKED off the top of the list when I sank my teeth into a <a href="http://www.crumbs.com/">Crumbs</a> cupcake. My friend Sara has been bragging about these cupcakes for a while and luckily she had an extra moment to introduce me to the store in Herald Square. These cupcakes are a little piece of heaven! The cake is not too moist but melts in your mouth and the frosting is not too sugary and creates a nice balance with the other flavors. These cupcakes are AWESOME! Oh, and did I mention they have all kinds of random flavors. A trip to NYC would not be the same without a trip to this shop. Side note – I hailed my first NYC cab all alone this trip; this is a huge accomplishment for me. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYxYEwXMtlcF5Q2_wYcNZTl1lB_0zGtJcNeh30DxSSNGWyiiBolXi89LLfxjz7QfYgRyozii8p4q0rbK22jPGbpsiL6drr4tbwmsjzQ5ew5yl4mTwVDT3MphyphenhyphenLXGQqbCVbNuQg5Y_LRyTr/s1600/P1080517.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYxYEwXMtlcF5Q2_wYcNZTl1lB_0zGtJcNeh30DxSSNGWyiiBolXi89LLfxjz7QfYgRyozii8p4q0rbK22jPGbpsiL6drr4tbwmsjzQ5ew5yl4mTwVDT3MphyphenhyphenLXGQqbCVbNuQg5Y_LRyTr/s200/P1080517.JPG" width="150" /></a> </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJ_eD9IfsKK8QYTdgDqaJCb5NlIRBt0zwqSilpA-vkuPxdLBnOObqcRis2unn51i48NWKZsS3DNYkO-A5YYTEox-44sh1f_XrwGhJRQO5CRydKx4tHMF1962VejcPoI3hGY6GObaK3JmQ/s1600/P1080516.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJ_eD9IfsKK8QYTdgDqaJCb5NlIRBt0zwqSilpA-vkuPxdLBnOObqcRis2unn51i48NWKZsS3DNYkO-A5YYTEox-44sh1f_XrwGhJRQO5CRydKx4tHMF1962VejcPoI3hGY6GObaK3JmQ/s200/P1080516.JPG" width="200" /></a> </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div>Katie Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967868282904786326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506663533383073008.post-30688909974000846142011-01-02T18:20:00.000-08:002011-01-02T18:20:20.504-08:00The New Year…<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I was just telling the Great White Hunter that after all the craziness of the holidays I realized one thing, we didn’t get one picture of us together. We didn’t get one at Christmas and we didn’t get one this past Friday evening when we rang in the New Year at our friend Garrett’s house. It was a small gathering with some of our besties from up north. We played Wii for most of the evening while drinking adult beverages. (Side Note – I’m trying to make this PG in case my niece reads this.) My friend Debbie and I were holding our own against a very beat driven 5 year old during the game “Just Dance 2”. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, let me tell you after enough adult beverages this very white country girl would have given Tina Turner a run for her money dancing along with this game. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKy6xOboDXU2N6flUxXCom57IGd8vAqS3N21gauLXW_rlMlXYhYFo_NWQnaN_WTlZdvVUuzxHUI3n1NrCvNWQatRYatgcKA9LbCfpGuAG6ip7cB0JBBs5Rjo1Km3lnEDxTdgLTMT9RuQuQ/s1600/P1020507.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKy6xOboDXU2N6flUxXCom57IGd8vAqS3N21gauLXW_rlMlXYhYFo_NWQnaN_WTlZdvVUuzxHUI3n1NrCvNWQatRYatgcKA9LbCfpGuAG6ip7cB0JBBs5Rjo1Km3lnEDxTdgLTMT9RuQuQ/s320/P1020507.JPG" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Since I officially don’t have any photos of The Great White Hunter and myself from this past New Years I’m instead going to post a photo of my 1<sup>st</sup> step towards achieving one of my New Years resolutions. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My fabulous husband told me that if I start making my own jewelry he would buy the beads. So, Whala… Here’s one of my first creations, (3) bracelets to match a necklace my friend Emily and I bought while on a fabulous little shopping trip. I know it’s not much, but compared to what I would have spent on a bracelet to match the necklace this was a much better decision. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now to my New Years resolution, I’m hoping to keep getting better and better at this little trade and by the end of the year create my own page on Etsy to sell my creations off of. That’s right Ladies, watch out this former single girl has a new hobby and I’m taking orders today.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Happy New Years!!!</span></div>Katie Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967868282904786326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506663533383073008.post-43262974629900446932010-12-28T16:36:00.000-08:002010-12-28T16:36:56.490-08:00Our 1st Christmas<div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We’ll we officially survived our 1<sup>st</sup> Christmas as husband and wife. It was completely crazy with (3) days of non-stop Holiday jolliness. Instead of boring you with all of the details I’ll give you a quick schedule summary.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Christmas Eve Early Morning – Opened our gifts from Santa. I got an awesome pair of binoculars and a Starbucks gift card.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Christmas Eve Morning – Drop gifts off at dads. This would be the first year I’ve ever missed CE at my dads.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Christmas Eve Late Morning – Drop gifts off for the Schneider kids and chat</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Christmas Eve Early Afternoon – Head to the White’s to meet-up and head east to the Sewald Christmas Eve <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9LycORa7jSFdOPz4LbeoE2dEicI5hQIX-6rjyUcN0QLNpwzBGv1TZNK1bLqV_84bLi-TkEbxMr2sn3mqZSip8HkizKBrBxKLY-P7BHtPPH8vSGLZDooxSTRjnnnLz8Us0RmkxwFAc8dO/s1600/PC240496.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9LycORa7jSFdOPz4LbeoE2dEicI5hQIX-6rjyUcN0QLNpwzBGv1TZNK1bLqV_84bLi-TkEbxMr2sn3mqZSip8HkizKBrBxKLY-P7BHtPPH8vSGLZDooxSTRjnnnLz8Us0RmkxwFAc8dO/s320/PC240496.JPG" width="240" /></a>celebration</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Christmas Eve Night – We attended the Sewald celebration where I took honorable mention with my mud pie, The Great White Hunter got a new pair of gloves in the man gift exchange and I got a scarf (which I took) in the ladies gift exchange.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Christmas Morning – Woke up at the White’s and opened gifts with the entire family. The Great White Hunter and I scored with awesome gift cards. We then ate a quick meal of eggs Benedict prepared by Will’s sister Tanya that were amazing. We all ate enough to make ourselves sick or it could have been the tiny éclairs Deanna had set out.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Christmas Afternoon – Dinner at Cliff and Kathleen’s, The Great White Hunter's aunt & uncle, with the entire family</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Christmas Evening – Dessert and Coffee at my dad’s house.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL_xB7Mg5NrjcT6Ahm1VxU4vKC4z8tD8O2T3n1OvUMhIMZ_NI1zASU_D78z7DTadn7hSNjrdihcff55yvJcGiF1gLjqYbeC2GDlJcqs6lLHSPqN6au7OOJrTNF6Y0k7qpCPMwxblfN0uMN/s1600/PC240498.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL_xB7Mg5NrjcT6Ahm1VxU4vKC4z8tD8O2T3n1OvUMhIMZ_NI1zASU_D78z7DTadn7hSNjrdihcff55yvJcGiF1gLjqYbeC2GDlJcqs6lLHSPqN6au7OOJrTNF6Y0k7qpCPMwxblfN0uMN/s320/PC240498.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Day after Christmas – We went to a Holiday celebration in at my mom’s house with my uncle, my nephew, Scott, Sarah, the kids and Pam. We opened a ton of gifts and ate all day long. Needless to say by the end of this day we were happy we wouldn’t have to eat for a week.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">These two former single people had a pretty crazy Christmas with our new “married” schedule but it was worth getting to spend all of the time with everyone in the family. Happy Holidays!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>Katie Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967868282904786326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506663533383073008.post-58943450092138177382010-12-23T15:07:00.000-08:002010-12-23T15:07:25.325-08:00Santa came early...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrq9DnJQcrlljesfuZ0ZxBBoXdxm1AOc5PpfogEJfRRGlINyDj8PfZsax21FTwcc836Jj2XlgMCTjhPHnW_MarTJyJ_Co0KMYA7MB9jkpubIURHgljuRVmREW8AEdsc-_KgVXXoI2bHpa_/s1600/PC230492.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrq9DnJQcrlljesfuZ0ZxBBoXdxm1AOc5PpfogEJfRRGlINyDj8PfZsax21FTwcc836Jj2XlgMCTjhPHnW_MarTJyJ_Co0KMYA7MB9jkpubIURHgljuRVmREW8AEdsc-_KgVXXoI2bHpa_/s320/PC230492.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>Will was informed today that we need to have kids because our Christmas wrapping is just too nicely done.Katie Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967868282904786326noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506663533383073008.post-51178623019670281452010-12-21T18:24:00.000-08:002010-12-21T18:24:03.065-08:00A Cowboy Christmas Carol<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn7ID2_uUWY2V3K9PGrsqBJvej9DgidaZ5Xotat2tZQGb-Yvy7KExaFx6jcYVmsd-RZ8i2CwzW9VKjFvOh8ZuhaH_h_YSyjXfQm5D8ks1f-dCXC9tHXfLMgwxUtLH3hDpYVdkXFUNxgIaQ/s1600/WebWaddie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn7ID2_uUWY2V3K9PGrsqBJvej9DgidaZ5Xotat2tZQGb-Yvy7KExaFx6jcYVmsd-RZ8i2CwzW9VKjFvOh8ZuhaH_h_YSyjXfQm5D8ks1f-dCXC9tHXfLMgwxUtLH3hDpYVdkXFUNxgIaQ/s1600/WebWaddie.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Last night The Great White Hunter and I along with mom, Pam, Uncle John, Scott, Sarah, Riley, Wesley, Charley, Jack, Linda, Jim and Deanna all went to dinner and then attended <a href="http://www.theatreworkscs.org/Special%20Event/Now%20Playing/NowPlaying.htm">A Cowboy Christmas Carol</a> at UCCS Theater Works. It was presented by Waddie Mitchell a Cowboy poet from Nevada, that reminded me a lot of Baxter Black. The performance took place in a very small theater with not a bad seat in the house. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Waddie began the show by telling stories of his youth, children and wife in an old rhyming fashion. After some hot whiskey and a short intermission he along with (2) other individuals, one a fiddle player, presented a Christmas Carol brought to life by an old cowboy as Ebenezer. It was an amazing performance full of surprises and really funny moments. Even though it was past all of our bed times once the performance had ended everyone had a lot of fun. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizooIpzsVhs0dMZ1FcpEP3l4IyGy6mRjidTbykqC_7wxTKRAZxrOs-n-csJW_ix9JpsvUrPdd6d8e7JFEduIikChDTkQ8GHgjPf_jmG7XWSkV5yOsezW_xRam7CPhXwlk50DUfsmupjqm_/s1600/PC120485.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizooIpzsVhs0dMZ1FcpEP3l4IyGy6mRjidTbykqC_7wxTKRAZxrOs-n-csJW_ix9JpsvUrPdd6d8e7JFEduIikChDTkQ8GHgjPf_jmG7XWSkV5yOsezW_xRam7CPhXwlk50DUfsmupjqm_/s320/PC120485.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>Katie Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967868282904786326noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506663533383073008.post-69130475452466082182010-12-12T18:02:00.000-08:002010-12-12T18:02:42.350-08:00Our 1st Christmas Tree<div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Growing up my family always had (2) Christmas trees. One tree was real and was decorated with handmade lace decorations, babies breathe and sparkling white lights. While the other tree was fake and was thrown up on by all kid oriented Christmas decorations from hand made one of a kind popsicle stick frames to ornaments that had been given to us as we were growing up. When I bought my own home I choose to go the fake route with my Christmas tree and I choose to decorate it with ornaments that my parents had given me each Christmas while I was growing up. The other half of this relationship grew up with all kinds of real Christmas trees, even a yucca plant Christmas tree one year. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When The Great White Hunter purchased his first home he celebrated Christmas by not having a Christmas tree, yes he was the typical bachelor. This year when the holiday season rolled around we decided that we would start and family tradition, cutting down our own tree. Yes, along with the Griswolds we would travel from the city out into the wilderness to find a perfect tree that had a shining light on it while a choir sang Halleluiah in the background. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Side note – due to my pickiness I was informed that this was no longer a family tradition because I take to darn long to choose a tree.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGXtiGMa8AiPGuIdVvxz_1S43JMoFJb_d2fBhBc0bNtpImFuHBBDFYCKn2I5oMxxEWWSiY5s5M8vyRxifaX6TDqCKEeGVhIWJ-OZMwdyjT-scMsmHH5hrSZkMkA51hySQmrUO2eHY84Mjs/s1600/PC110475.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGXtiGMa8AiPGuIdVvxz_1S43JMoFJb_d2fBhBc0bNtpImFuHBBDFYCKn2I5oMxxEWWSiY5s5M8vyRxifaX6TDqCKEeGVhIWJ-OZMwdyjT-scMsmHH5hrSZkMkA51hySQmrUO2eHY84Mjs/s200/PC110475.JPG" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQG4XvXlTr7MuPlMvE8xdv0MIi_jDWh0SpoC2bQWS_hE8lU8m_IuPp3bbP6M4VZCndUPNXH5qQMuFXSs1I6c-cxT9V_K42jV1m7NiK7LwRqlJFgru5QbHfEXN5obo5DuCGKe-TaBQ3IM6k/s1600/PC110467.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQG4XvXlTr7MuPlMvE8xdv0MIi_jDWh0SpoC2bQWS_hE8lU8m_IuPp3bbP6M4VZCndUPNXH5qQMuFXSs1I6c-cxT9V_K42jV1m7NiK7LwRqlJFgru5QbHfEXN5obo5DuCGKe-TaBQ3IM6k/s200/PC110467.JPG" width="150" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We traveled along with my sister and her family north of Calhan to some land that my Brother-In-Law’s family owns. We started the trek around the woods to find (2) perfect Christmas trees. The weather was a bit chilly by lucky unlikely Audrey (from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation) we weren’t frozen from the waist down and all stayed pretty warm. The Maranville family was the 1<sup>st</sup> to find their perfect tree and after a full party search and a couple of maybes Will and I found our perfect tree. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1PdvLmaXWmNSCm6c0cn_pwNAF-KBO7zp3PWb1sA_Wy_nz4wLJ5dGUSyPZVAG5SxgeEk7xDTV2ZFygWqXOu8On1O1ZEov04mSH-yyWZidHCTydl9BzGIaRsVzpIuURokn7PRN8_FwAuM7t/s1600/PC110468.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1PdvLmaXWmNSCm6c0cn_pwNAF-KBO7zp3PWb1sA_Wy_nz4wLJ5dGUSyPZVAG5SxgeEk7xDTV2ZFygWqXOu8On1O1ZEov04mSH-yyWZidHCTydl9BzGIaRsVzpIuURokn7PRN8_FwAuM7t/s200/PC110468.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiSyGMWcIti-OH_OjlQE-6KB7kWSsuew9JTPLHE5EbW2eorafB0tFNctTpTfmACMsc8a0geTFJdTs4JlpJ6higRNt2ze_vdK6WniWGT0HJo1n2tpspv12027oDsve58Za6tEL2_Dp4xuCh/s1600/PC110474.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiSyGMWcIti-OH_OjlQE-6KB7kWSsuew9JTPLHE5EbW2eorafB0tFNctTpTfmACMsc8a0geTFJdTs4JlpJ6higRNt2ze_vdK6WniWGT0HJo1n2tpspv12027oDsve58Za6tEL2_Dp4xuCh/s200/PC110474.JPG" width="150" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When we arrived home with the tree we were pleasantly surprised that it was the perfect height and width and there was no cutting necessary. We decided to get all new decorations (green, gold and red balls) and The Great White Hunter was very excited to use some of his feathers from past hunting trips. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our 1<sup>st</sup> tree is a perfect representation of our new world, the tree like our relationship is not always perfect (Side note – There are no perfect trees randomly placed out in the middle of nowhere) but when we add in the bulbs that are chic and shiny but simple (my two cents) and the feathers from a dead wild animal (The Great White Hunter’s contribution) the tree turns into an amazing piece of Holiday Cheer one that we are both pleased with. </span></div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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