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Dueling laptops...<div align="center"><font size="4">This is what Angie and I do when we get together....<br />
<img height="338" width="450" src="http://www.bellacountry.com/blog/1/custom/Misc Pictures 2009 003.jpg" alt="" /><br />
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We sit side by side with our twin laptops. <br />
<font size="2">(matching laptops not planned)</font></font></div>
http://www.bellacountry.com/blog/1/2009/05/Dueling-laptops.cfm
2009-05-23T19:13:50-07:00Kal's Blog,MiscWelcome to the Northwest<div align="center"><font size="4">It's a crazy world here. My last post was one week ago today. It was snowing buckets!</font><br />
Please look back at the pic.<br />
<font size="4">So this was yesterday...</font><br />
<img height="188" width="250" src="http://www.bellacountry.com/blog/1/custom/img097.jpg" alt="" /><br />
<font size="4">Can you read it? That is the temp thingy in my car. Yep... in one week we go from snow to the 80's. The weather man says 84 today!<br />
Bring it on! I'm so ready!</font></div>
http://www.bellacountry.com/blog/1/2009/04/Welcome-to-the-Northwest.cfm
2009-04-21T12:19:39-07:00Kal's Blog,Misc,Kal's BlogThis is getting out of hand!<div align="center"><font size="4">This is what was waiting for us this morning...</font><br />
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<font size="4">This is looking out the front doors of my office.<br />
HELLO.... It's April</font><br />
This is getting old. I am wearing capris and sandals today.<br />
<font size="5">I WANT SPRING!!!!<br />
<font size="1">That was me throwing a fit.<br />
I'm done now.</font></font></div>
http://www.bellacountry.com/blog/1/2009/04/This-is-getting-out-of-hand.cfm
2009-04-14T16:51:08-07:00Kal's Blog,Misc,Kal's Blog,Kal's BlogHappy St. Patricks Day<div align="center">Happy St. Patricks Day!<font size="4"><br />
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I hope you wore green today!<br />
I made green cupcakes early this morning.<br />
<img height="480" width="640" src="http://www.bellacountry.com/blog/1/custom/img064.jpg" alt="" /><br />
<font size="2">Sorry about the bad picture. Its from my phone. My counter tops are not really pink. The sun was shining through my red curtains.<br />
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I bought these for my desk....<br />
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I could not help it. They called for me.<br />
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http://www.bellacountry.com/blog/1/2009/03/Happy-St-Patricks-Day.cfm
2009-03-17T12:29:06-07:00Kal's Blog,Misc,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's BlogOh My<link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Ckal%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<p align="center">Please meet Bitsy. Our not so itsy Bitsy, (she has a bit of a weight issue). Quite possibly the most precious, spoiled dog ever. She gets treated better than some children. <br />
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<p align="center">You don’t want to get me started.</p>
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<div align="center"><img height="225" width="300" alt="" src="http://www.bellacountry.com/blog/1/custom/Fall 08 040.jpg" /></div>
http://www.bellacountry.com/blog/1/2009/03/Oh-My.cfm
2009-03-16T14:23:00-07:00Kal's Blog,Misc,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's BlogRoad Trip<link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Ckal%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<p>This weekend we decided to go on a road trip. Both of our kids had plans so the Mr and I went on a big adventure. We headed over the snowy pass to Seattle. Maybe not the smartest move in early spring. But oh well... We forged ahead.</p>
<p>When our kids were little we used to call road trips Big Adventures.<br />
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<p>This was our first stop on our Big Adventure! ;-) Call me happy! The Coach outlet!!!<br />
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<p align="center">Oh my; the beauty within. This was my first visit to any Coach store. They are some wonderful purses in there. Even at an outlet it was still really expensive. (I’m pretty cheap) But I did walk out with this little number.</p>
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Our next stop was... <br />
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Seattle. <br />
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<p> I love to walk around , but I really love to people watch. </p>
<p>You could show up in your pj’s and not brush your hair and you still wouldn’t be the weirdo. You really see all kinds there.</p>
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<div>We started here….</div>
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<div>Look at just a few of the things for sale. </div>
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<p>They have everything from fresh fruits and vegetables to flowers and handmades. But the thing is everything is just gorgeous. The vendors do a great job in displays.</p>
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<p>This is the first Starbucks; I really wanted to go inside. So did the other 90,000 people there that day. We couldn’t even get in the door. I am not known for being patient, so we just enjoyed the view of the sign. </p>
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We had a really fun day. It seems like every time we attempt a Big Adventure it really turns into a real adventure. We had a heck of a time getting back, it was SNOWING so hard. More to come about our Big Adventure in Seattle later.<br />
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<div align="center">Happy Hump Day! <br />
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Be Simple~Be Genuine~Behave!<br />
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http://www.bellacountry.com/blog/1/2009/03/Road-Trip.cfm
2009-03-11T11:10:00-07:00Kal's Blog,Misc,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Road TripsComing Soon!<div align="center">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="4">Working on posting a recipe. The Pioneer Woman’s Caesar Salad. Oh my!</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="4"> It is Fabulous</font>!</span></p>
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http://www.bellacountry.com/blog/1/2009/03/Coming-Soon.cfm
2009-03-05T20:04:24-07:00Kal's Blog,Misc,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Road Trips,Kal's BlogCups in the mini-van<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">There once was a lovely young-ish wife and mother. We can call her princess, she doesn’t mind. Princess drives a mid-level mini van, that she totally loves. It may not be right for everyone to drive a mini van. Some people have issues driving one, but the princess loves hers.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="justify">Princess enjoyed a good cup of coffee in the morning on her ride to the office each and every day. It was part of her routine. One Saturday morning the grumpy, grouchy Prince went to serve himself a cup of steaming hot caffeine. Well the Prince <strike>screamed</strike> asked where in the world are all of the coffee cups were. There are none in the cabinet … none in the sink. The princess innocently pretends she did not hear him and goes about reading her paper, using the lone coffee cup she was able to <strike>dig up</strike> find that morning. </div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The Prince and the Princess have 2 <strike>mouthy</strike> lovely teenagers. The male teenager pips up with “ Dad I know where they are”…. The conversation goes as follows….</div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Prince: Where are they son?</div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Male Teenager: There are in Mom’s van</div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Prince: All of them</div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Male Teenager: Yep</div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Prince: No Way.. All of them?</div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Male Teenager: All of them!</div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">And to prove his point the <strike>brat</strike> lovely male teenager promptly went out and collected 19 coffee cups from the van that the princess drives.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> The princess then heard something about being responsible, and if you’re going to take coffee for the drive you need to bring the cups back in the house when you get home in the evening. But she doesn’t recall much. After 20 years with the prince she has developed a wonderful skill of tuning him out.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Needless to say the grumpy, grouchy prince was not very pleased with his princess that morning. And the princess was not very pleased with the teenage boy who sold her out.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">All the princess had to say was… Huh… No wonder the van makes clinking and clunking noises when I turn corners.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">FYI….. That baby will hold a lot of <strike>crap</strike> treasures.</div>
http://www.bellacountry.com/blog/1/2009/03/Cups-in-the-minivan.cfm
2009-03-05T05:58:00-07:00Kal's Blog,Misc,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Road Trips,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,ConfessionsHoly Cow! What a game!<p align="center"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">Like I have a clue. I was to busy eating and catching up on blogs. I just heard the Mr. say what a good game it was. I just needed a reason to get together with freinds. <img alt="" src="/blog/FCKeditor/editor/images/smiley/msn/regular_smile.gif" /></font></p>
http://www.bellacountry.com/blog/1/2009/02/Holy-Cow-What-a-game.cfm
2009-02-01T20:41:58-07:00Kal's Blog,Misc,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Road Trips,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Confessions,Kal's BlogHello World 2<p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">Let me introduce myself, I am Angie. Kal and I decided to start this web site just for fun and here we are. We only had to wait an entire year for it but you get what you pay for I guess. We got our web site for free thanks to the love of my life. It did turn out really great thanks to his very talented web programmer Jim. A shout out to JIM!! Anyway Kal (and not as often I) will be blogging about our lives here in our small town. We will try to inspire you with our ideas on the site and share our laughter on the blog, like our hero Timi. So here's to blogging...</font> </p>
http://www.bellacountry.com/blog/1/2009/02/Hello-World-2.cfm
2009-02-01T16:44:29-07:00Kal's Blog,Misc,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Road Trips,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Confessions,Kal's Blog,Kal's BlogHello...My name is Kal and I'm a coffee junkie!<p align="center"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">Yes you heard me ~ I am admitting it I am a <strike>coffee </strike>caffeine junkie! I am trying to get better, but it is a struggle. I am addicted to coffee & diet pepsi. I am so into my coffee that I designated a special corner of my kitchen just for coffee. I got the idea from the Farm Chicks on their blog. It was so cute I had to try it!</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">Well I was going to post a picture of my little coffee area, but I can't figure out how to post a <strike>stupid</strike> picture. Oh well, I will post it later.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">So that is my confession for the day. I am a caffeine JUNKIE! And my name is Kal. Exuse me while I go refill my cup.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">Happy Saturday! I hope everyone has a great, restful weekend!</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">Be Simple~Be Genuine~Behave</font></p>
http://www.bellacountry.com/blog/1/2009/01/38.HelloMy-name-is-Kal-and-Im-a-coffee-junkie.cfm
2009-01-31T17:06:31-07:00Kal's Blog,Misc,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Road Trips,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Confessions,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,CoffeeHello Big Beautiful Blogging World!!!<p align="center"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Welcome to our blogs!!!!! </font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Comic Sans MS">My name is Kal, and I have been lurking and reading blogs for a while now. I am so excited about becoming a fellow blogger!! The other blogger you will hear from here is my great friend Angie.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Comic Sans MS">To start let me tell you a bit about myself...</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Comic Sans MS">I am in my mid 30's. Happily married to my best friend. I have 2 great kids. I love, love, love, spending time with my family. We hang out alot. I love to go junking, and treasure hunting at second hand stores. I start my day with a great cup of coffee & the paper. I end my days with prayers of thankfulness. My life is truly blessed.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Comic Sans MS">I have lived in the same small town, (Wa. state) my entire life. My kids attend the same schools I did. I am so lucky to raise my kids here. We live in a town where everybody knows everybody. And the older folks still ask " Who do you belong to?"</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Please bear with me while I get used to this fabolous blog world. I hope I don't bore you right out of your socks. I'm looking forward to making friends. Please feel free to leave a comment or contact me on e-mail.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Comic Sans MS">I can't wait to get started!!!</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Be Simple~Be Genuine~Behave!</font></p>
http://www.bellacountry.com/blog/1/2009/01/Hello-Big-Beautiful-Blogging-World.cfm
2009-01-27T20:31:33-07:00Kal's Blog,Misc,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Road Trips,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Confessions,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Coffee,Kal's BlogIt's TuesdayHello World
http://www.bellacountry.com/blog/1/2009/01/Its-Tuesday.cfm
2009-01-27T07:59:12-07:00Kal's Blog,Misc,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Road Trips,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Confessions,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog,Coffee,Kal's Blog,Kal's Blog