Thursday, November 29, 2012

Thanksgiving

Last week, we spent most of the week up in the Dallas area staying with my in-laws.  They just  finished building their dream home and moved into it.  It's a beautiful house, with amazing views out the front and back.  They don't have neighbors across the street and live up on a hill so they have sweeping views of the area and a nearby lake.  Here we are enjoying the views:

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Beautiful sunset


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Beau enjoying the view

Then from the back patio, they have golf course views.  We enjoyed making comments about golfers' strange fashion choices and making fun of how most the men were teeing off from the women's tees...

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Back patio

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View of the 17th hole

One day, we ventured out to the club house and practiced a little at the driving range.  Aslik did pretty well, but I did miserably.  Let's put it this way, the best thing aslik could say was, "at least you hit almost every time".  But, in my defense, it was my first time picking up a club in 5 years.  All I can say is that I need ALOT of practice.

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This year, I'm really thankful that we're able to spend Thanksgiving in America and with family.  It's just not quite the same when you're in another country!

Friday, November 16, 2012

Hodge Podge Post

Sometimes we have what I call "hodge podge" lunch/dinner in our house.  Basically I fish out a bunch of leftovers, slap them together and create a meal.  It's like having a 7-course meal!  I have to admit, sometimes it gets kind of weird.....like a fruit/veggie/flax smoothie, a bite of pad thai, a fried egg, some miso soup, and half a chicken salad sandwich.  I kid you not, this is literally what I ate for lunch today.  It's a good thing I have a husband that is willing to eat leftovers!

Anyway, now that you've seen a glimpse of my diet, here's a "hodge podge" post of the last couple of weeks.

I went to check out the International quilt festival in downtown Houston and had a great time looking and shopping.  I was pretty much the youngest person in there by 20 years.  Here were some of my favorites:

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I think I'm starting to realize that I prefer modern quilts over traditional ones.

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This is all done by hand....including the quilting.  RIDICULOUS!

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Can you believe this is fabric? I can't believe someone created this with itty bitty pieces of fabric!
This one was one of the top prize winning pieces on display.

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Seriously?

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This was my personal favorite!  It's just awesome.

After viewing the quilts, I hit the market and bought some fabrics for my shop.  You can check out the new fabrics in my fabric album.  I only bought girl blanket fabrics, I promise I'll shop for some more boy fabrics soon!

I also got to attend the 6th birthday of one of my favorite kiddos.  His cool mom got a guy to come dressed as a storm trooper from Star Wars.  The kids loved it....so did I.  It was my job to photograph the kids with the storm trooper, so of course I had to jump in and get my pic too!

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And finally, our little "family"(a bunch of friends I grew up in NJ who now live in Houston - yes, we call ourselves a "family") bought a package of tickets for Rockets games this season.  We got to go to the first home game of the season and welcomed Jeremy Lin in true Asian style.  There were so many Asians at the game....aSlik commented that he felt like he was back in China.  Unfortunately I didn't bring my real camera and even more unfortunately, the Rockets lost in overtime.  Oh well, maybe next time.

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Next time, I'll remember to bring my real camera!

Monday, November 5, 2012

48 hours in Houston

It's been a fun event filled couple of weeks here.  Besides being busy with some orders, I had a very special visitor come stay with me....my best friend!  She came for some much needed R&R time - she's got 4 kiddos at home that keep her on her feet 24/7.  So, she was more than happy to come see me (sans-kids), have some girl time, eat a ton of food, and sleep in.  Unfortunately, she could only get away for a couple days, so I tried to pack in as much as I could in 48 hours without tiring her out.  This trip was supposed to be for R&R after all!


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One of the reasons why we are best friends is that we both LOVE to eat and are not afraid to put it down.  So of course, during my her first solo trip (and first visit to Houston), I took her out to some of the best Houston has to offer.  We had BBQ at Goode Company, Mexican at El Tiempo, Bosnian at Cafe Pita, and Indian at Himalaya.

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First stop - Goode Company!

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Indian at Himalaya - YUM!

We did some shopping and hit up some antique stores in The Heights area of Houston.  While there, my friend picked some goodies for her husband and kids.  We also stumbled upon a Dia de los Muertos celebration.

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There were some Aztec tribal dancers on the scene and I couldn't resist taking advantage of a photo op!

I had such a great time with my best friend and I'm sure she thoroughly enjoyed this time to herself.  She could shower, poop, eat, and sleep in peace.  I wish we lived closer!