Monday, February 28, 2011

Day 2: 30 Day Picture Challenge

Day 02 - A picture of you and the person you have been close with for the longest.

m and Me This is my friend, Margeaux, and me.  I know… she spells her name an insane way.  We have known each other since we were about 10.  I thought she was really weird the first time I met her because she told me a story about corn and going #2.  TMI… I know.  Friends Forever!  haha!

Friday, February 25, 2011

Day 1: 30 Day Picture Challenge

Day 01 - A picture of yourself with fifteen facts.

Carrie

  1. I am Korean.
  2. My thumbs are ridiculously small.
  3. I have a shih tzu named Louis.
  4. I have a birth mark on my eye, but I tell people I spilled soy sauce in it… “Ironic.” is the response I get.
  5. Lately, I have been watching Dexter and Veronica Mars.
  6. I comb my hair with a pink comb.
  7. I am allergic to plants; therefore, my friends enjoy pushing me into plants and throwing grass on me.
  8. My favorite color is purple.
  9. I just moved to a new place!
  10. I knew my boyfriend in high school, and he thought I was weird.
  11. I’ve known my best friend since I was 10 or so, and I thought she was weird.
  12. My mom is obsessed with celebrity gossip.  She frequently leaves me voicemails and e-mails about the latest break up or scandal.
  13. I have bad vision and wear contacts.  My glasses make my face look crooked.
  14. I hate grocery shopping.
  15. I am glad that it’s Friday!

30 Day Picture Challenge

Thought this might be fun:

Day 01 - A picture of yourself with fifteen facts.
Day 02 - A picture of you and the person you have been close with for the longest.
Day 03 - A picture of the cast from your favorite show.
Day 04 - A picture of your favorite night.
Day 05 - A picture of your favorite memory.
Day 06 - A picture of a person you'd love to trade places with for a day.
Day 07 - A picture of your most treasured item.
Day 08 - A picture that makes you laugh.
Day 09 - A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most.
Day 10 - A picture of the person you do the most messed up things with.
Day 11 - A picture of something you hate.
Day 12 - A picture of something you love.
Day 13 - A picture of your favorite band or artist.
Day 14 - A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without.
Day 15 - A picture of something you want to do before you die.
Day 16 - A picture of someone who inspires you.
Day 17 - A picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently.
Day 18 - A picture of your biggest insecurity.
Day 19 - A picture of you when you were little.
Day 20 - A picture of somewhere you'd love to travel.
Day 21 - A picture of something you wish you could forget.
Day 22 - A picture of something you wish you were better at.
Day 23 - A picture of your favorite book.
Day 24 - A picture of something you wish you could change.
Day 25 - A picture of your day.
Day 26 - A picture of something that means a lot to you.
Day 27 - A picture of yourself and a family member.
Day 28 - A picture of something you're afraid of.
Day 29 - A picture that can always make you smile.
Day 30 - A picture of someone you miss.

Need help with Day 01?
You add a picture of yourself, then underneath it -in the caption- you write fifteen facts about yourself. Such as, 1. I have a fear of heights 2. I've needed glasses since I was three, but never got them. Or something like that.

Need help with Day 04?
Well if there's one particular night that's special to you, or if there is something you do on a certain night each week, month, year, etc. that you have a picture of, that is one thing you could post a picture of.
For example, if you had family bowling night every week and that was special to you, you would post a picture of you bowling or the place you bowl at.
Another example, if you went to party every year (like a holiday party, or just some random party that was held yearly) you could post a picture of that.
And one last example, if there was one big night that made a huge impact on your life or that you really love/hate (such as a night you got got into a relationship with your boyfriend/girlfriend, or your first kiss) then that would be a good picture to post. Many people change that one to 'a typical night' if they think a favorite night is too challenging or they can't think of anything. But the original one was indeed 'your favorite night'
Feel free to change that one to 'a typical night' if you'd like. It doesn't make too much of a difference. :)

Need help with Day 17?
It's basically someone who has changed your life in a big way. Like meeting someone who totally messed up your life, or someone who made it perfect. It could be anyone- your parents, your grandparents, a random guy on the street, a celebrity, a friend, an enemy... Pretty much anyone!

Need help with Day 18?
It's basically something that makes you uncomfortable. A common one is weight, so you could put a picture of a scale. Or perhaps you're uncomfortable about math, so you'd put a picture of some math symbols or maybe even a calculator. (Sorry that one was a bad example)

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Victoria’s Pasta Shop

Sooooooooooo… I think my boyfriend looks a little like his dad!

bulmer and dad

HAHAHA!  I laughed for about 15 minutes after we took this picture and the next day for another good 10 minutes.  I love the goofy/cheesy smile!

We ended up going to Victoria’s Pasta Shop for our VD dinner.  We had never been before and decided to give it a try.

 victorias pasta shop

We read a couple of the reviews online before we went.  It was like all reviews… they either hated it or loved it.  We particularly liked the reviews that said when they entered and it was an ugly eye sore.  One review said “DAMN HIPPIES!”  That was, of course, helpful.  A lot of the reviews did mention the service was slow. 

When we went in and seated ourselves, I expected our eyes to start bleeding from the ugliness of the decor, but it wasn’t as bad as the reviews stated.  It did take FOR-E-VER to get our menus, but after we actually had our menus the service wasn’t bad. 

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Notice on the menu it says “BV” in several places.  It took us a little while to figure out what that meant.  In high school, my friends and I used to threaten each other with a “BV” a.k.a. black vagina.  Yes, we were weird, but we thought it was hilarious.  Anyways, I saw this and immediately started laughing.  When I explained it to my boyfriend, he just asked, “Can that really happen?”  Hmmmm… who knows?

We both ordered a dinner salad.  They were okay.  The dressing was good, but the salad consisted of lettuce and cheese.

I had the black pepper linguine.  It was good!  My boyfriend ordered a trio of pasta including the lasagna roll.  The pasta was good, but the lasagna roll was not fantastic.  It is basically a piece of lasagna rolled around a HUGE hunk of cheese.  I guess if you REEEEEEEEEALLY like cheese, you will like it.  We thought it wasn’t good at all.

Overall, it was good.  Not nearly as bad as some of the reviews made it out to be.  We didn’t love, love, love it, but didn’t hate it either.

Oh yea… as soon as we went in, we figured out the hippie comment.  It is not your typical Italian restaurant.  It is more of a college-campus Italian restaurant.  I think everyone that works there is a student with a hippie/emo style.  The walls are decorated with local art.  It’s very free spirit.  Not traditional.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Happy Late Valentine’s Day

My boyfriend and I didn’t get to celebrate yesterday, but we will today.  We have been pretty busy!  We are finally moving to a new place and getting away from our current leasing house nightmare.  Hopefully, life will settle down and I will be able to blog a little more.

This is my Valentine:

ryan stache 2 ryan stache

HAHAHA!  He had grown out his beard and was going to shave it off the other night.  I suggested he have a little fun! 

I hope everyone had a happy day yesterday!  Tonight, we will probably cook up a romantic dinner, light some candles and stare into each other’s eyes lovingly… or not.  :)  My boyfriend is not a romantic, and I just crack up at his romantic attempts.  It’s more funny than anything else…

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Popular Food by State

I found this on A Healthy Slice of Life’s blog and thought is was interesting!

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Oklahoma’s food is fried okra!  My sister-in-law’s mother grows okra and fries it herself.  It’s crazy good! 

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Cabin Fever

This is what happens when you have nothing to do at home.  You get creative.

A drawing of us walking in the snow…

Walking in the Snow

Oh!  I am so creative… He!  He!

Snow Day!!

Today was a snow day for pretty much all of Oklahoma!  For an outing, we took the dogs around the block.  We had to bundle up!  I had on seven layers!

 

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“But, I can’t put my arms down!!”

 DSCN4140 DSCN4141 DSCN4146 DSCN4148 Dogs had fun playing, but were shivering when we got inside.

DSCN4150My boyfriend even had some ice frozen in his beard…  You can sort of tell…