tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48047974288078423732011-11-24T11:50:51.912-08:00A mix of crafts, Seahawks, my Portuguese heritage and just life in general....Sweet Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12142943867886616464noreply@blogger.comBlogger301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-90767771101996080112011-09-05T13:29:00.000-07:002011-09-05T20:12:17.610-07:00

I finally found some time to make more cards: The flower in the card above made with Stampin' Up Build a Blossom Stamp set and punch.  I ordered the Stampin' Up from here. The flower above is made from a technique called quilling.I love it!  Some samples below: 

Sweet Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12142943867886616464noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-22356595215613917502011-05-25T18:22:00.000-07:002011-05-25T18:22:19.240-07:00

Today is Gummy's 1st Birthday! It is hard to believe that this picture was taken 1 year ago. We love you little guy!

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I made another no-sew fleece blanket this past week.  Looks spring-y.

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 No-sew fleece blanket I am not sure how the picture above keeps looking sideways. Back in November 2010, I learned how to make those cozy looking no-sew fleece blankets. I love them!   Valentine Treats I have used my Cricut Expression to make some Valentine treats.  I am practicing for when I have to make a large amount of them for when Gummy (that is my current nickname for

Sweet Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12142943867886616464noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-79538769866947593782011-01-01T18:56:00.000-08:002011-01-01T18:59:34.223-08:00

It is now Day 1 of 2011.  I am a mom to a wonderful 7 month old baby boy and hubby and I just celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary.  Our gift to each other is a personal trainer!  We found one that will come to our home. I turn 40 years old in exactly 2 months.  It's time for my life to begin now! :) November 2010 - Go Seahawks!

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After 10 years in the making, baby boy has arrived!! He was due July 9 but born early on May 25 - weighing 5 lbs, 1oz.  He spent 4 weeks in the NICU and just came home last Tuesday.  At today's weight appointment with his pediatrician, he now weighs 7 lbs, 9 oz.  If I was going to go to term with this pregnancy, I would have had a c-section, since he was on track to being a big baby.  Since he

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The movements have been stronger, almost to the point where I cannot concentrate at work!  I have started cleaning out the spare room, which has been the computer/storage room.  We have decided on a theme - which did not take much time to decide.  It will be a Seattle Seahawks themed room.  I am becoming more and more excited as each weeks passes.  My guard is not totally down yet but feeling

Sweet Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12142943867886616464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-68374470770352697102010-02-23T23:42:00.000-08:002010-02-23T23:42:55.449-08:00

For the past few days I have been feeling inner pokes and flutters in my stomach.  I was thinking it was gas because I have felt like a human whoopie cushion, but after reading some things online and talking to my ob/gyn, I guess it is the baby moving around.  This is such a new experience for me - knowing that there is someone inside me, who is making his presence known!

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I just passed my 5 month mark being pregnant....yikes!  This is the 8th time I have been pregnant, but the first time I have made it past 6 weeks.  I had an amnio done at week 16, and found out we are having a boy.  :)  This was all done without IVF, even though we were days away from signing the final papers. My 5 month ultrasound is on Friday - I am so anxious, nervous and excited....eek!

Sweet Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12142943867886616464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-73385906138477274592009-10-31T15:43:00.000-07:002009-10-31T15:43:19.363-07:00

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!

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Last 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 a

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...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

Sweet Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12142943867886616464noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-12289565153034552512009-06-21T13:35:00.001-07:002009-06-28T19:33:51.975-07:00

I 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

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Today 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

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It'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 these

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It 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

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You 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

Sweet Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12142943867886616464noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-80653420403376627362008-11-12T21:44:00.000-08:002008-11-12T22:41:22.942-08:00

My 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

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Ok...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

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Back 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 the

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Hubby 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.

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I 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 friends

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Hubby 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

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Last week started with a kidney stone and ended with a wedding - neither of which were mine! I'll start with the wedding first. Hubby's first cousin married his perfect match yesterday. They had been together for about 6 years when he proposed Christmas of 2006. Originally this wedding was to take place in June at a golf course but the course/restaurant had filed for bankruptcy. Alhough they said

Sweet Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12142943867886616464noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-61843674090297991042008-08-02T22:06:00.000-07:002008-08-02T22:36:04.717-07:00

Earlier today we went over to my in-laws to visit. They only live about 15 minutes away by car. I am really lucky to have in-laws that I like and get along with. They are both retired and belong to an RV club. Just this past weekend they went to Smithwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains - http://www.smithwoodsrvpark.com/index.htm . While over at their house today, I took some photos of my

Sweet Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12142943867886616464noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-42706027446816459632008-07-18T17:42:00.000-07:002008-07-18T22:45:34.918-07:00

I was playing with our dog, Flash, today and notice she is starting to get a bit more white in her face. It's hard for me to believe that she will be 9 years old in January! She is my first dog. I never really had a pet growing up. I had 2 parakeets but it's just not the same! Since we do not have children yet, she is my 'daughter'....lol.Christmas of 1999, hubby's gift to me was a dog bowl and I

Sweet Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12142943867886616464noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-102713191450111442008-07-06T18:25:00.000-07:002008-07-06T18:38:41.696-07:00

We had Friday off from work so I am finishing up my three day holiday weekend. It was basically a quiet weekend. On the 4th we went with hubby's parents and cousins to the Central Vally area to see his father's side of the family. They live in the country and are almond farmers. My hubby's cousin J2 invited us because her parents (Tia and Tio) used to have holiday parties and bbqs years ago and

Sweet Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12142943867886616464noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-53506339528777807512008-06-17T17:44:00.000-07:002008-06-23T22:09:08.779-07:00

This past weekend I had a booth at the annual Dia de Portugal Festival at History Park in San Jose. We met a lot of people who came from Madeira - they loved the Santana House!

Sweet Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12142943867886616464noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804797428807842373.post-33264322427488825302008-06-01T14:00:00.000-07:002008-06-01T14:22:10.745-07:00

Well, not quite here in the 'burbs but the closest thing I have to it!It's such a nice day outside so I went into our backyard to take photos. We do not have a large yard but my parents managed to plant a lot! Their legacy lives on....This is a view from the house: This is the view from below - past the white picket fence:A close-up of one of the apple trees:This is a close-up of one of the

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I may as well start this blog with one of my favorite things.Last night a friend and I went to a Giants game at AT&T Park in San Francisco. She and her sister have season tickets. Sister T is out of town this weekend so E asked if I wanted to go. Of course! The Giants were commemorating the 15th Annual 'Until There's a Cure' Night to present AIDS awareness day at the ballpark.The game went into

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