tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29623572748129249542024-09-09T10:05:00.396-04:00Notions of politics, life, love, family, cooking and baking!Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16349716099488913827noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962357274812924954.post-86881696546068186592010-11-07T17:53:00.000-05:002010-11-07T17:53:32.873-05:00

Announcing my sponsor for the Holiday Gift Giveaway Hop....   Tune in starting on December 1st. You will have until December 5th to enter my giveaway! These cupcakes at Sarkara Sweets are AMAZING! This giveaways would make an awesome Christmas gifts or if you win, just call it a gift for yourself! =) Who doesn't love cupcakes?

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This is going to be a huge event. There are already 237 blogs signed up to participate and will be each offering a giveaway of cash and/or gift certificates! This starts December 1st and and runs through December 5th. It will be super easy to enter in these giveaways!! Head on over to Simply Stacie if you are a blogger and interested in participating, or just to keep tabs on the

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Day 1: Arrive at Dublin Airport Dublin is a lively cosmopolitan city brimming with culture. You could spend your time strolling the streets soaking up the atmosphere, relaxing in its cafes and bars, or you could check out its myriad historical, literary, and cultural delights. The 8th century illuminated manuscript, the Book of Kells, must be viewed. It is on display at the impressive Trinity

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Life has been taking over lately... very sorry I haven't blogged in quite some time. I will have something up and running by the end of October!! Hope everyone has a great Halloween!!

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I had the opportunity to make one of my life long friends, Stephanie, a cake for her baby shower this weekend. Although I was not able to attend, I heard the shower was a great success. I do not feel that this post would do justice without telling Stephanie and her family's story. The exert below is from the Gilchrist County Journal. "Looking back over the course her life has taken in the last

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A little contradictory to alot of what I post, I have recently embarked on getting on track with a healthier lifestyle.  If you haven't heard of it I highly suggest that you check out MyFitness Pal. I like to think of it as a social network for people who are searching to lose weight, eat healthy, exercise or just be more conscious of what they put in and do to their bodies. I have my "

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So, if you've read my earlier blog or know me... you realize how long I have been planning to make a trip to Ireland. I realized it would be fitting to research some of Ireland's best restaurants and plan accordingly. Enjoy Part II of this series that covers Cork and Limerick. The food is the best part of ANY vacation in my opinion....Let's start with Cork!!Cork is the second largest city in

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There rarely comes along a successful surprise birthday party.... much less one involving over a handfull of people and for someone's 40th Birthday!! I had the pleasure of making this cake per the request of a wonderful husband, Frank, for his lovely wife, Diane. He planned her a wonderful surprise party at Harry's Seafood, Bar & Grill in beautiful, downtown Gainesville. It took

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June 15, 2011-July 6, 2011 Day 1: Arrive at Dublin Airport Dublin is a lively cosmopolitan city brimming with culture. You could spend your time strolling the streets soaking up the atmosphere, relaxing in its cafes and bars, or you could check out its myriad historical, literary, and cultural delights. The 8th century illuminated manuscript, the Book of Kells, must be viewed. It is on display

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Another Holiday Event, the Holiday Gift Giving Event will feature more blogs than in Blogmania did last week! This is going to be a huge event. There are already 237 blogs signed up to participate and will be each offering a giveaway of cash and/or gift certificates! This starts December 1st and and runs through December 5th. It will be super easy to enter in these giveaways!! Head on over to

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With my newly idea of attempting this blogging world, I stumbled upon this gift exchange just for bloggers! I can't wait to see who I get to be Secret Santa for! =) I am so very excited for this event! If you blog and want to join, just read below! Surprise Me! Secret Santa Gift Exchange is a gift exchange/swap for bloggers. Each participating blog will be a Secret Santa & also receive a

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If you are from Gainesville or in its vicinity, then you MUST go and try out Liquid Ginger. It's in downtown Gainesville and located sorta behind the Hippodrome and by the Sun Center. It is my favorite place to eat in Gainesville!!!! It's an asian thai tea house and the atmosphere is so very relaxing! Here is what I normally order at Liquid Ginger: AppetizerBuddah Rolls Drinkspot of hot tea (I

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With my recent blogs about my upcoming trip to Ireland, I felt it was fitting to give a brief descriptions of the major regions of the country. Upcoming blogs will feature more restaurants and a tentative itenerary and planning guide for my trip!! Ireland is a wild, wonderful country inhabited by 4.1 million people.  Almost one-third of the people live in Dublin or in its suburbs. 

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I actually hate leftovers... well, unless you count cold pizza. Cold pizza for breakfast is up there on the top of my favorite foods. I only know a handful of individuals who actually enjoy leftovers more than they do regular meals (aka my brother-in-law, Scott). Let's face it, we all have leftovers and I would guestimate that 75% of the time they get thrown out the few weeks later that we

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So, if you've read my earlier blog or know me... you realize how long I have been planning to make a trip to Ireland. I realized it would be fitting to research some of Ireland's best restaurants and plan accordingly. The food is the best part of ANY vacation in my opinion.... So, I shall start off in Dublin County When I think of Ireland, I think of Dublin. Its' name is derived from the Irish

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If you like Blogs and you like giveaways... YOU NEED IN ON THIS!!! For all of the 1,000s of BLOGMANIAcs out there, it might be hard to believe that someone hasn’t heard of BLOGMANIA. But it’s true! WHO?175 bloggers  WHAT?hosting a giveaway with at least $100 in prizes WHEN?from Sept. 15, 2010 at 12:01 am – 12:00am (EST) Sept. 17, 2010 WHERE?on each of their blogs. HOW?You can start here

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Cookies, Cookies, Cookies!! I love trying out and tweaking recipes I find randomly on-line. I do it with pretty much EVERYTHING including main dishes, cakes, cookies, and pretty much anything I cook or bake. I was in the baking mood tonight and wanted to try out two new cookie recipes I found and have been wanting to test. Here it goes.....____________________________________________________

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Please, sign this petition. It will be delivered to Terry Jones, I refuse to call him a pastor, before his supposed Koran burning day on Saturday. As citizens of Gainesville and of the United States, it is OUR responsibility to show him that he is WRONG!!!!!!!!!!! var Care2P_Parameters=["http://www.thepetitionsite.com/xml/petitions/474/476/650/feed.rss", "small", "single", "1007", "0", "#7cbb42

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I thought I would share some of my cakes, finally. I am supposing that this blog will replace my updates on my website .... might as well update some of you on what I have done so far! =) Johnny's 5th Birthday Cake This cake was, to say the least, a challenge. It was my first major sculpted cake and I will admit I almost had a meltdown in the process of getting that darn gator head to

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Bakerella is officially my favorite blog to follow.... just look at this!!!!!!!!! 14 Layer Cake Bakerella's Snickerdoodle Cookie Cupcakes! Whoopie Pies (*drools*) Ok, so the pictures are what keep me coming back to her blog... but seriously she has some neat stuff on her page and she gives away free stuff! Yummy pictures AND free give a ways... that is my kind of blog. It also

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So, I finally got to see what all the fuss was about over at Yum Cupcakery off Archer road. It was definitely not what I imagined... I was pleasantly surprised to say the least. I had no idea it was going to be a entire custom "made-to-order" cupcake for only $2.50! Each cupcake includes your choice of cake flavor, filling, frosting and include one topping. The choices were unbelievable...

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Ok, ok... so I haven't exactly gotten to any posts about cooking or baking or politics... but there is a lot of life stuff going on lately. Life, well sometimes it sucks. Things have been really rough for me lately but I do see a bit of sunshine through those cloudy skies. No one can keep me down for long!! I wanted to share a blog that my aunt posted a few days back. It really puts into

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I've been having conversations with several old friends about a subject that seems to hit home for many people. It all started with this quote: ‎"There comes a point when you have to realize you'll never be good enough for some people. The question is: Is that your problem or theirs?" I keep asking myself over and over and over... how can it be SO HARD to simply let go of people who have

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So, as many of you know I have been trying to find a way to get to Ireland for a while now. Studying abroad for a semester puts me in the hole of about 15K and Grad school in Ireland would cost even more and require me leaving everything I know for a long period of time (not sure I have the guts to do that yet!) A friend of mine mentioned that I should blog about how I should save for my trip.

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Let's face it. I am not a highly thrifty person. I am easily overwhelmed by sale racks and thrift stores. I get exhausted just trying to mentally prepare myself for the endless searching through every single article of clothing... and well that just leaves me way too tired to even start the search. Recently, though, I have been trying to find good deals for places that I normally go to

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