tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77192559507167224732024-03-13T06:11:07.635-07:00Sounds a Little FishyMonica Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06310093439605423093noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719255950716722473.post-2697821834533390522011-07-18T17:05:00.000-07:002011-07-18T17:08:37.389-07:00Change is Goodso I am thinking I am up for a change so no more of this blog....but I will be over here instead.....don't hate the name I picked it years ago then never used it but I figure why not now....so I will be posting here<div><a href="http://ishouldhavebeenaprincess.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span></a></div><div><a href="http://ishouldhavebeenaprincess.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">http://ishouldhavebeenaprincess.blogspot.com/</span></a></div><div><br /></div><div>MK</div>Monica Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06310093439605423093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719255950716722473.post-41863239478657306752011-06-04T21:24:00.001-07:002014-06-03T12:15:38.851-07:00Morning<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYy-zitGqgADIbh2L1X_KcPH9C4XB31kIFfCDhu6ciBSleNfPjpHTnlJMZgJZ7clKq-Vo09IpinG2pIkqvykRrcGmfuZLJF13wDjpM-vVKm-55qwY-Tlm6k4Ws0daebLAdfDgaOw2sYwiG/s1600/IMG_4136.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYy-zitGqgADIbh2L1X_KcPH9C4XB31kIFfCDhu6ciBSleNfPjpHTnlJMZgJZ7clKq-Vo09IpinG2pIkqvykRrcGmfuZLJF13wDjpM-vVKm-55qwY-Tlm6k4Ws0daebLAdfDgaOw2sYwiG/s400/IMG_4136.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614587369236904658" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We took a little trip, a week away to relax and reconnect. I got to thinking about a lot of things...when my eyes shot open at 5:30a the first day you can imagine I did a lot of thinking about mornings....</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am beginning to realize why they say, "early to rise". In the early morning the mood has yet to be set. </div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">No one has laughed, or cried, no horns have been honked, or words have been spoken. The emotions have yet to be determined. When you wake up early, you decide your "weather".</div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br /></div>Monica Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06310093439605423093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719255950716722473.post-81298115835372477762011-05-14T16:30:00.000-07:002014-06-03T12:15:38.876-07:00Kitchen FixOld houses= bad kitchens. This was our quick inexpensive organizational trick.
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<br /><div style="text-align: left;">Before:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiScv1KIJohkVmzlC4r4aT7rLVF2XmoLSUx1hMUoqctTMUHZtBqqCN2vVAbNjT1g6hL8IUN6MVLU_J7f2N64j7M9T84dQlSeBFX53_ovQy9-sSYGsZZA5JtzhbtbaS9Tc2eVmBKxXvR9COK/s1600/IMG_2900.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiScv1KIJohkVmzlC4r4aT7rLVF2XmoLSUx1hMUoqctTMUHZtBqqCN2vVAbNjT1g6hL8IUN6MVLU_J7f2N64j7M9T84dQlSeBFX53_ovQy9-sSYGsZZA5JtzhbtbaS9Tc2eVmBKxXvR9COK/s320/IMG_2900.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607065679265694226" style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">After:</div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />Before:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>After:<div>
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<br /></div></div>Monica Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06310093439605423093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719255950716722473.post-28431168702121804872011-05-14T08:21:00.000-07:002014-06-03T12:15:38.838-07:00If you give a wife a turquoise table.......she'll want to rearrange the living room and when she rearranges the living room she will realize her kitchen wall is really sad and do this...
<br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZHVWAv1pjI2ybmuTLqTkAEGgrAZ3agk9YooElUmhLF0Z7Q_SpXqkjYDdUX7UlNNrbVfpX1tI8ErMiWXDqrYaAYLajli-6M4NG7OmVVOmtDRiDR7A23DYeY2bai1lAVfklpPDtrJSjr4Uk/s1600/IMG_4121.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZHVWAv1pjI2ybmuTLqTkAEGgrAZ3agk9YooElUmhLF0Z7Q_SpXqkjYDdUX7UlNNrbVfpX1tI8ErMiWXDqrYaAYLajli-6M4NG7OmVVOmtDRiDR7A23DYeY2bai1lAVfklpPDtrJSjr4Uk/s320/IMG_4121.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606593561626450418" style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDoYCBkCn1f0_ziaqqXlAINAk_eq0HXCc1Y6gWYeNvYJKwzQsXYNQzD3Zyu9xdMeeeBZglGy17EfnFVzYoP_jX9_qlsHDc5vLMjSrfu_lIuLghffv9mobfmu2W3vTfTVhJshO0y00RXPTq/s1600/IMG_4118.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDoYCBkCn1f0_ziaqqXlAINAk_eq0HXCc1Y6gWYeNvYJKwzQsXYNQzD3Zyu9xdMeeeBZglGy17EfnFVzYoP_jX9_qlsHDc5vLMjSrfu_lIuLghffv9mobfmu2W3vTfTVhJshO0y00RXPTq/s320/IMG_4118.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606593292243111346" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 289px; " /></a></div>Monica Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06310093439605423093noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719255950716722473.post-22020727584977802852011-05-14T08:11:00.001-07:002014-06-03T12:15:38.832-07:00Turquoise table? Yes please<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">Dear Homegoods,</div><br />Thank you for having this lovely table on your shelves Thursday afternoon, it inspired a living room rearrangement.<br /><br />MK<br /><br />p.s. don't worry, you will grow on Nate :)<br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnHMXC3NIqYKMPz825OrOy1Cs3N0Du-6INSShSExcIAih8zSz0yKo4p77UljouaTFuC1EBzRUrsHgKiWW9zCM2WCYr3pElK3B_6Dz5hIpefLSF3l_Wh5p4oRw_d2edlcj9d9DhntSVvJEm/s1600/IMG_4106.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606590915613941682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnHMXC3NIqYKMPz825OrOy1Cs3N0Du-6INSShSExcIAih8zSz0yKo4p77UljouaTFuC1EBzRUrsHgKiWW9zCM2WCYr3pElK3B_6Dz5hIpefLSF3l_Wh5p4oRw_d2edlcj9d9DhntSVvJEm/s320/IMG_4106.jpg" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCkYtfnXM_sV3QO_t4vZWavnWSbq5PVIsIWyD3k7dIyanP8k3iyE_pqIKRpb9e1vKyg0vuvzsbk-CIaQ8j5SjlgTXmopPN47uPEZPT1AWp6_ZslCJ-wWelO9pD_NQZxr3siPOfustyRBe_/s1600/IMG_4116.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606590911137729186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCkYtfnXM_sV3QO_t4vZWavnWSbq5PVIsIWyD3k7dIyanP8k3iyE_pqIKRpb9e1vKyg0vuvzsbk-CIaQ8j5SjlgTXmopPN47uPEZPT1AWp6_ZslCJ-wWelO9pD_NQZxr3siPOfustyRBe_/s320/IMG_4116.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline" class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline" class="Apple-style-span"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606591284865699762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVW4Jx_G2GsermBR7rid4j9mz4HhKCNHwB7yhZdvOAXokV7C8509XkRaZb40aF-Av6FMARHflP4aLSxWkeI4YgPWxTK59pfMuMRVZdTE1NiBIC_3W11JMpkefbUmjWjqo66rDU66oE_HS/s400/IMG_4108.JPG" /></span></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Now you may be asking what is the bit of wonder that gets to sit aloft the new table....this:</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline" class="Apple-style-span"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606591289787047394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrDRS1GX8YT9ObUruN4o4YO7ZiZOdszd8OUSUVv2S8sqs9ulVolbaAxu29v0A9WnH734qam0RAmZ5X80bcwsAJyCIC1AIdQAuuIhZOGpncwX92jtJELGNjNtdapV1oqVJIToMrGt1vK2Qv/s400/IMG_4117.JPG" /></span></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">*beach glass, shells, old keys, a bedazzled frog, and this bamboo candle*</div><br /><div><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline" class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><br /><div><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline" class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><br /><div></div>Monica Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06310093439605423093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719255950716722473.post-20836997748561067482011-05-14T05:51:00.001-07:002014-06-03T12:15:38.828-07:00Pillows<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBEmf4oJyxkyy4yvHOHxmbwnKhwRYgG-gVob94ZL33zt4X1bC-g1UxUalAPWtaSNihuWW1er84QxaQr7plKAFMcV0-CX4jnT5QObtzj3YHi7m8EP4Ns1tyDFeCaYoKkYcUWl5f19PG3RMS/s1600/IMG_4105.JPG"></a>Dear Pillows, I know Nathan hates you and thinks you are a complete waste but I think you are essential (at least in the guest room). <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline" class="Apple-style-span"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606553994231436242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBEmf4oJyxkyy4yvHOHxmbwnKhwRYgG-gVob94ZL33zt4X1bC-g1UxUalAPWtaSNihuWW1er84QxaQr7plKAFMcV0-CX4jnT5QObtzj3YHi7m8EP4Ns1tyDFeCaYoKkYcUWl5f19PG3RMS/s400/IMG_4105.JPG" /></span><br /><br /><ul><br /><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330099;">Sequin pillows:</span></span><a href="http://www.ankedrechsel.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330099;"> Anke Drechsel</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330099;">, Paris 2001</span></span></li><br /><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330099;">Cream Flower: Pottery Barn, Tysons Corner 2010</span></span></li><br /><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330099;">Pink Silk (2): Gift</span></span></li><br /><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330099;">White w/green flower: Homegoods 2011 </span></span></li></ul><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline" class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span>Monica Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06310093439605423093noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719255950716722473.post-66799912391152770562011-05-14T05:00:00.000-07:002014-06-03T12:22:09.673-07:00On life and marriage....A friend in a for a quick visit just asked what I thought about marriage...... I think marriage is difficult, the most important things in life usually are (family, patience, love), I think getting married when you are "older" is even more so. I think that real life, full on personality, and your identity, don't fully emerge until <b>well</b> after college. Junior high, high school, those first days as a freshman, you are finding out what works for you and what doesn't. As time goes on you discover what makes you tick, what speeds make you the happiest (and I am not talking about while driving!). You swore you would never do/act like what your parents/friends/teacher did and then without real effort you find yourself taking on qualities you saw in you past and they aren't so bad. You refine these things and make them yours, your version 2.0. You take what you have learned in church or home and keep close what is most important to you. You don't become expert in all areas but in some (service/patience/kindness/honesty/generosity/charity things like that) you excel and in them you find solace. You develop a pattern for living, and every day now has a quote un-quote normal ebb and flow. You tuck your bad habits away, and start eating your broccoli. Enter Man/Woman. Enter an entirely new tide. As with water, any time two large bodies meet there are rapids, current conflicts. The more time you spend developing your identity alone the bigger the rapids. Two speeds, two patterns, two routines, two identities now have to remain unique whilst also creating a new identity as an "us" verses an I/me. [This is sometimes avoided when you getting married younger because you develop more together than you did alone]. Rapids aren't bad, they are part of this wonderful experience and if smart, you will hold on and get down in your raft when you come upon them. Sometimes you need to paddle through them and sometimes you need to stop paddling and let the moment take you to smooth water. If you fight it or over think it you will be suddenly frantic, dumped from your boat, chugging water, getting scratched by rocks, and full of fear. I prefer the raft though I have tested option b plenty! I am a feisty sucker. I can't say that I am wise, but I can say at times I am smart enough to learn from my mistakes and allow them to help me move forward not dwell in the past. Monica Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06310093439605423093noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719255950716722473.post-20582515499226055662011-05-13T20:23:00.000-07:002014-06-03T12:15:38.825-07:00Happy Freakin' BirthdayBefore you read this be warned! I am relaying this story not to bash my Nathan but to let you in on how funny life can be....
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<br />So if you know me well you know I hate my birthday. I hate birthday cake, I hate balloons, I hate presents, and I really really hate that stinkin birthday song. And I tell all who are close to keep away on that day! Now that being said I love celebrating other's birthdays, I love making cakes, buying presents, and I realize this is not logical. This year was no exception. I was down in DC for a few hours delivering some cakes when I get this call:
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<br /><div>"Where are you"</div><div>"DC why"</div><div>"uh uh are you coming home"</div><div>"yes I just got in the car...why?"</div><div>"I need you"</div><div>
<br /></div><div>at this point I hear tremendous pain in my husband's voice and panic sets in.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>"Nate are you alright, what happened....wait is this a joke?!"</div><div>"No I am really hurt, I fell down the stairs"</div><div>
<br /></div><div>at this point I am picturing my husband with his legs broken, blood coming out his ears, and a black eye lying in a crumpled heap at the bottom of our basement stairs. </div><div>
<br /></div><div>"did you break anything, an arm, a leg?"</div><div>"no just a plate, and a cup. I am going upstairs to take a shower then go to bed, hurry home"</div><div>
<br /></div><div>so I drive fast but not manic to get home. Upon arriving I go upstairs first...Nathan is bruised, shaken but not stirred. On to the basement. There is pasta sauce all over the stairs, and the few stairs that escaped the sauce got drenched in peach lemonade. There are shards of broken glass everywhere from the glass and chunks of turquoise terra cotta from the plate. </div><div>
<br /></div><div>Back upstairs to get rags, broom, vacuum, and carpet cleaner. 20 minutes later I had scrubbed off the sauce and lemonade and managed to only impale myself once with a shard so deep it required tweezers. Bonus! April 17th you should be removed from my calendar, it seems my distain for my own birthday attacked my husband this year!</div><div>
<br /></div></div>Monica Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06310093439605423093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719255950716722473.post-5474128558278647612011-04-21T17:32:00.000-07:002014-06-03T12:15:38.864-07:00come take a walk with me...7:38a Union Station is the next stop, I could continue on to Metro Center then switch to the Orange/Blue line until I hit Eastern Market... the train lurches to a far from smooth halt, its normal, expected....brake fumes fill the car and I am up, paper in hand. I had all intentions of reading all of it but somehow got lost in a dream between Libya, some air traffic controller messing up Michelle Obamas flight, and how queen Victoria single handedly changed wedding culture when she walked down the aisle in a white dress, a color typically reserved for mourning. It never gets finished. <div>
<br /></div><div>Bag on shoulder, smartrip card swiped too fast so the gates didn't open second go was better. Pass the usual crowd of: hurried veteran commuters who while not yet at the office are busy at work, and the seasonal crowd of fanny packed, matching t-shirt, blood shot eyed because they are still on west coast time tourists. Hold breath as I exit the building, no second hand smoke before breakfast, new year's resolution. Taxi station, cross walk, 52 seconds at the light on Constitution another 13 at A St. NE, swing hips a bit more as I pass the security guards (trying to break that involuntary habit), dirty look to the guy who almost plowed me over because he plowed through a stop sign because he was texting ...jackass. inhale slowly as I pass the lilacs on 5th, that did the trick...jackass forgiven. Key's out before the gate opens, I take my time turning the lock. Purse goes on the chair, keys in the bowl I slide my shoes under the bench and put my glasses on the book shelf, quick glance not exactly thrilled with the job I did of drawing on my eyebrows but can't expect much when you use your phone as a mirror while on that lurching metro at 7:16a.</div><div>
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<br /></div>Monica Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06310093439605423093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719255950716722473.post-88605014827793512242011-04-20T19:20:00.000-07:002014-06-03T12:15:38.886-07:00la dolce vita<div style="text-align: center;">Washington, DC is "cold", suits pass, sirens wail, smiles remain infrequent and insincere, there are bomb threats, late trains, alerts from Blackberrys and iPhones crowd the air, opinions are strong, and human emotion at times weak, however amidst all this, this can be found.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0VJubLfjFb8TwZYnf9hmVpWo0QK7BjWKru0bXMO9Bmz_MrBeru1j7A59z32RIeoPw0ANCi-hQDQn6HEwZ0E9C4nC0xkdhvHsiVZw_2n5z1xQywtrCH7HviKLoQ2t5nd3slWt0LC0Qvk6K/s1600/IMG_3976.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0VJubLfjFb8TwZYnf9hmVpWo0QK7BjWKru0bXMO9Bmz_MrBeru1j7A59z32RIeoPw0ANCi-hQDQn6HEwZ0E9C4nC0xkdhvHsiVZw_2n5z1xQywtrCH7HviKLoQ2t5nd3slWt0LC0Qvk6K/s400/IMG_3976.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597858533222561538" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center; ">
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<br /></div></div>Monica Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06310093439605423093noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719255950716722473.post-10974661296922584362011-03-22T17:44:00.000-07:002014-06-03T12:15:38.815-07:00Dinner and dreaming<div style="text-align: center;">So it is no surprise that if I had a choice I would have a dinner party every night. I love table linens, I love love dishes!!, I love people in my house, I simply love a party big or small. (pay no mind to the mismatched chair, the matching one was in use for other things). I dream of a day when I will have a dinning room and a table that will fit more than 6 and I can use all 12 fine china place setting at once.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpFyXaO57WBu9bVpFWY5KroqLAwGyLPF6avMkSzmB0Lhis4Cidkv7THZIOvCAluKv61gPpBrjf2aCpC0FAdwk20Z6_UhS3mJnGxkvfBEEMjMdkHHFwWTq9V0eoFcvZCuSvAKawG1ODxoEE/s1600/IMG_3628.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpFyXaO57WBu9bVpFWY5KroqLAwGyLPF6avMkSzmB0Lhis4Cidkv7THZIOvCAluKv61gPpBrjf2aCpC0FAdwk20Z6_UhS3mJnGxkvfBEEMjMdkHHFwWTq9V0eoFcvZCuSvAKawG1ODxoEE/s400/IMG_3628.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587071449109253938" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>Monica Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06310093439605423093noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719255950716722473.post-42564090642916650062011-03-22T17:18:00.000-07:002014-06-03T12:15:38.855-07:00Williamsburg<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOLYR5rOH14ozwTVFPsNZ6pNR9fOXIkSXrsIPAzXn2J8ql7E6-mdFH4w5i3NoiqXGP0GhBloPjvkVHUwM1niEtZS6R3kIbXYaEGQW6D_qmEhajBoQ600dThjdG5bAG6Yq4jv-Pv2cKFptx/s1600/IMG_3225.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 344px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOLYR5rOH14ozwTVFPsNZ6pNR9fOXIkSXrsIPAzXn2J8ql7E6-mdFH4w5i3NoiqXGP0GhBloPjvkVHUwM1niEtZS6R3kIbXYaEGQW6D_qmEhajBoQ600dThjdG5bAG6Yq4jv-Pv2cKFptx/s400/IMG_3225.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587068144673160098" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I don't know what it is about this little town but I love it. Maybe it is because it feels different than Rockville, maybe it is because it is close enough yet far enough away, maybe it is this amazing little cheese shop that has ridiculously delightful blue cheese stuffed olives-among other things-, maybe it is because there isn't much going on there so I can relax, or maybe it is because of this..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAPo-r0RSz9UZ0QpRe4zK-sWpPNzOGxMjDoD7ooYqrd37P5goTRJzn2n5gImWRUPEN2WNJG2e0PiHitVPZWua9GURQT0UBonV_l9Dgn2HoWY21uNMmKnJuvHB8w8jUk2-xpwmJzWPYNnft/s1600/IMG_3197.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAPo-r0RSz9UZ0QpRe4zK-sWpPNzOGxMjDoD7ooYqrd37P5goTRJzn2n5gImWRUPEN2WNJG2e0PiHitVPZWua9GURQT0UBonV_l9Dgn2HoWY21uNMmKnJuvHB8w8jUk2-xpwmJzWPYNnft/s400/IMG_3197.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587068139723311346" style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW36pQ4Sq01VR7lWGEtjd_scEWu-gVVPlfwodxuPCw-XzPq5CGbGcObRnye81w58pKcfg2Sf5P6nXI9L_UlT11DOTa2ecBQkjNI_FJnF9WmoBYe9FRlmFJt8URPF6q5B-lWnaix8A7ReaG/s1600/IMG_3213.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW36pQ4Sq01VR7lWGEtjd_scEWu-gVVPlfwodxuPCw-XzPq5CGbGcObRnye81w58pKcfg2Sf5P6nXI9L_UlT11DOTa2ecBQkjNI_FJnF9WmoBYe9FRlmFJt8URPF6q5B-lWnaix8A7ReaG/s400/IMG_3213.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587068928185137682" style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " /></a> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEx-S749exIQq7Z3wGw9fk0G_zHTdUU5oz6nO5_KbMJF8k_dUe0sk3lNDAx6p5-mgTQuIT5n-9CZkdAEKmPIKpb3hA5-ygxkGVgvwgUyhDf5bQz9pKcrp2dgT8vkE8GbsK75mD83WCLt2C/s400/IMG_3188.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587066257049827426" style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br /></div>Monica Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06310093439605423093noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719255950716722473.post-49999361202466168562011-03-14T16:44:00.001-07:002014-06-03T12:15:38.861-07:00a nice night....?<div style="text-align: center;"><div><div>yes so newly weds (<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">hypothetically</span>) spend nights:</div><div><ul><li style="text-align: left;">taking walks</li><li style="text-align: left;">talking while snuggled in each others arms</li><li style="text-align: left;">having an ice cream cone</li><li style="text-align: left;">flipping through albums of old photos</li><li style="text-align: left;">trying out new recipes together</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;">and then there is us......we spend our nights like this:</div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">and yes I now have glasses :(</div><div>
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<br /></div><div>Take this....</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibUSFHBg8CkHI0QyqOiTSTgBkOmqT_jVRC_TQzJ5R5THB101mnz1cGqVpdzC7dgNfjDNuwUkpPqcY2cCgJnnC4Bkk-e55zgOgUB2K4gKQkE5-AvW2hNtoXDb10ue1nJ0zS-7ox_JIf20IZ/s400/IMG_2943.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576304274109368466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></span></div><div>add this.....</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg2D2KXFeQh2cdEmwgyNRkaKyBbtCF3-C0Jr8VLWX1kodNprYO_CsQ2RteN6hOOctiaZEzLfS0XJsCXpQRJrU9VSFiZEst-4yAZTiJ6IVNNA-vHG4Pq30DYWYYSM2STemHhSdkvrBIQWkj/s400/IMG_2941.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576304277231435858" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 180px; " /></span></div><div>and you get this....</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">I love you Nathan. Happy Valentine's Day</div><div>
<br /></div>Monica Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06310093439605423093noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719255950716722473.post-14341889068311741962011-02-03T12:15:00.000-08:002014-06-03T12:17:56.592-07:00Mount VernonLife is life, no one can say that their's is harder or that they have been through more because each life is tailored to its liver. However, our little life has been so full lately, sometimes I feel like I am just running with no ending point. Sometimes at night if I am not asleep before my head hits the pillow, I can actually hear Nathan say, "good night" and for a second my pace slows. A few weeks ago he took me to Mont Vernon and for an entire day the chaos that I know so well swirled around someone else. We got on a boat early in the morning and floated down to Mont Vernon as the sun rose. <br />
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Only miles away and I had never been, going during their Fall Festival was an excellent time to experience it.<br />
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We got of the boat and had hotdogs for breakfast.....</div>
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We roasted apples.....<br />
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Monica Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06310093439605423093noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719255950716722473.post-13060095611263986102011-01-01T16:49:00.000-08:002014-06-03T12:15:38.819-07:00Happy New YearSo it happened...our 1st annual New Year's Eve Party! (unless someone else has one next year and then this will have just been a party) We had quite the spread curtesy of everyone who came. We had some of this (which is not legal in Montgomery County but that didn't stop them)
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<br /></div></div>Monica Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06310093439605423093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719255950716722473.post-3903455020015600742011-01-01T15:38:00.001-08:002014-06-03T12:15:38.848-07:00While visions of sugar plums danced in their heads...<div style="text-align: center;">Christmas brought its usual onslaught of traffic, chaos, last minute gifts, decorations (this year many were eaten by the new dog), travel, and my favorite <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">baking</span>!!!! This year I got to do more than expected, baking for my parent's friends in Utah which proved extensive...</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVWAGp5ZBW6uuKrzmSQxLSDcXnImDJtLvvI2QQDf6K5Zjw-2d3mTb-swaT_YFIUu6u6e4mLcpbMAlJpq0ADCny-MX-yicPpTpM03NV6YCTrX4zfW33-qo7WLs7sN9buy9Cz-ikrcP1LjXQ/s1600/IMG_2337.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVWAGp5ZBW6uuKrzmSQxLSDcXnImDJtLvvI2QQDf6K5Zjw-2d3mTb-swaT_YFIUu6u6e4mLcpbMAlJpq0ADCny-MX-yicPpTpM03NV6YCTrX4zfW33-qo7WLs7sN9buy9Cz-ikrcP1LjXQ/s400/IMG_2337.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557377812158274018" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">and tasty! My sis Beth aka quality control</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiogATk5cgu233GZzMu0g9d7-8oZcIU4Bc1dYRbjL4DVhU6B6FQe_9ByLSUIiblLjA0IZPt4JELmK3CkYp4da0dabQpYKq4E5HiZgCet3L3XrOrEBf9-_w5rYgmdImR1ym5crxw2NB8HgIB/s1600/IMG_2386.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiogATk5cgu233GZzMu0g9d7-8oZcIU4Bc1dYRbjL4DVhU6B6FQe_9ByLSUIiblLjA0IZPt4JELmK3CkYp4da0dabQpYKq4E5HiZgCet3L3XrOrEBf9-_w5rYgmdImR1ym5crxw2NB8HgIB/s400/IMG_2386.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557377833837487362" style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4DHRlQee0KPq-ZjIRpppIa6ma91aqcOtSO5DklyUDy18NXdjTeLs_Dx35rDDjcgZ8LHrQsMBxbWRliZbXI4V7KrYEcuh2jP28M4xoamNiFDbZ58LQQQy0_4ij0V_RRbavLuz7ejWDJWK/s1600/IMG_2391.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4DHRlQee0KPq-ZjIRpppIa6ma91aqcOtSO5DklyUDy18NXdjTeLs_Dx35rDDjcgZ8LHrQsMBxbWRliZbXI4V7KrYEcuh2jP28M4xoamNiFDbZ58LQQQy0_4ij0V_RRbavLuz7ejWDJWK/s400/IMG_2391.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557377838103260578" style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">peppermint cake pops</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhswTiLP6JJfWXr9bu7pi98ssmioapb1kLskmoABsQHeB3jDG_6bOhD_5Ow5Woo9ueI7Jd2DUQglcwZDQ506nS1mSQE93A2g4guXySz7RVOTzNnTaky7Ne1aojPs4Q7yNWHHjSme58kWZFK/s1600/IMG_2375.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhswTiLP6JJfWXr9bu7pi98ssmioapb1kLskmoABsQHeB3jDG_6bOhD_5Ow5Woo9ueI7Jd2DUQglcwZDQ506nS1mSQE93A2g4guXySz7RVOTzNnTaky7Ne1aojPs4Q7yNWHHjSme58kWZFK/s400/IMG_2375.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557377826534587250" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">english toffee</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUy1cxi32KSyCajEvmbh9Xj6MwIDWhujFHEQdEmteCazNDEcP7CL0hl21FU22WheVo31rnTPMdlsh7xyhOvCfbaUoyFDo0Z-O-dVOte7rfo0Wmc9nKWE9laTAtgGHArLhlDio42yxP_Bv/s1600/IMG_2366.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUy1cxi32KSyCajEvmbh9Xj6MwIDWhujFHEQdEmteCazNDEcP7CL0hl21FU22WheVo31rnTPMdlsh7xyhOvCfbaUoyFDo0Z-O-dVOte7rfo0Wmc9nKWE9laTAtgGHArLhlDio42yxP_Bv/s400/IMG_2366.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557377821254555330" style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">lemon pound cake</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi00wg7sYNCmrugy3cZfruadU2e8-DgWiK7qLyyzO3hSy500XGor2chYMwkAF5N9aup2RzzystaZFKGgCKliQLG6jTpUjVwJjpAd7-RGWCscqqccdqt6p3OSvAntamXySH-lEj61vGn1TLs/s1600/IMG_2327.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi00wg7sYNCmrugy3cZfruadU2e8-DgWiK7qLyyzO3hSy500XGor2chYMwkAF5N9aup2RzzystaZFKGgCKliQLG6jTpUjVwJjpAd7-RGWCscqqccdqt6p3OSvAntamXySH-lEj61vGn1TLs/s400/IMG_2327.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557379224154446178" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">caramelized hazelnut caramel corn</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0eCvZoPWSgrFDO5YMfhd_jdZve8Jj-za1IrG7mEzmR8gS1Zs_58MwLRtFmFnmsVQO7cxD6_KBOiKvpkbZrqdcEmXwMTe6nHZ6gUdaxAun6YNM7wsuvGiTSLI0lsgrSaRw5BgxDuufGsKG/s1600/IMG_2399.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0eCvZoPWSgrFDO5YMfhd_jdZve8Jj-za1IrG7mEzmR8gS1Zs_58MwLRtFmFnmsVQO7cxD6_KBOiKvpkbZrqdcEmXwMTe6nHZ6gUdaxAun6YNM7wsuvGiTSLI0lsgrSaRw5BgxDuufGsKG/s400/IMG_2399.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557379215326113522" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">and then the wrap. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBXUVG4DS31m_Rg0RJ8yu8vSSsJkzxD_KWt4Zl-ccGKjxWu1FGszp3_jZhuHT7f4GvNKB0C_NBj4peuJGxY4keefMsT2WMaDoMmMWWWOS10nYJF7c811_HYzRcw0dhdtOaSdrlPHlL5i0C/s1600/IMG_2416.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBXUVG4DS31m_Rg0RJ8yu8vSSsJkzxD_KWt4Zl-ccGKjxWu1FGszp3_jZhuHT7f4GvNKB0C_NBj4peuJGxY4keefMsT2WMaDoMmMWWWOS10nYJF7c811_HYzRcw0dhdtOaSdrlPHlL5i0C/s400/IMG_2416.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557379220046158018" style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Baking for my friends was not nearly as extensive (sorry got burned out)...here is one of the 3 desserts, chocolate marshmallows. The other 2 were coconut macaroons and burnt almond toffee</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br /><div>November, in a few not nice words, sucked ____. Nate was in Oklahoma all month, we spent Thanksgiving at our respective houses, and I am sure there were other things but really? do you want to read about the misery? Didn't think so. On to the sunnier.....the weekend after Nathan came home he took me to Boston. We spent the weekend at the usual stops, Quincy Market:
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Scenes from the city....</div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just a little recharge...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwzMXF_aZa9Ic11RqtxhIOIpvBqPgdYh_IMifFVdE0xuCq3Eroinvwgs7GteYcsD6BnAtgZctF5UqyaMe-_HTV4rmvVSpsc4xDTk3eFtdys3Ixfbx9j7Z41LcJ5Ghu87VHymC-7nbpLVd4/s1600/IMG_2540.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCRr0CKNgcfal0qNOIzAPnIYoKqDn-ezk40tH7dnVk2J3YleDGTwtiUZCV0h9OkYSQ07tpHJ5gFI0X9a_NJVfaRKEArfAbjNCKNy9lb60n7Qt7A_Yl-1Sh6sdS5zzycfcqMoqbirrSlHZX/s1600/IMG_2479.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCRr0CKNgcfal0qNOIzAPnIYoKqDn-ezk40tH7dnVk2J3YleDGTwtiUZCV0h9OkYSQ07tpHJ5gFI0X9a_NJVfaRKEArfAbjNCKNy9lb60n7Qt7A_Yl-1Sh6sdS5zzycfcqMoqbirrSlHZX/s320/IMG_2479.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557331177919339410" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 228px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinepd9McvHlN9iEqVCVjdHf_INXVA-pmR7d4qS7aD3dVpqznWk1IoWb41VVXLkGMTD3WPh-0pruv14RK1WM9yUJ4zjkkV2OGIKlU9F0nlzQ90eYlYvIrzIAiX8YGR044CDkwxClsR51KLG/s1600/IMG_2483.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinepd9McvHlN9iEqVCVjdHf_INXVA-pmR7d4qS7aD3dVpqznWk1IoWb41VVXLkGMTD3WPh-0pruv14RK1WM9yUJ4zjkkV2OGIKlU9F0nlzQ90eYlYvIrzIAiX8YGR044CDkwxClsR51KLG/s320/IMG_2483.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557325067209139618" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Of course Boston was charming, it's a port city with narrow streets, old buildings, and an accent all of its own. It is small enough to walk from end to end and yet around every bend lies something new and beautiful.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Emptied out the minibar to make room for the leftovers, lobster roll at 7:am=bliss. (whoever thinks a green smoothie, some wheat grass, or a tasteless bran something is the best way to start the day..wrong)</div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Have no fear the lobster tail was not my breakfast, it was simply my amuse bouche, this was the real breakfast</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiS3DDJVtFubgZkRtBqDvNoMGgJsDuFNVMgOR49oyr_jHtlNuGARD3ep78HMxxgwEETsVekqMyxjBHso7AGsd1ruf7MnVEr5Ka-VbJllPlbsVNX7-KTqJ8zBRR1kHRMd-3PQEXHlm_In5t/s1600/IMG_2562.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiS3DDJVtFubgZkRtBqDvNoMGgJsDuFNVMgOR49oyr_jHtlNuGARD3ep78HMxxgwEETsVekqMyxjBHso7AGsd1ruf7MnVEr5Ka-VbJllPlbsVNX7-KTqJ8zBRR1kHRMd-3PQEXHlm_In5t/s320/IMG_2562.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557331182007099122" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRxaqFfAnyrOPYIYHUOz0BWD3i1WY6dNMQvh5BODVGvfWZ9RuERgzProNFTQBgWRBqf7Swk4FdZBWYGnNs9N9bLhuicGylG_6rJsNM3wvlNYmlLhSb51N7PkU9dF04o8UPRY1__74soZmz/s1600/IMG_2563.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRxaqFfAnyrOPYIYHUOz0BWD3i1WY6dNMQvh5BODVGvfWZ9RuERgzProNFTQBgWRBqf7Swk4FdZBWYGnNs9N9bLhuicGylG_6rJsNM3wvlNYmlLhSb51N7PkU9dF04o8UPRY1__74soZmz/s320/IMG_2563.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557331182839117458" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">His:bacon wrapped scallops Hers:asiago bagel with cream cheese (there wasn't enough cream in the lobster roll to satisfy my needs)</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The day was done before we knew it and we were off to the airport. 1 cancelled flight due to "weather", 27 unspoken profanities mentally directed at Airtran, a last minute hotel, and 4 hours of shotty sleep before hopping on a plane, and we were home sweet home. </div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br /></div>Monica Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06310093439605423093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719255950716722473.post-88883067320461454752010-11-23T08:38:00.001-08:002014-06-03T12:15:38.889-07:00single lady.......I am living single. Not single, just living so for a month. Nate is in Oklahoma and while I love him, I love him being gone. Now before you go and say, "holy cow what a bit*h!" let me explain...we both work full time. Nate is 9-5 and I work 7-6:30 so you can imagine come 6:30 the last thing on our minds is: laundry, mow the lawn, cook a gourmet meal, dust, straighten, fix, futs. The only thing on our mind is: scarf down whatever is quick (Reeses puffs, string cheese, canned soup), sit next to each other and attempt to unwind until we have to try and sleep amidst the neighbors barking dog, the other neighbors light on a motion sensor, and the nightly quinceanera that randomly happens about once a week next door, so we can start all over again. So, that being said I am not a monster I am just thrilled that without the "sit next each other" step of the equation and I can do this:<div>
<br /></div><div>Day 1:</div><div><ul><li>raked all the leaves</li><li>bought a Japanese maple for 75% off (thank you Home Depot)</li><li>planted the maple (this involved pulling intercostal muscles but it was worth it)</li><li>mowed the lawn</li><li>did it all in my favorite shoes (which Nate hates)</li></ul><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNgQZidPfwsyoG4o8l-HFUl4e6wjbPB6Iq7vzkouSRMrUw-FUbwJZqGKGWIY_ePBjXIYdHGKZGUPXbm_ooXp94YZgLoIGvWQUM2scEiOvJBrbMjR-jXPGjflJwI-wgsLghIY4eEwyPmXhe/s1600/IMG_1863.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNgQZidPfwsyoG4o8l-HFUl4e6wjbPB6Iq7vzkouSRMrUw-FUbwJZqGKGWIY_ePBjXIYdHGKZGUPXbm_ooXp94YZgLoIGvWQUM2scEiOvJBrbMjR-jXPGjflJwI-wgsLghIY4eEwyPmXhe/s200/IMG_1863.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541747161138794386" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 131px; " /></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIK4nPBoy6qpDpeIsNeiuXx1i1hx-DDyczCvqnKIduWDwZh-HqhPPHQfQcLAhzSxSHHwiGjVs3RzdyscbYcFdr9Hlz4rZ-Lp6ajewt0IHhm09NpRtUfm69Z93scEsTqZN1MQ4r_9pftwGv/s200/IMG_1867.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541747172696923554" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px; " /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9w2Wy79_qQtBbHfAl5mvtFLnizqMFU8hQuA7XbkeAayaj_8dw80hu2Vz_5bb0pIepsukNepP4o7dBa47zphi9kDsdYyz6q84MqDk4_Ig5wc3Acx8xSkbc7P7EUuzVTtsa4e8N3CivoSp/s1600/IMG_1868.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9w2Wy79_qQtBbHfAl5mvtFLnizqMFU8hQuA7XbkeAayaj_8dw80hu2Vz_5bb0pIepsukNepP4o7dBa47zphi9kDsdYyz6q84MqDk4_Ig5wc3Acx8xSkbc7P7EUuzVTtsa4e8N3CivoSp/s200/IMG_1868.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541747181805234850" style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px; " /></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfuVB6C8aj8whnXIcmOxyop4p7TpLinZ8AALQcGcNZZGP4hDywOx26l9D57HKzVBVHyjm5xDsDMBPU1Vclb3U72obPWsjk0d0S-1TrsyFUKxRvG-l0PtuN0VqUk62qq22-OW5-RkbxyEX/s200/IMG_1862.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541747150301111282" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px; " /></div><div>Day 2:</div></div><div><ul><li>went to church</li><li>washed the dogs</li><li>cleaned the kitchen</li></ul></div><div>Day 3:</div><div><ul><li>did ALL the laundry (yes including the leftovers from the <a href="http://soundsalittlefishy.blogspot.com/2010/10/facials-and-feces.html">basement flood</a>)</li></ul></div><div>Day 4:</div><div><ul><li>I went to ballet (the leo still fits :) maybe because its super stretchy?? Nah I am consciously lying to myself and pretending I am the same size I was when I danced for 15+ hrs/week)</li></ul><div>Day 5:</div></div><div><ul><li>brought the girls( 4 yr old twins, 19 month Zoe) over for a sleepover. Which is a funny story...Xannie had to pee so she ran inside while I stayed out in the backyard with the other 2 girls and the dogs. Xannie came back out and I said, "don't shut the door just leave it open" she shut the door. "Ica this way the dogs won't get in" fabulous. Did you know we won't get in either because the house is locked, the spare is at Laura's 3 miles away but I can't call her because I can see my cell phone on the table? Its 8:30pm I have 3 little girls in princess pj's tired and ready for bed outside and its cold. Zoe gets set on the bbq so the puppy doesn't jump and knock her over, Xannie is in hysterics because she locked us out, and Izzy is trying to make it all better. I try every window and then grab the ladder, get up the roof, and voila the smallest window in the bathroom is open. I squeeze my body through it, plop on the floor tangled in the hamper and the shower curtain, and run down to open the door and calm down the now 3 teary eyed girls. (this hasn't been my favorite day without Nathan)</li></ul></div><div>Day 7:</div><div><ul><li>picked up 15 antique windows from the side of the road! And when I brought them home no one told me that it was ridiculous or that I had to get rid of them. Now if only I can think of what to do with them ...</li></ul><div>Day 8:</div><div><ul><li>I became a slave to the media, after all the radio adds and commercials and "hype" I thought I had to give this a try....McRib is McYuck! Now I can say I have tasted it.</li></ul></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsKcqdQE9OUy4GVRcaso_8YEifijHfXskkPW1BTbIlPpy5Z4ioF46AuvR0z4WYgynC-R1lEvbm3XrU9HdEfAHWXF19iWs3FeSPj63_FI3KVa8_QCy703_fGXcpwrIKZkaXkIC2pjpriGc/s1600/IMAG0066.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsKcqdQE9OUy4GVRcaso_8YEifijHfXskkPW1BTbIlPpy5Z4ioF46AuvR0z4WYgynC-R1lEvbm3XrU9HdEfAHWXF19iWs3FeSPj63_FI3KVa8_QCy703_fGXcpwrIKZkaXkIC2pjpriGc/s320/IMAG0066.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541748354398791474" style="cursor: pointer; width: 191px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><ul><li>went to bed at 8pm</li></ul><div>Day 9:</div></div><div><ul><li>made a killer baby shower cake</li></ul><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigxjGlFcNzFdi8aWAL3UM1zG7eImtPMYii6WbctXpEw3oq9wt26am8AIR4tf-R2sFnStThkrtwwS-zfzvA-49En96_5PCTAQtgNbwDnp_NaAuFySYvx_w2uYluSlpYg5B9fVR6z-pYuWS1/s1600/IMG_1907.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigxjGlFcNzFdi8aWAL3UM1zG7eImtPMYii6WbctXpEw3oq9wt26am8AIR4tf-R2sFnStThkrtwwS-zfzvA-49En96_5PCTAQtgNbwDnp_NaAuFySYvx_w2uYluSlpYg5B9fVR6z-pYuWS1/s320/IMG_1907.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541748363785789298" style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div>Day 10:</div></div><div><ul><li>church</li><li>reconnected with my life via phone</li><li>serious nap</li></ul></div><div>Day 11:</div><div><ul><li>I just sat because I took 4 kids that weren't mine to the Dr. office. 3 got flu shots. 2 crying kids,1 hysterical kid, and 1 kid/baby wondering what all the crying was about (she didn't get a shot). Did I mention we took the metro because parking on K and 18th is impossible at 3:30.</li></ul></div><div>Day 12:</div><div><ul><li>cleaned the car</li></ul><div>Day 13:</div></div><div><ul><li>hello Macy's (no I didn't break the bank I just wanted to see Christmas decorations. However after trying on the tester of <a href="http://www1.macys.com/shop/beauty/shop-by-category/perfume-cologne/gucci-guilty?id=53290">Gucci Guilty</a> and letting it sit for a few, I wished I could break my nose!)</li></ul></div>Monica Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06310093439605423093noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719255950716722473.post-44127152242047700852010-10-26T07:27:00.001-07:002014-06-03T12:15:38.858-07:00I Ride for Nick's Eyes<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvYieoycLSg3Zo_tSAGPiOI8uxjfpaQubdB4CY9umydEqK-nImCuJ-LAq2uqqQ7fYB4BFJnsc0EIHZO6wTf24yTfoLZS562liIuW4wIvkejVbERLCekmq8RqaNApPDdLY1QGC6dJP_Bfx/s1600/n719646754_1915716_1768.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvYieoycLSg3Zo_tSAGPiOI8uxjfpaQubdB4CY9umydEqK-nImCuJ-LAq2uqqQ7fYB4BFJnsc0EIHZO6wTf24yTfoLZS562liIuW4wIvkejVbERLCekmq8RqaNApPDdLY1QGC6dJP_Bfx/s320/n719646754_1915716_1768.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532371172058373890" /></a></div>
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Nick is my favorite brother. He and I are 3 years apart and at the age of 2 he became the "other" queen and we would dress up together. That was short lived. Dinosaurs and Spiderman soon overthrew the crown. Even though we had our differences he remained my favorite. He and I went into the MTC exactly 1 year apart to the day, he and I both have our ex-fiances and botched wedding plans, and he was the minister that conducted my ring ceremony after our sealing, and 3 months later he got married to wonderful woman and I did his cake. He is one of my favorite parts of this life and is in a 3-way tie with my father and my husband for my favorite male ever. He recently landed the most amazing job. He is head graphic designer for Demon Dirt and in the past year has completely transformed the company and has traveled all over the USA and Canada to promote the line. He is amazing and today I am devastated that I am so far from him because last Saturday he found out he is going blind and the only chance he has on keeping what sight he has left is a surgery that is not yet approved in the States. Only a handful of doctors will do the operation that involves placing a plastic disc underneath his corneas to maintain their integrity and even then it has only been done about 20 times in the US. He is going to go for it, he has no other options. His sight will come with a heavy price though because insurance won't help an non-approved procedure. So pray for my brother, include him in your fasts, and if you ride or you need a know people that do, or you need a need a new running top grab one<a href="http://www.demondirt.com/"> here</a> and Save Nick's Eyes. http://www.demondirt.com/<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhINONgsE9sBVo2yBdcRtpdLuAVHkWIM-L1V-FsxNhCjx5EsCRL_eJXujRHCf6jdavKWiqo-FeLOH8kBYtWFYvUS6TbMnGUdRTST6z2Nt6_mAEHN9RJpCzI11AC-etEqb7FK28-F5UnxpfS/s1600/n797050270_1926106_6554.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhINONgsE9sBVo2yBdcRtpdLuAVHkWIM-L1V-FsxNhCjx5EsCRL_eJXujRHCf6jdavKWiqo-FeLOH8kBYtWFYvUS6TbMnGUdRTST6z2Nt6_mAEHN9RJpCzI11AC-etEqb7FK28-F5UnxpfS/s320/n797050270_1926106_6554.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532371182833978338" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div></div>Monica Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06310093439605423093noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719255950716722473.post-25048731244377059342010-10-26T07:10:00.000-07:002014-06-03T12:15:38.835-07:00Facials and FecesYes you read correctly, feces. As in poo. I don't particularly like writing about dirty things but this is too funny. My mom was in town so I asked if she would give a facial class to my friends. Earlier that day she has done some laundry and had forgot to put the hose into the sink (yes our washer drains from a hose into a utility sink) or so I thought, so there was some water on the floor, nothing a few towels couldn't fix. I thought nothing of it. I took a bath, she took a shower, friends came, facials started, Nate came home from work headed down stairs for some TV, came up in a fury, mumbled something about having to go buy a shop vac to clean up the mess in basement and stormed of to Home Depot. Meanwhile I am thinking "dude it was maybe a gallon of water, chill!" He returns with a new heavy duty shop vac and rushes to the basement, rushes upstairs to bark at me about not helping and so I go down and then it hits.....my mom didn't forget to put the hose in, our drains are simply backing up! Nate and I worked in a hustle to suck up the flood. I rushed to move boxes and floating laundry out to the backyard. The basement smelled of lavender bubble bath and Tide no big deal. No big deal until the "other"stuff started coming from the drain and we heard the toilets flushing!! Nate ran upstairs and gave no water orders to the girls in mud masks and then we called a plumber. $1200 later we had the roots that had grown into the drain removed, 12 hrs later we had our entire basement sanitized and humming with 12 snail blowers and 3 industrial dehumidifiers. Our basement is back to where we began before the remodel due to the restoration crew. No lovely wool carpet, no organized library/dvd room, so much more work. The funniest thing about the whole day was the dynamic of having women getting facials upstairs all mostly oblivious to the fact that in the basement Nathan and I were swimming in grey and black water. I've always wanted a pool.Monica Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06310093439605423093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719255950716722473.post-72768843720639238482010-10-26T06:38:00.000-07:002014-06-03T12:18:18.143-07:00Happy 32nd Birthday Nathan<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcLTYTwl4s2oQv47zaHctP1PvDaJSO0lImH2OLNUuUr9ULazkngY0RvvExA5MF0VQoMdgu34aJnVqzGYbyD0GjgS1BAxd_jKkYQpViCwk3rsGx-BVXyfrZH1CQcQ1VGpCzbMneKh2v6Ju_/s1600/IMG_0197.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcLTYTwl4s2oQv47zaHctP1PvDaJSO0lImH2OLNUuUr9ULazkngY0RvvExA5MF0VQoMdgu34aJnVqzGYbyD0GjgS1BAxd_jKkYQpViCwk3rsGx-BVXyfrZH1CQcQ1VGpCzbMneKh2v6Ju_/s320/IMG_0197.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532527150752276530" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">While on the cruise my: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><i><b>rustically handsome</b></i></span> (when he has a beard, all other times he is really really just good looking), <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><i>100% man</i></span></b> (well 75% man 25% boy),<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> husband</span></i></b> (unless he forgets to take out the trash or leaves his taco bell trash in the basement then he is demoted to bad roommate) celebrated his <i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">32nd birthay</span></b></i>! A few weeks before we left on the cruise I contacted Norwegian's kitchen staff and asked if I could make my husband's cake onboard considering by background (i bake stuff) and they said I could. Every year for his birthday my muffin requests the same thing, his mom's banana cake with cream cheese icing. The day before we left I got all the dry ingredients measured out and stowed in a good hiding spot in the checked luggage -because let's face it going through security with 3 ziploc bags of white powder is never a good plan. The night before his birthday I went to go find "hot chocolate packets" a.k.a the pastry chef to get the ball rolling. Martin was lovely and asked that I hand over my bags and recipe! He insisted on making the cake! He said I was on vacation and being in a kitchen isn't a vacation for a lady even if it is to make a birthday cake. He promised he would do the cake himself so it wouldn't get screwed up. That night at dinner, Martin presented the surprise "Ha<b>bb</b>y Birthday" cake </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDrUHax-TVJUqkB2yCv0M-9bqO8oanX1IJAVgkmi5JPgHAUJmm80jpWhI492fkkoo28PMx9Rj-n-AXALNQoKtpjBkBSFLgf2HE5AcQ432r2FgjQpZft2K_nJUJWrAB7Cgq8FDWBe_wIJN/s1600/IMG_0198.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDrUHax-TVJUqkB2yCv0M-9bqO8oanX1IJAVgkmi5JPgHAUJmm80jpWhI492fkkoo28PMx9Rj-n-AXALNQoKtpjBkBSFLgf2HE5AcQ432r2FgjQpZft2K_nJUJWrAB7Cgq8FDWBe_wIJN/s320/IMG_0198.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532527154450846018" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">complete with: an improvised 3 because they lost the 3 candle, ALL the sprinkles that I had brought for decoration (enough for 12 cakes i think), and pink icing (my favorite not Nate's but who cares) The cake tasted like it always does, and was the best dessert of the night. (in my opinion it was the best dessert of the whole cruise but I am biased)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz587cudA0S_l1o7VZBHizt5LADJOovltklpYVXuKXDWg37_5CRfGJr6CW28vhod-c_hlkSB2Z01WkbBXEtBvdxKPhatQKWEUUbP3psK0TM38VsvSsMqtpb_TC8jJDP904smh8fNZ_XKU_/s1600/IMG_0196.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz587cudA0S_l1o7VZBHizt5LADJOovltklpYVXuKXDWg37_5CRfGJr6CW28vhod-c_hlkSB2Z01WkbBXEtBvdxKPhatQKWEUUbP3psK0TM38VsvSsMqtpb_TC8jJDP904smh8fNZ_XKU_/s320/IMG_0196.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532527141859454498" style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></a></div>Monica Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06310093439605423093noreply@blogger.com0