Mi Vida Ocupada

Beebs’ Birthday Bash {She’s 5!}

Kristi (sweetsauer) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:29:11 +0000

Last week my niece Bianca turned 5 and this past Saturday we celebrated with a family party.

Here are the photos!

Bianca got a lot of nice gifts including an American Girl Doll named Kit

I got her a little portable table/chair and Moon Dough. After she had opened all her presents I caught her sitting here, smiling to herself. She was very happy :)

Playing with the Moon Dough. This stuff is a MESS. Sorry Bri & Shel, hopefully it isn’t ground into your carpet!! I thought it would be more like play-doh :(

The boys thought the box that the table came in was their new fort…

Some family photos….

I finally got to meet Chan-Man, Erin & Stew’s new baby. I love all his hair!

Jeffrey and Annika

And a few miscellaneous

Thanks for reading, have a great day ;)

Beebs’ Birthday Bash {She’s 5!} is a post from: Mi Vida Ocupada

9,878 {Yahoo!}

Kristi (sweetsauer) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:15:36 +0000

I have been wanting to blog all week but I have been swamped.

Want to hear something really awesome????!!!

The Twin Cities Restaurant shattered all personal records yesterday with 6,910 page views and 2,968 hits so far today. (Average is 1500/day)

Why the big number???

I think I can finally announce some big news…. I have partnered with Yahoo! to bring my restaurant reviews and news to the Yahoo local home page. Any article that I publish on the Twin Cities Restaurant Blog will also be seen by the thousands of people in the Twin Cities who use Yahoo. This has been in the works for several months now and everything is still in “Beta” mode so I am not sure that everyone can see the changes yet, but it is starting to roll out this month.

The article that I published a few days ago “TCRB Editor’s Pick: Best Ribeye” got a ton of traffic and a ton of comments. Of course there are urban food snobs out there who were not happy with my selections but there were also many people who were very supportive and complimentary.

Hopefully all this traffic puts some more money in my pockets ;)

Thanks for reading, have a great day ;)

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January Baby Birthday Dinner

Kristi (sweetsauer) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:41:04 +0000

Happy Birthday to Dana Leigh (who had a birthday yesterday)

Last Thursday night I met Dana, Ang and Heather for Happy Hour drinks at Joe Sensers in Roseville.

Purple people drinker and Caribbean tea

After drinks we went down the street to Good Earth to meet Tanya for dinner. Review of that coming soon ;) We had a nice time and we even got a picture of us

Looking forward to seeing these ladies again in February ;)

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On this date I have blogged about:

On 01-22-10: Read Purple Pride from the Purple One: Prince’s “Purple and Gold” (01-22-10)
On 01-22-09: Read Hot Mama Alert & Celebrity Baby Name Game (01-22-09)
On 01-22-08: Read MLK Day scrappies (01-22-08)
On 01-22-08: Read My So-Called Life….. (01-22-08)
On 01-22-07: Read Pics from the Bachelorette Party…. (01-22-07)
On 01-22-06: Read Being Sisterless…. (01-22-06)

Thanks for reading, have a great day ;)

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Happy Saturday y2012 m1w3

Kristi (sweetsauer) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:39:18 +0000

Things that made me happy this week….

1. Brunch at Kozlak’s with my parents

2. New Orleans Jazz

3. Ruditini’s with Shannon and Denise

4. Phone calls from special friends

5. Having MLK jr Day off

6. A friend’s ultrasound confirmed her 10th baby will be a BOY! The other nine are all girls!

7. Homemade Eggrolls

8. Caribbean Tea and Purple People Drinker during Happy Hour

9. Dinner with Dana, Ang, Heather and Tanya at Good Earth

10. Invite to a special retreat

Thanks for reading, have a great day ;)

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Happy Birthday Bianca!

Kristi (sweetsauer) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:19:42 +0000

It is hard to believe that my niece Bianca is five years old today. Crazy how fast that time went, wow!!

Happy Birthday BeBe!

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On this date I have blogged about:

On 01-20-10: Read Another Random Post…. (01-20-10)
On 01-20-09: Read Obama’s Inauguration: So happy & proud to be an American! (01-20-09)
On 01-20-09: Read Live Inauguration Streaming….. (01-20-09)
On 01-20-09: Read Happy Birthday Beebs! (01-20-09)
On 01-20-08: Read Sweet Baby B turns 1!! (01-20-08)

Thanks for reading, have a great day ;)

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Thoughts for Thursday: Collections

Kristi (sweetsauer) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:11:35 +0000

I am not much of a collector (as an adult) but there are certain things that catch my eye and I just know I have to have it. Good thing these items are all relatively inexpensive…..

Dichroic Glass Pendants
Scarves
Books (swap!)

My partner, however, is a Collector Maximus. For real, he collects many different things including hand-painted fishing lures, Magic cards, glass art, concert t-shirts, Warhammer figurines, etc

Things I have collected somewhat as an adult but never kept up with:

Shot glasses from places I have visited
Take-out menus
Turtles
Lover statues/figurines
Scrapbook materials
Kevin Garnett Memorabilia
Statehood Quarters

I collected many more things as a kid including:

Shells
Rocks
Postcards
Stickers
Bouncy Balls
Charms
Books
North Stars Memorabilia

How about you? Do you collect anything? What collections have you had over the years? Does your significant other collect anything?

Thanks for reading, have a great day ;)

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Mystery of the Crystal Skulls

Kristi (sweetsauer) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:46:25 +0000

You may have seen one of these before {filled with Vodka}

Crystal skull

But what if you came across one of these…. (The Real Thing!)

And PLEASE, forget what you saw in the last Indiana Jones movie. I am being serious

When were they made?
Who made them?
What do they mean?
What kind of information is stored in these special crystals?

Here is what National Geographic has to say about the Crystal Skulls

Do you believe there is something more to these skulls than meets the eye or do you think it is a bunch of hocus pocus?

Do you think Skull sculptures (in general) are cool or creepy?

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On this Date I have blogged about:

On 01-18-10: Read Dusty Boy Blue (01-18-10)
On 01-18-10: Read Some Girly Time… (01-18-10)
On 01-18-08: Read Sub-Zero Temps. (01-18-08)
On 01-18-07: Read Spirits lifted :) (01-18-07)
On 01-18-06: Read Puzzles (01-18-06)

Thanks for reading, have a great day ;)

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Recent Reads….

Kristi (sweetsauer) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:16:03 +0000

Okay, so it isn’t Friday today but this post will still be here in a few days when it IS Friday ;)

The week before Christmas I picked up a stack of books I had been wanting to read from my local library…..

Winter Break Reading Materials ;) (Instagram)

Three weeks later and I have made it through 4 & 2/3rd of them plus another that was not in this stack;)

Ape House By Sara Gruen. I loved Water for Elephants and was very excited to read this second book by the same author. It was an intriguing story and a very quick read (not as good as WFE though)

Girls in Trouble. This was a sad story of a teenage girl who gets pregnant and her parents force her to give her baby up for adoption and all the repercussions of open adoption.

Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok. Beautiful story of a teenage girl who immigrates to American from Hong Kong and her struggles in the new country. I loved this, highly recommend. I spent three consecutive nights reading this, I enjoyed it so much.

The Beach Trees by Karen White. Another great story that was a mystery. The uncovering of family secrets and missing persons reminded me a lot of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo except this book was much better written! Highly recommend.

The Invention of Hugo Cabret. This is a juvenile fiction but it is a very quick read and another fun mystery. I read it in about an hour

We Is Got Him by Carrie Hagen. This is a true-crime novel about the first child abduction for ransom in America (1874). Interesting story but is dragging. I am not as in to non-fiction but I am determined to get this one finished in the next couple of days.

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On this date I have blogged about:

On 01-17-10: Read Como Park Conservatory ~ Winter Flower Display (01-17-10)
On 01-17-08: Read Thoughts for Thursday: Alternative & homeopathic healing (01-17-08)

Thanks for reading, have a great day ;)

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25 Years of Family Foosball Fun

Kristi (sweetsauer) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:16:01 +0000

This year marked the 25th Annual Sauer Family Foosball Tournament. The crowd was considerably smaller than usual, as we had only around 25 people in attendance, but we still had a good time. The party rotates from year to year but it was at My uncle Joe & Mary’s house this year

My dad, The Commissioner of Foosball, became a first-time Champion with partner Mike (my cousin Katie’s BF)

A shot of the 2012 Toilet Bowl Trophy

The bracket…

I was paired with my cousin Theresa’s husband, Andrew. We were eliminated in the first round. I am terrible at Foosball but in my defense, this is the only time I EVER play foosball

A few of the Tourney….

And a few other posed shots…