tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16624134682497598812024-03-19T00:17:20.103-07:00TUESDAYS WITH DORIEAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05038483183348062777noreply@blogger.comBlogger344125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662413468249759881.post-58492749510878998712016-05-31T05:00:00.000-07:002016-05-31T05:00:14.818-07:00Adios..... :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I've been thinking about this for a while now.</div>
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I don't really have a good reason, but I woke</div>
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up this morning and thought...</div>
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it's time.</div>
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It's time for me to say goodbye to this blog.</div>
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I've been blogging for SEVEN YEARS people!!</div>
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Some of you have been there since the very beginning</div>
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and I'm so grateful for that!! Your support kept me going:)</div>
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Not sure if this is just for now?</div>
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(I mean I did just buy doriesstories.com just in case! hahaha!!)</div>
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But it just feels right.</div>
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A huge heartfelt thank you to you all for reading and commenting</div>
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on all my silliness for all these years.</div>
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You have no idea how many times your sweet comments made me</div>
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smile during some of the worst times of my life.</div>
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Really. Thank you:)</div>
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....and now I'm crying:(</div>
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XOXO,</div>
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Dorie</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05038483183348062777noreply@blogger.com186tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662413468249759881.post-53469558864693271872016-05-24T05:00:00.000-07:002016-05-24T06:19:34.452-07:00Flowers and beers..... :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Phew! It's been a busy last few weeks!</div>
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We attended the college graduation of one niece in Colorado,</div>
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then another from High School in Arizona:)</div>
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Then I thought hey! I'm sure you all would <i>love</i></div>
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flowers and beers!!</div>
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Check out these perfectly faded and rusty old beer</div>
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cans that Rog brings me home from lake Casitas when </div>
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lake has gone way down. But there are treasures to be had</div>
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I'm telling ya! Well, treasures to me anyway:)</div>
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That glass bottle came from the lake too.</div>
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The roses are from our front yard:)</div>
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The Coors can kinda looked like it would rather hang out</div>
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with the succulents in the kitchen window</div>
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than the roses on the dining table:)</div>
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And just look at what surprised me outside the kitchen window!!</div>
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Rog brought me that pot from our <a href="http://tuesdayswithdorie.blogspot.com/2015/11/project-beautifyvia-baja.html" target="_blank">Via Baja </a>house and</div>
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What a beaut huh!!?? </div>
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Such a sweet reminder of the family we bought that house from:)</div>
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So there ya go. Flowers and beers.</div>
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Pretty much sums up graduation season huh?!</div>
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Hahaha!!</div>
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Say hello to one of our current projects. This house is in the</div>
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You're looking at the view from the front door looking into the</div>
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The wall just inside the entry felt just too closed in, so we</div>
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I visualized the window being something black and metal, and I would prefer</div>
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Only after measuring, it was way too big.... :(</div>
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We started at this Antique store in Summerland and</div>
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Well, that's kind of a lie, because I did leave with some sweet</div>
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old corbels that might find their way into that beach house</div>
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This place had some really cool lighting....</div>
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and boxes full of treasures...</div>
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She then said (queue choir of angels) "oh! I saw one for sale</div>
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So we get to the window pane lady, and woah.</div>
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She had some windows. And doors. And sinks. </div>
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And you name it. And she was wanting to sell it all.</div>
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To us.</div>
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We were like- um no we don't need french doors, just a window.</div>
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Yeah no, no we don't need that pink toilet, just came to look</div>
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at the window.</div>
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Nope, don't need shutters either. Just came to look at</div>
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Yeah that's cool, but no. No, we really don't need those doors.</div>
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Is there no window??</div>
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My creep meter was beeping so I told him I had to go check on Little Bully </div>
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who was waiting in the car.</div>
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I wish you could have seen the panic in Rog's face,</div>
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it was HILARIOUS!!</div>
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After she finally realized that we only came for the window, it got</div>
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Rog load something so fast.</div>
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Weirdest experience ever!! </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05038483183348062777noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662413468249759881.post-52686587011851495622016-05-10T05:00:00.000-07:002016-05-10T09:37:47.681-07:00Avocados much?.... :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Take a gander at this thing of beauty.</div>
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This is the avocado tree in our back yard and she's quite</div>
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I like to find new ways to use all those avocados. I mean, one can</div>
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( I eat my avo toast with berries and avocado honey- delish!)</div>
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Anyway last week my sister sent me this recipe for Avocado Deviled Eggs.</div>
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Deviled eggs.... why are they called that??</div>
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I did what all inquisitive gals would do!</div>
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I asked my mom.</div>
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She was super helpful.</div>
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Oh how I wish you all could get texts from my mom.</div>
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Seriously, she called me a gringo.</div>
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Aaaaahahaaaa!!</div>
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<u>Avocado Deviled Eggs</u></div>
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I went out back to try to find a ripe avocado that our fat ass backyard squirrel hadn't</div>
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I found one. ONE!! </div>
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He literally takes one bite out of the biggest best avocados,</div>
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and then tosses them on the ground to die. He's such a jerk!</div>
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Oh yeah, the recipe..</div>
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So this gringo looked it up. </div>
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She had these amazing smelling gardenias in the bathroom that</div>
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Can't you just smell them??</div>
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She's the hostess with the mostest:)</div>
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Check out the view from my 3rd story bedroom window...</div>
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I slept with the windows open my entire stay.</div>
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The kookaburra. You haven't lived until you've been woken up to the </div>
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hilarious sounds of that one! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXA0-YAoo9Q" target="_blank">Click here for a listen</a>. I would wait every morning</div>
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Everyone asks what we did for two weeks.</div>
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We did what all sisters do when they get together- duh!</div>
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We ate and laughed!</div>
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And ate and laughed!</div>
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And drank and really laughed!</div>
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My brother in law whom I lovingly call BD can cook like no other.</div>
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Like playing the Sims 4. We designed houses and people until our</div>
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Check out my favorite find.</div>
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Is he the most beautiful thing you've ever seen?</div>
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It's totally fine if you're getting the shivers because bugs freak you</div>
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my wall as soon as I figure out how to get the stinky </div>
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moth ball out of the frame:(</div>
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It STINKS! and since it's completely sealed all around</div>
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I was wanting to cook banana bread and clean</div>
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house at 2 am!!</div>
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Crazy, but worth every sleepless minute of it:)</div>
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Guns:(</div>
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What in the world? They had been walled over, sheet rocked over, </div>
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The guys were like coooool!!!!</div>
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I was like- is grandmas china in there? old silver?? vintage jewelry???</div>
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anyyyything I would want????</div>
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Ugh no. Just stupid guns.</div>
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Rio and Chase just finished up this home in Ventura last week,</div>
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These two are already on to their next project in Santa Barbara!!</div>
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This Señorita was built in 1928 and we purchased her from</div>
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to Rog and Ryne last week...</div>
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If you wanna go and check out some more pics of this adorable abode</div>
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<a href="http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/340-Coronado-St_Ventura_CA_93001_M19466-06884?ex=CA593977304" target="_blank">click here.</a></div>
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This Señorita lasted about 2.5 seconds before someone snatched her up.</div>
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She's pending already! </div>
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Normally Mondays are my "house day". Meaning, I stay home and</div>
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years ago. Over the years some of the tools have gone missing, (RIO!!)</div>
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You see this? It's a guitar hanging thingy. For my birthday like forever ago,</div>
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We got to go back stage and meet her (she's TINY and so adorable!) and the whole</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Not cool? My hair back then. It was super short. It really accentuated </span><br />
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Alison rocked that 'do. </div>
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without cringing. A bad haircut won't ruin your life,</div>
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NO I didn't actually measure anything! That's just silliness!</div>
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all my frenchie boogers on!!</div>
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He's so gross.</div>
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Gaaaa!! shakes fists in air!!</div>
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You guyzzzzuh! I'm in love:)</div>
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How bout that front door color eh?!</div>
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The entire house is white with stained window</div>
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trim so I thought it needed a pop of color:)</div>
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Ugh! I need to eat a salad!!</div>
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It stopped me dead in my tracks.</div>
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I did however come home with this adorable little green book.</div>
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You all know my love of old green books:)</div>
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The Golden Book of Modern English Poetry.</div>
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It was published in 1922. I'm pretty sure I whispered something</div>
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you're coming home with mama."</div>
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I'm totally lying.</div>
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He was NOT into it.</div>
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Maybe because these poems went all Edgar Allen Poe </div>
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I was dying laughing because he was hating it so much.</div>
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Of course not!</div>
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Bugging him.</div>
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and that just cheers me on.</div>
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He writes this kind of poetry:)</div>
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I started writing this and it occurred to me that I'm not sure I've</div>
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What the??</div>
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This is Rog, short for Roger.</div>
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I call him Love or</div>
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Lovey, or Lovekins or Love of my Life or Sweet Cakes</div>
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or some other ridiculously mushy name I can think of:)</div>
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Rog and I often talk about how we would have been best friends </div>
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when we were little. He loved building card houses,</div>
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beds out of shoe boxes:) and we both loved what we call</div>
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I'm not sure how to describe "cool stuff" but it's just stuff</div>
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that we find cool that maybe other people might find</div>
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Doing what we do with houses and all, we've come across some really</div>
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that he rescues because he knows I would love them.</div>
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Like these huge rusty nails:)</div>
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I have no idea what they were used for, but they were in a pile at our</div>
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Via Baja property and now they are all happy and snuggled</div>
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together in this wooden bowl from Target:)</div>
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And check out this perfectly washed out and rusty pulley thingy</div>
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that is used on double hung windows.</div>
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Rog found this cool thing in the garage of our Coronado property.</div>
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More Via Baja goodies:)</div>
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The coolest metal basket and rusty bucket.</div>
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She was so so happy with her feast.</div>
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Fast forward 40+ years.</div>
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Let's play show and tell and I'm gonna show you my most favorite</div>
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Check out Puff Daddy people.</div>
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Is he not the gnarliest most awesome thing you ever did see?!</div>
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I spotted him in a store downtown within days of moving here a </div>
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Well wouldn't you know that keeper of a man of mine bought me</div>
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Puff Daddy for Christmas!!</div>
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I'm pretty sure I squealed like a little school girl.</div>
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Puff Mama..... :)<br />
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there WILL be more to this story..... :)</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05038483183348062777noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662413468249759881.post-26646071251186917012015-12-29T05:00:00.000-08:002015-12-29T05:00:05.105-08:00Happy New Year!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The day after Christmas we headed to AZ for my </div>
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I took one... :)</div>
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Is this wedding cake that my sis in law Allie and Rio made </div>
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not the CUTEST??!!</div>
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It was an outdoor camping themed wedding, complete</div>
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Family! family!! family!!!</div>
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The absolute perfect ending to an already unbelievable year:)</div>
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Happy New Year!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05038483183348062777noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662413468249759881.post-52425303262500422612015-12-22T05:00:00.000-08:002015-12-22T05:00:11.630-08:00Merry Christmas... !! :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
It all started with this scarf.</div>
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I mean come on! how stinkin cute does Little Bully </div>
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look in it!!</div>
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And look how <strike>bugged</strike> happy and <strike>annoyed</strike> proud he is to wear it!</div>
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You see, I had this vision in my head.</div>
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everyone LOVING the idea of family Christmas pics.</div>
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I saw us all perfectly coiffed and coordinated, and taking our</div>
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Kinda sorta.</div>
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I don't freaking care what you wear!!</div>
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Wait! aren't you going to shave?!</div>
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We have to wash the car!!</div>
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The tree has a plastic bucket on the bottom??!!?</div>
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Rio why are you sewing bow ties for your dogs????? </div>
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WE HAVE A HALF HOUR OF DAYLIGHT LEFT!!!!</div>
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Here it is. </div>
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Miracles do happen people.</div>
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From my blonde, brown eyed, green scarfed Frenchman and</div>
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the rest of us here at Tuesdays with Dorie, </div>
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we want to wish you a very</div>
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Merry Christmas!!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05038483183348062777noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662413468249759881.post-2473635560722026602015-12-15T05:00:00.000-08:002015-12-15T05:00:04.082-08:00Simmer down.... :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
You know what smells delicious?</div>
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Christmas that's what!</div>
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It's such a crazy time of year ain't it?</div>
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But I'm telling you, take the time to make this sweet smelling goodness.</div>
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It does not disappoint!</div>
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There's a ton of recipes for Christmas simmering potpourri out there.</div>
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It's pretty much citrus, spices, cranberries and cinnamon:)</div>
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Saturday afternoon looked like this:)</div>
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tree. We took over a gazillion family pics, and thank the heavens</div>
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ONE turned out for our Christmas card or heads were gonna roll.</div>
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3 dogs to all cooperate is...well...super fun!</div>
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I think the ions were helpful in keeping my meltdowns to a minimum.</div>
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I turned on some Christmas tunes and tackled the bins.</div>
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I put out all my favorite things.</div>
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This pom pom garland from my friend <a href="http://www.ranchhouserehab.com/" target="_blank">Melanie</a> is just the cutest ever.</div>
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She made it, and I love it!</div>
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House clean, laundry done, roast in the oven and a little Ina.</div>
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My favorite favorite thing:)</div>
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So Thanksgiving was super fab:)</div>
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I love love love spending time with mi familia.</div>
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Of course all the food was divine, but one thing I could not stop</div>
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Oh man they're delish!!</div>
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So let's make 'em!!</div>
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1 1/2 Cup walnuts</div>
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Soapstone counters and then there's that Miele range.... :) :)</div>
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Honestly the most beautiful stuff ever. When Rio and I went to pick out tile for this house</div>
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This loveliness is <a href="http://www.alysedwards.com/collections/5/london-calling" target="_blank">Elyse Edwards tile- the London Collection</a> and the pattern </div>
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Thank you for putting up with my calls and texts and hovering over</div>
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We're all kinda sad that this one is finished:( </div>
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This is one special house that will always have a piece of our hearts.</div>
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This home hit the market on Friday and we</div>
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can't WAIT to see who gets to call her their forever home:)</div>
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More info and a bunch more pics <a href="http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/157-Via-Baja_Ventura_CA_93003_M10477-04601?row=15&ex=CA591468780" target="_blank">HERE:)</a></div>
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