tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35018862378199090022024-02-07T10:21:37.446-08:00ohmydodd!The random, yet organized, ramblings of a misplaced Texan.amber.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11432684325963834254noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501886237819909002.post-2864647517549509112011-07-29T13:46:00.000-07:002011-07-29T13:46:52.083-07:00movin' on....<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hello all!</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">After much thought, I've decided to move.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">No, not back to Texas. I'm moving my blog. I hope you'll continue to follow....</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<div class="articleEntry Normal" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place.</span></i></div><div class="articleEntry Normal" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. to move in a slow, idle manner, making purposeless stops in the course of a trip, journey, errand, etc.</span></i></div><div class="articleEntry Normal" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. to waste time or dawdle over work.</span></i></div><div class="articleEntry Normal" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All over the world, cities are increasing in wickedness. It is becoming more and more evident that those who remain in them unnecessarily do so at the peril of their soul's salvation. On every hand are the sights and sounds of evil. Everywhere are enticements to sensuality and dissipation. The tide of corruption and crime is continually swelling. Every day brings the record of violence, --abuse, murders, suicides, and crimes unnamable.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It seems like more than ever, life itself is more false and artificial. The intense passion for making money. The whirl of excitement and pleasure-seeking. The thirst for display. The luxury and extravagance. All these are forces that are turning the mind from life's true purpose. They are opening the door to a thousand evils.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before we are relieved of such perilous conditions here on earth, the Lord calls upon us to prepare ourselves and to extend help to others.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The angels of mercy hurried Lot and his wife and daughters by taking hold of their hands. Had Lot hastened as the Lord desired him to, his wife would not have become a pillar of salt. Lot had too much of a lingering spirit. Let us not be like him. The same voice that warned Lot to leave Sodom, bids us, "Come out from among them, and be ye separate, . . . and touch not the unclean." Those who obey this warning will find a refuge. Let everyone be wide awake for themselves. Let us gird ourselves for the work. God will reveal from point to point what to do next.</span></span></div><div class="articleEntry Normal" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lot trod the plain with unwilling and tardy steps. He had so long associated with evil workers that he could not see his peril until his wife stood on the plain a pillar of salt forever. </span></span></div><div class="articleEntry Normal" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have been given a Great Commission. We are currently in the intermission between God's accomplishment of redemption and His return to consummate His blessings. However, this intermission is not a time for loitering in the lobby as consumers. This is a time for urgent action. A time of activity. A time of loving and serving those that we come in contact with. </span></span></div><div class="articleEntry Normal" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In society, loitering is a crime. Businesses post multiple signs to deter people from idly taking up space. Once one stops to waste time there, others stop to dawdle as well. If we do not develop a sense of urgency or a drive to work, we become spiritual loiterers. Sooner or later, our lackadaisical spirit begins to influence others around us until there are no workers...only bystanders.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lord, let me not be just a hearer of the Word...but a doer. </span></span></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If so, San Francisco is my drug of choice. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Growing up in small town Texas, surrounded by acres of farmland & night skies larger than life, I thought I would never enjoy such a high-energy metropolis. My belief was that I could never love "the city" as much as I did the complete calm and relaxation of the country.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was wrong.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In all honesty, my first visit to San Francisco was a bit overwhelming. The mister, in his trademarked southern drawl, said, "Let's just drive around and check it out."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course, anyone who has ever driven there knows that it's not that easy. Especially when you're not from some other booming U.S. city. But, off we went.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As we drove down the Embarcadero, I felt the excitement of seeing the bay and the hustle & bustle on the pier. Traffic was a little more than what we were used to, but that was expected. It was as he turned and traveled away from the bay, that I realized how close everything looked. Not just close, but CLOSE. Cars zipping by. Pedestrians walking out in the street. Buildings towering over us so that I could see the top from our car.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, things were VERY close.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Disclaimer: I think I trust the mister's driving. However, I do not trust it enough to hide my fear of his habitual slamming of the brakes & ability to be easily distracted.</i></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The fear I mentioned above was amplified multiple times due to the factors surrounding us. I believe this was the moment I might have freaked out a little. Looking back, I'm sure that my reaction to our current situation could have in no way improved the mister's driving skills. On the contrary, I'm sure it made him a nervous wreck right along with me.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, here we are: Two little podunk Southerners from Northeast Texas, trying to drive our happy little selves through the second-most densely populated large city in the United States. All the while, I am realizing that I might be just a wee bit claustrophobic. Get the picture?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Poor mister.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since then, I have thankfully grown accustom to San Francisco. More than that, I actually love it there. I am closer than ever to understanding why Tony Bennett belted out, "I left my heart in San Francisco."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm past the tourism phase & now have my favorite haunts. This weekend I visited some of my favorite places with some of my favorite people. I recommend that anyone spending any amount of time there, stop by. Our day included lunch at Steps of Rome in Little Italy, the divine chocolate macaroons of awesomeness at Eastern Bakery in Chinatown & shopping on Powell St. Of course, I have photos to capture my day's activities:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"I </i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>left my heart in San Francisco</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i> </i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br />
</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>High on a hill, it calls to me.</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i> </i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br />
</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>To be where little cable cars</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i> </i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br />
</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Climb halfway to the stars!</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i> </i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br />
</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The morning fog may chill the air</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i> </i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br />
</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I don't care!</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i> </i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br />
</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>My love waits there in San Francisco</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i> </i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br />
</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Above the blue and windy sea</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i> </i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br />
</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>When I come home to you, San Francisco,</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i> </i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br />
</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Your golden sun will shine for me!"</i></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can honestly say that my marriage love language & my friendship love language is completely different. In my marriage, my love languages are words of affirmation & touch. In friendship? Teasing. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know that isn't exactly the most positive expression of love, but it's me. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because of this quality, I have been known to recite a friendship disclaimer to newcomers. If you haven't heard it yet, you should be educated so as to not offend you in the future.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Ok. If we're going to close friends, you should be aware of something. I tend to show affection through sarcasm and teasing. If I really meant the things I say, I wouldn't be saying them. Honestly, I like to avoid confrontation. So, don't be offended or take me seriously. If I give you a hard time, it means I like you. If I offend you, please tell me so I can correct it. Deal?"</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Speaking of friends, I have awesome ones. My 4th of July weekend was amazing because of them! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My white self spent a LOT of time at the lake with my girlies. Thank the good Lord for sunshine! Lake time, BBQ, friends & fireworks = awesome sauce. Here are a few of my favorite pics from this weekend. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, my skin is recuperating from all the sun. The tomato face is now a nice tan. I just need a nap and I'll be good. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love my friends. They're worth the lack of sleep. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/187/F2577E53C0E47B97703449D7E50113F2.png" style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a>amber.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11432684325963834254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501886237819909002.post-39955072586717601202011-04-26T22:55:00.001-07:002011-07-05T22:53:42.363-07:00i left my heart...<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Oh San Francisco. I love thee.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Saturday was yet another day to run away to the big city for some fun with my friends. I’ve found that any trip with my friend, Cressie, includes multiple stops for yummy food. She has the ability to sniff out a bakery anywhere. She’s bad for me. So, so bad.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">First stop? Chinatown for a tea tasting.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2320.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-38" height="200" src="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2320.jpg?w=300&h=200" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="Tea" width="300" /></a></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2322.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-39" height="200" src="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2322.jpg?w=300&h=200" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="teacup" width="300" /></a><a href="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2325.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-40" height="200" src="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2325.jpg?w=300&h=200" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="IMG_2325" width="300" /></a><a href="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2326.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-41" height="200" src="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2326.jpg?w=300&h=200" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="IMG_2326" width="300" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Every time we’re in Chinatown, this place is a must. Eastern Bakery is the best EVER! Everyone should stop in and try their steamed pork buns or their AMAZING macaroons.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2327.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-42" height="200" src="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2327.jpg?w=300&h=200" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="easternbakery" width="300" /></a><a href="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2328.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-43" height="200" src="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2328.jpg?w=300&h=200" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="easternbakerygroup" width="300" /></a></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Like I said, we made many food stops. Next for lunch was a stop at Steps of Rome Cafe. I’d say the best place for Italian food. Whether it be a panini or classic lasagna….all I can say is NOM!</span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2341.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-44" height="200" src="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2341.jpg?w=300&h=200" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="Panini" width="300" /></a><a href="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2343.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-45" height="200" src="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2343.jpg?w=300&h=200" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="Ginocche" width="300" /></a><a href="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2344.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-46" height="200" src="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2344.jpg?w=300&h=200" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="Lasagna" width="300" /></a></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2347.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-48" height="200" src="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2347.jpg?w=300&h=200" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="Truffle" width="300" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Yes, that is a truffle….and it was AMAZING! Thanks to Jo for sharing.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">I tried a little off of everyone’s plate, but wasn’t too hungry when we arrived. So, my lunch was a little different…</span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2345.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-47" height="300" src="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2345.jpg?w=200&h=300" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="water" width="200" /></a></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Don’t judge.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Of course, after a short walk it was time for gelato. Yummy, yummy gelato. And Gelateria Naia is the place with the most yummy flavors. My gelato of choice was half roasted banana and half chocolate malt. Once again….NOM!</span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">So, we grabbed gelato and walked to Washington Square Park to enjoy the art show.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2348.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-49" height="200" src="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2348.jpg?w=300&h=200" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="gelatogroup" width="300" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></span></span></span><a href="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2350.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-50" height="213" src="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2350.jpg?w=300&h=213" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="gelato" width="300" /></a></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Afterwards, lounging in the park sounded just right. Landry took that a little too far.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2352.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-51" height="200" src="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2352.jpg?w=300&h=200" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="sleeper" width="300" /></a><a href="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2356.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-52" height="200" src="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2356.jpg?w=300&h=200" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="parkgroup" width="300" /></a><a href="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2375.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-54" height="300" src="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2375.jpg?w=200&h=300" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="jo" width="200" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">We also made a new furry friend. Meet Obi Wan. Such a friendly little guy.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2370.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-53" height="200" src="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2370.jpg?w=300&h=200" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="obi" width="300" /></a><a href="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2378.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-55" height="200" src="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2378.jpg?w=300&h=200" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="park" width="300" /></a><a href="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2382.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-57" height="200" src="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2382.jpg?w=300&h=200" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="wesmel" width="300" /></a></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Wakey, wakey eggs & bakey! Landry finally joins the land of the living.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2379.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-56" height="200" src="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2379.jpg?w=300&h=200" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="sleepyhead" width="300" /></a><a href="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2383.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-58" height="200" src="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2383.jpg?w=300&h=200" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="squishyjo" width="300" /></a></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Next random stop? Picking up an upright bass on Langton. I know, random. Loved the surroundings though.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2404.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-62" height="200" src="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2404.jpg?w=300&h=200" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="mural" width="300" /></a><a href="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2405.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-63" height="200" src="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2405.jpg?w=300&h=200" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="wall" width="300" /></a><a href="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2408.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-64" height="300" src="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2408.jpg?w=200&h=300" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="jomel" width="200" /></a><a href="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2413-version-2.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-65" height="300" src="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2413-version-2.jpg?w=200&h=300" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="jolangton" width="200" /></a><a href="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2418.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-67" height="200" src="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2418.jpg?w=300&h=200" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="wall2" width="300" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Jo was even able to make his own mark on the wall. One single brush stroke.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2417.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-66" height="200" src="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2417.jpg?w=300&h=200" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="jowall" width="300" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">I love pictures of doors. Don’t ask why…I can’t tell you.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2419.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-68" height="300" src="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2419.jpg?w=200&h=300" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="IMG_2419" width="200" /></a><a href="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2421.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-69" height="300" src="http://ohmydodd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_2421.jpg?w=200&h=300" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="IMG_2421" width="200" /></a></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Great day. Wonderful day.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Finally, I’m working to get this blog up and running. Do me a favor & </span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/2539044/ohmydodd?claim=kpq2t5558ug" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Follow my blog with bloglovin</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> .</span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">There. 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I found this video a few weeks ago and have had it on loop ever since. I absolutely LOVE this!<br />
I'm pretty sure I get chills every time it plays -- from the music AND the message. <br />
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Oh to have talent like that. Simply amazing. I couldn't help but share. <br />
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Enjoy!<br />
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Poor Monday has a bad rep. <br />
Most days I agree, but due to the wondrous amount of sleep I got this weekend...it's not so bad!<br />
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*gasp*<br />
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Amazing, I know.<br />
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The majority of my immense giddiness is due to one amazing co-worker and his epic baking skills. <br />
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Just about everyone I know loves a chocolate chip cookie. Now that I think of it, I've never met a person that would turn down that chocolatey awesomeness. It is also very rare to find a person who doesn't enjoy the comfort of a glass of milk and Oreos.<br />
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But combine the two?<br />
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Oh yes, my friend. He did. <br />
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I submit to you the Chocolate Chip Oreo Cookie.<br />
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It is because of this epic treat that I have decided to no longer refer to this day as Monday. <br />
No, no. It is now NOMday.<br />
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You're welcome.<br />
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Of course, I have to admit that I have been playing around with this this for quite a while. It's pretty cool & is just the thing to make up a good weekend "pass the time" post.<br />
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Enjoy.<br />
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<a href="http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix">The Super Amazing Thing I'm Talking About</a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, I realize that the awesomeness of this gift isn't obvious to everyone. I'm a bit of a music geek. So, to avoid the struggle of explaining this awesomeness, I present the video that inspired this love. Enjoy & be inspired.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Prepare yourself for a future stylophone band featuring yours truly.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's inevitable, you know.</span><br />
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I think birthdays are important, especially considering the condition of those who no longer have them. While turning 31 may be bringing me to the realization that I am now in my thirties, I still enjoy the festivities. <br />
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Still, I realize that I'm getting older. This is the oldest I've ever been.<br />
This is what thirty-one years looks like.<br />
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While I am thankful that the chili bowl phase is gone, I'm still a bit weary of being older.<br />
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Since turning 30 last year, I have celebrated birth weeks rather than birthdays. This is a brilliant tradition in my opinion. This year, I awoke like a child on Christmas morning. Bright-eyed & bushy-tailed. It was all for good reason. This has been an amazing birth week.<br />
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It all started when I arrived to work that morning. My co-workers may have had something to do with this.<br />
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The day also included:<br />
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*Asian-themed potluck<br />
*Hostess Ding Dong birthday cake<br />
*Homemade Chocolate Chip cookies from my "California Grandmother"<br />
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I was also given this amazing cupcake by a co-worker.<br />
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And....my "California brother" Matt gave me something amazing. No clue what it's called, but I like to call it "Yummy Coconutty Ice Cream Goodness."<br />
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Also, what makes a great present for me? Ninja Turtles. (I'm a nerd.)<br />
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That night, we hit up Buffalo Wild Wings with some friends and my birthday twin, Tim.<br />
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Saturday was the best day ever. I started the day with a girls' day in San Francisco with Jeni, Cressie & Danielle. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...frustration with the wind.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...and finally a stop at one of our favorite spots in San Fran. Best cream puffs in the WORLD!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We left San Francisco in time to get back to the Dodd house for the Nerdy Shirt Thirty1 party.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finally....the best birthday present award goes to my AMAZING friend, Jo Tingin.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A stylophone beatbox!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/187/F2577E53C0E47B97703449D7E50113F2.png" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0pt !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0pt !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0pt !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0pt !important;" /></a>amber.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11432684325963834254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501886237819909002.post-13584595457254683942011-01-06T20:26:00.000-08:002011-01-06T21:13:37.006-08:00in memory...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJ0hgEcN-ihvAJakLvSnHNeihw2t6UBXp0BOkv2TXn-bc11OjGtfDfewLUedUXfDhMHM_YUyKfaWoFZc0uxh6jEywccll92DhA7LMidY1p3sJrOcm-CUs6XXlHUOkdWnly0eQQYp4173J/s1600/don.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJ0hgEcN-ihvAJakLvSnHNeihw2t6UBXp0BOkv2TXn-bc11OjGtfDfewLUedUXfDhMHM_YUyKfaWoFZc0uxh6jEywccll92DhA7LMidY1p3sJrOcm-CUs6XXlHUOkdWnly0eQQYp4173J/s1600/don.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwyl4MknNIwKid97CRBPT-g992pft-1zerGGPSXF8NJkp0V78Aqq_xGlVBhncHsCFyAI5kX26aylQCf9orDMB-uMZR5TPYwB_0Sfcaz-piTmfbercnuW-WjpUHCydEfgqeGH2i1zK0Fv7x/s1600/WQCbn2YSOI1hGsN7RU6GtJz88tSi4vjEvJT49My0kmKGjJKSAit9_dQCvcrM3HS95Pxc_eREfU_9yoziEl1DAzNzM0MLM2MjE0tTw3gjQ2OzeGNjUyMLAwNzBgYA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week has been majorly lame. I want a redo.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week, my Uncle Don lost his courageous fight against cancer. It seems as if one day I'm getting a bear hug & kiss on the cheek...the next, I'm saying goodbye. At least, saying goodbye the best I know how from 1700 miles away.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm going to miss that handsome guy.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Those who knew him were blessed, and those who didn't totally missed out. I am so glad that I not only knew him, but I was family. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many of you may know that I've been involved with the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life for a few years now. This is my 4th year and I am the co-captain of our Relay team at work, the LNS Curewriters. I set a goal last year and set out to participate in honor of my uncle Don and in memory of my Aunt Barbara.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Relay For Life is my personal opportunity to fight back against cancer by raising funds and awareness. I fight so one day no one has to ever face cancer. </span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJ0hgEcN-ihvAJakLvSnHNeihw2t6UBXp0BOkv2TXn-bc11OjGtfDfewLUedUXfDhMHM_YUyKfaWoFZc0uxh6jEywccll92DhA7LMidY1p3sJrOcm-CUs6XXlHUOkdWnly0eQQYp4173J/s1600/don.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's amazing to think that millions of people will be diagnosed with cancer this year. It has already taken so many amazing people that I love. People like my grandfathers, Marshall Whitlock & JB Thomas; my aunt, Barbara Whitlock; as well as my wonderful friend, Danna. Many I know, like my friends, Hollie & Joanne, are still fighting. Because of them, I am trying to do my part.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, more than ever, I want to do what I can to fight back against this ugly disease. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If cancer has affected or taken someone you love dearly, please support my efforts this year in Relay For Life by making a donation. Together, we have the power to make a difference.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks in advance for your help!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love you Uncle Don.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Disclaimer:</b> <i>This is NOT due to a lame New Year's resolution.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, I am coincidentally back to blogging thanks to the mister. It's actually amazing how torturous it can be to go months without wi-fi. Yes....I realize how nerdy that sounds.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, in order to embrace the cliche....let's talk resolutions.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I've said before, I'm not one to make resolutions just because it's the start of a new year. I am, however, a goal setter. My goals for this year? Well, besides the ever so popular "workout until my eyes bleed & swear off all solid foods until I lose 452 lbs" resolution, I have a few more attainable goals.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Read more books.</i> -- I actually love to read. Unfortunately, there is a part of me that never makes time to sit down and enjoy a good book. Shameful, I know. I have a stack next my bed just waiting to be read...and I will do just that. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Improve my guitar chops.</i> -- Yeah, I've been playing around for years. I think it's about time that improve on my theory and all-around skills. Actually, I started my first official "lesson" yesterday. This time next year I will be wielding the skills comparable to Rodrigo y Gabriela. Not sure how good that is? Check them out </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9W1gu7bsK4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Become a "super cleaning fairy."</i> -- Yes, I am OCD. Although I enjoy organizing and keeping my house clean, I want to create a schedule for my "chores" and stick with it. I see it more as time management. How exciting.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I usually just stick to three goals each year. Seems realistic & attainable. We'll just have to wait and see how it all works out. I will, however, be sure to blog my little heart out as long as I have wi-fi here in the Dodd house. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's to 2011! :]</span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I hear things in the office that floor me. Sometimes due to humor. Sometimes due to ignorance.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For example, Monday I walk in to work and say, "Happy Flag Day!" A co-worker looks up and responds, "Oh. Is <i>that</i> why there are so many flags out?" </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fail.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Today, <span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">co-worker #1 drops the hole-punch tray. Needless to say, paper dots are everywhere. Co-worker #2 walks by and says, "Someone having a party? </span></span></span><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">There's graffiti everywhere!" ....and walks away laughing. ....Umm, confetti maybe? Nice try.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Last week, I'm talking to another co-worker. The conversation went something like this:</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Me: I'm going to have to talk to Margo tomorrow.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Her: Mario??</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Me: Yeah, we're going to go defeat Bowser.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fail.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Another <span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">co-worker once said, "I THINK I have a dryer in my garage." </span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">You think? </span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">It's an appliance, not a screwdriver. How unorganized IS your garage?</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">Fail. </span></span></span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My boss is probably known most for his random conversations & outbursts. <span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">Not too long ago, he just runs in my office with a paper wad & yells, "Fade away!" as he tosses it. Then smugly leaves saying, "Nothing but plastic." </span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">Of course, I terrorize him as well. He is constantly teased about his daily lunch of nuts & berries. He is also Catholic. Therefore, I tease that his days are merely filled with "hail marys & nuts and berries." hehe. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">Recently I've been on a mission to talk him </span></span></span><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">into using "oh buttons" as his official statement of frustration. He's not buying it. </span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">Don't think he's innocent. On my birthday, he told me that I'm "running out of time" and I need to have kids now! I was like, "I'm still young." He replied, "Noooo, you're not!" Boo.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">He also monitors my beverage choices. Let's just say that I </span></span></span><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">have been refused a Mountain Dew by my boss because he claims I'm hyper enough naturally. Who? Me??</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">But, I think the funniest conversation that we've ever had, went something like this:</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">Him: You remind me a lot of my middle daughter. </span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">Me: Oh yeah? How's that? </span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">Him: Well...</span></span></span><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">she's very humble. Which isn't exactly you. </span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">Me: Oh really? </span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">Him: And she's really into fashion...which isn't exactly you either...</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">Me: Wow. Thanks. *laughs* </span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">Him: Umm...I'm 0 for 2 aren't I? *laughs* </span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">Me: Uh, yeah.</span></span></span><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content"> </span></span></span><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content"> </span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">EPIC Fail.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">If you don't follow me on twitter (cough, cough)...then you pretty much miss the random conversations between the mister and I. You know he has to be a pretty interesting guy in order to function well along with my ADHD & OCD. It's a necessity. </span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content"> </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2qkrsEfPQLxabrrD11rYf7bgm42Es39zk6sIiU0tXIGChcMnkfCXHE50WGJLfidGjQe_O9kxSDSBas6WHqaIiniSqM2NdkP086ZtS4MWb3hkGxcHbZ2GCIiHeOwi7v-hlHhD9HHAMW6tN/s1600/IMG_7039%5B1%5D" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2qkrsEfPQLxabrrD11rYf7bgm42Es39zk6sIiU0tXIGChcMnkfCXHE50WGJLfidGjQe_O9kxSDSBas6WHqaIiniSqM2NdkP086ZtS4MWb3hkGxcHbZ2GCIiHeOwi7v-hlHhD9HHAMW6tN/s320/IMG_7039%5B1%5D" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">I was shuffling through my twitter account and came across these nuggets. I thought I would give my readers some insight on our relationship. hehe.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">♥Should the mister be allowed to tell me to "go drown in a lake" and call me a "queen" in the same breath? </span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">♥No Jeremy, I will NOT ride in the back of the truck. Even if it DOES have a camper...</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">♥So glad the mister is being a fantastic man and sweeping my kitchen floor. Even if he IS singing "Who Let the Dogs Out" while doing it....</span></span></span><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content"> </span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">♥The mister calls me "Lucille-ifer." I should be offended, but it's too funny.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">♥I'm discussing with the mister how my naturally curly hair is getting more and more unruly. He says, "that's because it's turning white." Grrr.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">♥Him: "It's harder to eat rice with pork chops." Me: "You mean chopsticks?"</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">♥</span></span></span><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">Him: What's the highest score in bowling? Because that's what I bowl.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">♥</span></span></span><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">Me: Wow. That girl's stomach is hangin' out her shirt. Him: It looks like a water balloon.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">♥</span></span></span><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">The mister just told me to go stand in the road, close my eyes & count to 100. I think the anniversary is over.</span></span></span><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content"> </span></span></span><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content"> </span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">♥</span></span></span><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">So I tell the mister that I'm bored. He says, "See if you can fit in the fireplace." Gotta love him.</span></span></span><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content"> </span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">♥</span></span></span><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">"Speaking of court, the new Taco Bell is open." - the mister (aka Random Man)</span></span></span><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content"> </span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">♥The mister's </span></span></span><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">random drawing on our trip to Famous Dave's:: <a class="tweet-url web" href="http://twitpic.com/gwf8f" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://twitpic.com/gwf8f</a></span></span></span><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content"> </span></span></span></div><br />
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As I read back over these little moments, I smile. How blessed am I to have such an entertaining marriage? I'm hoping that you other couples out there have these same kind of moments. Moments when it's just the two of you acting crazy, when all of a sudden you stop and say, "It's a good thing no one sees us acting like this." </div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Those are my favorites. :) </span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This month has caused me to think about how much I truly miss living in the Lone Star State. Don't get me wrong, I love all of my new found California friends. I just really miss Texas and my family.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I know many who are not <i>from</i> Texas will not understand such loyalty. To help, I've compiled a list from various sources as to why I love Texas more than California.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">♥We're taught to say "yes sir" and "yes ma'am" and to respect our elders. We also say "howdy," "fixin' to" and "ya'll." </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">♥California may claim "real" cheese and avocados....but Texas claims 100% Grade A Angus Beef. Who wants avocados and cheese when you can have steak and potatoes?</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">♥Our elected leaders, while often not perfect, are not former actors, wannabe actors, widows of actors, formerly engaged to actors or want to work part-time as actors while they "serve" the people as politicians. By and large, Texas politicians are people who care about making Texas better through making things better for Texans. Seems to be working. And...our last governor became the President of the United States. "Ah-nold" isn't even eligible. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">♥Texas is the only state that can legally fly its flag beside the United States flag...at the same height.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">♥Three words. High. School. Football.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">♥Texas is the only state that can secede and become its own country.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjDuN8bwKCMWeU7zGqEvfDfSiaIEzSch3VFwdnVNdMlnmvzCL7Vk86nfC_pZen-JLzHb39oPKHkgEh8Ww_6q_AeapWQDPSVpVHDqwULJ4B3a3epzSwQ0wISxvk5S_b6t7O3tCuMi0hIUp/s1600/texas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjDuN8bwKCMWeU7zGqEvfDfSiaIEzSch3VFwdnVNdMlnmvzCL7Vk86nfC_pZen-JLzHb39oPKHkgEh8Ww_6q_AeapWQDPSVpVHDqwULJ4B3a3epzSwQ0wISxvk5S_b6t7O3tCuMi0hIUp/s200/texas.jpg" width="196" /></a>♥Our sports teams and heroes are better. With simple names like the Dallas Cowboys and the Houston Astros ... Texas teams are honest, simple and a real representation of our people. We don't have pretentious names such as The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Also, how does the nation's second-largest city lose not one, but two NFL franchises? In college, The Heisman Trophy was named after John William Heisman, the first coach of Houston's Rice University. Greatness personified.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">♥Geographically, Texas has it all. In one state you can find mountains, canyons, thick, piney forests, beautiful desert landscapes, the great plains, gorgeous coastal plains, and even swamps if that's your thing.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">♥We have better songs about our state. "California Dreamin'" and the The Gatlin Brothers' "All the Gold in California" <i></i>just can't compare to classical anthems such as "The Yellow Rose of Texas," "Texas, Our Texas," "Deep in the Heart of Texas" or even more campfire-friendly cuts like Jerry Jeff Walker's "What I Like About Texas" or Waylon Jennings' "Luckenbach, Texas." Additionally, our music doesn't fall prey to East Coast/West Coast rivalries ... there are no worries about turf wars in country music. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">♥The cost of living is remarkably lower. The price of land and residences are exponentially lower. The difference in what you can buy in Texas for $250,000 vs. California is shameful. We have no state income tax and no taxes on capital gains. No further words about this are necessary.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">♥It's safer in Texas. Whether the calamity be weather- or crime-related, Texas fares better than California. Your wildfires cannot be topped and no amount of Earth-rattling will dump us into the ocean. As far as crime goes, we both have the death penalty ... Texas just isn't afraid to use it.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">♥Our economy is stronger. The Lone Star State has more Fortune 500 companies than any other state in the Union. Texas has 64 compared to California's 51 -- including three major airlines, AT&T, Dell, Texas Instruments, ExxonMobil ... just to name a few. According to the article in Trends magazine, Texas also created 70 percent of all new jobs in 2008 and enjoys a robust surplus. California is adding roughly $25 million per day to its $26 billion in debt. Ouch.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">♥We are Texans. We are a proud people. While we never claim to be perfect, we are real and we strive to make the Union a better one through a better Texas. What matters there isn't how plastic you are or how tan you are ... it's about who you are.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">♥We have Blue Bell ice cream, Cracker Barrel, Chicken Express, Cheddar's.....shall I go on?</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As the great Sam Houston once said, "Texas could survive without the United States, but the United States could not survive without Texas!"</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Amen.<br />
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Also....today is the birthday of one of my very best friends! Actually, one of the people who make living in California that much more fun!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Happy Birthday Israel! So glad you were born! :)</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It always helps to have friends who make your stay more bearable. I have to admit that although I've been really homesick this month....I'm so grateful for my amazing friends who keep laughing & enjoying my time here. You guys know who you are. If I tried to make a list, I'd forget someone and would forever be afraid to walk in a dark alley. ;) Love you guys!</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MAJOR HUGE GI-NORMOUS THANKS to my friend, <a href="http://homesickcajun.blogspot.com/">Dionne...the Homesick Cajun</a>. The OhMyDodd! blog beautification is all her! So, the recent lack of posts have been for good reason, people! I've been lettin' her do her thang! Awesome job. I'm so uber excited. It's like I get a sugar-high every time I see the page! *squeeee*</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you're looking to "be-dazzle" <i>your</i> blog, I suggest you contact her....pronto!<br />
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I also have to thank <a href="http://dbonilla.blogspot.com/">DeAnn, the Displaced Southerner</a>, for looking out for me & offering the recommendation. I owe you one!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Also, check out the tabs above for more OMD! awesomeness, and grab my button for your page! I'll be your best friend. ;)</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To Dionne, thanks again, boo! ♥♥♥</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I need a day where I can be completely random in my posting. (As if I really need an excuse.)</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So, I plan on every Tuesday being devoted to the utter randomness that is my life. And oh, the fun we shall have.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So, today's post includes a link to a video clip. *squeeeee* </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My friends and I pretty much have a weekly ritual of piling in my house to play SingStar. For those of you who don't know, SingStar is a karaoke game for the Playstation. It's insane! You'll never understand without video footage, so I offer you just one moment from last night at the Dodd house.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Enjoy. :)</div><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well, I'm at that point now and it's not even Christmas.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I must admit that joyous excitement and energetic squeals are not quite a rarity in my day-to-day routine. ADHD plays a big part in that. ;)</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Still I continue to be extremely excited about what is to come. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Truth is, I have no clue what's coming. That's the funny thing. I just see things through faith and <i>know</i> that amazing things are in store.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Of course, most people know that our relocation to California nearly two years ago was quite the adventure. We were definitely led here. It seems like things are finally falling into place after two years of complete trust in God.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">CREED is the young adults ministry (ages 18-30) of Christian Life Center. It's a place where young adults can connect with God and with each other. We take time to establish friendships, to worship together, and to get clear direction on the purpose of life and our place in the world. No fluff here – just real life issues as real people discuss the dynamics and dangers of being Christian young adults in 2010. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">CREED is not a program but rather a community – an open circle of friends that is always growing larger and getting stronger. How exciting to be considered a "leader" in such an awesome work. I'm humbled. </span></span></span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks to an amazing friend, I was able to fly home to Texas to be with my family for the past week. He called me up Sunday evening and said, "I was just leaving my parents' house after hearing the news and thought of you. I have a ton of Southwest travel rewards accumulated through work and I want to take care of your flight home and back." Wow. It's humbling to have friends like that. He has no idea how thankful I am. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's all so surreal. I still can't believe she's gone...and at such a young age. I'm down to crying only once a day now...so doing better. :)</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My Mom let me know that the Sunday night at church before she died, she sang "Goodbye World, Goodbye." How fitting. She was such an awesome & talented singer. What a gorgeous voice. She recently recorded an album with our good friend, Rita Fulmer. Throughout the album, she sings harmony and plays piano. On one song, she sings alone...and that's the second verse to "Jesus Loves Me." Rita created a slideshow to the song. You can watch and listen to it <a href="http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1298041771265&ref=mf">here</a>.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">She was my aunt, my friend, and my first vocal instructor. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I miss her so much. ♥♥</div><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Unfortunately, society has often shunned the clothing needs of the plus-sized woman--sentencing her to, what seems like, a life of moo-moos & elastic waistbands. Thankfully, Chandra has created a blog that offers modest fashion ideas while challenging the ideas that you have to exchange fashion for modesty. It's about time someone said, "Stylish, fabulous, and modest—it’s possible." </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What's also awesome is that she's also thinking about sales. I am definitely a "frugalista," so this makes me even more giddy. Plus, she is up-to-date on gift ideas. What hasn't she thought of? ;)</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">More excitement? Once her <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#%21/pages/MoMoMod/228560698090?v=wall&ref=search">fan page</a> on Facebook reaches 310, she's starting the giveaways! Now I know you gals like the giveaways! We're talking hair goodies by Rubie Zuniga Lee, fashion by RawHemline and a $25 gift card from Macy's. Ooooh la la. Plus, Ginger Pinks has offered to hose a giveaway for the month of May! </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So far, so good. I must admit that my transition to this new undiscovered age was EPIC! BirthDAY? Try BirthWEEK!! Mom flew in and a grand ol' time was had by all.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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The very next day, we celebrated my 30th in style. 80's style, that is. We had sooooo much fun with our "Flashback to the 80's" party. BIG thanks to my AMAZING friend, Danielle, for hosting the shindig at her house. It was perfect!!!<br />
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Danielle even had another button for my awesome "button-covered" denim jacket. hehe It said: 30. It's the BIG ONE! She also gave me a gift that I am SO excited to use! In my birthday card from Danielle, I found a gift card to <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/evystree">Evy's Tree</a>! If you haven't read some of my earlier blogs, Evy's Tree is an Etsy shop owned by my friend, <a href="http://miraflorfamily.blogspot.com/">Amy</a>. I plan on getting my hoodie soon!!! How exciting!<br />
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Also take notice of my naturally curly hair....and its fro-like qualities. Folks, it didn't take much to make it that big. Believe me. This is what I fight to tame every day.....and it definitely has a mind of its own!<br />
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Of course, my outfit was based on my 1980's hero.....Miss Punky Brewster. I loved her! (What am I talking about? I still love Punky! lol)<br />
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I'm so glad that I have friends who like to have fun as much as I do. They were all such good sports and went all out on their costumes. I'm definitely a fan of my bestie's outfit. Israel's zebra print Hammer pants cracked me up!!!<br />
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</div></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So, thirty is off to a good start. I think I can work with this. Big thanks to all of my friends & family and their birthday wishes. It was wonderful!! I love you all!!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And, of course, no birthday celebration (or any other get-together) is complete without jumping pictures. Danielle and I are the BIGGEST fans of jumping pictures. So, as I wrap this up.....enjoy. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">This little giveaway involves a $30 credit to her new store! Amazing, right? </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">For full details, you can check out her original post <a href="http://miraflorfamily.blogspot.com/2010/03/spring-hoodies-2010and-grand-opening.html">here</a>. You'll also find pics of her amazing hoodies for men, women and kiddos alike. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So, help her spread the word AND browse through her shop. I dare you! </span></div><br />
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<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Yesterday I was 6. I promise.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's so hard to believe that I will be 30 in one week. It seemed so much older when I was a teenager. I don't feel 30. At least not what I thought 30 would feel like. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The mister loves to point out the new wrinkles in my face to me. What a guy. Since we were married at 20, he's seen my younger days. Before the gray hair started showing up. Before the crow's feet. Ah...30, what are you doing to me?</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In other news, sorry that I went MIA on everyone. Been sickly lately and haven't been able to kick it. Probably has something to do with turning 30. I don't get over sickness as easily....</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What's even better, is that when my boss found out how old I was going to be, his exact words were, "You're running outta time! Why don't you have kids yet?" </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I said, "I'm not THAT old..." </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Yes you ARE," he exclaimed.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*sigh*<br />
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That topic, my friends, is a whole other blog in itself. <br />
I am thankful, however, that my mom will be here for my birthday. Talk about the best birthday present ever! I'm so excited! She'll be here tomorrow, so pray for the mister. He says we're just alike. If you think I'M a mess....meet Mom. I had to get it all from someone. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So, April 6th...here I come. For better or worse.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have a web show. Yes, it's true.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>The OhMyDodd! Show</b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilz7e7QyyXFnuSGLpu89-JY5F5a6VswFpyBzQgBxh3EMqa5ujZMli84hneAywLt3zc8xBX7C3gxIX300KBGqjY0fl24aNyWo7P5kiLWHmhtRh569ocpVPK3aFH2U_OF-3aQH2Oh7TwMk9-/s1600-h/cast1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilz7e7QyyXFnuSGLpu89-JY5F5a6VswFpyBzQgBxh3EMqa5ujZMli84hneAywLt3zc8xBX7C3gxIX300KBGqjY0fl24aNyWo7P5kiLWHmhtRh569ocpVPK3aFH2U_OF-3aQH2Oh7TwMk9-/s320/cast1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's amazing to me how this all came about. My mom sends me a video camera so I can upload videos to YouTube for her and other friends and family to see. Apparently many others found my randomness entertaining. Who'd have thought? </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've including two of my good friends (Israel & Mishell) as regulars on the show. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Since June, our Facebook fan page has 468 fans! Whoa!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Well, the publisher of the Lodi News-Sentinel happens to be a fan as well and recently asked us to star in their upcoming commercial. Production and filming was too much fun! The editing is finally done and you can check out the online version <a href="http://www.lodinews.com/ads/lns/two_weeks_free/">here</a>. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you think you can possibly follow my randomness and possibly find it worth your time (lol), you can check out The OhMyDodd! Show on YouTube <a href="http://www.youtube.com/rowdy4tx">here</a>. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">However, if my over the top humor & hyperactivity are too much, I completely understand. haha</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Look out world! The OhMyDodd! Show is out! </div><br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/187/F2577E53C0E47B97703449D7E50113F2.png" style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a>amber.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11432684325963834254noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501886237819909002.post-11410089339863380122010-03-03T18:17:00.000-08:002010-03-03T18:17:09.593-08:00nine years. ♥♥<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Nine years ago today, I married the mister. ♥♥</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b>♥March 3, 2001♥ </b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">It seems like just yesterday that I was 9 years old and arriving at the Living Word church in Greenville, Texas. I climbed into the church bus, supplied by the church in Paris, and sat in the seat behind a cute little brown-haired boy named Jeremy. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">The rest is history. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Fast forward 11 years and we went on our first date. Two and a half months later, he proposed. Five months later, we were Mr. & Mrs. ♥</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">I know I've said this before, but I won the husband lottery. My mister is truly amazing. He is like no other man I've ever known. I love him in every way possible to truly love someone. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">While we've definitely been through our set of struggles, when we find ourselves in less than ideal circumstances it is then that our relationship truly shines. It's like we don't have a problem in the world.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">The thought of growing old with him makes me giddy and gives me butterflies. (Yes, he still gives me butterflies.) </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Have I mentioned that he's an amazing cook? Oh my, you have no idea.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Something about a guy who cooks breakfast. ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">I even often find my mind wondering if other couples have as much fun as we do. Do they act as ridiculous as we do when they're all alone? I know people wonder about us. We dance. We tease. We aggravate.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">We laugh. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">What a man. I love him more everyday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> ♥♥♥</div><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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