tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70500002591036215142012-02-16T02:03:11.776-05:00Love, ShellseaShellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.comBlogger1311100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-74478504951715006622011-11-07T17:30:00.000-05:002011-11-07T17:30:00.458-05:00Awesome weekend with awesome people<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GIuannKWbTY/Trg7VnDu2VI/AAAAAAAAAhg/hckt1Imu0nI/s1600/photo+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GIuannKWbTY/Trg7VnDu2VI/AAAAAAAAAhg/hckt1Imu0nI/s320/photo+%25282%2529.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">San Sebastian Winery, St. Augustine, FL</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This weekend was simple just an awesome weekend.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">One of two of my best friends drove up for a lovely visit. (Vero, you are next) It was a short visit but we made sure to pack it to the brim with fun. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Friday night we went out to the most non-Irish, Irish pub I have ever been to. It was nice to catch up over a couple of drinks and just enjoy the company. There was also a little poking fun at the odd people that had gathered in the bar. Because Jax is full of nothing but old people the bars close pretty early, forcing us to take the party back to our place and split a couple bottles of wine. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Saturday we had a lazy morning. Ate breakfast, played with iphone apps, and got ready for a day in St. Augustine. Stopped by Angie's Subs for some yummy lunch and then headed on our way. St. Augustine has to be one of my favorite things about living in Jacksonville. It is always a treat to go and walk around the old town. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Our first stop is one of my all time favorites, The San Sebastian Winery. Who can say no to a free wine tasting? Especially when its good wine served by silly </span>inappropriate<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> old ladies.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">After some sips of wine, we went for a stroll along St. George Street. Stopping in chocolate shops, tourist traps, shops full of owl merchandise, and for delish bowl of gelato. Pumpkin pie gelato for the win. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">For dinner we went to an amazing french restaurant, Bistro de Leon. It was like heaven. Joey and I ordered the same thing. Poulet au Gratin a la Savoyarde, chicken, cream, cheese, bacon, and penne baked in oven. We also split a couple appetizer for the table. My favorite was the Salade de Chevre Croustifondant, Fresh goatcheese encrusted with pecan nuts and honey and roasted, served over a fresee salad. I think I might have found a new favorite restaurant in St. Augustine.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BpNYwRXgyng/TrhBCbdsb6I/AAAAAAAAAho/2y6IAvwsCnI/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BpNYwRXgyng/TrhBCbdsb6I/AAAAAAAAAho/2y6IAvwsCnI/s320/photo.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Taberna del Gallo</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Our last stop for the night was the Taberna del Gallo for some <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Sangria Swiggin' Shanty Singing Sloshed Sailors. Which turned out to be a ton of fun. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">We also got pulled </span></span>up to sing Swing Low Sweet Chariot, making for a completely embarrassing moment caught on tape.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://1.gvt0.com/vi/vcKkZNdvAcU/0.jpg"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vcKkZNdvAcU&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vcKkZNdvAcU&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sunday was a little rainy, and gloomy out. To make up for it, we went for our traditional "Joey's visiting, Mellow Mushroom lunch" complete with a stop at Cami Cakes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks Joey for the lovely visit full of nothing but fun :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We will do a repeat in a couple of weeks!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-7447850495171500662?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-23226076556395369632011-10-17T10:15:00.000-04:002011-10-17T10:15:16.180-04:00Its all in the details.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a8CNPGrkB8Q/Tpw2a2gNN6I/AAAAAAAAAgo/bO6NnZIsWCM/s1600/brand_page.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="199" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a8CNPGrkB8Q/Tpw2a2gNN6I/AAAAAAAAAgo/bO6NnZIsWCM/s320/brand_page.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Recently I received a Sample and Share opportunity from Old Navy via <a href="http://bit.ly/hbMNuD">Crowdtap</a>. I was able to sample Old Navy's new activewear line. I am in love with the new line. For me it is all about the details. I loved all of the thoughtful additions to the activewear. Some of my favorite details were the thumb holes on the jackets, the little zippered pockets on the pants and tops that are perfect for a couple of keys or a few dollars, and the strips of reflective material on the bottom of the legging. All of these detail were really handy additions to the active wear. <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U79-RdxXiTk/Tpw2b77zC0I/AAAAAAAAAg4/aYJrjkOY4K8/s1600/IMG_20111012_185220.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U79-RdxXiTk/Tpw2b77zC0I/AAAAAAAAAg4/aYJrjkOY4K8/s320/IMG_20111012_185220.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you haven't heard of <a href="http://bit.ly/hbMNuD">Crowdtap</a> yet here is a little overview. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 10px;"></span></div><h4 style="border-bottom-color: rgb(202, 204, 209); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #004961; font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.2pt; line-height: 1em; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2267153" height="80" src="http://files.hip2save.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/crowdtap1.png" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-size: 15px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="260" /></h4><h4 style="border-bottom-color: rgb(202, 204, 209); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #004961; font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.2pt; line-height: 1em; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">New to Crowdtap?</h4><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: 1.3em; font: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">If you’re looking for a way to help out charities and get rewarded in return, you may want to check out<a href="http://bit.ly/hbMNuD" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #5689a5; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Crowdtap</a>. Crowdtap is an online community that connects consumers with brands so they can directly influence new product and marketing ideas, while earning cash and free products in return! With Crowdtap, you’ll get to tap in to engage with brands, test products, and earn cash while helping charities at the same time! Here are a few well-known charities promoted on their site:</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: 1.3em; font: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(To read more about Crowdtap, click the link below “Read More / Post Your Comments”.)</em><br /><span id="more-8051860" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: 1.3em; font: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">*<strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation</strong> – funds efforts for breast cancer research, education, advocacy, health, ect.<br /><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">*Autism Speaks</strong> – goal is to find the causes, treatments, and cure for autism and help those with autism and their families<br /><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">*Pencils of Promise</strong> – help build schools for children who may not receive any education in developing nations around the world.<br /><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">*ASPCA</strong> – mission is to provide effective means for the prevention of animal cruelty to animals<br /><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">*American National Red Cross</strong> – provide emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the US and other countries.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: 1.3em; font: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">…and more!</div><h4 style="border-bottom-color: rgb(202, 204, 209); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #004961; font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.2pt; line-height: 1em; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 4px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">How Does it Work?</strong></h4><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: 1.3em; font: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">By signing up with <a href="http://bit.ly/hbMNuD" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #5689a5; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Crowdtap</a>, you’ll be presented with a variety of opportunities to complete and you’ll be helping brands make major marketing decisions as well as help spread the buzz about products you like! You’ll also be able to answer “Info questions” that will help them better match you with more opportunities. How do you earn cash rewards? You can earn cash by earning top awards as a result of providing meaningful responses in discussions and participating in discussions daily. Also, once you reach level 5 you will receive a 5% cash bonus for every $10 you earn.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: 1.3em; font: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2263966" height="120" src="http://files.hip2save.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/rewards.png" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-size: 13px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="473" /></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: 1.3em; font: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1.) Just <a href="http://bit.ly/hbMNuD" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #5689a5; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">head on over here</a> and sign up for a Crowdtap account with your Facebook account<br />2.) Answer a few polls (click on Quick Hits) to help brands target you by your interests<br />3.) View Opportunities and participate with the brands and offers that interest you<br />4.) Earn status, rewards, and charity – the more you do, the more you get, the more you give!</div><h4 style="border-bottom-color: rgb(202, 204, 209); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #004961; font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.2pt; line-height: 1em; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 4px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">How do the Rewards Work?</strong></h4><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: 1.3em; font: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">After your account reaches at least $10, you’ll be able to redeem your earnings in the following ways…</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: 1.3em; font: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">*<strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cash Rewards</strong> – Certain activity launched by brands will earn you cash rewards.<br />*<strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gift Cards</strong> – Your Crowdtap cash can be redeemed for Amazon.com gift cards<br />*<strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Help Charities</strong> – You can choose to help your selected charity<br />*<strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Free Products</strong> – Some activities will also offer free products and other goodies</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: 1.3em; font: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong>Keep in mind that you’ll need to earn at least $9.99 before you can “redeem” your earnings (you’ll just click on the “redeem link at top”) AND 5% will automatically go to the charity you select on signup which Crowdtap will match. Then just choose to donate the rest to a charity or get an Amazon gift card e-mailed to you!</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: 1.3em; font: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Also, the points you earn determine your “level” and each level you obtain gives you privileges on the site and showcases your accomplishment. However, keep in mind that points and dollars are completely separate in Crowdtap. Points will help you level up, unlock badges, and compete with your friends while moving up the leaderboard. Dollars translate to real money and can be redeemed for Amazon gift cards or donated to your selected charity. Individual actions can earn you points, dollars, or both but points and dollars are not directly related to one another.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: 1.3em; font: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you are a current Crowdtap member, what has been your experience?</em></div><br /><div><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-2322607655639536963?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-2510847578293858492011-10-06T09:25:00.002-04:002011-10-06T09:25:47.486-04:00Everything else is secondary<div style="text-align: center;">RIP CREATIVE GENIUS : STEVE JOBS</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Snapbucket/1315935081290.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Snapbucket/1315935081290.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">- Steve Jobs</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-251084757829385849?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-86199281628101694442011-09-16T12:00:00.001-04:002011-09-16T12:00:56.273-04:00This totally made my day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://2.gvt0.com/vi/tyPDQpel8bI/0.jpg"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tyPDQpel8bI&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tyPDQpel8bI&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I had to share because this just made me so warm and happy inside. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Friday!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-8619928162810169444?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-65089964349128690552011-09-02T13:36:00.000-04:002011-09-02T13:36:06.012-04:00Winner<div style="text-align: center;">Just stopping in really quick to announce the winner of the For Your Basket giveaway!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Congratulations Katherines Corner! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Send me an email with your address, so we can get your goodies out to you :)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Shellsea.oberski{at}gmail.com</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-6508996434912869055?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-59720715169606037592011-08-23T16:36:00.003-04:002011-08-23T16:39:47.728-04:00Lets Talk Trunk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3gFzHhM0wBw/TkO1D7GKklI/AAAAAAAABvk/ZERrnbsx8SI/s400/trunk_9_354.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3gFzHhM0wBw/TkO1D7GKklI/AAAAAAAABvk/ZERrnbsx8SI/s400/trunk_9_354.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have a lovely quartet to introduce you to today. Not the singing type of quartet. Way better than that. The all about affordable fashion, crafting, make-up, photography, and fun loving quartet. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://letstalktrunk.blogspot.com/">Lets Talk Trunk</a> is where you can find these lovely ladies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These girls are amazing, with tons of fun post that are just a joy to read. I have quite a few of their tutorials and fashion posts bookmarked for inspiration.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Go check them out at <a href="http://letstalktrunk.blogspot.com/">Lets Talk Trunk</a>, I'm sure they will be your new best friends too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">********************************************</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/08/monday-giveaway-for-your-basket.html">Enter in the For Your Basket Giveaway - 2 lovely items</a></div><div><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-5972071516960603759?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-24459094399593045452011-08-23T15:51:00.003-04:002011-08-23T15:56:05.895-04:00September Sponsorship Now Available!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_2201-1-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_2201-1-1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't know who told August is could fly by like that. It's amazing to think that September is right around the corner. But lucky for you, that means there are openings for September sponsorships. Love, Shellsea offers sponsor ad space, promotions, and giveaways.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would love an opportunity to work with some of my lovely readers and favorite brands. If you have a blog, etsy shop, or business and think you and I are awesome, send me an email and I'll get you the details right away. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">shellsea.oberski{at}gmail.com</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">********************************************</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/08/monday-giveaway-for-your-basket.html">Enter in the For Your Basket Giveaway - 2 lovely items</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-2445909439959304545?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-44513488623182405802011-08-22T12:49:00.000-04:002011-08-24T16:46:45.316-04:00Monday Giveaway - For Your Basket<div style="text-align: center;">I have something really special for you guys today. <a href="http://www.foryourbasketmarket.com/">For Your Basket</a> is giving away two items from two of their super talented vendors. This event makes me want to be in Idaho this weekend so bad. Certainly sounds way better than the pending hurricane Irene, that is on its way to ruin my weekend.<br /><br /><b>1st Item</b></div><br />Hand-stitched Pendant Necklace by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/FireandIceStitchery?ref=pr_shop">Fire and Ice Stitchery!</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><img alt="-2" height="300" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6204/6068803826_cda88d5583.jpg" width="400" /><img alt="-1" height="300" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6083/6068256561_3c72297d95.jpg" width="400" /> </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>2nd Item</b> </div><br />Flower Accessory Clip by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/thetatteredpetal">The Tattered Petal</a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="-6" height="400" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6192/6068832746_728349c2ff_z.jpg" width="300" /></div><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>Here is how you can win both items. The giveaway ends Friday, August 26th</b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>Mandatory Entry {1}:</b><br /><b>Follow <a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/">Love, Shellsea Blog</a></b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>Extra Entry {6}: </b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Follow <a href="http://www.foryourbasketmarket.com/">For Your Basket Blog</a></b></span></b><br /><b>Follow <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/foryourbasket">For Your Basket via Twitter</a></b><br /><b>Like For <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=120206928072480">Your Basket via Facebook</a></b><br /><b>RSVP on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=120206928072480">Facebook Event Page to the For Your Basket Vintage &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Art Market in Idaho Falls, I</a>D</b><br /><b>Follow <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/LoveShellsea">Love, Shellsea via Twitter</a></b><br /><b>Like <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Love-Shellsea/200127316692797">Love, Shellsea via Facebook</a></b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>That's a total of 6 chances for you to win these lovely items. Please leave a separate comment for each entry.</b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://foryourbasketmarket.com/">For Your Basket</a> is a handmade and vintage market being held at Taylor Crossing in Idaho Falls this Saturday! The market features 25 local vendors who offer unique clothing, accessories, art, decor and gifts. The first 100 customers to the event will receive a free cupcake from The Cocoa Bean Cafe! You can see all the info and a list of vendors at <a href="http://foryourbasketmarket.com/">foryourbasketmarket.com</a>. We hope to see you there!</span></b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>Good Luck :)</b><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-4451348862318240580?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-22826592271701658822011-08-18T14:18:00.000-04:002011-08-18T14:18:15.798-04:00It's Lil' Sisters Birthday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Sisters.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Sisters.png" width="281" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Big news people! Lil' Sister is the big 21!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See that little tiny thing next to me? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That little thing grew up to be the best sister I could ask for. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Happy Birthday!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope you are having lots of fun, and we <i>have </i>to celebrate when you get back. </div><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-2282659227170165882?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-24707664545943621322011-08-16T09:30:00.000-04:002011-08-16T09:30:29.798-04:006: a photo from a low angle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Snapbucket/1313495982487.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" id=":current_picnik_image" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vOdpKjYhx2o/Tkpo1tAc-qI/AAAAAAAAAgY/I9QoeCxy5Yg/s1600/15853609504_HhqkK.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">on days like these</div><div style="text-align: center;">sand between my toes</div><div style="text-align: center;">sun on my shoulders</div><div style="text-align: center;">book in hand</div><div style="text-align: center;">that's where i want to be</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">instead i get</div><div style="text-align: center;">florescent lights</div><div style="text-align: center;">computer screens</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">get here faster my dear friend</div><div style="text-align: center;">the weekend</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">___________________________</div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/08/30-day-photography-challenge.html" style="color: #107cde; text-decoration: none;"><b>30 Day Photo Challenge</b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/08/1-photo-of-yourself.html" style="color: #107cde; text-decoration: none;">1: a photo of yourself</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/08/2-photo-of-what-you-wore-today.html" style="color: #107cde; text-decoration: none;">2: a photo of what you wore today</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/08/3-photo-of-your-favorite-place-to-be.html" style="color: #107cde; text-decoration: none;">3: a photo of your favorite place to be</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/08/4-photo-from-high-angle.html" style="color: #107cde; text-decoration: none;">4: a photo from a high angle</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/08/5-photo-of-whatever-you-please.html">5: a photo of whatever you please</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;">6: a photo from a low angle</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-2470766454594362132?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-78008157001902722182011-08-12T11:56:00.000-04:002011-08-12T11:56:32.608-04:005: a photo of whatever you please<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_2234-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="299" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_2234-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">outside of our apartment i found this bush that was just covered in spiderwebs. i mustered up all of my courage to get real close to those nasty webs to share their glory. pretty impressive, even if they were made by icky spiders.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and just for fun, a cartoon rendering of the shrub.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_2234-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_2234-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">________________</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/08/30-day-photography-challenge.html" style="color: #107cde; text-decoration: none;"><b>30 Day Photo Challenge</b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/08/1-photo-of-yourself.html" style="color: #107cde; text-decoration: none;">1: a photo of yourself</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/08/2-photo-of-what-you-wore-today.html" style="color: #107cde; text-decoration: none;">2: a photo of what you wore today</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/08/3-photo-of-your-favorite-place-to-be.html" style="color: #107cde; text-decoration: none;">3: a photo of your favorite place to be</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/08/4-photo-from-high-angle.html">4: a photo from a high angle</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;">5: a photo of whatever you please</div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-7800815700190272218?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-9787302615869534012011-08-11T17:14:00.000-04:002011-08-11T17:14:00.782-04:00August Sponsor Love<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s916.photobucket.com/albums/ad2/busybeelaurenblog/blog/?action=view&current=fyb.png" style="color: #7f7f7f; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" height="77" src="http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad2/busybeelaurenblog/blog/fyb.png" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This months sponsor is <a href="http://www.foryourbasketmarket.com/">For Your Basket</a>, a<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> handmade market event featuring 30 local vendors and artists. The market features unique clothing, accessories, art, decor and gifts. </span>The event will be held August 27th in Idaho Falls, Idaho.<br /><br />And the best part, the first 100 customers to the event will receive a free cupcake from The Cocoa Bean Cafe! Could one of you pick on up for me? Just ship it to me, I will enjoy it, even if it is stale.<br /><br />For Your Basket has a whole team of creative people making some amazing things. Check out their team on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/teams/9729/for-your-basket">etsy</a>.<br /><a border="0" href="http://www.etsy.com/teams/9729/for-your-basket"><img src=" http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5318/5859351734_3e6d34d7d3_m.jpg " width="180" /></a><a border="0" href="http://twitter.com/#!/foryourbasket"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5221/5859357474_7a835cbf46_m.jpg" width="180" /></a><a border="0" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/For-Your-Basket/228300597198379"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5268/5859361814_fd30cbdf20_m.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-978730261586953401?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-46191430615082341642011-08-10T10:42:00.000-04:002011-08-10T10:42:19.248-04:00Not here, over there<div style="text-align: center;"><a _blank"="" _mce_href="http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz283/surrosarah/button.jpg" href="http://www.mooseandtater.com/"><img _mce_src="http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz283/surrosarah/button.jpg" src="http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz283/surrosarah/button.jpg" /></a><a href="http://mooseandtater.com/2011/08/red-carpet-rendezvous-week-1/"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j234/svickers66/redcarpet-largebutton.jpg" /></a></div><center><br /></center><center>Hey guys! </center><center><br /></center><center>I'm over <a href="http://mooseandtater.com/2011/08/red-carpet-rendezvous-week-1/">here</a> today. Check out my post on some of my favorite summer styles on <a href="http://mooseandtater.com/2011/08/red-carpet-rendezvous-week-1/">Moose Tracks & Tater Stacks. </a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-4619143061508234164?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-82903310157245958952011-08-09T10:00:00.006-04:002011-08-09T10:00:01.492-04:004: a photo from a high angle<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_2222.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k6ReuXKqtUE/TkA3prbv6tI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/4t9QVDeIwUQ/s1600/15720565832_gxsRS.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Right before drop on Flight of the Hippogriff</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Last weekend we took a little day trip down to Universal to visit the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Only one of the best theme parks ever. We got our frozen butterbeer fix, rode all three rides, and had lunch at the Three Broomsticks. I consider it to have been a very successful trip, not one inch of sunburned skin, or a drop of rain, and none of the ride broke this time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Maybe one day we will explore the rest of Universal Studios, but for now I am content to explore the village of Hogsmeade/Diagon Alley.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">________________</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/08/30-day-photography-challenge.html" style="color: #107cde; text-decoration: none;"><b>30 Day Photo Challenge</b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/08/1-photo-of-yourself.html">1: a photo of yourself</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/08/2-photo-of-what-you-wore-today.html">2: a photo of what you wore today</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/08/3-photo-of-your-favorite-place-to-be.html">3: a photo of your favorite place to be</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;">4: a photo from a high angle</div></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-8290331015724595895?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-57333767330419567352011-08-08T12:59:00.003-04:002011-08-08T16:39:30.214-04:003: a photo of your favorite place to be<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_2201-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_2201-1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my favorite place to be is anywhere with this guy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">being with him makes every activity 10 times more exciting and fun. doesn't really matter what we are doing, if it's with him. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I want in. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">runner up for favorite place: the wizarding world of harry potter (more on this tomorrow)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">________________</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/08/30-day-photography-challenge.html" style="color: #107cde; text-decoration: none;"><b>30 Day Photo Challenge</b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/08/1-photo-of-yourself.html">1: a photo of yourself</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/08/2-photo-of-what-you-wore-today.html">2: a photo of what you wore today</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/08/3-photo-of-your-favorite-place-to-be.html">3: a photo of your favorite place to be</a></div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-5733376733041956735?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-31684792371072952292011-08-04T10:56:00.001-04:002011-08-04T10:56:57.159-04:002: a photo of what you wore today (yesterday)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Snapbucket/c4fe6d44.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Snapbucket/c4fe6d44.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is one of my favorite office skirts. Yes, skirts can be categorized by environment in which I wear them. Betcha didn't know that. Because while this is my favorite office skirt, I have skirts that I love even more, that I would never dream of wearing to the office. Which makes me sad sometimes. The office is always dampening my outfit choices. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But one day I will work from home and never have to conform to office attire. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Until then, pretty flowy green paisley skirts will make me happy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What's your favorite office clothing item?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;">________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/08/30-day-photography-challenge.html" style="color: #107cde; text-decoration: none;">30 Day Photo Challenge</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;">2: a photo of what you wore today</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-3168479237107295229?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-31902044528160361022011-08-02T16:13:00.002-04:002011-08-03T15:07:52.317-04:001: a photo of yourself<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Snapbucket/017ec95d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Snapbucket/017ec95d.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are days when an hour is just way too long for lunch. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have been very good lately. Packing a healthy homemade lunch with lots of fruits and veggies. Which is amazing! But makes my hour lunch break much longer then I could need to eat lunch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What does one do when they have 30 extra minutes to kill?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Play with <a href="http://photobucket.com/snapbucket">Snapbucket</a>! That's what.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For those of you that have not been enlightened yet, <a href="http://photobucket.com/snapbucket">Snapbucket</a> is the closest thing to <a href="http://instagr.am/">Istagram</a> that I have found for android. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Loaded with a bunch of settings to mess with your phone pictures. Best part - Auto upload to my photobucket account (also can upload to facebook and twitter). Nothing beats that. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you have an android phone and have <a href="http://instagr.am/">Istagram</a> envy, check it out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/08/30-day-photography-challenge.html">30 Day Photo Challenge</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1: a photo of yourself</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-3190204452816036102?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-69953917223325664542011-08-01T17:15:00.000-04:002011-08-01T17:15:00.470-04:0030 Day Photography Challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/37521390_sy2i3qHs_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/37521390_sy2i3qHs_c.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><br />Lately, I have found myself in a creative rut. I don't know how I came down with such a terrible thing. Maybe it's due to the fact that I have gotten sick twice in the paste few weeks, how crazy hot it has been, or that my house is a complete disaster (still) from the move. Every time I think about doing something creative, I tell myself cleaning, organizing, consolidating, and getting rid of stuff we no longer need is way more important. While it is more important, I need to have some type of creative outlet.<br /><br />My solution to get the creative juices flowing again. 30 Day Photography Challenge. Tomorrow will start day 1.<br /><br />Wish me luck<br /><br />If anyone of you are interested in accompany me on my little creative adventure. Let me know. If there are enough people that want to join in, I will set up a page that we can share all our lovely photos with each other. What do you think?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-6995391722332566454?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-38754778746910065942011-07-19T16:04:00.000-04:002011-07-19T16:04:27.891-04:00I'm back.As I am sure you, my lovely readers, have noticed. I took a semi-blogging hiatus. A lot has been going on, and I got overwhelmed with it all. Thank you for sticking around, even though my post were very sporadic. You guys are the best.<br /><br />But, I'm back. Only down side, I am recovering from strep throat. I am feeling much better. Now. Last weekend, different story.<br /><br />I thought today, I would share with you what I have been drooling over all day.<br /><br />Ruche's new summer look book.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a border="0" href="http://www.shopruche.com/lookbook_summer_resort.html"><img src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/267909_10150243725241309_46213181308_7597046_6054199_n.jpg" /></a></div><br />I am all about the turquoise, yellow, and pink-ish red this summer. Such warm, happy colors.<br />The whole look book is filled with beautiful, poolside photos. Take a peek, I am sure you will be drooling in no time too.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-3875477874691006594?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-39625055735074093162011-07-14T17:00:00.000-04:002011-07-14T17:00:01.709-04:00Awkward & Awesome Thursday + A Winner<br /><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="color: black; font: normal normal bold 42px/normal 'Josefin Sans'; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Wr2z1CnaSQk/TW1FmWK3MPI/AAAAAAAAAVk/KAN99euUq_E/s1600/A%2526A+Thursdays.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #444444; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Wr2z1CnaSQk/TW1FmWK3MPI/AAAAAAAAAVk/KAN99euUq_E/s400/A%2526A+Thursdays.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></span></span></h3><div class="post-body entry-content" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></u></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"><u>Awkward</u></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">- The lack of posts these past two weeks. I have been in a Jeans & Ts funk that has been hard to shake. Any suggestions? Besides be less lazy. Haha</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">- Extreme Couponing. I have decided to try my hand at it. With the way things are going we need to save anywhere we can and groceries eat up a lot of our cash. Do any of you coupon? Have you been successful at it? Any tips? I have been doing so much reading up on the subject. I hope it works out. Seems complicated but I'm hoping it will get easier as I go along.</span></div></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"><u>Awesome</u></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">- <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">Harry Potter this weekend. It is so bittersweet. I am excited to see the last movie, I have heard so many great things about it. But I'm sad because its the end for a 2nd time (the first was reading book 7). I grew up with Harry Potter. My grandmother bought me the 1st book when it came out back in 1998 when I was 12. And I have followed the golden trio ever since. I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">truly</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"> feel like part of the Potter Generation. </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">I have to keep telling myself: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><em style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">Don't cry because it's over</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">. Smile because it </span><em style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px;">happened. </em></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="font-style: normal; line-height: 16px;">How about you guys? Happy, sad, excited, </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">devastated</span><i style="font-style: normal; line-height: 16px;">?</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i style="font-style: normal; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i style="font-style: normal; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">- Google+, I think I'm in love. Such a great social media site. I have always had issues with Facebook so I am thrilled for the change. If you want in on the fun, email me your email, and I'll send you an invite.</span></i></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><i style="font-style: normal; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">shellseaoberski{at}gmail.com</span></i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><i style="font-style: normal; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><i style="font-style: normal; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">- We have a winner from the Peace Republic Giveaway.</span></i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><i style="font-style: normal; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">#12 - Adelyn Finley from </span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><i style="font-style: normal; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.randomnessfromtheaddiecorner.blogspot.com/">Randomness from the Addie Corner</a> </span></i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><i style="font-style: normal; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Adelyn send me an email so we can get your headband to you.</span></i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><i style="font-style: normal; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><i style="font-style: normal; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">For more Awkward and Awesome, check out Sydney's -</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://tandsdaybook.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #3366cc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Daybook</a></span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-3962505573507409316?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-29650726795854819202011-07-12T16:07:00.000-04:002011-07-12T16:07:03.693-04:00Giveaway ends tomorrow.<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_570xN.227942398.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_570xN.227942398.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_570xN.227946929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_570xN.227946929.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Just a quick reminder. The giveaway for a super cute headband from <a href="http://peacerepublicclothing.blogspot.com/">Peace Republic Clothing</a> ends tomorrow.<br /><div style="text-align: center;">Candace is giving one lucky reader a headband of their choice.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_570xN.229115796.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_570xN.229115796.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/06/giveaway-to-brighten-up-your-humpday.html">To enter in the giveaway, click here.</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Check back later today for a new post. :)</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-2965072679585481920?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-26138899137021779242011-07-06T16:40:00.000-04:002011-07-06T16:40:55.205-04:00Gourmet Food Truck Craze<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg132/xshelsx/Snapbucket/60abd994.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg132/xshelsx/Snapbucket/60abd994.jpg" width="265" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">While we were visiting Miami for the long weekend we were introduced to the "Gourmet Food Truck" craze that has been happening in a lot of the big cities around the country. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">We went to a local bar (Tobacco Road) that was hosting a Food Truck event. There were somewhere around 15 Food Trucks all together serving everything from grilled cheese to sushi. It was a weird but fun event. The whole thing is a cool little niche, you can bring the whole family, try a bunch of different types of food (with some weird twists in some cases), and spend a little less than you would at any chain restaurant ($7-10 per entree).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I have to say everything we tried was very tasty.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg132/xshelsx/Snapbucket/9450d2f5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg132/xshelsx/Snapbucket/9450d2f5.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg132/xshelsx/Snapbucket/e6983688.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg132/xshelsx/Snapbucket/e6983688.jpg" width="266" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This was my grilled cheese. Spiced apples and havarti cheese grilled to perfection on multi-grain bread</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Here are some of the food trucks we stopped at:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://mscheezious.com/menu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ms. Cheezious</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.redkoilounge.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The Red Koi</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sakayakitchen.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Dim Ssam a Go Go</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg132/xshelsx/Snapbucket/5030bb86.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg132/xshelsx/Snapbucket/5030bb86.jpg" width="266" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg132/xshelsx/Snapbucket/3977ec56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg132/xshelsx/Snapbucket/3977ec56.jpg" width="266" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Topped the night off with some nutella & banana fro-yo. yum.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 14px;">Here is a quick list of some areas that have a decent if not </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 14px;">plentiful supply of food trucks:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 14px;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #555555; line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Orlando <a href="http://www.yelp.com/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yelp.com%2Fsearch%3Ffind_desc%3Dfood%2Btrucks%26ns%3D1%26find_loc%3DJacksonville%252C%2BFL%23find_loc%3DOrlando%2C%2BFL" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #6666cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">http://www.yelp.com/<wbr></wbr>se...</a><br />and Miami <a href="http://www.yelp.com/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yelp.com%2Fsearch%3Ffind_desc%3Dfood%2Btrucks%26ns%3D1%26find_loc%3DJacksonville%252C%2BFL%23find_loc%3Dmiami%2BFL" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #6666cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">http://www.yelp.com/se...</a><br />are on FIRE with gourmet and ethnic mobile food purveyors.<br />LA, <a href="http://www.yelp.com/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yelp.com%2Fsearch%3Ffind_desc%3Dfood%2Btrucks%26ns%3D1%26find_loc%3DJacksonville%252C%2BFL%23find_loc%3Dlos%2Bangeles" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #6666cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">http://www.yelp.com/se...</a><br />Portland, <a href="http://www.yelp.com/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yelp.com%2Fsearch%3Ffind_desc%3Dfood%2Btrucks%26ns%3D1%26find_loc%3DJacksonville%252C%2BFL%23find_loc%3Dportland%2Bor" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #6666cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">http://www.yelp.com/<wbr></wbr>se...</a><br />all have a thriving food truck scene.<br />Even Tampa is on board with this hot new trend:<a href="http://www.yelp.com/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yelp.com%2Fsearch%3Ffind_desc%3Dfood%2Btrucks%26ns%3D1%26find_loc%3DJacksonville%252C%2BFL%23find_loc%3Dtampa%2Bfl" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #6666cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">http://www.yelp.com/se..<wbr></wbr>.</a><br />Jacksonville has/had one or two, but there didn't seem to be too much support for it.<br />Chains seem to be the thing here.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I was pretty into the whole thing. Now, I need is for Jacksonville to catch up with everyone else. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Have any of you experienced the Gourmet Food Truck Craze? What are your thoughts? Love it/Hate it?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><form action="http://poll.pollcode.com/U6AT" method="post"><table bgcolor="EEEEEE" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="width: 240px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Food Trucks</b></span></td></tr><tr><td width="5"><input name="answer" type="radio" value="1" /></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial;">Love it! Yay!</span></td></tr><tr><td width="5"><input name="answer" type="radio" value="2" /></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial;">Hate it. Boo.</span></td></tr><tr><td width="5"><input name="answer" type="radio" value="3" /></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial;">Could take it or leave it.</span></td></tr><tr><td width="5"><input name="answer" type="radio" value="4" /></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial;">Want to try it out.</span></td></tr><tr><td width="5"><input name="answer" type="radio" value="5" /></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial;">Not the least bit interested.</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><br /><br /><br /><center><input type="submit" value="Vote" /> <input name="view" type="submit" value="View" /></center></td></tr><tr><td align="right" bgcolor="white" colspan="2"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">pollcode.com <a href="http://pollcode.com/"><span style="color: navy;">free polls</span></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></form><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/06/giveaway-to-brighten-up-your-humpday.html">Peace Republic Headband Giveaway - Click Here.</a></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-2613889913702177924?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-22340070078736085962011-07-01T14:44:00.000-04:002011-07-01T14:44:36.126-04:00Counting down the minutes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMAG0169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMAG0169.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm counting down until 3pm when my long weekend begins, and there will be:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">BBQs</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">late nights with some of the best people I know</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">fireworks</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">lots of cuban food</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">sandy beaches</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">10 hours of driving</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What is your weekend going to be full of?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy 4th Everyone!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-2234007007873608596?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-39843340428376854132011-06-30T01:00:00.000-04:002011-06-30T01:00:04.258-04:00Awkward and Awesome Thursday!<h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="color: black; font: normal normal bold 42px/normal 'Josefin Sans'; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Wr2z1CnaSQk/TW1FmWK3MPI/AAAAAAAAAVk/KAN99euUq_E/s1600/A%2526A+Thursdays.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #444444; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Wr2z1CnaSQk/TW1FmWK3MPI/AAAAAAAAAVk/KAN99euUq_E/s400/A%2526A+Thursdays.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></span></span></h3><div class="post-body entry-content" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></u></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Awkward</span></u></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">- All of the students that have come in Monday & Tuesday asking me if their classroom has been changed or if I know why said professor is not in class. Because classes don't start until Wednesday. So you say you're in college?</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">- Lover is out of town for the third time this week. I am beginning to dislike his job very much.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">- This ice gun my fridge made just for me. So thoughtful.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5iMFGN9x0h0/TgvXjVFmCRI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/9-bjkqOky5s/s1600/IMAG0160.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5iMFGN9x0h0/TgvXjVFmCRI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/9-bjkqOky5s/s400/IMAG0160.jpg" width="265" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- The fact that we are still unpacking. Will it ever end?</div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Awesome</span></u></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">- <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">One student's </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">response</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"> to the fact that classes started Wednesday: "Sometimes my life is such a joke." </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px;">Four day weekend for me. Who's excited? This gal.</span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">- This <a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/06/giveaway-to-brighten-up-your-humpday.html">giveaway</a></span></span></div></div></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">For more Awkward and Awesome, check out Sydney's -</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://tandsdaybook.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #3366cc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Daybook</a></span></span></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-3984334042837685413?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-47212872279294505872011-06-29T12:54:00.002-04:002011-07-19T11:05:57.750-04:00CLOSED - A giveaway to brighten up your humpday.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_570xN.227942398.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_570xN.227942398.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Candace over at <a href="http://peacerepublicclothing.blogspot.com/">Peace Republic Clothing</a> is giving away a headband of your choice from her Etsy shop. Aren't her headbands super cute? Wouldn't you just love to have one?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well here's your chance:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Rules:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mandatory Entry:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Follow <a href="http://peacerepublicclothing.blogspot.com/">Peace Republic Clothing Blog</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Let me know in a comment that you follow Candace's blog and what your favorite headband is from her <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/kahandace?section_id=7936334">Etsy Shop</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Extra Entries:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1. Follow Love, Shellsea on <a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/">Google Friend Connect</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. Follow Love, Shellsea on <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/LoveShellsea">Twitter</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. Follow PRC on <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/prc4life">Twitter</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4. Like PRC on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Peace-Republic-Cothing/37689191463">Facebook</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5. Follow <a href="http://www.kahandace.blogspot.com/">Candace's personal blog "Lovely little rants"</a></div><br /><br /><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><b>easy as pie, right? just remember to post each entry in a separate comment so it's easy for me too. </b></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><b>The winner will be randomly drawn Wednesday, July 13th.</b></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-4721287227929450587?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-64806648740180557832011-06-28T09:26:00.000-04:002011-06-28T09:26:05.869-04:00Truths For Mature Humans<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I normally don't post stuff like this but I just had to share. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/50772549_Aaw2MWV6_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/50772549_Aaw2MWV6_c.jpg" /></a></div><br />1. Veronica and Joanna - I'm counting on you.<br />2. Unless you are always wrong. Problem solved.<br />3 & 9. Well there's your problem.<br />11. I know exactly when it will strike, right after lunch.<br />18. It's only fair.<br />21. This happens with movies I watched last year.<br />25. 3 times. Take it from yours truly, the professionally hard of hearing.<br />30. Soon, I'll be the bicyclist. Thwarting you drivers and pedestrians every day. YAY!<br />31. Only 3 times?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-6480664874018055783?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-68071519463459874902011-06-24T14:26:00.000-04:002011-06-24T14:26:29.516-04:00I want it all & A winner<div style="height: 500px; position: relative; width: 500px;"><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><small><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I am loving the style that has been cropping up this summer. I can't get enough of it. All the bright colors, flowy dresses, and long loose shirts. I want it all and I want it now. Here a few of my fav </span>pieces<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">:</span></span></small></div><div><small><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></small></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/summer_wanting/set?.embedder=2462322&.mid=embed&id=33095444"><img alt="Summer Wanting" border="0" force="1" height="500" src="http://embed.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/cid/33095444/id/woch4YKe4BGJ3EAOPtuWBg/size/x.jpg" title="Summer Wanting" width="500" /></a></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><div><small><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/summer_wanting/set?.embedder=2462322&.mid=embed&id=33095444">Summer Wanting</a> by <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/profile?.embedder=2462322&.mid=embed&id=2462322">Love, Shellsea</a> featuring <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/espadrille_flats/shop?query=espadrille+flats">espadrille flats</a></span></small></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><small></small></span><br /><div style="padding-top: 16px;"><div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><br /></small></div><div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><br /></small></div><div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><br /></small></div><div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2462322&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=32328864" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" force="1" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/32328864.jpg" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;" width="50" /></a></span></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2462322&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=32328864" rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Cotton tunic</span></a></small><br /><small><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">$34 - threadsence.com</span></small><br /><small><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br style="display: none;" /></span></small></div><div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2462322&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=37183656" rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><img align="left" force="1" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/37183656.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></span></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2462322&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=37183656" rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">powhatan olive button belted skirt - $46.99 : ShopRuche.com, Vintage...</span></a></small><br /><small><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">$47 - shopruche.com</span></small><br /><small><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br style="display: none;" /></span></small></div><div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2462322&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=37187521" rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><img align="left" force="1" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/37187521.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></span></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2462322&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=37187521" rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">avalon del rey criss cross applique top - $39.99 : ShopRuche.com,...</span></a></small><br /><small><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">$40 - shopruche.com</span></small><br /><small><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br style="display: none;" /></span></small></div><div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2462322&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=34451701" rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><img align="left" force="1" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/34451701.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></span></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2462322&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=34451701" rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Espadrille flat</span></a></small><br /><small><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">$38 - threadsence.com</span></small><br /><small><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br style="display: none;" /></span></small></div><div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2462322&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=36239126" rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><img align="left" force="1" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/36239126.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></span></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2462322&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=36239126" rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Leather band watch</span></a></small><br /><small><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">$80 - shopruche.com</span></small><br /><small><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br style="display: none;" /></span></small></div><div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2462322&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=37039417" rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><img align="left" force="1" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/37039417.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></span></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2462322&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=37039417" rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Sheer scarve</span></a></small><br /><small><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">$16 - shopruche.com</span></small><br /><small><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br style="display: none;" /></span></small></div><div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2462322&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=37186515" rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><img align="left" force="1" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/37186515.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></span></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2462322&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=37186515" rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Vintage Havana La La Land Lace Racerback Tunic in Other Ways To Shop...</span></a></small><br /><small><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">$39 - frockcandy.com</span></small><br /><small><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br style="display: none;" /></span></small></div><div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2462322&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=36289436" rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><img align="left" force="1" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/36289436.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></span></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2462322&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=36289436" rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Summer Chase Oxford Wedges</span></a></small><br /><small><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">$40 - threadsence.com</span></small><br /><small><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br style="display: none;" /></span></small></div><div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2462322&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=37186881" rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><img align="left" force="1" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/37186881.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></span></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2462322&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=37186881" rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Juniors Dresses - Casual Teen Dresses, Party Dresses | Lulus.com</span></a></small><br /><small><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">$35 - lulus.com</span></small><br /><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">We have a winner for the July Large Ad Space:</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Congratulations <a href="http://eisrandom.blogspot.com/">Ewiley</a>!</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Elizabeth go ahead and shoot me an email so we can get your ad set up for July.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Thank you to all those that took the time to enter.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3W102X2p-sA/TgTVp0urXSI/AAAAAAAAAZw/ABWODn4TivM/s1600/Win+July+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3W102X2p-sA/TgTVp0urXSI/AAAAAAAAAZw/ABWODn4TivM/s1600/Win+July+2.png" /></span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Irr5R6kT5bo/TgTVqXYfvgI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/Tc2Qi6bJo2Q/s1600/Win+July.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="101" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Irr5R6kT5bo/TgTVqXYfvgI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/Tc2Qi6bJo2Q/s400/Win+July.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><br /><small><br style="display: none;" /></small></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-6807151946345987490?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-67687617469659619962011-06-22T12:46:00.001-04:002011-06-23T14:48:09.309-04:00St. Augustine Monty Python Style<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gnRmZN8fAKs/TgIVeR5tsSI/AAAAAAAAAZc/juI30t9HO8U/s1600/St.+Aug+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gnRmZN8fAKs/TgIVeR5tsSI/AAAAAAAAAZc/juI30t9HO8U/s1600/St.+Aug+1.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Shirt: F21, Shorts: American Eagle, Sandals: Traffic</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_rO8TcypSI4/TgIVemmSYqI/AAAAAAAAAZg/CpSHdlHfvXM/s1600/St.+Aug+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_rO8TcypSI4/TgIVemmSYqI/AAAAAAAAAZg/CpSHdlHfvXM/s1600/St.+Aug+2.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">While my best friend was visiting last weekend, we trekked down to St. Augustine. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">We went to <a href="http://www.nps.gov/casa/index.htm">Castillo de San Marco</a> and reenacted scenes from Monty Python, because what else would one do while touring a really old fort?</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nZvZaVq5jhM/TgIVYPNIQoI/AAAAAAAAAZU/5euum6MMQOY/s1600/St.+Aug+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nZvZaVq5jhM/TgIVYPNIQoI/AAAAAAAAAZU/5euum6MMQOY/s1600/St.+Aug+3.jpg" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love how crazy my hair is in this photo.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zDbkVz65vPo/TgIVboEwDeI/AAAAAAAAAZY/ok_xxirvSyo/s1600/St.+Aug+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zDbkVz65vPo/TgIVboEwDeI/AAAAAAAAAZY/ok_xxirvSyo/s1600/St.+Aug+4.jpg" /></span></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> They must not have liked our impressions very much:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yKT2uPKFhkY/TgIVgqjPIfI/AAAAAAAAAZk/_5FXayVD43U/s1600/St.+Aug+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yKT2uPKFhkY/TgIVgqjPIfI/AAAAAAAAAZk/_5FXayVD43U/s1600/St.+Aug+6.jpg" /></span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mOLnYE-_EZU/TgIVg-HbaBI/AAAAAAAAAZo/OHPmfqq0W5A/s1600/St.+Aug+7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mOLnYE-_EZU/TgIVg-HbaBI/AAAAAAAAAZo/OHPmfqq0W5A/s1600/St.+Aug+7.jpg" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It was crazy hot but nice to spent the afternoon with my buddy getting weird looks from the other tourists.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">If any of you are ever in N.E. Florida we will go to the fort and yell obscenities</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> out the tower windows. promise.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Oh, does anyone know what type of flower this is?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It was growing outside of a sushi place in St. Aug. I have never seen it before, looks like some sort of crazy hybrid.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">*Update* I have been informed by <a href="http://www.doctorlyfashion.blogspot.com/">Mel</a> and a few others, this is a passion fruit flower. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mNBU2RLSzy8/TgIZ17-lunI/AAAAAAAAAZs/DiRybgm79Oo/s1600/St.+Aug+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mNBU2RLSzy8/TgIZ17-lunI/AAAAAAAAAZs/DiRybgm79Oo/s1600/St.+Aug+5.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">now go away or I shall taunt you a second time</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-6768761746965961996?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-32972313137328726362011-06-21T15:34:00.000-04:002011-06-21T15:34:15.545-04:0010 things i learned from moving<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/19071524_pHVUxZup_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/19071524_pHVUxZup_c.jpg" width="350" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">{<a href="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/19071524_pHVUxZup_c.jpg">image</a>}</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1. it is really hard to blog without internet {who would have guessed}</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2. moving was much easier with movers</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3. forearm forklifts do NOT work on stairs</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">4. no matter how much tape you bought, you will need more</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">5. it doesn't matter how detailed you are in labeling your boxes, you will never be able to find anything ever again</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">6. pizza is the perfect moving food</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">7. everything hurts the day after - and i mean everything</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">8. "stretch plastic wrap" is like the coolest thing ever. i would have wrapped everything in that stuff if i could have</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">9. there are very few people that would be willing to lug your stuff down three flights of stairs and still talk to you the next day, those people are your true friends</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">10. home is where the heart is - it doesn't matter how big or small your place is, as long as you are with people and puppies you love. in this i am lucky</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">if you haven't guessed already my blogging absence is due to a lack of internet. i am told that it will be up tomorrow {fingers crossed}. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">don't forget to enter the giveaway for a <a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/06/giveaway-large-ad-space-for-july.html">large ad space.</a> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-3297231313732872636?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-76588702481590662912011-06-14T15:50:00.001-04:002011-06-15T22:16:14.424-04:00Sponsor Me<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4k1o7937y4I/Tfe7QscJTLI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/Df_bGqA-BYM/s1600/Sponsor+Me+Photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4k1o7937y4I/Tfe7QscJTLI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/Df_bGqA-BYM/s640/Sponsor+Me+Photo.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I am pleased to announce that Love, Shellsea is now accepting sponsors for the month of July.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">There are three different advertisement </span>opportunities<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> with Love, </span>Shellsea <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>available<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">. You are welcome to do all or none of the options. If you are interested in any advertising with me, please shoot me an </span><a href="mailto:shellsea.oberski@gmail.com" style="font-family: inherit;">email.</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Shellsea.Oberski{at}gmail.com</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 19px;"><b>Statistics</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1f497d;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 19px;">2,300+ Monthly Page-views<o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 19px;">700+ Unique Visitors Monthly<o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 19px;">400+ Followers via Blogger, Google Reader, Twitter, Blog Lovin’ and more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 19px;">5 post per week.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 19px;">As of 06/01/2011</span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Sponsor.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Sponsor.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Each sponsor will have an opportunity to be featured in a sponsor introduction post. With links to Blog, Shop, Twitter, etc.</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 19px;">The order of the ads on the sidebar is determined by the size of your ad, from greatest to smallest and then within those groupings, on a first come-first serve basis depending on when you signed up for the sponsorship, so let me know if you’re interested as soon as possible to secure your place! I also give a 30% discount for those sponsors who sign up 3 months in advance.</span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">There are 3 ad sizes available:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Large: $20</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iYqRe-iuH1I/TeZkkNDFdNI/AAAAAAAAAX4/b5VBQRgihnA/s1600/Gray+Sponsor+Large.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iYqRe-iuH1I/TeZkkNDFdNI/AAAAAAAAAX4/b5VBQRgihnA/s1600/Gray+Sponsor+Large.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Medium: $10</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iCkRk75e9MU/TeZkna0SFuI/AAAAAAAAAX8/fv3NjG40vko/s1600/Gray+Sponsor+Medium.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iCkRk75e9MU/TeZkna0SFuI/AAAAAAAAAX8/fv3NjG40vko/s1600/Gray+Sponsor+Medium.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Small: $5</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/---Fs0lduDCk/TeZkry0HIiI/AAAAAAAAAYA/N-x3WKsfsZQ/s1600/Gray+Sponsor+Small.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/---Fs0lduDCk/TeZkry0HIiI/AAAAAAAAAYA/N-x3WKsfsZQ/s1600/Gray+Sponsor+Small.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="mailto:shellsea.oberski@gmail.com"><b>Email me</b></a> for current rates!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/promotion.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/promotion.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="en-US">I also offer any shops or store owners the option to promoted their products on my blog. You do not need to be a sponsor to do a promotion with me. Promotion will be featured on posts with plenty of link love.<br /></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="en-US">I do ask that I am personally allowed to pick the items to wear or review so they honestly reflect my taste and personal style. Items are not limited to clothing. I am flexible, please send me an e-mail to inquire. </span><span lang="en-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/giveaways.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/giveaways.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></span></a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 14pt;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="en-US">Giveaways are a great way to get exposure for your shop by having readers come by and visit your shop to pick out their favorite items. I have had great success with my latest giveaways, with page-views on those posts being the highest all time.<br /></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 14pt;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="en-US">I will promote the giveaway on my left sidebar for the duration of the giveaway. Typically 1-2 weeks, depending on agreement. I will also do my best to promote each giveaway on Twitter and other blog communities I participate in.</span></span></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-7658870248159066291?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-72011840583264883492011-06-13T16:19:00.001-04:002011-06-14T09:47:04.947-04:00Giveaway - Large ad space for July<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XZ9O9KQy7Qc/TfZpSHJBkXI/AAAAAAAAAZI/PEO9me2IIu8/s1600/AdSpaceGiveaway-July.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XZ9O9KQy7Qc/TfZpSHJBkXI/AAAAAAAAAZI/PEO9me2IIu8/s400/AdSpaceGiveaway-July.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;">Last month's ad space giveaway was such a hit, I decided to go ahead and do it again.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;">I'm excited, are you?</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;">I am going to be giving away one large ad space for the month of July! Your blog, shop, or whatever you got will be on display in the side bar over there on the right for the whole month of July. </div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Giveaway-AdSpace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #107cde; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Giveaway-AdSpace.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px;" /></a></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><b>Now, Rules...</b></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><b>Mandatory - 1 entry:</b></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;">Publicly follow <a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/" style="color: #107cde; text-decoration: none;">Love, Shellsea</a> with google friend connect and tell me about it.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><b>Extra entries:</b></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/en/blog/2352217/love-shellsea#" style="color: #107cde; text-decoration: none;">Follow Love, Shellsea on Blog Lovin'</a> and tell me about it</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/en/blog/2352217/love-shellsea#" style="color: #107cde; text-decoration: none;">Follow Love, Shellsea on Twitter</a> and tell me about it</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/en/blog/2352217/love-shellsea#" style="color: #107cde; text-decoration: none;">Like Love, Shellsea on Facebook</a> and tell me about it</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;">Blog/Tweet about the giveaway and tell me about it </div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;">Use this tweet or some variation of it, so I can track it: {I just entered this amazing giveaway @<a href="http://twitter.com/LoveShellsea" style="color: #107cde; text-decoration: none;">LoveShellsea</a>!! <a href="http://bit.ly/gZXhoL" style="color: #107cde; text-decoration: none;">http://bit.ly/gZXhoL</a>}</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;">That's FIVE ways to enter.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><b>easy as pie, right? just remember to post each entry in a separate comment so it's easy for me too. </b></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><b>The winner will be randomly drawn Thursday, June 23rd.</b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>If you can't wait to win. Check out my sponsor information <a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/p/sponsor.html">here</a>. Or shot me an email.</b><br /><b>shellsea.oberski{at}gmail.com</b></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-7201184058326488349?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-44955219676883829092011-06-13T12:30:00.000-04:002011-06-13T12:30:41.282-04:00All Summer Long<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1969.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1969.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1941.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shirt: Old Navy, Shorts: American Eagle, Shoes: Old Navy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nina insisted on helping me out with my outfit post today by demanding that I rub her while she rolled in the grass. And who am I to deny that sweet face? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Summer-time is officially here. I have decided I'm living in shorts, tanks, and dresses from now until September. It's the only way I am going to survive. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have you checked out Ruche's new lookbook? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well you should.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Every outfit is to die for and perfect for summer-time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shopruche.com/lookbook_sunlit_serenity.html">Ruche Sunlit Serenity Lookbook</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are a few of my favs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shopruche.com/images/sunlit_serenity/sunlit_serenity_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="http://www.shopruche.com/images/sunlit_serenity/sunlit_serenity_01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shopruche.com/images/sunlit_serenity/sunlit_serenity_18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="http://www.shopruche.com/images/sunlit_serenity/sunlit_serenity_18.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shopruche.com/images/sunlit_serenity/sunlit_serenity_23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="http://www.shopruche.com/images/sunlit_serenity/sunlit_serenity_23.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-4495521967688382909?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-90294962861459732472011-06-10T12:16:00.000-04:002011-06-10T12:16:23.851-04:00Awkward & Awesome<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AmELTg1cQsY/TfJAOxmfB-I/AAAAAAAAAZE/c6pzBeJhOQ4/s1600/A%2526A+Fri.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AmELTg1cQsY/TfJAOxmfB-I/AAAAAAAAAZE/c6pzBeJhOQ4/s1600/A%2526A+Fri.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Awkward</span></u></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">- 5 Hour Energy - the stuff is <b>offensive to all </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><b>senses</b>,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> but it puts my butt into gear. </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">- Waking up this morning, </span>truly<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> believing it was saturday only to be let down by the reality that it is indeed friday.</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">- My phone deciding to randomly restart through out the day. It has a mind of it's own and it's not well.</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">- Florida trying to take me out. It's way too hot & sticky. And now we have massive smoke clouds due to 15 wild/forest fires in the area. Low blow Florida, low blow.</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Awesome</span></u></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- Stuffing my face with amazing food last night at <a href="http://www.jacksonvillefoodfight.org/">Food Fight</a>.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">- These lovely ladies that rocked it while I was held hostage by boxes & packing supplies. You gals were wonderful. Thank you again.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> Stephanie - <a href="http://bigmariolife.blogspot.com/">big mario life</a></span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> Celeste - <a href="http://celestersalphabetsoup.blogspot.com/">alphabet soup</a></span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> Heather - l<a href="http://lifeofapasseri.blogspot.com/">ife of a passeri</a></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"> Jamie - t<a href="http://shehanandjamie.blogspot.com/">he two lovebirdies</a></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">- It's Friday! The weekend starts To-Day.</span></div></div></div></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">For more Awkward and Awesome, check out Sydney's -</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://tandsdaybook.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #3366cc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Daybook</a></span></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-9029496286145973247?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-143848119325869402011-06-09T08:45:00.000-04:002011-06-09T08:45:34.877-04:00Guest Post: Jamie - The Two Lovebirdies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Good day friends! I’m thrilled to be included in the help-Shellsea-out-by-talking-</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><wbr></wbr></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">up-a-storm-about-my-summer-</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><wbr></wbr></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">faves movement!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Today my mind is on summer. I live in Utah and the summers here can be bru-tal. For beach sand we get red dirt, for beach balls we have cactus and for the oceanside view? The Great Salt Lake. Don’t get me wrong. The GSL is a great quick getaway for those of us who aren’t a hop, skip and a jump away from the ocean. But to spend a day in the sun in this elevated state is to ask for a crazy burn.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Sunscreen – apply directly to the skin. Again. And again. And again.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">To avoid roasting and stay cute I have a few summer favorites.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3D41Ocp9tQU/TfC_uZqHF3I/AAAAAAAAAY8/2YrMGuifAYY/s1600/Dresses.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3D41Ocp9tQU/TfC_uZqHF3I/AAAAAAAAAY8/2YrMGuifAYY/s400/Dresses.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Wear these. They are light, airy, sweet and simple. I feel lucky to be a woman. We get to wear dresses whenever we want, taking all the guesswork out of choosing an outfit. I also like maxi dresses for their lengthening factor. I have super long legs and a short torso which makes wearing anything a challenge. Long dresses make</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-style: italic;">both</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">my torso and legs look long. This is a lifesaver.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">And for the rest of your body? Don these:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-i4r_kVGn_A8/TfC_zAjUt6I/AAAAAAAAAZA/dTsieMCP4jU/s1600/Acc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="351" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-i4r_kVGn_A8/TfC_zAjUt6I/AAAAAAAAAZA/dTsieMCP4jU/s400/Acc.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Big beach hats are so important if you want to keep your features freckle-free. Besides, they hide unruly hairdos!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Sandals? A total given. Wear in the water and out.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">And the cuffs? Many of us have experienced our share of tan lines. Why not have some fun with them? If you’re going to get a tan line make it a cute one. Put on one of these cuffs (or a plastic one if you’re afraid they’ll get too hot), lather up and soak in the sun’s glorious rays. You’ll end up with a pretty flower pattern on your wrist. Free tattoos.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">I hope you’ve enjoyed my summer pointers! If you’re ever around the GSL valley give me a call and we’ll go enjoy the therapeutic powers of super-salty waters! For more about me you can visit at The Two Lovebirdies:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><a href="http://shehanandjamie.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">shehanandjamie.blogspot.com</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">.</span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-14384811932586940?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-44842929280956112572011-06-08T08:46:00.001-04:002011-06-08T08:46:44.351-04:00Guest Post: Heather - Life of a passeri<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/beltlipstick-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" id=":current_picnik_image" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ayLn3wPxndw/Te9vAFlf_cI/AAAAAAAAAY4/bbXWQwy2oPM/s1600/14505984813_Jk72Z.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">While I’m sorry Shellsea has to deal with the hassle of moving, I’m totally stoked (does anyone besides me and beach bums still use the word stoked?) that I get the chance to share two secret weapons of my wardrobe arsenal: belts and bright lipstick. Seriously. They are like the Jedi warriors of the fashion world, or the ninjas, or pirates. Pick your medicine, because I am so serious right now. Many an outfit of mine has been saved by one or both of these little beauties. Whenever I get the feeling that an outfit is unfinished, or that I am looking a bit “boxy” I add a belt. Skinny belts are usually my weapon of choice, but I by no means object to their thicker cousins. It really comes down to what looks good, and what makes me feel pretty.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">With lipstick, the key is finding a shade that you feel great in. It’s like putting on liquid confidence. Or semi-liquid-semi-solid-<wbr></wbr>whatever-consistency-lipstick-<wbr></wbr>really-is confidence. The other great thing about bright lipstick is that it makes everyone else automatically think you are a chic chica, brimming over with confidence, because everyone knows that only super awesomesauce women rock bright lipstick. On mornings when I wake up at 7:42 and have to be to work by 8 (not that this <i>ever </i>happens), bright lipstick is sometimes the only bit of makeup I have time for, but it’s an instant awakener! Add a slimming belt, and you are good to go. Well, you probably want to add some clothes beneath the belt before you go out, but be prepared rock it friends.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">-Heather, from </span><a href="http://lifeofapasseri.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">lifeofapasseri.blogspot.com</span></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-4484292928095611257?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-75356949461252033842011-06-07T09:28:00.003-04:002011-06-07T09:30:36.021-04:00Guest Post: Celeste - Alphabet Soup<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so while <i>Shellsea</i> has been busy packing <b>all</b> of her clothes up, I managed to make a complete <b>tornado</b> out of my room looking for my <u>favorite</u> outfit.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i sat there on my bed, or <b>pile</b> of clothes...they were practically the same thing at the time </span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">"i like too many things...."</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">so i did my favorites all at once...<b>raindrops on roses</b>, <i>whiskers on kittens</i>, and <u>brown paper packages tied up with string</u></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">yeah...you got <b>nothing</b> on this...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_2702.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_2702.jpg" width="382" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_2701.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" id=":current_picnik_image" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_2701.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_2698.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" id=":current_picnik_image" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_2698.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">dress: NY&CO</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">jacket: NY&CO</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Necklace: KOHLS</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Earrings: KOHLS</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Shoes: NY&CO</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">White tube top: Victoria's Secret Bodyshop</span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and yes, it was raining...BUT thanks to my favorite hairstyle, <b>humidity</b> was my <i>friend</i> that day. ladies, if you have even a <u>little</u> bit of wave in your hair...and it looks like rain, opt for the beach wave look. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Here's how I do my <b>favorite</b> hairstyle:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1. Take a shower (please, <b>boys like</b> nice smelling girls, fyi), but note that you need to use a <b>comb</b> when putting in your conditioner this time</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">2. <i>Scrunch</i> your hair with the <u>towel</u> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">3. This is <b>important</b>, do NOT comb your hair</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">4. Go pick up some <a href="http://www.ulta.com/ulta/browse/productDetail.jsp?skuId=2227627&productId=xlsImpprod3120617&navAction=push&navCount=1&categoryId=cat120026" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">"Not YOUR Mother's Beach Babe Spray"</span></a> (i'm <i>dirt</i> cheap, so your wallet will like this) and spritz you're little heart out</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">5. Scrunch with <u>fingers</u>, throw hair <i>upside-down</i> and blow dry while continuing to <b><i>scrunch</i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Wool-ah!</b> you're sporting the sexy beach wave! I sometimes also take a few strands and wrap them around the barrel of a curling iron. Also if your <b>mane</b> is giving you trouble, hairspray then repeat step 5.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">well it's been <b>lovely</b> ladies...but now I've got an <b><i>after storm cleanup</i></b> to do in my room. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Loves, Celeste from <a href="http://celestersalphabetsoup.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Alphabet Soup Style</span></a></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-7535694946125203384?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-44765924853345985722011-06-06T08:53:00.000-04:002011-06-06T08:53:50.774-04:00Guest Post: Stephanie - Big Mario Life<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Hello Shellsea's lovely readers!! Hope you all had a fabulous weekend. First off, I wanted to say thanks to Shellsea for letting me do a little guest bloggity-blogging for her. I love her outfit posts and am</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><i>thrilled</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">to share a little bit of my style with you, too! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">While Shellsea has been busy upacking and getting all set-up in her new abode, I've been sitting on my booty browsing Etsy. I know, I'm a very productive girl (*</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><i>ahem</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">*). Cocktail rings have become my go-to accessory and no matter how many I have, I just can't get enough. You know how sometimes an outfit feels like it's almost-but-not-quite there? Well, sometimes adding an eye-catching ring is just what you need to take that outfit to the next level. Check out some lovely, versatile little gems (no pun intended) I found on Etsy. Any one of them could easily be worn for a night on the town or a day at the museum. (P.S. Can you tell I like sparkly shiny things?)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/RingCollage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/RingCollage.jpg" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">1. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/74100175/bright-robins-egg-blue-ring-eye-catching">Robin's Egg Blue Ring</a> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">2. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/31618762/harmony-ring?ref=cat2_gallery_17">Harmony Ring</a> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">3. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/64410998/vintage-marcasite-mother-of-pearl-ring?ref=cat2_gallery_40">Mother of Pearl Ring</a> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">4. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/75446228/sentry-metallic-titanium-drusy-quartz-on?ref=cat3_gallery_2">Sentry Ring</a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Love,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Stephanie</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://bigmariolife.blogspot.com/">Big Mario Life Blog</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-4476592485334598572?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-86130535552164329732011-06-01T16:45:00.004-04:002011-06-12T23:19:04.996-04:00Lunch Date & A Call For Help<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/1306957941702-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/1306957941702-1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lou picked me up for a little lunch date this afternoon. It was nice to just hang out in the middle of the day, munching on Five Guys. The little outing helped me forget for a moment how much work we have ahead of us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are moving <i>this</i> weekend. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Which means lots, and lots, and lots of packing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lugging furniture and boxes up and down stairs. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then lots, and lots, and lots, of unpacking. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What does this all mean for you? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next week I will likely be too busy unpacking and organizing to post much of anything. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I have an idea.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Maybe you can help.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was thinking of doing some guest posts while I'm chin deep in boxes and packing paper. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Would any of you ladies be interested in doing a guest post next week?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you are, <a href="mailto:shellsea.oberski@gmail.com">email me</a> and we can discuss topics. I have a few ideas but I am open to suggestions too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shellsea.Oberski{at}gmail.com</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-8613053555216432973?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-92203503061182161112011-06-01T10:55:00.000-04:002011-06-01T10:55:26.197-04:00Pinning the day away<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I discovered <a href="http://pinterest.com/">Pinterest</a> a little while ago. And I am in love. The cool thing about the site is that it organizes all of your ideas and it is super simple to boot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another neat thing is that you can follow other people and see what they have pinned to their various boards.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have been finding all of these great ideas for DIY projects, style inspiration, photography tips, and lots more.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you want to follow me, you can check it out <a href="http://pinterest.com/loveshellsea/">here</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/style/files/2011/03/Pinterest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="328" src="http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/style/files/2011/03/Pinterest.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/style/files/2011/03/Pinterest.jpg">{Image Source}</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Pinterest.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Pinterest.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-9220350306118216111?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-52692349391371447702011-05-31T10:26:00.000-04:002011-05-31T10:26:21.404-04:00We have a winner!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope you all had a lovely long weekend. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you for all your kind words regarding last weeks post. It really brightened my day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have good news</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have a winner for the large ad space giveaway for June.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Congratulations!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stephanie at <a href="http://bigmariolife.blogspot.com/">Big Mario</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Send me your ad/button so we can get it all set up for June.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">shellsea.oberski{at}gmail.com</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you to all those that entered.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/win2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/win2.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/win2-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/win2-1.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-5269234939137144770?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-79167895040060876382011-05-27T12:56:00.000-04:002011-05-27T12:56:22.502-04:00if I had a life philosophy this would be it<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/28570480_HZXN3rCf_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/28570480_HZXN3rCf_c.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">{via <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/28570480/">Pinterest</a>}</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This past week has been crazy and I don't see things settling down for the next month. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am overwhelmed and stressed. I am sorry post have been sporadic or lack-luster. They will be better next week, promise.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I just have to keep telling myself. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Things will work out, it's just going to be a little crazy for a little while.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This too shall pass.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*********************************************</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the upside you still have one more day to enter the <a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/05/june-large-ad-space-giveaway.html">Giveaway</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-7916789504006087638?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-14841517596225628482011-05-26T09:33:00.000-04:002011-05-26T09:33:58.613-04:00Awkward and Awesome Thursday!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Josefin Sans"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Wr2z1CnaSQk/TW1FmWK3MPI/AAAAAAAAAVk/KAN99euUq_E/s1600/A%2526A+Thursdays.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted; color: #444444; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Wr2z1CnaSQk/TW1FmWK3MPI/AAAAAAAAAVk/KAN99euUq_E/s400/A%2526A+Thursdays.jpg" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: "Josefin Sans"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><u><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></u></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><u>Awkward</u></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- Not posting yesterday due to massive apartment hunting this week.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">- Apartment hunting. Some of the answers these people come up with.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">- Being laughed at by a leasing officer at one of the apartment we looked at because I have a list of questions we like to ask. Guess what place we are not renting. We are seasoned apartment hunters, people, we don't play. </span></div></div></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: "Josefin Sans"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"><u>Awesome</u></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="color: #333333; font-family: "Josefin Sans"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;">- Memorial Day weekend. Three day weekend, why yes please.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">- I'm pretty sure we have a finalist for our apartment hunt. Still looking but its nice to know we won't be homeless.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">- Modern Family! Why did it take us so long to start watching this show. It is HA-larious. </span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">- You still have time to enter the </span><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/05/june-large-ad-space-giveaway.html"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Giveaway for a large ad space in June. </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: "Josefin Sans"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">For more Awkward and Awesome, check out Sydney's -</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://tandsdaybook.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted; color: #3366cc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Daybook</a></span></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-1484151759622562848?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-88560957875871808212011-05-24T00:00:00.001-04:002011-05-24T00:01:24.111-04:00All I want<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today was spent cleaning everything in sight.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When all I wanted to do was be here:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/1306034582478.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" id=":current_picnik_image" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c-SB8jClNPQ/TdstH4818lI/AAAAAAAAAXU/NlJdETPquQ4/s1600/14212867036_BspLZ.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Taken Saturday. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I miss it.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-8856095787587180821?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-13466302654722805002011-05-20T14:39:00.000-04:002011-05-20T14:39:04.732-04:00Giveaway!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Don't forget to enter the giveaway</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/AdSpaceGiveaway-June.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/AdSpaceGiveaway-June.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/05/june-large-ad-space-giveaway.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Enter Here</span></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-1346630265472280500?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-48492066537597468032011-05-20T10:30:00.001-04:002011-05-20T10:31:22.444-04:00Find It Friday<div style="text-align: center;">That oh so special day of the week has rolled around again. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Took long enough. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It's Friday</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Which means...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/FIFBig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/FIFBig.jpg" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Animals.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Animals.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/p28-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/p28-1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An Owl necklace Lou bought for me at an art show</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1598-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1598-1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An albino peacock from the Fountain of Youth</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1466-1-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1466-1-1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A monarch butterfly from the butterfly festival tent</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_0934-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_0934-1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nina - Very alert</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1000-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1000-1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A tortoise sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art in New Orleans</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And next weeks challenge will be...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Flowers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Flowers.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If you would like to play along, link up your finds <a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/p/find-it-friday.html">here.</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also, I made a button for you all to add to your blog.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/p/find-it-friday.html"><img src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/FIFlil.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><textarea cols="20" readonly="" rows="10"><br /> <a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/p/find-it-friday.html"><img src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/FIFlil.jpg"/></a><br /> </textarea><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Don't forget to enter in the <a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/05/june-large-ad-space-giveaway.html" style="color: #073763; text-decoration: none;">Large Ad Space Giveaway.</a></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-4849206653759746803?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-5729480398822792302011-05-19T09:47:00.002-04:002011-05-24T11:05:19.628-04:00Crispy-Chewy Salted White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies Recipe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Last night, I made these cookies and they were kinda A-mazing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMAG0117-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMAG0117-1.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMAG0123-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMAG0123-1.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></strong></span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Crispy-Chewy Salted White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies</span></strong></span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">From <a href="http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/05/crispy-salted-oatmeal-white-chocolate-cookies/" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Smitten Kitchen</a></span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1 cup all-purpose flour<br />3/4 teaspoon baking powder<br />1/2 teaspoon baking soda<br />1/4 teaspoon table salt<br />12 tablespoons unsalted butter, slightly softened<br />1 cup minus 1 tablespoon sugar<br />1/4 cup packed light brown sugar<br />1 large egg<br />1 teaspoon vanilla extract<br />2 1/2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">6 ounces good-quality white chocolate bar chopped {I used Ghirardelli - Vanilla Dream}</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1/2 teapoon flaky sea salt (or just regular salt if you don't have flaky sea salt on hand)</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1. Preheat oven to 360 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and table salt in a medium bowl.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">2. Beat butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Scrape down bowl with rubber spatula, then add egg and vanilla and beat until incorporated. Scrape down bowl again. Add flour mixture gradually and mix until just incorporated and smooth. Gradually add oats and white chocolate and mix until well incorporated.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">3. Divide dough into 24 equal portions, each about 2 tablespoons and roll them into balls. Then place on lined baking sheets about 2.5 to 3 inches apart. Using fingertips, gently press down each ball to about 3/4-inch thickness.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">4. Sprinkle the top of each cookie with salt and then pop the trays in the fridge until the dough has chilled</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">5. Bake until cookies are deep golden brown, about 13 to 15 minutes (mine all baked in 13 minutes), rotating baking sheet halfway through. Transfer baking sheet to wire rack to cool.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And Enjoy!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMAG0127-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMAG0127-1.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">nom nom nom</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Don't forget to enter in the <a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/05/june-large-ad-space-giveaway.html" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #444444; text-decoration: none;">Large Ad Space Giveaway.</a></span></span></div></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">{Recipes found <a href="http://seddy5.typepad.com/blog/2011/05/crispy-chewy-salted-white-chocolate-oatmeal-cookies.html">here</a>}</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-572948039882279230?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-79646736285880775452011-05-18T11:57:00.000-04:002011-05-18T11:57:50.864-04:00Good, not Great.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1772.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1772.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1769.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1769.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shirt: Target, Jeans: American Eagle, Shoes: F21, Earrings: F21</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's how I feel about today.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good, not <i>GREAT.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's Wednesday and we are that much closer to the weekend = Good, not great</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am sure my funk is directly related to lack of sleep. Shame on us for staying up super late watching Bones. That show gets us every time. After each episode ends, we turn to each other silently asking the same question.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One more? Yea, one more. And next thing we know its crazy late. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How is your Wednesday? Good, Great, or something else entirely?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Don't forget to enter in the <a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/05/june-large-ad-space-giveaway.html">Large Ad Space Giveaway.</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-7964673628588077545?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-90094137038838553752011-05-16T16:58:00.002-04:002011-05-16T19:28:29.748-04:00Giveaway - June Large Ad Space<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/AdSpaceGiveaway-June.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/AdSpaceGiveaway-June.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Last month I won an ad space from one of my fav blogs. <a href="http://theweekendfile.blogspot.com/">The Weekend File</a>. I decided pass along the love and to do something a little special for my lovely readers {that's you guys}. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am going to be giving away one large ad space for the month of June! Exciting, yes? Your blog, shop, or whatever you got will be on display in the side bar over there on the right for the whole month of June. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Giveaway-AdSpace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Giveaway-AdSpace.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Now, Rules...</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Mandatory - 1 entry:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Publicly follow <a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/">Love, Shellsea</a> with google friend connect and tell me about it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Extra entries:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/en/blog/2352217/love-shellsea#">Follow Love, Shellsea on Blog Lovin'</a> and tell me about it</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/en/blog/2352217/love-shellsea#">Follow Love, Shellsea on Twitter</a> and tell me about it</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/en/blog/2352217/love-shellsea#">Like Love, Shellsea on Facebook</a> and tell me about it</div><div style="text-align: center;">Blog/Tweet about the giveaway and tell me about it </div><div style="text-align: center;">Use this tweet or some variation of it, so I can track it: {I just entered this amazing giveaway @<a href="http://twitter.com/LoveShellsea">LoveShellsea</a>!! <a href="http://bit.ly/fANjZe">http://bit.ly/gZXhoL</a>}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>easy as pie, right? just remember to post each entry in a separate comment so it's easy for me too. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The winner will be randomly drawn Friday, May 27th.</b></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-9009413703883855375?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-12610858445185360342011-05-16T12:00:00.001-04:002011-05-17T08:00:04.561-04:00Black & White<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First off, Thank you everyone who helped with my dress hunt. It ended up being that none of the dresses I was looking at online were available in store. I did find something that worked very well for the event. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Black and White Gala was a fundraising event for <a href="http://www.gktw.org/">Give Kids the World</a>. I was so moved by the stories of the children and families this organization has helped. It truly is a wonderful organization that does so much for these kids.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And man do they know how to throw a party. The entertainment and food was amazing. Lucky for us, they had a "prom-style" photography area, so we were able to get a picture of us. I totally forgot the point-and-shot camera, so this was just what we needed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/SCN_0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/SCN_0001.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Her - Dress: Dillards, Earrings & Bracelet: Burlington Coat Factory</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Him - Rented Tux with a REAL bow-tie {because we don't play} </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was one of the only pictures that came out well on Lou's phone. As I mentioned the food was to die for. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was dessert. The mushroom top was a chocolate mousse with a raspberry filling. The white card and green squiggles were white chocolate. Everything on the plate was editable and delicious. I need to find a way to have these people make me dinner every night.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/MushroomCake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" id=":current_picnik_image" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w98LCXSnxoU/TdFIN0aOuJI/AAAAAAAAAW0/SnppZ-A1cHw/s1600/14070925774_TRVXb.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-1261085844518536034?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-88412163735698253802011-05-13T23:00:00.000-04:002011-05-13T23:00:57.747-04:00Feeling Lucky?<div style="text-align: center;">In honor of <b>both</b> Blogger and Twitter crashing today, a silly Friday the 13th haiku I wrote:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">crashing, crashing down</div><div style="text-align: center;">chaos all around the town</div><div style="text-align: center;">Friday the thirteenth </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Let's not try to push our luck today. :)</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-8841216373569825380?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-26996296889150552462011-05-12T09:20:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:21:48.421-04:00Help<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://dimg.dillards.com/s7viewers/dhtml/images/spacer.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://dimg.dillards.com/s7viewers/dhtml/images/spacer.gif" /></a></div>I need help. We are going to a "Black & White Gala."<br /><br />I don't have a dress.<br />I don't know what type of dress to get, other than the fact it has to black or white.<br /><br />I want to get a cocktail dress, because I am going to end up having to purchase the dress. I would like to make the purchase useful to me in some form and since I don't have a "little black dress," it makes sense to me to go the cocktail dress route.<br /><br />But the word "Gala" frightens me a little bit. Does it mean I have to go with a gown? The event is for a charity.<br /><br />And to top it all off, it is slim pickins here in Jax. I have Dillards, JCPennys, David's Bridal, and thats about it.<br /><br />Here are a few dresses I have been looking at:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZA4Lu-d1l94/TcvkbCvqL_I/AAAAAAAAAWw/Helbc_bjk-I/s1600/D.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZA4Lu-d1l94/TcvkbCvqL_I/AAAAAAAAAWw/Helbc_bjk-I/s640/D.png" width="552" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1. <a href="http://www.dillards.com/product/Night-Way-Satin-Dress_301_-1_301_501407699?splashlink=header_wapparel">Link</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2. <a href="http://www.dillards.com/product/Gianni-Bini-Amelia-Dress_301_-1_301_502601170?splashlink=header_wapparel">Link</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3. <a href="http://www.dillards.com/product/Scala-Beaded-OpenBack-Dress_301_-1_301_502532559?splashlink=header_wapparel">Link</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">4. <a href="http://www.dillards.com/product/Xscape-BeadDetail-OneShoulder-Gown_301_-1_301_502680353?splashlink=header_wapparel">Link</a></div><br />Can you help? What do you think long or short? Will any of these work? My favorites are 1 & 2.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-2699629688915055246?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-55145194573489784782011-05-11T10:35:00.004-04:002011-08-08T16:04:55.536-04:00DIY Camera Bag/Purse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1713.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1713.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Remember a while back I told you I was working on a <a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/04/giveaway.html">project</a>? You 'member, right?<br /><br />I am finally ready to tell you all about it. Warning: This is a really long post. Just couldn't seem to make it any shorter.<br /><br />I had a dilemma, Lou bought me a great camera bag to go with my a-mazing camera. The camera bag is fantastic, its huge and holds all the extras I have acquired since getting my camera for my birthday. But its huge and too cumbersome for some things we do and regular outings. Plus, I don't like having to carry two bags.<br /><br />Sadly, I can't drop $100+ on a stylish camera bag that can double as a purse. It's just not in the stars right now. So, I did what any girl in my position would. I pulled out the sewing machine and scrap paper and got to work.<br /><br />I spent weeks searching for the perfect bag to transform into a camera bag/purse. I had a lot of things that I wanted to be incorporated in the bag.<br /><br />1. Two straps - One shoulder strap and a handle. The shoulder strap makes it easy to take pictures without having to set down the bag.<br />2. Easy access - Something that I would easily be able to pull my camera out of when that perfect shot was spotted.<br />3. Roomy - Enough room for the camera body with lens attached and a few personal items.<br />5. Pockets - Who doesn't love pockets? Enough said.<br />6. ZipZip - A zipper to close the bag in case of a lot of activity or light rain.<br />7. Versatility - A design that could go with many outfits.<br /><br />And here she is:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1709.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1709.jpg" width="356" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Please excuse the messy kitchen. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The bag is from Forever 21 ($28). I just happened to get a gift card for F21 for my birthday, so it worked out great.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once I had the bag I spent days mulling over possible designs for the padded interior. I choose to go with a design that would line the front, bottom, and back of the bag. I ditched the side padding because I felt it would make the bag bulker then I would like it to be. Add some dividers and viola, camera bag/purse.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Steps:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1. I measured out the bag. Bottom, front, and sides. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. Purchased materials:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> * Fabric - 1 yard</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> * Foam Padding - 1/2 yard, 1/2inch thick</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> * Velco - Two packs</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Note: I purchased more fabric and foam then I needed to be able to make more dividers down the road.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. Drew out my plans. This helped me a lot because I could visualize where things would end up and what kinks would need to be smoothed out. If you are an experienced crafter you might skip this step.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4. Cut out all the fabric and foam pieces.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5. Sewing, lots of sewing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I decided to make the lining one piece. My bag measurements were: Front &amp;amp; Back 13"x8" and Bottom 13"x6". I cut out three pieces of foam 13"x7" (2 pieces) and 13"x6". I made the foam pieces for the front and back an inch shorter so they would be able to sit on the bottom piece of foam without popping out of the bag.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For the fabric that would cover the lining I made a kind of pillowcase to put all three foam pieces in. (Had I thought of it, I would have taken picture of this) The pillowcase measured 23"x14", I added an inch all around for the foam to sit in it without stretching the fabric. And 2 extra inches for in between the pieces of foam to give slack so the side pieces could sit on the bottom piece.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sewing the pillowcase/lining fabric:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> 1. Cut two pieces of fabric and three pieces of foam. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> 2. Sew velco lines on one piece of fabric before sewing the two together. I did two lines of velco on each side about 2 inches apart. I used the softer velco part for this so it wouldn't snag on anything.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> 3. Sew the two pieces of fabric together (pattern facing in). Sew 3 sides completely. The forth side leave a space in the middle so you can flip the fabric out and insert your foam pieces. Once you insert the foam, sew up the access hole by hand.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> 4. Push the two side pieces of foam to the ends and line up the middle piece (leaving space between the 3 pieces) sew a couple of lines in between the foam to keep the foam in place. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When you are done it should look something like this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1719.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1719.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Your lining should be able to sit in your bag. Some people may want to hand stitch the lining to the bag for stability. I choose not to, in case I want to use the lining in another bag or take it out to wash. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So far, I have only made one divider. I don't have a use for more at the moment. But as I said, I have the extra foam and fabric for later use.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Sewing the divider fabric:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"> 1.Cut two pieces of fabric. My foam piece was 6"x5" and the fabric was 7"x7" (extra space for the velco on each side).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"> 2. Sew the two pieces of fabric together (pattern facing in). Sew 3 sides completely. The forth side leave a space in the middle so you can flip the fabric out and insert your foam pieces. Once you insert the foam sew up the access hole by hand.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"> 3. Push the foam to the middle of the fabric, leaving to sides foamless.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"> 4. Sew two pieces of velco onto the foamless sides.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">When you are done it should look something like this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1720.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1720.jpg" width="287" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Eventually I will make more dividers and use the same general pattern.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here are some more pictures of the bag with the foam padding inside and the foam padding itself. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1717.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1717.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1713.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1713.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1714.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1714.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is the breakdown of what I spent on the project, after it was all said and done.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">$28 - Bag (F21)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">$15 - Fabric, foam, and velco</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">$43 - Total cost</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hope this walk through helps those of you who are attempting this at home. If not, thanks for reading anyhow. You are too sweet to put up with me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If anyone has questions about the walk through, I would be happy to try to answer them and update the post with more tips. Just shoot me an email: shellsea.oberski{at}gmail.com</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-5514519457348978478?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760645548280897928noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-64828765432988441302011-05-10T22:41:00.001-04:002011-05-11T08:39:52.100-04:00we made it<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1732-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1732-1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1750.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1750.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have been in Jacksonville for <i>literally</i> one year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today marks us masquerading as full-fledged adults for a whole year. Red velvet cupcakes seemed like the only suitable way to celebrate this milestone.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It feels like it was only yesterday that we left everything we knew behind in Miami, and made that 5.5 hour trek to Jacksonville with the puppy. Arriving with nothing more then Nina, one suitcase, and an inflatable mattress. The movers ended up being 3 days behind us. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Even though it has been a full year since we moved, we still miss all our friends and family like crazy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But,... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we made it</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-6482876543298844130?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-70524365228189050232011-05-09T15:27:00.000-04:002011-05-09T15:27:45.068-04:00Baby Ombre<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1692.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1692.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1695.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1695.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shirt: F21, Jeans: Target, Chucks: Japan, Bracelet: Art Fair</div><br />This weekend I went and had highlights done. For the first time in my life. How behind the times am I? Why didn't I do this before? I am in love.<br /><br />I had Ombre style highlights done. Baby Ombre highlights is a better description. While there are more highlights around my face, it is hard to see the ones on the side and back. When I go to get it touched up, I'm planning to going heavier on the highlights. Go big or go home, right?<br /><br />All in all, I am pleased with the results. I think it's going to be a great addition to my summer style. And, very little upkeep. Who doesn't love that?<br /><br />On a side note, Lou saw my outfit and asked where I parked my boat. I agree, a boat would suit this outfit very nicely.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-7052436522818905023?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-22755581336630900762011-05-06T00:04:00.000-04:002011-05-06T00:04:20.290-04:00Find It Friday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have been thinking of starting a new challenge series. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A kinda scavenger hunt, if you will.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Each week will have a theme. The goal is to find 5 items that are related to that theme. Must be photos you have taken yourself {no stealing now}. As long as it is related to the theme... COUNT IT.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you didn't guess it already you smarty pants you, I'm calling it:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Find It Friday</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next week's theme will be posted at the end of each "Find It Friday" post. I am going to work on a linky tool so you can play along. If you can't contain your excitement and want to play along for today's challenge, link your post up in the comments.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And without further ado, this week's challenge is:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/2011-FinditFriday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/2011-FinditFriday.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Blue1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Blue1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My fav animal hangs out with me all day on my keys.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Blue2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Blue2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A little Blue Jay resting in my baby tree.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Blue3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Blue3.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nina having some dessert. That crazy eye makes me laugh every time I look at it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Blue4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Blue4.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some A-mazing hummus from Mellow Mushroom on a pretty blue plate.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Blue5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Blue5.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And my spring time blue skirt from last week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Whaddaya think? Something you wanna join in on? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I know you do. So, next week's challenge will be:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Animals.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Animals.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Special thanks to Lou & Joanna for helping me work the kinks out of this little baby.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-2275558133663090076?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-43151199232232957342011-05-05T10:54:00.005-04:002011-05-05T22:08:21.291-04:00Awkward and Awesome Thursday!<div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Wr2z1CnaSQk/TW1FmWK3MPI/AAAAAAAAAVk/KAN99euUq_E/s1600/A%2526A+Thursdays.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #444444; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><br /><img border="0" height="300" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Wr2z1CnaSQk/TW1FmWK3MPI/AAAAAAAAAVk/KAN99euUq_E/s400/A%2526A+Thursdays.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><u><br /></u></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><u>Awkward</u></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">- This notice sent out by the University - "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">The University Safety Council would like to remind the community that it is breeding season for geese. Take the following precautions for safety:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><strong style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">During breeding season, geese are protective of their nests and eggs</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px;">. Avoid areas where geese are nesting or have been known to nest. If you come upon a goose or her gander, move quickly out of their way while facing them </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px;">(do not turn your back to them)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px;">." - <i>This seems </i></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">unnecessarily</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px;"> intense for geese. </span></span></i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px;">- <a href="http://lifehacker.com/#!5798874/lastpass-users-may-have-to-change-the-last-password-theyll-ever-need">Lastpass is failing today</a> and making it very difficult for me to do anything. </span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px;">- Switching primary gmail accounts. Why do they make it so difficult?</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px;">- Not being able to find one Mother's Day card in Spanish in all of Jax. </span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><u>Awesome</u></span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- Today is <a href="http://www.vivacincodemayo.org/history.htm">Cinco de Mayo</a>. Who's ready for a party? Me, Me!</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- Last night, when I got home. Dinner was cooked, dessert waiting in the fridge, and fresh flowers on the counter. What more could a girl ask for?</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- Lou is home from his business trip. He's all mine. I have also decided, I'm never sharing him again.</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- Finally made a facebook fan page for this little bloggity-blog. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Love-Shellsea/200127316692797">Check it out!</a> I'd love it if you did :)</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- Managing to send you the Mother's Day cards before Sunday.</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- I have been working on the new blog layout. How do you like it?</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- I have a surprise for you all tomorrow. Excited? I know, I am.</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- This comic. It explains how I feel about style so well. And what I think we all strive for.</span></span></span></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://thisisindexed.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/card2868-380x230.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="http://thisisindexed.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/card2868-380x230.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">{via <a href="http://thisisindexed.com/">Indexed</a>}</div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">For more Awkward and Awesome, check out Sydney's -</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://tandsdaybook.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #3366cc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Daybook</a></span></div></div><ul type="disc"></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-4315119923223295734?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-31679727479328462742011-05-03T11:06:00.000-04:002011-05-03T11:06:10.081-04:00birds of a featherLil' sis and I snuck out to feed the peacocks at the <a href="http://www.fountainofyouthflorida.com/index.php">Fountain of Youth</a>. Yep, you read right. Peacocks at the Fountain of Youth. Don't ask me why. I couldn't tell you. There doesn't seem to be a reason for the peacocks residing at the Fountain of Youth. But there are a couple dozen roaming around being noisy and pretty.<br /><br />They don't seem to be afraid of people either. They will eat peanuts right out of your palm. We spent the afternoon feeding the peacocks and squirrels, and drinking really smelly water in the hopes of eternal youth.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1640.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1635.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1635.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1589.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1589.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1584.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1584.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1598.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1598.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1649.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1649.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Can you spot Spider-man in this picture?</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Moral of the story, what will you find at the famous Fountain of Youth?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Peacocks</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Squirrels</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Smelly water</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Spider-man</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-3167972747932846274?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-18390356394198579482011-05-03T00:07:00.001-04:002011-05-03T09:00:10.824-04:00Yay for May!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love May. Perfect weather and like a million things to do. Last weekend was jam packed with adventures and silliness. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lil' Sister came to visit for the weekend and we had a blast. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1490.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1490.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1453.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1453.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Saturday, we dragged Lou to a butterfly festival. He's so good to put up with us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1466-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1466-1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was in the butterfly tent. We found out, butterflies dig Lou. {somehow, I'm not surprised}</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-1839035639419857948?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-84184277846899890602011-04-27T21:41:00.001-04:002011-04-28T10:03:15.168-04:00Trickster<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_12682.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_12682.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shirt: Gap, Flower Clip: I madez it</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's what Lou is. A trickster.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Why, you ask?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let me enlighten you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This morning, I woke up to the sound of a very annoying alarm clock. Convinced myself that I should get up and turn the wretched thing off. Walk back over to the bed, to wake Lou. Quick as lightning, he grabs me, pulling me down next to him, wraps his arms around me, and I promptly fall right back to sleep. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I fall for it every time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-8418427784689989060?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-88989415469246637002011-04-26T13:11:00.000-04:002011-04-26T13:11:08.191-04:00Old Navy Wants You!<div style="text-align: center;">Nina over at Mama Go Round let us all in on her secret to being able to host Old Navy Style parties with your friends. So what did I do? I signed up right away. Like yesterday ;). If you are interested getting a few freebies from Old Navy for you and your friends, click the photo below.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a border="0" href="http://bit.ly/hbMNuD"><img height="265" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">CrowdTap also allows you to earn money for yourself and favorite charity. What more could you ask for?</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-8898941546924663700?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-9963535638698496992011-04-25T13:47:00.000-04:002011-04-25T13:47:06.601-04:00Know what I love? Plus a giveaway winner!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1242.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1242.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shirt: Kohls, Skirt: Old Navy, Sandals: Traffic</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love a good skirt with pockets. I mean, who doesn't? Skirts are great in themselves but add some pockets and you get one amazing piece of clothing. And with the very hot weather we have been having, skirts are a must. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now, what you are really interested in:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The giveaway winner is - Melanie from <a href="http://www.tiptoethirty.blogspot.com/">Tip Toe Thrity</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Congratulations Melanie, shot me an email with your address so I can get your goodie to you. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">shellsea.oberski{at}gmail{dot}com</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You have 72 hours to contact me, if not - redraw.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you to all those that entered in the giveaway</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/YoyoWinner1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/YoyoWinner1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/YoyoWinner2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="95" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/YoyoWinner2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-996353563869849699?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-85076487079751666472011-04-22T10:17:00.000-04:002011-04-22T10:17:50.874-04:00Almost there...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://data.whicdn.com/images/8686450/tumblr_ljfaapHQRH1qhcfg8o1_500_large.jpg?1302451748" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="257" src="http://data.whicdn.com/images/8686450/tumblr_ljfaapHQRH1qhcfg8o1_500_large.jpg?1302451748" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://weheartit.com/entry/8686450">{via}</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I woke up this morning I was super excited because I am like "this" close to 100 followers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, what do you think? Can we make it? Help a girl out ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also, if you haven't already, enter my <a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/04/giveaway.html">giveaway</a>. {today's the last day}</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-8507648707975166647?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-24193628682639949832011-04-21T08:59:00.000-04:002011-04-21T08:59:49.309-04:00Awkward and Awesome Thursday!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Wr2z1CnaSQk/TW1FmWK3MPI/AAAAAAAAAVk/KAN99euUq_E/s1600/A%2526A+Thursdays.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #444444; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Wr2z1CnaSQk/TW1FmWK3MPI/AAAAAAAAAVk/KAN99euUq_E/s400/A%2526A+Thursdays.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><u><br /></u></span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><u>Awkward</u></span><br /><div style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">- Tuesday, I woke up late. So I threw on jeans and a cute top, and put my hair in what I thought was a cute pony tail. One of my co-workers walked in and the words out of her mouth were "aw, you don't look cute today." Uncalled for lady.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">- Easter is this Sunday! How did that sucker sneak up on me?</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">- Getting an Easter egg in the mail and my </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">immediate<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>response<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> was "who stole my idea." Turns out it was my boss. She thought it was so funny that I was super excited to send eggs through the mail, so she sent me one.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">- The candy bowl on my desk. It does strange things to people. I had a lady walk in and grab some candy saying "We are having a meeting in the other department and we really need a chocolate fix, so I came over here." I have no idea who she is. How did she know I had candy?</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><u>Awesome</u></span></span></div></div></div></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- I get to pick a giveaway winner tomorrow. Is it you? -<b> <a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/04/giveaway.html" style="color: #073763; text-decoration: none;">Enter Here</a></b> {you know you want to}</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- Saturday we go swimming. Yay! Lets hope I don't make a fool of myself and have to confess what happened in next weeks A&A.</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- Lou's immediate response to the easter egg, "Open that baby up, I want nerds."</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></span></span></div></div></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">For more Awkward and Awesome, check out Sydney's -</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://tandsdaybook.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #3366cc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Daybook</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-2419362868263994983?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-4106830128879840772011-04-20T15:57:00.000-04:002011-04-20T15:57:43.950-04:00Guess what.<div style="text-align: center;">I made a new button. What do you guys think? </div><div style="text-align: center;">You are welcome to use it when ever you want. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/B1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><textarea cols="20" readonly="" rows="10"><br /> <a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/B1.jpg"/></a><br /> </textarea></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Also!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/goog_1101337551">Don't forget to enter the giveaway.</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/04/giveaway.html">It ends Friday, so enter now.</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">You know you want this little guy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1205.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-410683012887984077?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-14242299942758242232011-04-15T12:51:00.001-04:002011-04-15T14:21:07.721-04:00Like a fish<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/p41.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/p41.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/p42.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/p42.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/p43.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/p43.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shirt: Kohls, Skirt: Thrifted, Shoes: Kohls</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After a long search and many trips to check out gyms. We finally found a facility that not only has a pool but is pretty affordable. Unlike the Y, which was way overpriced. It had to be the most expensive place we look at. You're the Y people, what are you thinking? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have been wanting forever to make swimming a regular exercise. But the pool in our neighborhood is essentially a wading pool. The deepest point is 4' deep, and there are steps all the way around the edge. Both things make it impossible to get any real swimming done. Perfect for lounging but not swimming.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">None of that matters now. We found our pool. And! We will be starting swimming lessons next Saturday! Can you say, excited?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I know how to swim, but I would like to work on some things.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1. Stroke/swimming form</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2. Stamina</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3. Last but not least. I want to learn how to do that flippy thing at the end of the pool so I don't have to stop to turn around. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Main goal: In about a month and a half, I want to be easily confused with a fish, or dolphin. Some aquatic, for sure.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Reminder! Enter in my giveaway. You know you want to.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/04/giveaway.html">Click Here</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-1424229994275824223?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-78193972464832855192011-04-14T09:49:00.001-04:002011-04-14T12:20:52.372-04:00Awkward and Awesome Thursday!<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Wr2z1CnaSQk/TW1FmWK3MPI/AAAAAAAAAVk/KAN99euUq_E/s1600/A%2526A+Thursdays.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #444444; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Wr2z1CnaSQk/TW1FmWK3MPI/AAAAAAAAAVk/KAN99euUq_E/s400/A%2526A+Thursdays.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><u><br /></u></span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><u>Awkward</u></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span><br /><div style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">- The weather lately. North FL cannot make up it's mind. We were in the 90s on Monday and now chilly willy. Silly weather.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">- Nina's </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans';">socializing</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> skills. She growls at everything. Well, every dog. She likes other dogs and never does anything more then growl. But, other owners get scared. And then I have to explain that my dog is really nice, just </span>weird<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">. </span></span></div></div></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><u>Awesome</u></span></span></div></div></div></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- I am doing another giveaway - <a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/04/giveaway.html">Enter Here</a> {you know you want to}</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- Finally, figuring out how to get Lou out of bed in the morning. Set the sqeezebox to play pandora in the morning. I can ignore it but it wakes him up. win-win</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">- French toast on a weekday. This never happens. We are lucky if we can scramble some eggs and inhale them before we have to head out the door.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">For more Awkward and Awesome, check out Sydney's -</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://tandsdaybook.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #3366cc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Daybook</a></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-7819397246483285519?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-46550828818893184752011-04-13T12:24:00.004-04:002011-04-25T16:17:40.216-04:00Giveaway! - CLOSED<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1205.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I have been working on a project this week. It has taken longer then I thought. Mostly, because I am working on it in small amounts when I can. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Last night I needed a little break from said project.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So, I made you a little something-something. A fabric yo-yo clip from a piece of scrap fabric from the project. And I would like one of you to have it. Aren't you excited?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It has a little alligator hair clip on the back. Making it perfect to use as an accessory for your hair, clothes, bags, or whatever else you can think of. I might have to make myself one, because it's so darn cute. And will match my project ;)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>The winner will be drawn Friday, April 22nd.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Now, Rules...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Mandatory - 1 entry:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Publicly follow <a href="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/">Love, Shellsea</a> on blogger and tell me about it.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Extra entries:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/en/blog/2352217/love-shellsea#">Follow me on Blog Lovin'</a> and tell me about it</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://twitter.com/LoveShellsea#">Follow me on Twitter</a> and tell me about it</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Blog/Tweet about the giveaway and tell me about it. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Use this tweet so I can track it:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> {</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">I just entered this amazing giveaway @<a class=" twitter-atreply" data-screen-name="LoveShellsea" href="http://twitter.com/LoveShellsea" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">LoveShellsea</a>!! <a class="twitter-timeline-link" data-expanded-url="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/04/giveaway.html/" href="http://bit.ly/fANjZe" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="http://shellseaoberski.blogspot.com/2011/04/giveaway.html/">http://bit.ly/fANjZe</a></span>}</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Note: Please post each entry in a separate comment. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Good Luck Lovelies!</b></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-4655082881889318475?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-82196795052008743672011-04-12T10:33:00.002-04:002011-04-12T10:35:09.920-04:00Style Blogger Map<div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://rosealamode.com/fashion-style-blogger-map/" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Style Bloggers Map" src="http://rose.rendrenllc.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Style-Bloggers-Map-500-W.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 1px 1px 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; position: relative;" /></span></a></div><div style="color: #222222; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I love this idea so much, I decided to share!</span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://rosealamode.com/blogger-map/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Linda at Rose a La Mode</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222;"> has decided to make a map of all style bloggers. This way we can meet up if we're close by! </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://rosealamode.com/fashion-style-blogger-map/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">Go here to get added to the map!</span></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-8219679505200874367?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-10406220180955658862011-04-11T21:45:00.000-04:002011-04-11T21:45:34.586-04:00You learn something everyday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/p39.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/p39.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/p38.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/p38.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/p40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/p40.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shirt: H&M, Skirt: Old Navy, Shoes: Gap</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tonight I have "bloggers block," as I so fondly call it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Couldn't think of one thing to write about. I thought about my day, but nothing happened.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lou came in a few minutes ago, and asked if I would make him so tea. I proposed a trade. I will make tea, if he gives me an idea to write about. He really wanted tea. So here we go...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You all might already know this. For those who do. Sorry to waste your time. Hopefully you liked the pictures.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He asked me if I knew where the term "blogger" came from. Of course not. Why would I know that? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Blogs" were originally called "Web Logs."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When "Web Logs" were starting to become popular a reporter wrote an article. In the article he/she (don't know) rearranged the words to read:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"We Blog"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eventually this turned into our lovely nickname "bloggers."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can't not and will not testify this to being true. Why, you ask? Because I know how much Lou likes tea. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Enough to lie for. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-1040622018095565886?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-56360493574503232932011-04-08T07:00:00.012-04:002011-04-08T07:38:26.104-04:00Happy Birthday Mama!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Mom2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Mom2.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love you. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-5636049357450323293?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-22515363735610563722011-04-07T12:08:00.000-04:002011-04-07T12:08:05.348-04:00Awkward and Awesome Thursday!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Wr2z1CnaSQk/TW1FmWK3MPI/AAAAAAAAAVk/KAN99euUq_E/s1600/A%2526A+Thursdays.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Wr2z1CnaSQk/TW1FmWK3MPI/AAAAAAAAAVk/KAN99euUq_E/s400/A%2526A+Thursdays.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><u><br /></u></span></div></div></div></div><div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><u>Awkward</u></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><br /></span><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">- Lou forgot his phone today. I hadn't left the house yet and he was just getting to the gas station at the end of our street. So I told him, if he could wait for me at the gas station, I would bring him his phone. We were both in a rush, so neither of us wanted to get out of the car. My solution, pull up next to him so that our driver side windows lined up and hand off the phone. He pulls out of the gas station, I turn around and leave as well. Now the funniest part of this "phone drop" was that there was a very confused gentlemen staring at us trying to figure out what he had just witnessed.</div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">- <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> While in line at</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> Publix, the gentleman in front of me was flirting with the cashier. She was telling him that she was going to take a 12 week class and it was going to cost $450. He proceeded to tell her that she should look into switching to a 3 month course because she would get more for her money. Um... What?!?</span></div></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><u><br /></u></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><u>Awesome</u></span></span></div></div></div></div><div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- The extra 30 minutes I stayed in bed this morning to cuddle with Lou. Totally worth then having to rush to get ready for work.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- How quite the office is today. It's so nice.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- My headache from yesterday has finally decided it was okay to leave me alone. How thoughtful, lol.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- The new Hoya filters I got for my camera. Amazing!</span></span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-2251536373561056372?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-31494950978864199822011-04-06T23:25:00.002-04:002011-04-11T11:46:39.784-04:00I know my ABC's<div style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1165.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1165.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1117.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1117.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jacket: Target, Shirt: Target, Jeggings: Target, Shoes: Kohls </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(If you can't tell I recently hit up the sales rack at Target. Found some good deals)</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I've been seeing this ABC thing on a couple blogs, so I thought it'd be fun to do it and embarrass myself a lil' bit. </span></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>A</b>ge: 25<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>B</b>ed Size: Queen<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px;">C</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">hore you hate: Laundry and everything that goes with it. Sorting, folding, ironing, hanging. I dislike it all.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>D</b>ogs: Nina! We are certain she is part Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>E</b>ssential start of your day: Getting back into bed. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>F</b>avorite Color: Currently Red, like bright in your face Red. But Dark Blue is moving up in the ranks.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>G</b>old or silver: 90% of time Silver</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>H</b>eight: 5'2"</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px;">I</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">nstruments I play (or have played): The recorder... I'm not very musically inclined. :(<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px;">J</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">ob Title: Professional Copier. AKA Secretary. I also serve as someone to ignore when people come in the office looking for their professors.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>K</b>ids: None... yet.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>L</b>ive: Jacksonville, FL<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>M</b>om's Name: Maggie <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>N</b>icknames: "Shels" is really the only one. So far no one has come up with a good one that has stuck. Wanna take a stab at it? ;) <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>O</b>vernight hospital stays: 3 years old (on my birthday), hip surgery, that was a bummer.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>P</b>et Peeve: Being ignored.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Q</b>uote from a movie: *I'm changing this one to TV series quote*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Andy:</b> [singing] Claude Van Damme, Hair for Men, poison gas, NutraSweet. [speaking] It's gotta rhyme with "piece." Fancy Feast! [sings] Break me off a piece of that Fancy Feast! It's the cat food. Nailed it. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>R</b>ight or left handed: Right handed<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>S</b>iblings: my lil' sister, Tiffany<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>T</b>ime you wake up: I think I’ll skip that. Ahem.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>U</b>nderwear: NONE DUH. Kiddin'. Um yes, I wear underwear, is that the question?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><b>V</b>egetables you dislike: Lima Beans! Those things are <o:p></o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">awful.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>W</b>hat makes you run late: I ask myself that question everyday<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>X</b>-rays you've had done: This one is odd. So, Skip!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Y</b>ummy food you make: Praline Pumpkin Torte. (my signature dessert) & Katsudon (everybody loves it)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Z</b>oo animal: Owl<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Now it's your turn! Link them up in the comments so I can read them. :) </span></o:p></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-3149495097886419982?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-45980140064553474692011-04-04T15:44:00.001-04:002011-04-04T16:53:38.798-04:00Creativity is subtraction.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.austinkleon.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/subtraction.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://www.austinkleon.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/subtraction.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am inspired. I recently found out about <a href="http://www.austinkleon.com/">Austin Kleon</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also, check out this recap of a talk he gave a<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">t <span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">Broome Community College in Binghamton, New York:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.austinkleon.com/2011/03/30/how-to-steal-like-an-artist-and-9-other-things-nobody-told-me/">How to steal like an artist (and 9 other things nobody told me)</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is exactly what I have needed for a while now. I feel good. Hope you get something out of it as well. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-4598014006455347469?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-69356002312230514492011-04-01T09:14:00.000-04:002011-04-01T09:14:48.665-04:00You have been warned...In case you forgot. Because I know I will in like 10 minutes, and then be fooled again. Today is April Fools Day.<br /><br />I have learned over the years, I am very gullible and easy to fool. Doesn't take a lot of effort. Mostly I think because I forget what day it is.<br /><br />Although, I am proud to announce I was not fooled by my bosses prank this morning. Remember a couple weeks back. They were doing a controlled fire on campus right next to our building. Everyone was sent home three days in a row because we couldn't breath inside or outside the building. So this morning, this was on the front door of our suite.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xazV51MvXC4/TZXNs2Uak9I/AAAAAAAAAWM/AyIZTWpwg0o/s1600/IMAG0099.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xazV51MvXC4/TZXNs2Uak9I/AAAAAAAAAWM/AyIZTWpwg0o/s1600/IMAG0099.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Don't worry we did get him back. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So you have been warned. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stay on your toes people. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And for those who need some ideas:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pranks:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://lifehacker.com/#!5787702/celebrate-april-fools-day-with-these-harmless-geek-pranks">Harmless Geek Pranks</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://aprilfoolzone.com/">More fun</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Spoilers:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://lifehacker.com/#!5787930/your-2011-april-fools-day-prank-spoiler">2011 Spoiler Alert</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://xkcd.com/">XKCD</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let me know what pranks you pulled or were pulled on you. Have fun!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-6935600231223051449?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-89333253720768703222011-03-31T10:22:00.000-04:002011-03-31T10:22:16.312-04:00Awkward and Awesome Thursday!<div class="post-body entry-content" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Wr2z1CnaSQk/TW1FmWK3MPI/AAAAAAAAAVk/KAN99euUq_E/s1600/A%2526A+Thursdays.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Wr2z1CnaSQk/TW1FmWK3MPI/AAAAAAAAAVk/KAN99euUq_E/s400/A%2526A+Thursdays.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><u><br /></u></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"><u>Awkward</u></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans';"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- Sitting at my co-workers desk and realizing there is a ziploc bag of bones not even two feet away from me. So I asked what anyone would ask in such a situation.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">Me: Is that a bag of bones?</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">Co-worker: Yea, It's a cat.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">Me: Why do you have a bag of cat bones sitting on your desk?</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">Co-worker: I have to go to the lab later.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">Now, that is not a suitable explanation for having a bag of bones sitting on your desk. But I wasn't going to argue. #1, Because she is working with a professor to reconstruct a dolphin this semester. Honestly, a cat reconstruction doesn't seem that far off. #2, Because Lou and I have been watching Season 1 of "Bones" this week. Just seems like part of the theme for this week. Maybe an early April Fools joke on me.</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- Getting all excited to make some muffins. Preheat the oven, get out the pan, put in the paper muffin cups, get the bowl out, and then realizing I do not have any milk. Not really awkward, just sad. </span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; line-height: 22px;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; line-height: 22px;"><u>Awesome</u></span></div></div></div></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Josefin Sans';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- This website I found. I was never really into FML. Just seemed depressing, but this one has the same type of submission process/idea but actually funny. Enjoy waste some time surfing this one. </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://dearblankpleaseblank.com/hilarious.php?&page=3">Dear Blank, Please Blank</a></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">- I will be getting some CASH soon from my tax return. Which mean buying some much wanted camera goodies. Who's excited? I am!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">- This week is almost done. Can I get a, Hooray!?</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; line-height: 22px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">For more Awkward and Awesome, check out Sydney's -</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://tandsdaybook.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" style="color: #3366cc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Daybook</a></span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-8933325372076870322?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-52638618442686846812011-03-30T18:39:00.000-04:002011-03-30T18:39:23.718-04:00Oops.<div style="text-align: center;">So, I got home and after a very enthusiastic hello from Nina, sat down on the couch while Lou was talking on the phone. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And this happened...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1083.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1083.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have been exhausted. All day. We went to bed much too late and had to wake up much too early. I have to say, today went much better than yesterday. Thank goodness for small favors, right. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think I woke up because I felt Lou trying to take some sneaky photos.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1082.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMG_1082.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In case you are interested. Sweater: Target, Jeans: American Eagle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-5263861844268684681?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-62473715072576532892011-03-29T16:17:00.001-04:002011-03-29T16:28:11.860-04:00Mama said there'll be days like this...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/1-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/1-1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/2-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/2-2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shirt: H&M, Scarf: American Eagle, Jeans: American Eagle, Sandals: Payless, Purse: F21</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't know whats going on with the world today. But things are just not working out the way I feel they should. And it seems to be this way for a lot of people today. Reasons why today has failed...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1. It's chilly, windy, cold, and nasty outside.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2. I went to double check summer courses so that I could have my boss approve the schedule. And they switched all the classes making it impossible for me to take even one course these summer. Bummer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3. The end of the semester is approaching very quickly, which means everyone needs everything right this second. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">4. We are officially in what I call "the dry spell" in the educations system. No holidays for two whole months. We get Memorial Day off and then nothing else until the end of summer. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">5. It's only Tuesday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But we are not going to dwell on all that nonsense. Nope. So new list. Things making me happy right now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1. I get out of work very soon. And get to go home to Lou. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2. We got our taxes done and we will be getting a little bit of money back. Mostly, I can stop stressing about getting them done.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3. I saw 4 baby goslings this afternoon. Too cute.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-6247371507257653289?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-74817955742952765232011-03-28T21:54:00.001-04:002011-03-28T21:57:10.328-04:00Goodbye weekend.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMAG0095-2-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/IMAG0095-2-2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bathing Suit: American Eagle</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The weekend ended and only left me wanting more. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We spent Sunday basking in the sun like cats. We went to the beach, and when we grew bored of that, we hit up the pool in our complex. Got a little bit of color but not sunburned, so I would call it a successful day in the sun. All I could think about today at work today, was how relaxing it was to lay in the sun.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also, we went to see "Sucker Punch," while the cinematography was great, the story was lacking. It was at least entertaining but I would suggest waiting until it comes out of DVD if you are in between that and another movie.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-7481795574295276523?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-5566128728034765812011-03-25T16:17:00.000-04:002011-03-25T16:17:27.764-04:00Shattered Trees<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8QTbcCbd9l0/TYz2zm5675I/AAAAAAAAAWE/KTFf1UlXvE8/s1600/IMAG0084.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8QTbcCbd9l0/TYz2zm5675I/AAAAAAAAAWE/KTFf1UlXvE8/s1600/IMAG0084.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hmh7G40sxhw/TYz2zuPloYI/AAAAAAAAAWI/gOlAdo0PpZI/s1600/IMAG0085.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hmh7G40sxhw/TYz2zuPloYI/AAAAAAAAAWI/gOlAdo0PpZI/s1600/IMAG0085.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a shattered window in one of the offices in our suite. We are thinking a bird flew into it, really hard. The professor that has that office knew about it for like a year and only told us the other day. Sometimes all you can do is laugh.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Craziness. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I can't even believe that it hasn't just fallen out or caused any leaks. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have to say though, I really like the second picture. It looks interesting with the broken glass and tree/lake behind it. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-556612872803476581?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-71372293533787003592011-03-24T13:21:00.001-04:002011-03-24T17:00:21.579-04:00Awkward and Awesome Thursday!<div class="post-body entry-content" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Wr2z1CnaSQk/TW1FmWK3MPI/AAAAAAAAAVk/KAN99euUq_E/s1600/A%2526A+Thursdays.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Wr2z1CnaSQk/TW1FmWK3MPI/AAAAAAAAAVk/KAN99euUq_E/s400/A%2526A+Thursdays.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><u><br /></u></div></div></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px;">This weeks Awkward & Awesome is a combination of last week and this week. </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"><u>Awkward</u></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- The controlled burning on campus last week. It is weird to see cars driving along next to burning trees not even 10 feet away.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- Sitting at my desk with a dish towel to my face because of the smoke from a controlled burning close to our building. (don't worry we all got sent home because of the smoke)</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- Explaining to people that my dog looks like a wet rat because she just got a bath not because she is dirty. I don't think they believe me.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- The migraine I woke up with this morning. Not really awkward, more awful than anything else. </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px;"><u>Awesome</u></span></span></div></div></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Josefin Sans';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- Having basically all of last week off because of the smoke and spring break.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Josefin Sans';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- The computer is fixed.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Josefin Sans';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- Clean puppy. She smells so good. She's not very happy with me but she smells amazing.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Josefin Sans';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">- Typing up student evaluations of our professors. I have never had to write the word "Awesome" so many times in my life. The top words were "Awesome, terrific, and enthusiastic." Guess that means that we have very good professors working in our department. </span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; line-height: 22px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">For more Awkward and Awesome, check out Sydney's -</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://tandsdaybook.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" style="color: #3366cc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Daybook</a></span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7050000259103621514-7137229353378700359?l=shellseaoberski.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shellseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673699400103273037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050000259103621514.post-43367641676106391062011-03-23T16:50:00.002-04:002011-03-23T16:53:21.027-04:00It's alive!<div style="text-align: center;">The computer is officially fixed. At least until the next time it breaks. So here is the photo shoot recap I promised you like forever ago. Enjoy!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Vanessa%20Visit%202011/2011VVisit4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n574/xxshelsxx/Vanessa%20Visit%202011/2011VVisit4.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is my cousin V, she's only like the best cousin ever! She came for a short visit a couple of weeks ago and we had a blast. We went to a local art museum and had way too much fun taking pictures in the kid area and gardens.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>