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MIA – Catch me at KidsFunPlaza

Posted on December 26, 2010 2:25 pm by TheAngelForever

I thought I was finally feeling better yesterday. My nose was behaving, the cough was calm, and I was able to sit up for longer periods of time. The joke was on me. This morning I woke up in agony. Although the fever appears to be gone, I have intense sinus pressure. So please excuse me while I go to hang out with my new BFF’s and wait for this snow storm. Don’t be jealous, these are my friends right now:

With any luck, my head will explode and the pressure will be gone. Seriously, I think that may be the best cure. Of couse, the big storm that may dump 9-12 inches of snow could be part of the issue today.

So while I try to recover, the ladies and I have been posting over at the KidsFunPlaza blog. Please stop by, check out the latest, and say hello.

Over the last week or so I have written the following:

Other recent posts from my talented colleagues are:

The December/January KidsFunPlaza magazine should now be out at all of the Northeaster NY Price Chopper locations. Also be sure to check out the KidsFunKitchen which has great menu and recipe ideas.

See you at KidsFunPlaza!

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Christmas Day Fail Whale

Posted on December 25, 2010 3:20 pm by TheAngelForever

As I was sitting in bed trying to make the best of being sick, Twitter crashed. It went out of service for quite time time. Of course, most people immediately went to other Social Media areas. While in one of those locations Kelby, TypaAMom, mentioned that she wished the Fail Whale was a little more festive. I immediately went to Picnik and had some holiday fun. I wanted to at least make her smile.

This is the Festive Fail Whale that I made with Kelby’s inspiration:

Of course, TechyDad added that it would be fun to change some of the Twitter birds to dreidels, so here is what I came up with just for him.

Now we can just hope that the Fail Whale behaves as we head into the New Year. As fun as holiday inspired themes are, I would prefer not to make another.

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bloggy friends fun holidays laughs sickness TechyDad twitter

Merry Christmas 2010

Posted on December 25, 2010 10:46 am by TheAngelForever

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friends holidays

2010 Holiday Cards

Posted on December 24, 2010 12:00 am by TheAngelForever

TechyDad and I decided years ago that we were going to send out New Years cards to our family and friends. This covers Chanukah, Christmas, and everything else for pretty much everyone that we know.

Of course, there is another perk with this. When we are slower getting the cards made, they are not late . . . win-win for everyone! This year we had a photo shoot with the boys in their Toy Story pajamas. NHL wanted to wear the Woody ones and JSL selected his Buzz Lightyear. Here is our holiday card for everyone:

So my question to you this week:

Do you send out Holiday/New Years cards to family and friends? If you do where do get them from? (Ours were purchased from Winkflash)

Please be sure to stop by and enter my Family Taco Night giveaway and also check out TechyDad’s WikiReader giveaway.

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Thanks to Kailani at An Island Life for starting this fun for Friday. Please be sure to head over to her blog to say hello and sign the linky there if you are participating.

Aloha #131

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Aloha Friday family friends holidays jsl nhl photos TechyDad

Day out with Nana and NHL

Posted on December 23, 2010 8:57 am by TheAngelForever

Nana and NHL both had the day off on Wednesday. We all brought JSL to nursery school and then made the most of our four hours together. First stop was to have Nana pick out some yarn. I told her that I would make a scarf. I think my mother was a bit overwhelmed with all of the different options. In the end she picked out some Lion Brand Homespun in Baroque.

I have to admit, I was pretty excited she wanted to try the Homespun. I was really intrigued with it and had never bought any. Not entirely sure I love working with it because of the way it bunches up when you have tension in your knitting, but I am figuring it out as I add knit away.

After this we went to the mall. Nana asked NHL where he wanted to have lunch and he requested Pizza Uno. NHL was really hungry and did not understand that we had to wander around for an hour until they opened for business. We went to a few places looking for the Keurig Apple Cider K-Cups that TechyDad wants to try. Nothing was found. After checking out a few stores, it was finally 11:00.

NHL knew exactly what he wanted on the menu. My mother and I decided to do the pizza and soup lunch special. Check out the soups that we tried. They were absolutely amazing.

Fighting off a cold, I was definitely more interested in these than the pizza. Speaking of the pizza check out the photo my camera took.

I am in LOVE with the new camera. TechyDad picked out a great one. The food photo setting does a phenomenal job! No really here’s another view of the pizza!

So I’m curious, do you take photos of your food?

I think TechyDad started to do it while at Disney World after seeing AJ’s blog all about Disney food. After a bit, I caught the food photo bug since AJ inspired us. At Disney you don’t get a lot of looks from people when you are snapping away photos. Around here, people look and sometimes question. I just reply that I am a blogger and often write about food out. The end!

On that note I am off to nurse a cold that has blossomed over night. The little guy and I were both up a lot. Oh and TechyDad, enjoy the pizza for lunch!