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center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--n24Di--Prk/Tzc2kritMLI/AAAAAAAACdQ/wQUKJcvJYxo/s1600/blue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--n24Di--Prk/Tzc2kritMLI/AAAAAAAACdQ/wQUKJcvJYxo/s1600/blue.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Next year for our annual New Year's Trip&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;The ladies and I were talking about hitting the North Woods Bar's&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FeUfobN_JDU/Tzc2k__ximI/AAAAAAAACdU/8AbQPW5Nmtw/s1600/green.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FeUfobN_JDU/Tzc2k__ximI/AAAAAAAACdU/8AbQPW5Nmtw/s1600/green.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d6ATAgQkh1M/Tzc2lLyLsCI/AAAAAAAACdg/ClBQFWD1hss/s1600/pink.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d6ATAgQkh1M/Tzc2lLyLsCI/AAAAAAAACdg/ClBQFWD1hss/s1600/pink.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; wearing some new 'do's.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Am I Katy Perry enough?&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FOkqrR397fg/Tzc2lT1bKqI/AAAAAAAACdo/Z9CJbhRaqFU/s1600/purple.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FOkqrR397fg/Tzc2lT1bKqI/AAAAAAAACdo/Z9CJbhRaqFU/s1600/purple.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VtaOwN2A144/Tzc2lhBktjI/AAAAAAAACdw/8vxS8sCfLrE/s1600/red.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VtaOwN2A144/Tzc2lhBktjI/AAAAAAAACdw/8vxS8sCfLrE/s1600/red.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Or maybe I am "naughty"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5165708682601537565-4661650462975759349?l=www.mommysnest.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MommysNest/~3/l0JucWSdr5s/what-to-wear-what-to-wear.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Lisa)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--n24Di--Prk/Tzc2kritMLI/AAAAAAAACdQ/wQUKJcvJYxo/s72-c/blue.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mommysnest.com/2012/02/what-to-wear-what-to-wear.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165708682601537565.post-1535808828564410132</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-27T08:28:23.221-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mommy loves...</category><title /><description>&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Juv9xbtHQ8U/TyK0CzXHeaI/AAAAAAAACdI/RTim8EpcCRU/s1600/Grandma.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" gda="true" height="320px" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Juv9xbtHQ8U/TyK0CzXHeaI/AAAAAAAACdI/RTim8EpcCRU/s320/Grandma.jpg" width="109px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3BR00be4kZ4/TyK0Bk9JgGI/AAAAAAAACdA/G9tAyIUS1Yk/s1600/Grandma+is+fun.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" gda="true" height="320px" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3BR00be4kZ4/TyK0Bk9JgGI/AAAAAAAACdA/G9tAyIUS1Yk/s320/Grandma+is+fun.jpg" width="187px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;She was a hottie&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; who liked to have fun.&lt;br /&gt;
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I miss my grandma a lot.&amp;nbsp; My Uncle sent me these pictures yesterday - not exactly sure why.&amp;nbsp; He probably misses her the most. &lt;br /&gt;
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Love you Rowdy.&amp;nbsp; *mwah*&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5165708682601537565-1535808828564410132?l=www.mommysnest.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MommysNest/~3/UC-zVv17Aik/she-was-hottie-who-liked-to-have-fun.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Lisa)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Juv9xbtHQ8U/TyK0CzXHeaI/AAAAAAAACdI/RTim8EpcCRU/s72-c/Grandma.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mommysnest.com/2012/01/she-was-hottie-who-liked-to-have-fun.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165708682601537565.post-3090279349269205929</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-24T04:43:01.641-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">random ranting by mommy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">snow in minnesota</category><title>I called my husband.</title><description>I called my husband on the way to work yesterday...&lt;br /&gt;
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"Why on EARTH do we have to drive when it is snowing and icy out like this...there ought to be a law."&lt;br /&gt;
"Preaching to the choir babe."&lt;br /&gt;
"Plus, I am convinced Brooklyn Center does not own a plow."&lt;br /&gt;
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And all I could think of the whole way into the office as I moved at a glacial pace* was how if I were Governor of Minnesota I would make it illegal to drive if the driving conditions were such that if it took you more than twice the time normal to drive there - or you could potentially die because it is so darn slippery! &lt;br /&gt;
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Then of course I think of how that would hurt our economy, and how there would have to be all kinds of exceptions. &amp;nbsp;Doctors, pregnant ladies, sick people, etc. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sigh.&lt;br /&gt;
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And as I got to the last part of my drive where 694 and 10 split...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I see the plows in my rear view mirror.&lt;br /&gt;
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At least my drive home was fine. &amp;nbsp;And yes, *I used glacial on purpose.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5165708682601537565-3090279349269205929?l=www.mommysnest.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MommysNest/~3/EeDApcx_jNE/i-called-my-husband.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Lisa)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mommysnest.com/2012/01/i-called-my-husband.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165708682601537565.post-3818947529337102673</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-21T08:19:43.598-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">why yes I am crazy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">HELP</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">boo boo saturday</category><title>Early and Cold</title><description>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-awHsqLWZItg/TxrG92k6U4I/AAAAAAAACc4/21sR5u3_ZGY/s1600/cake+boy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-awHsqLWZItg/TxrG92k6U4I/AAAAAAAACc4/21sR5u3_ZGY/s1600/cake+boy.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;My child has a strong relationship with the donut. &amp;nbsp;This kid LOVES her some fried up flour and water and cinnamon, or apples. &amp;nbsp;Or both.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;I USED to love donuts too...then I got old and well, my tummy does not love them any longer so I usually avoid them.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;This morning I wanted coffee and thought - you know my local &lt;a href="http://www.wuolletbakery.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Wuollet&lt;/a&gt; bakery is not much farther than Caribou, they have good coffee and Boo Boo could have a donut....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;So out I went. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;The car thermostat registered TWO BELOW ZERO. &amp;nbsp;But I am a Minnesotan, so it barely registers...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;*snort*&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;I got a fried cinnamon, two apple fritters and a raspberry bismark. &amp;nbsp;The nice man made me a latte. &amp;nbsp;I was the ONLY car downtown besides the &lt;a href="http://www.startribune.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Star Tribune&lt;/a&gt; paper delivery truck. &amp;nbsp;Doesn't anyone else go out for donuts in the freezing cold early on a Saturday?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;When I got home Boo Boo ate about three bites of her fritter...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;I ate TWO donuts.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Now she is running around care free...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;And I am on the couch with a lump in my stomach. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Go away bad food baby. &amp;nbsp;Go.A.Way.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5165708682601537565-3818947529337102673?l=www.mommysnest.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MommysNest/~3/VPUKlHLiWp0/early-and-cold.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Lisa)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-awHsqLWZItg/TxrG92k6U4I/AAAAAAAACc4/21sR5u3_ZGY/s72-c/cake+boy.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mommysnest.com/2012/01/early-and-cold.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165708682601537565.post-128661883452050266</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-10T06:28:13.504-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">damn people you got to love them sometimes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">THE POLICE</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Happy New Year</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mommy tells tales</category><title>I start a crime spree.</title><description>Over New Year's we went up north. &amp;nbsp;This usually means a stop at some Northern Minnesota bar/restaurant - no exception Friday, December 30, 2011 - we stopped in the &lt;a href="http://www.zorbaz.com/locations/cross-lake/" target="_blank"&gt;Crozz Lake Zorbaz&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;I know, its really Cross Lake, but &lt;a href="http://www.zorbaz.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Zorbaz&lt;/a&gt; has a sense of humor...at least they think so. &lt;br /&gt;
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Anybloodymarylater.&lt;br /&gt;
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We had a nosh and a beverage and headed back for the cabin. I realize that a fork&lt;br /&gt;
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is stuck to the magnet on my Vera Bradley.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f39apQjHun8/TwwsOdJX5TI/AAAAAAAACcc/g8Zz1JRELvE/s1600/vera.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f39apQjHun8/TwwsOdJX5TI/AAAAAAAACcc/g8Zz1JRELvE/s1600/vera.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;"Huh, I stole a fork from Zorbaz" I say to the hubs, @Iambooboolala and our friend Todd who happens to be riding with us.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Hubs asks, "Really?"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Yup.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;"MAMA" exclaims Boo Boo, "We need to take it back!"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;"Yup. &amp;nbsp;I see the waitress running out of the restaurant after us." teases Todd.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Hubs and I shrug and we continue on...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Then Hubs sees one of these in the rear view.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;We were on a road "Up North". &amp;nbsp;It was a Friday afternoon, most people were working, there is little traffic anyway - the roads look like this...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;...so Hubs was speeding a bit. &amp;nbsp;He says, "Shit. &amp;nbsp;I am getting pulled over."&lt;br /&gt;
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I open the glove compartment as he pulls over and gets out his license. &amp;nbsp;No one is saying much and I am just glad Hubs only had one Bloody Mary. &amp;nbsp; The Trooper comes up to the window and says his name and did we know he monitored us driving 65 in a 55...the twist coming that he TELLS Hubs he is just writing up a warning and wants to just run his license and we can be on our way. &lt;br /&gt;
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Whew.&lt;br /&gt;
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Then from the back after the cop heads back to his patrol car @Iambooboolala says....&lt;br /&gt;
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Wait.for.it.&lt;br /&gt;
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in a hushed tone...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;"Mama, you should have just given him the fork."&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5165708682601537565-128661883452050266?l=www.mommysnest.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MommysNest/~3/KpIox8o8yfQ/i-start-crime-spree.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Lisa)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wj5B6RPrMrk/TwwrTvemwVI/AAAAAAAACcU/dJPInpSFHLs/s72-c/Fork.agr.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>5</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mommysnest.com/2012/01/i-start-crime-spree.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165708682601537565.post-6920290212231102412</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-02T10:09:24.298-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">damn people you got to love them sometimes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Happy New Year</category><title>Choo Choo Trains - Movies - Rock N' Roll - and the Crazy.</title><description>Happy New Year - here is what my loved ones were up to:&lt;br /&gt;
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NYE:&lt;br /&gt;
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Well...the Daddies were out at the bar betting on which artists song the band was going to cover first&amp;nbsp;(in case you care it was the Rolling Stones)&amp;nbsp;We had a Mommy Party at the cabin with tiara's Dick Clark's Rockin' NYE and Sparkling Cider - until 10pm, then Mommies watched "The Help" and cried in our beers, wine and other specialty cocktails. &lt;br /&gt;
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And New Year's Day my brother "I'm CRAZY!" jumped into Lake Minnetonka for the 13th time.&lt;br /&gt;
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Today - we are officially still on HOLIDAY - and T-bone is planning to take down the tree.&lt;br /&gt;
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How was YOUR Happy New Year Peeps?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5165708682601537565-6920290212231102412?l=www.mommysnest.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MommysNest/~3/yedTjZvsuKw/choo-choo-trains-movies-rock-n-roll-and.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Lisa)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mommysnest.com/2012/01/choo-choo-trains-movies-rock-n-roll-and.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165708682601537565.post-3783646833084375459</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:36:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-28T06:36:55.308-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">real housewives</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Happy New Year</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Recipies</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Reproduction</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cabin fever</category><title>Tomorrow we head North...which means I cooked all day Monday!</title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;﻿Originally posted January 6, 2011&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Picture Courtesy of &lt;a href="http://www.fauxmartha.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://www.fauxmartha.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;So yesterday I got this email response from my friend Beth (the one on the far left in the picture):&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks Lisa! I will have to check it out.&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt; (I told her about LaGrolla in St. Paul)&lt;/span&gt; And, I am definitely going to get the gel polish! &lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;(If a salon offers you a gel manicure, DO IT!)&lt;/span&gt; If you have your recipes from Lasagna night typed up Harry and I would love them. He asked me if you made those all or if they were from a restaurant! &lt;span style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;(I am BLUSHING ten shades&amp;nbsp;of pinky-red!)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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So I responded and I thought, hmmmm??? I wonder if my blog friends would like a good lasagna recipe.&amp;nbsp; Sorry, no pictures though - &lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BOO Mama&amp;nbsp;Lena!&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;My response &lt;em&gt;MIGHT&lt;/em&gt; be long-winded but I personally believe I must SHARE where I tweak recipes and add in exactly what I used when possible.&amp;nbsp; Keep in mind when I make lasagna it takes a MINIMUM of three hours to do it right - all the chopping and cooking and assembly, then baking!&amp;nbsp; So it is definitely a Saturday or Sunday project.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;damn, now I am hungry&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Tell Harry THANK YOU for the compliment. Lasagna and fettucini alfredo are Terry's two favorite things -so I have prided myself on perfecting fettucini alfredo and lasagna, just call me Mama Lena - the Norwegian-Itallian chef. &lt;br /&gt;
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I use my laptop in the kitchen so I don't write any recipes down any more. I just save them on website recipe boxes or my favorites in my browser. Here are the absolute best lasagna recipes out there I have found - and I have tried about 20!&lt;br /&gt;
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For the version of this we had at the cabin I added a 15 oz can of tomato sauce to the recipe and tripled the goat cheese. I normally add the tomato sauce but not the extra goat cheese - I think its to "dry" without the extra sauce. I also use just one container of the sweet itallian turkey sausage links from &lt;a href="http://www.jennieo.com/products/BratwurstsandDinnerSausages/SweetLeanItalisamTurkeySausage.aspx"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;Jennie-O&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I think it works best with the sharpness of the goat cheese, although I have used hot itallian turkey sausage and pork sausage before when it was what I had in the freezer. &lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;(p.s. the extra goat cheese was FANTASTIC and that amount at Costco was the same price as the four ounce package at Cub or Target.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/turkey-lasagna-recipe/index.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;Ina's Turkey Lasagna&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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For the one with bolognese sauce I added 15 oz can of tomato sauce only because I was freezing it - and I use 8 pounds of canned tomato in dice form instead of fresh for quality control - that is about 9 cans of 14 oz diced - I used the &lt;a href="http://www.shopshoesale.com/costco/15128/Del-Monte-or-S-W-Organic-Diced-Tomatoes"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;organic Del Monte ones you can get on coupon at Costco&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; every so often - I always buy two or three cases of them. &lt;br /&gt;
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I find that the sauce is A LOT - that one recipe made TWO lasagnas and left over for making bolognese - but I only did two layers of pasta and three layers of sauce in each pan. I don't have a lasagna pan that would fit as many layers as Alex suggests. When I made one lasagna last time the bonus was the leftover bolognese - it made GREAT "sloppy joes" later in the week. &lt;br /&gt;
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Also I cook the carrot, onion and celery for quite a while over medium-low heat. I like them really soft and carmelized. She says five minutes, I do about 15.&lt;br /&gt;
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And YES it takes a CUP of olive oil. The first time I freaked out about that cup - but it takes that much.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/Sauce%20http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alexandra-guarnaschelli/old-school-lasagna-with-bolognese-sauce-recipe/index.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;Alex's Old School Lasagna with Bolognese &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Bon Apetit!&lt;br /&gt;
Lisa&lt;br /&gt;
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p.s. here are the pictures I took this year (Monday, December 26th was my lasagna day) and posted to @mommylisa on @twitter and put up on Facebook!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sIZpCoMYwuY/TvsMIBv5yrI/AAAAAAAACb8/1VyCj2a5UHI/s1600/lasagna.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sIZpCoMYwuY/TvsMIBv5yrI/AAAAAAAACb8/1VyCj2a5UHI/s320/lasagna.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;And that is just the cheese lasagna &amp;amp; bolognese!&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5165708682601537565-3783646833084375459?l=www.mommysnest.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MommysNest/~3/Y1HSNIncEOE/tomorrow-we-head-northwhich-means-i.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Lisa)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P7zm8xZYJ0w/TSScNq7SgcI/AAAAAAAAB9Y/ORKRTZA1GRs/s72-c/Girls+Night+Out.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mommysnest.com/2011/12/tomorrow-we-head-northwhich-means-i.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165708682601537565.post-2077782407296905352</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-25T00:47:00.851-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">my terrible photograpy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Merry Christmas</category><title>Merry Christmas!</title><description>&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XI8ryhZBaHA" width="640"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5165708682601537565-2077782407296905352?l=www.mommysnest.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MommysNest/~3/YFPE9PptDR8/merry-christmas.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Lisa)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/XI8ryhZBaHA/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mommysnest.com/2011/12/merry-christmas.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165708682601537565.post-6383726741303187893</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 10:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-24T04:20:00.817-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Merry Christmas</category><title>Santa Claus is Coming To Town - just like in ELF!</title><description>&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JZJoimcgctg" width="420"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Boo Boo La La wanted me to record her singing "Santa Claus is Coming To Town" after she watched Elf for the millionth time. &amp;nbsp;;) &amp;nbsp;We love that movie.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Merry Christmas Peeps, may you enjoy all the joy and peace of the season. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;I know that you've been good.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5165708682601537565-6383726741303187893?l=www.mommysnest.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MommysNest/~3/MEXJq2g5KGo/santa-claus-is-coming-to-town-just-like.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Lisa)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/JZJoimcgctg/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mommysnest.com/2011/12/santa-claus-is-coming-to-town-just-like.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165708682601537565.post-1873030463831896911</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-22T04:50:00.242-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Merry Christmas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mamakat's</category><title>Santa's of Christmas Past</title><description>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;And lo, &lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mamakatslosinit.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Mama Kat Angel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt; came from the east and said...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Write about Santa's past.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aoFgSDknh88/TvEwBeMGCqI/AAAAAAAACaw/cBumLfF5ryY/s1600/Boo+Santa+3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aoFgSDknh88/TvEwBeMGCqI/AAAAAAAACaw/cBumLfF5ryY/s320/Boo+Santa+3.JPG" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Santa, Mrs, &amp;amp; Boo&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Which means of course I can show cute pictures of Boo Boo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;But also that I can re-hash my Santa tale from Holiday 2010. &amp;nbsp;In case you had not noticed I am not blogging a lot lately. &amp;nbsp;The first reason was I felt uninspired because I had no job, and now it's because my job is keeping me SUPER BUSY (and Kid-fu, Girl Scouts, Sunday School teaching, volunteering and kindergarten...whew!) &amp;nbsp; So here you have it - What happened LAST year:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T0Z3VC7-wMs/TvEyLxd0JWI/AAAAAAAACa4/6nV4cVVLaQY/s1600/tree.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T0Z3VC7-wMs/TvEyLxd0JWI/AAAAAAAACa4/6nV4cVVLaQY/s200/tree.png" width="181" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P7zm8xZYJ0w/TRMkBzkhn0I/AAAAAAAAB4g/riHYD6Grd-I/s1600/Santa+%2526+Baby.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P7zm8xZYJ0w/TRMkBzkhn0I/AAAAAAAAB4g/riHYD6Grd-I/s200/Santa+%2526+Baby.jpg" width="139" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Yesterday I played along with Wordless Wednesday and put up this picture of my Dear Sweet Child, Boo Boo La La.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
I got lots of nice comments about how cute she is - Thank you - and I wanted to tell you how it came to be that I found myself paying for a picture with Santa Claus for the first time EVER in her life.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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You see my husband is in a union and every year they have a Christmas Party for all the kids to come and see Santa and Mrs. Claus - she sat on the SAME Santa's lap (or at least near it) every year since she was 11 months old.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Evidence: &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P7zm8xZYJ0w/TRMm2myeTHI/AAAAAAAAB4k/R3ceG1JA2S4/s1600/Santa+Baby.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P7zm8xZYJ0w/TRMm2myeTHI/AAAAAAAAB4k/R3ceG1JA2S4/s200/Santa+Baby.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;At 11 months&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P7zm8xZYJ0w/TRMm6OmhGZI/AAAAAAAAB4o/jh-ao_1-vTo/s1600/Santa+%2526+Baby+at+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P7zm8xZYJ0w/TRMm6OmhGZI/AAAAAAAAB4o/jh-ao_1-vTo/s200/Santa+%2526+Baby+at+2.jpg" width="197" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Just about Two&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P7zm8xZYJ0w/TRMm8asc62I/AAAAAAAAB4s/imotw7ftQIE/s1600/Santa+NOOOO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P7zm8xZYJ0w/TRMm8asc62I/AAAAAAAAB4s/imotw7ftQIE/s320/Santa+NOOOO.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;At almost three she didn't think she liked the big guy...&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P7zm8xZYJ0w/TRMm_FovBLI/AAAAAAAAB4w/EryATNC7d-c/s1600/Santa+Cutie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P7zm8xZYJ0w/TRMm_FovBLI/AAAAAAAAB4w/EryATNC7d-c/s320/Santa+Cutie.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Almost four and starting to get the picture...&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;This year however my husband had to WORK on&amp;nbsp;the day of the party...and while I would KNOW people there, including my BIL and his family, it was essentially my husband's WORK Christmas Party and who goes to their spouse's Christmas Party without their spouse?&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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I thought to myself...you DO have a backup Santa.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P7zm8xZYJ0w/TRMoG-8WQxI/AAAAAAAAB40/K3tBCEornyU/s1600/Santa+Backup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P7zm8xZYJ0w/TRMoG-8WQxI/AAAAAAAAB40/K3tBCEornyU/s320/Santa+Backup.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;THIS is what I call a good backup Santa!&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Boo Boo's Pre-K ALWAYS has a visit from Santa!&lt;br /&gt;
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wah wah wah&lt;br /&gt;
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Remember what happend at Boo Boo's Pre-K Christmas Pagent?&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.mommysnest.com/2010/12/snow-maggedon-2010.html"&gt;Snow-maggedon 2010?&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; The blizzard of SEVENTEEN INCHES OF SNOW&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAyLX2hY7E0"&gt; that took down a football stadium?&amp;nbsp; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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yeah, no Santa that day either.&lt;br /&gt;
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So what does a mama do that PROMISED her Boo Boo she could visit Santa?&lt;br /&gt;
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She takes her to the mall on the COLDEST night in December that is possible and does it on the night they ALSO allow people to bring their pets.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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I am a genius.&lt;br /&gt;
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But Boo Boo was soooo excited.&lt;br /&gt;
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As we stood there in line for nearly two hours she was as patient as any four year old could possibly be...having to wait for THREE dogs to sit with Santa ahead of her...hair dirty and in a scraggly pony...not dressed up in her Christmas Best like years past...but you know what?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
She chatted with Santa for the longest time.&amp;nbsp; And this Dear Santa really listened and talked with her on a whole other level than our Santa's of the past.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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And T-Bone still got to watch &lt;a href="http://www.vikings.com/schedule/game/2010/regular14/"&gt;The Vikings&lt;/a&gt; at Applebee's.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5165708682601537565-1873030463831896911?l=www.mommysnest.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MommysNest/~3/7QJ44M9IOCc/santas-of-christmas-past.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Lisa)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aoFgSDknh88/TvEwBeMGCqI/AAAAAAAACaw/cBumLfF5ryY/s72-c/Boo+Santa+3.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>6</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mommysnest.com/2011/12/santas-of-christmas-past.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165708682601537565.post-7158029874711366854</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-21T08:24:48.361-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">random ranting by mommy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Merry Christmas</category><title>MAKE.IT.STOP.</title><description>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1wUsc_R3EGU/TvHrTOeyWKI/AAAAAAAACbA/yJqi1PbpcjY/s1600/main_pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="228px" oda="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1wUsc_R3EGU/TvHrTOeyWKI/AAAAAAAACbA/yJqi1PbpcjY/s320/main_pic.jpg" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
If you need a reason to dislike Rob Lowe or Kimberly Williams...this is it.&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.cbs.com/specials/christmas_shoes/" target="_blank"&gt;Or CBS for that matter.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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I love Christmas music...the radio is set to our all Christmas music channel from Thanksgiving to Christmas -- Pandora too -- EXCEPT when this creepy dang song comes on. &lt;br /&gt;
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Seriously, it's not sweet.&lt;br /&gt;
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It's creepier than Tom&amp;nbsp;Cruise in a makeout scene with Nicole Kidman.&lt;br /&gt;
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Yes, that's how I really feel.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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You may now feel the freedom to bash my opinion.&amp;nbsp;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5165708682601537565-7158029874711366854?l=www.mommysnest.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MommysNest/~3/BV6fLsz4G5c/makeitstop.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Lisa)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1wUsc_R3EGU/TvHrTOeyWKI/AAAAAAAACbA/yJqi1PbpcjY/s72-c/main_pic.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mommysnest.com/2011/12/makeitstop.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165708682601537565.post-5429644304680457737</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-06T06:12:36.824-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">work it mama</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">YMCA</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like me</category><title>Across a crowded room...</title><description>I got there early - but there was already a crowd.&lt;br /&gt;
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I was worried he would be taken already....&lt;br /&gt;
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But, no. &amp;nbsp;There he stood. &lt;br /&gt;
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Waiting.&lt;br /&gt;
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Just for me.&lt;br /&gt;
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To make me sweat.&lt;br /&gt;
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Ahhhh.&lt;br /&gt;
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I love my boyfriend at the Y.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;So I am going to bring pumpkin pie to my SIL's tomorrow...let's look.&lt;br /&gt;
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But I decided to add this to the mix...&lt;br /&gt;
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This is Martha Stewart's &lt;a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/340550/cranberry-pear-crisp" target="_blank"&gt;Cranberry &amp;amp; Pear Crisp:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="ingredients  recipe-section" style="background-color: #a0e1da; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #5e5a57; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;div class="item-list" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;ul class="content-multigroup-group-ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;li class="ingredient first" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;4 to 6 firm pears, peeled and cut into 3/4-inch pieces (6 cups)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;1 1/2 cups cranberries&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;1/3 cup plus 1/4 cup sugar&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;1/2 cup flour&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;1/2 cup (1 stick) chilled butter&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;1/4 cup light-brown sugar&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;1/4 teaspoon cinnamon&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;1 cup rolled oats&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Pinch of salt&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="ingredient last" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Vanilla ice cream (optional)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="recipe-section instructions" style="background-color: #a0e1da; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #5e5a57; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;h2 style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; font: normal normal 100 20px/23px museo-slab-1, museo-slab-2, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;Directions&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="item-list" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;ol class="content-multigroup-group-steps" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 12px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 18px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;li class="step first" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl, toss pears with lemon juice. Add cranberries and 1/3 cup sugar; toss well.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="step" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Transfer to six 8-ounce ramekins (or a 3-quart baking dish). Sprinkle with topping (see below); bake until fruit is tender and topping is golden, about 25 minutes. Let cool at least 30 minutes before serving with vanilla ice cream, if desired.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class="step last" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;To make the Oatmeal Crisp Topping: Pulse flour with butter in a food processor until pea-size clumps form. Add remaining granulated sugar and the light-brown sugar, cinnamon, oats, and salt; pulse until large, moist clumps form, about 10 times.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"&gt;Enjoy Turkey's! &amp;nbsp;I will update how it went later...maybe.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5165708682601537565-4651064300309719463?l=www.mommysnest.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MommysNest/~3/OqZUL8lUA98/beyond-pumpkin-pie.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Lisa)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hEKtVQgWh8M/Ts2wtfDvU7I/AAAAAAAACaY/03DmOTn8zxw/s72-c/mamakat.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>5</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mommysnest.com/2011/11/beyond-pumpkin-pie.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165708682601537565.post-8017449542294275116</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-21T04:53:52.985-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fun</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Minnesota Zoo</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">boo boo</category><title>What you can do @MNZoo</title><description>I think I have written before about how @IamBooBooLaLa and I spend time at The Minnesota Zoo. &amp;nbsp;And frankly I don't think people take enough advantage of their &lt;a href="http://www.mnzoo.org/education/education_kidsFamilies_zooAdventures.asp" target="_blank"&gt;Family Zoo Adventures&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;We have been behind the scenes in the Sea Otter habitat, under the Tropics Trail making popsicle's for the Gibbons and yesterday? &lt;br /&gt;
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FINALLY after three tries...we got to Dolphin Magic!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;First we walked around the dolphin's kitchen - you could smell the thawing fish and I thought it smelled like the ocean in there - I wanted sushi! &amp;nbsp;Then our naturalist (she is pretty much the same one we have had every class! &amp;nbsp;We love Miss E!) took us up some stairs and we opened up to the Shark Reef! &amp;nbsp;Boo Boo was fascinated by looking down on the fishes, sharks, rays and even saw Marty the Sea Turtle. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;But the highlight? &amp;nbsp;Getting on the deck:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;I feel like I am in Dolpin Tale!&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;We got to step into a bucket to sanitize the bottoms of our shoes then we were on the deck with Dolphin (and &amp;nbsp;Sea Otter) Trainer M. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;OMG doesn't even cover it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s7O42VyfnXY/TsoroK3LxxI/AAAAAAAACaA/kxfiKJMKSHU/s1600/Allie+27+yo+11-20-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s7O42VyfnXY/TsoroK3LxxI/AAAAAAAACaA/kxfiKJMKSHU/s320/Allie+27+yo+11-20-11.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Hello Allie!&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;As we walked onto the deck little Taijah popped SUPER high up out of the water and made some adorable squeeks at us...Boo Boo was SPEECHLESS! &amp;nbsp;We got to walk all around the deck and stare into the pools watching Mom Allie and her Baby Taijah swim around wondering who we were. &amp;nbsp;It was so much fun! &amp;nbsp;We got to ask all kinds of questions about them and Semo, the daddy in the big front pool. &amp;nbsp;The only thing I regret is that I was not fast enough to get some good pictures because they popped up many times to look at us and squeek. &amp;nbsp;Boo Boo couldn't hardly speak except to wave and say "Hi Dolphin." nearly at a whisper.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;When it was all over and we had done our craft and eaten our "fishy" snack of goldfish and Swedish Fish I got...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Thank you momma!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Thank you momma!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Thank you momma!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;And lots of hugs.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Oh and NO the Minnesota Zoo does not pay me to do any of my boasting about them. &amp;nbsp;I just love them.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5165708682601537565-8017449542294275116?l=www.mommysnest.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MommysNest/~3/IK557Aco3_M/what-you-can-do-mnzoo.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Lisa)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8q8QeBanM3g/Tsoqm-VUrEI/AAAAAAAACZw/PVPP-PPo41Y/s72-c/Feeding+the+sharks+11-20-11.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mommysnest.com/2011/11/what-you-can-do-mnzoo.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165708682601537565.post-4170595905553902304</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-17T08:19:47.380-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">short and sweet post</category><title>Stay tuned</title><description>This weekend is going to be a busy one for me:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Ers_ggMzRU/TsUX1xMQiuI/AAAAAAAACZk/ybpAsKOSWXA/s1600/snow+house.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Ers_ggMzRU/TsUX1xMQiuI/AAAAAAAACZk/ybpAsKOSWXA/s320/snow+house.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;We MIGHT get snow...&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Brunch with the MN Bloggers at MOA - Yes Beth? If you want to join us let me know.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Annual Cocktail Party with a twist - the hosts have a new home!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A trip to @MNZoo with @Iambooboolala to see the DOLPHINS!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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And I got asked to review some software, so look for me to do a giveaway for you before too long.&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks for sticking with me. &amp;nbsp;I got nuttin' much to write about lately.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5165708682601537565-4170595905553902304?l=www.mommysnest.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MommysNest/~3/KdIvAz16pSg/stay-tuned.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Lisa)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Ers_ggMzRU/TsUX1xMQiuI/AAAAAAAACZk/ybpAsKOSWXA/s72-c/snow+house.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mommysnest.com/2011/11/stay-tuned.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165708682601537565.post-5092463020658845992</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-12T04:29:00.313-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">give give give</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mall of america</category><title>Make Brookstone YOUR Holiday Elf</title><description>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;So Thursday night I got invited to an event at &lt;a href="http://www.brookstone.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Brookstone&lt;/a&gt; where they were going to highlight some great gifts for the upcoming Holidays - Hey, I love a good night out at the Mall of America - AND the opportunity to meet more local bloggers does not hurt.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Where were you &lt;a href="http://www.lifewithlevi.com/"&gt;Life With Levi&lt;/a&gt;?? &amp;nbsp;We could have carpooled!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;@Iambooboolala and I got there at the same time as Darcie of &lt;a href="http://www.gustgab.com/"&gt;Gust Gab&lt;/a&gt; - and Tracy from &lt;a href="http://sellabitmum.com/"&gt;Sellabit Mum&lt;/a&gt; was not far behind her. &amp;nbsp;I love these women's blogs AND Tweets ;) &amp;nbsp;And we were tweeting to @brookstone the whole night! &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;So without further ado - here is what you can get me for Christmas this year.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IoPaFr5eu_c/Tr2uTDx4b6I/AAAAAAAACYw/_Uj7IzRMj3Q/s1600/CIMG3942.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IoPaFr5eu_c/Tr2uTDx4b6I/AAAAAAAACYw/_Uj7IzRMj3Q/s200/CIMG3942.JPG" width="150" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I love my bed - and to prevent marital strife how about some&lt;a href="http://www.brookstone.com/tempur-pedic-suprima-pillow?bkiid=SearchResults|CategoryProductList|636068p" target="_blank"&gt; Tempurpedic Pillows&lt;/a&gt; exclusively at Brookstone and a&lt;a href="http://www.brookstone.com/dual-zone-nap-heated-blanket?bkiid=SearchResults|CategoryProductList|736542p" target="_blank"&gt; DUAL control heating blanket from Brookstone's&lt;/a&gt; own line.&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q15rAMdXZmg/Tr2uWCd7d3I/AAAAAAAACY4/M81fMzO9Ang/s1600/CIMG3940.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q15rAMdXZmg/Tr2uWCd7d3I/AAAAAAAACY4/M81fMzO9Ang/s200/CIMG3940.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Then for the family there are cool things like a treat dispenser that detects motion - or the bowls that keep your cereal from EVER being soggy:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s9GhsP-_Fdk/Tr2vUdPVKoI/AAAAAAAACZA/8mnGGCtFwTk/s1600/CIMG3926.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s9GhsP-_Fdk/Tr2vUdPVKoI/AAAAAAAACZA/8mnGGCtFwTk/s200/CIMG3926.JPG" width="150" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.brookstone.com/obol-never-soggy-cereal-bowl?bkiid=SearchResults|CategoryProductList|726941p" target="_blank"&gt;Obol&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DVCDhIek1so/Tr2vX6zV_GI/AAAAAAAACZI/9_3DLRBEY-s/s1600/CIMG3925.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DVCDhIek1so/Tr2vX6zV_GI/AAAAAAAACZI/9_3DLRBEY-s/s200/CIMG3925.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.brookstone.com/candyman-motion-activated-candy-dispenser?bkiid=SearchResults|CategoryProductList|646570p" target="_blank"&gt;Mmmm M&amp;amp;M's &lt;/a&gt;thanks Kevin&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;And if you want to keep your child happy - just park her with the Tech Guys up front at Brookstone and watch what happens: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yCVtdqaQzBc/Tr2sE-StHWI/AAAAAAAACYg/iEhLfPxvVOE/s1600/Rover.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yCVtdqaQzBc/Tr2sE-StHWI/AAAAAAAACYg/iEhLfPxvVOE/s400/Rover.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.brookstone.com/rover-remote-control-spy-tank-for-ipad?bkiid=SearchResults|CategoryProductList|719302p" target="_blank"&gt;Here Rover!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h6aYeZp6UkU/Tr2sGhFndZI/AAAAAAAACYo/DzKEZPJBCQU/s1600/Air+Picture.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h6aYeZp6UkU/Tr2sGhFndZI/AAAAAAAACYo/DzKEZPJBCQU/s400/Air+Picture.PNG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.brookstone.com/ar-drone-quadricopter?bkiid=SearchResults|CategoryProductList|652479p" target="_blank"&gt;Come and GET ME!!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;The new remote control vehicles can even be powered by Apps for your iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad or Android Smart Phone. &amp;nbsp;AND THEY TAKE PICTURES!!!! How cool is that brother?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;So thank you Brookstone for inviting us to join you in getting ready for the Holiday Season ahead!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Note: I was compensated with lovely treats AND M&amp;amp;M's - plus a nice gift bag for telling you about what Brookstone has for the holiday season. &amp;nbsp;Check out their stocking stuffers too!!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kJ00iGMPJ8E/Tr2x7YoNs2I/AAAAAAAACZY/cioPtMcirKY/s1600/CIMG3941.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kJ00iGMPJ8E/Tr2x7YoNs2I/AAAAAAAACZY/cioPtMcirKY/s400/CIMG3941.JPG" width="300" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;But I bought the Santa Pig Popper for myself - too fun!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bTiA55qzOzg/Tr2xKnMax3I/AAAAAAAACZQ/wH5LmHpRGIM/s1600/CIMG3927.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bTiA55qzOzg/Tr2xKnMax3I/AAAAAAAACZQ/wH5LmHpRGIM/s320/CIMG3927.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.brookstone.com/poppers?bkiid=SearchResults|CategoryProductList|746213p" target="_blank"&gt;POP!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5165708682601537565-5092463020658845992?l=www.mommysnest.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MommysNest/~3/ADp6pO7co5s/make-brookstone-your-holiday-elf.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Lisa)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IoPaFr5eu_c/Tr2uTDx4b6I/AAAAAAAACYw/_Uj7IzRMj3Q/s72-c/CIMG3942.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mommysnest.com/2011/11/make-brookstone-your-holiday-elf.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165708682601537565.post-352296654377761380</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-10T08:45:58.595-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fishy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">boo boo</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mall of america</category><title>Here is how the fish talk:</title><description>One of the perks of knowing I have a job, but not having to actually start for a while, is that @Iambooboolala and I can do pretty much whatever we want during the morning hours. &amp;nbsp;Yesterday that meant a diverted trip to the Mall Of America when our lunch plans fell through.&lt;br /&gt;
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We went on two rides and then I told Boo Boo that we could go to Lego's Imagination Center.&lt;br /&gt;
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She LOVED that.&lt;br /&gt;
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She played with two little boys who are also in afternoon kindergarten while one of their mother's and I talked about PTO. &amp;nbsp;(We both are on PTO and shared ideas and challenges.)&lt;br /&gt;
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Then I told her we needed to get lunch if we were going to make it to school on time...she caught out of her eye&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"&gt;The Rainforest Cafe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Now it would NOT have been my choice to go anywhere near a location that charges $6 for macaroni and cheese - but I decided to go with it.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DJddf1cfeZ4/TrvhzyAtfMI/AAAAAAAACYI/QqqjqMxUNnQ/s1600/squishy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DJddf1cfeZ4/TrvhzyAtfMI/AAAAAAAACYI/QqqjqMxUNnQ/s320/squishy.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;We asked and got seated near a tank of fish and immediately had to find the puffer fish. &amp;nbsp;Here is "Squishy" who floated around by us nearly all of our lunch.&lt;br /&gt;
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And here is what Boo Boo had to say about the fish.&lt;br /&gt;
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B: Mama, all the fish can talk to each other you know. &amp;nbsp;They speak the same language.&lt;br /&gt;
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M: Really?&lt;br /&gt;
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B: Yes, they can talk but its different. &amp;nbsp;You see the English fish go like this...*puts hands to side of face and says "bloop"*&lt;br /&gt;
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M: Uh huh so what else?&lt;br /&gt;
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B: Then the SPANISH fish go like this....*puts hands to side of face and says, "blurp"* &amp;nbsp;AND the Chinese fish go like this...*hands to side of face and says, "blirpy" - and then there is the sign language fish...*puts hands to side of face and makes blowing kissy face motions without sound*&lt;br /&gt;
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M: (trying to maintain the seriousness that she has used to portray fish languages) And they all understand each other?&lt;br /&gt;
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B: Of COURSE Mama, they are fish!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5165708682601537565-352296654377761380?l=www.mommysnest.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MommysNest/~3/5-66hRuLw6o/here-is-how-fish-talk.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Lisa)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DJddf1cfeZ4/TrvhzyAtfMI/AAAAAAAACYI/QqqjqMxUNnQ/s72-c/squishy.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mommysnest.com/2011/11/here-is-how-fish-talk.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165708682601537565.post-5394739548521092063</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-04T09:21:00.219-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">random ranting by mommy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">work it mama</category><title>The view from here...</title><description>Sometimes I feel guilty...&lt;br /&gt;
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I don't spend enough time playing with @Iambooboolala&lt;br /&gt;
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I don't spend enough time just being in the same room as T-bone&lt;br /&gt;
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I don't clean enough, volunteer enough, fill out enough job applications, go on enough interviews, read enough blogs, excercise or eat right....&lt;br /&gt;
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The list is endless of what is not enough.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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But, today I feel guilty because I am done.&amp;nbsp; My #jobsearch is complete and I got what I wanted.&amp;nbsp; The pipe dream of a job that puts me in a place where I believe in the work that they do every day.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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Seriously?&amp;nbsp; When I filled out the application I tried to REALLY sell myself in the cover letter - apply my experience to the job posting.&amp;nbsp; I tried to dazzle the recruiter while sitting in my car before another interview.&amp;nbsp; I talked in the in-person interviews (four)&amp;nbsp;about how their product lines had affected my personal life.&amp;nbsp; I crossed my fingers and kept going on more interviews and filling out more job applications.&amp;nbsp; Then after one grueling day of a job-shadow interview I got the call that they liked me, they wanted me, and I was being hired to do something complex, exciting, and full of using my relationship building and negotiating skills.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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How awesome is that? &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And how awful.&lt;br /&gt;
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You see I feel that I am still one of those that are under-employed, un-employed, and downright discouraged.&amp;nbsp; My last job was the one that found me under-employed.&amp;nbsp; For three years.&amp;nbsp; And I just cannot shake that mantle just yet.&amp;nbsp; And I do not want to do it - I want to be angry that our government does nothing to help millions of citizens.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I want to tweet out and blog and rant on Facebook.&lt;br /&gt;
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But for today - I will relax and enjoy the luxury of time.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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Just enough time.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5165708682601537565-5394739548521092063?l=www.mommysnest.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MommysNest/~3/eeX925sZ_aQ/view-from-here.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Lisa)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mommysnest.com/2011/11/view-from-here.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165708682601537565.post-2258580186238263618</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-01T06:02:33.988-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">dress up</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Happy Halloween</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">boo boo</category><title>#BOO - Its a scary...</title><description>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://sellabitmum.com/2011/10/29/boo-in-the-blogosphere-halloween-costume-link-up/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://fourplusanangel.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/halloween_night1.jpg" title="Four Plus an Angel" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Since I am ever so lame - and don't wish to bore you with stories of how much I hate "online" job applications, or people who want you to arrive early for an interview and then make you wait out making chit-chat with the receptionist until its 13 minutes after your scheduled interview...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;*ahem*&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;I am linking up with Tracy and Jessica for #Boo in the Blogosphere! You can too - I am not shy about letting you know they are giving away treats for us Mommies!!!! &amp;nbsp;(Daddies too - and pet children count!)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;So here we go! &amp;nbsp;@IamBooBooLaLa was a &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;very&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; scary&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mqdrSrtVPag/Tq_NIiRHy7I/AAAAAAAACXg/8qu70AFNX-s/s1600/Trick+or+Treat+2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mqdrSrtVPag/Tq_NIiRHy7I/AAAAAAAACXg/8qu70AFNX-s/s320/Trick+or+Treat+2011.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;...Genie from Aladdin&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ijDpIdRjwgE/Tq_NJrpVrlI/AAAAAAAACXo/AU4q0M5rILk/s1600/Cool+Pumpkins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ijDpIdRjwgE/Tq_NJrpVrlI/AAAAAAAACXo/AU4q0M5rILk/s320/Cool+Pumpkins.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;I like to take credit for other people's pumpkins...so sparkly!&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GblVcknqrmM/Tq_P2dluiWI/AAAAAAAACX4/8ERGM8EIBp8/s1600/La+la+la+-+Trick+or+Treat+2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GblVcknqrmM/Tq_P2dluiWI/AAAAAAAACX4/8ERGM8EIBp8/s320/La+la+la+-+Trick+or+Treat+2011.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Grandpa and Grandma came along to watch and take more pictures....&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OK1ib8hbswk/Tq_NMGpAHhI/AAAAAAAACXw/ugBC-rJBqcQ/s1600/Na+na+na+na+na+na.....jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OK1ib8hbswk/Tq_NMGpAHhI/AAAAAAAACXw/ugBC-rJBqcQ/s320/Na+na+na+na+na+na.....jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Na na na na na na...&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aGACnp8RRgs/Tq_Qg24MmoI/AAAAAAAACYA/HNHlkT5iSKk/s1600/IMG_20111025_125556.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aGACnp8RRgs/Tq_Qg24MmoI/AAAAAAAACYA/HNHlkT5iSKk/s320/IMG_20111025_125556.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Our pumpkins - PRE chomp-fest by our local squirrels.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Then we ate a Papa Murphy's Jack O Lantern pizza - and a Cowboy with white sauce. &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;mmmmm.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;There you have it. &amp;nbsp;A glimpse of Halloween on the Parkway.&lt;br /&gt;
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Mwah!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5165708682601537565-2258580186238263618?l=www.mommysnest.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MommysNest/~3/WVuyFcoAfOU/boo-its-scary.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Lisa)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mqdrSrtVPag/Tq_NIiRHy7I/AAAAAAAACXg/8qu70AFNX-s/s72-c/Trick+or+Treat+2011.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>12</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mommysnest.com/2011/11/boo-its-scary.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165708682601537565.post-303936234074822815</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-29T06:19:54.577-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">work it mama</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">buddy can you spare a dime</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mamakat's</category><title>What have I been looking for?</title><description>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;This week's prompts:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"&gt;2.) Write about the last item you looked for. Why did you need it?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wx3uXgBZu6k/TqvdGWoYTbI/AAAAAAAACXY/J5ZWXMwSqqo/s1600/working-man.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="247" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wx3uXgBZu6k/TqvdGWoYTbI/AAAAAAAACXY/J5ZWXMwSqqo/s320/working-man.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mamakatslosinit.com/2011/10/time-alone/"&gt;Mama Kat &lt;/a&gt;posed the question this week -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;In case you didn't know...I am looking for a job.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Why? &amp;nbsp;Because I lost the last one and unlike some people - we both need to work. &amp;nbsp;Plus, I like to work and am not sure I could totally be a stay at home mom. &amp;nbsp;I really admire those who can do that - the mom's who do crafts all the time with their kids - take them tirelessly to the park - bake, cook, and play with their kids. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;I have one and she &lt;i&gt;sometimes&lt;/i&gt; exhausts me.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;I have loved the last three months for the time to go to the zoo, the apple orchard, school field trips, cooking dinner, doing crafts, just LAYING there and reading books with @IamBooBooLaLa - but it has been very stressful to try and balance being here with her and looking for work. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Sometimes I feel like the online searching, the endless applications and the interviewing are not worth the fact I have to plop her in front of the television or the Wii, or haul my dad out of the house to get her on the bus. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;So I have a few tips for those of you who have friends in my situation. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Do: Offer to help watch my daughter if I am in a bind - I may never ask, but its nice to hear.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Do: Send links to jobs or make suggestions. &amp;nbsp;Even if they don't "quite" fit I know you are thinking of me.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Don't: Worry if I get teary or quiet. &amp;nbsp;Its A LOT to think about every day.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;And if I don't blog please know it's not because I don't have anything to say - it is because I am SICK of being online after all those applications that require you to; copy and paste your resume, fill in all the details of your resume over the next four pages, then upload your resume and edit all the details that didn't quite parse out correctly over the next three pages. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;sigh&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5165708682601537565-303936234074822815?l=www.mommysnest.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MommysNest/~3/Fys3Fw186A0/what-have-i-been-looking-for.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Lisa)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wx3uXgBZu6k/TqvdGWoYTbI/AAAAAAAACXY/J5ZWXMwSqqo/s72-c/working-man.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>3</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mommysnest.com/2011/10/what-have-i-been-looking-for.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165708682601537565.post-7158245245018665334</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-21T08:29:40.736-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mamakat's</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fall leaves boo boo la la daddy</category><title>Haiku for Fall</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Fall Fall Fall&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;How I love the fall...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;....leaves and all.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mamakatslosinit.com/2011/10/haiku-for-you/"&gt;Join the workshop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5165708682601537565-7158245245018665334?l=www.mommysnest.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MommysNest/~3/fcfvL9dptDI/haiku-for-fall.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Lisa)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bwRcPy5utgw/TqFzVpXnVmI/AAAAAAAACWQ/zrNi7Jx4foA/s72-c/CIMG3884.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mommysnest.com/2011/10/haiku-for-fall.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165708682601537565.post-999814166658797292</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-16T19:17:29.479-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">t-bone</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Happy Birthday</category><title>Happy Birthday Hot Stuff</title><description>Is there anything sexier than a guy who spends his Sunday morning raking up a pile of leaves so that his daughter can jump in the leaves???&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Happy Birthday My Dear Sweet Hubby&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5165708682601537565-999814166658797292?l=www.mommysnest.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MommysNest/~3/Yrl2DonlDRY/happy-birthday-hot-stuff.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Lisa)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tOQpG1zMpyI/TptzyH3Ub9I/AAAAAAAACWE/Xciq997-ntU/s72-c/CIMG3882.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mommysnest.com/2011/10/happy-birthday-hot-stuff.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165708682601537565.post-217823907638405363</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-16T19:30:42.071-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fall leaves boo boo la la daddy</category><title>Fall Leaves are a habit for Boo Boo</title><description>&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/phg6csQLn70" width="420"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Even head first!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/W-DcWUS3rWs" width="420"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5165708682601537565-217823907638405363?l=www.mommysnest.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MommysNest/~3/nc7B3P4EU_Q/fall-leaves-are-habit-for-boo-boo.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Lisa)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/phg6csQLn70/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mommysnest.com/2011/10/fall-leaves-are-habit-for-boo-boo.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165708682601537565.post-7744732736774459421</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 19:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-15T14:57:08.697-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">family</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">boo boo</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pizza</category><title>Chuck E Cheese NEW pizza &amp; birthdays!</title><description>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nObXmcZnImc/TpnfHT8I9PI/AAAAAAAACVk/6ogRM5cRdwc/s1600/1318694099455.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nObXmcZnImc/TpnfHT8I9PI/AAAAAAAACVk/6ogRM5cRdwc/s400/1318694099455.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Yes, we went back into the jungle that is called CHUCK E. CHEESE!&lt;br /&gt;
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And we did it for the brand new, from FRESH ingredients pizza....which I have to say was the bonus for me today. &lt;br /&gt;
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Well, that and my brother and I took my niece and Boo Boo La La EARLY so that we avoided the birthday crowds.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lFUCoOCR4cg/TpnfJ-kWPyI/AAAAAAAACVs/ZBOQzZepZpk/s1600/IMG_20111015_113547.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lFUCoOCR4cg/TpnfJ-kWPyI/AAAAAAAACVs/ZBOQzZepZpk/s320/IMG_20111015_113547.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Cousins gotta HUG before they eat!&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a57W2bU3PCE/TpnfLOIxEKI/AAAAAAAACV0/KsQvH2P-4RY/s1600/menu_items_pizza.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="209" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a57W2bU3PCE/TpnfLOIxEKI/AAAAAAAACV0/KsQvH2P-4RY/s320/menu_items_pizza.png" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;From Chuck E. Cheese website&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Chuck E. Cheese asked me to go &lt;a href="http://www.chuckecheese.com/menu/new-pizza.php"&gt;try out the new pizza&lt;/a&gt; and sent me a card for a free pizza, 4 large drinks and 30 tokens. &amp;nbsp;My brother was delighted to tag along so we could all play games and then win some stuff - you know the stuff??? The kids LOVE the stuff and it makes for a good start to the Saturday if they have swim lessons, play in the playland, play games, win tickets and get the stuff. &amp;nbsp;;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;We had EXTRA tokens to play with too because Boo Boo La La's birthday was at Chuck E's place&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Just one thing....we had to promise Nora to keep her away from this guy.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e8JS1NPAq8o/TpnfMFo_wMI/AAAAAAAACV8/jwtkfifsqqk/s1600/chuck+e+and+me.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e8JS1NPAq8o/TpnfMFo_wMI/AAAAAAAACV8/jwtkfifsqqk/s640/chuck+e+and+me.jpg" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;I was compensated with a large cheese pizza, four drinks, and 30 tokens to give this review and honestly, the pizza DOES taste better. &amp;nbsp;I *might* have to consider trying their &lt;a href="http://www.chuckecheese.com/parties/birthday-reserve-your-party.php"&gt;new birthday party&lt;/a&gt; for Boo Boo's sixth birthday this winter...hmmm.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;p.s. You can get great &lt;a href="http://www.chuckecheese.com/coupons/"&gt;coupons&lt;/a&gt; at their website, www.chuckecheese.com - AND make sure you print and color the &lt;a href="http://www.chuckecheese.com/promotions/pdf/chucktober_coloring_sheet.pdf"&gt;ChuckTober &lt;/a&gt;picture for 10 free tokens!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Thanks Chuck E.!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5165708682601537565-7744732736774459421?l=www.mommysnest.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MommysNest/~3/0yvVueQRbmg/chuck-e-cheese-new-pizza-birthdays.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Lisa)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nObXmcZnImc/TpnfHT8I9PI/AAAAAAAACVk/6ogRM5cRdwc/s72-c/1318694099455.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mommysnest.com/2011/10/chuck-e-cheese-new-pizza-birthdays.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165708682601537565.post-5632221383460869032</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-12T08:03:30.435-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">wordless wednesday</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">boo boo</category><title>Driving home from Boo Boo La La's view....</title><description>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Give me the camera...&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;See my sparkly Skeechers?&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8mJc6QSuSVw/TpVwTkQmQeI/AAAAAAAACUs/nN-_g_BKFF0/s1600/IMG_20110910_173237.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8mJc6QSuSVw/TpVwTkQmQeI/AAAAAAAACUs/nN-_g_BKFF0/s320/IMG_20110910_173237.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ht8Qb3z0ab8/TpVwVIwkCEI/AAAAAAAACU8/_6KZr2D_XlI/s1600/IMG_20110910_173304.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ht8Qb3z0ab8/TpVwVIwkCEI/AAAAAAAACU8/_6KZr2D_XlI/s320/IMG_20110910_173304.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;My pail...&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Do you want it back now?&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wordlesswednesday.com/newhome/"&gt;Thank you.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5165708682601537565-5632221383460869032?l=www.mommysnest.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MommysNest/~3/kygrfcLWppo/driving-home-from-boo-boo-la-las-view.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mommy Lisa)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oQo10xK7-24/TpVwRcefwtI/AAAAAAAACUU/0UUxlyhNhL8/s72-c/IMG_20110910_163035.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>6</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mommysnest.com/2011/10/driving-home-from-boo-boo-la-las-view.html</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>

