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If you could do anything you want tomorrow, what would it be?
Submitted by Becca-Pink.

I'm boring today.  I'd go swimming at a beach.  But not one of the beaches around here - I want clean sand and clear water.

I can't decide if this is good or bad news.  I had my follow-up appointment this morning, and it turns out absolutely nothing was wrong (that they could find).  Structurally and chromosomally, everything hunkey dory.  So then what the hell happened?  And how can I make sure it doesn't happen again?

And it was a girl.

Lately I've been feeling like all I want to do is make art. This is not a new feeling for me, but I can suppress it most of the time because I know I have to uphold my job and pay bills...roof over my head, food to eat, etc...but sometimes it just KILLS me that I have to spend so much time and effort away from what I truly love in life.  I'm certain that I'm not the only one feeling this way...but there has to be a way.  I will figure it out, I'm sure, but it's difficult to function at my regular job with all these creative thoughts bouncing around in my head.  Life is short.  It's really true.  I just want to make the most of mine, all the time.  A difficult task when sometimes life itself gets in the way of what's truly important to a person.  Any thoughts on what I can do to make this feeling more bearable are greatly appreciated!  :)

Thanks for reading my rant.

LisA** 

This cat has a reason to run.  Our cat, Miles, runs when there is a breeze outside...just like this. I think I make Miles nervous.  Sometimes I'm intentional, but most often he just gets out of my way.  I clipped this from Google.  The domain is not my husband, just a coincidence.

www.swapmeetdave.com

Belle had her 1st t-ball came last night!  So cute seeing a bunch of 5 year olds trying to figure out where to run, who to throw the ball to, deciding if they need to get the ball or can just watch it go past!  She had an absolute blast...and did a pretty good job!  She had 2 nice hits and did pretty good hustling after the ball (when she was paying attention and not dancing around that is)!

Here are some pictures of our Lil' Slugger and her team (and Coach Tom and Coach Matt):

Here are the videos of her at bat:

What does blogging do for you?
Submitted by Madeleine Rose.

Blogging has saved many a tree.  I have a horrible habit of buying journals, using them for a while, and then burying them in a drawer because I can't stand to read what I've written before.

Now I just change platforms.

I made it very well through my first day of looking forward.  No tears, and only slight fear when Mr Twinge wanted sex (the OB said it was OK with condoms, but I'm still afraid of infection because I can't keep my fingers from typing bad, bad searches into Google, who then takes absolute glee in pointing me to every possible horror story about what has gone wrong post D&C).  I was actually very, very happy.  I didn't do my usual day-one diet cheating, either.  (This time, I'm not changing what I eat so much as how much of it.)

Except when on the way home from the gym (one hour of cardio - go me!), I saw beautiful avocados at the vegetable stand near my apartment.  Guacamole.  Lots of it.  But at least the fat is the good kind of fat.  And it has lots of other healthy stuff - tomatoes, lemon, onion... and we ate it with flour tortillas (can't find corn here *anywhere*) instead of chips.

I think I'm going to have it again for dinner tonight - perhaps this time with some grilled chicken and then I can claim protein intake, too.  It's all about fooling myself.  Just like stolen french fries have no calories.  And the 2.5 lbs I've  "lost" in 3 days isn't just water.

But, good girl that I was, I didn't haul out the leftover margaritas.  I'll save that for the weekend.

We paid an impromptu to visit on Saturday to some friends of ours who live about an hour away.  This is Brandon's get-dirty-shoot-stuff-and-blow-stuff-up buddy!  As you can tell from the pictures, the boys had a ton of fun muddin' with the 4 wheeler!  I took a ride on it too...but not in the mud!  Belle, Melissa and I had fun playing bocce ball and just hanging out (and laughing at the boys acting like 12 year olds!)!  Fun, fun!

I had book club last week and since our book was called Cocktails for Three, we decided to each bring a cocktail to share.  I decided to go for an easy cocktail...did some googling and found an awesome and easy one!  I was told over and over again how yummy it was!  It is my new favorite hanging-out-in-the-sun cocktail!

So...if you need something to quench your thirst, try this out:

Orange Sparklers

Ingredients: 

1 bottle (750ml) sparkling white wine (Asti, etc)

1 1/2 cups orange juice

1 cup pomegranate juice

juice from 2 limes

Mix all ingredients together, chill and serve!  If you want to be fancy, serve with a slice of lime!

The last few days it has been So Toasty here in the Pacific Northwest, Nice, but kind of sweaty. Well, woke up and there are clouds covering the sky today. I like that too, it will most likely burn off this afternoon, but that gives me plenty of time to air out my really warm home. So I will post very colorful photos today along with my list.

amusement park ride #5

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Antique Doll Show #22

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Coaster Thrill Ride #4

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Monster Mouse #6

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amusement park ride #2

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Coaster Thrill Ride #12

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Monster Mouse #9

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Bright yellow and red

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