So tonight we decided to cook pancakes for dinner….i know can you believe it, I ate breakfast food for dinner….if you know me, you know I don’t do that. Anyway, Jonathan decided to make them so he started and they just weren’t turning out right so I grabbed another pan and made some of my own. Well, let’s just say we know who is going to make the pancakes for our kids when the time comes. His is on the left and mine is on the right:
Now lets look at our presentation of the meal….which is more appealing? This time mine is on the left and his is on the right.
Although I will say, he had an unfair advantage….the pan he was using was very uneven and tilted so it didn’t heat evenly and mine did…if you can tell by the picture of his pan below.
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So last night I got to go to the Faith Hill & Tim McGraw concert…I went about 5 years ago and loved it. I was all ready to go and get some great photos..I was able to take a camera in last time I went. I had my camera and all ready and then was told you can’t take cameras in…I was a little dissapointed to say the least so I ditched it and went inside. When I sat down, what did I see….hundreds of flashes going off! There were cameras everywhere….it was video cameras that you weren’t able to bring in!! I was a little torked off. Where I was sitting mixed wit my telephoto lens I would have had some increadible pictures….I’m talking upclose and personal photos of their faces! Oh well, so goes life! Maybe next year 
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All our pictures from Saturday’s photo shoot are posted now, along with some pictures from 9 baptisms at church on Sunday. just click on the flickr page to the right to see all the photos or click here.
Let us know which ones you like the best!
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As some of you know, Jonathan and I thought it would be fun to get our wedding dress and tux back on and take some more cool pics. So us, along with Jens, went out to Las Colinas this morning and snapped a few. I’m hoping to finish up tweaking our the pictures tonight and have them all posted by this weekend but we’ll see. Here is a sneak peek for you though! 
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So it was a very disappointing weekend…but not overall, we had some good times too. We started out to Austin Friday afternoon leaving a little later than we wanted and ran into some traffic. We ended up getting to Austin around 7:30 or so and checked into our hotel room. This is where the disappointment started. Our room was a little musty/moldy smelling and I think my hotel room in NYC was bigger than this one. After a little while our friends Wayne and Cara picked us up and took us to dinner at Matt’s El Rancho mexican restaurant. It was a wait to get in but it was worth it because the food was awesome! After dinner we decided to go snap some night shots of the capital…after all, we are in Austin. The lighting on the pics were a little off and we used the hood of our car because we forgot the tripod, so some of the pictures are a little crooked.
After dinner and pictures we went back to the hotel and put on our swimmers. One of the main reasons we booked this particular hotel was because of the indoor pool, hot tub and sauna they claimed to have. We went down to the pool only to find it closed for renovations. Another disappointment so we just called it a night. We slept in a little on Saturday morning and then headed out on the town. We did some geocaching around Austin, we just couldn’t find one of them but had better luck with the second one.
We snapped some photos of a huge guitar outside of the whole foods store in downtown Austin and then ate some lunch at Frank and Angie’s Pizzarria…good pizza. I just got the usual cheese pizza while Jonathan got a pizza with everything on it…most of which would make me sick.
After we ate we decided to get back on the road and we made a few stops on our way back to Waxahachie. We stopped in IKEA and round rock outlet stores for some quick shopping, then decided to eat some dinner in
Waco. We made it home about 9:30 or so and quickly realized I left my purse in the restaurant in Waco. We called them and they said they had it so we turned right around and drove back to Waco to pick up the purse. It wasn’t too long that I realized that ya, someone turned it in but not before they cleaned it out. They took my cell phone (which was about a month old) and a LARGE amount of money that had been given to us as wedding gifts. We kept it to use for trips like this or things we need around the house. We have our ideas as to who it was that took it but we can’t be sure. Obviously the “Klammpits” as I call them, needed the money more than we did. Believe it or not I actually wasn’t as mad as I thought I would be. I thought I’d be ready to punch someones face in but I really wasn’t. I’m more mad at myself for leaving it than anything. I could care less about the cell phone, I have my old one I’m using now. It’s more of a feeling of being violated. Knowing that someone went through my things and my wallet and helped themselves to what they wanted. Luckily it was cash and not credit cards or my debit card…that could have been detrimental to our bank account. If it was who we think it was, this might sound mean but I think they just weren’t smart enough to take the credit cards, they wouldn’t know what to do with them. Well we returned home about 11:30 and went to bed…it was a long day.
Over the last week we’ve been fighting with our Lynksis router connecting to my mac…we had it working at one point when we moved into the townhome but now it isn’t working and we can’t fix it. So I just said forget it and we went and bought a new wireless router…now it works and we’re all set. So if any of you know anyone that wants to buy a router we’ve got one. So that’s the weekend at casadeblundell. Check out Jonathan’s blog for his view on the weekend and if you want, we posted all of our pictures from the weekend on my flickr page which you can click on the link to the right to get there.
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Jonathan and I got our wedding pictures back and this is one of our favorites.
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I’m laugh a lot bear! Imagine that….okay if you really know me, you know this is true. And it’s ORANGE!! I used to love the carebears growing up…i had the blue one, I don’t remember what that one was though. I wonder where it is now?
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At the beginnging of the year I wrote a post about how people say I’m a closed book and they don’t really know the real me. Well, it is true, I’m not the most open person but if you ask me anything I’ll answer it, no problem. So I did a little “about me” post of things I like, don’t like and such….So here is a continuation of that:
My eyes are usually bigger than my stomach. I have blue eyes but wish they were green (not sure why). I love sleeping in. I love the smell of coffee, but can’t drink it. I love riding my bike. I like to lay on the couch when it’s raining outside. I love comedy, anything funny really. I love animals. I wish I could quit my job and work for myself. I see what I have as a blessing. I am a genuine person and if I ask you how you are, I truly mean it. I am inquisitive. I am a nerd. I love physics. I am intuitive. I get frustrated when I can’t do something. I have to learn to depend on others. I love NYC and would move there in a heartbeat. I am short or should I say vertically challenged. I love Dr. Pepper but I’m not supposed to drink it. I love to sing in my car, everyones a rock star in the car right? I have a crooked nose and don’t mind a bit. I want to live on a couple of acres of land but I would be jsut as happy living right in the middle of the city. I love tomato sauce but can’t stand tomatoes. I love peach flavoring but not peaches. I truly love my church and the people there. I love my doggy, Presley…she’s a goober. Most of the time my fingers and toes are blue…It’s normal for me, don’t let it scare you. I will most often not tell you what’s on my mind unless you ask. I don’t talk much. I listen a lot. I could people watch for hours but I can’t sit still for more than 30 minutes. My mind works faster than my mouth or hands and by the time I go to say or write it, I forget it. I wish I knew how to play the piano. I am a big Texan but would move to Colorado or Arizona in a heartbeat. Most of the time I don’t know what on earth I am doing in this life. I can’t stand not knowing what’s going to happen. I have a hard time giving up control of my life and plans to God but I do anyway. I still can’t believe I started a blog. I love the smell of fresh cut grass. I love pickles, like the big ones from the fair. I like cooking. I love having people over. I like having time to myself. I am pretty good at acting like I know what I’m doing, even when I don’t. I absolutely love taking pictures. I like country music, but like rock too. I have the beatles, jonny cash and elvis presley all on the same CD. I love funny movies. To Kill A Mockingbird is one of my favorite books. I like what I do but not getting up at 4:45am. I love sno cones. I can eat a blizzard from Dairy Queen any day. I love the beach but not the ocean. I love snowboarding.
That’s all I can think of now but maybe you’ll get more later, We’ll see.
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I just found this sno cone machine that you can buy and make your own sno cones! How awesome is that! I mean I do love me some sno cones, so just imagine what it would be like if I have my own machine!!!! I can make my own slurpees too!!!
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If you know me well you know I’ve never been a big reader…unless it’s a physics book–I know, I know -I’m a nerd! Anyway, I have recently found a few good books that I highly recommend. First there is one author that I just absolutely love. Lisa Scottoline writes these thriller novels about law and justice. She is quoted saying “I write books about justice because it matters, and involves the struggle between right and wrong, and love and hate. Once I start one of these books I just can’t put it down! she has about 10 books out now and I recommend the books: Mistaken Identity, Killer Smile, and Courting Trouble.
Two other books that I recommend are For Women Only and For Men Only by Shaunti Feldhahn. They are two books about the inner workings of men and women. These are great books about differences of how men and women think. They are good for anyone, not just people in relationships…they help you understand how men and women think and that can help you in any relationship, whether it’s your dad, brother, boyfriend or husband. An example she uses is the difference in the way women perceive images vs the way a man perceives it. She says that men have a visual rolodex, they see an image and at any given time something can spark that image and they flip through the rolodex and there it is–the image in their mind, whether they want it there or not. Another key point she says is that men would rather feel respected than loved and women would rather feel loved. Ask any man that and he would probably agree.
The last book I recommend is 90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper. This book is a story about a man who was in a car accident and died but then came back to life. He was dead for about 90 minutes, hence the name. The story accounts for his time in heaven and then goes on to describe his time spent during recovery. The book is more of a testament on how he got through his recovery and why God brought him back to this earth and the pain he is living with. He got to have a glimpse of Heaven but God wasn’t through with him and he had to deal with why God brought him back. It is a really good book and I do recommend you read it. Any of these books you can buy through www.casadeblundell.com at our store or click on the Amazon link to the right of this page.
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Jonathan got his new bike last night so we had to go test it out and ride around the block for a little while….If you remember a while back I wrote that Jonathan and I were going to start riding our bikes to get exercise…well I took one look at him on his bike and said “there’s no way you can ride that bike comfortably.” I’m pretty sure it’s a 16 inch bike…mine is a 17.5 inch frame and I’m 5′2. It was pretty funny and he said it wasn’t comfortable to ride so we invested in a nice bike for him. He was talking about how much nicer and easier it was to ride than his old one…I believe it! So we are back in business and going to start riding again…we both need it!
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Did I miss something, has the HOV lane (HIGH occupancy vehicle lane) turned into the SOV lane (SINGLE vehicle lane) overnight? On my way to work this morning I passed about 10 cars (no exaggeration) with just one person in them, the driver. That isn’t high occupancy, unless they have multiple personalities…then that’s just a whole other problem. It just irritates me when I’m stuck in traffic going 5mph and here comes Mr. I can do anything I want going 60mph all my his onsey in the HOV lane. Geeze…owell
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This past weekend we finished up the tile work at the Treadaway’s house. A couple of months back we tiled the den and kitchen, and this weekend we finished up the dinning room and hallway. So we ripped up the carpet, layed the tile and now we just have to go back and finish up the shoe molding around the edges. The kitchen also needs shoe molding but the stain was a little too light to work so we have to redo that. I think we are all pretty sore today, I am for sure. Jonathan mentioned it on his blog, but if there’s anyone in the Waxahachie area with a hot tub that’s not in use, Jonathan, Josh and I would sure appreciate it!
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Did any of ya’ll need a paddle boat to get to work this morning or was it just me? If it keeps raining I’m going to have buy a jet ski just to get to and from work. Yesterday the news anchors were making a fuss about how severe the weather is and how in Ellis county there was small stream and urban flooding…what does that mean? Just kidding. I am getting tired of the rain…Jonathan and I have been wanting to pull up all the plants, shrubs and such around our patio and lay some sod for the pres-in-ator but it won’t quit raining long enough to do it. Last weekend was about the only weekend that has been sunny in a while and we couldn’t go to the pool because it was closed for maintenance…not cool! Our patio also has so many weeds that have sprouted because of the rain, it looks like a jungle. Hope you all stay dry.
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