The Hair

Posted on May 23, 2013 by

This week was a weird work week for me so I only had to work for a couple of hours this morning and then it was my weekend!!  Naturally, the first task on my list was to GET MY HAIR DONE.

I headed down to South Jesus to see my favorite hairstylist, Ally.  Here’s George modeling one of her shirts:

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Cute!!

So here’s the not-so-cute before picture of my hair:

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I had about an inch and a half of grow out and the red was pretty faded.  I think the red helps to warm my skin up a bit, though.  Anyway, I wanted to make my hair more one color, less ombre and a little darker.

The end result:

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It’s pretty dark, but it should fade so the warmer, redish tones will (hopefully) come through.  It’s always an experiment.  That’s why I love dying my hair.

Another reason I love dying my hair?  Because Ally does this:

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Instead of making sure my ends were even, she started f*cking with my face.  Excellent…and very sexy.

I’m on my way to Las Vegas in the morning so I need to get my sh*t together, pack and try to get some sleep tonight.

GOOD NIGHT!

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Dance Freak

Posted on May 18, 2013 by

Last night, G and I drove to South Jesus for a Zumba party!  If you hadn’t already figured it out, South Jesus is really called Albany, Oregon.  George and I lived there for about 4.5 years.  And apparently, we can’t stay away.

Anyway, we were really f*cking super-duper excited about going and even stopped on the way to get new shoes!!

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Totally cute.

Kind of like my favorite Zumba instructor ever:

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Bethanie is so great.  If you ever have a chance to take a class from her, DO IT!

We also got to see my friend, Keri, too!!!

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The event was held in a high school cafeteria, which was pretty cool, except for the fact that it made me feel 200 years old.

But then I saw this guy do a few dance moves:

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and I felt a lot better about myself.

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We had a really good time, danced our giant @sses off and laughed and laughed and laughed.

Friday night, Zumba night?  Count us in.

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My New Goal

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

Because I’m a horrible person, my new goal is to try to make everyone fatter than me so that I look skinny.  I think that’s easier than actually losing weight.

To help meet this goal, I made some amazing cinnamon roll crescents on Mother’s Day.  These might be even easier to make than the No-Bake Cookie Bars.

I started with refrigerated crescent rolls:

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Spread a mixture of butter, sugar and cinnamon on top:

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And rolled them up:

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I baked them for 10-15 minutes.

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And the house smelled amazing.  Like one big, giant cinnamon roll.

But then it got even better.  Because I added frosting!!!!!

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I’ve seen a recipe for a savory version of these where you use cheese and ham instead of the cinnamon/sugar combo.  I think those would be delicious as well.

I apologize for hoping that you get fat, but it doesn’t look like I’m going to find willpower anytime soon.

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It Might Rot Your Teeth Out

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

On Saturday, I made an extremely easy dessert that everyone loved.  The best part, even really f*cking lazy people can pull this one together…promise.

They’re called No-Bake Cookie Bars and they taste like cookie dough.

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You only need a few ingredients:

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I ended up doubling the recipe so I used another bag of Golden Oreos, another can of sweetened condensed milk and another bag of white chocolate chips.  Balls to the wall.

I started by smashing all the Oreos in the food processor:

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I had to smash them in several batches because I had so many Oreos, but it worked just fine.

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Then I melted the white chocolate with the sweetened condensed milk:

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It only takes a few minutes for it to turn into this:

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And then you pour that over the crushed Oreos!!!

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Mix it together and let it cool for a bit.  I could have eaten all of that…by myself.  I added the chocolate chips.

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And stirred that together as best I could, without melting the chocolates too much.  Then I pressed it into a 9×13 pan lined with tin foil and sprayed with Pam.

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The dough kind of ended up a little marbled, which I didn’t mind.  And then I pressed mini chocolate chips on top…

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Easy-peasy.

I put it in the fridge for 20-30 minutes and ended up with this:

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And then this:

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I ended up having to cut those squares into thirds because they are kind of rich.  That didn’t stop me from eating about 30 of them, though.

Seriously good.

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A Short Tour

Posted on May 14, 2013 by

I know some of you’ve been waiting for a tour of our new house and, while we still have a million things to buy, we are pretty settled at this point.

The basic details of the house are are that it is one-level, almost 1500 square feet, and has 3 bedroom and 2 bathrooms.  The hope is that we can live here forever because we really hate moving.

The good news is that when you walk in the front door, you can run straight through to the back door if we scare you too much:

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When you step inside, this is to your right:

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Jack would not lie down while I took pictures.  Damn dog.  That also used to be the garage (that’s why there’s a utility panel on the wall).  We (obviously) need some artwork/pictures, but I haven’t decided what to do so we’re leaving it blank for now.

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To the left of the front door is this:

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It’s basically one long room that runs into the kitchen.  The doorway to the right leads to two bedrooms, a utility closet and a bathroom.

This is what it looks like from the other side of the room:

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I really love the big window:

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And I’d really love to get a couple of comfy chairs to put in front of it.

And, if you don’t remember, our kitchen looks like this:

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And here are a couple of pictures of the entire room:

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Down the hallway on the left is the backdoor, laundry room, the master bedroom and master bathroom.  I really love the way the bedrooms are separated in the home.  So when/if we ever have guests we can pretend they’re not here.  Perfect.

That’s the end of the tour.  Once we get some of the other rooms done, I’ll show those as well.  Hope you enjoyed it!!

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