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These tents made my day this morning! You might not be able to bring all your favorite things on a camping trip but I'll take watermelon any day! Nothing like teasing the bears a little...See more deliciousness over at www.fieldcandy.com

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As I Went Walking

BOO! I'm still alive. I have survived my freshman year of college (again...) and am currently in the trenches of full time employment.

Now to the good stuff! As I went walking down the commons area of my Washington high school, I would usually always see some guys at one end who were crocheting. I thought it was interesting to see the future ASB leadership guys doing such a thing, but didn't give it much thought.

Flashfoward (which was a good show, and I'm still upset it's canceled) several years after high school and I come across a link on my FB (Facebook for those who don't know) news feed about some guys with a "k"rochet company. I click it and learn about the same guys from high school are now doing amazing things with their talent.

They not only make hip hats and stylin' tee's, but they help women in Uganda at the same time. I don't wanna spoil the whole story, but it is quite a testament to vision and drive, and you should definitely check it out.

Now we are blessed to share their story/products with you, our favorite people! My favorite would have to be their Twin Fin hats. You will be strutting your stuff down the street in one of these hats with heads turning. One of the coolest things about these hats is that the stitching is designed so that you can wear them any season, hot or cold.

Not a hat person, no problem. They have t-shirts too. They even roll with cool music other things.

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Take a Vacation

I recently moved to downtown Portland to begin college. The one thing that I have noticed most while living in a big city, is the constant noise. There is always a low humming of distant traffic on one of the 3 major freeways in downtown. Living in a building that houses a fire station certainly is not a quiet nesting area for a relaxing nap. To add to the confusion there is also a max (tram) line that wraps around my building and multiple buses. If that isn't enough to make you cut your ears off, it's also a student housing building, so you have loud neighbors and yelling young adults on the streets. I love it... really.

Sometimes though with all this hustle and bustle, my ears need a vacation. Silence doesn't exist in my world, so I need to find an euphoric substitute to silence. Guess what? I FOUND IT!

I have became a faithful listener to Jon Schmidt while I spent two years living in England. Recently, Jon has again put me in a musical spell with his creative and fresh music.

Jon Schmidt's new CD is, 'Bonus Tracks'. If you like Taylor Swift, there is a special song for you. A rock inspired track, and even a little peanuts on the CD. It has it all.

Schmidt's style of piano is unlike anything I have heard, but my ears love it! I think one of my all time favorites is 'Winter Wind' from his 'Walk in the Woods' album. I would listen to this while in England everyday and play the air piano while in the passenger seat of the car. I dreamed of the day when I got home and got the sheet music to play this masterpiece.

On the new Album 'Bonus Tracks' there are a couple songs that might rival 'Winter Wind'. The 'ROCKmaninoff', or even 'Love Story meets Love Story', which you can watch a video of.

Jon Schmidt is pretty much the coolest guy EVER and wants to give away one copy of his newest album!

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"We'll pay YOU to stop."

I'm a horrible singer. In fact, the one and only time I sang Karoke, they tried to pay me to STOP singing! So the only time I sing, is in my car (my poor kids are strapped in and have no way out) & now my new found love, Rockband 2. Although fully compatble with Rockband, if you haven't grabbed the newly released Beatles Rockband game, you're missing out on a chance to let your true self shine. Yes, my family of 5 loves to gather around the TV & rock! There's 3 mics to cover the newly added 3 part harmonies, guitar, bass & my husband's favorite, drums. But mostly while the boys are rockin the house, I'm rockin da mic! Yes, me & believe or not I got 100% 2x's on vocals... guess listening to The Beatles so much in the car on trips has paid off, only now that my boys have learn ALL 45 songs from the game, they can sing right along with me.
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