tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42138744705817888412024-03-18T23:25:34.159-05:00City Chick to Country ChicTrying to adjust from living in the city to living in the country without killing myself or anyone else. Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07843248483798127135noreply@blogger.comBlogger168125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213874470581788841.post-87638658296427958552013-02-28T13:09:00.003-06:002013-02-28T13:32:20.801-06:00Chic Critique Cover Contest Entry<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Because why not? Why not enter the <a href="http://chiccritiqueforum.com/cover-contest/" target="_blank">Chic Critique Cover Contest</a>? I mean, I only just found out about it today and the deadline is midnight tonight...why not? Now that I'm subscribed to their newsletter and "like"ing them on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/chiccritiqueforum?ref=ts&fref=ts" target="_blank">Facebook</a> I might actually find out about the next one earlier to submit another image! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've been a really lousy blogger lately. I'll come back soon. For real. </span>Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07843248483798127135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213874470581788841.post-53686589066968641742013-02-05T09:00:00.000-06:002013-02-05T09:00:09.731-06:00My Kitchen: A Pink Wall<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07843248483798127135noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213874470581788841.post-65965189574143107042013-02-04T10:58:00.000-06:002013-02-04T10:59:54.796-06:00My Confessions<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sometimes I sleepwalk.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Like this one time I went to girls camp. I remember waking up and wondering why my sleeping bag was so fetching cold. Then I fell back asleep. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the morning my mom asked, "where did you go last night?" And I looked at her all like: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She continued, "you got up and left and were gone for awhile..."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I didn't remember anything. I still don't, except that my sleeping bag was really fetching cold when I came back from wherever I was. I could have been eaten by an animal! I could have died!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then this other time, I went to the city of sin. That's right, Las Vegas. I think my friends and I were celebrating a birthday. Anyway, we all shared a hotel room and I remember getting up one night to go to the bathroom and then getting back in bed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the morning my friend asked, "so where'd you go last night?" And I looked at her all like:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This morning I woke up and our bedroom window was open. Nathanael didn't do it, unless he was asleep, but given the fact that I am prone to doing things in my sleep and he is not, it was probably me. I wondered why the coyotes were so loud this morning. Good thing is, as far as we know, I didn't go anywhere. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sometimes, living in the middle of nowhere makes me want to rip my hair out, but most times, it's pretty okay. Especially when deer make a habit of chilling in your backyard. I snapped a couple of pictures of them the other day from <a href="http://citychick-countrychic.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-whole-year.html" target="_blank">Caeden</a>'s bedroom window. We think they were all bucks. Soooo neat!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I climbed out onto the roof to get the last picture of the deer, then hollered at <a href="http://citychick-countrychic.blogspot.com/2013/01/snowy-days.html" target="_blank">Mossberg</a>, and this is the pic I got of him running to find me. Totally adorable. </span></div>
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Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07843248483798127135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213874470581788841.post-19570900158013292652013-01-31T09:00:00.000-06:002013-01-31T09:20:15.246-06:00Snowy Days <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There aren't very many snowy days in Missouri. I miss the Utah snow! Mostly just for a minute, then I don't miss it anymore. It's just so gorgeous to look at! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So <a href="http://citychick-countrychic.blogspot.com/2013/01/sometimes-i-be-all-like.html" target="_blank">I wanted to start taking pics of people more right</a>? I asked (made?) my husband come outside in our latest snowstorm so I could take some pics of him to practice some aperture mode. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He hates snow/cold/winter/anything to do with winter. Except for maybe Christmas. So this is like, a really <span style="font-size: large;">big</span> deal. Here's my favorite picture:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He *wanted* that picture taken. It is not my fault that it is now all over the internet. I also love the second one:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I started painting some sappy love quote I came up with on our entry way floor, then never finished.I figured, Valentine's Day is coming up, so why not finish the freaking floor? And I did. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First, I drew out letters onto the floor with a marker. I originally used latex paint and painted out the letters. I washed the floor once and some of the paint peeled up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This time I used oil-based porch and floor paint (which I used on <a href="http://citychick-countrychic.blogspot.com/2013/01/painting-furniture-with-porch-paint.html" target="_blank">our dining room table</a> and our <a href="http://citychick-countrychic.blogspot.com/2012/12/lately-i-been-trippin.html" target="_blank">kitchen and dining room floors</a>). I outlined the letters with frog tape to help with the edges and to help speed up the process. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is not a project for the faint-hearted. I think it took me two hours to tape the letters off, and even with frog tape there was some leakage. That may have to do with the fact that our floor isn't completely level. Whatev. I'm okay with imperfection, so I left it. It's going to get all walked on anyway!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We went to "<a href="http://www.whynotpizzapolo.com/" target="_blank">Why Not Pizza</a>" in the big city of Polo, Missouri. There are like, 570-something people living there. There were more people at the bar in town than anywhere else on the main street. Including the gas station, which I guess is a good thing if the majority of people are at the bar. It happens. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Because I can. and I'm practicing the manual settings on my camera. The third pic is my favorite. It's all like...I don't even know. I just laughed when I saw it and was like, "Why you so mad?" Anyway. I want to start taking more pics of people. Although adorable, Caeden is not the most patient baby. He gets it from his dad. Just kidding! Just kidding. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm trying to <a href="http://citychick-countrychic.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-new-year-new-me.html" target="_blank">accomplish number one here</a>; discover my talents. In doing so I am also remembering to be me (number 9!) I always used to take pics of myself. Why? I don't know. Call it Vanity, if you will. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm pretty sure if Caeden could operate a camera, he would be taking pics of himself too. It's genetic.</span><br />
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why she raises her children without God. She implies that those who believe in
God or religion are brainwashed into believing made up stories and that
believing in God is equivalent to believing in Santa Claus. She says she is not
attacking religion, but states, “I only want religion to be kept at home or in
church where it belongs. It’s a personal effect, like a toothbrush or a pair of
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me and believe in what she calls an “imaginary God” or religion, you know that
our beliefs are not something we just take off. God is not like a toothbrush
and my religion is not like a pair of shoes. I don’t just take of my religion
when I feel like it. I live it every day.</span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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mother. My son, Caeden, is only a year old, so I do not claim to be an expert
at parenting. I am only here to share why I raise, and will continue to raise
my child(ren) with God.</span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10pt;">She
says, </span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 13.5pt;">“</span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10pt;">I understand why people need God. I understand why people
need heaven. It is terrifying to think that we are all alone in this universe,
that one day we—along with the children we love so much—will cease to exist.
The idea of God and an afterlife gives many of us structure, community and
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">In my
eyes, I understand why people don’t believe in God. It is hard to be
accountable for our actions not only in this life, but even after we die.
Sometimes I wonder, “How simple would life be if I didn't believe in God?” But
I do believe. I echo the words of God in a promise to Him, “for he hath said, I
will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” (Hebrews 13:5)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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God loves us and teaches us to love. In fact, love is so important to God
that He commands us to love one another (John 13:34). Again, we have choice,
and God can’t and will not force us to love anyone, but God loves love so much
that He wants us to share our love with each other. God is love (1 John 4:8).</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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BEAUTY: God gives us beauty. Look around you. There are hundreds of species of
flowers and trees. There is color everywhere. Mountains, hills, birds, animals,
oceans, clouds. (Psalms 8:3-9)God gave us beauty, but our senses are dulled by
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LISTEN: God listens. He is not overbearing, but waits for you to come to Him.
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FREEDOM: Sometimes, like children, people are angry when they don’t get
what they want, and in turn, blame God. God will not take away hardships. God
will not take away all pain, sorrow, and hurt. He is not the creator of those
things. Satan is and if we yield to his temptations we will find a long, narrow
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us choice and lets us learn for ourselves. How many times do you tell your
child, “Don’t touch that, it’s hot”, and they still touch “that” anyway? God
has told us over and over, in scripture and modern-day revelation to do or not
do something. Then He lets us go. He doesn’t follow us around and snatch us up
at every crack in the sidewalk. He tells us, “Don’t touch that, it’s hot”. We
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COMFORT: I broke my arm when I was nine. I was on a slip-n-slide,
thinking I was pretty awesome sliding across the plastic on my feet instead of
my belly. I tripped on a rock at the end of the slide, fell on my arm, and
broke it. My parents could not take the pain away although I’m sure they wanted
to. They did what they could to lessen the pain by taking me to the hospital
and letting the doctors and nurses fix me up. They did what they could to make
my life easier while I couldn’t use my arm like I was used to.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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hardships in life, but I do go to God to help lessen the pain. (Psalm 116:3-8.
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RESPONSIBILITY: God teaches responsibility; we already know that God has given
us choice and that He lets us learn for ourselves. He also teaches us that for
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STRENGTH: God teaches us to trust and to be strong. He gives us strength.
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SACRIFICE: God understands sacrifice and gave His only son as a sacrifice to
save the rest of us (John 3:16). God gave up His happiness for a greater cause,
in the spirit of true love. If that makes Him a “bad parent and role model”,
then He is the best bad parent ever. How many of us would be willing to
sacrifice our only child to save even a hundred other lives?</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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POTENTIAL: We can become like God. God gave us the potential to become
like Him, but like a flower, without proper nourishment and care we will not
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TRUTH: God is real. If you don’t believe that, then the rest of this post is
probably nonsense to you. I will raise my child(ren) with God because He
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testify of God. Others have testified of him, that they saw Him, and they left
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and God go, but the voices of those who oppose God and religion are
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Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07843248483798127135noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213874470581788841.post-35907404367822459722013-01-20T13:08:00.000-06:002013-01-20T13:08:04.447-06:00It's so Fluffy!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Guess what? We had another baby! A fluffy, 8 week old, Great Pyrenees baby. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He's so fluffy!! And so sweet. Mossberg follows Caeden around and waits for Caeden to get back up after he falls. I think they will be great pals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My friend, Whitney, won it! And here it is in what she calls her "Happy Corner". She has the cutest style ever. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thanks for letting me share your happy corner!! I think I need one too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What I thought was a bunny actually turned out to be a long lost chew toy of some sort. Don't ask me why I thought I was a dead animal. Bunnies don't squeak and dead things don't either. But whatever. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My sisters spent the night a couple of weeks ago and we did just that! I've always loved looking at animal tracks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cat prints! Too small to be a cougar (thank goodness). I think we have more critter problems! Bobcat maybe? Apparently they eat chicken. Remember how <a href="http://citychick-countrychic.blogspot.com/2012/12/critter-problems.html" target="_blank">I found chicken feathers on our doorstep</a>? Nathanael tried to be optimistic and said, "Maybe the wind blew them over from the neighbors house..."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our neighbors live a quarter mile away. Nice thought, husband, but I think not! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And wrote things they see in him now on little "polka dots" and put them in a tin so when he is older, he can look back and see they kind of baby he was. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Caeden cried when everyone sang, "Happy Birthday" to him and didn't eat any of his cake. Which left more for the rest of us! </span><br />
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Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07843248483798127135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213874470581788841.post-74878061443631128982013-01-07T08:38:00.001-06:002013-01-08T08:38:14.158-06:00A Whole Year<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I can't believe that it's been an entire year since sweet Caeden was born! I'm surprised we kept him alive :) Here are some highlights from his first year!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He is just the sweetest. <a href="http://citychick-countrychic.blogspot.com/2013/01/polka-dot-polka-dot-polka-dot-party.html" target="_blank">I will post about his party later</a>. My family did an awesome job with it! </span>Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07843248483798127135noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213874470581788841.post-83784648428752709702013-01-03T09:00:00.000-06:002013-01-03T09:00:06.965-06:00Painting Furniture with Porch Paint<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are a lot of neat projects that people have done using things that most people would just throw away. <a href="http://www.ivillage.com/what-keep-or-toss-your-home/7-b-509164#510551" target="_blank">Take a look</a>! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Secondly, I merged my furniture blog with this blog. Now, there is a grand total of ONE blog to keep on top of! I love it! I hope you do too. </span><br />
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<br />Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07843248483798127135noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213874470581788841.post-30282460453081770902012-12-31T12:29:00.000-06:002012-12-31T12:29:32.806-06:00Some House Happenings<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I haven't mentioned our house lately. Nathanael just finished putting a door in the doorway between the mudroom and the kitchen. Remember this door from waaaay back that I just had to have? It was a a local scrap yard. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well, here it is! In our house. Sorry for all the super low quality pictures. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I plan on putting either a chalkboard or a decorative piece of metal grate on top of some wood. It won't happen today, but it WILL happen. I also plan to clean it. :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We also switched stoves with Nathanael's sister, Ruth. HUGE blessing and thanks! That tiny wood stove wasn't cutting it, but now we stay super warm. Nathanael discovered that it is really a coal burning stove, so we want to buy some coal just to test it out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Two-thousand twelve, make way for the new girl, two-thousand thirteen! I haven't made New's Years resolutions for years...I haven't really thought about why until now. I suppose it is the fear of failure and my ever becoming acceptance of mediocrity. </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Basically, this year I'm going to live like it's the last one I'll ever have. No fear! I do have a list of <a href="http://citychick-countrychic.blogspot.com/2012/11/turning-25-bucket-list.html" target="_blank">25 things to accomplish</a> before I turn 26 in November. If you haven't read the list yet <a href="http://citychick-countrychic.blogspot.com/2012/11/turning-25-bucket-list.html" target="_blank">you can read it here</a>. </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Meet my neighbors. This terrifies me because I already met one of my neighbors...she got mad at me for taking pictures of her horses. We will try again!</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Get a stationary exercise bike. I miss biking and I'm too terrified to bike on the roads here because I'm pretty sure I would get run over by a truck. <a href="http://citychick-countrychic.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-outside.html" target="_blank">Kind of like Blue</a>. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Break down walls. The ones inside me. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Think pretty thoughts. </span></li>
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Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07843248483798127135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213874470581788841.post-42670918727092088542012-12-27T18:30:00.000-06:002012-12-27T19:39:27.852-06:00Provo Isn't a Real City<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Guys, I don't have anything against Provo. So relax. This isn't a hate post. I said it. I believe it. If you've lived there, you might agree. Provo isn't a real city. Even though it has a population hovering around 115,000 it still never seemed "real". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's totally beautiful right? That's Brigham Young University. I'm pretty sure they have the tallest buildings in Provo. The thing is, Provo just seems like a fantasy land. It's too "perfect" to be true!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. So many students. It's a college town. Totally not real! Does this picture look like real life to you?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They are everywhere! I don't have anything against BYU. <a href="http://leilachristensen.com/" target="_blank">My sister</a> went to BYU. <a href="http://selenasaitochristensen.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">My best friend</a> went there. I even had a sleepover in her dorm. When she rolled over at two in the morning and whispered, "I can't sleep...my tummy huuuurts!" we walked to a pizza place had ourselves some fetching pizza. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That's kind of a joke, but really. There are SO MANY WHITE PEOPLE! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You should <a href="http://jezebel.com/5713769/mormon-gurls-sing-about-being-white-white-and-super-white" target="_blank">probably just watch this video</a>. It actually kind of explains number one as well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I don't have anything against white people. I am white! but according to everyone else I look mostly Mexican (but I'm <i>not</i> Mexican. I'm Polynesian+White=Awesome). Apparently I also look French, Indian, Native American, Iranian, Pakistani, Grecian, and supposedly talk like I'm from Minnesota. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I don't have anything against <a href="http://mormon.org/" target="_blank">Mormons</a> either, in fact, I am one. Surprise! I always wondered what it would be like to live in a place where the dominant religion wasn't Mormon. <a href="http://voices.yahoo.com/best-kept-secret-salt-lake-city-its-not-just-for-1407037.html" target="_blank">According to this link</a>, in 2008 88% of persons in Provo were members of <a href="http://mormon.org/" target="_blank">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints</a> [Mormons].</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4. It's full of <a href="http://www.verbal-vomit.com/2011/09/how-to-be-hipster-chapter-3.html" target="_blank">hipsters</a>. I won't even go into that. <a href="http://www.verbal-vomit.com/2011/03/how-to-be-hipster-chapter-1.html" target="_blank">Just read it here on this blog</a>. She's hilarious. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Are there any other reasons Provo isn't like a real city? After the New Year, I'm going to talk about the place I live now. It's called "Kidder". For real. I can't wait to show you my new town! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I hope you had a Merry Christmas! We sure did. We are still working on our Christmas traditions. This year we thought it would be fun to have our pictures taken as a family on the bridge where we had our engagement pictures taken in 2011. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">{<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hints-Photos/147306582071518?fref=ts" target="_blank">photos taken by Wade Christensen</a>}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Also, I've been blogging about our house since we bought it in June 2011. Today, I joined that blog with this one. It's just easier to manage two blogs instead of three, although I'm not sure if all of the posts made it over. I'll have to do some checking later. I also have a <a href="http://beatnik-barn.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">furniture blog</a> that I'm thinking about joining to this one, but I haven't decided yet. Anyway, hope you enjoyed this super long post! </span></div>
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Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07843248483798127135noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213874470581788841.post-63800872648965215582012-12-26T15:58:00.000-06:002013-01-01T12:45:14.021-06:00Post Christmas Project Time<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I hope you all had a very lovely Christmas! </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipkm3izAxPjR3gGpz3oxhxS-B09Dl0igosYorPeHGzyRJy_s4R4yvw1ZPU0aZxkBBaQB-hzxoprxtWmzE4lUko-cBSwoPIaapbZRlHTzsDLza4ZBRe4hounxhj95lL1Zu2emlgbsL51EA/s1600/DSC_0106.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipkm3izAxPjR3gGpz3oxhxS-B09Dl0igosYorPeHGzyRJy_s4R4yvw1ZPU0aZxkBBaQB-hzxoprxtWmzE4lUko-cBSwoPIaapbZRlHTzsDLza4ZBRe4hounxhj95lL1Zu2emlgbsL51EA/s400/DSC_0106.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I've been a slacker over the holidays. That's just how it goes! Just as a heads up, I may be combining this blog and a <a href="http://citychick-countrychic.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">new blog I have started</a>...but I haven't decided for sure though. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Anyway, I've had this dining table since the fall, and haven't done anything with it yet. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggkfhEMGoo7qyYSM3f8Nv6VngkofH57LHOHD0RKwADWSA8El0519y9n8BapSdLBuiF7q6ljjOq-_Prajkx1z-j6eRpzP_kuTqdijUfe7BpwlS9F_t0Df5k3VFlxCxi5P96r74-TyP_yOI/s1600/DSC_0112.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggkfhEMGoo7qyYSM3f8Nv6VngkofH57LHOHD0RKwADWSA8El0519y9n8BapSdLBuiF7q6ljjOq-_Prajkx1z-j6eRpzP_kuTqdijUfe7BpwlS9F_t0Df5k3VFlxCxi5P96r74-TyP_yOI/s640/DSC_0112.JPG" width="425" /></a></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: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I started working on it today. You will see more next week! </span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07843248483798127135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213874470581788841.post-23159048822562107722012-12-23T19:46:00.001-06:002012-12-23T19:46:49.139-06:00Winter Wonderland<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It SNOWED! <a href="http://citychick-countrychic.blogspot.com/2012/12/let-it-snow.html" target="_blank">Remember the Winter Weather Advisory</a>? It snowed!!! My jeep rocks the snow and ice, but we found out the 4-wheel drive on Nathanael's truck doesn't work. He's less of a man now. Just kidding. He's totally embarrassed about it though. He got stuck trying to get up our driveway when he came home. I wanted to get a picture, but he got up early and dug it out before I woke up. Here are some pics of the snow and stuff:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Nathanael was right! It was a woodpecker. On the <i>out</i>side of our house. We still must have mice though. Whatev. Enjoy the snow!</span>Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07843248483798127135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213874470581788841.post-48468915843547880232012-12-21T09:00:00.000-06:002012-12-21T09:00:08.583-06:00A Mom Thing<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have the cutest child. I really do. His name is Caeden. Since his name means "Spirit of Battle" we have all sorts of nicknames, the most common being, "The Spartan", dubbed to him by his <a href="http://leilachristensen.com/2011/04/reece-is-getting-married/" target="_blank">Uncle Reece</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I remember when Caeden was born all of the nurses went on about "how cute" he was. I looked at them and asked, "Tell me the truth, is he really cute, or are you just saying that because that's what you're supposed to say about babies?" They assured me that he was the cutest, but what can you expect? It's in their job description to be nice. Seriously though. He's the cutest. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sometimes, he cries. He's like, a baby. Sometimes, I can't get him to <i>stop</i> crying. That is when I do what all "normal" moms do; I take pictures of him crying. Here are some from earlier this week: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've been trying to get the face above on camera forEVer. It's so hilarious! The camera seems to get his attention pretty quickly and then he chills out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then we have what my family calls a "Bed Party". This is where everyone sits on mom and dad's bed and we all hang out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Isn't he the cutest? </span></div>
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