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Minneapolis on Bing!

Posted on August 1, 2009 by Andi

Microsoft has a new search client called Bing. I love it! Every day it has a new picture with a bunch of tidbits about the picture that you can click on to learn things. It's quite addicting. You can even look at previous days' photos (I think you can go back a week). And they are all gorgeous pictures!

Yesterday it had this picture!

That would be good old Minneapolis! I could post a picture every day from there! But I am sure I would bore the few of you that are out there! So take a look. Maybe you'll become a Bing fan like I am. Who needs google anyway?! 🙂 Well, after thinking about it…I do. At least I need gmail chat and the calendar. But I will use Bing for searching! 🙂

And by the way….Is it seriously August already!?!?

Tasty snacks….

Posted on July 31, 2009January 30, 2011 by Andi

….made from vegetables! *GASP* Did Andi just say “tasty” and “vegetables” in the same sentence? Why yes, yes I did!

The vending machine at my office has these new tasty snacks inside. They are made of vegetables and have a surprisingly small amount of calories in them. And you get a lot in the bag. You can visit their website if you want to learn more.

They have them in straw form:

And chip form:

I like the salt one the best, but they have Rosemary and something, too. They are quite tasty. I think they are made out of potato, tomato and spinach. So it shouldn't surprise me that I like these vegetables in their dried state since I LOVE Tri-color Rotini pasta!

At least I feel like I am getting some sort of vegetable intake when I have them. It's better than nothing! 🙂

Next Door

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Andi

I haven't done a post about the house next door in a while. So here's a little update. They are still plugging along with all the drywall inside the house. They also started to do some of the trim on the house before adding the siding. They beefed up the posts on the porch and added a garage door. It's coming along nicely. I am waiting for the day that I know what color the house is. But that will probably be a little while yet. I think we are mostly excited to have all the dirt gone from their yard! Ick!

Now we just need someone to buy it so we can have more neighbors! 🙂 Because the ones we have already are so nice. A couple of them stopped by the other night to invite us to a gathering they are having this weekend. Unfortunately, we already had plans. But they invited us to hang out right then! They were hanging out and eating leftovers from a party the day before. It was straight out of a sitcom! I loved it. All the neighbors gathering around, kids running around, drinking wine, chatting with friends….I love our neighborhood!

Over capacity

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Andi

I thought this picture was so funny. It was from Twitter. They were over capacity and this was the image it showed to indicate their fullness! Ha! It made me giggle.

Sundays at Tiffany's

Posted on July 29, 2009January 30, 2011 by Andi

I just finished reading this book. What a cute story. Something a bit far-fetched (because imaginary friends just aren't real….or are they?), but it was really cute. It wasn't a terribly gushy love story, but it still put a smile on your face. I did learn that I really like James Patterson's writing and his REALLY short chapters. I love having easy places to stop when I am reading so I can read just a chapter or two without it taking too long. If you are in the mood for a love story/finding yourself/make-believe story…check this one out.

So does anyone have a favorite James Patterson book I should read?

Positively Pomegranate

Posted on July 28, 2009January 30, 2011 by Andi

You definitely need to give this gum a try! It's very yummy!

Another great weekend

Posted on July 27, 2009January 10, 2012 by Andi

Friday after work, Chuck and I went to get mulch to finish up our landscaping project. (I'll have pictures soon…I want it to be complete before I post pictures!) It looks great and I am always surprised at the difference mulch can make in completing the look.

Saturday morning we finished and then went to buy a tree. A Pink Spires Flowering Crabapple tree. It's so cute. We even got it planted before we left for a birthday dinner at Chuck's mom's house.

(On a side note, we thought we might have planted it to close to the house…we planted it where the landscaping plan told us to. So Sunday we moved it a couple feet further from the house. It was definitely the right decision!)

Saturday night we went to Chuck's mom's house to celebrate her birthday. Here's a picture of the birthday girl with her cake!

And here's a picture of her birthday cake we picked out from DQ. I thought it was so cute!

We even made it back home for fireworks that Rosemount was having for their Leprechaun Days celebration. AND we sat on the roof to watch them! We weren't sure we would be able to see them, but it was awesome!

Then on Sunday we planted the few things left around the tree and then spread the rest of the mulch we had (we still need to get some more). Then our friends came over to hang out and have dinner. They brought the most gorgeous collection of flowers! Some were from their garden and some were from the St. Paul Farmer's Market.

And, I made the fruit salad I am now in love with (I mentioned it HERE) and remembered to take a picture this time! 🙂

And then to finish off the great weekend, we went swimming in the pool in the neighborhood after our friends left. It was a great weekend! I hope you had a wonderful weekend, too!

Sparkles!

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Andi

Anyone that knows me knows I like glitter and sparkles. I would practically bathe in a glitter perfume brush I had (I used it up, so I need a new one…hint hint!). I had on a glittery tank top one day and it made this really pretty pattern on the wall from the sun coming through the window.

I thought it was pretty. It did take a couple tries to get a picture to turn out. This was the best one I could get. I am sure I looked funny standing in the bathroom in the dark doing a dance/jig with my phone pointed at the wall! 🙂

Grape

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Andi

Check out this crazy grape I had the other day! It was doubly delicious. 🙂 Ok…not really, but I had never seen one of these before, so I wanted to share! 🙂

Shopaholic & Baby

Posted on July 22, 2009January 30, 2011 by Andi

I finished the final book in the shopaholic series yesterday and returned the book to its owner! This was a very cute story. The main character was again overly dramatic at times (but aren't we all?) but she was also really likable. There's not a whole lot to say about this book that I haven't already said about the others. Quick read, fun story. The author didn't the birth of the baby part. I would have liked to see how the main character was going to get through that. I think the main character changed a lot throughout the course of the series. But that could be because the character had to finally grow up. I really like this author and plan to read other things by her in the future.

I have already started another book and hope to tell you about that before too long!