tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:36:01 +0000http://sweetliner.blogspot.com/Liner89@gmail.com (Sweet Caroline)Blogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-7338590613847727459Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:43:00 +00002009-10-31T15:43:19.363-07:00 I made these slider packets for my co-workers for Halloween.  I got the idea from My Pink Stamper .  I may do them in a Christmas design in Decemer, with hot chocolate packets!http://sweetliner.blogspot.com/2009/10/treats-not-tricks.htmlLiner89@gmail.com (Sweet Caroline)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-7524993800301294963Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:38:00 +00002009-10-31T15:38:04.748-07:00Last Saturday, we drove about 1hour northwest of here to the city of Rohnert Park, to go to a golf/wedding reception for friends of ours.  Also joining us was our friend, Dana, from Oceanside, who stayed with us last night as she flew in for this quick trip, and Mike, a Seahawks friend of ours from the San Jose area. The bride and groom actually got married on 09-09-09 in a private ceremony in ahttp://sweetliner.blogspot.com/2009/10/fore.htmlLiner89@gmail.com (Sweet Caroline)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-7277259346342708401Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:21:00 +00002009-10-13T23:21:30.931-07:00...and I am not sure how I can be since I stayed in the same time zone all weekend!  This past weekend was my last planned trip up to Seattle for football for the regular season.  Here are some photos of our season of football fun so far: Me on the left with 2 of my closest friends! Mr. Seahawk, PaintedHawk, Kiltman View of the field from our seats - Sea Gals about to perform pre-game http://sweetliner.blogspot.com/2009/10/jet-lagged.htmlLiner89@gmail.com (Sweet Caroline)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-1479707540991400734Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:45:00 +00002009-10-07T23:45:40.939-07:00It has been nice and quiet here so far this week.  My oldest sister, who lives with us, is on a 7-day cruise to Mexico with a chaperoned group of disabled adults.  I have already received 2 email updates from one of the chaperones.  It seems like they are having a great time!   Maybe I will help her put together a scrapbook when she returns. http://sweetliner.blogspot.com/2009/10/quiet-week.htmlLiner89@gmail.com (Sweet Caroline)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-6028920478150347487Sun, 04 Oct 2009 05:40:00 +00002009-10-03T22:40:03.521-07:00I am about to undergo some major changes in my life and, hopefully will post about it soon!  The hubby and I are fine - just very blessed to call him my husband. In other news...I have a new toy - the Cricut Expression.  Here is the description from their website - "Cricut® personal electronic cutters allow you to get amazing creative results with the touch of a button. Cricut machines with the http://sweetliner.blogspot.com/2009/10/new-direction.htmlLiner89@gmail.com (Sweet Caroline)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-1228956515303455251Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:35:00 +00002009-06-28T19:33:51.975-07:00sf zooI have had a lot to blog about but not in the mood to type it all down...lol.Last weekend, we went with our friends and their two boys to the San Francisco Zoo.Here are some photos of my favorites:A friend from Down Under Waiting for Oceanic 815 to arrive:Beautiful Peacock:Giraffe - just hanging out..I.... will.....not....smile.....Happy Feet!Real or plastic?I cannot wait to go to the San Diego http://sweetliner.blogspot.com/2009/06/walk-on-wild-side.htmlLiner89@gmail.com (Sweet Caroline)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-2419467482429844210Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:42:00 +00002009-03-01T23:58:01.210-08:00Today is my 38th birthday. There....I typed it.Hubby and I, along with 12 members of his family drove up to Sonoma today to try a Portuguese restaurant I had heard of but not tried yet. I had joined their email list last year and had read about a promotion they had during the winter called Sopa Sundays. The best way to describe them is from their website - 'Sopas is a classic Portuguese dish http://sweetliner.blogspot.com/2009/03/another-year.htmlLiner89@gmail.com (Sweet Caroline)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-7928427414951927436Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:18:00 +00002009-02-24T19:43:58.892-08:00It's Fat Tuesday and I decided to make malasadas tonight. The last time I made these was in 2000 before hubby and I married. A lot of Portuguese bakeries here in NorCal only make these on special days and today is one of them. I come home for lunch everyday so I decided to make the dough today when I home. I used a recipe that my mother had written on a piece of paper. Next time I make thesehttp://sweetliner.blogspot.com/2009/02/fat-tuesday.htmlLiner89@gmail.com (Sweet Caroline)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-6891765003807629876Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:56:00 +00002009-02-16T13:46:05.165-08:00It has been rainy here all weekend. We really need the rain here in NorCal so it is a welcome sight. Hubby and I have had a quiet weekend. Yesterday he gave me candy in the morning and then he was off to soccer practice. Then for dinner he cooked pasta (gluten free so I could eat it). We went out to dinner on Friday night because we knew that the restaurants would be packed yesterday.I have the http://sweetliner.blogspot.com/2009/02/rainy-valentines-weekend.htmlLiner89@gmail.com (Sweet Caroline)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-3453456310612099655Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:57:00 +00002009-01-09T19:10:06.165-08:00You would think since hubby is a photographer, I would get first dibs at the photos he takes when we travel. I had to snag the one below from someone else....lol.: This was taken at our new friend's house (Max). I am in the 2nd row, far right. This is actually a photo that I don't think I look completely awful in. Hubby is in the 2nd row - far left...lol...and no, not sure why we did not stand http://sweetliner.blogspot.com/2009/01/photo-from-arizona.htmlLiner89@gmail.com (Sweet Caroline)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-7881197201365116370Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:43:00 +00002009-01-02T17:26:26.012-08:00I am in the midst of enjoying a 4-day holiday weekend. Last weekend we were in Arizona for the Seahawks game versus the Cardinals. We initially flew to Orange County on Christmas Day night and stayed with our friend in Oceanside. She rented a car (Durango) and 6 of us drove to the Phoenix area - her, her boyfriend, his twin 16-year old sons, hubby and me. Great weather (a bit chilly in the a.m.http://sweetliner.blogspot.com/2009/01/happy-2009.htmlLiner89@gmail.com (Sweet Caroline)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-8065342040337662736Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:44:00 +00002008-11-12T22:41:22.942-08:00My mother died of a form of cancer called Multiple Myeloma 7 years ago today here at home....right in this room, which is now my office. She was only 7o when she passed. She found out only a few months before that she had cancer. The title of my subject is actually the title of a song that I first heard near the end of 2001. I was watching the television show 'Ally McBeal' and saw then newcomer http://sweetliner.blogspot.com/2008/11/to-where-you-are.htmlLiner89@gmail.com (Sweet Caroline)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-4594806792622695420Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:07:00 +00002008-11-08T15:26:46.113-08:00 Well, hubby is being the jetsetter today and I was his shuttle to the airport. I took my camera with me, thinking I would make a quick stop to the Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland but realized the batteries were dead - so no photos with this post. On our way to the airport, we had to stop by the medical clinic for hubby's TB test certificate. He is volunteering to be the goalkeeper coach for http://sweetliner.blogspot.com/2008/11/taking-break.htmlLiner89@gmail.com (Sweet Caroline)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-235642121807196565Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:26:00 +00002008-11-07T19:33:01.914-08:00This is what I am looking at to the right of my desk here: This pile is what I see each day and I am FINALLY getting tired of seeing it.....lol. I will be hubby-free for most of the weekend so my project is to get this room straightened out!Hopefully I will have an 'after' photo on Sunday.http://sweetliner.blogspot.com/2008/11/i-need-to-clean.htmlLiner89@gmail.com (Sweet Caroline)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-8252715071116181755Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:22:00 +00002008-10-29T23:40:16.044-07:00It's Wednesday night and I am finally recuperating from the busy football weekend! Our Seahawks came to the Bay Area to take on the Niners - and the Seahawks got a much needed win!On Saturday night, hubby and I put on the annual pre-tailgate dinner and party at the Hotel. This was also the same hotel the team was staying at - and, yes this was pre-planned!On Sunday, we headed out to Candlestick http://sweetliner.blogspot.com/2008/10/recuperating.htmlLiner89@gmail.com (Sweet Caroline)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-7557507611805290625Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:55:00 +00002008-10-22T00:05:46.971-07:00....and had cookies tonight. I am in full stress mode for our Booster club event this weekend. I have been making buttons for 2 nights! I just fell into my old pattern of stress eating. I was not even really hungry - just needed a break and I headed straight to the kitchen. Hubby and his sweet tooth bought pre-packaged cookies from the store. Argh! I am telling him to keep all of his goodies in http://sweetliner.blogspot.com/2008/10/i-cheated.htmlLiner89@gmail.com (Sweet Caroline)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-526967499806001262Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:41:00 +00002008-10-17T00:48:49.685-07:00Ok...I should be in bed. I woke up at 7:13 am on Thursday morning and I leave for work at 7:15am!We are still trying to nail down a guest speaker for our Seahawks booster club event next weekend. I am not sure why this is such an issue this year. After the fiasco last year (that will be another post some day) we would have hoped that our problems were solved this year with our group staying at http://sweetliner.blogspot.com/2008/10/random-thoughts.htmlLiner89@gmail.com (Sweet Caroline)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-911536490337731748Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:50:00 +00002008-10-16T00:06:03.779-07:00Hubby and I spent a our weekend up in Seattle - leaving here on Saturday and returning home on Sunday night after the Seahawks game. On Saturday night, we went with and met friends at a casino in Tacoma to listen and watch our friend's band perform in the night club there. With my hubby being the photographer, you would think I would have a lot of photos to post but not of this weekend. And thenhttp://sweetliner.blogspot.com/2008/10/mid-week-update.htmlLiner89@gmail.com (Sweet Caroline)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-6907333087642187080Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:21:00 +00002008-10-05T22:36:29.571-07:00As of this morning, I have lost a total of 12 lbs. Yesterday was an official "cleanse" day - where I mix "their" liquid with water and drink it 4 times a day. There are no shakes or real food on these days. Hubby's month of it is almost over, though. I warned him not to start bringing junk food in the house. He tends to have a sweet tooth and would sometimes bake a pan of brownies, and eat 3/4 ofhttp://sweetliner.blogspot.com/2008/10/weekend-update.htmlLiner89@gmail.com (Sweet Caroline)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-1398705869000157368Sun, 28 Sep 2008 04:36:00 +00002008-09-27T23:07:26.379-07:00Back in June, I blogged about having a booth at the Dia de Portugal Festival. Thru that festival, I found a group called the San Pedro Association. They are a group near Sacramento, Calfornia who is dedicated to the preservation of the Madeiran Portuguese culture and history. Since both of my parents were born in Madeira, I knew I had to join. A lot of the Portuguese groups and festas here in thehttp://sweetliner.blogspot.com/2008/09/madeira-heritage-day.htmlLiner89@gmail.com (Sweet Caroline)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-7887935288410523266Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:46:00 +00002008-09-25T22:49:36.005-07:00Tonight was my appointment with my chiropractor. She did some aligning to my neck and shoulders and as always after an appointment with her, I feel great! She also perform a cold laser treatment on me. I found this information online on what cold laser treatment is: http://www.coldlaser.net/light.html The treatment, known as "cold" laser therapy or low-level laser therapy (LLLT), has been used http://sweetliner.blogspot.com/2008/09/feeling-clean.htmlLiner89@gmail.com (Sweet Caroline)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-2753791043803903879Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:43:00 +00002008-09-21T21:57:39.173-07:00No this is not like The Purge on LOST....lol. About 3 weeks ago, I had my first appointment at a holistic chiropractor that specializes in infertility patients. Hubby has a photography friend who had infertility issues like us and went thru 3 IVFs with no success. Then they went to this doctor and did her program and was successful on their next one. So, besides the chiropractic aligning I http://sweetliner.blogspot.com/2008/09/cleanse.htmlLiner89@gmail.com (Sweet Caroline)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-937187745095910844Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:54:00 +00002008-09-20T18:28:07.859-07:00Hubby and I belong to an online Seahawks fan forum where we call each other Family. Each year a Family Reunion weekend is planned on the weekend of a home game - usually the home opener. This year's Reunion was last weekend in Seattle - with the game vs. the SF Forty Niners. On the Friday night, we met at King Street Bar and Oven for a Kick-Off Party, where our friend's band, Soulfish, played. http://sweetliner.blogspot.com/2008/09/family-reunion-2008.htmlLiner89@gmail.com (Sweet Caroline)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-6044484443446075402Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:45:00 +00002008-08-30T13:13:47.932-07:00I just realized I have not blogged about our trip to the Giants game. On Tuesday, August 19, we went to see the SF Giants play.We had a fun time - despite the home team losing. Andy (our friend from Edmonton), Hubby and I took the train (BART for those of you who know the Bay Area) to San Francisco and met Mike, his buddy, Vance, his wife and children and Darcey at the game. We all became friendshttp://sweetliner.blogspot.com/2008/08/irish-heritage.htmlLiner89@gmail.com (Sweet Caroline)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-3759518987512179792Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:27:00 +00002008-08-27T22:18:10.822-07:00Hubby and I returned yesterday from our long weekend in the San Diego area for the Seahawks vs. Chargers pre-season game.We stayed with our good friend, Dana, in Oceanside. Also staying at Casa Dana were our friends, Rich from Colorado and Andy from Edmonton, Canada.The rest of Saturday was spent unpacking and resting at Dana's while we figured out what to do for the rest of the day. Andy was http://sweetliner.blogspot.com/2008/08/back-from-socal.htmlLiner89@gmail.com (Sweet Caroline)2