Mi Vida Ocupada

Happy Saturday y2012 m2w1

Kristi (sweetsauer) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:35:37 +0000

Ugg, this week seemed extra long and I haven’t felt well, plus feeling sad for my girl Noemy and her family who keep suffering. Trying to pull the happiness out of all that:

1.Seeing my old girlfriends at Brunch

2. Peanut Butter and Banana French Toast

3. Prime Rib

4. Being there for Noemy

5. Our Union and District Came to a Tentative Agreement on our Teacher’s Contract

6. Presenting Awards at the School Assembly

7. Shout-Outs on Twitter

8. Having my article on ribeyes featured in the WB Press

9. Picking up new books at the Library

10. Being up-to date on GG

On this date I have blogged about:

On 02-04-10: Read Chicken Marsala Recipe (02-04-10)
On 02-04-09: Read Fajita Night with the Fam :) (02-04-09)
On 02-04-08: Read Feeling Inspired… (02-04-08)
On 02-04-08: Read Pics from the birthday dinner…. (02-04-08)
On 02-04-07: Read Prince Halftime Show…. (02-04-07)
On 02-04-06: Read A sad day…. (02-04-06)

Thanks for reading, have a great day ;)

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My Dichroic Glass Pendants

Kristi (sweetsauer) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:09:19 +0000

A few weeks ago when I blogged about Collections, I mentioned I collect Dichroic Glass Pendants. I took a couple of pictures of some of my pieces to show you. I have collected these for about six years now and I try to find a new piece whenever I travel. Pieces have come from artists in Chicago, Las Vegas, Austin Tx and Boulder, Co as well as a number of artists who live in Minnesota. A couple of these are also mass-produced pieces that were found at the Mall (I don’t like those nearly as much!)

I know that if I ever get on Etsy I will have approximately 189 of these pendants but since I do not spend money, I won’t even attempt myself by looking. “The only problem with resisting temptation is you never know if you’ll get another chance”. Ha!

A closer look at my “blues”

If you ever want to buy me a gift, now you have a good idea of what to get me ;) lol

On This date I have blogged about:

On 02-02-11: Read Fish Tacos & Chile Recipe (02-02-11)
On 02-02-07: Read Remembering my old cookie business…… (02-02-07)
On 02-02-06: Read I Scrapped tonight… (02-02-06)
On 02-02-06: Read US History (02-02-06)

Thanks for reading, have a great day ;)

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Unexpected Visit

Kristi (sweetsauer) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:33:27 +0000

My dear friend Noemy is in town right now, but she is most certainly not here on vacation. Rather, her mother suffered a massive heart attack this past Sunday and Noemy was fortunate enough to be able to fly up here to MN (from her home in California) to be with her mom. She is still in the ICU and could use many prayers.

I spent some time with Noemy at the hospital last night and we were beyond relieved when her mom opened her eyes for the first time in three days and was able to respond to a few simple commands. That is progress but she has a long road ahead.

Get well soon, Virginia. You have many friends and family who love and need you!

Thanks for reading, have a great day ;)

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Feliz Cumpleanos a Mi Amiga Maria Elena!!

Kristi (sweetsauer) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:23:36 +0000

Happy Birthday today to my best friend Mary Ellen!!!

Hope you have a wonderful day!

I know Mary never has time to read my blog but wanted to give her a shout-out anyway ;)

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On this date I have blogged about:

On 01-31-11: Read Beebs turned 4! (01-31-11)
On 01-30-07: Read Happy Birthday Mary Ellen! (01-30-07)
On 01-30-06: Read Birthday Shout-out! (01-30-06)

Thanks for reading, have a great day ;)

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Happy Saturday y2012 m1w4

Kristi (sweetsauer) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:44:44 +0000

Things that made me happy this week:

1. Bianca’s Birthday Party

2. Side Work

3. Making the yahoo homepage

4. Getting 20k hits in 3 days on the TCRB

5. Getting recognition

6. Catching up with Mary

7. Reserving books at the library

8. School Spelling Bee

9. Successful Parent Info Mtng at work

10. Banana Fritters

11. Working with Clay

11. Lunch with a couple of my co-teachers

12. Fresh Hair Color

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On this date I have blogged about:

On 01-29-10: Read Changes coming to sweetsauer.com ~ Please Resubscribe! (01-29-10)
On 01-29-09: Read TFT: Physical Attraction (01-29-09)
On 01-29-08: Read Password time (01-29-08)
On 01-29-06: Read Fajitas! (01-29-06)

Thanks for reading, have a great day ;)

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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 ;)

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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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