tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13542599094152680352024-03-04T20:15:58.966-08:00(art)icles) lovedmrs.thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03224626264187124815noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354259909415268035.post-60401518593571723672013-01-14T13:28:00.000-08:002013-01-14T13:28:15.518-08:00opinion dump: media<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I believe that it is incredibly important to b<span style="background-color: white;">e a critical consumer of media and information in general. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">What we watch has a direct influence on how we behave, believe and view the world. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This belief stems from a variety of places. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My religious beliefs point to desire to watch "clean" and "uplifting" media. "</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">If there is anything </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">virtuous</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">lovely</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things." The For the Strength of the Youth pamphlet says "</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">Choose wisely when </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">using media, because whatever you read, listen to, or look at </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">has an effect on you. Select only media that uplifts you. </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">Satan uses media to deceive you by making what is wrong </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">and evil look normal, humorous, or exciting. He tries to mislead you into thinking that breaking God’s commandments </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">is acceptable and has no negative consequences for you or </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">others. Do not attend, view, or participate in anything that is </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">vulgar, immoral, violent, or pornographic in any way. Do not </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">participate in anything that presents immorality or violence as </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">acceptable. Have the courage to walk out of a movie, change </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">your music, or turn off a computer, television, or mobile device </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">if what you see or hear drives away the Spirit." </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">Another source of this belief is my education. I recently learned about the Information Processing Theory (don't mind my nerdiness for one minute) and how we processes media. We don't imitate the exact action or behavior that we see, but it does change how we respond to real life situations. For example, lets say we are watching a movie and there is a very nice guy that sees his beautiful maiden of a girlfriend being harassed by some evil villainous man. The hero then goes and sword fights the villain, kills him and rescues the girlfriend. After watching this, if a guy were to see another guy picking on his girlfriend, obviously he is not going to imitate the same behavior and kill the guy. The theory would suggest that he would most likely use violent means to get the guy to stop, like punching him in the face. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">Additionally, the current literature on the effects of violent video games is very clear that "</span><span style="line-height: 22px;">Exposure [to violent video games] is positively associated with heightened levels of aggression in </span><span style="line-height: 22px;">young adults and children...Exposure [to violent video games] is negatively </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">associated with prosocial behavior." (Anderson) If you don't believe me, take either SFL 333 or 358. There's a whole world of quality research done on this subject and it's awesome.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;">So what's the point that I am trying to make? That all media is bad and awful? Absolutely not! If what we take in is so powerful, why not just focus on what it can do for us? My generation is called a number of things, but one title that I really like is the "do-good generation." I think that this is heavily influenced by the number of rockin' documentaries and movies that have been produced in our era that focus on social issues and world events. So while I agree full-heartedly that we should strive to consume media that is clean, we should really focus on what it makes us want to accomplish. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;">p.s. Want a couple of suggestions for really great films? Check out ic.byu.edu. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-indent: -48px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">Anderson, C. A., & Bushman, B. J. (2001). Effects of violent video games on aggressive behavior, aggressive affect, physiological arousal and prosocial behavior: A meta-analytic review of the scientific literature</span></span><br />
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mrs.thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03224626264187124815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354259909415268035.post-17442126083403379332012-11-28T08:37:00.000-08:002012-11-28T08:37:06.895-08:00A Year in Review<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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All I have to say, is that my 20th year was pretty darn wonderful. <br />
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20th Birthday in Jerusalem. <br />
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December in Jerusalem.<br />
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Got married to Jesse. Couldn't be happier about it!<br />
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Gained another family. <br />
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Drove out to Chicago with my family for a second reception.<br />
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Had a sister in law get married. <br />
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Had our first garden.<br />
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Saw Andrew Bird with Jess<br />
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Finished working at Alysse's Bridal. <img alt="" class="spotlight" src="http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/483499_4423567340161_281534169_n.jpg" style="height: 449px; width: 599px;" /><br />
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Gained the cutest nephew in the whole world.<br />
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Sent this brother on a mission <br />
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Other mentionables:<br />
-moved into two apartments w/ Jesse<br />
-completed two awesome semesters at BYU and almost completed a third.<br />
-went rock climbing all summer long<br />
-road tripped to Cali with awesome people <br />
-started a new job<br />
-started a new calling in church as a primary chorister<br />
-voted for the first time<br />
-went down the orange slide at seven peaks <br />
- saw Sleigh Bells weeks of finals and loved it!<br />
-read Life of Pi, Catcher in the Rye, The Chocolate War, East of Eden, and The Book Thief.<br />
-learned how to make sushi<br />
-kept a bi-weekly vlog (youtube.com/jessnless) <br />
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Well folks, it's been real! Thanks for making it possible!<br />
*wedding photos by <a href="http://annajam11.blogspot.com/">Anna James</a><br />
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mrs.thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03224626264187124815noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354259909415268035.post-44443180916696483742012-11-08T12:33:00.000-08:002012-11-08T12:33:00.442-08:00"You never check your religion at the door." Politics edition<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b id="internal-source-marker_0.18546428601257503" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now that the elections are over, everyone has done their rejoicing or mourning, I would like to share what I learned from this election season. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My mother shared this gem of advice with me. “The beauty about this country is that everyone has a chance to vote on what is important to them.” Moral of this: learn about the issues and figure out what is most important to you. Second moral: it’s GOOD for people to have different issues be most important to them. If everyone was like me, all our country would be doing would be aiding Palestine. I’m grateful that there are people that have pet issues like gun control, immigration, education reform, etc. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My co-worker, Eliza has asked me why I voted for who I voted for. People ask this all the time when they encounter someone that is voting differently than they are. The beauty here is that she was asking to understand me and what my opinion is, instead of trying to change my mind. We have had fantastic political conversations where I have learned to value her opinions on a spectrum of issues and where she has respected mine. Moral of this: it is GOOD to have strong opinions. How to apply this: avoiding loaded language and using correct terminology is one way to share ideas and learn about others ideas without hurting the other person. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My husband, Jesse, is doing an internship where he gathers information about North Africa for a government contracted agency. He will pull 4 or 5 articles all covering the same event, but with extremely different viewpoints resulting in different take away messages. He has encouraged me to do my research and learn about what is going on in the world, in our country, in our state, and in our communities. Moral of this: information is GOOD. Take away message: get your information from more than one source. Be a critical consumer of your news. Just because something sounds good to you, doesn’t make it truth.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I would also like to share two stories shared by classmates. One classmate is an african american, athlete, model and BYU student. He is a really solid kid and I thoroughly enjoy having class with him. He said that this election has been horrific for him. He said that people that he has known his whole life have said terribly unkind and untrue things about Mormons to him, both in person and unthinkingly on facebook. Other friends have said extremely inappropriate and hateful things about african americans and other minorities, both in person and unthinkingly on facebook. He said that what has been keeping him from lashing out and hurting them back is what he has on his desktop. THINK. Is it True? Is it Helpful? Is it Inspiring? Is it Necessary? Is it Kind?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My second classmate shared her story about having a pre-existing condition of diabetes. When the recession hit, she was dropped by her insurance. Her plan had been to start applying for grad school at Harvard, but she instead had to figure out a way to get her insurance, so she get see a doctor, who could prescribe her insulin, which would keep her alive. She applied to 240 insurance companies and was denied 240 times. She lost 50 pounds, but many of her friends that were in her same boat, lost their lives. She said that what was the most painful thing about this whole experience was listening to people rant about how the Healthcare act was going to take away their agency when she was just struggling to stay alive. I’m not saying that Obama Care is perfect or not perfect, but it is a matter of life and death to some people,</span></b><b id="internal-source-marker_0.18546428601257503" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> be thoughtful in what you say</span></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Moral: It is GOOD to want to help others. Personal opinion: we have an obligation as human beings to take care of each other. Whether you think it is the governments job or not to take care of those in need, get out there and help other people. It doesn’t have to be huge, but you do need to be aware of those around you.</span></b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lastly, I think that President Holland said it best when he said, “You never check your religion at the door.” Politics is no excuse for name calling, lies, and hurting other people. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Just to wrap things up, I would like to say that I have been extremely impressed by the moral courage of so many people during this emotional time. I would also like to sincerely apologize for anything that I may have done or said during any part of my life. I have definitely made some big mistakes when it comes to respecting others opinions and I have made it a personal motto to focus on respecting others and respecting my own opinions and beliefs. </span></b></div>
mrs.thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03224626264187124815noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354259909415268035.post-33002318782626533152012-06-13T08:44:00.001-07:002012-06-13T08:45:17.510-07:00"just do it" - Nike<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I just finished an internship with Melissa Blackburn, the dressmaker and creator of the coveted <a href="http://melissablackburn.net/portfolio">"Heidi"</a> dress. Every minute was so much fun and I loved it loved it loved it! I learned a ton about fine sewing, handwork, and how to run a small business. Melissa really inspired me to go for my dreams, basically saying, "Just do it."<br />
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So I am. Right now, I am in the process of starting a small swimsuit line. I will post pictures when I can. :) Wish me luck!<br />
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p.s. What things do you love/drive you crazy about swimsuits?</div>mrs.thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03224626264187124815noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354259909415268035.post-85714118246678265022012-03-07T11:13:00.001-08:002012-03-07T11:15:56.141-08:00Vegan Recieps<span >This blog has some of the best recipes! And she is giving away $100 gift card to amazon.com. Love that! click <a href="http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2012/03/07/100-online-shopping-spree-giveaway/">h</a></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><a href="http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2012/03/07/100-online-shopping-spree-giveaway/">ere</a> if you want to enter!</span>mrs.thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03224626264187124815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354259909415268035.post-66186284155269497762012-02-21T13:27:00.000-08:002012-02-21T13:42:02.666-08:00Less is More<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; text-align: left; ">What's the difference between this:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; text-align: left; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; text-align: left; "><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; 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font-size: 100%; text-align: left; "><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span ><u><br /></u></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span ><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /><div style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; "></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /><div>and </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>this?</div></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span ><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxvWh2uOM2rzlqxuA2T7D9ZrsqQeIH3ew8_5VDjoVcAaHmnFkJkeFZQvRtCDM2TZu1vHZcWo0vkOynixhFpU1wTnxA7HOWsyYQM4TfzoZxLhbCGa8fTBRlSl17SDZ4yu016H5G-vd6UHe/s400/edward+hopper.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711705810433592514" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 358px; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">";lkasjd;flkj lksdjfl lkj ;ljk ;lkja slkj ;lkjsdfl;jk gle." -;laksjdf ;lkjdd</div><div style="text-align: center;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Presentation matters.</div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span >images by: Thomas Kinkade and Edward Hopper</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div></div>mrs.thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03224626264187124815noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354259909415268035.post-79674932306582383392012-01-20T12:54:00.000-08:002012-01-20T16:58:02.465-08:00"Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal." Martin Luther King, jr.<div style="text-align: center;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><span id="internal-source-marker_0.24915238097310066" style="text-align: left; "><span style="vertical-align: baseline; "><span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; ">Jess is big into peace. He is calm when I’m riled. Mr. everything-will-be-ok</span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: left; "><span style="vertical-align: baseline; "><span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; "> when things go wrong. He has theories on how to create peace in the middle east</span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: Arial; ">. He’s pretty amazing like that.</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; " >One of my favorite articles of clothing that he proudly wears is this baby:</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; " ><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKhlecbtE-5xyT2hWCQY-ckQEPvnO94P0OGMZb8fotN4THPk8_1DeC_JeHIarmod8y8SmVQhZFPqQgDubPGhnKYLL7SdwY8spiXbSs51EcmQej-ctzRT8pJzgJ6IcU_DTg0TFsCNn5k7xk/s400/P1020995.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699822256732780866" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL0RL3u1S_nt6mnRhyphenhyphenRjSX7eN3VEPmTmsfOzehrMm315mE6RjPI8Gk3shTxAt0Lbcp5UTay0obLoGGXSeBjL4ruBWvNTdmhHZmhGpjr8OTQuQ2qE88u5Kps7uiwdmCsuZuv_ldNzdta8be/s400/P1040686.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699882254475556018" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; white-space: normal; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><br /></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh919jJ_HsYpUr32iFSoyV0eanzbVxIXvj-OgZrwCzf-xehHk8Hu5W6J9iC4GssKtit6pZ3tBuw7bVXVIEsG3IgfNsgTKNDDehV1nEn1hcy1m8Ee1HpHGymdKzypyWMcxl5aTu79_4hKLRw/s400/P1020993.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699828422092394194" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap; " > He purchased this at the Provo DI almost 2 years ago and it has been a friend ever since.</span></div><span ><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">While studying in Jordan, Jesse met the original owner of the shirt: Stacey. Apparently, she had to wear that shirt everyday for two weeks while touring Europe right out of high school. Oh, share the joy of recycled clothing. </span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; " ><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; " >Have you ever met a previous owner of a thrifted piece?</span></span></div></div>mrs.thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03224626264187124815noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354259909415268035.post-33188733606046553522012-01-19T22:06:00.000-08:002012-01-19T22:37:09.590-08:00"Life itself is the proper binge" -Julia Child<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj787WG0HARdZTlQ2FJ5weqPaadxO5tnmCKqMmfBC4jWdnFOJgKF64Ch5LrddIKjGY8zwqKi-5wvwJjN_uyKaIMul1XvqAfBBxvU05IFs_vF3NwjjtIR-fILMwIdcx6zwCDTHPwQNLLpLdt/s1600/vangoghstilllife.jpg"><span><b><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj787WG0HARdZTlQ2FJ5weqPaadxO5tnmCKqMmfBC4jWdnFOJgKF64Ch5LrddIKjGY8zwqKi-5wvwJjN_uyKaIMul1XvqAfBBxvU05IFs_vF3NwjjtIR-fILMwIdcx6zwCDTHPwQNLLpLdt/s400/vangoghstilllife.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699595546140249074" /></b></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span>photo courtesy of emptyeasel.com</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.7629638877697289" style="text-align: left; "><span style="font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Can I help with dinner? Yes. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span id="internal-source-marker_0.7629638877697289"><span style="font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">From the time I was 5, I said those words almos</span></span><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; ">t everyday to my mother around 4:30. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">I love kitchens. I love ingredients. I love recipe cards, recipe books, and recipes scrawled on the back of envelopes. I love aprons. I love whisks, pa</span><span style="font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">str</span><span style="font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">y blenders, cutting boards, mixing bowls. </span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span><u><br /></u></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">I love grocery stores. Seriously, I freaking .love. grocery stores. Locally owned grocery stores are my favorite: Dick’s Market, Macy’s, Mariano’s. I love the di</span><span style="font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">splays of fruits and vegetables, a mess of color. I love the sound of the squeaking carts. Sometimes, I will carry a basket when I am feeling romantic or senti</span><span style="font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">mental. I love weaving through every isle and admiring the fantastic packaging, obviously a trait I inherited from my graphic designer of a father. I love free sample day and tasting the over-priced cheese balls and chicken nuggets. I love fan</span><span style="font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">tasizing over new products and guessing how I could incorporate them into new recipes or just justify the impulse buy. I love running into friends and neighbors, quickly greeting each other because you know the other is in a rush. I love putting the items onto the conveyor belt and trying to predict what the total will be. I lov</span><span style="font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">e trying to carry them all into my apartment in one trip. I </span><span style="font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">love pulling them out of their sacks and organizing them in the (hopefully clean) fridge. When I go to use them, a feeling of intense domestic goodness flows through my veins. It is as if they put a spell on me, making me want to adopt handicap animals and go clean my grandmothers home, all the while singing something from the Sound of Music. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><br /></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Then, a flood of memories wash over me. My first recipe, scrambled eggs. My dad taught me how to make them when I was 4. About a year later, my gran</span><span style="font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">dpa g taught me how to make “grandpa’s eggs” with eggs, mustard, pickles, onions, green olives, bacon, and lots of cheese. My sister, grandma s and I made a batch of cookies once with whatever sounded good at the time. We ended up with hundreds of cookies and mailed them to our uncle serving an LD</span><span style="font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">S mission. In jr. high, my best friend and I made cake</span><span style="font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">s on valentines day for our boyfriends. Although they ended up looking like perfect replicas of Sleeping Beauty’s birthday cake because we forgot to put in the eggs, we gifted the cakes to them anyway, awkwardly giggling the whole time. It was a loaf of banana bread that first brought my husband into my life. While we were dating, I tried to win over his </span><span style="font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">roommat</span><span style="font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">es and made dinner for them every night. During our engagement, we would make each other dinner every night and it resulted in wonderful conversing, dancing, and of course, blissful kissing. </span></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Now, I love being able to create something that will touch the soul of my husband. My kitchen is my studio and cooking is my medium.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><br /></span></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT0gbvp-1-IUfWOyDZvSRMAsd153m28xuf_AGlCGfQCGMXQwPO9WLa1UnKoHxQC_hw3PwdEy7h4Kj6yBwYhch_3N_WGxrtQD3KMZ_dVbsDFXOKXmw4u8yc-63pxVxGfX3Rr4UdwMhD6ol3/s400/trader+joes.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699595234911275634" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px; " /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><u>photo courtesy of http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/</u></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMrvcDFl1V9ZxTNWNnpSXOld6ohOrXaIPflKM_SeIFOKrpHixFzNtvHFBMuHsPy2d-ItVTaaWriPad-ILH5C5Ujs6_1gmtyHPk2XojzbFkFzg8_wms4BC48tv6dA6lPcy2K72hZlj4xcak/s400/dick%2527s+market.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699594593288216210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span>photo courtesy of </span><span style="text-align: left; "><span>http://www.standard.net/</span></span></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XtxN6r5SieGK4dUq1XXOwhpm_bSfCRf4_l4p7UKEU_gVtzNTeTp3o2UeNMu_fVJPepwE63Fm9AUwpTh2XTObtEtQnBbRnR4bZsNKiv4-MDViLVMCMssKDZVXI0ynPztOPqrWrbwUfP_Z/s400/mariano%2527s.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699594967947165938" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><u>photo courtesy of neighborhoods.redeyechicago.com</u></span></div><div></div></div><div><br /></div></div>mrs.thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03224626264187124815noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354259909415268035.post-61561132614207631802012-01-18T09:54:00.000-08:002012-01-20T13:29:52.152-08:00An artist needs the best studio instruction, the most rigorous demands, and the toughest criticism in order to tune up his sensibilities.<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I first fell in love with Wayne in my 2D art class. How he sees information and beauty in the mundane things in life is both quirky and classic. I love the rythm, texture, color, and subject matter of his works. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Wayne Thiebaud. (pronounced te-bow): </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left; ">90 years old. Arizona. Retired Professor at University of California. Best known for: cakes, hotdogs, gum-ball machines. not pop-artist.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 198px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjliXu6mP_1Scu-9GaVeNLfTDnZDCgmQ6_xA8CAcgBtErLh9HrJnWWyoIc5zDU5i8D29tmA3awyweQM4pLz3WhluSTqQU2zVAWD5BHI-RUdwujlvItEGVdvd9NfLRtJk8N4unFu44W4Fqjk/s400/ice+cream+wayne.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699032972563468546" /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>image courtesy of <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto; white-space: nowrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">mhsartgallerymac.wikispaces.com</span><br /></span><br /><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0aQZaf8_ywXrhtKVq1ZR7TfPN8YYf1spXiE_ckV3FvIUrd6f7mYOZ7F0X7reDCKZpThMHvjT4xZ-1a7U2XJsNh-ApbwqsDDp-bxexPWLgkOYALvzqy1MTU-ILqLcosf1bxM1Ue5xDFZ-7/s400/two_kneeling_figures_wayne_thiebaud.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699035058767071810" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 332px; " /></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>image courtesy of <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto; white-space: nowrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">charleslewisart.com</span></span><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCDYtZ2USesnbijDt858I2JaFIZLZ_hAZ4XTOhJ-5AXyWG5vd_RqAsBtdbG6Zgv-hVLXK7c7VhNYqlxCAkeaKmZktLtSfiHR487v2CSv3a2QH_V779Vwyb2pf0vj_gwPscESpxxwWmrv5/s400/two+cakes+wayne.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699033324458023202" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 185px; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>photo courtesy of <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 153, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto; white-space: nowrap; ">artist.christies.com</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div>mrs.thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03224626264187124815noreply@blogger.com1