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Black-Eyed Pea Dip

December 31, 2012 by Arena Blake 1 Comment

Happy New Year’s Eve! Growing up, in true Southern fashion, my family always made sure to serve black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day. They are supposed to bring luck in the New Year. As you can imagine, eating plain ol’ black-eyed peas can get kind of boring. So this year, I looked for a way…

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Filed Under: Cooking, Recipes Tagged With: Appetizer Recipes, Black-Eyed Peas, Dip, Recipe, Salsa

An Anniversary Surprise — Frederick’s of Hollywood Lingerie #CBias

December 27, 2012 by Arena Blake Leave a Comment

Next week, The Nerd and I will celebrate our fourth wedding anniversary. I can’t believe that it’s already been four years since I married the man of my dreams. This has been kind of a hard year for us. We’ve both had to adjust to sharing our lives with a baby, and I’m sad to…

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Filed Under: Living Tagged With: #CBias, Frederick's of Hollywood, lingerie, Social Fabric, Sponsored

Dreaming of a White Christmas

December 26, 2012 by Arena Blake 4 Comments

Christmas morning was cold and rainy in Dallas-Fort Worth. For days, the weather forecast had been going back and forth on whether or not we’d have a White Christmas. But by early afternoon, the rain had turned to big snow flakes and the white stuff had started sticking to the ground. We had gone to…

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‘Tis the Season: Christmas 2012

December 26, 2012 by Arena Blake Leave a Comment

We have had such a wonderful Christmas. Andrew had a lot of fun and we loved spending time with our families! The Nerd’s family came up to visit and we were able to spend a couple of days with them. We had a yummy Christmas Eve dinner and opened presents together before they had to…

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Filed Under: Living Tagged With: Andrew, Christmas, Family, Holidays, Nerdling

Merry Christmas!

December 25, 2012 by Arena Blake 2 Comments

Andrew got to meet Santa for the first time this year. We took him to meet The Big Guy at A Real Bookstore in Fairview (thanks for the recommendation, Jamie!). This Santa is the real deal. He was awesome! At first, Santa held Andrew so he couldn’t see who was holding him. Pretty soon, though,…

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Filed Under: Living Tagged With: Andrew, Christmas, Family, Holidays, Nerdling, Santa

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Arena is the wife of a Nerd and mom of a toddler who loves his Star Wars blankie a little too much. She shares parenting adventures, yummy recipes, and great photography on this Dallas mom blog. thenerdswife@gmail.com

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