tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55350871582441665152024-02-07T04:27:03.014-08:00Slice of my LifeViv Sluyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08891541515080838492noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5535087158244166515.post-88410069639869996082017-07-28T08:58:00.002-07:002017-07-28T08:58:39.353-07:00Berry Smooth(ie) Muffins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The other day my husband bought a Bolthouse Farms Strawberry Banana Smoothie but forgot it in his truck and it sat in the sun for longer than we figured was safe, health wise. However, being the type of person who hates to see things go to waste, I said I'd make muffins with it. Now, I don't typically follow recipes and sometimes it ends up being something that, while edible and not too bad, isn't something I want to make again, at least not exactly the same. Sometimes though, it turns out so well that I need to try to remember what I put in and write it down after making it. These muffins were so good that I made more the next day with the recipe I wrote.</div>
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Berry Smooth(ie) Muffins</div>
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Makes 12</div>
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Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees celsius. Grease a muffin pan.</div>
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Dry Ingredients</div>
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3 cups flour (I used all purpose white)</div>
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1/2 cup white sugar </div>
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2 tsp baking soda</div>
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1.5 tsp baking powder</div>
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1 tsp salt</div>
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Wet Ingredients</div>
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2 cups Bolthouse Farms Strawberry Banana smoothie</div>
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1 egg (large)</div>
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2 tsp vanilla</div>
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1/2 cup cooking oil</div>
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3 large handfuls of blueberries (to taste/preference really) (optional)</div>
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In another bowl whisk wet ingredients together. Pour wet into dry. Mix until just combined. Add blueberries. Fill muffin cups. Bake in oven at 350 for 15 minutes (or until knife comes out clean).</div>
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Viv Sluyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08891541515080838492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5535087158244166515.post-1574646360756139272014-10-29T07:42:00.001-07:002014-10-29T07:42:49.681-07:00Wordless Wednesday - Field Trip<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Viv Sluyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08891541515080838492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5535087158244166515.post-69886209457197640782014-01-31T10:00:00.000-08:002014-01-31T13:55:25.179-08:00Kitchen RenovationsIn October we redid the counters in our kitchen (I know, I'm slow on this). Today my husband is working on replacing the tub in the bathroom and it reminded me that I wanted to put my kitchen renovations on here so...<br />
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Here's why we needed it replaced:</div>
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Plus, I just didn't like the white and gold fleck counters from decades ago.</div>
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We probably should have emptied the cupboards first but we didn't so I had to wash everything in the cupboards after it was done.</div>
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My wonderful husband installing the new counter tops from Home Depot</div>
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Lining up the new facet (Home Depot again)</div>
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Then I sliced the chicken breasts and laid them out.<br />
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Layered on the ham<br />
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and the cheese<br />
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Rolled them up (ended up more just folding them in half) and breaded them<br />
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Placed them on a baking sheet and into the oven (425 for 30 minutes)<br />
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Served with egg noodles, white pea sauce and cauliflower<br />
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I had the best Mother's day weekend yet! We didn't do anything super special but we just had a wonderful time.<br />
We went for a little hike on Saturday. It's all I asked for for Mother's day.<br />
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After our hike we had to go into town for a bit. They bought me flowers.<br />
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And strawberries (and whip cream) which they gave me Sunday morning.<br />
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Daniel bought me this hanging basket and hung it before I woke on Sunday<br />
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Cards from Daniel and the girls<br />
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Since there were so many strawberries, I decided we should have waffles so the girls helped me make some.<br />
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<br />Viv Sluyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08891541515080838492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5535087158244166515.post-2093092084088172382012-12-19T11:51:00.003-08:002012-12-19T11:51:41.173-08:00Snow!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Viv Sluyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08891541515080838492noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5535087158244166515.post-20209199214524608422012-12-11T21:03:00.003-08:002012-12-11T21:03:20.141-08:00Pizza BiscuitsTonight for dinner my daughters and I made pizza biscuits. They were delicious!<br />
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Here's the recipe:<br />
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Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees<br />
For the biscuits:<br />
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In a mixing bowl combine<br />
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3 cups flour<br />
1/2 tbsp baking powder<br />
1 tbsp sugar<br />
1 tsp salt<br />
1 tsp garlic powder*<br />
1 tsp onion powder*<br />
1 tbsp basil*<br />
1 tbsp oregano*<br />
2 tsp Clubhouse Roasted Garlic and Pepper seasoning*<br />
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Cut in (we mixed with our hands)<br />
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3/4 cup of margarine<br />
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Mix in<br />
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1 cup milk<br />
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Form small handfuls into circles (mine were about 4" diameters) & place on baking sheet<br />
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Pizza Sauce<br />
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1/2 cup of PC quatrro formaggi tomato sauce<br />
1 tbsp dried basil<br />
1 tbsp dried oregano<br />
1 tsp onion powder<br />
1 tsp garlic powder<br />
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Spread sauce on biscuits. Put ham and other deli meats on top. Grate cheddar cheese over them then sprinkle with chopped bell peppers<br />
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Bake for approximately 20 minutes.<br />
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<br />Viv Sluyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08891541515080838492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5535087158244166515.post-74903879927875062172012-12-09T14:01:00.001-08:002012-12-09T14:01:13.835-08:00The Stories (we don't know)Have you ever met someone who thinks you must have had an easy life just because you are always joyful and seem somewhat happy-go-lucky or so untroubled? Have you ever met someone who you have just assumed or never considered that they have gone through tough things?<br />
Once someone told me that I had nothing I could say into a matter because I had a perfect life so what would I know. Ok, that wasn't exactly her phrasing but it is the gist of what she said.<br />
Am I a happy, joyful, blessed person? Yes. Do I have a good life? Yes. Have I experienced sorrow? Yes. Have I had a hard life? Well, let's take a look.<br />
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I'll start with some blessings. I was born in Canada. I was born to parents who wanted me and loved me. My parents brought me to church, they read to me, they taught me about God's love, they fed me and clothed me. Now, having said that I was fed and clothed, I should mention that for the majority of my childhood (including my teen years) my parents' income was considered below the poverty line. However, that is not my story; maybe I will tell that another day.<br />
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Here are some things that some would say are part of a hard life:<br />
I lived in the middle of nowhere without electricity and running hot water.<br />
My honorary grandparents were killed by a train.<br />
When I was 12 my big sister got cancer.<br />
I basically had no mom for a year while she took care of my sister in the hospital.<br />
My first baby was born with gastroschisis.<br />
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Now, to me, living in the boonies with only a generator for power and no hot water was a blesssing. I had the best time living there. I'll tell stories of that another time too. So let's move on to my sister. I know that most people know someone who has had cancer. In fact, the year before my sister got leukemia, my little brother's close friend lost his battle with leukemia. They were 7 years old. My sister lived. Does that make it easier? Yes. Does it mean it wasn't a hardship? No. I'm not telling that story right now either though. Moving on. My husband and I had been married 5 months before our first pregnancy. At my routine, 18 week ultrasound it was discovered that our baby's abdomen hadn't closed and her guts were hanging out. 18 weeks later we moved into a trailer in the parking lot of the hospital. One week later(full term) our baby girl was born. 6 weeks in the NICU. Anyone who has ever had a child in the NICU knows what that is like, whether your baby was/is in NICU for a few days or a couple years. I'll tell that story later too.<br />
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So just remember, everyone has a story.<br />
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<br />Viv Sluyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08891541515080838492noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5535087158244166515.post-89924151113535975452012-10-22T12:24:00.001-07:002012-10-22T12:24:31.435-07:00Cloth diaperingWhen my second baby was almost one we moved to a place that had an in-unit washer (and dryer but that has nothing to do with this). I had never really considered doing cloth for my first baby but when my second came I decided I would use cloth if we had laundry in our home. Well, we moved and I bought diapers. I paid more than I should have for every single diaper I bought; I was not as well informed as I should have been before starting. At least I only bought 11 diapers, though. I cloth diapered for 3ish months and guess what? I hated it! Then I got pregnat and the smell of the dirty diapers was more than I could bear. So I switched back to Pampers, which I love. When baby #3 came, I used Pampers because I was scared to try cloth again and because I love Swaddlers. I love their smell, their feel and the little yellow line that turns blue when they need a change. About half way through the box I just finished I decided I wouldn't be buying another box. So we have been doing cloth diapers for 3 or 4 days now and guess what? I still hate it! There are all those moms out there who say they love cloth diapering and I believe they do but I don't get it! What is so lovable about cloth diapering? Is it saving 30-35 dollars a month (once your baby has worn the cloth enough to pay them off, which is about 5wears/$ spent)? Is it the 'green' thing? (Which, honestly, unless you use organic cotton, hemp, or bamboo, I'm not so sure how much 'greener' it is. I've read studies etc.) <div>
We will stick with cloth diapering at least until the new year and hopefully longer since I already own the diapers but I doubt I will ever love it!</div>
Viv Sluyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08891541515080838492noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5535087158244166515.post-68006450141634090962011-08-24T10:22:00.000-07:002011-08-24T10:22:16.489-07:00Wee Bit Wednesday<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: Arvo;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><br />
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</span></span></b></div><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">{seven}<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> what type of food is your favorite (ex. italian, mexican, etc.)</span></span></b></div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small; line-height: 14px;"><i>Umm, Thai </i></span></div><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">{eight}<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> hp or mac?</span></span></b></div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small; line-height: 14px;"><i>Mac </i></span></div><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">{nine}<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> what color is your bedroom?</span></span></b></div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small; line-height: 14px;"><i>Brown and light blue </i></span></div><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">{ten}<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> what's your favorite form of exercise?</span></span></b></div><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; text-align: center;"><i>swimming.</i></div></div>Viv Sluyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08891541515080838492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5535087158244166515.post-13197650227360771722011-07-27T21:10:00.000-07:002011-07-27T21:10:41.880-07:00All NightJocelyn has a sleep-deprived EEG tomorrow. In an hour (10pm) I will wake her up and then keep her awake until 2:45pm tomorrow. Yay!! How exactly does one keep a one year-old awake that long? I don't know yet but I have some ideas to try. Baths, books, high energy snacks, walks outside. We'll see how it goes. Then we get to drive into Vancouver for the test...and keep her (and us) awake for the whole drive! Here goes....Viv Sluyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08891541515080838492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5535087158244166515.post-61252020314502735432011-07-18T07:21:00.000-07:002011-07-18T07:21:48.537-07:00Crazy, Busy July Last week was VBS (Vacation Bible School). My husband is part of the music team and I ran games this year and our oldest daughter goes to the preschool class. Each morning of last week we were up between 6:40 and 7:45 and at VBS by 8:30 (ish). Devotions at 9:15 (ish) and then the kids would come at 9:30 and it would all begin. It was so much fun and runnning games was the easiest VBS job I've done yet. (Although I did use a louder voice than normal so the kids could all hear me and my voice was a bit hoarse for the weekend.) We got home around noon each day and the my husband would leave for work. Monday I picked (and cleaned and boiled) elderberries in the afternoon with my daughters, Mama and sister. Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon we made jam. Thursday afternoon I caught up on housework. Friday after VBS my cousin from Australia stopped by and then I went to a Discovery Toy party (where I discovered that they make 3 fun and educational games that I had as a kid!). By 4 on Friday my whole family was wiped but we had a party to go to that evening. My adorable, sweet niece was having her first birthday party. We went, we enjoyed it but it felt like we were on auto-pilot. We kept finding ourselves sitting on a couch in the corner away from all the action, just kind of watching everything, not really engaging in conversation. So then we'd make ourselves get in there again. We ended up going to bed as soon as we got home. It was only 9pm! Saturday my husband had to work again so I spent the day cleaning and playing with my daughters. Then in the evening we had our youth BBQ. Sunday morning, Daniel led worship at our church, then we were on clean-up. Daniel finally got a break and spent the afternoon relaxing at home (with his guitar of course!) while the girls and I went hiking and swimming in Hope (Devil Mountain and Devil Lake) with my parents, Aussie cousin and another guy. It was a great afternoon. We came home tired but happy. After dinner, Daniel and I took the girls to Castle Fun Park for their first mini-golfing experience. Home again by 9 ish. End of crazy week.<br />
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This week is Creation Fest....Viv Sluyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08891541515080838492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5535087158244166515.post-20584024019006934832011-07-06T06:58:00.000-07:002011-07-06T06:58:54.634-07:00At RestYesterday was an amazing day. i'm not going to start with yesterday though. I'm going to start with Monday.<br />
Monday was not a good day. I woke up later than I was planning to so when I looked at all the work I had to get done I felt a little overwhelmed. The whole day I felt like I was fighting a losing battle. By 4 pm I was exhausted, discouraged, cranky and snappy. I felt like the day had won the battle and looking around my house and in the mirror seemed evidence of that.<br />
That night before bed I made a decision. Even though there was still a lot of housework to do, I decided that Tuesday was going to be a good day. Then I remembered that on Sunday night I had decided that Monday was going to be a good day; full of accomplishments, so I put a clarifier on my 'good' for Tuesday. I said to myself, "Tomorrow will be a good day. I'll just spend it relaxing and being with my kids."<br />
And you know, it was a good day. Even better than expected.<br />
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I woke up early (well I woke up early on Monday too so I could make Daniel lunch but then I went back to bed!) and did a workout. Jocelyn woke up just as I was ending it. We had some quality one-on-one time before Shaelynn woke up and then the three of us took my sister out for a birthday breakfast. We spent over an hour at the restaurant and then took our time coming home. We checked the mail and mailed some letters (Holly...). Once back home I layed Jocelyn down for a nap and turned on Diego for Shaelynn and did some dishes. Then we went to a magic show (followed by some reading time while we waited for the facepainter to arrive) at the library. We stayed at the library for 2 hours. And somehow after that, while Jocelyn napped again, I managed to clean the whole house and do laundry while playing with Shaelynn. My husband came home to a clean house and dinner on the table. I love it when that happens. Then I headed for the pool with a friend and had a great workout. When I came home, Daniel and I got the kids in bed and then spent some (much needed) time together.<br />
Today is story time in the park and grocery shopping. Sounds like another good day!Viv Sluyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08891541515080838492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5535087158244166515.post-48474472173717577622011-06-26T15:36:00.000-07:002011-06-26T15:36:52.790-07:00A princess' birthday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good morning, Princesses</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGEMsuA7mItr02jA8B66r0HFUz8JwcC3JWZptgElb8WmYFHQ7uyzUB8FAHP_MA9Ww_67J90f5x5rJFylOG-snHC_9iXfS3f8MJfxM-yKoy224QntT8LPgvec9CGHxkuOf-AgneC_GhKLmj/s1600/IMG_7929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGEMsuA7mItr02jA8B66r0HFUz8JwcC3JWZptgElb8WmYFHQ7uyzUB8FAHP_MA9Ww_67J90f5x5rJFylOG-snHC_9iXfS3f8MJfxM-yKoy224QntT8LPgvec9CGHxkuOf-AgneC_GhKLmj/s320/IMG_7929.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> June 24th was Princess Jocelyn's first birthday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicR2IrXDsF0jkF_5idWBElmkfkJQ94vwRIeJsfwVjAtLfw0ETkeHn5_oKPnRSGgeWRfvKAJQZIXf24eH9e9O8hhA6CqjK6P1LVaSlRKiq7QcQ_5KUIVbXnFirJXAgPHLCET-TdCVwmhk5S/s1600/IMG_7936.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicR2IrXDsF0jkF_5idWBElmkfkJQ94vwRIeJsfwVjAtLfw0ETkeHn5_oKPnRSGgeWRfvKAJQZIXf24eH9e9O8hhA6CqjK6P1LVaSlRKiq7QcQ_5KUIVbXnFirJXAgPHLCET-TdCVwmhk5S/s320/IMG_7936.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We talked in the morning about how they were real princesses. That if they believed God was the only true God and believed that Jesus had died to take away the bad things they do and that Jesus was alive now then they are God's children. I told them that God is the King of kings and that as his daughters we are princesses. Shaelynn is thrilled about this. (And I'm sure Jocelyn will be as she learns more)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqNyo07ZVe032TmxrIWsdaCzShGwM7rtLrmYw_k3hVjHQfI3sTIa4ewenS2KCgtfGqlFu6S0itKCQMGko0flxcSoN2ENcju14TysJgDKaPdCFdbKZmc3O_C0JTtzJVNe7tFdFM119IMWd/s1600/IMG_7940.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqNyo07ZVe032TmxrIWsdaCzShGwM7rtLrmYw_k3hVjHQfI3sTIa4ewenS2KCgtfGqlFu6S0itKCQMGko0flxcSoN2ENcju14TysJgDKaPdCFdbKZmc3O_C0JTtzJVNe7tFdFM119IMWd/s320/IMG_7940.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Daddy with his two princesses</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNKzhbQjpmLgYveAkewv6vgxc576EwWGMP0QW5X1vjrzY_2XR-_u8_xOL8YdOKh4nZL0yBK8GgPF8n31RPNA_LMWacESVrY9JBk4Gq0tbIdITvmM-80aIBdH9K8Od-dNNThu2DYgn5VaBZ/s1600/IMG_8069.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNKzhbQjpmLgYveAkewv6vgxc576EwWGMP0QW5X1vjrzY_2XR-_u8_xOL8YdOKh4nZL0yBK8GgPF8n31RPNA_LMWacESVrY9JBk4Gq0tbIdITvmM-80aIBdH9K8Od-dNNThu2DYgn5VaBZ/s320/IMG_8069.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Present time</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQPVwPiPPHMakwhg5A_izZyKTTOcnYDFaQS3g74YnCXIygqrObT2qr9IDjbo3TaDCen2TA2MMewoCOJFIoj-6M-BKw_QCO1jsSs5K1_u7AAWAkF8G9KAj9MIgeNhfJeHNpqA_eS9IKtnWV/s1600/IMG_8075.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQPVwPiPPHMakwhg5A_izZyKTTOcnYDFaQS3g74YnCXIygqrObT2qr9IDjbo3TaDCen2TA2MMewoCOJFIoj-6M-BKw_QCO1jsSs5K1_u7AAWAkF8G9KAj9MIgeNhfJeHNpqA_eS9IKtnWV/s320/IMG_8075.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">A rainbow to end a wonderful first birthday</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiWx_sPt1-RpWzQgLaumkGtUvuaDO6UW52vDaWksMfQf6cSJtB_0h990Ny4v4VA3RnWeERv1uMN8o0V_xSuMOQPLHG4_9E0Zwt2pE6k1CYp6OfIRMYTSEeuNDng9OxlKGJjzC_9Ocuouh2/s1600/IMG_8093.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiWx_sPt1-RpWzQgLaumkGtUvuaDO6UW52vDaWksMfQf6cSJtB_0h990Ny4v4VA3RnWeERv1uMN8o0V_xSuMOQPLHG4_9E0Zwt2pE6k1CYp6OfIRMYTSEeuNDng9OxlKGJjzC_9Ocuouh2/s320/IMG_8093.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Balloons hanging from the princesses' ceiling</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUZrknwzKPfS7ffDBpOqLTJkR2mLkuA3AVy92S5pykQ9yFbeTi5rZFVKvMau8U_EEvC1C64wq179xjlijztjvc7nZGqaQ8e9F2p_toloSHE_Lg650cWqGi0TJzkiNAZmL_WSigoGY2AcnK/s1600/IMG_8097.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUZrknwzKPfS7ffDBpOqLTJkR2mLkuA3AVy92S5pykQ9yFbeTi5rZFVKvMau8U_EEvC1C64wq179xjlijztjvc7nZGqaQ8e9F2p_toloSHE_Lg650cWqGi0TJzkiNAZmL_WSigoGY2AcnK/s320/IMG_8097.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Two very tired princesses call it a day</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQcK0YZccjQhiI2j89rb6sUb7NK7i4fQ-LxhMskfFbs8gn-XY_vzREFYbDaDZi15MxnPUMWmBPM8btbtOC7-TgHUv19mDWh-Yf8t35f4gitjViVXOK-xYLm-ki43nDI_XjgGI0xYNc4mV/s1600/IMG_8099.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQcK0YZccjQhiI2j89rb6sUb7NK7i4fQ-LxhMskfFbs8gn-XY_vzREFYbDaDZi15MxnPUMWmBPM8btbtOC7-TgHUv19mDWh-Yf8t35f4gitjViVXOK-xYLm-ki43nDI_XjgGI0xYNc4mV/s320/IMG_8099.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Viv Sluyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08891541515080838492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5535087158244166515.post-3591861551459580842011-06-17T09:51:00.000-07:002011-06-17T09:51:30.894-07:00Favorite Things Friday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My girls posing for pictures is my favorite thing today </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes, her drumstick is up her nose...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtqQuHSJTh41Tx1xAMS8COw9raQ_NlHUAGy9Zw3fsYLBiAHzTkT9A_12udgEsPEMevzwG9hvmeRc70axq6qk_KWUnYV0qq0nJY0GZ8Fwg1ztJVG6vZCMv-9e_JJVde2IeGijc_dFUAQhgb/s1600/IMG_7621.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtqQuHSJTh41Tx1xAMS8COw9raQ_NlHUAGy9Zw3fsYLBiAHzTkT9A_12udgEsPEMevzwG9hvmeRc70axq6qk_KWUnYV0qq0nJY0GZ8Fwg1ztJVG6vZCMv-9e_JJVde2IeGijc_dFUAQhgb/s320/IMG_7621.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My daughters love being together, especially in the morning. They love their cuddles and they love playing together and that is something I love. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span><center style="color: #666666; font-family: Arvo; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">{one} what color best describes you + why?<br />
<i>Hmm, I'd like to say yellow because I'm bright and cheery but right now more like black because I am tired, tired, tired </i></center><center style="color: #666666; font-family: Arvo; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><i><br />
</i>{two} how have you changed in the past year?</center><center style="color: #666666; font-family: Arvo; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><i>I have matured about a year's worth and aged that much too</i><br />
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{three} have you ever had any surgeries?<br />
<i>Yep</i><br />
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{four} why did you start your blog?<br />
<i>Because Holly had one?</i></center><center style="color: #666666; font-family: Arvo; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><i><br />
</i>{five} what are you looking forward to this summer?<br />
<i>SWIMMING!! Family trips</i></center><center style="color: #666666; font-family: Arvo; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><br />
{six} do you have any family traditions for the 4th of July?</center><center style="color: #666666; font-family: Arvo; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><i>We normally wake up the morning of the 4th and go to bed the night of the 4th.</i><br />
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{seven} what’s something new that you’ve tried in the past few months?<br />
<i>Taking a weekly Aquafit class</i></center><center style="color: #666666; font-family: Arvo; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><br />
{eight} what is the perfect a/c temperature?<br />
<i>Depends on the day</i></center><center style="color: #666666; font-family: Arvo; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><i><br />
</i>{nine} what was the last movie you saw in the theater?<br />
<i>Hmm, it's been a while... Tangled, I think</i></center><center style="color: #666666; font-family: Arvo; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><i><br />
</i>{ten} what song do you think everyone should hear at least once?</center><center style="color: #666666; font-family: Arvo; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><i>Amazing Grace</i></center>Viv Sluyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08891541515080838492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5535087158244166515.post-28033613000874244502011-06-10T08:48:00.000-07:002011-06-10T08:48:12.446-07:00Favorite things FridayI have many things today that I want to display as my 'favorite' things, like my kidlets and my husband but for today my new place will be my featured favorite.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i>My kitchen no longer fits in a single picture. Hooray! (looking in from the dining room)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXlJONnTaYIIALQ85LRSNsBSvgWYNjgTNmJAOXTfgSzq2J6tszWShSfwx01QYOMNSBonkjFYv_xGYUTAnpugvjNxKyjIdY85caFs4u2KFq0GZiid2UdnLiwhu6RHtqEdsoTkGItS2s8ZvC/s1600/IMG_7745.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXlJONnTaYIIALQ85LRSNsBSvgWYNjgTNmJAOXTfgSzq2J6tszWShSfwx01QYOMNSBonkjFYv_xGYUTAnpugvjNxKyjIdY85caFs4u2KFq0GZiid2UdnLiwhu6RHtqEdsoTkGItS2s8ZvC/s320/IMG_7745.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>And across from the fridge is my craft corner, my microwave is across from my stove.</i></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i>I have a hallway! The door on the left is the girls' room. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The one on the right is the kitchen.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh26E8qOU7EgqCLQaieBs-t9Y5ElfGDbwCyJS1W-ikKVOMAc9WLwSNioKRW9RegvkjWfbUWeq2P8TnoHl-El0X3TjLHVk54aivU6hRH5mTjxVOX1p93_zS7eTTstMwuS-FEqmfkof0dgdRP/s1600/IMG_7747.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh26E8qOU7EgqCLQaieBs-t9Y5ElfGDbwCyJS1W-ikKVOMAc9WLwSNioKRW9RegvkjWfbUWeq2P8TnoHl-El0X3TjLHVk54aivU6hRH5mTjxVOX1p93_zS7eTTstMwuS-FEqmfkof0dgdRP/s320/IMG_7747.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The girls' bedroom(well half of it)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghbw0HoTZ19bPuG4JWllsz_l20NkYyoa-qMj-GTwNG7hjr-PG__zcpgNzRcvXyw4ZIkgQ9K-v8i5bWVPGemRRCNBVJ6qkEw-zioxR4FR0jGNMDk8_HojeLQpH3TnX1huJyanp9gYIsrxa6/s1600/IMG_7749.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghbw0HoTZ19bPuG4JWllsz_l20NkYyoa-qMj-GTwNG7hjr-PG__zcpgNzRcvXyw4ZIkgQ9K-v8i5bWVPGemRRCNBVJ6qkEw-zioxR4FR0jGNMDk8_HojeLQpH3TnX1huJyanp9gYIsrxa6/s320/IMG_7749.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The bathroom</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGoF5gvxD1FYbX7vojWrq37uUV4uNQMQW8DmBNb9u4iK_MybdF6LhchRSB8Z2cLrYuNvgc7ECoeYv048Fr5hn6W-7NfRRg90NWb8mX2mXOrIBk651Vc44esZFgF5UR_Lpxe3Stv6EdyC3T/s1600/IMG_7750.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGoF5gvxD1FYbX7vojWrq37uUV4uNQMQW8DmBNb9u4iK_MybdF6LhchRSB8Z2cLrYuNvgc7ECoeYv048Fr5hn6W-7NfRRg90NWb8mX2mXOrIBk651Vc44esZFgF5UR_Lpxe3Stv6EdyC3T/s320/IMG_7750.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Linen closet</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieOLQpcqrGalE8TV1RvRRW1k3YgsfnzHEgb7aKjoaJub05ZLWdzdRB1URB6a-mi6Fi-7smSQAgIxR0e0kyc61A1Ix_8bDymxhu1RePbKF2_x5fGbSy6FaFz6AWusrXeWi4qOm2-_JmhZq3/s1600/IMG_7751.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieOLQpcqrGalE8TV1RvRRW1k3YgsfnzHEgb7aKjoaJub05ZLWdzdRB1URB6a-mi6Fi-7smSQAgIxR0e0kyc61A1Ix_8bDymxhu1RePbKF2_x5fGbSy6FaFz6AWusrXeWi4qOm2-_JmhZq3/s320/IMG_7751.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><i>Dining room (and 2 of my very favorite people enjoying breakfast)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiV_EEuLNFeUzdJJ6xPQD74MqQeHxxHerta656FuBEpfNc7UP-FL9jMz5eKqVB11U20-YCwyAB0v85yJdAzdzgQ-5VJZCthwwJk4E9IkSJNw7YTvinjG7X6sdICT0fnGFi_hDgCi25t25N/s1600/IMG_7753.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiV_EEuLNFeUzdJJ6xPQD74MqQeHxxHerta656FuBEpfNc7UP-FL9jMz5eKqVB11U20-YCwyAB0v85yJdAzdzgQ-5VJZCthwwJk4E9IkSJNw7YTvinjG7X6sdICT0fnGFi_hDgCi25t25N/s320/IMG_7753.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Den (Music room/Office/Library)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjONStWBYnYIWBPA8TtAWaPUS1-JHmdDBTdaD87mYWR7szY5GvC_pHbYVEVxZDKdKkSAmY2gUDKptxoKNKTWeL_RxuaEzVx-nLohVI_RIJ1S93nTOtJfwMwEY2ZZ7DvfCPBZ9pvcQPPPApB/s1600/IMG_7754.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjONStWBYnYIWBPA8TtAWaPUS1-JHmdDBTdaD87mYWR7szY5GvC_pHbYVEVxZDKdKkSAmY2gUDKptxoKNKTWeL_RxuaEzVx-nLohVI_RIJ1S93nTOtJfwMwEY2ZZ7DvfCPBZ9pvcQPPPApB/s320/IMG_7754.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Masterbedroom</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6V-g2jZNGJVM6H_SBBuEN065rNj-HtOGA2ZS1FdhCr5yxD1RTxNdkDCQH4cR8_zfgQZsOYT6rs0kG31xA7psj2uRCta46ufeY-J-BdwrpTq-eQK0mi-cVwkReBwsMiY6a3ltsrLcHau_Z/s1600/IMG_7755.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6V-g2jZNGJVM6H_SBBuEN065rNj-HtOGA2ZS1FdhCr5yxD1RTxNdkDCQH4cR8_zfgQZsOYT6rs0kG31xA7psj2uRCta46ufeY-J-BdwrpTq-eQK0mi-cVwkReBwsMiY6a3ltsrLcHau_Z/s320/IMG_7755.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Livingroom, looking in from the dining room. The door leads to the laundry</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIjYqlJo8O4CrFRdNYv_qhNySOj470mDXRvntxlJtZfv-xkO2JytfwcAjciaRtWCqjh0mk_GxCqOUFHD7AoBC26lfchSqA1aMQ_ELCifguYBTvRn223n-VYkSL9wSQfeVvIn0mEfpLNlnJ/s1600/IMG_7756.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIjYqlJo8O4CrFRdNYv_qhNySOj470mDXRvntxlJtZfv-xkO2JytfwcAjciaRtWCqjh0mk_GxCqOUFHD7AoBC26lfchSqA1aMQ_ELCifguYBTvRn223n-VYkSL9wSQfeVvIn0mEfpLNlnJ/s320/IMG_7756.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Laundry room and entry way. The door on the left is a storage room</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzsPmdH7ICLyD5IMtLsHJceCoUHy_atK3-vwD0ZZ9SKCFaTKqfZ2GtFYXgGHZI1vFKMlGaucFS7jmgIq0b_tGR8KSUIgQyYn_mE_6zZ_4qDWE2CWeDDnMCkMS1GKZJ7A3JmvcvttEz23Ef/s1600/IMG_7757.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzsPmdH7ICLyD5IMtLsHJceCoUHy_atK3-vwD0ZZ9SKCFaTKqfZ2GtFYXgGHZI1vFKMlGaucFS7jmgIq0b_tGR8KSUIgQyYn_mE_6zZ_4qDWE2CWeDDnMCkMS1GKZJ7A3JmvcvttEz23Ef/s320/IMG_7757.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So as you can see we're noy completely unpacked yet but we should be box free and clean by this evening. We also have a deck that runs the length of the kitchen, diningroom and livingroom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div>Viv Sluyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08891541515080838492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5535087158244166515.post-3546629935576935212011-06-09T12:16:00.000-07:002011-06-09T12:16:10.732-07:00Wee bit Wednesday (on Thursday)<h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; font: normal normal bold 30px/normal Neucha; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://starlithome.blogspot.com/2011/06/wee-bit-wednesday_08.html" style="font: normal normal bold 30px/normal Neucha; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Wee Bit Wednesday</span></a></h3><div class="post-header" style="font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2975112326832250527" style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; width: 530px;"><center><a href="http://www.myleighashley.com/" style="color: #73a53d; text-decoration: none;"><img ;="" src="http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt244/leighbenner/weebitsbutton-2.png" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative;" width="350" /></a></center><br />
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<center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{one}</span> how many times have you been a bridesmaid/maid of honor?</strong></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><i>I have been maid of honor twice</i></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{two}</span> what’s the last thing your do before you fall asleep at night?</strong></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><i>Read my Bible and massage my husbands head</i></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{three}</span> you just won your dream vacation, all expenses paid. where are you going?</strong></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><i>Caribbean</i></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{four}</span> what is your favorite outdoor activity?</strong></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><i>Swimming</i></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{five}</span> as a child, what did you want to “be when you grew up”? did you end up there?</strong></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><i>I went through many 'I want to be's' ... dentist, counsellor, wife/mother. </i></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{six}</span> what are 3 things your dream home would have that you don’t currently have?</strong></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><i>A yard</i></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{seven}</span> what’s for dinner tonight?</strong></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><i>Well, if I pretend that this is Wednesday...Nachos!!</i></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{eight}</span> if someone stopped by your house unannounced on a typical Saturday night, what would they find you doing?</strong></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><i>Depends on the time of night, the weather and if my kids are sleeping, I suppose. We aren't very scheduled people.</i></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{nine}</span> what’s your average monthly water bill?</strong></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><i>We don't pay for water</i></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{ten}</span> what do you do to relax?</strong></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><i>Read, sew, sketch, watch movies, hang out with my hubby and kids, swim, go outside, visit friends...I'm a very relaxed person actually. I relax in almost anything I do</i></center></div>Viv Sluyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08891541515080838492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5535087158244166515.post-50805250474428655112011-06-01T13:15:00.000-07:002011-06-01T13:15:02.891-07:00Wee bit Wednesday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt244/leighbenner/weebitsbutton-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="color: #73a53d; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="268" src="http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt244/leighbenner/weebitsbutton-2.png" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</span><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px;"></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><strong>{one} do you believe in ghosts? </strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;"><em><div style="text-align: center;">No</div></em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</span><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px;"></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><strong>{two} are you more of a talker or more of a listener? </strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;"><em><div style="text-align: center;">Talker but I've been told I'm a good listener too</div></em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</span><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px;"></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><strong>{three} would you rather get up early or sleep late? </strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;"><em><div style="text-align: center;">Sleep late</div></em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</span><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px;"></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><strong>{four} if you could instantly become an expert at one type of dance, what type would you choose? </strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;"><em><div style="text-align: center;">Salsa</div></em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</span><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px;"></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><strong>{five} what's your favorite drink? </strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;"><em><div style="text-align: center;">Water, then milk</div></em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</span><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px;"></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><strong>{six} if your house caught fire and you could only grab three things, what would they be? </strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;"><em><div style="text-align: center;">Three <u>things</u> (so people are all out then) If Daniel was gone I would grab 1 of his guitars, the diaper bag and our laptop (photos). If Daniel was grabbing his own guitars I would take the laptop, camera and my diaper bag(which includes my purse)</div></em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</span><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px;"></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><strong>{seven} if you could only visit one restaurant for the next five years, which would it be? </strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;"><em><div style="text-align: center;">Boston Pizza...maybe</div></em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</span><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px;"></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><strong>{eight} who inspires you the most? </strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;"><div style="text-align: center;"> My parents, I guess</div></span><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"></span></em></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</span><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><em><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><strong>{nine} if you had your own talk show, who would your first three guests be? </strong></div></span></em></em></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;"><em><em><div style="text-align: center;">Amy Poehler, Paul Baloche, Dee Henderson</div></em><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><strong>{ten} sneakers or sandals? </strong></div></span></em></div><em><div style="text-align: center;">Sandals</div></em></em></span><em><em></em></em><em><em></em></em>Viv Sluyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08891541515080838492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5535087158244166515.post-10139743799934139542011-05-30T07:49:00.000-07:002011-05-30T08:48:58.654-07:00More Shellfish? Yes please! Less Selfish? Please, God!I am so sick of selfishness!! Lately, everywhere I see problems, hear of problems or have problems I have just been seeing theroot of selfishness; this huge, tangled, nasty mass of self-centered feelings leading into self-centered attitudes, producing self-centered behaviors.<br />
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</div><div>Every morning I read Our Daily Bread. Today's tag line is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px;">The more we serve Christ, the less we will serve self. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span> So as Christians, shouldn't we be Christ-centered rather than self-centered? Or at the very least, at least sometimes act like we are not selfish little brats?</div><div><br />
</div><div>Sometimes I just want to tell people to (or yell at them to) stop acting like 3 year-olds who think the world revolves around them but lately I just want to encourage them to take a step back and look at what's happening and to listen to what they are saying. I would love to share some of things I have heard others saying that I want to challenge but there are some great examples that I can use that I don't need to ask permission for, namely, and unfornutately, my own.</div><div>Example: "My husband didn't bring me a present. He knows my love language is gifts and he brought our daughters something. Where's my gift?" This is an actual thought that I caught myself having recently. I am so glad that I caught it before I acted out in selfishness. </div><div><br />
</div><div>I have been working very hard on fighting selfishness in my own life in the last couple weeks especially. Right now it seems like the more I work on becoming Christ-centered, the more I am attacked by things that make me want to act on selfish thoughts but at the same time, working on focusing on Christ makes it easier and easier to catch myself at the feeling of selfishness and not get to the behavoir of it.</div><div><br />
</div><div>So here's my advice:</div><div>Having problems with marriage, friendships, children/motherhood, other family remationships?</div><div> STOP BEING SO SELFISH! Get over yourself; it is not all about you!</div><div><br />
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</div>Viv Sluyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08891541515080838492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5535087158244166515.post-43354719755212076672011-05-30T06:32:00.000-07:002011-05-30T06:32:30.090-07:00Technical Difficulties and Sounds I HearI can blog again! For about a week (or however long it has been since my last post) I have not been able to sign into blogspot. For some reason that little bar along the top just would not appear and so I took a break from blogging even though I really wanted to do a couple posts over that time. I no longer remember what I was going post (other than Wee Bit Wednesday) though.<br />
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I'm sitting on my couch right now, ignoring the dishes that piled up over the weekend and the boxes on the floor waiting to be filled. I have a cup of Back Porch coffee beside me and I am listening, enjoying the sound of the birds chirping on my deck. I sit relaxing to the gentle clicking of the keyboard's keys. I smile as a sleep laugh and a soft sleep sigh in response come from the room my daughters share. It is a very peaceful morning here. I am truly hoping that the girls sleep for several more hours this morning since they came to youth group with us last night and didn't get to bed until shortly after 10. Normally they wake up around 7 - 7:30 so here's hoping! I went to bed around 12:30 and was up at 5:30 so hopefully I make it through today. It should be a busy day for me as I pack and do address change things so maybe that will keep me going through the day.Viv Sluyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08891541515080838492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5535087158244166515.post-24051988528100380372011-05-18T07:31:00.000-07:002011-05-18T07:31:46.085-07:00The Love of the FatherThis morning I was thinking about how much I love my daughters, which made me think about love in other relationships. I've always thought I appreciated how much God loves me but being a parent has taught me much more about love than I even knew there was to learn. The love of a parent for her children is overwhelming. I know my parents love me and I know God loves me but until this morning I never really thought about how little my love for them must be when compared to how much they love me. I love my children more than I can express with words or even actions, even when they are driving me crazy, even when they alternate waking up all night and I don't get any sleep, even when they disobey, even when they push me away and walk/run to do something on their own. I love them in a way that they probably won't understand until they have kids of their own.<br />
Being struck with this reminds me of two actions I need to take away with it. I need to make a point of spending more time with my heavenly Father and with my Dad and Mom; talk with them about life, hug them, talk about memories with them, thank them for the love they have taught me to have just by being such a great example of it. Secondly, I need to continue to love my daughters and teach them the love of God.Viv Sluyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08891541515080838492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5535087158244166515.post-5544899304930431182011-05-11T21:23:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:40:04.874-07:00Wee Bit Wednesday(S)<div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template" style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1857000001168651530" style="line-height: 1.4; width: 530px;"><br />
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</center><center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><center style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{one}</span> what profession have you always admired?</strong></center><center style="text-align: center;"><i>Well, in the spirit of nurse week and because I have needed many nurses and have nurse friends, I do agree that nurses are <b>AWESOME!</b></i></center><center style="text-align: center;"><i>On a lighter/less serious note: All the construction guys are to be admired. Especially this one drywaller I know when he wears the right shirts and jeans ;P</i></center><center style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></center><center style="text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{two}</span> what would the title of your memoir/biography be if it was written today?</strong></center><center style="text-align: center;"><i>Another Housewife Writes her Story</i></center><center style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></center><center style="text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{three}</span> how far do you commute to work?</strong></center><center style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I don't</span></center><center style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></strong></center><center style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{four}</span> are your earlobes attached or detached?</strong></center><center style="text-align: center;"><i>detached </i></center><center style="text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{five}</span> do you eat the unpopped kernels of popcorn at the bottom of the bag?</strong></center><center style="text-align: center;"><i>yup</i></center><center style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></center><center style="text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{six}</span> what is the strangest gift you’ve ever received?</strong></center><center style="text-align: center;"><i>I have a 3 yr old daughter, so you can just imagine the strange gifts I've recieved but from an adult, I would have to say, an old hockey ball found on the side of the road with all the dirty parts cut off with a knife</i></center><center style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></center><center style="text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{seven}</span> what is one tv show that you wish hadn’t been cancelled?</strong></center><center style="text-align: center;"><i>Corner Gas (although it wasn't really cancelled; it just came to an end)</i></center><center style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></center><center style="text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{eight}</span> what is something that you are saving money for right now?</strong></center><center style="text-align: center;"><i>Vacation and down payment for a house</i></center><center style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></center><center style="text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{nine}</span> what hobby would you like to take up?</strong></center><center style="text-align: center;"><i>Sewing</i></center><br />
<center style="text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{ten}</span> how many times a year do you get really dressed up?</strong></center><center style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><i>At least 5. More is better</i></span></span></span></span></center></span></center><br />
And last week's (Since I only do this when Holly does ;) )<br />
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<center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{one}</span> when was the last time you used a pay phone (if ever)?</strong></center><center style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small; line-height: 20px;"><i>This is a long story. It was about a year and a bit ago. </i></span></span></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{two}</span> did you ever fail a subject in school?</strong></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><i>I started to fail Chemistry 12 (due to sleeping in class) so I dropped out</i></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{three}</span> where do you go to get your favorite hamburger/cheeseburger?</strong></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><i>Jack's</i></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{four}</span> have you ever served jury duty?</strong></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><i>no.</i></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{five}</span> how old were you when you moved out of your parents’ house?</strong></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><i>20</i></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{six}</span> what is your favorite color to wear?</strong></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><i>Black, purple, emerald</i></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{seven}</span> do you have a pair of shoes that you wear all the time?</strong></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><i>Flip-flops or my Champion sneakers</i></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{eight}</span> do you enjoy talk radio?</strong></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><i>Sometimes</i></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{nine}</span> if you could turn one unhealthy food into a healthy one, what food would it be?</strong></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><i>Gooey Sweet Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies</i></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{ten}</span> who is the best speaker you’ve ever heard in person?</strong></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><i>Tony Campolo</i></center></div><div class="post-footer" style="line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em;"><div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-3"><span class="post-location"></span></div></div></div><div class="comments" id="comments" style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 2em; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="" name="comments"></a></div>Viv Sluyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08891541515080838492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5535087158244166515.post-17910350033565110982011-04-30T21:38:00.000-07:002011-04-30T21:38:42.750-07:00Wedding RememberancesWell this is more wedding photos than rememberances because I was going to do this yesterday but sometimes life gets in the way. (Besides 3/4 of my followers were around for all this ;) )<br />
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A few engagement photos<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And a few (okay, several) wedding ones</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0N_wL_vVcBZ0as8zOqPiV74_NizZDfad8hPuHG7P-as61Q4i_Qc3UEGdnJXI-pdxaKkoeraQVE-Sw5R1yg2e0L5bb1mEyXUGxuPT1hoQK73PTjZ6oYl4noYQSRv7f0sNdF6XDZUbaEqqt/s1600/DSC_0025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0N_wL_vVcBZ0as8zOqPiV74_NizZDfad8hPuHG7P-as61Q4i_Qc3UEGdnJXI-pdxaKkoeraQVE-Sw5R1yg2e0L5bb1mEyXUGxuPT1hoQK73PTjZ6oYl4noYQSRv7f0sNdF6XDZUbaEqqt/s320/DSC_0025.JPG" width="320" /></a>The Ceremony</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And that is a glimpse of a memory (I have more than 600 wedding photos!)</div>Viv Sluyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08891541515080838492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5535087158244166515.post-583562134212320762011-04-28T08:32:00.000-07:002011-04-28T08:32:44.379-07:00Wee bit Wednesday (on Thursday)<center style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">I really meant to do this yesterday but we didn't have internet (maintenance) til the evening and then I was too busy with family time so here it is this morning.</center><center style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><br />
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<center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{three}</span> have you ever met a well known celebrity?</strong></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><i>I have met several Christian Musicians including the members of Starfield and I also crossed a street in Vancouver with Hilary and Haylie Duff</i></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></span><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{four}</span> do you have any food allergies?</strong></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><i>No, but I do claim to be allergic to sesame seeds sometimes</i></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></span><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{five}</span> do you know how to sew?</strong></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><i>Yes, I do. I am not super good at it but I know how. I mostly sew by hand because I don't own a machine yet.</i></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></span><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{six}</span> did you get an allowance when you were young?</strong></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><i>No</i></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></span><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{seven}</span> how often do you fill up your gas tank?</strong></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><i>Maybe 5 or 6 times a year. My husband fills it up 2 or 3 times a week though.</i></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></span><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{eight}</span> have you ever been stung by a jelly fish?</strong></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><i>No</i></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></span><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{nine}</span> have you ever been robbed?</strong></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><i>Yes. Someone stole my CD player from my car! They filled my glovebox with CD's. I guess it was either their way of making it even or a sadistic cruelty...</i></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Neucha; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></span><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">{ten}</span> what is the worst haircut you’ve ever had?</strong></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><i>Grade 12 I got short choppy layers. Very late '70s look. It was fine when I had it clipped and tied back but the worst when it was loose. It was also terrible because I got it at the beginning of field hockey season and it was always in the way.</i></center>Viv Sluyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08891541515080838492noreply@blogger.com0