January 2012
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Sled dogs to be in Super Bowl commercial →
Suzuki released a preview of “Sled,” an ad that features the brand’s all-wheel-drive Kizashi sport sedan driving across a snow- and ice-covered landscape AND adorable sled dogs.
View the spot at the link.
In other sled dog news, MTV’s newest Challenge, Battle of the Exes, looks to include a challenge with dog sled teams. Can’t wait for that episode!
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Valentine's Day 2012 +
January is boring.
I’m ready to get geared up for the next holiday - Valentine’s Day and all things red, pink & white with hints (hearts) of lavender.
Here are some past posts to inspire us:
Valentine’s Day 2009
Summary of my approach to the Holiday
What color Valentine are you
Fancy Valentine’s Cookies
Dean & Deluca S’mores Hearts
Valentine’s...
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Lemon Love
Also in old emails, I think I found the birth of my lemon love:
Say so long to summer while you frost your own lemon cookies - with lemon frosting - drink lemonade, and enjoy limoncello gelato in these final weeks of summer 2007!
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2005 vs. 2012
I found an old coffee order in an email from 2005. It's kind of embarrassing and telling:
Coworker 1: Venti Iced Chai
Coworker 2: Tall Pumpkin Spice Latte
Jennifer: Grande Mocha with 3 Splenda packets
Second email:
{Coworker who is picking up coffee},
I am sorry to make things difficult, but I need to change the orders.
Here are the new, correct ones:
Coworker 1: Venti Iced Chai
Coworker 2: Tall Pumpkin Spice Latte
Jennifer: Tall, Non-fat Mocha, no whip, with three Splenda packets
What made me change my mind? Did I suddenly look up the nutrition facts? And, more importantly, why did I think I needed three Splendas?
The more things change (I've weaned myself off the three Spendas over the years) the more they stay the same (still particular.)
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Why I would’ve liked to have gone climbing in Ecuador:
Quito
Mountain aminals
Seeing the volcanic cone of Cotopaxi from the summit.
Why I didn’t go climbing in Ecuador:
Climbing up this
And making it back down.
(Photos via Jeff - major kudos for being able to photograph under duress!)
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Fourth Anniversary
I really went all out for our 4th Anniversary meal last Thursday.
By the weekend, though, we were able to amend for the mac & cheese with a real celebration.
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“And the games you play, you would always win, always win.”
– Adele
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A little news from marshmallow land →
Thanks, Anna!
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“I say they taught you how to buy and sell
Your own body by the pound.”
– Everclear / Everything to Everyone
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“The strongest of all warriors are these two - time and patience.”
– Leo Tolstoy / War & Peace
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“I started planning out what I would do when I got the job. First I would go to Dean & Deluca and buy some tiny marzipan candies in the shape of fruit, an expensive treat I noticed a lot of fancy-looking older white women buying.”
- Mindy Kaling / Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
I totally obsessed over the Dean & Deluca marzipan fruit candies for...
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Spring 2012 Pantone Colors →
Now that it’s 2012, it feels more appropriate to talk about spring’s upcoming colors.
I’m sticking with my traditional yellow love (Goldenrod, Lemon, Citrine, Mustard, Beeswax, etc.) and voting Solar Power as my fave.
“Sometimes it’s too hard to look back. It’s easier to just push...”
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December 2011
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Books read in 2011
The Divine Conspiracy Bright Young Things This Side of Paradise Summer in the City Just Kids Beautiful Days A Company of Swans The True Memoirs of Little K Technical Manual & Dictionary of Classical Ballet The Hunger Games Catching Fire Mocking Jay The Piano Teacher Sisterhood Everlasting Born to Run The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest War & Peace
“Energy and persistence conquer all things.”
– Benjamin Franklin
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Litchfield Gingerbreads
2011 Edition / Established 1989
Made even more special with the edition of Ellie this year.
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Winter Night Sky
Color by COLOURlovers
Winter is a challenging season. There is one thing I like about it though, and that is the smell and feeling of a crisp winter night under a bluing night sky. Cold, dark, deep, mysterious and at the same time full of brightness and comfort. I have a suede cobalt bag that was my grandma’s. She loved velvet and Elvis - blue, suede and shoes. These colors - cobalt, blue,...
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“Some questions don’t have answers, which is a terribly difficult lesson to...”
– Katharine Graham
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Love of the land connects Kansans
“’The high plains at first gave him an overpowering impression of emptiness. Never before had he beheld such a sky — the cosmic vault of blue appeared to occupy a good three-fourths of the world, making small and unimportant the scattered farm houses with their meager clumps of ragged trees and inevitable windmills. But though the vastness at first oppressed him, eventually it distilled in...
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South Pole Travel Heats Up on 100th Anniversary →
My dad was interviewed in this National Geographic News article about his trips skiing to the North & South Poles!
Word of the Day
Denouement. The final resolution of a story or a complex series of events.
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Monday Check In
Obsessing over: My new sparkly fur cuff. Thanks, mom!
Working on: Ad concepts. Thinking about: The unexpected home repair that has jeopardized the day & our anxieties. Anticipating: Getting the home repair situation under control. Listening to: Selena Gomez. Drinking: Ice water. Wishing: I would have brought the leftover red velvet cake to work for a snack.