Tried this recipe two times in two days... It has quickly become Lindsey's favorite!
So vibrant this Fall....
Thank you mom!
Thanks to a fellow blogger Sonia, I was encouraged to start blogging in February of 2007! Initially, I didn't think this blogging thing would last... so I just signed up for a two week trial membership to Typepad. But little by little, I enjoyed documenting my life this way... and years later, my 1,000th blog post today! My blog is now a diary of my life as a mother, as a wife, as a friend, as a daughter and as a sister... I like to look back and see how I celebrated my children's birthdays, my anniversary and special events in my life... I blog to chronicle my life here in Portland.....
Which blog post do you remember? Here are some of my memorable blogs from my 1,000!
10. http://pineapple.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/10/portland-marathon-kids-marafun.html
I remember this blog because I loved that the girls were a team. They did this as girlfriends, together! It was a short run but they had a blast! Looking back, they were so cute!
9. http://pineapple.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/03/re-living-dads-route.html
I remember this blog because my brothers Josh and Sam really remind me of my dad. But Josh doing this road trip, really made me chuckle.... "how can he be so alike?"
8. http://pineapple.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/10/one-thousand-eight-hundred-eighty-three-miles.html
This was a memorable trip. We spent many hours in the car... according to my kids: Too much time in the car! But for me, that made it very special. Yellowstone was truly beautiful!
7. http://pineapple.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/05/whats-wrong-with-whose-thumb.html
I remember this blog because for the first time in my life, I learned of the name of my big thumb.
http://pineapple.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/05/perfect_blend.html this second post goes right along with my thumb post from above. Crazy how Lindsey has two different thumbs!
6. http://pineapple.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/07/rich-in-friends.html
This blog is from my heart. I was feeling truly blessed to have friends near me when things were difficult.
5. http://pineapple.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/09/how-far-for-fresh.html
I just love eating and sharing fresh tofu with my friends. I go to this tofu factory often enough for me to know their first names. I once went there without my checkbook and Marcus said, "No problem, pay me next time!" My friends think that this tofu factori is really close by... but really, it's in an inconvenient place in town. But I don't mind. I will still go there and get fresh tofu!
4. http://pineapple.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/06/new_eyeliner.html
I don't use this eyeliner anymore but the question of "are you mad at me" really made me laugh.
3. http://pineapple.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/09/sarah-palin.html
I remember this blog because I got the most comments posted on this topic. I even lost a very conervative friend over this blog.
2. http://pineapple.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/03/lazy_sunday_mor.html
We're going camping this weekend. The picture below the pancakes is Lloyd making pancakes for breakfast! Look how little their baby was when they took her camping for the first time! Just months old! I love to document these special memories!
1.http://pineapple.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/11/chong-hoon.html
This moment in time was painful. To loose one of our own youth member was very sad. Writing my blog was therapeutic for me. To have given Young this plaque was a good ending to our football season of 2008.... (I wouldn't remember what I framed but here it is....)
http://pineapple.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/01/in-loving-memory.html
OK, Now to the fun stuff of this 1,000th blog celebration!
Contest: For every comment you enter, you will be eligible to win an entry into a drawing.
First place: $50 Nordstroms gift certificate! Good luck!
*Contest open to all residents of United States. For those living in the same household as the blogger are NOT eligible to enter into the drawing but may comment.
Contest ends Sunday, 8/21st at Noon. Winner will be announced in the evening!
From Costco:
This Torta Sandwich Roll! Makes great sandwiches!
Favorite Estate Sale find: $5 This vintage mirror! I'm thinking of spray painting it black... It's a heavy mirror... they don't make 'em like this anymore. For $5, it was a great deal!
Having two teenage girls and myself going through some hormonal ups and downs each month... I find this to be quite useful to have in my purse. When I am feeling agitated.... Lindsey would dig into my purse and say, "mom, chill.... have a chocolate wedge" and would hand me one. Sure enough, she would take one and Allison would ask for one too... I am nomrally not a big fan of dark chocolates but this has just enough chocolate kick in a small triangle wedge!
Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Wedges: Well worth it.
No school for kids today. Folks in Boston or Rochester NY will mock us for having snow day for 1 inch of snow! Kids are happy for the fluffy white lawn. Ding Dong...
Today, my sample shoe store is having their WINTER sale on Coach shoes. 1/2 off these Coach shoes. These are shoes my friend Hananh picked out last week. Hannah, I am going to buy the half boots and that ribbon flats for you k?
