tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78269342024-03-13T05:13:50.531-07:00The Daily Carmer"tales of a Target girl in a Nordstrom world"Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932551180187042035noreply@blogger.comBlogger365125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826934.post-77482098066370665632009-01-05T23:52:00.000-08:002009-01-05T23:53:24.328-08:00The Laura and Josh ShowLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932551180187042035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826934.post-42020011526759181772009-01-04T23:31:00.000-08:002009-01-04T23:58:39.268-08:00that went well, didn't it?I am happy to announced that December is OVER and we return to our regularly scheduled lives tomorrow morning. I never thought I'd be so happy about a schedule in my entire life. I am a very non-schedule kind of girl, in case you hadn't noticed.So the blogging about Christmas thing went well, didn't it? Yeah, I thought so. Turns out the season was harder to muddle through than I'd anticipated. Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932551180187042035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826934.post-33065782523364012352008-12-05T17:28:00.000-08:002008-12-05T17:33:27.476-08:00she's here!My BFF delivered baby #8 at 5:30-ish this evening. Please welcome...Zinnia PearlDecember 5, 20088 pounds, 2.5 ouncesI am so proud to call such a wonderful mother and beautiful person my friend.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932551180187042035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826934.post-44189215996824079882008-12-04T14:59:00.001-08:002008-12-04T14:59:42.372-08:00a little break alreadyI had a Christmas thing ready to go yesterday but it just wasn't "enough" and I'm not really in the spirit at the moment. So, I'm taking a Christmas break already. This first week of December is a really hard one to drag myself through. I lost my grandma on 12/1/96 and Josh's dad died on 12/5/93. I told the kids we can start decorating after the fifth, so that's the plan for the weekend.BUT...Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932551180187042035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826934.post-75804076716986651502008-12-02T20:39:00.000-08:002008-12-02T20:41:44.291-08:00thing #2 I first tried pumpkin roll one holiday season at Pam's, courtesy of Kris. I haven't made one yet, but I do snag a piece whenever I see one out at a holiday thang. Yum.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932551180187042035noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826934.post-13756380459031500562008-12-01T19:23:00.000-08:002008-12-01T19:35:11.335-08:00thing #1I really do dig the movie "Elf". I'm a sucker for Will Ferrell most of the time. His character's innocence at the world around him is sweet. I can get past the Christmas stuff if I just focus on the funny parts.Missing my grandma, Maria de Jesus Almeida aka Jessie Daniels Sanchez since December 1, 1996.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932551180187042035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826934.post-79732754199821273562008-11-30T14:46:00.000-08:002008-11-30T14:54:53.988-08:00bringin' back the blogYes, I know it's been a while and I apologize. I do miss blogging, I just didn't have the heart for it for a while. The summer was busy and wonderful. The chickens became overwhelming, but that's a story for another time. The girls are wonderful and growing. I'll try to sprinkle in updates here and there.I've decided to bring back the blog this holiday season. I may have mentioned it a few Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932551180187042035noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826934.post-58180598773652924512008-06-23T14:38:00.000-07:002008-06-23T14:40:22.257-07:00tribute"We're all fucked. It helps to remember that."George Carlin, 1937-2008Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932551180187042035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826934.post-47645557514262702802008-06-05T22:54:00.000-07:002008-06-05T23:44:22.488-07:00chickens updateNot just a "chicken" update, but "chickens" for sure. I'm not sure how many we had last time I blogged, but I'll bet we have double now. I'll try to update in groups.The original four baby chicks we got are now 12 weeks old. Wow, it seems like they should be so much older! They're huge now! We were originally told that we had three Barred Rocks and a Buff Orpington but we ended up with three Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932551180187042035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826934.post-6529089912438813742008-05-16T21:56:00.000-07:002008-05-16T21:59:03.906-07:00hey, look!I haven't seen it yet, but my photo of the Coliseum was used. Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932551180187042035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826934.post-27024149937702455902008-05-15T20:13:00.000-07:002008-05-15T20:15:20.614-07:00guess what? I GOT MY CAMERA!!!Thanks to my parents and my adoring husband, I am now the proud owner of a Canon Digital Rebel XTi. Woot! I am absolutely beside myself.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932551180187042035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826934.post-68487448371222614112008-04-16T22:03:00.000-07:002008-04-16T23:15:04.398-07:00driving sucksAs you may have noticed by my recent reduction in blog posts and flickr uploads, this whole work thing has been taking up a lot of my time! On the other hand, it was definitely cool to get my first paycheck (in 10 years, I might add! and I sure told every person I saw the same thing!) yesterday.I drive 25 miles to Pasadena every day. I started out actually liking the drive and I still do, in someLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932551180187042035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826934.post-73398534403623022452008-04-09T21:59:00.000-07:002008-04-09T22:03:15.148-07:00secretI'm coming clean. I totally have a crush on John Mayer. I've been trying to resist and if you ask me IRL, I'll deny it. How could you not love someone who writes a song as beautiful as this? I heard it on my morning commute and have been singing it in my head ever since.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932551180187042035noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826934.post-39819675960055262912008-03-28T14:39:00.000-07:002008-03-28T14:41:16.915-07:00handlebarsLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932551180187042035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826934.post-5126312384842890012008-03-13T09:57:00.001-07:002008-03-13T10:02:37.334-07:00HI MARISSA!I heard that you wait for updates on my blog. Well, here ya go! And remember I have quite a few more from the dress-up parade! ;)Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932551180187042035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826934.post-29547112862652632602008-03-09T01:29:00.000-08:002008-03-09T01:34:17.367-08:00earthquakeThe first earthquake I've felt in years just happened. I jumped up to check on everyone and no one flinched. Not the baby chicks, not the dumb old dog, not Josh who survived the Northridge earthquake. Made me jump, though! Version #1: This report supersedes any earlier reports of this event. This is a computer-generated message. This event has not yet been reviewed by a seismologist. A minor Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932551180187042035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826934.post-69210887418492380242008-03-07T20:15:00.001-08:002008-03-07T20:53:24.900-08:00I am once again gainfully employedThanks to a dear friend I am once again gainfully employed. I start work on Monday. I'll never mention the name of the school here because if there's one thing the Internets have taught me is that work and blogging rarely mix well. I will say that it's a school in Pasadena and I'll be an administrative assistant in the Distance Learning department. I've already met several people in the office Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932551180187042035noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826934.post-14901677595949969332008-02-24T18:17:00.001-08:002008-02-24T18:38:26.825-08:00check this out!Yesterday I went outside to check for eggs and Claire followed me. As we walked up to the coop, I could hear the familiar shuddering noise that is Plumpy, our Rhode Island Red trying to lay an egg. We heard the same noise for two days when her sister died on New Year's Eve. She seems to occasionally have a hard time laying her eggs but I thought we'd worked out all the kinks. Not so much. Josh Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932551180187042035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826934.post-9871171324247335272008-02-17T19:13:00.001-08:002008-02-23T18:19:47.882-08:00kaylie and I in catalinaLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932551180187042035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826934.post-52789075446497623872008-02-14T19:44:00.001-08:002008-02-14T19:44:06.495-08:00leaving for Catalina tomorrowleaving for Catalina tomorrow Originally uploaded by mosaic meLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932551180187042035noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826934.post-33448405421969833872008-02-10T01:52:00.001-08:002008-02-10T01:52:58.149-08:00so claireLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932551180187042035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826934.post-10486284859443945462008-02-03T17:57:00.000-08:002008-02-03T18:28:05.784-08:00more stuffChicken update: all is well and good with the chickens this week. We got 12 eggs total, 5 from Scratch, 4 green from the "Ameraucana", 2 from Little Red and 1 brown from the other "Ameraucana". Not bad! I'm surprised at how hard their shells and inner membranes are compared with store-bought eggs and because they're free range and eat lots of greens, the yolks are nearly orange. Our dear friends Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932551180187042035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826934.post-86504456034006589192008-01-29T12:39:00.001-08:002008-01-29T12:46:35.076-08:00stuffI've been so quiet lately because I've been busy with the chickens. Oh sure, lots of other things too but I spend most of my empty day watching the chickens and emailing Josh updates about what they're doing because they're such comedy. Well, I update him in between sitting on my ass eating bon bons and watching Jerry Springer! (picture Peg Bundy)Since I've been neglecting my blog, I wondered if Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932551180187042035noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826934.post-70419988390393887992008-01-16T18:09:00.001-08:002008-01-16T18:09:25.360-08:00what is this?ameraucana coloring Originally uploaded by mosaic meor should it be "what are these?"c'mon, guess!(Gretchen and Josh cannot :)Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932551180187042035noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826934.post-48247126305717928102008-01-08T09:01:00.001-08:002008-01-08T09:01:34.864-08:00the girlz in front of LA Ink Originally uploaded by RemracLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932551180187042035noreply@blogger.com1