Posts Tagged with "jess"

Baby, It’s Cold Outside

Monday, December 13, 2010

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At least 17 inches of snow blew into town this past weekend. The roof of the Mall of America Field collapsed, cars were in the ditch everywhere and community activities were cancelled. The news called it Snow-ma-gedon! I called it a Blizzard. Molly called it a “Lizzard”! We made a gingerbread village. Peter taught Ryan [...]

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Automated Service: Not Fooling Anyone

Sunday, August 17, 2008

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Self checkout lanes, automated voice teleprompts and ATMs alike are very transparent in their purpose. Less labor force = More income I am not outraged at companies creating income. Capitalism and “Big” anything don’t annoy me. What annoys me is the automated processes themselves. Now, I have come to except and use ATMs without hassle. [...]

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iPhone

Sunday, July 13, 2008

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It is sad that material things can make me giddy but it is true. What could make me so giddy you say? My first iPhone. Here are some photos from our trip to the ATT store the day of the iPhone 3G launch. The Conquest Peter and I drove past the Apple Valley ATT store [...]

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Our Just Right Strawberry Dish

Monday, July 7, 2008

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Freshly picked, plucked and piled strawberries waited to be feature ingredients in a delightful summer dish as I poured over at least 100 strawberry recipes. I longed for the just right presentation for my hand picked red ripe beauties. I went to cooks.com, strawberry-recipes.com, easy-strawberry-recipes.com and justberryrecipes.com perusing mouth watering treats like strawberry truffles, mousses, [...]

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Strawberry Pickin’

Sunday, July 6, 2008

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There is a first time for everything. I finally went strawberry picking! I love love love strawberries when they are in season. It was an absolute treat to hand pick the ripe fruit from its very own patch. I am planning on making something homemade with my strawberries. I’ll post my finished product. There is [...]

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An evening vacation

Saturday, June 7, 2008

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I find myself saying “It’s like we are on vacation” during times of unexpected enjoyment or new fun activity. Tonight was such a night. The four of us went to Culver’s for my birthday dinner at my request. After our meal together we stopped at Kelley Park in Apple Valley. The park has pretty fountains, [...]

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