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Post be gone

Posted on August 21, 2009 12:00 am by TheAngelForever

If you could see me right now you would notice steam coming out of my ears. I am beyond annoyed at this moment. I wrote a post for Aloha Friday earlier this evening. Along the way, I saved it several times. Then I went to get the little guy to sleep. Hubby went to check it out for me. At that very moment he saw a bug crawling into my keyboard. He went to stop the bug and "POOF" my post was gone. He figured that was nothing since I had saved it. Well, that joke was on both of us since WordPress apparently overwrote my saved post with a blank one. The only item saved was the title.

I am just too tired and frustrated to reblog that post at this point. Of course, my theory is anything I type may just be eaten by the post Gremlin at this point. This happened once before, so I am definitely leary.

So my question to you this week:

What is the most frustrating thing to you about computer technology? Have you ever had had a post just disappear even after you saved it? If you have, what did you do?

On that note, I am off to sulk about my nice post that is now history. I will leave you with a preview of NHL’s birthday cupcake cones from last weekend.

Have a great weekend everyone!

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Thanks to Kailani at An Island Life for starting this fun for Friday. Please be sure to head over to her blog to say hello and sign the MckLinky there if you are participating.

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To cheesecake or not to cheesecake

Posted on August 14, 2009 12:00 am by TheAngelForever

The month of August is filled with many birthdays. First there is JL’s, then my Dad’s (Happy belated B-day on my blog Dad), and NHL’s. For JL’s birthday, he wanted to try a recipe that we found for a tie-dyed cheesecake like the one that we loved at Disney’s Pop Century Resort. The cake was decent, but did not live up to our expectations. We came up with modifications that we thought would improve the recipe. Since my father’s birthday was coming up, and he likes cheesecake, we offered to make one for him. Below is a photo of Disney’s cake and our original:

Pop Century Resort Tie Dye Cheesecake All that is left

Tuesday evening, JL and I baked another tie-dyed cheesecake altering the recipe in order to better replicate the cake from our Disney dream. Here is a look at our finished product:

JL wrote all about what we did with a lot of photos documenting the process on TechyDad. Head on over there if you would like to take a look at all of the fun we had.

So my question to you is inspired by our cheesecake baking:

What is your favorite type of cheesecake? If you are not a cheesecake fan, what is your favorite dessert?

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Thanks to Kailani at An Island Life for starting this fun for Friday. Please be sure to head over to her blog to say hello and sign the MckLinky there if you are participating.

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Agony of da feet be gone

Posted on August 7, 2009 12:00 am by TheAngelForever

I often joke and call myself an example of recessive genes. Growing up, I fully expected to be tall since both of my parents are six feet tall. Sadly, as I hit puberty and stopped growing, I realized that I was only going to be 5’3". As the vertically challenged member of a tall family (my brother is also six feet tall), I often tried to wear high heel shoes. Of course, the reality is heels are often uncomfortable and leave your feet screaming.

When I first started teaching, I would wear heels and then at night be close to tears. After I had my first son, I learned that nice looking comfort shoes were more important than adding three or so inches. Sure, I was able to get a few pair of heels that worked for more dressy occassions, like going to synagogue, but they were few and far apart. My trusty Aerosole heels are really starting to get worn out and look horrible. For quite some time, I have been searching for the new perfect shoes to have when I need something more than my flip-flops, sneakers, Teva and slides.

Several months ago, people started to chat a lot about the new line of wedges and heels from Crocs. Yes, you read that right. The brand that many connect with the bright orange shoes that Chef Mario Batali wears now sells stylish heels using their comfort technology. At the end of June I won a Twitter giveaway sponsored by Crocs (thanks George Smith Jr – you are the best). I was told to select a pair of shoes that I would like as my prize. I immediately went to look at the wedges and heels. I selected a pair of Sassari to try.

My shoes arrived on Monday. After I stopped jumping up and down, I put them on. It took me a few minutes to remember how to walk in heels, then I was able to run after the boys with my Sassari on. Please excuse my toes that are in need of a new paint job, but here are my cute new shoes.

I really love these shoes. I can see wearing them all town. I hardly feel like I have three inch heels on. All week I have been wearing them around the house to break them in. I can not wait to wear them to places and shock people when they find out that they are Crocs!

So my question to you this week is inspired by my new shoes:

Are you a creature of comfort or will you wear anything in the name of style/fashion? What is your favorite pair of shoes, fancy or not?

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Thanks to Kailani at An Island Life for starting this fun for Friday. Please be sure to head over to her blog to say hello and sign the MckLinky there if you are participating.

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Nanny Fine all the time

Posted on July 31, 2009 12:00 am by TheAngelForever

Oy! Let me take you back to the early ’90’s for a few minutes. Say hello to Nanny Fine, Mr. Sheffield, Niles, C.C. Babcock, Margaret, Brighton, Grace, Sylvia, Val and Yetta. These were all of the friendly and quirky characters from the television show The Nanny. There was just something about Fran Drescher and the rest of the amazing actors on the show. Once you looked beyond her nasal voice, it was oddly captivating.

Thanks to Nick at Nite, I can once again watch The Nanny each night as I settle into bed. I love just sitting there, laughing (while sometimes knitting) and catching each of the fabulous punch lines. The timing on the jokes, often said by Daniel Davis as Niles the butler, still hold up today. As an adult I appreciate many of the items that likely went right over my head as a high school student. Now I enjoy how The Nanny makes me laugh, and melts the stresses of the day away.

So my question this week:

What television show from the past would you, or do you, love to watch? I suppose you can call it your guilty pleasure. It could be a cartoon (like Muppet Babies), drama (like Little House on the Prarie), or another comedy (like Mork & Mindy, The Nanny, Dinosaurs . . . . or countless others) or something else.

Now I will leave you with the fun theme song from The Nanny:

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Thanks to Kailani at An Island Life for starting this fun for Friday. Please be sure to head over to her blog to say hello and sign the Mr. Linky there if you are participating.

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What’s in your garden?

Posted on July 24, 2009 12:00 am by TheAngelForever

Yesterday I posted about our ups and downs with gardening. I love looking at flowers and eating fresh fruits and vegetables. Summer time is perfect for all of this. Of course, note I never said I like gardening. Nope, I am not one that has ever liked to dig in the dirt, be with bugs and get my hands into all of it. I much prefer crafting if I must get messy.

The boys are not like me. They seem to like gardening and watching things grow. This year we bought plants that were already past the seedling state, so that helped a lot. We are hoping that soon we will have more fruit and veggies of our own. BTW – Yes, I am aware that I goofed and had the cucumber plant marked as a zucchini in my previous post. There was a little communication error on my end with hubby and I marked them wrong. Ooops!

So my question for you this week:

What do you have growing in your garden? Do you have a favorite item . . . fruit/veggie/flower or one of each? If you do not have a garden, what would you love to grow? Any thoughts on gardening and successful growing would be greatly appreciated since we have been battling all of natures fun (bunnies, birds, rain, hail. . . . and so on).

Flower NHL picked for Mommy in the field

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Thanks to Kailani at An Island Life for starting this fun for Friday. Please be sure to head over to her blog to say hello and sign the Mr. Linky there if you are participating.

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