She is not a baller on a budget.
Oprah Makes: $315,000,000/yr. $26,000,000/mth. $6,000,000/wk. $850,000/day. $35,000/hr. $600/minute. $10/sec.
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Sunday, July 31, 2011
Weekend Bullet Points
Here's what the Ho Family did this weekend:
- Mr. Ho played 3 games of football.
- Bought a couch! The Arhaus annual sale was too good to pass up.
- Grocery shopping at Wegmans.
- Olive spent time with Ma-Ma (Grandma Ho).
- Switched cable, internet, and home phone (we now have a home-line) to Verizon Fios.
- Skyped with Pyp!
- Mr. Ho woke up with Olive. Got to sleep in till 9!
- Brunch with a few PTC girls.
- Laundry
- Major back pain. Feeling like an old lady.
- Fiddled around with blog layout. I love it now.
Now I shall go shower, lather up with some St. Tropez Gradual Tan lotion, read a bit and sleep. G'nite my lovely blog readers.
Courtin-Clarins Cousins
Vogue August 2011
How gorgeous is this photo? I don't know what i love more? The to-die-for dresses? The flawless hair and makeup? They are such a beautiful family. Seriously, french women are so pretty. I am pretty much obsessed with them right now.
Friday, July 29, 2011
My dress on Tv
I was watching The Office on Netflix and saw Kelly wearing this Banana Republic dress I have as well! Fun.
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
Sneaky
Look who I found resting on my bathmat. Mr. Ho says he feels neglected by me thus choosing my mat over the other 2 in the bathroom.
Great. Now I have to wash the bathmats :/
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Great. Now I have to wash the bathmats :/
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Guilty
Do you obsessively check your smartphone?
(CNN) -- There I was at a long-awaited dinner with friends Saturday night, when in the midst of our chatting, I watched my right hand sneaking away from my side to grab my phone sitting on the table to check my e-mail.
"What am I doing?" I thought to myself. "I'm here with my friends, and I don't need to be checking e-mail on a Saturday night."
The part that freaked me out was that I hadn't told my hand to reach out for the phone. It seemed to be doing it all on its own. I wondered what was wrong with me until I read a recent study in the journal Personal and Ubiquitous Computing that showed I'm hardly alone. In fact, my problem seems to be ubiquitous.
The authors found smartphone users have developed what they call "checking habits" -- repetitive checks of e-mail and other applications such as Facebook. The checks typically lasted less than 30 seconds and were often done within 10 minutes of each other.
On average, the study subjects checked their phones 34 times a day, not necessarily because they really needed to check them that many times, but because it had become a habit or compulsion.
"It's extremely common, and very hard to avoid," says Loren Frank, a neuroscientist at the University of California, San Francisco. "We don't even consciously realize we're doing it -- it's an unconscious behavior."
Why we constantly check our phones
Earlier this year, Frank started to realize that he, too, was habitually checking his smartphone over and over without even thinking about it. When he sat down to figure out why, he realized it was an unconscious, two-step process.
First, his brain liked the feeling when he received an e-mail. It was something new, and it often was something nice: a note from a colleague complimenting his work or a request from a journalist for help with a story.
"Each time you get an e-mail, it's a small jolt, a positive feedback that you're an important person," he says. "It's a little bit of an addiction in that way."
Once the brain becomes accustomed to this positive feedback, reaching out for the phone becomes an automatic action you don't even think about consciously, Frank says. Instead, the urge to check lives in the striatum, a part of the brain that governs habitual actions.
The cost of constant checking
For Frank, constant checking stressed him out and really annoyed his wife.
Dr. Adam Gazzaley, a neurologist at UCSF, sees another cost: Whenever you take a break from what you're doing to unnecessarily check your e-mail, studies show, it's hard to go back to your original task.
"You really pay a price," he says.
Habitually checking can also become a way for you to avoid interacting with people or avoid doing the things you really need to be doing.
"People don't like thinking hard," says Clifford Nass, a professor of communication and computer science at Stanford University. Constantly consulting your smartphone, he says, "is an attempt to not have to think hard, but feel like you're doing something."
How to know if you're a habitual checker
1. You check your e-mail more than you need to.
Sometimes you're in the middle of an intense project at work and you really do need to check your e-mail constantly. But be honest with yourself -- if that's not the case, your constant checking might be a habit, not a conscious choice.
2. You're annoying other people.
If, like Frank, you're ticking off the people closest to you, it's time to take a look at your smartphone habits.
"If you hear 'put the phone away' more than once a day, you probably have a problem," says Lisa Merlo, a psychologist at the University of Florida.
3. The thought of not checking makes you break out in a cold sweat.
Try this experiment: Put your phone away for an hour. If you get itchy during that time, you might be a habitual checker.
How to get rid of your checking habit
1. Acknowledge you have a problem.
It may sound AA-ish, but acknowledging that you're unnecessarily checking your phone -- and that there are repercussions to doing so -- is the first step toward breaking the habit.
"We can be conscious of the habit of checking. We can unlearn its habits," says Sherry Turkle, a psychologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self.
2. Have smartphone-free times.
See if you can stay away from your phone for a few hours. If that makes you too nervous, start off with just 10 minutes, Merlo suggests. You actually don't have to stay away from your phone altogether -- you can just turn the e-mail function off (or Facebook or whatever you're habitually checking).
3. Have smartphone-free places.
You can also establish phone-free zones, which is what Frank did to cure his smartphone habit.
"The first thing I did was banish it from the bedroom," he says. "I would have to walk down the hallway to my study to actually be able to see it."
You could also force yourself to stop checking when you're in a social situation, like out to dinner with friends. (Last Saturday night, I shoved my phone way down into my purse where I couldn't see it).
Joanna Lipari, a psychologist who practices in California, uses this strategy when her teenage daughter has friends over.
"I have a rule. Like the Old Wild West which had you check your gun at the saloon entrance, I have a basket by the door, and the kids have to check their phones in the basket," she says. Otherwise, she says, the kids would stare at their phones and not interact with one another.
(CNN) -- There I was at a long-awaited dinner with friends Saturday night, when in the midst of our chatting, I watched my right hand sneaking away from my side to grab my phone sitting on the table to check my e-mail.
"What am I doing?" I thought to myself. "I'm here with my friends, and I don't need to be checking e-mail on a Saturday night."
The part that freaked me out was that I hadn't told my hand to reach out for the phone. It seemed to be doing it all on its own. I wondered what was wrong with me until I read a recent study in the journal Personal and Ubiquitous Computing that showed I'm hardly alone. In fact, my problem seems to be ubiquitous.
The authors found smartphone users have developed what they call "checking habits" -- repetitive checks of e-mail and other applications such as Facebook. The checks typically lasted less than 30 seconds and were often done within 10 minutes of each other.
On average, the study subjects checked their phones 34 times a day, not necessarily because they really needed to check them that many times, but because it had become a habit or compulsion.
"It's extremely common, and very hard to avoid," says Loren Frank, a neuroscientist at the University of California, San Francisco. "We don't even consciously realize we're doing it -- it's an unconscious behavior."
Why we constantly check our phones
Earlier this year, Frank started to realize that he, too, was habitually checking his smartphone over and over without even thinking about it. When he sat down to figure out why, he realized it was an unconscious, two-step process.
First, his brain liked the feeling when he received an e-mail. It was something new, and it often was something nice: a note from a colleague complimenting his work or a request from a journalist for help with a story.
"Each time you get an e-mail, it's a small jolt, a positive feedback that you're an important person," he says. "It's a little bit of an addiction in that way."
Once the brain becomes accustomed to this positive feedback, reaching out for the phone becomes an automatic action you don't even think about consciously, Frank says. Instead, the urge to check lives in the striatum, a part of the brain that governs habitual actions.
The cost of constant checking
For Frank, constant checking stressed him out and really annoyed his wife.
Dr. Adam Gazzaley, a neurologist at UCSF, sees another cost: Whenever you take a break from what you're doing to unnecessarily check your e-mail, studies show, it's hard to go back to your original task.
"You really pay a price," he says.
Habitually checking can also become a way for you to avoid interacting with people or avoid doing the things you really need to be doing.
"People don't like thinking hard," says Clifford Nass, a professor of communication and computer science at Stanford University. Constantly consulting your smartphone, he says, "is an attempt to not have to think hard, but feel like you're doing something."
How to know if you're a habitual checker
1. You check your e-mail more than you need to.
Sometimes you're in the middle of an intense project at work and you really do need to check your e-mail constantly. But be honest with yourself -- if that's not the case, your constant checking might be a habit, not a conscious choice.
2. You're annoying other people.
If, like Frank, you're ticking off the people closest to you, it's time to take a look at your smartphone habits.
"If you hear 'put the phone away' more than once a day, you probably have a problem," says Lisa Merlo, a psychologist at the University of Florida.
3. The thought of not checking makes you break out in a cold sweat.
Try this experiment: Put your phone away for an hour. If you get itchy during that time, you might be a habitual checker.
How to get rid of your checking habit
1. Acknowledge you have a problem.
It may sound AA-ish, but acknowledging that you're unnecessarily checking your phone -- and that there are repercussions to doing so -- is the first step toward breaking the habit.
"We can be conscious of the habit of checking. We can unlearn its habits," says Sherry Turkle, a psychologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self.
2. Have smartphone-free times.
See if you can stay away from your phone for a few hours. If that makes you too nervous, start off with just 10 minutes, Merlo suggests. You actually don't have to stay away from your phone altogether -- you can just turn the e-mail function off (or Facebook or whatever you're habitually checking).
3. Have smartphone-free places.
You can also establish phone-free zones, which is what Frank did to cure his smartphone habit.
"The first thing I did was banish it from the bedroom," he says. "I would have to walk down the hallway to my study to actually be able to see it."
You could also force yourself to stop checking when you're in a social situation, like out to dinner with friends. (Last Saturday night, I shoved my phone way down into my purse where I couldn't see it).
Joanna Lipari, a psychologist who practices in California, uses this strategy when her teenage daughter has friends over.
"I have a rule. Like the Old Wild West which had you check your gun at the saloon entrance, I have a basket by the door, and the kids have to check their phones in the basket," she says. Otherwise, she says, the kids would stare at their phones and not interact with one another.
Fishy
My first attempt at a fishtail braid. I love the look. Needs improvement. I'm just impressed I was able to do it at all. I can't even french braid.
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Reader Comment
azusa said...
omg... i went out to eat the other day and this random lady went up and touched the child..... i was like omg omgomg..... when she left the husband was like.. i know you didnt like that.. and i was like yeah i haaaaaaaaate that.....
Oh my. Gross gross gross. One time, the cashier rubbed her dirty hands on Olive's face after handling cash. She broke out on that spot!
omg... i went out to eat the other day and this random lady went up and touched the child..... i was like omg omgomg..... when she left the husband was like.. i know you didnt like that.. and i was like yeah i haaaaaaaaate that.....
Oh my. Gross gross gross. One time, the cashier rubbed her dirty hands on Olive's face after handling cash. She broke out on that spot!
Reader Comment
Mrs. OGDM said...
have you tried the kirkland brand of towelettes? i like them!
No, I have not! Once I get through the massive box of the ones I have now, I will definitely give them a try. Thanks for the suggestion!
have you tried the kirkland brand of towelettes? i like them!
No, I have not! Once I get through the massive box of the ones I have now, I will definitely give them a try. Thanks for the suggestion!
Little Gym
Little Gym was a little bit of a nightmare. Olive was very clingy, stubborn, and nervous. So I did what any mother would do. Sign her up for more classes!! She's too used to just being home with me. I've got to socialize her. This was her face most of the time:
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Flat
This is my new flat iron. I bought it from my cousins beauty store in Cali.
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Makeup Remover
I used to use the Ponds wipes but I got these at Costco. So much better!
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Unsolicited Advice
I hate when people offer unsolicited advice. Especially when it comes to my own child.
But I know I am so guilty of it too. So, I apologize if I ever annoy you with my wisdom. I swear, it's coming from a good place. I just want to help.
While I'm on the topic, here's some right now!
Don't touch other people's children. If it's a close friend's or family member's, at least let it be known you washed your hands (with water AND soap). It makes me so mad when strangers rub their nasty, dirty hands on my daughter's face. arms, legs, hands. I don't know where your hands have been all day.
The end.
But I know I am so guilty of it too. So, I apologize if I ever annoy you with my wisdom. I swear, it's coming from a good place. I just want to help.
While I'm on the topic, here's some right now!
Don't touch other people's children. If it's a close friend's or family member's, at least let it be known you washed your hands (with water AND soap). It makes me so mad when strangers rub their nasty, dirty hands on my daughter's face. arms, legs, hands. I don't know where your hands have been all day.
The end.
Serial slasher sought in Fairfax County, Va.
No, you are really reading this correctly. I went to Tysons today and kept looking behind me. Checking myself out in windows and mirrors really worked on my behalf today.
Serial slasher sought in Fairfax County, Va.
Tuesday - 7/26/2011, 3:23pm ET
Police say the suspect most recently cut a woman at Fair Oaks Mall on Monday. (Courtesy of Fairfax County Police Department)
FAIRFAX, Va. - Authorities say a woman has been slashed in a Fairfax County shopping mall in what could be the latest in a string of similar incidents.
Fairfax County police spokesperson Lucy Caldwell says an 18-year-old woman was in Forever XXI, a trendy clothing store, at Fair Oaks Mall when she was cut at about 5:30 p.m. Monday. Caldwell says the woman heard someone behind her drop clothes or a package. The woman then felt a sharp pain and realized she had been cut. Caldwell says the woman was cut on the buttocks through her denim shorts with a box cutter or razor.
Detectives say the attack may be linked to four others that have occurred in Fairfax County retail stores since February.
Most recently, a woman was cut while shopping at a Marshalls at Greenbriar Shopping Center on June 20. The other attacks took place Feb. 14 at the Fair Oaks Mall in the corridor near Champps Americana restaurant; May 16 at the same mall, inside the Ann Taylor clothing store and June 18 at Tysons Corner Center inside the H&M clothing store.
In each attack, police say the suspect distracts his victim before cutting them.
The victims have all been in their late teens or early 20s, and have survived the attacks.
Police think the slasher is a heavy set Hispanic man in his late 20s, roughly 5 feet 6 inches tall. He wore white shorts and a short-sleeved shirt on the July 25 attack.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Solvers by phone at 1-866-411-TIPS/8477, e-mail at fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or text "TIP187" plus your message to CRIMES/274637 or call Fairfax County Police at 703-691-2131.
Serial slasher sought in Fairfax County, Va.
Tuesday - 7/26/2011, 3:23pm ET
Police say the suspect most recently cut a woman at Fair Oaks Mall on Monday. (Courtesy of Fairfax County Police Department)
FAIRFAX, Va. - Authorities say a woman has been slashed in a Fairfax County shopping mall in what could be the latest in a string of similar incidents.
Fairfax County police spokesperson Lucy Caldwell says an 18-year-old woman was in Forever XXI, a trendy clothing store, at Fair Oaks Mall when she was cut at about 5:30 p.m. Monday. Caldwell says the woman heard someone behind her drop clothes or a package. The woman then felt a sharp pain and realized she had been cut. Caldwell says the woman was cut on the buttocks through her denim shorts with a box cutter or razor.
Detectives say the attack may be linked to four others that have occurred in Fairfax County retail stores since February.
Most recently, a woman was cut while shopping at a Marshalls at Greenbriar Shopping Center on June 20. The other attacks took place Feb. 14 at the Fair Oaks Mall in the corridor near Champps Americana restaurant; May 16 at the same mall, inside the Ann Taylor clothing store and June 18 at Tysons Corner Center inside the H&M clothing store.
In each attack, police say the suspect distracts his victim before cutting them.
The victims have all been in their late teens or early 20s, and have survived the attacks.
Police think the slasher is a heavy set Hispanic man in his late 20s, roughly 5 feet 6 inches tall. He wore white shorts and a short-sleeved shirt on the July 25 attack.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Solvers by phone at 1-866-411-TIPS/8477, e-mail at fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or text "TIP187" plus your message to CRIMES/274637 or call Fairfax County Police at 703-691-2131.
Finally!
I just went back and updated all my blogs with their appropriate tags. This blog is starting to become my facebook status updates/twitter messages.
Trailer : New Year's Eve
Who got me excited in this trailer? Lea Michele. Zac Efron. SJP. Seth Meyers. What am I? 16 years old? Judge away.
Sephora Haul
St tropez gradual tan lotion
St tropez tan applicator mitt
Kate sommerville tan towels
YSL Mascara volume faux cils
Sephora faux lashes
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St tropez tan applicator mitt
Kate sommerville tan towels
YSL Mascara volume faux cils
Sephora faux lashes
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Room
Having a hard time reading Room. Not because it's not a good read but because it's making me very emotional.
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Straight
This is for SIL who said I never wear my hair straight.
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Monday, July 25, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
Seriously?!
Europe Has Already Run Out Of Fish For The Year
BY MICHAEL J. COREN
Jul 15, 2011
People the world over eat more fish than the environment can sustain. In Europe, they ate a year's worth of fish by July 2. Every fish they eat now is just pushing species closer to extinction.
Scientists have warned that without drastic changes "this century is the last century of wild seafood." The world's current trajectory of falling catches and rising consumption is projected to end in 2050 with the collapse of nearly 100% of exploited seafood populations. But those are just abstract numbers. Now a new report tells us the precise day each year when we have eaten more fish than the planet can sustain. In Europe, that day has already passed. Every fish consumed now by Europeans is one that couldn't come from their own fisheries.
In 2011, according to the study by the New Economics Foundation this "fish dependence day," fell on July 2, the day when--theortetically--at least, the EU pulled all the fish it could from its waters (NEF extrapolates from the most recent FAO data of 2008). This dependence date has crept forward for more than a decade and is now a full month ahead of where it was in 2000. The reasons are well known. Since 1950, governments have deployed policies, loans, and subsidies to build up big industrial fishing operations that feed the world's growing appetite for seafood. Escalating competition for a dwindling pool of fisheries has had predictable consequences: the world's catch peaked at 90 million tons in the late 1980s, and declined ever since to 79.5 million tons in 2008 (the most recent year statistics are available).
The NEF's study, while detailing which EU countries consume the most seafood (Portugal per capita), the most popular species (tuna, salmon, and cod primarily), and other trends, it also offers solutions it thinks can reverse the situation and prevent the collapse of marine species that, scientists say, may still be saved with proper management.
"The single greatest benefit to fish stocks would be, quite simply, a reduction in catches to help fish stocks rebuild," NEF researcher Ruper Crilly says by email. "Because this has been so difficult to do directly, people have come up with indirect ways to do it: reducing consumption, reducing capacity, controlling effort (days spent fishing), and [other methods]. Which is most effective is contentious, but there is currently very little drive to reduce fish consumption. Without this, it is difficult to see how the pressure on stocks here or abroad can be alleviated."
The NEF argues for a simple formula: eat less fish more responsibly and then better manage the remaining public resources of marine fisheries. "We believe an important issue is access to fish resources based on environmental and social criteria (which, in short, should help ensure sustainable use of the resource), and that this would help benefit the public, who own the resource and have a right to demand higher standards of exploitation," writes Crilly.
While the NEF has no plans to release a similar report for the U.S., plenty of organizations on this side of the Atlantic from National Geographic to the Monterey Bay Aquarium offer seafood guides for your pocket and phone to help make sustainable seafood decisions.
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BY MICHAEL J. COREN
Jul 15, 2011
People the world over eat more fish than the environment can sustain. In Europe, they ate a year's worth of fish by July 2. Every fish they eat now is just pushing species closer to extinction.
Scientists have warned that without drastic changes "this century is the last century of wild seafood." The world's current trajectory of falling catches and rising consumption is projected to end in 2050 with the collapse of nearly 100% of exploited seafood populations. But those are just abstract numbers. Now a new report tells us the precise day each year when we have eaten more fish than the planet can sustain. In Europe, that day has already passed. Every fish consumed now by Europeans is one that couldn't come from their own fisheries.
In 2011, according to the study by the New Economics Foundation this "fish dependence day," fell on July 2, the day when--theortetically--at least, the EU pulled all the fish it could from its waters (NEF extrapolates from the most recent FAO data of 2008). This dependence date has crept forward for more than a decade and is now a full month ahead of where it was in 2000. The reasons are well known. Since 1950, governments have deployed policies, loans, and subsidies to build up big industrial fishing operations that feed the world's growing appetite for seafood. Escalating competition for a dwindling pool of fisheries has had predictable consequences: the world's catch peaked at 90 million tons in the late 1980s, and declined ever since to 79.5 million tons in 2008 (the most recent year statistics are available).
The NEF's study, while detailing which EU countries consume the most seafood (Portugal per capita), the most popular species (tuna, salmon, and cod primarily), and other trends, it also offers solutions it thinks can reverse the situation and prevent the collapse of marine species that, scientists say, may still be saved with proper management.
"The single greatest benefit to fish stocks would be, quite simply, a reduction in catches to help fish stocks rebuild," NEF researcher Ruper Crilly says by email. "Because this has been so difficult to do directly, people have come up with indirect ways to do it: reducing consumption, reducing capacity, controlling effort (days spent fishing), and [other methods]. Which is most effective is contentious, but there is currently very little drive to reduce fish consumption. Without this, it is difficult to see how the pressure on stocks here or abroad can be alleviated."
The NEF argues for a simple formula: eat less fish more responsibly and then better manage the remaining public resources of marine fisheries. "We believe an important issue is access to fish resources based on environmental and social criteria (which, in short, should help ensure sustainable use of the resource), and that this would help benefit the public, who own the resource and have a right to demand higher standards of exploitation," writes Crilly.
While the NEF has no plans to release a similar report for the U.S., plenty of organizations on this side of the Atlantic from National Geographic to the Monterey Bay Aquarium offer seafood guides for your pocket and phone to help make sustainable seafood decisions.
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Dear Amy P
Hi friend!
I just finished Bossypants and quite enjoyed it. I am a Tina Fey stan (stalker + fan. I'm down with the lingo) so I was looking forward to reading it. It's a combination of hilarious stories, sage advice, and female encouragement.
I actually want to read The Help and the Jaycee Dugaard (sp?) memoir next. I'll keep your recommendation on the list! Thanks!
A nook... What's the difference between that and a kindle? Either or, I'm not sure. I love a book. I love the weight, the way it smells. I love underlining things or jotting notes in the margins. I love seeing how many pages i have left. The way they get alphabetized in our den. I know those readers have to be convenient. But eh. Book Nerd at heart, I am.
Love you!
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I just finished Bossypants and quite enjoyed it. I am a Tina Fey stan (stalker + fan. I'm down with the lingo) so I was looking forward to reading it. It's a combination of hilarious stories, sage advice, and female encouragement.
I actually want to read The Help and the Jaycee Dugaard (sp?) memoir next. I'll keep your recommendation on the list! Thanks!
A nook... What's the difference between that and a kindle? Either or, I'm not sure. I love a book. I love the weight, the way it smells. I love underlining things or jotting notes in the margins. I love seeing how many pages i have left. The way they get alphabetized in our den. I know those readers have to be convenient. But eh. Book Nerd at heart, I am.
Love you!
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Saturday, July 16, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
Ddeh Mee Lee
Last night, I went to Spa World with two girlfriends. We went into the saunas to sweat. Had some refreshing Shik-kae. Soaked in the hot tubs. And then got the best scrub-down. Basically, you lay on this table au naturale and a korean lady scrubs down a layer of your skin - dead skin cells. You see these dirty pellets of skin just come off you. It is AMAZING. I felt SOOO clean and so soft afterwards! I am so doing to do this again. It sounds crazy but it was tres relaxing!
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
"Harry Potter - A Look Back"
OMG OMG I'm so excited!
95% of books to movies suck. This is definitely an exception.
95% of books to movies suck. This is definitely an exception.
Bomb.com Meatballs
These meatballs were SOOOO good. Moist and flavorful. I omitted the hot sauce so Olivia could have them for dinner as well. Still delicious. I also substituted one egg for the milk. Will definitely put this into rotation. Put these suckers on a sub roll and melt some mozz on top. Or put in your spaghetti. Or do mini ones and serve at a party.
Prep Time:
20 Min
Cook Time:
20 Min
Ready In:
40 Min
Original Recipe Yield 12 meatballs
Ingredients
1 pound extra lean ground beef
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 small onion, diced
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1 1/2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
3/4 teaspoon dried oregano
3/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1 dash hot pepper sauce (such as Frank's RedHot®), or to taste
1 1/2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1/3 cup skim milk
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup seasoned bread crumbs
Directions
Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Place the beef into a mixing bowl, and season with salt, onion, garlic salt, Italian seasoning, oregano, red pepper flakes, hot pepper sauce, and Worcestershire sauce; mix well. Add the milk, Parmesan cheese, and bread crumbs. Mix until evenly blended, then form into 1 1/2-inch meatballs, and place onto a baking sheet.
Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, 20 to 25 minutes.
From allrecipies.com
Prep Time:
20 Min
Cook Time:
20 Min
Ready In:
40 Min
Original Recipe Yield 12 meatballs
Ingredients
1 pound extra lean ground beef
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 small onion, diced
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1 1/2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
3/4 teaspoon dried oregano
3/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1 dash hot pepper sauce (such as Frank's RedHot®), or to taste
1 1/2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1/3 cup skim milk
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup seasoned bread crumbs
Directions
Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Place the beef into a mixing bowl, and season with salt, onion, garlic salt, Italian seasoning, oregano, red pepper flakes, hot pepper sauce, and Worcestershire sauce; mix well. Add the milk, Parmesan cheese, and bread crumbs. Mix until evenly blended, then form into 1 1/2-inch meatballs, and place onto a baking sheet.
Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, 20 to 25 minutes.
From allrecipies.com
Monday, July 11, 2011
J WOWW
I love what a little reality show money can do for you. I actually think she looks really pretty in the recent pictures.
Harper Seven
I adore the Beckham's daughter's name. I want to be that daughter. Imagine the COLLECTION she is inheriting from her mother. Jaw, meet Floor.
How great would it be to be them for one day? Yummy.
How great would it be to be them for one day? Yummy.
Car stickers
Remember how I mentioned I like those stick figure car stickers but could never do it myself?
This one made me sad.
It's like there was a dad figure and now what? Divorce? Death?
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This one made me sad.
It's like there was a dad figure and now what? Divorce? Death?
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Plus
I have a google+ account. I feel like a pioneer! Thank you Mrs. OGDM!
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Sunday, July 10, 2011
Vino
Was in a funk until Mr. Ho forced wine down my throat. Feeling better.
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Watch the Throne
I cannot wait for this album! Love the cover. All opulent and encourages all the Illuminati rumors.
HYUNA 'Bubble Pop!'
This K-Pop video has gone viral. I just watched it and not that impressed? She totally rips of Queen B with the white tank, denim shorts, strut thing. And the dancing is provocative but not really gifted? And her face. Something is weird about her face. It doesn't really move and maybe she's just trying too hard to be sexy. I'm not hating.
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Doppelganger?
I've heard from multiple people that I look/act like Giuliana Rancic. I started watching their show on netflix.com. I don't really see a resemblance? Maybe the round face? What do you guys think?
Saturday Night
Today seemed like a really long day. Olivia had a rough night sleeping. She was stirring/fussing like every few hours or so. I finally realized she was sleeping with a poopy diaper :( But now she has another case of the nose runs. And a very slight fever. I think she might be teething. She is SUPER needy of Mommy. I leave her sight and I can hear her little "umma? umma? UMMA?!" and she does this thing with her hands when she wants something. It's so adorable but a bit exhausting, I won't lie.
We went to my grandparent's house today because it's my grandfather's birthday this week. We brought over some BonChon Chicken. But we really chowed down on Grandma's food. Man, that woman can cook so well. We always eat to the brink of coma and end up laying down on the couches. It doesn't help that it's like Spa World Jr. there. So effing hot. Oh, Danny came with us! I haven't seen my brother since we were in Mississippi together. It really is a dog gone shame how little we see each other. I really miss having a close relationship with him. I know he is really busy with work, but still...
Zara is having a MAYJOR sale, people. I didn't get anything but I am thinking about this royal blue blazer that I definitely should have picked up.
We had SUCH a poop accident today. I've read about people who go to get their kiddies after a nap and find them playing in their own feces because they took off their own poopy diaper. Well, I took off Oli's diaper and let her "air out" (very important, future parents of the world) and started cleaning the dinner dishes. Mr. Ho was outside with Rocky and Oli was standing by the door watching, as she always does. Well, I didn't think anything would happen (I know her poop schedule) so I wasn't really paying attention. So I peeked over to see what she was up to and saw her looking at her feet reaching for something. I go over there and find poop everywhere - all over her feet, hands and the rug. UGH. Nightmare. It was right up to bath after that disaster.
I just got done some cleaning, put a load in the laundry. And now I'm going to make the grocery list. I am in such a food rut. I'm tired of the crap I make. I need new recipes.
Happy Saturday Evening ya'll.
We went to my grandparent's house today because it's my grandfather's birthday this week. We brought over some BonChon Chicken. But we really chowed down on Grandma's food. Man, that woman can cook so well. We always eat to the brink of coma and end up laying down on the couches. It doesn't help that it's like Spa World Jr. there. So effing hot. Oh, Danny came with us! I haven't seen my brother since we were in Mississippi together. It really is a dog gone shame how little we see each other. I really miss having a close relationship with him. I know he is really busy with work, but still...
Zara is having a MAYJOR sale, people. I didn't get anything but I am thinking about this royal blue blazer that I definitely should have picked up.
We had SUCH a poop accident today. I've read about people who go to get their kiddies after a nap and find them playing in their own feces because they took off their own poopy diaper. Well, I took off Oli's diaper and let her "air out" (very important, future parents of the world) and started cleaning the dinner dishes. Mr. Ho was outside with Rocky and Oli was standing by the door watching, as she always does. Well, I didn't think anything would happen (I know her poop schedule) so I wasn't really paying attention. So I peeked over to see what she was up to and saw her looking at her feet reaching for something. I go over there and find poop everywhere - all over her feet, hands and the rug. UGH. Nightmare. It was right up to bath after that disaster.
I just got done some cleaning, put a load in the laundry. And now I'm going to make the grocery list. I am in such a food rut. I'm tired of the crap I make. I need new recipes.
Happy Saturday Evening ya'll.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Tears
So I've avoided the Casey Anthony trial like the plague but with the recent events , I wiki'ed the story and cried. That bitch is crazy and her day will come...
Anyway, I was reading my new Glamour today and came across this story about the Stillman twins and sobbed while Oli was watching The Wonder Pets.
There is a special place in hell for child abusers.
Here's the link to their story:
http://m.glamour.com/sex-love-life/2011/07/we-were-prisoners-in-a-house-of-torture-but-we-survived
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Anyway, I was reading my new Glamour today and came across this story about the Stillman twins and sobbed while Oli was watching The Wonder Pets.
There is a special place in hell for child abusers.
Here's the link to their story:
http://m.glamour.com/sex-love-life/2011/07/we-were-prisoners-in-a-house-of-torture-but-we-survived
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Ms Grumpy McGrumperson
That would be me :(
Pity party of one right over here!!
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Pity party of one right over here!!
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70s
Are you girls loving the 70s revival? I am! Loving the outfit on the right!!
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Allergies
Don't take rash-free skin for granted :(
I was on meds and on the 5th day, I completely broke out in hives. At first I thought it was bed bugs (GOD FORBID) and I prayed it wasn't. Well, my prayers were answered because it was an allergic reaction.
It was terrible for 4 days. It's actually still sort of around on my lip.
The only silver lining? Taking Benadryl at night gives me a FULL night's sleep. No middle of the night waking. I love it.
I was on meds and on the 5th day, I completely broke out in hives. At first I thought it was bed bugs (GOD FORBID) and I prayed it wasn't. Well, my prayers were answered because it was an allergic reaction.
It was terrible for 4 days. It's actually still sort of around on my lip.
The only silver lining? Taking Benadryl at night gives me a FULL night's sleep. No middle of the night waking. I love it.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
VA Beaching
Olive, Mr. Ho, SIL and I are at the beach condo. So many fun memories here with the 3812 fam and PTC girls. Glad I can share this experience with my daughter!
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