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Blooming

April 25, 2010 by Arena Blake 1 Comment

All of that hard work has started to pay of. African Daisies are popping up all over our flower beds! The yellow ones are so bright. And just look at this cute little white one. Love it! Even the Angelonia has decided to come out and enjoy the sun. Speaking of sun, my tomato plant…

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Filed Under: Living Tagged With: Garden

Irish Carbomb Cupcakes

April 24, 2010 by Arena Blake 3 Comments

These cupcakes are yummy. Dreamy. Steamy. De-lish. I could go on, but you get the idea. The Bailey’s buttercream frosting is a-m-a-z-i-n-g.  Reminds me of the Girl Scout Cookie shots we did at the Dry Bean Saloon back in the day. And Four Horsemen shots. And Dragon Wars. Ah, college. How I miss those carefree…

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Magic-al Cookies

April 23, 2010 by Arena Blake 1 Comment

In honor of the Rise of the Eldrazi launch today, I made a little something special. Remember our conversation about Magic: The Gathering and the five colors of mana? Each color has its own set of values associated with it: White (Plains): Order, Protection, Light Blue (Island): Knowledge, Manipulation, Illusion Black (Swamp): Darkness, Ambition, Death…

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Filed Under: Cooking, Recipes Tagged With: Cookies, Magic: The Gathering, Nerdy Things, recipes

Conversations With A Nerd

April 22, 2010 by Arena Blake Leave a Comment

If there is only one thing you remember about Nerds, remember this:  They will argue about anything. You’ll notice the signs of an impending Nerd Argument if you hang out with them enough. For instance, James likes to say that things “confuse” him just to start an argument. As we’re going through the Drive-Thru at…

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Filed Under: Living Tagged With: Thoughts

Here.

April 21, 2010 by Arena Blake Leave a Comment

Photo by StuSeeger Softly call the Muster Let comrade answer, ‘Here!’ Their spirits hover ’round us As if to bring us cheer. Mark them ‘present’ in our hearts We’ll meet some other day There is no death, but live etern For our old friends such as they! – Dr. John Ashton, ’06 I still remember…

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Filed Under: Living Tagged With: Aggie

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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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