tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39896723753316746892024-02-18T22:45:58.753-08:00QUIRKTASTIC ADVENTURESRandom tales from a quirky enginerd, with eclectic taste, who is hungry, thirsty and always seeking FUN.Alicia Lomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190020771337020084noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989672375331674689.post-27776931465898492702013-01-31T15:50:00.000-08:002013-01-31T15:50:03.854-08:00Excitement is in the Air<b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Vegas for Daylon's Birthday -</span></b> Daylon has decided we're going to Vegas for his birthday. I have a hate, hate relationship with Vegas cause it was my break up trip place. However, I have complete faith that going with Daylon will completely change my opinion. We have fun wherever we go; I just hope we make it out alive! And we are most definitely zip lining through Fremont.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Coed Passion Party -</span></b> My friend Yolande is hosting a coed Passion Party this weekend. Who knows what treasures I will come away with. I'll definitely fill you in after the party. I just hope the boys behave.<br />
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<br />Alicia Lomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190020771337020084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989672375331674689.post-11378806856072421372013-01-31T15:23:00.001-08:002013-01-31T15:23:17.552-08:00Oh Boy Oberto Kicks Ass<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For some reason my desire and ability to blog just shut off for the last couple of months. I'm pretty sure it started when my Secret Santa Swap partner didn't send me anything. Not that I needed a gift, but I felt gypped by not being able to even link up because I had nothing to blog about. I could have blogged about the gift I sent, but I thought that would be weird. I'll link you to my recipients post just for shits and giggle, <a href="http://adventuresinthefort.blogspot.com/2012/12/secret-santa.html">Adventures in the Fort</a>. Woe is me... I'll stop complaining now and start bragging! I have something delicious to share with you. </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Oberto's jerky made the Consumer Reports for the best tasting jerky!! Both of Oberto's brands made the top category, Oh Boy Oberto and Pacific Gold.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You may or may not know, but Jack Link's is Oberto's biggest competitor. Jack Link's is a powerhouse, with tons of capacity and power to run the jerky show. The problem is that their product sucks. We do cuttings (tastings) every Monday morning and it's so clear that Jack Link's is gross. It's dry, tasteless and tough, especially compared to Oberto. To have Consumer Reports confirm this fact, is pretty exciting and great for my company of course. It is extremely cool that a small (compared to Jack Link's), family owned company can make it to the top. The owners still come to the plant on a fairly regular basis.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The overall message is that jerky isn't amazing for you, but definitely 100 times better than meat sticks. And Oberto got a big thumbs up because there aren't additives, it's All-Natural. Jerky is a good source of protein, you just have to beware of the sodium.</span></div>
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Well, I've been down in the dumps lately, just feeling down. I can explain a lot of it, but it still was quite unexpected since I've been very happy and having the time of my life lately. And when I was down, I was quickly reminded how amazing my life is and how I should be quite happy. I have amazing friends; I'm so lucky. Tyler had flowers sent to my work and of course they had lilies in them, my favorite. I've actually only had flowers sent to me at work by my mom, with the exception of a guy after a first date (but he was a loser). When I went to pick them up from the receptionist, I assumed that they were from mom. It was super exciting to see that they were from Tyler, and although my face turned red, I was overjoyed. <br />
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Hanging with the Johnson brothers! Had an amazing Mexican dinner and bar-hop night with Daylon and Derrick. <br />
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Melissa invited me to join her for her work holiday party, which happened to be my old company. I actually still have a good relationship with a lot of the my old coworkers, so I was pretty excited. They mixed it up this year and threw it at a bowling alley; which made it super casual. We had to come adorned in our favorite sports gear. We searched up and down for Sounders jerseys but they're all pretty scarce. We ended up getting Husky gear, which is great since I am a Husky. I had such a great time visiting with people, even some that I wasn't that close with when I worked there There was one exception, and that was the "wicked witch of the pancakes." I went over to this woman to say hi, be cordial, since we used to work in the same department. She snubbed me so hardcore; I don't think anyone has been that rude to me before. I mean, I guess I shouldn't have expected anything different, but I still get really shocked when I'm treated poorly. <br />
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Okay pervs, no you're not getting a picture:) Ha ha. I've been having this terrible neck situation, which is completely linked to stress. So I decided today was time for a massage, cause last time I had something similar the doctor couldn't help me. It was a pretty decent massage today, with the exception of a skipping cd. I always have weird situations though, I must tell you. One lady kept whispering in my ear, "I'm going to make you feel good", "just relax, leave yourself in my hand." It was so freaking creepy!!! Another lady, totally straddled me and massaged my hands really weird, like she was holding them. Massages are amazing, but there is something so awkward about stripping down and having somebody caressing you. The massages on the beach in Mexico are a lot more low key. Although there is the awkward moment when you have to pull your swimsuit down out in the open on the beach; so worth it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hunter, my cutie nephew!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My mom ordered me this super cute ornament set; it's tools.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She's so cute. I love my Chloe:) In line waiting for Santa.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flawless pic! A fake smile, but she learned it from her Aunt Aunts.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chloe and her momsky, opening stockings. Al-Bal and I did a stocking for each other.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The older cousins (well the second to oldest group). I'm glad they like each other. Not everyone fights like me and Nathan (my cousin who is 9 days younger than me). We always come around though, eventually.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Because I was missing Ty Ty's Xmas eve dinner where his uncle makes twice baked potatoes every year, I talked mom into making me twice baked tators. Well of course I helped.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ty Ty's mom got me the cutest owl things. Wine tastes so much better when you're drinking out of a cute glass.</td></tr>
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Although I struggled to get in the Xmas spirit this year, I still loved it of course. There is nothing better than having an excuse to see your family. In fact, I felt like my family was a lot more loving and excited to see each other this year. It was the first year without my Grandma Hughley and happily my grandpa and my mom hung in there and enjoyed themselves. My grandma would want us to celebrate and have a good family bonding experience.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And to leave you with a random question. Why is there catnip in the children's tea?</td></tr>
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<br />Alicia Lomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190020771337020084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989672375331674689.post-87199090233912137382013-01-02T20:46:00.001-08:002013-01-02T22:38:18.678-08:00Wow Somebody Needs a Happy Meal, ME!So I just plain haven't felt like blogging FOREVER. I'm kind of in a "poor me" mood, however, the bright side is I feel like blogging and I have so much fun stuff to blog about. Warning, the following will be super random...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cookie Day! It has been an ongoing tradition for however long my mom was a child. And I've turned it into an adult drinking party, yeah buddy. Gary even made me a Ron Jeremy cookie, ha ha!</td></tr>
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Alicia Lomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190020771337020084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989672375331674689.post-54960646466151182482012-12-12T21:55:00.000-08:002012-12-12T21:55:45.560-08:00I Love Coming HomeThis is a post about coming home from work, being home in general and being a Pacific Northwest lover.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Have you ever stood in line for an hour to buy Garrett's popcorn in Chicago? Well, my besties and I wen to Chicago and we did just that. Their famous mix is cheese and caramel corn, aka "the Chicago mix". It was surprisingly, finger staining, delicious. I was at Costco last night and there this was. It's not Garrett's but it is exactly that mix. Kind of exciting. </td></tr>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>My Amazing Nieces and Nephews!</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chloe is holding my newest nephew, Landon. He's the tiniest thing I've ever seen. It was quite funny, shortly after this Landon farted. Chloe was grossed out so she proceeded to move him over and set him down on the couch. She wanted nothing to do with him. So hilarious, especially due to the fact that this girl farts on me all the time.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Okay, they probably wanted a donation. But, this card is freaking cute! I am very proud of the school I received my education from.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Early Xmas Gifts</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well, I didn't in fact know this was a gift. It was inconspicuous and I was expecting other packages. I opened this package, come to find out it was one of my Xmas gifts from Ty Ty. It is a perfect gift, but I'm pretending I don't remember what it was:) I mean really, he should'nt be getting gifts sent to my house! I got another Xmas gift but it was addressed to Daught Daughts Lomas, which was clearly from my besties, Renee and Mike. Ha ha. I haven't opened it, even though I really want to.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As you may know I do Birchbox, Petit Amuse and Glam Bag. I'm here to tell you, do Glam Bag. It is amazing every single month. You get full size cosmetics every times. I think I've received two per month. Look at this amazing stuff: lip gloss, eye liner, eye shadow, highlight sheets and a base coat something rather.</td></tr>
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So totally random post, but you know how I can be. Miss blogging with you all. I think I'm back on the bandwagon.<br />
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Alicia Lomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190020771337020084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989672375331674689.post-79055024295541425392012-12-11T22:31:00.001-08:002012-12-11T22:31:50.257-08:00Panty Droppers<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I must tell you all about my bar, the reason why I bought this town house and the origin of the name and theme. PANTY DROPPERS! I'm sorry this isn't as non-PG as you would imagine, I promise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There once was this amazing friend named Tim who I met in Texas. Tim was always smiling and knew how to make everyone happy. He had a landscaping business, which I hired to help me get my home read to sell, so he was over at my place while working on it. One night when I got home from work, Mike (my bestie) and I were hungry. So Tim leaves his crew and comes in, rummages through my cupboards and makes us an amazing impromptu meal. He is the sweetest friend ever! I've borrowed his margarita machine a couple of times for parties. I mean, everybody needs a friend with a margarita machine, right? Tim was so business oriented, he had the landscaping business, he was a real estate agent and also worked at this cute little Mexican restaurant. (I say had and was, but he's probably still doing all of these things, I just haven't chatted with him in a while to know the deets.) When he was working at the Mexican restaurant he was bartending one Saturday afternoon. Mama AKA Jennifer and I were up at the bar and Tim made us these amazing drop shots called panty droppers. It was 180 energy drink and three olives grape vodka. These things were incredible and sure enough after a few I was ready to drop my panties, ha ha (not really.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So after my amazing niece Chloe was born, I decided to move back to the Seattle area to spend time with my lovely. It was an exciting time, but unfortunately I had to leave behind some amazing friends! It's not so sad, because these friends are so real and loyal that they'll always be in my life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Real estate was so cheap in Texas!! I really wanted to be able to buy something in Washington. I fell in love with this 1970's style townhouse solely because it had a bar in the basement. I didn't care that I have to do all of these upgrades, the carpet is disgusting, and I'll wish I had a dumbwaiter to transport items from all three levels. When it came to naming the bar, it was a no-brainer. PANTY DROPPERS was born. This is deeply inspired by Tim, my amazing Texas friends that used to come to all of my parties, Rick's BBQ and some cool bars I've seen in Vancouver BC. They have bars up there where people take off their braas. So I thought with the amazing name inspired by Tim and his fantastic drink, we could start a new tradition. The cover charge is a pair of panties. The best pair that are on display came from this lady, Inga, who came over after a banquet that my parents were working at. We had the after party at my house. Well Inga was having a blast and happened to have a sexy short dress on. She went into the bathroom and took her panties off! We hung them up right away. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I must speak a bit about Ricks BBQ. This is where I met many of my amazing Texas friends. It was this small little joint right by where my house was in Carrollton, TX. The first time my sister and I went in there, people took us in. They made us feel like family and there was no looking back. I ended up making several friends there. So many in fact, that I was just back in Texas a couple of months ago for a wedding reception for my Rick's bestie. It was our Cheers. We'd go out every night of the week! Thursdays were our favorite, TANK TOP THURSDAY! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Just remember if you're heading to my pad for a party, you head straight downstairs to Panty Droppers an hopefully you brought your cover charge.</span><br />
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<br />Alicia Lomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190020771337020084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989672375331674689.post-90480098608330710842012-12-10T20:28:00.002-08:002012-12-10T20:28:51.068-08:00Delicious Treats, Oh Yeah<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Petit Amuse</b></span><br />
Don't get me wrong it is quite fun to get makeup and beauty products in the mail, but one thing that trumps that is receiving gourmet treats! <a href="http://www.petitamuse.com/">Petit Amuse</a> has only let me down one month thus far, every other box has contained some amazing treats. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Have you ever wanted to have a boozy peanut butter and jelly sandwich? Well, me neither but thanks to this ice wine jelly I got to experience it. It was absolutely delicious and so boozy. What a unique experience.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Truffles! There was a peanut butter one, espresso bean, almond and mint. They were delectable.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is legit nougat, not the kind that we believe is nougat from a Snickers. It was delishy bomb. I haven't tried the honey yet, but it makes a great addition to my pantry.</td></tr>
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Mondays are kind of lame; but that is why you have to laugh at random things like...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"If Peeing Your Pants is Cool, Consider Me Miles Davis." This was what I automatically thought after I was climbing on the roof and got soaking wet. It brought a smile to my face to cheer me up on a Monday.</td></tr>
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Alicia Lomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190020771337020084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989672375331674689.post-33770408163338931602012-12-09T11:54:00.002-08:002012-12-09T11:54:32.485-08:00Ornament Swap = Owls Galore<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I was lucky enough to take part in this amazing Ornament Swap put on by <a href="http://tutusandteaparties.blogspot.com/">Tutus and Tea Parties</a>. Go check out all of the swap posts <a href="http://tutusandteaparties.blogspot.com/2012/11/ornamentswap2012-show-tell.html">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My swap partner was Kim from <a href="http://avintagefairy.blogspot.com/">A Vintage Fairy</a> and she hit the nail on the head with my gifty gifts. I LOVE OWLS.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">First of all, she did a bad ass job wrapping this. The whole thing was coated in tape! Ha ha, it was a blast trying to get it open. My excitement was high, so I was fumbling around.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Thank you so much Kim!! These are so me. I love swaps!</span><br />
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<br />Alicia Lomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190020771337020084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989672375331674689.post-45547661739827733072012-11-20T08:32:00.003-08:002012-11-20T08:34:16.557-08:00Painting Birds, Drinking BeersBridget, Daylon, Dre and I ventured to yet another <a href="http://www.corksandcanvasevents.com/">Corks and Canvas Event</a>. Daylon and Dre were first timers; that's always nerve-racking and exciting. This event was unique because it was held at a brewery instead of a winery; <a href="http://www.pyramidbrew.com/alehouses/seattle">Pyramid Alehouse</a> to be exact. They said we could have wine and I told Bridge that if she ordered wine I would judge her, knowing full well she would never do such a thing. We're beer girls. I WON!! They do a drawing at every event, and my name finally made it into Lisa's (the owner) hands.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Freaking Dre got new fancy brushes with grippers! Advantage much?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bridge and Daylon enjoying the moment.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paintings in progress. Dre gave his bird a little blackbird friend. All the painting ladies were so impressed.</td></tr>
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<b style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">After Party on the Choo Choo Train - </b><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.seattleorientexpress.com/">The Orient Express</a> has the most amazing red chicken curry ever! It's one of my favorite happy hour, pre-party, after-party and whatever occasion spots. The bartenders are always super cool, funny in fact. And there are always worse singers then you belting out Karaoke from one of the private rooms; and you are never the drunkest person in that place.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loves at the Orient Express (my favorite Seattle hangout) .</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the next frame Bridget totally slipped me the tongue...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mom already has dibs on this painting. She said it reminds her of both my grandmas. Yay. They were bird lovers.</td></tr>
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I still can't believe I won! What a fun night.<br />
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Alicia Lomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190020771337020084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989672375331674689.post-63093761832638494622012-11-19T15:14:00.000-08:002012-11-19T15:20:56.041-08:00Seattle Sounders Ole! Daylon and I trekked through the sideways rain to go see our lovely Sounders attempt to make it to the finals. They had to wine 4-0 to win, which was a pretty big task. <br />
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<b style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Pre-Game Party Time </b>- We got off the bus in Chinatown and it was of course my thought to check out a bar there, you can't go wrong with Chinese restaurant bars. They always have the stiffest drinks. I think Daylon was a little skeptical, probably for good reason. As we're approaching there was a very obvious drug deal going on; they didn't seem at all worried about hiding it. This place was chocked full of crazies and homeless people. We weren't the only soccer fans in the bar, but probably the only normal ones. Oh wait, we're not normal, what am I saying? We had our drink, played some pull tabs and proceeded to throw the pull tabs onto the ground, because that is what everyone else was doing. After the Chinatown bar, we headed down to Pioneer square. We found a non-busy place called Double Header; unfortunately it wasn't busy because the service is terrible. The lady just walked by us and proceeded to put away glasses, talk to other people. Lame sauce, we finally got a drink. Some lady in the bathroom told me that the reason that bar got it's name was because it was one of the first places in the area to get both a men's and women's restroom. I haven't verified, but I like the story. After Double Header, we walked by several other super crowded places and ended up at the bar that was attached to the Courtyard Marriott and it was HAPPY HOUR! This place was quite possibly a little too relaxed however it was super cheap and they had amazing appy's for us to snack on. SNACK ATTACK. Because we had a doozy of a night the prior night, this place may have made us a bit sleepy ty ty. But, nothing that the roar of the Sounders fans, the rain in our face and more beer couldn't handle. We woke the F up on the walk, well more like a walk-run, over to the stadium.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Double Header, beer drinking time.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've seen peanuts on the floor but pull tabs? A bit weird; not sure what kind of marketing strategy this was.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well, the marketing strategy obviously worked , we played some tabs.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hummus plate with Kalamata Olive dip. I LOVE cucumbers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jalapeno poppers; one of my faves.</td></tr>
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<b style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Game Time - Go Sounders!!</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After they scored, Daylon and I both thought we were having an earthquake. My beer was shaking so violently and spilling all over my shoes and purse. It was pretty incredible. I love Sounders fans.</td></tr>
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The Sounders ended up winning 2-1, it really was an amazing game. The refs did make some bad calls, Galaxy got their goal due to a handball in the box and a PK. I would argue (don't kill me Sounders fans) that the ref made bad calls the effected both sides. And even if Galaxy didn't get that PK, would we have scored 4 points?? I'm not so sure. My biggest complaint is that people are all upset, but we WON!! Why can't we be excited that we made it this far and we won?? Let's be mad about the point system and the equation to get to the finals. My 2 cents, for whatever it's worth. Daylon and I decided last night that we were going to look into season tickets for 2013. I put down a deposit on two seats; I'll get to select them in December. I'm not usually the biggest sports watcher, but all the games I've gone to this year were so much fun. <br />
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My favorite part about Sounders games is the $10 beers! Bwahahaha.<br />
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<br />Alicia Lomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190020771337020084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989672375331674689.post-18836869265462116062012-11-18T13:07:00.000-08:002012-11-18T13:09:13.178-08:00Mustache Bash - Al-Bal's Parties are Epic<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It was my sisters birthday party last night; we all threw on dirty raper mustaches and partied it up at the Soundview. For those of you that don't know <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/soundview-tavern-everett">Soundview Tavern</a> in Everett is pretty trash-tastic. You are sure to see tweekers, dancing guy, homeless wenches, and a lot of really fun drunk people. There were a lot of people with legit mustaches; ours were only fakers.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Photo bombed by SMELLY! Gotta love it. Stop staring at my crooked tooth:) </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Daylon's going to kill me for posting, but Ryan had to make an appearance.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I love my Chloe girl. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We went to the Best Western to sleep but continued to have fun, well most of us. Alison was of course passed out. Daylon's parents weren't there to tell him no.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Davonne reminds me of Jamiroquai.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Looks like she is saying something very profound that requires hand motions.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Father Christmas showed up.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The birthday girl.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Look they're little fishies...Disgusting. Apparently my grandpa likes to eat these, okay.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It was really great seeing everyone last night. I met a whole bunch of new Lowe's people that my sis works with. Got to see so many of my faves: Smelly and her new fiance, Ryan and Mercedes, Daylon, Bridget, Slushy, Ty Ty, Doug and Ivy, Davonne and Brandon, Nelly, oh and dancing guy of course. I'm sure I'm forgetting someone. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mom and dad are packing for Mexico, I'm so freaking jealous! Mom was doing a runway show of all of her shorts, tank tops, swim suits and swim suit covers. Way to rub it in my face. Then dad just did a fashion show of sunglasses, ha ha. We picked the ones that made him look like Terminator. "I'll be back."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>Alicia Lomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190020771337020084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989672375331674689.post-65693109172175764022012-11-17T12:04:00.001-08:002012-11-17T12:04:32.256-08:00X-mas Ideas, Grilled Cheese and Movie Quotes<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>X-Mas Ideas</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mike, look at this! It is such refreshing sight to bring light to the evil black death thought that goes through my head way too many times.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We went to an amazing restaurant called Pomegranate. I've never been or heard of it. It was very cute and amazing. They even gave out fireball candies like Wing Dome as an end of the meal mint.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White cheddar grilled cheese and tomato soup, how much more American can I get:)</td></tr>
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I love people that can keep up with me on movie quotes. It shows that you have the same likes for sure. My bestie, Mike has a made a huge effort to get a lot better about movie quotes ; I love him for that! My sis Alison and my redneck cousin Nathan are the best at knowing my movie quotes. Also, I must mention Crystal, who I met through Daylon. She's seen a lot of he B-films that I love, House of Yes, Pumpkin. We can definitely go back and forth on movie quotes.Alicia Lomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190020771337020084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989672375331674689.post-40686340321476264382012-11-16T11:17:00.002-08:002012-11-16T11:17:56.023-08:00PEE WEE!! Crazy, Bizarre Raffle NightMy friend Marissa and I have been frequenting <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/pee-wee-tavern-tacoma">Pee Wee Tavern</a> for some time now, a little over a year in fact. We stumbled upon this hole in the wall gem one day when we were out thrift store shopping. They do a free raffle every Thursday night, and a potluck the third Thursday of the month. This is a cash only, beer and wine only, one pool table, everybody knows your name type of bar. Last night was the most outrageous, amazing time at Pee Wee's yet, but it's ALWAYS a good time.<br />
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I brought my friend Melissa with me for her first experience. I tried to warn her about it ahead of time. She asked what to wear, I just laughed and told her you can show up in sweats, a garbage bag, whatever. She decided she wanted to dress cute so she could get a drink bought for her; again I laughed and told her that there is probably no one there she'd want a drink from and most likely no one that can afford one. That's perhaps a little harsh, but not that far off.<br />
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We thought it was a potluck night, but then Marissa got there and the owner, Mark, said it wasn't. None of us ate because we thought we were potluck-ing it up. So with no food in our bellies, the drinks went pretty quickly to our heads. Melissa was on fire winning at the raffle!! It's not only spinach, it's Popeye spinach!<br />
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Marissa did however make amazing treats; she had two kinds of these little mini pie thingy's. I had the chocolate peanut butter one and had a foodgasm. For some reason my mind has been in the gutter lately. Everything that came out of my mouth last night was vaguely inappropriate, which really added to the fun. The tables are really close together, so when a guy was trying to get in behind me to sit I said, "It's really tight, just get right in." (or something to that effect.) And then I was asked if that was an open invitation and I'm pretty sure after that I had a fan club. One guy asked me to marry him while showing me his tongue and what it could do. Even typing this, I'm blushing. It was quite hilarious. Amazing thing #13 about Pee Wee's is that you can drink wine out of a pounder for just a dollar more; that is a sure fire way to get toasty quickly. I usually drink beer at the Pee Wee, but switched it up for Melissa. And I must add, Marissa was drinking free last night, because two weeks prior she won the grand prize, $20 bar tab. Lucky, lucky girl.</div>
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As part of the raffle there are two breaks and right before the breaks, they raffle off a free beer, bought by Mark the owner. I didn't win, but I have many times in the past. On the first break this girl walked by and you could tell she was pretty drunk-tarded. She turned around and looked at me and I initially thought she was going to beat me up. But, no, she told me how beautiful I was and introduced herself. Later she offered to buy me a drink twice, kissed Melissa on the cheek and was all over multiple guys. She made a really amazing comment at one point, very loudly, "I'm just looking out for my P@$$y." Wow, wow, wow!! <div>
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Meet Jason, 6' 8", 38, heavy machine operator who is studying to get a Psychology degree. I accidentally called him old, and I never heard the end of it. Melissa is a very petite girl, so it was hilarious to see the two of them next to each other, or with him lifting her up as seen above. He was such a cool guy we invited him to go across the street to get pizza with us at <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/spuds-pizza-parlor-tacoma">Spuds Pizza Parlor</a>. That pizza was damn good! Josh even joined us; he got back from his trip early. He probably thought he was crashing girls night, but oh no Jason already changed the tone.</div>
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The goal of the night was to show Melissa what Pee Wee's is like and have a good time raffle-ing it up. The night was so beyond what you would expect from a normal raffle night. I hope Melissa doesn't think it's like this all of the time. Although, I'm pretty sure out of all of us (Marissa, Melissa and Myself) we can make fun out of any situation.</div>
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It's like being back in Texas where Tank Top Thursdays ruled my world. Now it's Pee Wee Thursdays.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The above pic is from last night's episode. The beautiful blonde was in love with this guy, Jamison, who was a model, writer for Chelsea Lately and a dream boat. Sunny was "dating" this guy for 8 months virtually, something always came up when Sunny brought up meeting in person. The hosts showed up to provide moral support to Sunny for the eventual face to face meeting. When the host's did some digging, it became clear that most of the things that Jamison told Sunny were false. But, I don't think anyone expected Jamison to really be a teenage girl. And it wasn't that the girl, Chelsea, was doing it because she was attracted to Sunny (although I think there was a little of that) it was more because she's been bullied. She's had this online persona going on for 4 years, wowza! And then two more shockers, Sunny forgave Chelsea, and Jamison is a real person and Sunny got to meet him. MTV, you never let me down:) Okay, you do quite a bit, but then you redeem yourselves with cool shows like this one and Awkward.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I just have to ask, why would Sunny be in a virtual relationship with someone for 8 months? Seems kind a stupid to me; sorry to judge. I would have to meet the person on the other end. In my opinion you don't know if there is an actual connection until you meet someone face to face, as scary as it may be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Out of the online dating experiences I've had, it hasn't been so bad. I had one guy want to marry me after the first date, that was a bit psycho. But, until he admitted that we had a pretty good time. Then there was another guy that I was going to go out with but then when I did some online sleuthing only to find out he has a girlfriend and a baby on the way. Whew, saved by The Google.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I don't have cable, but hopefully MTV will continue to offer full episodes online. This show is juicy, even though it is a bit uncomfortable to watch these crazy situations. </span><br />
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Alicia Lomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190020771337020084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989672375331674689.post-80026785801754248782012-11-13T21:25:00.000-08:002012-11-13T21:25:01.256-08:00What's in My Last Purse<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was cleaning my room today, which was very overdue. I still had a suitcase that was not unpacked from my Texas/Chicago trip two weeks ago. I've been having to run downstairs, hoping no one sees my nude butt as I run by my window on the stairwell, every morning to get clothes to wear. My clothes were folded, they just never made it upstairs to my room. Freaking townhouse and it's three levels. I was freaking out today about the fact that I haven't seen my passport in a while, therefore I decided to look through my pile of purses, sure that I ditched a purse quickly to change into something quick that matched and was convenient for the occasion.</span><div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://quirktasticadventures.blogspot.com/2012/08/olympia-brewfest-port-plaza.html">Olympia Brewfest</a> memories- There are coasters, a punch card, a map and cool Ram bottle cap magnets. Memories of the entire night are coming back including: hanging with mom and Ty Ty, someone getting a little tipsy, me getting a good deal on tastes, pretzel necklaces, the grilled cheese food truck and lots of tasty beer! I even almost broke a couple up because I gave away my extra pretzel necklace to a dude, that apparently had a very jealous girlfriend. Ut oh.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Aviators - I always forget my sunglasses at home, so pretty much whenever I go out when it's sunny, my first stop is to buy sunglasses.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">MY PASSPORT - Yay, I was freaking out.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A piece of engineering paper - Nerdbomber!!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Box Cutter - Creeper, or Nerdbomber??</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My poop air freshener - One of my FAB purchases. I need to whip this out and smell the roses.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Business cards - Yeah when I was at the packaging show in Chicago I ran out of cards and everyone was asking for them, woops. Well they would've just sent me a bunch of line cards and sales questions. Bleh, I hate salesmen.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Various jewelry - Well, I can't wear jewelry to work, so often times I'll have it on and then have to whip it off into my purse when I realize it's time to go out on the production floor. It's a bummer, I really like jewelry.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">GO OBERTO! Anyone want a magnet? Ha ha. </span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ha ha, so this was a poster I found crumpled up in my purse. It's an amazing poster and it would be such an amazing addition to Panty Droppers. But, there was no way to preserve it, I guess.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The elusive purse. I love my Miche bag! Although I picked the middle size, aka the middle child, that doesn't offer as many covers as the others. Bummer.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My IPad was temporarily broken, so I halted my journey down the Game of Thrones path to read an actual, physical non electric book. Whoa! It was actually really nice when I was flying, because I didn't have to halt reading for take off and landing. My mom handed me a stack of books and highly recommended this one; it hits close to home for my family. Both on the co-dependency topic as well as addiction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This book was an emotional read for me; page turning for sure. I felt like I could relate to the main character, Glennis, who was the mother of a meth addict. Because she cares so much and feels responsible for the downward spiral of her sons life, she totally ignores her own needs and spends her time worrying and trying to get her son to get help. It takes you through the journey of how she learns to take care of herself and understand that there is nothing she can do to fix her son. He has to get help when he is ready. She finally turns Jacob over to God and begins to take care of her self. It's realistic though, she never stops worrying, how could she. She just gains the patience and strength to let things play out. In the meantime she has an asshole, cheating husband that refuses to take any responsibility for how he has caused issues with the family.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Love - </span></b> I have a couple of love languages. My number one that I need to feel loved is words of affirmation. I also enjoy receiving gifts and giving them for that matter. I'm a gift giver and when have a really great friend or a boyfriend, I buy gifts. Every time I'm out and about I'm always thinking of others first, "Oh Mike would love that", "This screams Chloe."</center>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Misunderstood - </span></b>I think people don't quite understand how sensitive and self conscious I can be. I have a pretty tough attitude and have a high level of confidence. However, when it comes to those that are close to me, my skin is not thick at all. Also, even thought I'm confident, I still really need confirmation from people, see above Love language.</center>
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<li>My ability to be a great friend and express my love for friends and family</li>
<li>My career, the contributions I've made to all of my jobs</li>
<li>How fun I am</li>
<li>My sense of humor</li>
<li>My rotten toe (bwahahaha)</li>
<li>My deviled eggs</li>
<li>My pudding shots</li>
<li>Being the voice of reason</li>
<li>Being a bit wacky, quirky, crazy</li>
<li>My love making (ha ha, totally joking)</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One container ready to go. I ran out of jello shot cup caps, so I just separated the layers by taking a piece of cardboard, cut it down and covered it with foil.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm so excited to lick these out of the cups. I freaking love pudding shots. T-4 hours til the shenanigans begin and I can partake.</span></div>
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Alicia Lomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190020771337020084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989672375331674689.post-6869309259726667572012-11-10T17:00:00.001-08:002012-11-10T17:00:27.343-08:00Washington Blogger Meetup: The Beginning<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kendra and I threw our first blogger meetup today, and it was an amazing success. I am looking forward to more events to come. Our concept was casual and low key, although we were able to get some cool giveaway prizes and swag bags.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Ashley from <a href="http://www.atparsons.blogspot.com/">Life on the Parsons Farm</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And your Co-Host's Alicia (well that's me) and <span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Kendra from <a href="http://www.bkdarr.com/">Adventures of Brad and Kendra</a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The meetup took place in my Townhouses clubhouse; which was absolutely perfect. It is fully equipped with plenty of comfortable seating, a full kitchen and even a game room if you were so inclined. We served a spaghetti lunch with some random snacks and punch. The whole thing was just magical in my opinion; we had the best personalities show up. There was no lack of conversation and definitely an agreement that we can grow these meetups and keep them going. We had two fabulous giveaway prizes, and with only 5 of us, pretty good chances of coming away a winner. There was a Painting class for 4 at <a href="http://www.corksandcanvasevents.com/">Corks and Canvas</a>, as well as (2) packs of O' Boy Oberto BBQ Pork Jerky.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We are looking forward to many more meetups to come. We'll do one after the holidays for sure. If you have suggestions or want to make sure you are included on the invite, please leave a comment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>Alicia Lomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190020771337020084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989672375331674689.post-78338693072743522832012-11-09T20:33:00.005-08:002012-11-09T20:33:57.162-08:00Friday Night Rando-blog!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Things that make me go WOO HOO!!!
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Petit Amuse Box</b></span> - My last box was kind of lame. I was going to give it one more month and then perhaps cancel. Redemption, sweet redemption, it's amazing. MIMOSA vinegar? WTF.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My box includes: coconut chili macadamias, fennel pollen shortbread cookies, passion fruit caramels, and champagne mimosa vingear.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Washington Blogger Meetup </b></span>- Tomorrow Kendra from <a href="http://www.bkdarr.com/">Adventures of Brad and Kendra</a> and I will be hosting a meetup for local Washington Bloggers. It is a super casual, spaghetti feed. We were able to get some cool swag for the event and even some giveaways. The small group that are making an appearance are going to be so pleased. I can't wait to chat up a storm with my fellow bloggers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"> Catching Up With Old Friends </span></b>- Last night I got texts from a bunch of people from my past. It was so bizarre that it all happened on the same night. I love having people in my life that feel comfortable getting back in touch after quite a while; that means we had a real friendship. Friends and family make my world go around. Shout outs to Scot and Scott and Justin, my long lost Texas friends.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>My New Thanksgiving Plans</b></span> - Today I was checking flights to Texas via my mileage account just to see what is available. The owners of my company gave everyone a free shopping day to use whenever, which is amazing because I'm out of days off. Much to my surprise, I actually had enough miles to fly me and my niece, Chloe, to Texas for Thanksgiving. The Thanksgiving that I spent with Renee and Mike over 5 years ago is one of my most memorable Thanksgivings!! Looking forward to hanging with the Britton family and having play time with Lino and Chloe. I'm not cooking anything though; Renee's dad will tell me what I'm doing wrong. It's F'ing mashed potatoes! I can handle it. Ha ha. I love my Texas family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">The weekly post that provides my readers with all the cool happenings around Seattle for the upcoming weekend. You will have no excuse to not get out and make memories.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://nwcoffeefestival.com/">Northwest Coffee Festival</a></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> – Take part in this fabulous event for coffee lovers. There will be a coffee crawl, prizes, free coffee, and tons of other activities. Look for tons of gifts, coffee and desserts by Stumptown, Cafe Ladro, Chocolate Cakery, Cakes by CK, The Waisted Belt Co, Azula by Design and many, many more.</span></strong><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Seattle Design Center (Georgetown), 5701 6th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98108</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">10am-6pm Saturday and 10am-5pm Sunday</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Purchase tickets <a href="http://nwcoffeefestival.strangertickets.com//events/6445056/northwest-coffee-festival-2012">here</a>, $15 for Adults, $5/$8 for Youth</span></li>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://www.couchfestfilms.com/seattle-2012.html">Couch Fest Films</a></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> – </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">This fest is quite unique, it is a cozy short film fest hosted on random people's couches. Totally bizarre, yet intriguing right? There are for volunteers that have opened up their homes for the event. </span></strong><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Locations <a href="http://www.couchfestfilms.com/seattle-2012.html">here</a>.</span></li>
<li>Movie start times are at 1pm, 2:30pm, 4pm and 5:30pm </li>
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<strong><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Saturday, November 10th</span></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://seattlegoodwill.org/sales-and-events/glitter-sale?utm_campaign=November%20retail-2012&utm_medium=email&utm_source=icon-link&utm_content=Glitter%20Sale&utm_term="><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Glitter Sale</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> – The biggest sale of the year featuring designer clothes, gorgeous jewelry, vintage pieces and beautiful accessories. Items are saved throughout the year for this event.</span></strong><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">9am-6pm</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Seattle Goodwill, 1400 S Lane St, Seattle, WA 98144</span></li>
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<strong><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Saturday and Sunday, November 10th-11th</span></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.voiceplaces.com/antique-and-collectible-show-nov-10-and-11-seattle-1832052-e/?utm_source=Newsletters&utm_medium=email"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">America's Largest Antique & Collectible Show</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> – The largest show in the Seattle/Tacoma area with 400 booths of cool, funky antiques, ranging from 1880s to the 1970s. You can get your family treasure evaluated for $5.</span></strong><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">10am-6pm Saturday, 9am-5pm Sunday</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Adult admission $6, Children 12-17 $3, under 12 free</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Free parking</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Puyallup Fair & Events Center, 110 Ninth Ave SW, Puyallup, WA 98371</span></li>
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<strong><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Holiday Craft Shows and Bazaars</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I love to hit up craft shows to help with my Christmas shopping. The problem is then I end up buying stuff for myself, woops. Here is a list of the upcoming craft fairs going on this weekend.</span></strong><br />
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Dinner with Honest Abe -- I would have dinner with Abraham Lincoln. I pretty much want to hear about his vampire hunting day, bwahahaha! I'm pretty sure he liked chicken fricassee and biscuits, but I'd make him eat all of my favorites to try to fatten him up a bit. We'd see how he can handle spices too. We'd have an appetizer of buffalo chicken dip, dinner of chicken, jalapeno and pineapple pizza and a chili spiced brownie for dessert. I am inspired by Lincoln for his early battles for civil rights and for his ability to inspire people even though he wasn't highly educated. <br />
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Popular Notion -- I am being a pansy and skipping this question. I'm sick of expressing my opinion to people that disagree and won't give me the time of day to at least explain why I feel that way. I know it's just in the heat of the election, but I'm weak. I'm not the strongest at getting my opinion across and explaining it that well, and then when people are so set in their ways, they'll shut me down instantly. I like to think I'm pretty open minded, I definitely can hear someone's opinion and listen to where they're coming from. I respect their opinion even if it's not the same as mine. I don't know that I get the same respect. I just get told I'm wrong and/or stupid, blah blah blah. I'm a weak debater, but I also don't believe I need to debate for my opinion necessarily. I could ramble for hours about this. I hate politics:)<br />
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Fave Body Part -- My brain. That's it, I think the mind and personalities are the most important. I feel blessed that I have a good head on my shoulders and had the brainpower and drive to complete a really hard degree and pursue an amazingly satisfying career.<br />
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I'm pretty sure I was supposed to complete the Thirty Things in thirty days, but I didn't. I have three more questions to go. It's been fun regardless, and hopefully it gives my readers a chance to get to know me a little more. <br />
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