tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14144332993094708062024-03-13T20:26:49.056-04:00Just a girl trying to beTarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05864245794967974645noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1414433299309470806.post-76002303561242149512011-04-11T23:06:00.000-04:002011-04-11T23:06:20.706-04:00Just a book recommendation: Black Dagger Brotherhood SeriesHello, Twilight friends, I know you are out there. Those that either go for Team Edward or Team Jacob or like me bounce back and forth between the two. Hey, a girl can do whatever she wants inside her own psyche (or insane bordering on needing professional help mind). :)<br />
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So my vampire absorbed peers, there is a book series out that I am confident some of you have either heard of or have been told about already. Have you read them? Browsed them in the book aisle of your local book store? I had tried reading another vampire series and after about 15 pages (if it was even that many) I had to give up trying to "get into" the story. It just wasn't interesting to me. It didn't grab me in at all.<br />
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A fabulous co-worker who knew of my fondness for all things Twilight mentioned the book series one evening at work sometime last Spring but it wasn't until the end of August that I decided I needed to find something new to read and remembered the series she mentioned.<br />
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The Black Dagger Brotherhood Series is a paranormal romance book series that focuses on 6 "brothers" who are also warriors fighting against Lessers whom want to eradicate the entire vampire race. Intertwined within the story of the 6 vampire warriors are women (making up the romantic part to the books) and the evil lessers who are just very nasty for lack of a better word to describe the grossness that are the lesser society (as their race is known in the books).<br />
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There are 9 books so far. Each focusing on one character in the series. I thought there would only be 6 books in the series since there are 6 warriors but I guess as characters developed in the series the author was able to carry out each secondary character into their own story. Right now I am reading Lover Unbound which is the fifth book. I began reading it but then while having reminiscing about books I've read in the past and looking for free ebooks one evening I came across the Anne of Green Gables series and have been reading those again so Love Unbound has been put aside temporarily. Yes, two VERY different types of books. So, my point in all of this. Give the books a chance. You might very well be like me and get absorbed in the life of the Black Dagger Brothers. Enjoy!Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05864245794967974645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1414433299309470806.post-85422134669617346382011-04-08T00:21:00.001-04:002011-04-11T21:39:40.389-04:00{i (heart) reading}Anyone that knows me knows I read, a lot! I take after my dad in that department. My mother reads but really she only became a reader in the last half of her life. I began reading my Disney Fairy Tale books early on and was hooked. I read those over and over. You remember those don't you? Cute hand drawn illustrations with the golden binding of those Little Golden books.<br />
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</div><div>I eventually graduated from childrens books to teen books like Sweet Valley High, The Hardy Boys and who could forget Judy Blume. Are you there God it's me, Tara, I mean Margaret. Did you all read those books and "connect" with them as well? At some point in my early teen years I saw my Mom reading Flowers in the Attic. I was so hooked on that series I reread them for years. I read so many V.C. Andrews books that at some point she (the author) had passed away and I didn't even know it since her family hired a ghost writer to continue with her "style" of books. Very lucrative for them but soon I grew bored with type of story they were always telling.</div><div><br />
</div><div>One day I picked up one of my dads books and read my first Dean Koontz. Not my favorite genre of book but I've read a few more of his and enjoy them from time to time. Now, I was late into my teen years by this time. I would frequently stop in at Clove Lakes Book Store and browse while traveling on the bus home from classes at Wagner. Sometimes buying a book, sometimes not. Whenever in the mall I would frequently browse Waldenbooks. There was no Barnes and Noble in the mall back then. Borders were what you found trying to get from Canada or Mexico to the U.S. While Amazon was just a jungle. Reading for school was alright and I usually got by well enough since I didn't mind reading but when I had a book in my hands that I chose, I would tear it up. Not literally my dad would have yelled at me. I learned early on you don't dog ear pages and be careful with the binding don't open a book and flatten it or spread it out. It breaks the binding and weakens it. Don't hurt your books people. Hey what can I say that was my dad. Anyway, I would tear a book up and read them voraciously. Especially my guilty indulgence in romance books. Harlequins were quick reads and hey they always had a happy ending. Eventually I read authors like Barbara Delinsky, Nora Roberts and Sandra Brown. I read those 3 authors pretty exclusively for quite a few years. </div><div><br />
</div><div>What have I been reading the last few years? A very eclectic bunch of books actually. Everything from self help to religion to the actual Bible to harlequins to Twilight to Tori Spelling to Andre Agassi to the classics. Right now I'm rereading Anne of Green Gables. It was written for middle school age children, girls, I guess. But I hadn't read it until high school when the PBS movies were on television. Loved them then and love them now. I haven't blogged in a few months. Shame on me, I know. But I had no problem thinking this whole post up once I decided to write about reading. I'm going to end here and ask you this. What have you been reading lately? What's sitting on your nightstand waiting to be picked up and read? </div>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05864245794967974645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1414433299309470806.post-17852632624094101872011-01-18T14:42:00.001-05:002011-01-18T14:49:14.932-05:00{time flies when you are}Time sure flies by when you've been fighting a cold (17 days and counting) working 40 hours a week and dealing with this crazy winter weather.<br />Here at our house we are all having cabin fever and running out to pick up milk is a wonderful excuse to "get out" for awhile. I have mostly been focusing on fighting the cold, getting to work, sleeping way too much, and trying to get the energy to get on my Mac and scrapbook. Feeling like sleeping all the time though hasn't helped me get that energy.<br /><br />I am happy to report I believe I have found a new favorite soft drink (for when my beloved Diet Sierra Mist Ruby Red isn't on sale). Fresca Original Citrus (it's actually known as Grapefruit flavor in other parts of the world) no wonder I like it! I was reading about it online and sources claim Pepsi doesn't have an equivalent soda type to compare to Fresca. Yep they do. Maybe it was an old article I was reading, I don't know. They aren't the same but they're close enough for me. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/11/01/18/1801.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/11/01/18/s_1801.jpg' border='0' width='161' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />Until next time my friends. I'm out. Time to fill my glass with more Fresca and focus on the things that i should be focusing on. Instead of simple going through tons of tissues. Should take stock out in Kleenex with Lotion. They're cheaper than Puffs and still kind to your nose. ;)<br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br /><br />Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05864245794967974645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1414433299309470806.post-76107990787165803132011-01-08T17:34:00.000-05:002011-01-08T17:34:15.078-05:00{just when you think}Just when you think you are starting the year off right something like a cold postpones all of your good intentions. It started last Sunday with a scratchy sore throat and by the time I got home from work Monday, bazinga! I was sick. I spent Tuesday and Wednesday lying in bed but spent some time on the couch, too. Thursday I had to work a double which was HORRIBLE. I coughed, ate cough drops like crazy and blew my nose so much that by the time I got home around midnight my nose was SO sore I looked like Rudolph the red nosed reindeer!<br />
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I used a little Abreva (which is for cold sores) on my nose hoping by the time I woke up for work 5 hours later the redness and soreness would be gone and thankfully it was. I only had to work 8 hours Friday and halfway through my shift I realized I felt 25% better. I am still taking my medicine every 4 hours and Nyquil at night so that I sleep but I believe I am definitely finally on the mend. 7 days later.<br />
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I have been keeping up with a photo project I signed up for called Project 52 (have I mentioned that here before?). I submitted both Week 1 photo and already did my Week 2 photo (week 2 started today) and submitted that as well over on Flickr. I will either link those here or over at facebook (or both) at some point. It's been snowing today so I took a bunch of photos of snow from my back door and the front door. Hopefully I will take some photos tomorrow if the weather permits by actually standing outside.<br />
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I have also been keeping up with managing my checkbook. To. The. Penny. Yay!! Paid all the bills and balanced the checkbook without any bumps in the road. Now time to waste some time on word search books I bought at the dollar store or maybe read on my kindle (am up to Book 2 of The Black Daggar Brotherhood) or read a magazine I bought (<a href="http://shopsmartmag.org/">ShopSmart)</a>. Decisions, Decisions. Or I could wonder if I am dyslexic considering I just spent 5 minutes trying to fix the link to that magazine because I typed smartshop instead of shopsmart and couldn't figure out what I did wrong. DUH!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I sit and drool over the iPhone 4 but I just can't justify the purchase when there is nothing wrong with my phone and we recently purchased this baby thanks to a pretty awesome sale at Dell a month or so ago.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3svytyLI9EmUIX46YKUIGUdr8glBwsyDoM3GQxYW4DObEhDFRE1whG64jifK6pgHB0UlZ2e0oP_UU020k_-EQM-xZWXcewrfXpTE5uu7bTXo3pQxD6HZmkOH4ezCtj7Q1bAZi1uLgkCG1/s1600/nikon_d90_press_photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3svytyLI9EmUIX46YKUIGUdr8glBwsyDoM3GQxYW4DObEhDFRE1whG64jifK6pgHB0UlZ2e0oP_UU020k_-EQM-xZWXcewrfXpTE5uu7bTXo3pQxD6HZmkOH4ezCtj7Q1bAZi1uLgkCG1/s200/nikon_d90_press_photo.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Nick uses my old iPhone the original. Not the 3G the first one. I've geekified him. Everyday he learns something new that he can do with it. But, back to my phone. I love apps. I always check the app store for new apps and look for recommendations from friends blogs and facebook posts. Some of my favorite apps.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHW8-pCxUC2KXy4zACJnbOh_YQmPJ5xTfjy2YuUB3IIagjGfhS-oKhgXurcrCGkiy8oRWMcSm_PzDTC32uqy2fEcHrlfCsTel0NcsZiFM0yU5ASofoACpZmjmAZUhBzHFzHI5g7jDlcTp-/s1600/facebook+icon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHW8-pCxUC2KXy4zACJnbOh_YQmPJ5xTfjy2YuUB3IIagjGfhS-oKhgXurcrCGkiy8oRWMcSm_PzDTC32uqy2fEcHrlfCsTel0NcsZiFM0yU5ASofoACpZmjmAZUhBzHFzHI5g7jDlcTp-/s200/facebook+icon.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>FACEBOOK</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well duh. Facebook. It took me awhile to sign up with facebook. A couple of friends of mine kept mentioning it to me and finally one day I just signed up. Damn peer pressure. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>SHAZAM</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Absolutely one of the first, if not the first app I downloaded from the app store. If you hear a song you like, grab your phone tap on the app, tap the TAG IT button and that's it. It will listen for about 10 seconds to the song and then let you know who sings it, the name of the song and the album it's from. It even can send you over to the iTunes store or Amazon store for purchasing information. Love, Love, LOVE that. I've even tagged music in movies and tv shows with this app. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVHxiTBPdAFX1noKCexMG9qbn1Cl_Mkm1QuHvDy4CNE2wnq8hA8SPTzcKjhMBuIAZZpYk46IXNaKhpCRDFXygzx_KXB4Lfwg7l7rHBfu2z_J9DkTjGbW7Lu_QZGBSlz7nCp5aj2jtwHQMN/s1600/blogpress+icon.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVHxiTBPdAFX1noKCexMG9qbn1Cl_Mkm1QuHvDy4CNE2wnq8hA8SPTzcKjhMBuIAZZpYk46IXNaKhpCRDFXygzx_KXB4Lfwg7l7rHBfu2z_J9DkTjGbW7Lu_QZGBSlz7nCp5aj2jtwHQMN/s1600/blogpress+icon.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>BLOGPRESS</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">BlogPress is an app I've only used once or twice. It's new for me as I finally begun to blog again via Blogger. When I had my blog over at typepad, I had a typepad app. This works as it's supposed to. Haven't found any bugs yet as I've only posted twice from it and nothing was too complicated. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ADA'S HOSPITAL</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I get addicted to what the geeks and creators of online games call Time Management games. Usually you have to run some sort of business and make your customers all happy and satisfied in order to gain points and grow your business. I've played several in the past. This one really has me addicted lately. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BURGER QUEEN 2</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another time management game. I tried one or two other burger shop games but prefer this one over the others. Build burgers and chicken sandwiches. Make fries and pour fountain drinks. Create value meals as well to get extra points. Two other Time Management Games I love to play are Tiny Chef(on my iPhone) and Cooking Dash or maybe it was Diner Dash online with my mac. Much fun and time wasted with them. Completely creative that they call these games time management games when I waste a ton of time playing them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWA7MAnsYlwsu3lLd7LuD5U33BtXcu25GHzYEdxCSjDA3WxKcOX45d2QbqSXUkooZ5R4dblZ-e0KYKTkod8t1-QWSDADehGhCIDcZd8C1TR9SavlrAqYCOjYQlnQBoNhs1ucRF0RjF9bAE/s1600/Instagram+icon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWA7MAnsYlwsu3lLd7LuD5U33BtXcu25GHzYEdxCSjDA3WxKcOX45d2QbqSXUkooZ5R4dblZ-e0KYKTkod8t1-QWSDADehGhCIDcZd8C1TR9SavlrAqYCOjYQlnQBoNhs1ucRF0RjF9bAE/s1600/Instagram+icon.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">INSTAGRAM</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If a person could fall in love with an app and make sweet beautiful memories together this one would be it! I even LOVE the app icon. Perfect, I tell you. It's two tone brown color with the little rainbow. Too KEWT! I found Instagram from scrap/photo/baker guru and super mom Gina. I'm a long time fan of her scrap designs and we are friends on facebook. She started posting photos via this app and I had to check it out for myself. Love it. Easy to use filters and easy to share/post to facebook and twitter which are what I use. Highly recommend this one and if I'm not mistaken it is free. A lot of other photo apps aren't.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>SISTA THEME</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Apparently Sista is swedish for final. Guess the creator of that theme is swedish. I love the clean look to the theme and the cute icons. I don't like when I have a theme and barely any of the icons are customized for that theme. Just doesn't give the theme a complete finished look. This is a picture grabbed from google images. On my phone I chose to have the app names under each icon because I just don't remember all the app icons for everything, I need the names under them. Some apps I jus don't use as often as others. I'm getting older dang it. I need direction! Lol. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oh and notice in the top left corner of the above iPhone photo, it reads Frank's. My coworkers ability to allow me to customize my iPhone also let me write TARA in there instead of it reading AT&T. I just had to download a tweak called Make it mine. I know, I'm such a geek you want to click CLOSE on your browser right now. I know. I accept it, but come back soon!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You can see my name in this photo of my locksreen below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOGrKmsIfN1EvJfgME3OPW62WtTBvGBhjo3wMA_PGTnYrdiRB6fUfh0QHvaPMLEVMze8GL-PPtSNTuf0iBAhNHVxU7K7Us66yZM_nc38lD450mX08hbRGuXTq_AUaizYfPosir-ByLcxO/s1600/lockscreen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOGrKmsIfN1EvJfgME3OPW62WtTBvGBhjo3wMA_PGTnYrdiRB6fUfh0QHvaPMLEVMze8GL-PPtSNTuf0iBAhNHVxU7K7Us66yZM_nc38lD450mX08hbRGuXTq_AUaizYfPosir-ByLcxO/s640/lockscreen.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05864245794967974645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1414433299309470806.post-37697278933301379342010-12-31T18:34:00.000-05:002010-12-31T18:34:30.756-05:00{my one little word}I have chosen my word or as <a href="http://www.aliedwards.com/">Ali Edwards</a> says, I've let it choose me.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I plan on using my word in every aspect of my life. I plan on focusing on my health. Which means eating healthier, exercising and going to doctor appointments. Have I mentioned I'm a bad patient? Nurse and all,, I'm living up to the saying that medical professionals are bad patients. I plan on focusing on my scrapbooking hobby. I've begun by signing up for two classes over at <a href="http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/">Big Picture Scrapbooking</a>. One begins tomorrow. A big plus is that I'm off tomorrow. Woohoo. The second begins in February. I will focus on my classes and my scrapping.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also plan to do the obvious with the word focus. Focus on my camera and learning all I can do with it. I have a <a href="http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond90">Nikon D90</a> and two lenses. I have been slowly reading up on the different settings of a DSLR camera. I've been annoying my self by watching tutorial videos and reading instructions and then when I try to remember the settings a day or few days after, I forget them. I'll eventually get it. Practice makes perfect. Focus. I just reminded myself of The Karate Kid,, focus danielson,,,, FOCUS! Teehee. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, I end this 2010 year, with a new blog, a new word and a warm wishes and hugs for you all. Happy New Year!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhSPde2_u3XiQUYsDPlHLrD6N9i0YdlWMBN1FE5a-Gg9LFX-05M-24tnLLmlweRQ0XHc0JMf-7JgZDTnKE_LIb1umxixbZL8GGpeHt9K7fhkhIAquq0ziIJ-0cWhZLmDkIrwozOOyPao97/s1600/signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhSPde2_u3XiQUYsDPlHLrD6N9i0YdlWMBN1FE5a-Gg9LFX-05M-24tnLLmlweRQ0XHc0JMf-7JgZDTnKE_LIb1umxixbZL8GGpeHt9K7fhkhIAquq0ziIJ-0cWhZLmDkIrwozOOyPao97/s1600/signature.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05864245794967974645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1414433299309470806.post-13558898270397929842010-12-30T21:03:00.000-05:002010-12-30T21:03:19.732-05:00{mini-me, my boy and a movie}While Christmas shopping for Mini-me (Nick's son Chris whom I refer to as my step-son or Mini-me since he's a replica of his dad) I was looking for what else to buy him since clothing is a bit boring to give a 19 year old. I got an awesome deal on a Virgin Mobile cell phone. No contract, unlimited txt and data with enough minutes for him considering he spends 95% of his time txting and not actually speaking on a phone. We paid for the first month of the phone. it's in his name and he's responsible for the rest. Plus the phone cost me $30 at Radio Shack when every other store wanted $70. Cha-ching. Love a good deal. But, his cell phone is not the point of my post. The phone and clothes were his Christmas presents. I needed something else to get for him.<br />
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While I was browsing the movie section at Walmart eyeing up the movie "The Town" because my boy Ben Affleck is in it, Nick turns and says to me that Chris really wanted to see that movie, referring to The Town. I saw it as the perfect opportunity for me to get another present for Mini-me AND get to watch my boy Ben in a movie that for the first time in a long time, got good reviews.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Have any of you watched it yet? I recommend it. I liked it, a lot. And while I know I am not really able to NOT enjoy watching Ben for 2 hours straight, it really was good! Oddly enough even though Ben plays a bad character in the movie you can't help but want him to "win" in the situation he ends up in. Chris was surprised at how well Ben can speak with a Boston accent. A thick one at that. I said,"well that's because my boy is from Boston". Nick asks,"your boy?" I said,"Oh come on, you know I have a thing for Ben".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">{Sigh}Ahh, the days when I would sift through websites to find new photos of my boyfriend, ah-hem, excuse me, I mean, of Ben. I even created many a photo collage for my desk at work back when I worked in Staten Island. Around 2001 or so. Back before he made a bunch of bad movies and pre-JLo times. I like to pretend those didn't even happen. As I'm sure he would like to forget them as well. Ben also directed and assisted in the writing of the screenplay. My boy is SO talented. ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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I've been reading on a Kindle since June 2009. The 9th of June actually. Oddly enough when it is sent to you there is a Welcome message saved on it with the date. I have read about 12-15 books in the time that I've had it. I find that extremely odd because I used to read much faster. I'm not sure if it's because I haven't been reading the same types of books or if it's because I've been reading on the Kindle itself and not a real paper and ink book or if it's simply because my life has changed so much in the last 18 months that I haven't read as much. I've actually read statistics that say people read about 10% or so slower on a Kindle because of the "page" turning flash thing it does to get a reader to the next portion of the book.<br />
On my previous blog I've written about my Kindle experience, I apologize if this is repetitive. Twice in the last 12 months I have contemplated selling my Kindle because I miss the experience of going into the book store and browsing the aisles and shelves. When we go to Target or Walmart I look over the book aisles just to see covers and read a back cover or two. But, since I'm technically not literally picking out a book and Nick is usually giving me a look like,"Babe,, lets go already!" I do a quick browse and move on.<br />
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Sometimes I even grab my phone and take a picture of the cover so that I will look the book up at home and add it to my Kindle Wish List. Nick says this is cheating and I should write down the name and author. Duh, that's what the electronic age is all about. I was watching Oprah the other day and was able to add a book from her book club to my Wish List as well. I even see patients as work reading books and try and remember the names or author to look them up later on at home.<br />
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I've been thinking about it and I think I want to do book recommendation/review thing here when I finish a book. Ya know, read a book. Write about it. Give it a couple of stars or thumbs up to rate it. Maybe it will motivate me to read a bit more/faster. The idea will probably evolve a bit more as I read and then blog here about it. What books have you all been reading or have heard about? Let me know. I may add it to my Wish List and it may end up here on the blog.<br />
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I won't "announce" my word yet. In fact, I may wait to mention it here until I receive my one word necklace. I recently started wearing mine everyday again after realizing I really need it as a reminder to use the word and work on what I plan to accomplish. I have to order my newest one. When I have a chance I will post previous versions for all to check out. I gave my original one away to a friend hoping to give her a kick start on working with <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">CHANGE (that was my very first word) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but I don't think she ever wore it. Would it be wrong to ask for it? I would like to add it to my current necklace as I have begun to wear all the words on one chain as a reminder of my ongoing progress each year. Maybe I'll just purchase a new one. I don't know. A bit torn about it. A bit let down that she never used it/wore it at all. Kinda angers me actually. Suggestions welcome. I need some advice on this.</span></span><br />
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</span>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05864245794967974645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1414433299309470806.post-51337157490417748062010-12-17T22:25:00.001-05:002010-12-17T22:25:59.388-05:00{just a gal}Tonight I'm just a gal trying to get some sleep after feeling blah and bleck, napping on and off. Now I'm watching some ABC Family Channel holiday movies that I dvr'd last week. Here's to hoping I fall asleep soon because I have to be up at 5a.m.<br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05864245794967974645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1414433299309470806.post-53675562375738033192010-12-15T20:41:00.001-05:002010-12-15T20:45:52.058-05:00{reality addiction}Hi, my name is Tara and I'm addicted to TV. More specifically, train wreck TV shows. I think the fact that I have a DVR makes it even worse. I tend to DVR the usual. I watched Dancing With The Stars. Last year I rooted for Lee throughout American Idol. and I get my geek on by listening to Sheldon say,"Bazinga!" and tell whoever is sitting on his specific seat on the couch to move they are in his spot. But and I cringe to think you will all immediately un-friend me on facebook when I tell you that I have an addiction to MOST tv train wreck shows.<br />
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I know that the<a href="http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/little-couple/"> Little Couple</a> are from Long Island and live in Texas now. She is a neonatal specialist and he is a business man. They are building a custom home to suit their small statures and are trying to have a family soon. <a href="http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/cake-boss/">Cake Boss</a>. Yes, I know that Buddy put new ovens in his bakery and WOW are those babies efficient and high tech. <a href="http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/kate-plus-eight/">Kate Plus 8</a>. They went to Alaska and went whale watching where Kate proceeded to do her high pitched screaming thing which probably pissed off all the other tourists on that boat. But the kids were cute as ever. Well, except for one of the older two. Forget if it's Madi or Cara, but she's annoying and mostly likes to hear herself talk. Heard the show is cancelled don't worry I have plenty more train wreck still on the DVR.<br />
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Wanna talk Housewives. I currently watch the Beverly Hills version. Mainly because it has the blonde girl from Escape From Witch Mountain (the original version) and she's all grown up rich, husbandless and fights a ton with her younger sister. There is also Kelsey Grammer's soon to be ex, Camille who has major issues with being the wife of Kelsey Grammer. Hello girlie, your skinny and rich that's about all you got goin on. You should have been happy with 7 houses and oodles of dough. You are known for being his wife because that's all you've done for years since marrying him. She complains that people don't understand how busy her life is with 2 kids, a couple of nannies and staff to cook and clean. I do believe out of the entire bunch only one of them actually works. Yeah they've got it rough.<br />
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<a href="http://www.wetv.com/downsized?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=downsized%20tv%20show&utm_campaign=downsized_tv">Downsized</a>. At first, I swore I wasn't going to watch this show. The I caught a 3 show marathon and that was it. They seem a bit unrealistic when it comes to the reality of actually downsizing. But we don't really know what their previous home and life was like. So although where they live now may seem like a castle compared to where you or I currently live, to them, it's downsizing. The episode where they went to a financial planner pissed me off though. A lot of what he was telling them was simply common sense. You collect food stamps each month. You should not have to have a financial planner tell you to stop buying gourmet coffee everyday!! And she didn't just buy the cup of coffee either she bought the frappuccino's which cost even more. And proceeded to blame her <a href="http://www.nationalmssociety.org/index.aspx">MS</a> for the need of caffeine to stay awake. ACK woman are you listening to yourself!<br />
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I watch <a href="http://www.aetv.com/gene-simmons-family-jewels/index.jsp">Family Jewels</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CB0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftori-and-dean.oxygen.com%2F&ei=L2YJTcOsD4et8AaMrcCfAQ&usg=AFQjCNGp_ZCc217rvjLIDgk1U8duS7A7yg&sig2=_B88xFXdvcD2PzUb1WSBNA">Tori and Dean</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CBYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mylifetime.com%2Fshows%2Fkirstie-alleys-big-life&ei=XGYJTfruDcH98Abzu6WfAQ&usg=AFQjCNEnq3sv8nHQIPCKIGwpeHZYDxUNLg&sig2=S48P_YCYMF692mTLYSd_AA">Kirstie Alley Big Life</a>, <a href="http://www.eonline.com/on/shows/kardashians/index.html">Keeping up with the Kardashians</a>,<a href="http://www.mtv.com/shows/jersey_shore/season_2/series.jhtml"> The Jersey Shore</a> (which I swore I wouldn't watch), <a href="http://www.mystyle.com/mystyle/shows/jerseylicious/index.jsp">Jerseylicious</a> and <a href="http://jersey-couture.oxygen.com/">Jersey Couture</a>. Oddly enough, for 8 years I lived about 9 miles from the store that is featured on the couture show and drove past it twice a day, 5 days a week. Well, wait that may not be true cause originally they were on Route 33, not sure when they moved to Route 9. It is in the most random looking strip mall. You would never assume that a supposedly very well known in the pageant and prom world dress shop would be there.<br />
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To close out this already too long random chatter about train wrecks. I need to tell you that I have seriously promised myself to not watch two new shows. <a href="http://www.wetv.com/joan-and-melissa/fun-facts">Joan Knows Best</a> and <a href="http://www.aetv.com/the-hasselhoffs/">The Hasselhoffs</a>. Coincidentally as I write this I google for the show link and happily discovered that the Hasselhoff's show was cancelled. Yay! Now I don't have to randomly see it while changed the channel and get sucked in. Fingers crossed that the hot mess that will most likely be Joan Knows Best grab my attention. I probably don't have to worry though Joan's scary a few too many plastic surgeries appearance will keep me from looking too long.<br />
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</div>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05864245794967974645noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1414433299309470806.post-61871963277173513262010-12-12T19:54:00.000-05:002010-12-12T19:54:54.342-05:00{church}I have been thinking a lot lately about finding a Church to attend near my home. I regularly attended a Lutheran Church when I lived in NY(2009) and find myself missing it more and more as time goes on. Especially this time of year. I enjoyed the Pot Luck Dinners, Bible Study before Sunday Service, decorating the Church before Christmas and even sitting with my friends father each Sunday morning. I proudly became a member of the Church a few weeks after beginning to attend. That was a big deal to me since I have never regularly attended any church in my lifetime. Wait that's not true. I attended a Catholic Church in 2001 for about a year in order to be married there but honestly never felt I was a part of it since I wasn't the Catholic one. But once married to the X he promptly announced we would not be going back. I am not Catholic so it upset me to know that he (the Catholic one) didn't want to attend. I don't understand how someone doesn't want to be a part of their community.<br />
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I had a need or urge to attend Church regularly. Not sure why but most of my adult life I've felt that way.At some point I discovered Joel Osteen. I watch regularly and I learn something new every time. I've seen him speak in person to. LOVED it. It empowered me, inspired me, this may sound cheesy but I literally felt lifted up and raised to a new level when I left Yankee Stadium that night. It made my heart happy.<br />
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Nick is Catholic. He has not attended Church regularly since he was a child. I can't receive Communion at a Catholic Church unless I become Catholic. I am Protestant, no offense to Catholics but I wish to remain a Protestant. I was christened by an Episcopal Priest at about 3 or 4 months old. I did not practice any religion growing up with the exception of Easter Sundays in Church with my grandparents. I would sit as a little girl and scuff up my patent leather shoes as I sat there looking cute in my new dress and coat. That Church was Presbyterian. I still don't understand all the differences between the types of Protestant Churches but hope to one day learn them. My whole point is this, from the beginning of my relationship with Nick, he has expressed that he would go to Church with me. I believe at first it was said to merely gain some brownie points. Ha! His sister nearly fell over when he said this to me as she was there to witness it. But as time has progressed he has emphatically expressed that he will still go to Church with me. One thing is it's my job is to figure out where we're going.<br />
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We've asked around. At his job he's spoken to a fellow worker about a non-denominational Church nearby. I've also heard about the same place and it sounds like a good place. But I've also looked into two Lutheran Churches and a Methodist Church as well. Might just have to make a list and start attending one by one. I strongly believe that just like when I attended Our Saviour Lutheran in NY, I'll know if it's right just by being there. It will feel right.Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05864245794967974645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1414433299309470806.post-63406143231163343932010-12-10T21:52:00.002-05:002010-12-11T21:06:40.858-05:00{just one word}I have been participating in the <a href="http://aliedwards.com/2009/12/one-little-word-2010.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">One Word Project</span></i></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"> </span></i></span>for three years now. In 2008 my word was <i>CHANGE. </i>It was to remind me that I could survive the major changes that were happening in my life at the time. My word for 2009 was <i>PROUD</i>. It was to remind myself to do things large and small that I could be proud of. I will admit I am not fully happy with the outcome of that years focus. Of course I was hoping to make myself proud and lose all the weight I wanted to lose. Of course I wanted to begin an exercise routine and stick with it. Yeah, didn't happen. But it's not like I'm ashamed of myself for any reason either. Just generally disgusted with myself for not taking better care of myself. Moving on.<br />
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My word of 2010 was <i>SERENITY</i>. While I haven't led a serene and entirely peaceful life in 2010. It has had many more ups than the downs I experienced in the previous years. Maybe serenity was reaching for something that doesn't exist. Like perfection. Who the heck is perfect? No one. Only God can define perfection and I know in Gods eyes I'm perfect just the way I am.<br />
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So, after reading <a href="http://embrace2011.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">Sara's new blog</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">,</span> I realized it was already the time of year to begin thinking about and choosing my word for 2011. Tonight after a bit of brainstorming and using an online thesaurus. I've come up with the general idea of what I'm going for. I want a word that will help inspire me to succeed where I've fallen short in the past. Where <b>I</b> feel I've fallen short in the past or at least give me the wisdom to learn that I actually haven't fallen short in the past.<br />
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I also hope to sign up for<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"> </span><a href="http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/onelittleword.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">this class</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">.</span> It would be an entire year of inspiration from <a href="http://aliedwards.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">Ali</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">.</span> Love the idea of that and hope to partake in it.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Before ending I just wanted to share this page. I did it a few weeks ago. It's just a page to remember some everyday things that I love about my life, the big things and the little things. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9JJrMXqRPw1gAcQ2S0MM7Kse66g99LTeCtKBmp00IaJ2aTliqDmuFXHY4N6rfT04JaD6EyD1Gv4_RGSlsYxp2n7fdwXyRJ6U-7r1afQtF4YAmS-R-V6PdpuD6Pysp-ODexxHUAlLVUr3/s1600/signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9JJrMXqRPw1gAcQ2S0MM7Kse66g99LTeCtKBmp00IaJ2aTliqDmuFXHY4N6rfT04JaD6EyD1Gv4_RGSlsYxp2n7fdwXyRJ6U-7r1afQtF4YAmS-R-V6PdpuD6Pysp-ODexxHUAlLVUr3/s1600/signature.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05864245794967974645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1414433299309470806.post-66259516724840935072010-12-08T19:33:00.001-05:002010-12-11T21:07:00.425-05:00{getting back on the horse}I've been thinking of blogging again for quite a long time now. I've been on both sides of the yay or nay fence about it. I've contemplated it in my mind for so long now that I've done everything but sit down and write a pros and cons list.<br />
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Back in the day I <i>LOVED</i> blogging. I learned from reading one of <a href="http://www.yanowhatimean.com/index2.php">the best</a>. I began reading Yanos blog sometime in 2004. I would take the time to sit and research exactly when I started reading it but that really doesn't matter and I'd probably never get any of you back here as readers for being annoyingly thorough . I started blogging sometime in 2004. I used Blogger back then. It was a simply looking blog. I had it for awhile and then I paid for a web designer to help me set up my own domain and design a site for me. Pineapple's Post was born. I had a fancy schmancy pink tropical looking blog. I was happy there and as time went on I learned a little bit of html code and ended up editing the design. I wrote about anything and everything. TV shows, movies, actors, music. I "met" other bloggers online. Like This was before Facebook, before MySpace and YouTube. When people wanted to share photos we used Photobucket and eventually Flickr.<br />
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Once again, being a bit like a person with some attention deficit issues, I needed a change and took my blog over to TypePad. Mainly because Wordpress wasn't very user friendly when it came to personalizing the blog. I had to remember html code every time I wanted to change something. When you don't do that stuff everyday it kinda goes out of your head. I just didn't want to take the time to relearn it every time I wanted to have a blog makeover. Typepad was <i>VERY</i> user friendly. It was great, when I needed a change. I could do it 1,2,3. I could install a new design that I would create in PSE with Digital Scrapbook supplies. Easy Peasy.<br />
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But, eventually the blogging kinda wound down to,"I got nuthin!" I had a TON of stuff going on back then. Fighting with my then husband and going through divorce, moving to NY, working at a new "old" job, the list could go on and on. But, know what? Right. Now. I feel like I'm in a good place to begin again.<br />
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So this is me, just a girl trying to be, asking you to come back soon!<br />
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