<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19539638</id><updated>2025-06-13T01:55:53.883-07:00</updated><category term="culture"/><category term="hubby"/><category term="life"/><category term="blog meme"/><category term="celebrities"/><category term="web"/><category term="Pepperdine"/><category term="family"/><category term="faith"/><category term="school"/><category term="TV"/><category term="food"/><category term="Politics"/><category term="comics"/><category term="photography"/><category term="friends"/><category term="self-pity"/><category term="prayers"/><category term="movies"/><category term="shopping"/><category term="driving"/><category term="music"/><category term="panic attack blogging"/><category term="ridic"/><category term="Chile"/><category term="japan"/><category term="theolastic fantastic"/><category term="jesus toast"/><category term="open letter"/><category term="blingtarded"/><category term="cancer"/><category term="war"/><category term="captain obvious"/><category term="hair"/><category term="blackberryphotos"/><category term="wordle"/><category term="the girls"/><title type='text'>And this is the wonder that is keeping the stars apart</title><subtitle type='html'>I carry your heart, I carry it in my heart...</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09984493787107930509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK44l5agtCmaN5VKqxOjur-euQh8-wQCD79ybwTnxz3rbFHRbgPWIH07MEGqE1U7nh3VV9qUgGwm7kk7MpfwobjdsMDLESN9soXxh5mxaIxAzq8NUo8opO-mI__5l78o/s220/100_2193b.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>711</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19539638.post-5560649322018520676</id><published>2009-12-05T02:26:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-05T02:42:21.460-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blackberryphotos"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="culture"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="hubby"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="life"/><title type='text'>Pseudo-Thanksgiving Dinner</title><content type='html'>AKA: What Thanksgiving looked like at my house.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dennis went to Chile on Thanksgiving to visit with his daughters, (his oldest graduated from high school *tear*). So we had a thanksgiving-y dinner the night before. I didn&#39;t want to tackle a turkey, because that is toomuchfood but I wanted to do something unusual. I found this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.5dollardinners.com/2009/04/ginger-sweet-potato-chicken-bake.html&quot;&gt;recipe&lt;/a&gt; for a Ginger Sweet Potato Chicken Bake and decided it was fallish enough to work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I started by making some gingerbread cookies. This is special because I never make gingerbread cookies (or cookies at all), but they make ready-made dough for this now! So even people like me who can&#39;t flip a pancake can make a gingerbread cookie! I have ONE cookie cutter in my kitchen, conveniently a snowman. An old Chilean Pisco bottle served as my rolling pin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDIPsTDlpz6bYl-EER5Zm7oDXJfpaC1UQkk-2Yef6qWeOAiZu4JWkp2TD8Yrl5DjcyleMJV8OKrGBVCZJW7LDc_JnoGE-yAN_tbRhMhtgJuNjBx7jg9EqAtFdStPLHpapV5791/s1600-h/GetAttachment.aspx.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDIPsTDlpz6bYl-EER5Zm7oDXJfpaC1UQkk-2Yef6qWeOAiZu4JWkp2TD8Yrl5DjcyleMJV8OKrGBVCZJW7LDc_JnoGE-yAN_tbRhMhtgJuNjBx7jg9EqAtFdStPLHpapV5791/s320/GetAttachment.aspx.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411697576078896226&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I made 12 angry (snow)men! hahahahahaaaaa!!! (and I ate 10 of them!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizEgcqzOm0ZVnTDJhdC1DBIWVg2yeCkVphjqa5G0OQz2cZhYGLsToUsZNi6pcwS3Pg0YAG-Qfz7lMIfbJjXuQ28bIzJZN899SqMSd8Ju3833vOyDITNbsST2dF1J5w3imiwQOA/s1600-h/angrysnowmen.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizEgcqzOm0ZVnTDJhdC1DBIWVg2yeCkVphjqa5G0OQz2cZhYGLsToUsZNi6pcwS3Pg0YAG-Qfz7lMIfbJjXuQ28bIzJZN899SqMSd8Ju3833vOyDITNbsST2dF1J5w3imiwQOA/s320/angrysnowmen.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411697566539893122&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then I followed the recipe. I had to shred the chicken because I didn&#39;t have boneless chicken, so I had to boil chicken, shred it, and then bake it. It was understandably dry. But the sweet potato made up for it. If I did this again, I would add more sweet potato and make sure I had some boneless chicken. Also, my sweet potatoes are clearly sweet potatoes and not YAMS. (Because I hate yams).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjNlt7y3MRN7HfoseAi0FfuKPZANxnKlE5MuKEoaGcxVgsKhAEXekqUM_AC02SsRq8TYXXJ6ry1YSu8HJ0YLQ5m2-NnT3IR7KDHlg5jwOXjeHXD6Ms4CU4UdX9ZEjmGYLO0Cp/s1600-h/chickenyay.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjNlt7y3MRN7HfoseAi0FfuKPZANxnKlE5MuKEoaGcxVgsKhAEXekqUM_AC02SsRq8TYXXJ6ry1YSu8HJ0YLQ5m2-NnT3IR7KDHlg5jwOXjeHXD6Ms4CU4UdX9ZEjmGYLO0Cp/s320/chickenyay.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411697569727031570&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I rolled out the good dishes for this one. Also served: asparagus with lemon juice, pillsbury crescent rolls, and a white wine that was like $2.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDZf2pH3GI_0vtlGf0sQIuoN-ruybWq8qUUp8ZUTSBYDa8q3lHOfUY44vky89_Qb4u7wUZfo87ZfjcMxdlZ00VPJfY99i17rEvxwVV_3rAmUePrUh3uwPALe24Q5LTztFrVxy4/s1600-h/tday09.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDZf2pH3GI_0vtlGf0sQIuoN-ruybWq8qUUp8ZUTSBYDa8q3lHOfUY44vky89_Qb4u7wUZfo87ZfjcMxdlZ00VPJfY99i17rEvxwVV_3rAmUePrUh3uwPALe24Q5LTztFrVxy4/s320/tday09.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411700006456840450&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/feeds/5560649322018520676/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/19539638/5560649322018520676?isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/5560649322018520676'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/5560649322018520676'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/2009/12/pseudo-thanksgiving-dinner.html' title='Pseudo-Thanksgiving Dinner'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09984493787107930509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK44l5agtCmaN5VKqxOjur-euQh8-wQCD79ybwTnxz3rbFHRbgPWIH07MEGqE1U7nh3VV9qUgGwm7kk7MpfwobjdsMDLESN9soXxh5mxaIxAzq8NUo8opO-mI__5l78o/s220/100_2193b.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDIPsTDlpz6bYl-EER5Zm7oDXJfpaC1UQkk-2Yef6qWeOAiZu4JWkp2TD8Yrl5DjcyleMJV8OKrGBVCZJW7LDc_JnoGE-yAN_tbRhMhtgJuNjBx7jg9EqAtFdStPLHpapV5791/s72-c/GetAttachment.aspx.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19539638.post-2113875959426444630</id><published>2009-11-28T01:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-05T02:25:35.229-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blackberryphotos"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="culture"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="food"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="hubby"/><title type='text'>What to do with miso?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTiD9XG5eVkoMr27IM0GyKeH9qCyVaZqdw1O0b8S-G9vXaQ6q4vxxzBr0B6Obu97hK4Z83eGD8mSH89qJNXyTkRHazX_t9YCLm-hyXIZvi8cAbbaTWEchJu295XhyphenhyphenwRJTkCUXw/s1600/misopaste.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTiD9XG5eVkoMr27IM0GyKeH9qCyVaZqdw1O0b8S-G9vXaQ6q4vxxzBr0B6Obu97hK4Z83eGD8mSH89qJNXyTkRHazX_t9YCLm-hyXIZvi8cAbbaTWEchJu295XhyphenhyphenwRJTkCUXw/s320/misopaste.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409083425377598002&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I went to Japan, I admitted that a)it&#39;s hard to find Japanese food where I live and b)I&#39;d love to learn to cook Japanese. Yuko, one of my most favorite readers, gave me a BUNCH of miso paste (they use it mostly in soups). So now I have a bunch of miso paste and no idea how to use it. I think Japanese people probably go through a lot of this stuff, because they eat a lot of miso soup and you can use miso with other things. In an effort to use my own miso, I decided to do a marinade. I felt so very domestic. I got the idea from this &lt;a href=&quot;http://heyjude.typepad.com/blog/2009/03/marinated-miso-chicken-with-pan-sauce.html&quot;&gt;blog post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did this before thanksgiving and it was a hit so I&#39;ve been meaning to post it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First, I thawed some chicken breasts. Then I mixed some paste with a couple of garlic cloves (using the garlic press), a little oil, a little ginger and a splash of Chilean Pisco. I used a butter knife to spread that onto the chicken, which I chilled for an hour. (note the new pump tubing next to my mixing bowl. I needed to do a set change and was trying to cook at the same time.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhehOFL6gsGbowawhJkomb27NznK0W7ta-T9oDxeKTnkZrGaceyDdiW80h_D8HxgrGrmCt6AhwNqFmr7d-1iDVmaGKg2RDLsH_0DhopdeqdZeyURJc9WUC6pc6MunaP4oE2vIDT/s1600/garlicforchicken.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhehOFL6gsGbowawhJkomb27NznK0W7ta-T9oDxeKTnkZrGaceyDdiW80h_D8HxgrGrmCt6AhwNqFmr7d-1iDVmaGKg2RDLsH_0DhopdeqdZeyURJc9WUC6pc6MunaP4oE2vIDT/s320/garlicforchicken.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409083407450136466&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While chilling, I took the time to clean out my diabetes-supply closet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsb3VIBa2rRI9LHqyN_CHk9ALgR6hBi6ZT1vc1UUXghRF923zEdvlzi2BOiftPhOj3DDhxo5Ku3NxvZgRSBq-sHniAQsvvzOrcUjVvLfQWBJHSytObvgOUfEaexo7mvbLOlCcN/s1600/organizedcloset.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsb3VIBa2rRI9LHqyN_CHk9ALgR6hBi6ZT1vc1UUXghRF923zEdvlzi2BOiftPhOj3DDhxo5Ku3NxvZgRSBq-sHniAQsvvzOrcUjVvLfQWBJHSytObvgOUfEaexo7mvbLOlCcN/s320/organizedcloset.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409083521127428786&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are the bunches of old meters that I found that I realized I really needed to throw out. Some of them are so expired that I don&#39;t think I could even donate them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQgsn7vUu6r9SrxnF_vfPbs7yHOQsirCTePB4x97-cwXPcoAW4vdv4TBxGBVfJ6LUkuPTq4tobxczOv2XWoQkbRzuwNUOK1GCqKHIsZmI1J5H-gnuIfBZMtHmmPPvNjcrpmuS/s1600/oldmeters.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQgsn7vUu6r9SrxnF_vfPbs7yHOQsirCTePB4x97-cwXPcoAW4vdv4TBxGBVfJ6LUkuPTq4tobxczOv2XWoQkbRzuwNUOK1GCqKHIsZmI1J5H-gnuIfBZMtHmmPPvNjcrpmuS/s320/oldmeters.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409083428812960226&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I took the miso chicken out and browned it. Super easy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-4c7bD3R3R2Fbc3ciSnf_SL8Tp3BLMbYlLWGxEOGtGS2Jb3dhgk3gt19D7rrhGawoR2q41FUd141UPKdT2tcuzwmm-CEZCfEZ7QkWJaKSlDuYcHIwPiQG8tuav6uGn5rf7ry/s1600/brownedchicken.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-4c7bD3R3R2Fbc3ciSnf_SL8Tp3BLMbYlLWGxEOGtGS2Jb3dhgk3gt19D7rrhGawoR2q41FUd141UPKdT2tcuzwmm-CEZCfEZ7QkWJaKSlDuYcHIwPiQG8tuav6uGn5rf7ry/s320/brownedchicken.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409083410497151570&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And this is what it looked like! It was really good and I will do this again. I had a salad and gave Dennis mashed potatoes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqiSQvpZYexoRsRBYBFpHglkEY_cR5oR_yCOwwlDJuhpPFzeupRKnalN0sZ7doQJzsRzqsaDPlHWh_VOgFO3ZEMSXbzu_ZH5TwWIU_pRv_0od0GtCHUl8c3rD2SwimAtL6AMCF/s1600/finalmisochicken.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqiSQvpZYexoRsRBYBFpHglkEY_cR5oR_yCOwwlDJuhpPFzeupRKnalN0sZ7doQJzsRzqsaDPlHWh_VOgFO3ZEMSXbzu_ZH5TwWIU_pRv_0od0GtCHUl8c3rD2SwimAtL6AMCF/s320/finalmisochicken.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409083421568372658&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style:italic;&quot;&gt;Things that sound more gourmet than they really are&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/feeds/2113875959426444630/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/19539638/2113875959426444630?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/2113875959426444630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/2113875959426444630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/2009/11/what-to-do-with-miso.html' title='What to do with miso?'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09984493787107930509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK44l5agtCmaN5VKqxOjur-euQh8-wQCD79ybwTnxz3rbFHRbgPWIH07MEGqE1U7nh3VV9qUgGwm7kk7MpfwobjdsMDLESN9soXxh5mxaIxAzq8NUo8opO-mI__5l78o/s220/100_2193b.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTiD9XG5eVkoMr27IM0GyKeH9qCyVaZqdw1O0b8S-G9vXaQ6q4vxxzBr0B6Obu97hK4Z83eGD8mSH89qJNXyTkRHazX_t9YCLm-hyXIZvi8cAbbaTWEchJu295XhyphenhyphenwRJTkCUXw/s72-c/misopaste.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19539638.post-6606362673093180377</id><published>2009-11-20T15:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-20T15:34:38.073-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blackberryphotos"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="food"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="hubby"/><title type='text'>Trying to Make A Spanish Tortilla</title><content type='html'>On Wednesday, I decided to make a Spanish Tortilla. I didn&#39;t have any meet thawed and we had a lot of eggs to get rid of. It&#39;s something that we had at a friend&#39;s and I loved the light but filling omelette style.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alas, it was kind of a disaster. I had 6 eggs and 4 big potatoes and I thought I&#39;d use them all, which ended up being my undoing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First, I started by peeling these ginormous pototoes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2gjQlHZvbpWsTFWVZNymE2jfNZWH4930_kqjk4gcyAZU-6glrjpQ2QtptuGy8j2EnsmbwKBVFvHZMR3x2httAbgS11cG3L9v9cycAg4AlKn3liYyeXh5y_rNIfw1JLlVmrY-/s1600/patata1.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2gjQlHZvbpWsTFWVZNymE2jfNZWH4930_kqjk4gcyAZU-6glrjpQ2QtptuGy8j2EnsmbwKBVFvHZMR3x2httAbgS11cG3L9v9cycAg4AlKn3liYyeXh5y_rNIfw1JLlVmrY-/s320/patata1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406328572896172786&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then I sliced them thin. I was supposed to add an onion but only had green onion. It ended up not mattering at all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAfMSyr57trzvy9lk3STEOqEL3w8IuFzwEgIsKjBNMkgucrJZL46L4X_Zlj6c0hi6fC8sQHoFud9KKcv1doIkVhp7J0Tl0c_RArNRVMWuZx0HDbt4gU686ooCNa5k-aivaFpN5/s1600/patata2.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAfMSyr57trzvy9lk3STEOqEL3w8IuFzwEgIsKjBNMkgucrJZL46L4X_Zlj6c0hi6fC8sQHoFud9KKcv1doIkVhp7J0Tl0c_RArNRVMWuZx0HDbt4gU686ooCNa5k-aivaFpN5/s320/patata2.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406328801257515586&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At this point, you have to cook (but not fry) the potatoes until they are very soft.&lt;br /&gt;This took FOREVER. Over an hour. And it never really softened the way I hoped. I watched Glee instead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm00mlHvmG2cIBMw3_L71HB_VMIMFYjxkHmmRKq6raDlubibEa7-xEoqkgI_LmO2ZUI10oTLtgOcyyfJ6K61uoEe991G_EEFNdtguc9jBIa7HnOsApEt7HdDKTri7_L_D23w_m/s1600/glee.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 210px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm00mlHvmG2cIBMw3_L71HB_VMIMFYjxkHmmRKq6raDlubibEa7-xEoqkgI_LmO2ZUI10oTLtgOcyyfJ6K61uoEe991G_EEFNdtguc9jBIa7HnOsApEt7HdDKTri7_L_D23w_m/s320/glee.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406330993136974866&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I got tired of waiting, I turned the heat off. It was time to crack some eggs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt5LSTNhMxPvQ-aemUEVHVWAfsJsH7-vbYiYM3kOHfU5Ye11IiN4CLCSsSa_Pb4xXsyHzAU4XPj0sQTHPVkbHnDY3LDK636GI_mg7BkMaIqocNzdsBp9yRpCuk8c4z08CXeRiE/s1600/patata5.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt5LSTNhMxPvQ-aemUEVHVWAfsJsH7-vbYiYM3kOHfU5Ye11IiN4CLCSsSa_Pb4xXsyHzAU4XPj0sQTHPVkbHnDY3LDK636GI_mg7BkMaIqocNzdsBp9yRpCuk8c4z08CXeRiE/s320/patata5.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406329153261907474&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I poured the potatoes into the eggs. You are supposed to drown the potatoes in the eggs because, I guess, there should be more egg than potato (slightly). I used way too much potato.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, you pour it back into the skillet and it is supposed to fluff out. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMgjulGgIvamhSH-czte_8Llm4XDT2c05omwehnHO6sTi7d7YrOjbeXP6a899r_q3mNn4hah4hfcqYeOFz3QrkS2IR-54LNa_T0puSOFkM1LijdeOsChZx5UGzCXChEv0B7d4/s1600/patata3.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMgjulGgIvamhSH-czte_8Llm4XDT2c05omwehnHO6sTi7d7YrOjbeXP6a899r_q3mNn4hah4hfcqYeOFz3QrkS2IR-54LNa_T0puSOFkM1LijdeOsChZx5UGzCXChEv0B7d4/s320/patata3.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406332494874615826&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After it fluffs out, it&#39;s supposed to be something you can flip. I couldn&#39;t figure out when that was or if it happened at all. It should look like a fritatta but it didn&#39;t really stick. Dennis was the designated flipper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So it ended up being more like a giant hashbrown. It was good and very filling but I ended up using ketchup because it was definitely NOT a Spanish Tortilla. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh well. I will try again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy1u19bKB1R9ErWgA7OmVOh5S16Ei2vWYnlchCTzMjofIk-hrqN6N8_3cs7-bIcjUO3dBEnrCUN37xvA7KgYjdeO8S6uaK-36MbgJH9yf0ITTnOQv4tlDWIsn_hB1qEiaaVOge/s1600/patata4.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy1u19bKB1R9ErWgA7OmVOh5S16Ei2vWYnlchCTzMjofIk-hrqN6N8_3cs7-bIcjUO3dBEnrCUN37xvA7KgYjdeO8S6uaK-36MbgJH9yf0ITTnOQv4tlDWIsn_hB1qEiaaVOge/s320/patata4.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406333160684997938&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/feeds/6606362673093180377/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/19539638/6606362673093180377?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/6606362673093180377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/6606362673093180377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/2009/11/trying-to-make-spanish-tortilla.html' title='Trying to Make A Spanish Tortilla'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09984493787107930509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK44l5agtCmaN5VKqxOjur-euQh8-wQCD79ybwTnxz3rbFHRbgPWIH07MEGqE1U7nh3VV9qUgGwm7kk7MpfwobjdsMDLESN9soXxh5mxaIxAzq8NUo8opO-mI__5l78o/s220/100_2193b.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2gjQlHZvbpWsTFWVZNymE2jfNZWH4930_kqjk4gcyAZU-6glrjpQ2QtptuGy8j2EnsmbwKBVFvHZMR3x2httAbgS11cG3L9v9cycAg4AlKn3liYyeXh5y_rNIfw1JLlVmrY-/s72-c/patata1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19539638.post-467352939443860521</id><published>2009-10-27T20:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-27T22:02:49.845-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blackberryphotos"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="food"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="hubby"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="life"/><title type='text'>So I decided to make some chili.</title><content type='html'>My version of &lt;a href=&quot;http://blondemomblog.com/2008/02/02/because-that-big-football-game-is-on-tomorrow&quot;&gt;Blonde Mom&#39;s&lt;/a&gt; chili. It took FOREVER to make.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDul6b2WtXk_C33tRhw2ENgfRDjc0GbUVf3kd1fSrq22HdENTX9AEeoaJ_knbxfANZqYOxLdPcX-MJJ1x2_jB7OqsL6mTRCycm6mwmKkcT648B55Ps57rwi8LWR8_ChiHPhhaJ/s1600-h/IMG00026.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDul6b2WtXk_C33tRhw2ENgfRDjc0GbUVf3kd1fSrq22HdENTX9AEeoaJ_knbxfANZqYOxLdPcX-MJJ1x2_jB7OqsL6mTRCycm6mwmKkcT648B55Ps57rwi8LWR8_ChiHPhhaJ/s320/IMG00026.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397507295958416882&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Onions, garlic, bell pepper and ground beef browned in my favorite Wolfgang Puck pot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfH96-5pOC-z26Y_ZT9U-ZPfJfkQDx5fq9SazHKITwkzfIVVxpq6pgyQlGgIJs86rscy3n8VSQXX_Gs97tKvCChsUqU9B4UL0HB_O2L0hCGymuryPHQwARyWaqf-ulLGv92E3s/s1600-h/IMG00027.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfH96-5pOC-z26Y_ZT9U-ZPfJfkQDx5fq9SazHKITwkzfIVVxpq6pgyQlGgIJs86rscy3n8VSQXX_Gs97tKvCChsUqU9B4UL0HB_O2L0hCGymuryPHQwARyWaqf-ulLGv92E3s/s320/IMG00027.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397507596589308626&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. I used less onions than the recipe asked for and I STILL used 1 more onion than I usually do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_fX2s_vAir2Ds2b_RORXYSvl3FhLVZ1PIy4I2U7sl4oyjeTDhLAvZ5Z3lRFBiTNkpncv3V6GM23wl_XQ3vn8JWTUwE9PHnUT1tjCkFKZNvHl7gC4eyoKBXuEjfMHuT82mgfJY/s1600-h/IMG00028.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_fX2s_vAir2Ds2b_RORXYSvl3FhLVZ1PIy4I2U7sl4oyjeTDhLAvZ5Z3lRFBiTNkpncv3V6GM23wl_XQ3vn8JWTUwE9PHnUT1tjCkFKZNvHl7gC4eyoKBXuEjfMHuT82mgfJY/s320/IMG00028.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397507867064947842&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. My eyes. After chopping onion. I learned that my blender doesn&#39;t chop onion and cutting an onion underwater is as impossible as it sounds unless you are Ariel. Oh, they burned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifosg8IuoCKhK4poNNkXbii-x6SX404624Zqr07NVjoQAvzNuf09ElaarKL33gCleWAjcTYaQJLtp1ileGolrkvlxfpEROxK6E1NWh00Hsv80aJdOD75oj1bd65tdTTO7dKdGn/s1600-h/IMG00030.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifosg8IuoCKhK4poNNkXbii-x6SX404624Zqr07NVjoQAvzNuf09ElaarKL33gCleWAjcTYaQJLtp1ileGolrkvlxfpEROxK6E1NWh00Hsv80aJdOD75oj1bd65tdTTO7dKdGn/s320/IMG00030.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397508277602903346&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Canned tomatoes, kidney beans, and tomato paste. I used less tomatoes and beans than the recipe called because Dennis hates beans but I think 1 can more would have worked ok. I also learned that tomato paste does expire. (We had 3 cans in the back of the cupboard that were about 6 years old. Which shows you how much I cook.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiar8zxtMFb3PrCT5a34t3cDCrITzf7c7xs2GjQ7ag1TY3_b8e2PiNsfvImcrDG_zlxSAFoExbrHhjTbJox-ASXJ1fSp_s0iiJR_5rYfG0K54xVPvI5At5Le7-AGdQHTsK0eUrz/s1600-h/IMG00031.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiar8zxtMFb3PrCT5a34t3cDCrITzf7c7xs2GjQ7ag1TY3_b8e2PiNsfvImcrDG_zlxSAFoExbrHhjTbJox-ASXJ1fSp_s0iiJR_5rYfG0K54xVPvI5At5Le7-AGdQHTsK0eUrz/s320/IMG00031.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397508752667279650&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. I did follow the suggestion to add 2 cups of beer in place of water. Except that by this time, I didn&#39;t want to bother with measuring two cups. So I poured the whole bottle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj27nZCPrDVOgdEETnseQVFrUyAkwwcg-Z2v10-7SlxGWRb__QnKVwMl1mqqrdYjj-nKMYyjiHC9G0O_PK1OwWdEwz8iCmFCu12fbc_Z3jQdt7lN3nf2tmSbIKclFdQEfA2yGKT/s1600-h/IMG00032.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj27nZCPrDVOgdEETnseQVFrUyAkwwcg-Z2v10-7SlxGWRb__QnKVwMl1mqqrdYjj-nKMYyjiHC9G0O_PK1OwWdEwz8iCmFCu12fbc_Z3jQdt7lN3nf2tmSbIKclFdQEfA2yGKT/s320/IMG00032.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397509084416145426&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. Dennis came to my rescue when I cried with the onions and he also helped me open cans. This is the can opener that we had to borrow from a neighbor because our can opener died. (Our can opener is older than those cans of tomato paste).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdMB3pWmRWQyuYq6BPXk1PsmsecX9QyR3ZnFe1tbYua6jXcjTVDk5xNL76p8iBPOxjNXP2SuhvdDrz8b2qHcGF0Psi1ZtGEc5wxtM79vP0vA7Leqm-lUv5wPpSAHAGLvf_NSFi/s1600-h/IMG00033.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdMB3pWmRWQyuYq6BPXk1PsmsecX9QyR3ZnFe1tbYua6jXcjTVDk5xNL76p8iBPOxjNXP2SuhvdDrz8b2qHcGF0Psi1ZtGEc5wxtM79vP0vA7Leqm-lUv5wPpSAHAGLvf_NSFi/s320/IMG00033.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397509468093430114&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. This was supposed to be Tex-Mex. So I added cilantro to make it California-y. Not a lot though, because I don&#39;t know how to cook with cilantro and my kitchen was smelling very cilantro-y (like soap).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-F6df_y55-uWIwFMUVHA8x6vH4Qn0saek6chZV_MuK1k9n9BP6qh0bXURUkBYs1MAnByvAHvrElhSfhIVYpr8_UUSy3HQnCToe9Dz1oLNylf-TC23ykJTZDpUtM1E7A9KENj/s1600-h/IMG00035.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-F6df_y55-uWIwFMUVHA8x6vH4Qn0saek6chZV_MuK1k9n9BP6qh0bXURUkBYs1MAnByvAHvrElhSfhIVYpr8_UUSy3HQnCToe9Dz1oLNylf-TC23ykJTZDpUtM1E7A9KENj/s320/IMG00035.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397510068687462386&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. The end result was so good. It was a little bit more sweet than spicy but like every other mexican dish I make (tortilla soup, enchiladas, taco lasagna...) I know it will end up being better tomorrow.  I will definitely make this again.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/feeds/467352939443860521/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/19539638/467352939443860521?isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/467352939443860521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/467352939443860521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/2009/10/so-i-decided-to-make-some-chili.html' title='So I decided to make some chili.'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09984493787107930509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK44l5agtCmaN5VKqxOjur-euQh8-wQCD79ybwTnxz3rbFHRbgPWIH07MEGqE1U7nh3VV9qUgGwm7kk7MpfwobjdsMDLESN9soXxh5mxaIxAzq8NUo8opO-mI__5l78o/s220/100_2193b.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDul6b2WtXk_C33tRhw2ENgfRDjc0GbUVf3kd1fSrq22HdENTX9AEeoaJ_knbxfANZqYOxLdPcX-MJJ1x2_jB7OqsL6mTRCycm6mwmKkcT648B55Ps57rwi8LWR8_ChiHPhhaJ/s72-c/IMG00026.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19539638.post-2819086209845192040</id><published>2009-08-21T23:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-21T23:54:28.437-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blackberryphotos"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="culture"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="food"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="hubby"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="japan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="life"/><title type='text'>I can cook Yakisoba</title><content type='html'>After spending two weeks this year and two weeks last year in the company of Japanese women who know how to make a feast out of noodles, a couple of hot dogs, a tomato and some soy sauce (this is a slight exaggeration...) I decided to add Japanese cooking to my very limited menu of things I can cook besides frozen pizza. Tonight was an adventure in making Yakisoba (actually not very hard but definitely Japanese...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It helps that I found soba noodles and yaki sauce mix (it&#39;s pretty much a powder), in my grocery store (look near the tofu!). Soba noodles are cooked yellow noodles that are fat in the beginning and then get thin at the end of the recipe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First:&lt;br /&gt;I cut up some bell pepper, green onion, and this handy mix of cabbage and sprouts that I found in the bagged salad section. I think it&#39;s for things like cole slaw. And now, it&#39;s for things like yakisoba! Anyway, I added just a little oil and started stirring in a regular pot. I don&#39;t have a fancy wok and I didn&#39;t see one in the church I stayed at in Japan so I&#39;m wondering if a wok is even necessary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZHjCBe8TSZe92z4LaSQy7zhpfT7SRZQXszQ0S6vj_x3fgNze_zMvmeZsaLE2ly14S_Q-sypV6RvoPLNXzwG2mkvtcPZDt68rq-Aa3u1bALcy62yg30eR49NNtavAVi7D4_wAh/s1600-h/IMG00494.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZHjCBe8TSZe92z4LaSQy7zhpfT7SRZQXszQ0S6vj_x3fgNze_zMvmeZsaLE2ly14S_Q-sypV6RvoPLNXzwG2mkvtcPZDt68rq-Aa3u1bALcy62yg30eR49NNtavAVi7D4_wAh/s320/IMG00494.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372672831646081730&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A photo of the fancy cooking chop sticks I used to stir the meal. I was pretty proud of this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLqtNSx4NfJT_DkLXN7jRjYBGFv019QDRKo0xu1BPTvjxnaTQ58Z_n_ol3UxmrMWMT0-uJ4UZmwRUXFhpeAs_6irKpoXTCdGomVDcKLvR_xggE4udjEuFJFdGPErGXKxHW_Mlp/s1600-h/IMG00495.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLqtNSx4NfJT_DkLXN7jRjYBGFv019QDRKo0xu1BPTvjxnaTQ58Z_n_ol3UxmrMWMT0-uJ4UZmwRUXFhpeAs_6irKpoXTCdGomVDcKLvR_xggE4udjEuFJFdGPErGXKxHW_Mlp/s320/IMG00495.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372672834413294242&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And then I remembered the beef that I was supposed to cut up and add to the veggie mix! My mentor, Chieko, who taught me how to make this in a different way than the instructions on the soba package, said stir the veggies and meat until the meat is cooked. I think I should add that I did this on medium heat so as not to burn anything.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzH2VuvCy1Tf17_wupd6rs4hsI6nDf9r7lCeylbMm5h9aBNMA2ZOIC3b-pomZJpT2kwLfYr9pX1TdYREhhNSbgNEd8ICYUR5hnvMA6X4rGw6rK41ppWiUYdK_wp03kd-1Bb_bw/s1600-h/IMG00498.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzH2VuvCy1Tf17_wupd6rs4hsI6nDf9r7lCeylbMm5h9aBNMA2ZOIC3b-pomZJpT2kwLfYr9pX1TdYREhhNSbgNEd8ICYUR5hnvMA6X4rGw6rK41ppWiUYdK_wp03kd-1Bb_bw/s320/IMG00498.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372675649805534610&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next I added the soba noodles. The package said to remove the veggies. Chieko said just put the noodles on top. I watched and took notes and decided to do it her way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNal7JelIsZTEgTJAR5rRjqZG6REHF5wwOxcjOBB9C13laFvM4I1JIMrL6MAYwW-r0RoKaRlYysqRlzc_2Da3X5gEFaVA-4uKf538GmdE8gg_I6mNWeBwdWRr2t3eTF0QmNnx/s1600-h/IMG00501.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNal7JelIsZTEgTJAR5rRjqZG6REHF5wwOxcjOBB9C13laFvM4I1JIMrL6MAYwW-r0RoKaRlYysqRlzc_2Da3X5gEFaVA-4uKf538GmdE8gg_I6mNWeBwdWRr2t3eTF0QmNnx/s320/IMG00501.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372676428909053714&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The package of noodles looks like this by the way:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7N9e_O4kbw9gJWMAlK7CevbAvF0BzT548SSBzMaE8FYajG1ZNZ6HqGcrUXSe4gvIzvd7kCr1565d07IoJl-dJHDRvo-sAsmKZFuKR3znY2ZLeuh2zbtLgY5kLz8aYqt7la8V/s1600-h/IMG00499.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7N9e_O4kbw9gJWMAlK7CevbAvF0BzT548SSBzMaE8FYajG1ZNZ6HqGcrUXSe4gvIzvd7kCr1565d07IoJl-dJHDRvo-sAsmKZFuKR3znY2ZLeuh2zbtLgY5kLz8aYqt7la8V/s320/IMG00499.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372672853975392066&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The package said to add the sauce to the noodles with some water. Chieko said to add the mix at the very end. I got excited and added the mix right away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-FfhlCxZDT7N1vghQ9RmKOk8NDrcijI1JXriITJ7OY0WdkSfwqix_TPtgPm3TcIqsjU8croL_csRIhCH2XQfwLsbq7GNHrQd-PEHXYfYoYBSlTmuf4ZBExo3NDgrXUG7j7_vc/s1600-h/IMG00502.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-FfhlCxZDT7N1vghQ9RmKOk8NDrcijI1JXriITJ7OY0WdkSfwqix_TPtgPm3TcIqsjU8croL_csRIhCH2XQfwLsbq7GNHrQd-PEHXYfYoYBSlTmuf4ZBExo3NDgrXUG7j7_vc/s320/IMG00502.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372673018231321458&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, I added 1/2 cup of water, the noodles and the sauce mix. And then I covered and simmered for 5 minutes before stirring to make sure the mix was evenly spread over the noodles and veggies. Note that my pot doesn&#39;t have a lid. I used our pizza tray.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-j2ZVmvZzYtttM8AtN-BWIfoqU1mHbutCmzfD-5mDeLE-8Ny5isA9JACiugFRCerYaTqj206nCR_ooIzZR4IZg9PH2cPtM6JV_p_05lincvW-2QjXexjceiPaFmwoqekbzjD/s1600-h/IMG00503.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-j2ZVmvZzYtttM8AtN-BWIfoqU1mHbutCmzfD-5mDeLE-8Ny5isA9JACiugFRCerYaTqj206nCR_ooIzZR4IZg9PH2cPtM6JV_p_05lincvW-2QjXexjceiPaFmwoqekbzjD/s320/IMG00503.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372673022976895490&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And then I plated it! Dennis said it was pretty good, it was what I expected! (Kind of like a chinese noodle/broccoli beef type flavor except not as greasy as the chinese restaurant noodles and no broccoli.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVdakCvfhLQ5fNt_urggwnxvQbCWmVc5bb8lmSQJgT2ycQNa1VWCJf3Zyos3Owuhop8l4fzOIyWu3Me1SE2crdo596S-4A-Bx3jKTxhxKc_rKdvYj111vYk-eeiVm-UDuuxNSA/s1600-h/IMG00504.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVdakCvfhLQ5fNt_urggwnxvQbCWmVc5bb8lmSQJgT2ycQNa1VWCJf3Zyos3Owuhop8l4fzOIyWu3Me1SE2crdo596S-4A-Bx3jKTxhxKc_rKdvYj111vYk-eeiVm-UDuuxNSA/s320/IMG00504.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372673029348412098&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I count this one as a success!!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/feeds/2819086209845192040/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/19539638/2819086209845192040?isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/2819086209845192040'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/2819086209845192040'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/2009/08/i-can-cook-yakisoba.html' title='I can cook Yakisoba'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09984493787107930509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK44l5agtCmaN5VKqxOjur-euQh8-wQCD79ybwTnxz3rbFHRbgPWIH07MEGqE1U7nh3VV9qUgGwm7kk7MpfwobjdsMDLESN9soXxh5mxaIxAzq8NUo8opO-mI__5l78o/s220/100_2193b.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZHjCBe8TSZe92z4LaSQy7zhpfT7SRZQXszQ0S6vj_x3fgNze_zMvmeZsaLE2ly14S_Q-sypV6RvoPLNXzwG2mkvtcPZDt68rq-Aa3u1bALcy62yg30eR49NNtavAVi7D4_wAh/s72-c/IMG00494.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19539638.post-1588103217524540184</id><published>2009-08-06T08:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-06T08:52:57.415-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="panic attack blogging"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ridic"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="self-pity"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="web"/><title type='text'>geocities closing? WTH?</title><content type='html'>I dont even know why I&#39;m randomly clicking on my geocities sites but I&#39;m kind of thankful I did. Apparently geocities is closing. Which is fine, except that I&#39;m in Japan right now and kind of can&#39;t transfer all of my files. Which I really want to do because I put a lot of work into that, especially the pages for our immigration story and such.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And this means that the website I created for my sister is forever closed and missing. I tried logging in but yahoo can&#39;t find my username. Which makes me really sad. I put a lot of effort into that, especially writing out my thoughts after she died. So I&#39;m really bothered. There&#39;s nothing I can do about it, and I&#39;m really surprised that yahoo didn&#39;t send out emails. I think this makes me want to print out, at the very least, all that I made about Dennis and I, because I had some really special stuff there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope I can get this fixed.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/feeds/1588103217524540184/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/19539638/1588103217524540184?isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/1588103217524540184'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/1588103217524540184'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/2009/08/geocities-closing-wth.html' title='geocities closing? WTH?'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09984493787107930509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK44l5agtCmaN5VKqxOjur-euQh8-wQCD79ybwTnxz3rbFHRbgPWIH07MEGqE1U7nh3VV9qUgGwm7kk7MpfwobjdsMDLESN9soXxh5mxaIxAzq8NUo8opO-mI__5l78o/s220/100_2193b.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19539638.post-4909850195055424055</id><published>2009-07-21T00:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-21T00:47:55.253-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blog meme"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="culture"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="family"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="food"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="hubby"/><title type='text'>10 Favorite Place to Eat.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.yanowhatimean.com/tuesday/&quot;&gt;10 Favorite Places to eat...&lt;/a&gt; in Southern California (mostly in Malibu/101 North of like Universal City but South of Ventura....) because I am in denial about this move.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.roysrestaurant.com/&quot;&gt;Roy&#39;s Hawaiian Fusion&lt;/a&gt;. Dennis took me here for my birthday (Woodland Hills location) because we had a gift card. It was amazing. Amazing. And pricey. And they sent me a card a few days ago saying that they really were happy we went. Me too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oscarslapaz.com/homepage.html&quot;&gt;La Paz&lt;/a&gt;. One of our favorite date night places, they have both pricey and affordable. And the service is usually really great.  I took Dennis here for his last birthday. They brought him a flan and sang happy birthday to &quot;Pancho&quot; &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;(who would be his brother...)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.yelp.com/biz/gaucho-grill-on-woodland-hills-woodland-hills&quot;&gt;Gaucho Grill&lt;/a&gt; in Woodland Hills. We go here for birthdays too. They are the closest we get to Argentine food, which is often the closest we get to Chilean food because I can&#39;t make empanadas. They have good salads and milanesa too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cocosbakery.com/&quot;&gt;Coco&#39;s in Calabasas&lt;/a&gt; I have a lot of memories here even after the prices rose and fall. It&#39;s a great place to go when you don&#39;t want to eat fast food and need a sit down place. We really have had a lot of great meals here and there is this guy- Jose- who is a pretty great waiter. And right now they are having a pretty good promotion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.yelp.com/biz/santa-fe-cafe-calabasas&quot;&gt;Santa Fe Cafe&lt;/a&gt;. Only for the BBQ Chicken Quesadilla. The reason that I love BBQ Sauce. Really. Before I had this Quesadilla, I had convinced myself that I didn&#39;t like BBQ sauce. So good. We don&#39;t go here enough but I love this Quesadilla.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.yelp.com/biz/malibu-seafood-fresh-fish-market-and-patio-cafe-malibu#hrid:dkaEoywW8hEHh-CrMEd7XQ&quot;&gt; Malibu Seafood&lt;/a&gt;. I love that we can go here during the year when the crowds aren&#39;t as big. It&#39;s fresh and glorious and relaxed and you can get a pretty cheap meal as long as you order the fish and chips, which is all we need. The tartar sauce, another sauce I thought I hated.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. &lt;a href=&quot;http://tavernatony.com/&quot;&gt;Taverna Tony&lt;/a&gt;. Oh, this place is so good. It&#39;s another place that is kind of pricey and so we only go for ultra special occasions but the last time we went Dennis ended up dancing with old ladies that used to be belly dancers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.yelp.com/biz/spruzzos-malibu&quot;&gt;Spruzzos&lt;/a&gt;. I&#39;m suprised to see bad reviews for this place on yelp- this place is another place so close to our heart! I think they have pretty good service! And they are NEVER packed. And I like that it&#39;s kind of a hole in the wall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.yamatorestaurants.com/&quot;&gt;Yamato&lt;/a&gt; in Agoura Hills. I love the big portions here and it&#39;s a great place to go for anniversaries and (fake) birthdays.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jackinthebox.com/&quot;&gt;Jack in the Box&lt;/a&gt;. This is all that Dennis eats when I&#39;m out of town. It&#39;s not healthy and you don&#39;t really &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;eat&lt;/span&gt; here when you visit us- we usually get it to go. But we know everyone there by now and I like visiting with he workers. (Exception of the guy who works the late shift. He&#39;s always been a little withdrawn...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;**I could have put La Salsa or McDonalds in this position. We go to those places alot too and know the people at McDonalds in Malibu too. I wish I could list our KFC but sadly the chicken sucks. I wish the one near LAX was better, because I love KFC, but although it might have better chicken, it is always so filthy.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/feeds/4909850195055424055/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/19539638/4909850195055424055?isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/4909850195055424055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/4909850195055424055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/2009/07/10-favorite-place-to-eat.html' title='10 Favorite Place to Eat.'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09984493787107930509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK44l5agtCmaN5VKqxOjur-euQh8-wQCD79ybwTnxz3rbFHRbgPWIH07MEGqE1U7nh3VV9qUgGwm7kk7MpfwobjdsMDLESN9soXxh5mxaIxAzq8NUo8opO-mI__5l78o/s220/100_2193b.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19539638.post-7736241221791731296</id><published>2009-07-06T21:38:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-06T21:44:04.147-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="celebrities"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="culture"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="music"/><title type='text'>Michael Jackson&#39;s Memorial Service- We aren&#39;t invited</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQHDsgz1jZA5HXDyU9lSKcaxPkb4It-_YeE3FZI3WUZHvPQ8Ji0RYNZ4VBqtgY4cBgznBA_qsgHLKGsidcKryouDKCzMSMeIMjU3pwCQGb9wDsiC0jjaLvdhUrwE8hbLkV6N4Q/s1600-h/mjfuneral.GIF&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQHDsgz1jZA5HXDyU9lSKcaxPkb4It-_YeE3FZI3WUZHvPQ8Ji0RYNZ4VBqtgY4cBgznBA_qsgHLKGsidcKryouDKCzMSMeIMjU3pwCQGb9wDsiC0jjaLvdhUrwE8hbLkV6N4Q/s400/mjfuneral.GIF&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355574369096035522&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We kind of wanted to go, because we live so close and because we both know that this is going to be a huge deal and we would have loved to say to future generations that we were there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I will say &quot;okay but it is also strange and morbid to enter a raffle to go to someone&#39;s funeral.&quot; (and then I remember the strange relationship that Michael Jackson had with the public and this kind of also makes sense.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So we aren&#39;t going but we are really really close to the whole circus.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/feeds/7736241221791731296/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/19539638/7736241221791731296?isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/7736241221791731296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/7736241221791731296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/2009/07/michael-jacksons-memorial-service-we.html' title='Michael Jackson&#39;s Memorial Service- We aren&#39;t invited'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09984493787107930509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK44l5agtCmaN5VKqxOjur-euQh8-wQCD79ybwTnxz3rbFHRbgPWIH07MEGqE1U7nh3VV9qUgGwm7kk7MpfwobjdsMDLESN9soXxh5mxaIxAzq8NUo8opO-mI__5l78o/s220/100_2193b.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQHDsgz1jZA5HXDyU9lSKcaxPkb4It-_YeE3FZI3WUZHvPQ8Ji0RYNZ4VBqtgY4cBgznBA_qsgHLKGsidcKryouDKCzMSMeIMjU3pwCQGb9wDsiC0jjaLvdhUrwE8hbLkV6N4Q/s72-c/mjfuneral.GIF" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19539638.post-2063697995572186229</id><published>2009-06-28T00:38:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-28T00:54:37.507-07:00</updated><title type='text'>airport stress</title><content type='html'>AKA one more reason why I love my blackberry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am an absentminded idiot sometimes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can&#39;t find my mp3 player and in all the drama looking for it, buying a cheap one at radio shack that immediately doesn&#39;t work, and then finding a discman... I forgot about ID.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have ID but my ticket is in my maiden name (I used my passport as ID until I got my license, like 2 years ago and my passport still uses my maiden name because we didn&#39;t want to buy a new Chilean visa when the current one is still valid.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So the guy at security let me go after making me feel pretty guilty for being married 6 years but still flying domestically under my married name. I agree- I think it went to my maiden name by default when I put my miles card in the system, when I bought the ticket.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was thinking I&#39;d have more trouble then I did. The guy at the check in counter basically reissued the tickets for my entire trip to match my driver&#39;s license. I&#39;m thrilled with the outcome and can say that THIS American Airlines representative was helpful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also forgot my car insurance proof, which is only important because I&#39;m driving a rental car with my aunt in Wisconsin. Dennis is sending a scan to my email. He is the best husband ever. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did I mention I&#39;m going to Wisconsin for a family reunion? (on my mom&#39;s father&#39;s side) its funny because no one in my family is from Wisconsin. Expect constant updates from twitter.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/feeds/2063697995572186229/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/19539638/2063697995572186229?isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/2063697995572186229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/2063697995572186229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/2009/06/airport-stress.html' title='airport stress'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09984493787107930509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK44l5agtCmaN5VKqxOjur-euQh8-wQCD79ybwTnxz3rbFHRbgPWIH07MEGqE1U7nh3VV9qUgGwm7kk7MpfwobjdsMDLESN9soXxh5mxaIxAzq8NUo8opO-mI__5l78o/s220/100_2193b.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19539638.post-8785339237905589212</id><published>2009-06-26T23:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-27T00:03:34.937-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blackberryphotos"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blingtarded"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="culture"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="hair"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="hubby"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="photography"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ridic"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="shopping"/><title type='text'>Friday afternoon in Beverly Hills</title><content type='html'>So we&#39;ve been here in So Cal as a married couple since 2003 (I lived here before but didn&#39;t ever do anything interesting so my tourist-y life starts with Dennis). And it took us that long to go to Beverly Hills. I think we wouldn&#39;t have even gone but Dennis has a friend from the bank who wanted to do our hair and it was something we couldn&#39;t pass up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We felt like huge tourists. And I felt like I was in the movie &quot;Pretty Woman&quot; (as an extra...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs083.snc1/5023_553741740036_8502877_32719638_5880214_n.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 604px; height: 482px;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs083.snc1/5023_553741740036_8502877_32719638_5880214_n.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a red-carpet event with photogs and security... For what looked like Hennessy. The alcohol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v652/210/40/8502877/n8502877_32719639_3048877.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 384px;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v652/210/40/8502877/n8502877_32719639_3048877.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At Tiffany&#39;s (well at the doorway...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs103.snc1/5023_553742214086_8502877_32719674_5359861_n.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 604px; height: 482px;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs103.snc1/5023_553742214086_8502877_32719674_5359861_n.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As close as I&#39;ll ever get...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs083.snc1/5023_553742024466_8502877_32719666_5883332_n.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 604px; height: 482px;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs083.snc1/5023_553742024466_8502877_32719666_5883332_n.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Beverly Drive, right before we went to the Gap (which I know we could have found anywhere but they were having a good sale on jeans...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs103.snc1/5023_553741819876_8502877_32719640_4617464_n.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 604px; height: 482px;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs103.snc1/5023_553741819876_8502877_32719640_4617464_n.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dennis on the corner of Wilshire and Rodeo :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs083.snc1/5023_553742054406_8502877_32719667_5441118_n.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 604px;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs083.snc1/5023_553742054406_8502877_32719667_5441118_n.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dennis in front of this mega- Rodeo Sign that I kept zooming in on...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs103.snc1/5023_553742099316_8502877_32719668_2979613_n.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 604px; height: 482px;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs103.snc1/5023_553742099316_8502877_32719668_2979613_n.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zooom&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs103.snc1/5023_553742114286_8502877_32719669_5314845_n.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 192px;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs103.snc1/5023_553742114286_8502877_32719669_5314845_n.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zoom back out...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs083.snc1/5023_553742164186_8502877_32719673_1864793_n.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 384px;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs083.snc1/5023_553742164186_8502877_32719673_1864793_n.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wait- What in the world is the woman behind me doing? Is she a mime?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs103.snc1/5023_553741849816_8502877_32719641_7341019_n.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 604px; height: 482px;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs103.snc1/5023_553741849816_8502877_32719641_7341019_n.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dennis wanted to have a photo here too...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs103.snc1/5023_553741874766_8502877_32719642_6207079_n.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 604px; height: 482px;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs103.snc1/5023_553741874766_8502877_32719642_6207079_n.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hahahahaa! I was sucking my tummy in super hard for this shot and Dennis didn&#39;t even get my whole body!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs103.snc1/5023_553742283946_8502877_32719675_5053266_n.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 604px; height: 482px;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs103.snc1/5023_553742283946_8502877_32719675_5053266_n.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And we ended up missing the evening traffic on the 405 so it was a nice evening! (I can&#39;t say we had anything glamorous for dinner- we had McDonald&#39;s, which ended up upsetting both of our tummies).</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/feeds/8785339237905589212/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/19539638/8785339237905589212?isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/8785339237905589212'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/8785339237905589212'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/2009/06/friday-afternoon-in-beverly-hills.html' title='Friday afternoon in Beverly Hills'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09984493787107930509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK44l5agtCmaN5VKqxOjur-euQh8-wQCD79ybwTnxz3rbFHRbgPWIH07MEGqE1U7nh3VV9qUgGwm7kk7MpfwobjdsMDLESN9soXxh5mxaIxAzq8NUo8opO-mI__5l78o/s220/100_2193b.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19539638.post-43848688894256081</id><published>2009-06-25T22:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-25T22:42:27.287-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="captain obvious"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="celebrities"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Chile"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="culture"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="hubby"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="music"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ridic"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="TV"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="web"/><title type='text'>What I&#39;m thinking about now...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs083.snc1/5023_553675517746_8502877_32716363_1118715_n.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 604px; height: 482px;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs083.snc1/5023_553675517746_8502877_32716363_1118715_n.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. I think it is adorable that my husband toasted a tortilla in our toaster oven because we didn&#39;t have tortilla chips for dinner tonight (I ate them in yet another mindless example of how I am incapable of following a truly diabetic diet...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. I&#39;m going to Wisconsin this weekend with my Aunt, for a family reunion. I need to get some photos printed to show our family. Should I bring my bathing suit. Should I check in some luggage? I wouldn&#39;t except that I hate the rules about liquids. I don&#39;t even wear makeup, but I don&#39;t want to stress out about whether or not I can put it in a carry on. I just hate that you have to pay a ridiculous amount of money for carry-ons now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Which reminds me that I need to find my mp3 charger...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. I&#39;m getting obsessed with &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/mrscalderon&quot;&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;People who read this blog know I&#39;ve had twitter for awhile (I got it after I saw it on &lt;a href=&quot;http://forevertulip.com/&quot;&gt;Cindy&#39;s Blog&lt;/a&gt;) but the days pop culture events revised my twitter interest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.terra.cl/musica/index.cfm?id_cat=115&amp;amp;id_reg=1206423&quot;&gt;Chilean News article&lt;/a&gt; about Michael Jackson. My aunt and I talked about it earlier this evening- we weren&#39;t &quot;shocked&quot;, just sad for his family.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/feeds/43848688894256081/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/19539638/43848688894256081?isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/43848688894256081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/43848688894256081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/2009/06/what-im-thinking-about-now.html' title='What I&#39;m thinking about now...'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09984493787107930509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK44l5agtCmaN5VKqxOjur-euQh8-wQCD79ybwTnxz3rbFHRbgPWIH07MEGqE1U7nh3VV9qUgGwm7kk7MpfwobjdsMDLESN9soXxh5mxaIxAzq8NUo8opO-mI__5l78o/s220/100_2193b.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19539638.post-909342529759241717</id><published>2009-06-24T01:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-24T01:34:15.170-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="culture"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="life"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="panic attack blogging"/><title type='text'>High School Reunion</title><content type='html'>I just got a notice about my ten year high school reunion. Already?? Has ten years already gone by? Were did those years go? (most of them were spent married and all were spent in school, actually). I don&#39;t know if I will be able to go to my reunion- I don&#39;t think I will be in town. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;m not against going, in theory. I have a pretty good marriage and I&#39;m pretty impressed with my scholastic endeavors. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think any reservations I have about attending are because I don&#39;t want to see certain people I&#39;ve spent ten years forgetting about. More than people, there are feelings (like feelings of inadequacy) that I want to forget about. High school sucked. Maybe in ten more years... (Plus, hello, they have facebook and myspace so if anyone wants to know what I&#39;ve been doing all they have to do is google me.)</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/feeds/909342529759241717/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/19539638/909342529759241717?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/909342529759241717'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/909342529759241717'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/2009/06/high-school-reunion.html' title='High School Reunion'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09984493787107930509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK44l5agtCmaN5VKqxOjur-euQh8-wQCD79ybwTnxz3rbFHRbgPWIH07MEGqE1U7nh3VV9qUgGwm7kk7MpfwobjdsMDLESN9soXxh5mxaIxAzq8NUo8opO-mI__5l78o/s220/100_2193b.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19539638.post-8677685487098646687</id><published>2009-06-22T22:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-22T22:47:06.742-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="culture"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="faith"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="family"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="hubby"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="life"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="prayers"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ridic"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="the girls"/><title type='text'>Some news!</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src=&quot;http://media.godashboard.com/swh/FLORIDA-MONTAGE_THUMBNAIL.JPG&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are moving to Florida at the end of the year!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dennis is accepting a job at a university in Fort Lauderdale, so we are planning a move to Florida in December/early January after I finish classes! So we are moving from one coast to the other! (Hallelujah, he&#39;s got a job!!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I need to get rid of almost all that we have, because apparently it is ridiculously expensive to move things and we don&#39;t have a whole lot that&#39;s worth anything so I think I may be having adventures in craigslisting soon. (Seriously, it&#39;s like $4000 to move a two bedroom apartment from one side of the country to the other. Ridiculous).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I first found out that we were moving, I was more afraid of the alligators and bugs than the hurricanes. I&#39;m still worried about the wildlife but I&#39;m glad we are moving to a warm climate. And it&#39;s cheaper to get flights to/from Chile to Miami then to Los Angeles so hopefully this means we can invite the girls out and even Dennis&#39;s mom.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/feeds/8677685487098646687/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/19539638/8677685487098646687?isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/8677685487098646687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/8677685487098646687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/2009/06/some-news.html' title='Some news!'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09984493787107930509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK44l5agtCmaN5VKqxOjur-euQh8-wQCD79ybwTnxz3rbFHRbgPWIH07MEGqE1U7nh3VV9qUgGwm7kk7MpfwobjdsMDLESN9soXxh5mxaIxAzq8NUo8opO-mI__5l78o/s220/100_2193b.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19539638.post-2404637517995699246</id><published>2009-06-02T23:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-02T23:55:51.082-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="family"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="life"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="web"/><title type='text'>Surreality via googling my name.</title><content type='html'>So I googled my name. This is a legit activity because I realize that other people (i.e. future employers) might also google my name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was relieved to find that there isn&#39;t much aside from links to my twitter account. But I did think it was strange to find this article &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thesavvygal.com/articles/2007/04/23/movers_and_shakers/19movershaker.txt&quot;&gt;about my sister&lt;/a&gt;. I don&#39;t even know how they got quotes from me about my sister&#39;s death but I am glad that they noted how important it was to me that she died because of a drunk driver. I guess the bizarre-factor is that an article was written and I was quoted without my knowledge. In 2007!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/feeds/2404637517995699246/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/19539638/2404637517995699246?isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/2404637517995699246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/2404637517995699246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/2009/06/surreality-via-googling-my-name.html' title='Surreality via googling my name.'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09984493787107930509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK44l5agtCmaN5VKqxOjur-euQh8-wQCD79ybwTnxz3rbFHRbgPWIH07MEGqE1U7nh3VV9qUgGwm7kk7MpfwobjdsMDLESN9soXxh5mxaIxAzq8NUo8opO-mI__5l78o/s220/100_2193b.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19539638.post-7777650167209067936</id><published>2009-05-30T01:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-30T01:30:28.632-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="culture"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="japan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="life"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="photography"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="web"/><title type='text'>Anticipating Summer Photos...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvQGN5qUJ3NG2MdZd1lSFGjPd5gz0fXeKGtQSEX197H5-Jzfr2WGPGgU-FeutZppU_07YxhaWuew5A7obOiD8zBEdys1baq7STH0zAnH0WiWkDDDrX1jkYFKN9Sllx0wI4RZw8/s1600-h/Befunky+Artwork.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 274px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvQGN5qUJ3NG2MdZd1lSFGjPd5gz0fXeKGtQSEX197H5-Jzfr2WGPGgU-FeutZppU_07YxhaWuew5A7obOiD8zBEdys1baq7STH0zAnH0WiWkDDDrX1jkYFKN9Sllx0wI4RZw8/s320/Befunky+Artwork.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341531478896096242&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirwEyxSxI0LgAZZXK16xPx6Ou1NoqNIqWtBzbZm_WNkSeGpzxHkYtcQkz8zvCouRNhOCC4WeKC178gknld5bSUf9N2bK1XbPWASjunOUjrZGmynJkvEXjYDLRvuGb1lNXgK2IV/s1600-h/oldphoto(3).jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirwEyxSxI0LgAZZXK16xPx6Ou1NoqNIqWtBzbZm_WNkSeGpzxHkYtcQkz8zvCouRNhOCC4WeKC178gknld5bSUf9N2bK1XbPWASjunOUjrZGmynJkvEXjYDLRvuGb1lNXgK2IV/s320/oldphoto(3).jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341530758270699762&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxs17lc6moQBipnp5y-JbFC4A4QJXaQL46Dx16fB071lbS-4KCv8NspAzWN0U9Ea1v8JVBdL4aVEQCCXBmvVu-ABrUdCxRxSrIvcG9zorasoufvoarxEBbHANGIPQu8qdShDxN/s1600-h/oldphoto(2).jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxs17lc6moQBipnp5y-JbFC4A4QJXaQL46Dx16fB071lbS-4KCv8NspAzWN0U9Ea1v8JVBdL4aVEQCCXBmvVu-ABrUdCxRxSrIvcG9zorasoufvoarxEBbHANGIPQu8qdShDxN/s320/oldphoto(2).jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341530755713483154&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwAD44zldeA3D4VTQeh9s7dJ3Nbvb9XOCF1JRq3Bhm16ZHNlHz3M0jZewPAvIwsyr5Gir47y2tLIEG2zuP9i9FzckoWdEPmxkGgbiqrI5MKoBnSK-CEIF96BGI7_roXh5Oiqhm/s1600-h/oldphoto.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwAD44zldeA3D4VTQeh9s7dJ3Nbvb9XOCF1JRq3Bhm16ZHNlHz3M0jZewPAvIwsyr5Gir47y2tLIEG2zuP9i9FzckoWdEPmxkGgbiqrI5MKoBnSK-CEIF96BGI7_roXh5Oiqhm/s320/oldphoto.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341530747912820978&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;check out &lt;a href=&quot;http://befunky.com/&quot;&gt;Be Funky&lt;/a&gt; for some fun ways to mess with photos and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://labs.wanokoto.jp/olds&quot;&gt; This page&lt;/a&gt; to make photos look old (Japanese site with an english-translation option).</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/feeds/7777650167209067936/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/19539638/7777650167209067936?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/7777650167209067936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/7777650167209067936'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/2009/05/anticipating-summer-photos.html' title='Anticipating Summer Photos...'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09984493787107930509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK44l5agtCmaN5VKqxOjur-euQh8-wQCD79ybwTnxz3rbFHRbgPWIH07MEGqE1U7nh3VV9qUgGwm7kk7MpfwobjdsMDLESN9soXxh5mxaIxAzq8NUo8opO-mI__5l78o/s220/100_2193b.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvQGN5qUJ3NG2MdZd1lSFGjPd5gz0fXeKGtQSEX197H5-Jzfr2WGPGgU-FeutZppU_07YxhaWuew5A7obOiD8zBEdys1baq7STH0zAnH0WiWkDDDrX1jkYFKN9Sllx0wI4RZw8/s72-c/Befunky+Artwork.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19539638.post-6525798334565813288</id><published>2009-05-21T20:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-21T20:04:25.891-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="culture"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="food"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="shopping"/><title type='text'>I love this candy.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtGloVj09Ao4fDFfsfyRHhBPGnHN3UIDZPm3OYwWObs2Fx_vLr7TssEgYJpIttQUOlQknPV-llYtIfLOZ6BveN1zLqnOS2DIgrK9wcMArFjZq6TYNkQdbEiWMwrNbu9S2tENI9/s1600-h/IMG00222.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtGloVj09Ao4fDFfsfyRHhBPGnHN3UIDZPm3OYwWObs2Fx_vLr7TssEgYJpIttQUOlQknPV-llYtIfLOZ6BveN1zLqnOS2DIgrK9wcMArFjZq6TYNkQdbEiWMwrNbu9S2tENI9/s320/IMG00222.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338478759341240114&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&#39;s a green tea flavored candy- not a hard candy that you suck on but not super chewy either. It&#39;s just amazing. My Chinese friend gave me 3 bags and I have one and a half left. I love this candy and would love to buy it somewhere. But where? Where oh where can I find this candy?</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/feeds/6525798334565813288/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/19539638/6525798334565813288?isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/6525798334565813288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/6525798334565813288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/2009/05/i-love-this-candy.html' title='I love this candy.'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09984493787107930509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK44l5agtCmaN5VKqxOjur-euQh8-wQCD79ybwTnxz3rbFHRbgPWIH07MEGqE1U7nh3VV9qUgGwm7kk7MpfwobjdsMDLESN9soXxh5mxaIxAzq8NUo8opO-mI__5l78o/s220/100_2193b.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtGloVj09Ao4fDFfsfyRHhBPGnHN3UIDZPm3OYwWObs2Fx_vLr7TssEgYJpIttQUOlQknPV-llYtIfLOZ6BveN1zLqnOS2DIgrK9wcMArFjZq6TYNkQdbEiWMwrNbu9S2tENI9/s72-c/IMG00222.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19539638.post-5478832150898504507</id><published>2009-05-21T00:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-21T00:21:31.686-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blingtarded"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="captain obvious"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="celebrities"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="culture"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="music"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ridic"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="TV"/><title type='text'>neither have talent.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgefaXq6IDNCNAtmdqZLlr9zyI9JWPJMMG1ozP8unqQMuEhCxHMnKTkCiDI3LkyI-f0LuHmEDAO74RUhqcxIwCEbBuy1dKHUXyt_ng18bFD1i6FmiVdLlKnuMnPVabW39gmHrvO/s1600-h/12_kara_bikini_girl.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgefaXq6IDNCNAtmdqZLlr9zyI9JWPJMMG1ozP8unqQMuEhCxHMnKTkCiDI3LkyI-f0LuHmEDAO74RUhqcxIwCEbBuy1dKHUXyt_ng18bFD1i6FmiVdLlKnuMnPVabW39gmHrvO/s320/12_kara_bikini_girl.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338173836439767890&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;okay. sometimes what kara said was helpful during the season. but srsly, the show didn&#39;t need her.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/feeds/5478832150898504507/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/19539638/5478832150898504507?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/5478832150898504507'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/5478832150898504507'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/2009/05/neither-have-talent.html' title='neither have talent.'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09984493787107930509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK44l5agtCmaN5VKqxOjur-euQh8-wQCD79ybwTnxz3rbFHRbgPWIH07MEGqE1U7nh3VV9qUgGwm7kk7MpfwobjdsMDLESN9soXxh5mxaIxAzq8NUo8opO-mI__5l78o/s220/100_2193b.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgefaXq6IDNCNAtmdqZLlr9zyI9JWPJMMG1ozP8unqQMuEhCxHMnKTkCiDI3LkyI-f0LuHmEDAO74RUhqcxIwCEbBuy1dKHUXyt_ng18bFD1i6FmiVdLlKnuMnPVabW39gmHrvO/s72-c/12_kara_bikini_girl.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19539638.post-9121758043575811552</id><published>2009-05-20T23:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-21T00:10:09.328-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="celebrities"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="culture"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="music"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="TV"/><title type='text'>So. American Idol was tonight.</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.mtv.com/shared/promoimages/news/a/american_idol/final_show_wed/allen/alt_2/281x211.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In case you were under a rock.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last year, I had time to &lt;a href=&quot;http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/2008/05/live-blogging-american-idol-finale.html&quot;&gt;live blog&lt;/a&gt; the American Idol finale and thought Archuletta was going to win until oh snap! David Cook totally won!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And then I heard David Cook on the radio a few times and then totally didn&#39;t ever really buy his album or anything.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year was the first year that my husband and I actually watched AI from beginning to end. Cause there was nothing else on. I liked both of the final 2 guys but in the end, just felt like Glambert was too &quot;jazz hands&quot; meets &quot;glam rock hair band&quot;. The dude can sing. He can hit notes that I will never in my life hit, and he has skill. And he is perfectly suited for a Vegas show.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But Kris Allen totally deserved it, if only for his easy appeal. Come on, people. He totally is like every other guy you hear all the time on the radio. And I know that isn&#39;t necessarily innovative or anything but if it&#39;s already on the radio, it means that people like me (aka the masses) are more likely to buy it. And he did have some great covers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, almost 2 hours later, I&#39;m obviously not live blogging this. But I thought I should keep the tradition alive by at least saying &quot;WTG America for voting for the dude who we actually will probably hear on the radio maybe&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Small complaints:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-don&#39;t make the entire idol cast wear white ever again. it is not a good color for anyone. I can&#39;t find a screen cap/photo so let&#39;s see how long this youtube vid of poor quality stays up...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;425&quot; height=&quot;344&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/dIOWPoUzWWs&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/dIOWPoUzWWs&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; width=&quot;425&quot; height=&quot;344&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-don&#39;t let Kara back. That song was lame and the bikini girl showdown was lame.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.mtv.com/news/photos/a/american_idol/09/live_perfs/finale_show/12_kara_bikini_girl.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Okay. Now time for bed. Sorry Adam Lambert fans.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/feeds/9121758043575811552/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/19539638/9121758043575811552?isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/9121758043575811552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/9121758043575811552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/2009/05/so-american-idol-was-tonight.html' title='So. American Idol was tonight.'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09984493787107930509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK44l5agtCmaN5VKqxOjur-euQh8-wQCD79ybwTnxz3rbFHRbgPWIH07MEGqE1U7nh3VV9qUgGwm7kk7MpfwobjdsMDLESN9soXxh5mxaIxAzq8NUo8opO-mI__5l78o/s220/100_2193b.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19539638.post-6204093741387226810</id><published>2009-05-19T23:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-19T23:42:04.718-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="culture"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="friends"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="hubby"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="life"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ridic"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="TV"/><title type='text'>It&#39;s about cheese.</title><content type='html'>I love being a hostess and having guests over, but I have learned that I am territorial and immature the longer I have guests over. The last time that we had guests, I secretly freaked out when one of our guests used one of my brand new glasses for soda (one of two novelty glasses purchased at the Coca Cola store in Las Vegas). She had lipstick on and the glasses were brand new. I nearly wigged out because I wanted to be the first one to use the stupid glass.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&#39;s like this: I &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;say&lt;/span&gt; &quot;Make yourself at home&quot; and I think &quot;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;no, but not really...&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So we have this guy visiting from Chile. It&#39;s important to me to be a good hostess, because I do care. But Dennis and I are both busy and our guest knows that we aren&#39;t going to be cleaning/cooking/entertaining much. Which is cool as our guest is not as much here for tourism as much as he is looking for prospects for when he moves to So Cal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He&#39;s a guest. But he is making himself at home. And Dennis and I are slowly turning into Angie Tempura.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&#39;s about cheese. We bought some expensive cheese tonight because we had an awesome coupon for it. And after I put it in the fridge, I realized I would have to share it. Because we are not going to hide cheese from our guest. But at the realization that I must share, I nearly lost my sh#t.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&#39;s not just about cheese. I mean, last night he delighted in telling me that Jimmy Fallon is doing cocaine because he has bags under his eyes and he can&#39;t tell jokes without laughing.  Because those are 100% tell-tale signs. I don&#39;t even care about the celebrity part, just the smug &quot;you know you are a loser for laughing at the jokes of a drug addict&quot; tossing of information my way. I prefer to be ignorant, thanks.&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or it&#39;s about how he asked me if he could help me cook dinner as I loaded three baked potatoes into the oven and then told Dennis &quot;I can&#39;t eat potatoes. I have a glandular problem&quot;. Dude, why couldn&#39;t you have said that before you watched me load three potatoes in the oven? There are only three of us in my apartment. And why are you eating french fries in the biggest possible size at every restaurant we&#39;ve taken you to then?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or it&#39;s about how you made my husband drive around to fix our other car so you&#39;d have a car to drive around and then you called yesterday from Hollywood and said you took a cab. You drove the car to Hollywood. And then hailed a cab to some place. And then drove home. I don&#39;t know why you needed a cab if you have our car, but I&#39;m annoyed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;512&quot; height=&quot;296&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.hulu.com/embed/fYk0sQfr6mT4-npEj2q1vg&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.hulu.com/embed/fYk0sQfr6mT4-npEj2q1vg&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; width=&quot;512&quot; height=&quot;296&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I really like certain aspects of having guests. I really do. And this guy, now that he has one of our cars, has made himself scarce. I cannot be the only one who regresses to a 2 year old when people come over.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/feeds/6204093741387226810/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/19539638/6204093741387226810?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/6204093741387226810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/6204093741387226810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/2009/05/its-about-cheese.html' title='It&#39;s about cheese.'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09984493787107930509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK44l5agtCmaN5VKqxOjur-euQh8-wQCD79ybwTnxz3rbFHRbgPWIH07MEGqE1U7nh3VV9qUgGwm7kk7MpfwobjdsMDLESN9soXxh5mxaIxAzq8NUo8opO-mI__5l78o/s220/100_2193b.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19539638.post-6913245482889095735</id><published>2009-05-18T22:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-18T23:17:49.517-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blog meme"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Chile"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="culture"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="food"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="japan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="shopping"/><title type='text'>10 Favorite Cities (that I&#39;ve really been to)</title><content type='html'>I have some vents but I really want to blog positive so I think I&#39;ll put those in another post.&lt;br /&gt;Instead, a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.yanowhatimean.com/tuesday/&quot;&gt;blog meme&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10 Favorite Cities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Santiago, Chile. Obvs. beautiful skyline and you don&#39;t have to own a car to live.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://espanol.findoutsantiago.cl/UserFiles/Image/Santiago.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Los Angeles. Also obvs. I actually miss the rudeness when I&#39;ve been gone too long.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://api.ning.com/files/tMKw7pCeYATEE5mz-axmSaFlyE*q7SweVJ4sksgX794_/laskylinech1.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Vegas. We got married here. It&#39;s a pretty neat place in small doses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOS5Jr7_RKpQllnih63pJcb2bAUcEaxxDumUWoQ4vdLI5CIc_MA6hxgrA58JprN4uzKO2lDp_BIt7GiKn68ItJcSAcjUngnhi7sY6lS8et0_yrbqsRCQkW0Z_nJVZhMlQf8su8/s1600-h/Picture+435.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOS5Jr7_RKpQllnih63pJcb2bAUcEaxxDumUWoQ4vdLI5CIc_MA6hxgrA58JprN4uzKO2lDp_BIt7GiKn68ItJcSAcjUngnhi7sY6lS8et0_yrbqsRCQkW0Z_nJVZhMlQf8su8/s320/Picture+435.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337406893171013330&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Rio de Janeiro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.cs.nyu.edu/overton/genearoundtheworld/rio.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;awesome shopping, cheap, people walking around comfortable wearing bathing suits when they normally wouldn&#39;t.... people in Rio are generally super nice, even when they are robbing you. (I&#39;ve never been robbed in Rio, note).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Hachinohe, Japan. The only Japanese city I know. Some say it&#39;s more country than city but they had a downtown. It is a good way to get to know Japan, in my opinion, and hell to the yeah I want to visit Tokyo and the rest of Japan now!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQI4DJ7Pit61ZIBgYqKoRydnpNjPclrtvp-8z9OdD6-Hur5pu98fiapCuNTgQfqpeWpB0awXjVYfKHQ20RtLv7q-gSKsvBwlrmc1LUraxkwIDPlh8RBYhErDBedPTGY1lcYAAc/s1600-h/000_0540.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQI4DJ7Pit61ZIBgYqKoRydnpNjPclrtvp-8z9OdD6-Hur5pu98fiapCuNTgQfqpeWpB0awXjVYfKHQ20RtLv7q-gSKsvBwlrmc1LUraxkwIDPlh8RBYhErDBedPTGY1lcYAAc/s320/000_0540.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337409610736267842&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih0Tkc2imyOZCv546Y7veHUyr1aKFuPI42i29V6W3WAKhU8UmEiFixknOOTKl4rWMc0bSVHIWpq5o8GDgcD82hcKc86-JLQp2_77hcV5m9o6XG6FmQnnJRGfAhi53hJok57XPG/s1600-h/000_0541.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih0Tkc2imyOZCv546Y7veHUyr1aKFuPI42i29V6W3WAKhU8UmEiFixknOOTKl4rWMc0bSVHIWpq5o8GDgcD82hcKc86-JLQp2_77hcV5m9o6XG6FmQnnJRGfAhi53hJok57XPG/s320/000_0541.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337409613385886930&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a country that sells 20oz. cans of Diet Coke Zero earns a lot of stars in my book.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. Buenos Aires. Best gnocchi, choripan, dulce de leche, and ice cream ever. BA is a brilliant place to eat. (and it&#39;s also pretty.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://api.ning.com/files/64CLWHsiVTaEQs6KLXVI40rpWENvYEhFqQX1kRXfqv5uZzxrVxPoW9lzur1-omVLgom9JQZ2xkzqlgFwieGAtDER4NuMEdBE/Buenos_Aires.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. I&#39;m not going to lie. I actually don&#39;t LOVE Albuquerque. But we are running out of interesting cities that I love that I&#39;ve actually been to. I grew up in Albuquerque. They have great Mexican food. And I see pretty in it the older I get. The key to loving Albuquerque is in visiting with money. Which I didn&#39;t have growing up. I almost substituted this with Santa Fe. But I have only been to Santa Fe once.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.helloalbuquerque.com/Images/Photos/972005Hot_air_balloons_Albuquerque-sm.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. Dallas. Another one I don&#39;t really LOVE. But there are some good things. I like that everyone is so friendly. I like that they drink Diet Dr. Pepper like water. I like visiting Dealey Plaza with my husband to better understand the mysteries of the grassy knoll. Another city that is full of great food too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;width: 418px; height: 313px;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.dancinghotdogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dallas_texas.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9. Hollywood. It&#39;s a great place to people watch. But you have to pay to take pictures with people dressed up like action figures/dolls from horror movies/pirates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQa2d0ULmSx84lXv9CvwEafGauIUVxTjGmTjI5NvduWSUMkdLdtv9bgHODrLMIw_ADzwRwfWsaTR3BUKWpQvvs5lYv9XIVxUS94qMQ8yQdVrfYsIILXDPM70W9F9KJUjAjEQM/s1600-h/Picture+256.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQa2d0ULmSx84lXv9CvwEafGauIUVxTjGmTjI5NvduWSUMkdLdtv9bgHODrLMIw_ADzwRwfWsaTR3BUKWpQvvs5lYv9XIVxUS94qMQ8yQdVrfYsIILXDPM70W9F9KJUjAjEQM/s320/Picture+256.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337413673837188786&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. Malibu. Oh, Malibu, I will miss you when I have to leave you. It&#39;s weird living in Malibu, because Malibu is an unrealistic place even when you have money. But there are things I will miss! Like people leaving their cars ridiculously open and unlocked! Like random celebrities!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkqsPsJd4ciScts969rrMziKBqU6IGiTneXtqaU-Yal2KZfJOAkEnjSkMJeC7_sGl9hnPCisZXUEU2PHsxiVUSvH9W0jHdoEf9CMcVGYBi02hNPgq-VRZM8z_gBz9IkwI0CbSc/s1600-h/IMG00045.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkqsPsJd4ciScts969rrMziKBqU6IGiTneXtqaU-Yal2KZfJOAkEnjSkMJeC7_sGl9hnPCisZXUEU2PHsxiVUSvH9W0jHdoEf9CMcVGYBi02hNPgq-VRZM8z_gBz9IkwI0CbSc/s320/IMG00045.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337414158327756994&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Like seeing Barbie doll colored cars parked at the grocery store!! (Honorable mention- that the main doctor at Malibu&#39;s Urgent care clinic advertises her skillz in plastic surgery and that the movie theater seats are LEATHA!!)</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/feeds/6913245482889095735/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/19539638/6913245482889095735?isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/6913245482889095735'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/6913245482889095735'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/2009/05/10-favorite-cities-that-ive-really-been.html' title='10 Favorite Cities (that I&#39;ve really been to)'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09984493787107930509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK44l5agtCmaN5VKqxOjur-euQh8-wQCD79ybwTnxz3rbFHRbgPWIH07MEGqE1U7nh3VV9qUgGwm7kk7MpfwobjdsMDLESN9soXxh5mxaIxAzq8NUo8opO-mI__5l78o/s220/100_2193b.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOS5Jr7_RKpQllnih63pJcb2bAUcEaxxDumUWoQ4vdLI5CIc_MA6hxgrA58JprN4uzKO2lDp_BIt7GiKn68ItJcSAcjUngnhi7sY6lS8et0_yrbqsRCQkW0Z_nJVZhMlQf8su8/s72-c/Picture+435.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19539638.post-1198348191640840346</id><published>2009-05-10T02:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-10T02:12:55.789-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="culture"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="friends"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="hubby"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="music"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="photography"/><title type='text'>One more thing we can do because we don&#39;t have kids...</title><content type='html'>We did Karaoke in Los Angeles&#39;s Koreatown tonight to celebrate Dennis&#39;s birthday! Some 80&#39;s classics and a few Disney songs and even some Spanish and Chinese songs were sung (I have videos that Dennis doesn&#39;t want on youtube....we shall see...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3CH1lHE1zdZtx-VbNZT6ChERdDLqy0QqxoOyswbXx7QF1OpGoCxffNfisNF4zI8TjJ_cNr-9gVAbjHS5jfRLVXaALMhiqDCiGAZ2aVb8FMOCOUbDbwmj296Sp6U7pp3ZhCxA/s1600-h/100_2809.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3CH1lHE1zdZtx-VbNZT6ChERdDLqy0QqxoOyswbXx7QF1OpGoCxffNfisNF4zI8TjJ_cNr-9gVAbjHS5jfRLVXaALMhiqDCiGAZ2aVb8FMOCOUbDbwmj296Sp6U7pp3ZhCxA/s320/100_2809.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334120355638527490&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnEgYc1tDwwMOywCsqfmZliCd5ZiaBgihOivVlEY3JKHYPAr31_hWx2NRykgS49I6mjT99gnT0jHpxHDbbxktiW14HYKTcHPYXfIBDTn6LdwL_bnOHc6q5TW5MedIyMrhmf0In/s1600-h/100_2808.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnEgYc1tDwwMOywCsqfmZliCd5ZiaBgihOivVlEY3JKHYPAr31_hWx2NRykgS49I6mjT99gnT0jHpxHDbbxktiW14HYKTcHPYXfIBDTn6LdwL_bnOHc6q5TW5MedIyMrhmf0In/s320/100_2808.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334120354112856162&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ECVEpHGqvmkPRAIpp8lnHWv6Pr4eFl8E93dg2dhfcioZNIi8fNAQOMnewdAukP_uJeMC1wmevTiL1ucgoW748AfCHeah_tgZhJAMhdCKhX49STTi4yMezfvKb0KQRgBwj7UM/s1600-h/100_2799.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ECVEpHGqvmkPRAIpp8lnHWv6Pr4eFl8E93dg2dhfcioZNIi8fNAQOMnewdAukP_uJeMC1wmevTiL1ucgoW748AfCHeah_tgZhJAMhdCKhX49STTi4yMezfvKb0KQRgBwj7UM/s320/100_2799.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334120351058161586&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifeNOeLZ_g9dQahSBLZ6cViPqYO-f0LicexhA9rrlxv4bqF7fQf4HgP5zuhYy5KOxj7ttbVLBEPLUpygslXsYe8d7y55YfMVdU_zP_DKG2Fv7BmX4R6rH1bmvvkOBmvoQ9c0IQ/s1600-h/100_2797.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifeNOeLZ_g9dQahSBLZ6cViPqYO-f0LicexhA9rrlxv4bqF7fQf4HgP5zuhYy5KOxj7ttbVLBEPLUpygslXsYe8d7y55YfMVdU_zP_DKG2Fv7BmX4R6rH1bmvvkOBmvoQ9c0IQ/s320/100_2797.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334120345364247106&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6vtQdiV3LPAd1gjxu9aEYiFkqFEjsyQ_p2EJSi9o4pPtOTMW-FMNkmzKRIuv93TgCCfwFsINlMpDaNhZ8sIxe_u9gLS-Z-3A6leu8noQdp-2lN7ZKg4xt2RLRySbYIk2MKCa/s1600-h/100_2796.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6vtQdiV3LPAd1gjxu9aEYiFkqFEjsyQ_p2EJSi9o4pPtOTMW-FMNkmzKRIuv93TgCCfwFsINlMpDaNhZ8sIxe_u9gLS-Z-3A6leu8noQdp-2lN7ZKg4xt2RLRySbYIk2MKCa/s320/100_2796.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334120141110537266&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrXQVBoxrQ2zt0WeBqPZQHDJhRRT3Zyq9KBuPq0XwWmqPO1TWVvLoTQ_bJsTT0NctuWyz2lsUlY5sLxD4N7JKPgzxCQ_GGqWEx40ZcRUYnP55k9_8_ZsLU_DZYUIKTHRqndZSz/s1600-h/100_2794.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrXQVBoxrQ2zt0WeBqPZQHDJhRRT3Zyq9KBuPq0XwWmqPO1TWVvLoTQ_bJsTT0NctuWyz2lsUlY5sLxD4N7JKPgzxCQ_GGqWEx40ZcRUYnP55k9_8_ZsLU_DZYUIKTHRqndZSz/s320/100_2794.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334120137345797090&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNj7sLMvS3SJ5YLN6wVk50K0HiRGPyxUUTKlnta1l-T49pr1S8Et2eeoTRlmUkcOlMvJJJhoHbyiF1pC6bZ3M2qWqIiX5AynWKZaP77V9NBgMRv55IA1vBu_89kIm2VmdS3b0M/s1600-h/100_2793.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNj7sLMvS3SJ5YLN6wVk50K0HiRGPyxUUTKlnta1l-T49pr1S8Et2eeoTRlmUkcOlMvJJJhoHbyiF1pC6bZ3M2qWqIiX5AynWKZaP77V9NBgMRv55IA1vBu_89kIm2VmdS3b0M/s320/100_2793.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334120131118006594&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimtD_fQm6Kr98FjocNUvhfMg4lfBwhyphenhyphennTiIIF1lu2ISb4ihwGG72zbznYJYnusGtlyYw5GCbGPfVGYwkSgL4zgGSVTxfNJbxgj4Plzc7Tq8zDbiysyR2bGGsRpgcOgNcltCF-b/s1600-h/100_2791.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimtD_fQm6Kr98FjocNUvhfMg4lfBwhyphenhyphennTiIIF1lu2ISb4ihwGG72zbznYJYnusGtlyYw5GCbGPfVGYwkSgL4zgGSVTxfNJbxgj4Plzc7Tq8zDbiysyR2bGGsRpgcOgNcltCF-b/s320/100_2791.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334120122813594802&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcTA7aRMHx5q418PFimXoCf2ZwS-M6exo2eZLvpvtn83yeqqKNjfPZOERo4iY1IZhldrmHnyOsrkk0Gvo67lO_Rxdjtp_wrdF7YTVSNY8Jnvij7FKkdyGiL2CBWU5qrTypXpK/s1600-h/100_2790.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcTA7aRMHx5q418PFimXoCf2ZwS-M6exo2eZLvpvtn83yeqqKNjfPZOERo4iY1IZhldrmHnyOsrkk0Gvo67lO_Rxdjtp_wrdF7YTVSNY8Jnvij7FKkdyGiL2CBWU5qrTypXpK/s320/100_2790.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334120117925437378&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;one note regarding Korean food- we had some really good noodles and the guys approved of the Soju but the kimchi... I think it&#39;s just too strong. Just say no to Kimchi....</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/feeds/1198348191640840346/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/19539638/1198348191640840346?isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/1198348191640840346'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/1198348191640840346'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/2009/05/one-more-thing-we-can-do-because-we.html' title='One more thing we can do because we don&#39;t have kids...'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09984493787107930509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK44l5agtCmaN5VKqxOjur-euQh8-wQCD79ybwTnxz3rbFHRbgPWIH07MEGqE1U7nh3VV9qUgGwm7kk7MpfwobjdsMDLESN9soXxh5mxaIxAzq8NUo8opO-mI__5l78o/s220/100_2193b.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3CH1lHE1zdZtx-VbNZT6ChERdDLqy0QqxoOyswbXx7QF1OpGoCxffNfisNF4zI8TjJ_cNr-9gVAbjHS5jfRLVXaALMhiqDCiGAZ2aVb8FMOCOUbDbwmj296Sp6U7pp3ZhCxA/s72-c/100_2809.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19539638.post-6417847435749776828</id><published>2009-05-05T01:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-05T01:33:33.141-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="captain obvious"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="celebrities"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="culture"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="hubby"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="music"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="TV"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="web"/><title type='text'>There, I&#39;ve said it...</title><content type='html'>Back to blogging (oh how I missed you!) by saying some things:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. I like Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://michaeloconnell.com/blog/uploaded_images/jimmy_fallon_late_night_nbc-713443.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think he&#39;s funny and cute, even though he laughs at his own jokes. There, I&#39;ve said it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. My husband is in Florida, trying to find a job and to take an exam for a second graduate degree. He&#39;s only been gone for one night and he&#39;s coming back tomorrow, but I think I&#39;d like another night alone. It&#39;s quiet and I can eat whatever I want and I don&#39;t have to watch Spanish news (even though I do). I wish he would stay one more night. Things have been so stressful with school and lack of full-time employment, and we have been bouncing anxiety and panic attacks off of each other. So, I really miss not having someone to talk to but I also really enjoy the alone time. There, I&#39;ve said it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. &lt;img src=&quot;http://bittenandbound.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/steven-tyler-face.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think Steven Tyler looks like a lady. The aerosmith classic song has come full circle. There, I&#39;ve said it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. This is the Cutest Commercial EVER.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;560&quot; height=&quot;340&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/PUiO7Ouon9c&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/PUiO7Ouon9c&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; width=&quot;560&quot; height=&quot;340&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bonus: link to the song in the commercial. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAoxk3zRaxQ&quot;&gt;Yessss&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/feeds/6417847435749776828/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/19539638/6417847435749776828?isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/6417847435749776828'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/6417847435749776828'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/2009/05/there-ive-said-it.html' title='There, I&#39;ve said it...'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09984493787107930509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK44l5agtCmaN5VKqxOjur-euQh8-wQCD79ybwTnxz3rbFHRbgPWIH07MEGqE1U7nh3VV9qUgGwm7kk7MpfwobjdsMDLESN9soXxh5mxaIxAzq8NUo8opO-mI__5l78o/s220/100_2193b.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19539638.post-8402843574620244814</id><published>2009-04-26T00:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-26T00:46:05.445-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="life"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="music"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="school"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="TV"/><title type='text'>Jon Bovi. Best Band Ever.</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width=&quot;512&quot; height=&quot;296&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.hulu.com/embed/C6bOtnfmDDBMtgnSIt_7vw&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.hulu.com/embed/C6bOtnfmDDBMtgnSIt_7vw&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowFullScreen=&quot;true&quot;  width=&quot;512&quot; height=&quot;296&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(I will try to get Dennis singing Karaoke of &quot;Living on a Prayer&quot;- he&#39;s pretty good!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, I am blogging. Just not really well. Because I have some mega papers to write. But they are do very soon. And then I want to blog regularly again! And hilarity will ensue!!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/feeds/8402843574620244814/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/19539638/8402843574620244814?isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/8402843574620244814'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/8402843574620244814'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/2009/04/jon-bovi-best-band-ever.html' title='Jon Bovi. Best Band Ever.'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09984493787107930509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK44l5agtCmaN5VKqxOjur-euQh8-wQCD79ybwTnxz3rbFHRbgPWIH07MEGqE1U7nh3VV9qUgGwm7kk7MpfwobjdsMDLESN9soXxh5mxaIxAzq8NUo8opO-mI__5l78o/s220/100_2193b.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19539638.post-4357575435200670678</id><published>2009-04-17T14:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-17T14:19:20.942-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blog meme"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="captain obvious"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="web"/><title type='text'>G-Rated</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oneplusyou.com/bb/blog_rating&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;border: medium none ;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.oneplusyou.com/q/img/bb_badges/rated_g.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;OnePlusYou Quizzes and Widgets&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;based on the word &quot;steal&quot; found one time :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/feeds/4357575435200670678/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/19539638/4357575435200670678?isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/4357575435200670678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/4357575435200670678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/2009/04/g-rated.html' title='G-Rated'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09984493787107930509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK44l5agtCmaN5VKqxOjur-euQh8-wQCD79ybwTnxz3rbFHRbgPWIH07MEGqE1U7nh3VV9qUgGwm7kk7MpfwobjdsMDLESN9soXxh5mxaIxAzq8NUo8opO-mI__5l78o/s220/100_2193b.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19539638.post-3081367049743978616</id><published>2009-03-19T20:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-19T20:15:54.075-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="comics"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="school"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="theolastic fantastic"/><title type='text'>What&#39;s better than writing a book report?</title><content type='html'>I have to write a report for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Goddesses-Whores-Wives-Slaves-Classical/dp/080521030X/ref=pd_cp_b_0?pf_rd_p=413864201&amp;amp;pf_rd_s=center-41&amp;amp;pf_rd_t=201&amp;amp;pf_rd_i=0805205306&amp;amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;amp;pf_rd_r=0W2XE3MGTFW3N4YSRJ5J&quot;&gt;This book&lt;/a&gt;. It&#39;s a good book. I would just rather do so many more things.  (It really is a good book, about women in Greco-Roman history.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But per the title of this post, what is more fun?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://icanhascheezburger.com/2009/03/19/funny-pictures-may-haz-broken-jesus/&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;mine_3343330&quot; title=&quot;funny-pictures-cat-worries-he-has-broken-jesus&quot; src=&quot;http://icanhascheezburger.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/funny-pictures-cat-worries-he-has-broken-jesus.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;funny pictures of cats with captions&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LOL Cats. They are always more fun.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/feeds/3081367049743978616/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/19539638/3081367049743978616?isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/3081367049743978616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19539638/posts/default/3081367049743978616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://agringasgiggles.blogspot.com/2009/03/whats-better-than-writing-book-report.html' title='What&#39;s better than writing a book report?'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09984493787107930509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK44l5agtCmaN5VKqxOjur-euQh8-wQCD79ybwTnxz3rbFHRbgPWIH07MEGqE1U7nh3VV9qUgGwm7kk7MpfwobjdsMDLESN9soXxh5mxaIxAzq8NUo8opO-mI__5l78o/s220/100_2193b.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>