Theme for May 10: Free Week
My fiance took this picture on Thursday of me being interviewed by Fox 10 news in Phoenix. We are working on obtaining the video (expensive) and I will post it when we do. It made me teary-eyed.
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Showing posts with label pictures. Show all posts
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Photo Hunt: High
Theme for March 29: High
This is from a trip to Flagstaff that Chris and I took in 2006 for my Birthday. We are standing at the top of the ski lift at Snowbowl, which is 9500 ft. While Chris and I want to hike to the top of Mt. Humphreys someday, I think this is just about as high as I have ever been with my feet still on the ground.
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Now playing: The Von Bondies - No Regrets
via FoxyTunes
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Photo Hunt: I Spy
Theme for March 15: I Spy
I spy, with my little eye, something small, red & white. Can you see it? We took the boys to Saguaro Lake for the day last weekend. Here they are looking for fish. Chris took this picture.
Happy Hunting!
Hint: It is just sitting on top of my son's head in the picture, and it doesn't actually look red due to the water reflection. It is also not a boat.
Happy Hunting!
Hint: It is just sitting on top of my son's head in the picture, and it doesn't actually look red due to the water reflection. It is also not a boat.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Wordless Wednesday - Feb 27
To Be Continued in another year...
(sob, sob, sob...)
Labels:
Aidan,
birthday,
past,
pictures,
Wordless Wednesday
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Photo Hunt: Wooden
Theme for February 23: Wooden
Chris took this picture St. Patrick's Day 2007. It is of a good friend of ours, Jane Hilton, playing with her band, the Waywards. The fiddle is one of the most beautiful wooden instruments in my eyes. Watching her play is mesmerizing.
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| From St Pats |
Labels:
celtic,
Jane Hilton,
music,
photohunt,
pictures,
st. patrick's day
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Photo Hunt - Skinny
Theme for January 12: Skinny
So, after a small Hiatus, I am back. It was hard this week, because I still have only online pictures to choose from until I have my hard drive fixed.
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| From Tombstone |
Konal's Shadow is very skinny...
Friday, December 28, 2007
Photo Hunt - Messy
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Friday, December 21, 2007
Photo Hunt - Light
There were a couple reasons I chose this photo. The first is the way the light plays on the boys faces. The second is because they are mid-jump, it looks like they are as light as air and floating away.
Happy Hunting!
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Blog Talkers #51
Post photos from your favorite holiday moments from last year. From two years ago. From five years ago. When looking back on these moments, how have the holidays changed for you? For your family?
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| From Christmas 2006 |
One major change is that I can no longer lift Aidan. The other is that this year has been so hectic, I still haven't decorated.
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| From Christmas 2006 |
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| From 2002 Christmas |
I couldn't find pictures from 2003. We lost pictures in a computer crash, and I think those were included. So many changes in this picture. We no longer have that rug or the furniture in this picture. The boys are so much older now!
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| From 2002 Christmas |
It is hard to believe how much my children have grown. We have been through a lot together, but somehow Christmas stays magical.
Labels:
Blog Talkers,
Christmas,
family,
past,
pictures
Friday, December 14, 2007
Photo Hunt - Small
Theme for December 15: Small
Picture of a Rose in the Capitol Mall, taken by my partner, Chris. Yellow roses are my favorite... :)
Also, note to my PhotoHunt commenters! Thank you so much for letting me know you came by. I try really, really hard to visit you all in return but life gets in the way. I promise to come by at some point, but I can't guarantee I will leave a comment back. Enjoy the hunt!
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Some Days are better than others...
This post courtesy of the germs running rampant in my home. That is all.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Tori Amos Bliss
For Christmas, Chris bought us tickets to go see Tori Amos in concert. That was tonight, and it was so awesome. I laughed, I cried, I engaged in heroine worship. Here are some crummy pics from my cell phone. I love how she makes love to her microphone and instruments...
Update: I just purchased the original bootleg for the concert, and it came with these lovely shots:
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Now playing: Tori Amos - bouncing off clouds
via FoxyTunes
Friday, December 7, 2007
Photo Hunt - Long
Theme for December 8: Long
This was a hard hunt for me, mainly because my last name is Long- so everything worked.
Then I decided on this picture:
Just because it is cool....
Then I decided on this picture:
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| From Pride Day |
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Oh Christmas tree...
Konal had a good evening after a rough start. We went and got haircuts, and my hair is now very, very short!
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| From December |
I got to talk to my dad, who is home from having his knee replaced. I need to remember to call him more often. I miss talking to him.
Then we got the tree up!
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| From December |
Still lots of decorating to do, but step one is done.
I wore fun Skull socks today:
Which totally mesh with my new Torrid sweater:
And now, I am ready for bed!
How to inspire Customer Loyalty
Otherwise known as how I became a Wildflower Bread customer for life.
On Thursday, November 29th, the boys stayed home from school and I took them to see their doctor who diagnosed a virus. I wasn't feeling well either, but we needed prescriptions, so we went directly to Target, and then did a large grocery trip while we were waiting.
When we are out and about and need to eat, we often go to Wildflower. Although the prices are a bit higher than fast food, the quality can be counted on. I can also count on them to avoid the ingredients I don't want my children eating, and especially the FDC Food dyes that Konal is so highly allergic to.
This is starting to sound like a commercial. It is not. In fact, on the day in question, we decided we were hungry and stopped at Wildflower to grab a quick lunch to go, so the groceries didn't spoil. We made our order, the Salmon Caesar salad for me, and kid sandwiches for them. I also got a pomegranate freeze, because I find them tummy soothing and some bread for the house.
It was just before 1, and a peak time. I don't mind the busyness of the store, but having led a vaguely dissolute life, I am a wee bit hard of hearing. It is mainly an issue with background noise. When you order a To Go meal, they call your name, so I stationed the boys to listen and we stood around the dessert area with our drinks and purchased bread in the bag.
And waited.
And waited.
The crowds ebbed and flowed, and I continued to watch the staging area. After a short time there were a couple of to go bags up there, but no one even really looked at them, so I assumed they were for order ahead folks.
The kids were getting restless and I was having to break up fights. I was hungry, they were hungry and none of us felt well.
After 20 minutes, I finally asked what was taking so long with our order. The cashier went to the staging area, and after a quick chat with the waitstaff, came back with one of the bags I had seen earlier. She advised me that they said they had called my name.
I told her that this was not cool. I had seen how long that bag had been sitting out, and warm salmon and cold lettuce do not do well over time. To her credit, she offered to remake everything, but I had imminent disaster to curb from bored children, plus dairy in the car getting warm.
So I went home and fumed. And fumed some more as I tried to eat my favorite salad and it was rather gross. I did something I rarely do. I wrote an e-mail to the company while it was still fresh in my mind. I am much more the type to give something a day to make sure I didn't overreact.
From: Krista Long
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 1:47 PM
To: Customer Service
Subject: Unhappy with Litchfield & McDowell Location
Today, at 12:57 pm, I completed a to go order for me and my children
at the Goodyear location. I ordered a Salmon Cesar and the boys each
a ham sandwich. We went because we had groceries in the car and the
children (and I) weren't feeling well. 20 minutes later, I was
extremely tired from standing and waiting, and asked a cashier during
the lull what happened to our order. It was ready, and apparently had
been for a while. The waitress claimed she called me, and while I
believed her, we had come in during a busy time and it was very loud
there. I had been paying attention, but could have conceivably not
heard my name, especially since we were standing by the desserts.
But, I stood there, with a loaf of bread in my hand, and my drink
waiting through quiet and busy times and not once did anyone call
again, or even check on the bag I had noticed by then on the counter.
When they gave me my food, I told them I had been standing there the
entire time, and was very unhappy. They did offer to remake the food,
but I could not stretch my children's patience any longer. So now I
am sitting here trying to eat a soggy and entirely unsatisfactory
salad, and fuming.
Anyway, I just wanted you to know, since I am a regular customer, and
am seriously rethinking your facility as a choice. Thank you.
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Krista Long
http://www.kkorner.net
"Bringing up a family should be an adventure,
not an anxious discipline in which everybody is constantly graded for
performance.
~ Milton R. Sapirstein (Paradoxes of Everyday Life)
After that, I pretty much forgot about it. Then today, I receive this e-mail:
Dear Ms. Long,
First I am very sorry for the lateness of this email. Responding to
your concern this late is not acceptable customer service and I truly
apologize for that. I am also sorry for what happened with your take
out order last Thursday. I completely understand how frustrated you
were; I have been in a situation like that before and I was just as
frustrated. We take pride in delivering outstanding food and service and
clearly this was not the case for you. Again, I apologize.
Louis Basile, the founder of our company would like the opportunity to
speak with yo