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oh hello hangover.
well, it’s not that bad. I need some breakfast and then I’ll rally. Plus that bottle of perseco that Price is opening up as I type well be awesome.
Saw Hunger Games last night with Pricer and Emily. Then we had to have Zuni Rolls and drinks at Parish Cafe. Dinner lasted 3 1/2 hours. amazing.
Price is taking us on the Whale Watch today!!!! More on that to come.
And Hey Em…
From a Tweet to Tumblr to a blog…
I saw a link on Twitter about “What Happens in an Internet Minute” from @NPRnews, which brought me to their Tumblr site. That original artcle was from an Intel’s Inside Scoop blog. hop hop hop!!
These numbers are interesting and frightening. I can’t believe that we are this connected, but in some ways I am glad that we are. I love discovering new links. I love discovering something new. I am so glad that I have created this time suck blog. It has given me the opportunity to try new things and meet new people.
It’s a small world after all.
Just Because….
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So just an average insane day at work. Crazy things happening left and right and then I get this email from my best friend Emily.
“Hey! So I’ve been home with the nastiest cold, ever. I had to take tylenol cold twice last night to get to sleep. Anyway, so this morning I’m pretty sure that stuff made me trip balls because I had the WEIRDEST dream with you in it. We were at some weird craft fair (typical) and there was this Greek style of candle that you really really wanted. You had one from Greece but it broke or something and you were really upset about it so you wanted another but the one that had left didn’t look right. They offered to make you another one on the spot and mail it to you. It was called a “margarine” candle but it required five cups of your blood to make… one cup of blue blood and four cups of red. The blue blood came from holding a flame next to your thumb until a blue liquid came out that the woman showed us you could use as ink… Then the four cups of regular blood just came from your thumb so it took you forever and you had to drink like 10 juice boxes to keep from fainting. You asked me to take photos of the process for your blog and I kept getting dizzy. In the end, they made you your uglyass candle that looked like a gnome made of butter. You were thrilled.
What the fucking the hell, Tylenol Cold. NEVER AGAIN!”
LOL!!!! I read this over and over at my desk cracking up. Definitely the best thing to break up my day.
Happy Hump Day!
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Woke up from a nap, checked twitter and saw Whitney Houston died. What the hell is going on? She was just 48. crazy. too soon.
Such an amazing song to sing really loudly in the car. I suggest you do it if you have not done it recently.
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I almost canned this post. I was 75% done with it and midnight struck on New Year’s and I was ‘late’ posting it. I was pretty close to just deleting it but I decided to keep it after a conversation with Price about all the great things we did this year. It was a rough year for me because of a lot of things happening and changing in my life but Price was there to support me. Once again he put things into perspective as we talked about the things we hope to accomplish in 2012, and all the things we did accomplish and have fun with in 2011.
I suggest you all look back on the year to either smile in reflection or just say the year sucked and move forward to 2012 to make it kick ass.
As with every January, the month started off really well because Price and I celebrated our 6th anniversary. After that all hell broke loose and I turned another year older and Jack Frost decided to shit all over the Northeast and bury us in storm after storm. It made dream of moving South.
 
Enjoyed Montreal for the New Year and for our 6th anniversary! Recaps: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4
Finally tried East Coast Grill’s Hell Night with the (defunct) Mystery Meet group.
We went to the launch party of Boston Food Bloggers
I turned 26!
Saw Ian Axel perform
Dealt with a lot of snow!
Shared recipes for: Pasta with Spinach and Eggs, Maple Walnut Oatmeal Cookies, Light Cheddar Broccoli Soup, Mexicasian TacosÂ
And shared some fun scrapbooking, including this favorite of mine documenting Em’s 24th birthday
This was a rough month for my personally. I think I just kept myself going by staying busy so I went to event after event whenever I had the chance. At least I got to have a fun time at them and share them with you.
Em and I went to Satan’s Kingdom! (one of the most popular posts of the year)
Went to some great events including: The First Annual Burrito Bowl, a Red Velvet themed fundraising event, a rum tasting at the Urban Grape, and a circus themed Yelp party at Towne
Attended my first Boston Brunchers event
I participated in a Valentines Craft Swap, but never got anything in return from my partner! whomp womp!
Shared recipes for: Jalapeno Popper Dip, Cheesecake Cookie Bars
I did some scrapbooking, including this layout I scrapbooked of my niece’s first Christmas
 
I got some Happy Mail!
I attended my first professional hockey game by seeing the Bruins play
Took a cooking class with one of my favorite chefs ever
Celebrated our friend Chris’ birthday!
Ranted about group checks and how people are rude about not covering their meals
Had Price’s fam in town for a weekend
We went to SkyZone for the 2nd time but this time we went with some friends to jump around
I did a lot of scrapbooking this month! I posted 6 layouts, including this one about going to The Cape, and the start of my 26 in 26 book
I didn’t share any recipes… the hell?!?!?
I had to accept a few tough things this month. The month started off really shitty. But you have to grow up and deal with things that you don’t always want to. Most of all you realize that you need to take care of people at times, even when you really don’t want to. Crap happens when you have things planned and you just need to deal with it.
took apart an entertainment center
I burned the crap out of my hand.
Woke up with a leak which ruined our weekend plans
Enjoyed this shopping market experience.
Watched Gone with the Wind… it was the first time for Pricer.
Had a crappy brunch
The recipes I shared during April: Oreo Chocolate Chip Cookies, Sausage Meatball Subs, an How To: Cheeseburger Cake, Mini Cadbury Cream Egg Brownies
Posted several scrapbooking layouts, including this one I made from Kelly Purkey’s Sketchbook 3 Day 1 sketch.
 
I am not one to believe in fate but there are really times when things happen for a reason. I won a month of free lunches from a food truck and by saving money on my lunches I was able to help out a friend in need. pay it forward
Enjoyed this Obama moment.
I went to CKC for the 2nd time
went back home for mother’s day
joined pinterest
I got to hold baby duckies!!
went to a burrito event
saw Ian Axel again!
Had my debit card info stolen. A-hole
got keys for our new place!!!!!!
Shared the recipe for Strawberry Mint Ice Cream
This month was crazy. Having your life in boxes makes you crazy. but in the end it was worth it. I needed the change of a new apartment. We were both so tired of living in that apartment, dealing with our landlord, and tired of the commute. As much it was terrifying to move from a comfy 2 bedroom to a 1 bedroom it was the best thing for us.Â
WE MOVED OUT!!!!
Saw a movie shooting At Faneiul Hall
Saw NKOTBSB!!!!!!!!!! Recap #1, Recap #2
Had dinner at Top of the Hub with Natalie and Jason
While out for Natalie and Jason’s good bye party we saw Bruins win the Stanley Cup!
Went back home for father’s day
I bought a new camera! A Nikon 3100 DSLR!!! We took it for a spin on the first day of summer!
The apartment started to take shape once I got my crafting station!
Saw Lenka in concert!
Posted the recipe for Slow Roasted Tomatoes
We started to get settled in the new place. Still a lot to tackle but it was good just to be there. Of course there was constant construction at night on the major road next to our apartment so there were a few times I wanted to lock myself in the bathroom and scream for moving, but those moments passed, as did the construction. I missed Pricer when he went back home for a week, but at least it was not like last summer with him gone for the majority of it.
Fourth of July was spent back with Pricer’s family. We had such a great time watching fireworks on the lake and enjoying time with the boys riding their bikes
Shared some pictures of the amazing flowers on our street
Had a fantastic brunch
Bought some beautiful sunflowers
Went to Brimfield for the 3rd time
Attended Techmunch!
Wen ton a tour of America’s Test Kitchen
Posted recipes for Guacamole and Mexican Style Hot Dogs
Ended the month with a weekend in Greenwich/NYC. We saw Linny from the today show and walked all over, including The Highline
After a scrappin’ dry spell I finally posted a layout about the 1st day of summer
 
It’s silly really but this summer took some adjusting to. We always would spend our summers on the boat and this was the first year not on the boat. Shit it was the first year in as long as I can remember that I was on my dad or step dad’s boat for weekends. Change sucks sometimes.
Held a book swap in my office, that I organized
Price and I went to a guacamole themed event. A-mazing!
A long weekend in Maine.
Price owled
Weekend back home to celebrate lots of birthdays
Recipes for the month: Waffle Ice Cream Sandwiches and Gazpacho.
Scrapbooked pictures of my niece that I took for her 7th month
I really enjoyed September because Price and I got to celebrate his birthday and go on vacation. It was a busy month since I was at work a lot trying to get ahead and then catch up from out trip but it was totally worth it. I’m proud of my project and of the fun times we had together.
Saw Sara Bareilles in concert
Made a HUGE batch of marinara sauce with 50 pounds of tomatoes
showed how to start a photo collage
Celebrated my mom’s birthday.
Crazy beautiful sunset
ZORBING!!!!!!!!!
We went to Charlotte! Recap #1, Recap #2, Recap #3, Recap #4
Attended the first Yelp wedding
Went to a pizza party
Celebrated Price’s birthday!
Shared about myself A-Z.
Recipes included  Blueberry Lemonade, Insalata Caprese, California Chicken Salad, and Steamed Mussels Dinner.
Scrapped the how we celebrated the 4th of july.
 
One of my dreams came true… I was able to attend Spark: The Event. I had a great time with my mom. It will be one of those vacations that I never forget.Â
Went to the IIDA Boston 2011 Fashion show and we won and award!!! It was such a great time! Photos and Videos
We went apple picking
Went to Boston Brunchers’ First Birthday Bash!
I went to SPARK!!!!!!!! Recaps: Day #1, Day #2
Mom and I had a great photo shoot together.
Halloween storm. We didn’t celebrate Halloween this year but we celebrated my neice’s first birthday. busy, long, great day
Made French Vanilla Peach Pie, Caprese Bites, Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
I made one of my favorite layout of all year. Loved making it and the end result!
 
I kept going and going this month because I wanted to do NaBoPoMo. I got pretty close to posting every day but near the end it was a struggle and I didn’t want to just force it because there is no fun in that. It became a struggle near the end as my project as work completed phase 1. I was so excited about it but it was a lot of work- Thanksgiving’s 4 day break could not have come fast enough.
I hosted 3 fantastic giveaways during the month! I was so happy I was able to share some great cocktail recipes and giveaways with everyone!
Went out for Date Night
‘Celebrated’ 11.11.11 at 11.11
Our rabbit Jack has S.A.D! Poor Mr. Mellow Yellow.
Pricer’s friend Cooper celebrated the Big 3-0!
I shared with you the HILARIOUS ‘Guy on a Buffalo’ videos.
We went back to see Price’s family to celebrate Tday a little early. We had a blast with his nephews!
Thanksgiving was laid back for us. We stayed at home and really enjoyed that it was so relaxing.
We went out for Black Friday! We got new tires for our car and saved a boat load of money!
This was a booze month with 2 cocktail recipes! I made Pom Vivant and Aqua de Valencia. I also shared some food! I posted Healthy Pumpkin Pie Milkshakes, Scallop Salad, Apple Pie Trifle, Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes with an Oreo Cookie Crust, Buffalo Chicken Pizza, Vegetable Enchiladas, Sweet Potato and Butternut Squash Hash.
Did some scrapin’! I posted this layout about Donuts. 🙂
 
I was not in the Christmas Spirit this year. I could not have cared less about it. Price was such a good sport dealing with me as I wandered around stores as he did the shopping. I love him so much as he dealt with my Grinch moods.Â
Stared Dec Daily but that fell flat on it’s face when I dropped my Instax camera and knocked the lifter out of alignment and ruined my film for the rest of the month. I had to resort to using regular film. Bah hum bug!
Natalie stayed with us for a week!
Saw Mr. Harry Potter himself on Broadway!
Made home made gift tags at the very last minute.
Price and I were glad we moved to Newton when we saw Giant Santa!
Christmas! It’s not Christmas without Baby Jesus in a Bubble!
I joined Improv Recipe Club and shared the recipe I created for Eggnog and Cranberry Bread Pudding!
Did lots of cooking and posted some M&M recipes: Chocolate Chocolate Mint Cookies and Cinnamon M&M Oatmeal Cookies. I also shared Fried Eggs and Bacon, Lemon Ginger Marmalade, Big Blue Cocktail Shrimp Sriracha Stir Fry, and Biscoff Muddy Buddies.
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I’m so excited to be able to wrap this year up with a giveaway for you! I have been been given the opportunity to thank you by visiting my blog. I write and photograph because I enjoy it, but having you all visit and comment means the world to me. With the new year I hope to continue to grow myself and the blog so feel free to comment and let me know what you think!
So the important stuff… the giveaway!! I have to give to you a Cumberland Farms coffee package. I have grown up with Cumby’s so I am glad to be able to share it with you. The 70+ year old Cumberland Farms has rebranded themselves this past year and I think their new look and approach is great. They have always been our local stop for quick things like when we ran out of milk but now they have a great new store design (the architect in me loves the new look of the stores!), products, and coffee.
In addition to the package I have to giveaway, I get to share with you that Cumberland Farms is also offering free coffee on New Year’s Eve at participating stores (excluding those Cumberland Farms stores that serve Dunkin’ Donuts coffee). Free coffee will be available starting at 5:00 pm (to help you party through the night!). Free coffee on NYE is an annual tradition for Cumberland Farms and their way of giving back to the communities they are in.
note the chaos on my desk at work… coffee to save the day!
The package you win includes a pound of their Farmhouse Fresh coffee, a insulted reusable travel cup, and 2 coupons for in store coffee.
How to win??
Required: Leave me a comment telling me your New Year’s resolution.
Bonus Comments:
1) Follow me on Twitter, @iamahoneybee, come back and leave me a comment telling me you did
2) Follow Cumberland Farm’s on Twitter @cumberlandfarms, come back and leave me a comment telling me you did
3) Tweet the following: “I want to win a @cumberlandfarms farmhouse blends coffee package from @iamahoneybee ! http://wp.me/pzEAP-1Lx” , come back and leave me a comment telling me you did
The giveaway runs from now to 12/31/11 at 11.59pm!
 
One of our Christmas traditions is to drive by this house. It’s in the next town over from us. It’s on a dead end but on the corner of a busy road so we spotted it one year while looking for lights and since then we go back and photograph it.
What’s the appeal? Baby Jesus in a Bubble!
When we first stumbled across this house the nativity set was the only thing being protected. The set up was minimal but it was no less grand being protected in a structure that was slapped together and looked horrible. Since then they have added to the lawn display and crafted a much finer plastic structure to protect Baby Jesus. We started calling that house ‘the Baby Jesus in a Bubble House’ to reference to the 1970’s made-for-TV movie starting John Travolta.
This tiny house has it all from lights in the tree to decorations on the porch roof to eight of these frosty’s.
But what… the hell??!?!? WHERE IS JESUS?!?!?!
Christmas just aint right this year!
I’m not into blogging today.
Typically, I will come home and jump on the computer and finish a post, or I’ll get up early and do one. But this week has felt all off to me. It’s a short week at work so you would think I would have more energy but I think I’m checked out already even though I am busy (and still productive). So I think I’m mentally checked out of blogging for today. I have plenty of things planned, but the thought of pluggin in my SD card to retrieve photos, edit them, write a post, and blah blah blah has me want to crawl under the covers. So that it what I am going to do now, relax on the sofa and watch DVR’s Grimm and post something with substance tomorrow.
Because it’s my blog and I’ll do what I want. Thank.You.Very.Much.
So Emily shared this with Price, then he shared it with me, and now I share with you.
Watch in this order. Enjoy!
You’re welcome…
Our studio* holds weekly Thursday morning meetings so that we can touch base to see what projects have just issued or ones that have bug deadlines coming up so that we can let people know why 1) people looked crazed and stressed and 2) if any help can be recruited (so there is less of #1). We share different TedTalks, webinars, and articles about what is happening in design.
Today’s video was Everything is a Remix Part 3.
It’s about the process of creativity. Instead of me writing out all the highlights for you to point out why you should watch it, I’ll cut this post short in hopes that you will just take a few minutes and watch it. Trust me, it’s pretty cool.
Enjoy!
*A division at work that focuses on workplace architecture and design
Pricer and I have been together for about 7 yrs. The majority of all these years were spent juggling work, school, and our relationship. It was a lot of work but, I think, in the end made us stronger. But here we are out of school and we slipped into the routine of going home and lounging around. We do plenty of things, we are almost always too busy for our own good, but it seems the dating part of our relationship started to slipped.
Well, tonight we went to an event and after a few rapid fire drinks, and not enough food to compensate, we headed over a few blocks to get some dinner.
An impulse brought us to a hot dog place. Nothing special. Just a $12 dinner. But it was perfect. We had a chance to talk, to interact across from each other, instead of sitting on the sofa while eating dinner. The dinner was not filled with heavy anticipation, or cost, to make it a big deal and stress us out. It was relaxed and fun. We talked about all random things, including twitter which had me laughing to much that I was crying.
It makes me realize that we just need to take a bit of time to get off the sofa and have fun because it’s always worth it. We are worth it.
What do you do on date night?
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