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The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa

February 8, 2011 by Arena Blake 1 Comment

Last year, I reviewed The Iron King by Julie Kagawa.And while the story didn’t end on a huge cliffhanger or anything, I couldn’t wait for the second book in the series to be released. But then it was and I was busy and I just never got around to reading it. Boy, do I wish I…

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Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Five Stars, Julie Kagawa

Snowpocalypse 2011

February 7, 2011 by Arena Blake 3 Comments

This was our house on Friday morning. We live in TEXAS. It is not supposed to snow like this in TEXAS. You couldn’t see the SIDEWALK. You couldn’t find the STREET. The Minions had no idea what TO DO in this fluffy white stuff. Kaylee kept face-planting in the snow because she’d pull so hard…

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Filed Under: Dallas, Living Tagged With: Life, Puppies, Snow

Enhance Your Photos With Photoshop Actions

February 7, 2011 by Arena Blake 3 Comments

I snapped this photo of Georgie out in the snow this past weekend. This is the unedited SOOC (straight out of camera) image. I wanted to use it as an example today in a brief tutorial on using Photoshop Actions to enhance your photos. I was very new to photography when I first started blogging….

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Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: Actions, Adobe, Photoshop, Tutorial

Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies

February 5, 2011 by Arena Blake 15 Comments

Today is World Nutella Day — a day dedicated to celebrating the absolutely divine delicious hazelnut-chocolate spread. Swirls of that chocolatey goodness compliment the chocolate chips in these chewy cookies — not as good as licking Nutella directly from the spoon, but man is it close.

Filed Under: Cooking, Recipes Tagged With: Chocolate, Cookies, Dessert, Nutella, recipes

Beef Stew

February 4, 2011 by Arena Blake 2 Comments

As you’ve probably heard, it is COLD here in Dallas. With this chilly weather, we needed a hearty, filling dinner to warm us up. This Beef Stew was exactly right. Yummm. Beef Stew Adapted From: Sing For Your Supper Ingredients: 1/4 c flour 2 lbs beef stew meat, cubed 2 tbsp olive oil 4 c…

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Filed Under: Cooking, Recipes Tagged With: beef, dinner, recipes, Soup, Texas Beef Council

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