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Fill in the Blank Friday

By on October 15, 2010 in Thoughts & Confessions
1.   Blogging        has changed just about everything for me. I have a new outlook on things, gained new inspiration, new opportunities, new friends, and most importantly, taught me to celebrate the ordinary and mundane in my daily life   .

2.  A current fashion trend I wish I was brave enough to wear is   ruffles. I know silly right? I LOVE them, but whenever a put ruffles on, I feel really silly & a bit clown-ish. So I own nothing with ruffles.   .

3.  My greatest accomplishment in life thus far is        being a mom to my two little girls. And since, though true, that sounds a bit generic, I’ll also say that the thing I’m currently most proud of is being lucky enough to have come up with a unique idea in this very creative world.    .

4.  If I had to choose between a mountain or a beach vacation I’d choose    ___I like the idea of a beach, but come down to it, I’d enjoy the mountain much more. I’d get bored rather quickly at the beach   .

5.  A talent I wish I had is      be able to style me hair. . .and the time to do it .

6.  A talent I do have is        making pretty things. All sorts and varieties of pretty things    .

7.  This week       I have not been able to stop coughing!!! Time to see the doctor perhaps?      




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Fill in the Blank Friday

By on October 8, 2010 in Thoughts & Confessions
I hope you enjoy reading these, because for some reason, I love them.  I’m one of those dorks who actually enjoys filling out surveys. We need people like me, right? 
Anyway. . .  Here we go.
 
1.   The first thing I do in the morning to start my day is       after hitting my snooze button a couple of times, I immediately get dressed and start getting breakfast ready so the girls can come straight down & eat. . . or eat it in the car ;)   .

2.  Today I wish I was   asleep, or working at home (long to do list as always and stayed up too late trying to shorten it), or free from said to do list & out shopping with my best friend whom I have not seen in AGES  .

3.  If I had an extra $100 in my bank account today I’d       Go shopping for some new fall boots. . .or fall clothes in general. Part of the fun of shopping is the hunt and not knowing what you’ll come home with, right?    .

4.  Tomorrow    I will spend time with the family, perhaps enjoy a bit of the Octoberfest going on. I think the pumpkin patch has come up as a possibility as well. Guess I’m pretty open   .

5.  Two things that don’t go together are     curly hair and rain.  Can you say frizz city?  The bane of my existence…. .

6.  Something I can never pass up at the grocery store is    a diet coke. I ALWAYS grab one on my way in & pay for the empty bottle. the gas pump holds the same issue. I told the girls we needed to stop & get gas on the way home yesterday. From the backseat I heard “and a soda, too?”  I might have a problem.

7.  The last time I tried something new was        Hmm. . .apparently not recently enough, because I can’t think of anything. I’ll have to remedy that soon! Sorry.     .
 
Join in, or read others here! 
 
Oh! And if you haven’t been by yet, definitely check out Ashley Ann’s blog right now. She’s doing a series of 10 in 10 (while she’s away vacationing in a very sunny place!!!) with amazing guest bloggers and  eye candy.  You may see some old faces and you may find a few new must reads!
 
Hope you have a great weekend!!!
 
xoxo Lori Danelle 
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Fill in the Blank Friday

By on September 17, 2010 in Thoughts & Confessions
1.   When I get a day to myself I like to       SLEEP!!!! :)   Followed by some laying around, reading, and maybe doing some creative work I haven’t found time to do otherwise. If I have a day to myself AND some money, Anthropologie is always a good option too.

2.  High school was….      Full of great memories and a handful of not so great ones as well. In high school, I tried so hard to fit in & be like everyone else. . .only to graduate and spend the years since trying to stand out. (not in an attention-seeking way, but in a not-following-the-masses sort of way.

3.  A little dream I have is       to see Harry Connick jr in concert. I think I should be able to accomplish this one . ..    .

4.  A big dream I have is       quit my day job and be successful through my own creative endeavors. Oh, and to be Amy Butler. We said BIG dream, right?   .

5.  If I could drive any car my pick would be     a Jeep Wrangler or Mini Cooper. I love the moxy of a girl driving a Wrangler, but ever since seeing The Italian Job, a little part of me would love to learn to drive like they do in a little zesty car .

6.  A time that I felt really and truly beautiful was       Oy! Still too self-conscious for that one! Working on it though!!  However, snuggling with my girls and knowing how I felt about my own Momma as a young child makes me feel pretty beautiful and confident.  They might be little, but their love is pretty big  .

7.  Tomorrow I will….       tackling my very long to do list. And perhaps call the doctor. I have a sneaking suspicion that I have an ulcer.  Oh joy.  :) I’ve been wondering how I’ve gotten by without one lately!!  
 
I’m linked up here.  Join me!

xoxo Lori Danelle
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Fill in the Blank Friday

By on August 6, 2010 in Thoughts & Confessions

It’s that time again! If you wish to do your own Fill in the Blank Friday, you can find the phrases and link up at the little things we do.

1.  Today for breakfast I ate    honey nut cheerios. not my first choice, but it gets the job done & my husband does the grocery shopping, so definitely not going to complain!_


2.  My go to/never fail recipe  _Ummm. . .I don’t think I have one. Nate does most of our cooking too! But my fun food that I make the girls when we want to something a little special is Flapjacks. Basically they’re crepes, without the butter. :) You cut them into quarters, roll them up and dip them in sugar. I grew up with this recipe and I believe, so did my grandma. :) You can find the recipe here. 

3.  Something I eat that other people think is weird is  __OK, I’m embarrassed to admit this. When eating a frozen pizza, I put ketchup on it. Yes, I just said that out loud. But PLEEZ! Let me explain. When my brother & I were younger, we often went to our Grandparents’ house when my Mom needed a sitter. One of the favorite meals we had there was frozen Totino’s :) pizza. Grandma would cut the pizzas up and arrange them on a single plate. Then Grandpa would pull out the ketchup. And that’s where it all started. But if you stop and think about it, it’s not THAT crazy. Pizza sauce, especially on frozen pizza, it very similar to ketchup. Also, this is completely isolated to frozen pizza. Anything that comes from a restaurant is off limits to the addition of condiments. Promise!!  (Hope you don’t think too poorly of me now. . .)

4.  My worst cooking disaster ever was  __when I was in junior high, my best friend & I attempted to make fudge. It was bad. Really bad. So bad that the dog wouldn’t even touch it. Turns out that was a good thing as I later learned that chocolate is really bad for dogs, but still! What dog doesn’t WANT chocolate???? 

5.  If I could only eat one flavor of ice cream the rest of my life it would be     chocolate almond from Braum’s. We don’t have Braum’s around here. They only have stores within something like a 500 mile radius of their farm/factory, but every time I go home it tops the list of things to do_ 

6.  One food I hate and avoid at all costs is  _black olives. Hate them. Green are OK, as are kalamata, but regular black olives are so gross! They have to be salty if you’re going to get me to eat them. I do like the salt! :)  

7.  What is your favorite meal?  Breakfast, lunch, or dinner?  Dinner. I don’t really eat a typical full lunch, but I love making a big dinner & having people over —though we currently rarely do— and making a celebration of it. I like the preparation too. It’s just fun to bring people together over a meal.  

Hope you enjoy the glimpse into my crazy food habits. 

And please don’t knock the pizza/ketchup thing until you’ve tried it. It’s not that insane. Just a little insane. :)

xoxo Lori Danelle

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Fill in the Blank Friday

By on July 30, 2010 in Thoughts & Confessions

Oh my dear bloggy friends!! I feel like I’ve neglected you this week!
I’ll do my very best to make it up to you next week.
Promise.

This week has been a crazy, exciting, whirlwind week for me!! Being featured on Design*Sponge has brought a lot of attention my way in this crazy blog world of ours. So now I’m scrambling to make sure I have everything in order so that I can offer up the very best product and experience to those who have purchased a custom fingerprint paper cutting from me. So exciting!
But also making me quite nervous!! Ha!
New ventures are bound to do that, right?

Last night I ran across a blog that does “Fill in the Blank Friday” and loved the idea. So much fun and a great way to share some potentially very random info on the inner workings of my mind & life.   :)   I’m sure you are all dying to hear that sort of stuff.   :)  

Hope you enjoy & if you would like to give it a whirl yourself, you can find the list of things to fill in & link-up at the little things we do.

1.  The last thing I do before going to sleep is  _ usually solve cryptograms. But lately I’ve been working into the wee hours of the night trying to get my to do list caught up, which means lots of computer time! Then I finally can’t keep my eyes open any longer & just crash     

2.  When I can’t sleep I  _ wiggle around, roll from my left side to my right side, flop to my stomach & finally give up and go work on some project 

3.  The first thing I do when I wake up is  _ pee & then go get the girls from upstairs if they’re crying. if they’re not yet awake, I make coffee so that I can be awake enough to handle the girls when they do wake up  :)   

4.  When I’m tired I  _ get nauseous. Does this happen to anyone else?   

5.  My dream bedroom would be  _ Oh geez. I have no idea! I’m still working this one out. I do know that it would have the biggest, most comfortable bed in the world in it with a wonderfully soft down comforter. I think I’ve checked off a few options on what my dream bedroom is not though.  . . That’s something, right? 


6.  If I could wake up anywhere tomorrow morning it would be  _ oh, the place is not important. However, someone else would be taking care of the girls for the morning so that I could sleep in as late as I wanted & then be lazy for as long as I wanted. Then I’d get up and go have some fun with my little ladies.   

7.  The longest sleep I’ve ever had was  _ when I had mastitis. BLECK!!! I was running a 104.5 fever for a couple of days, my whole body ached & I couldn’t get out of bed for anything. When I was awake, I was completely delirious! Don’t know what I would have done had a not had great people around to help me with my new little baby.     

NOW for some bonus blanks….

 
 
8.  I sleep on my  _ stomach, but always start out on my side. I make the switch just before falling asleep 

9.  When I sleep, I like to wear  _ PJ pants & either a tank top or the t-shirt I was wearing that day. My husband is SOOO lucky.   ;) _

10.  My bedtime is usually  _ the last couple of weeks I’ve been hitting the pillow around 2am. (!?!?!?!) Don’t I realize I have an alarm clock & a job & kids & things to do in the morning??? Yeah, really gotta work on that one. . .       

Hope you all have a great weekend!! I’ll try to get caught up on a few things this weekend so I’ll be ready for you next week! I’m also hoping to finally get the kitchen cabinets done.
100% completed.
Not sort of done.
ALL THE WAY DONE.

Crossing my fingers.

xoxo Lori Danelle

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