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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9LF_zIv33yTyXkOCbxc-94x0gBEj-pqjQs6-f1J8I23anEEakwImY2tb_gLene6mqpnEsN-5VeOtYMO7Weqs5qBB6UMVhiIzdKwkjfUrUYphj5URhoYFxwGT-IrYdhjtV64KJS2ex24g/s1600/550390_10150982235860295_665400294_12522918_1214615275_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9LF_zIv33yTyXkOCbxc-94x0gBEj-pqjQs6-f1J8I23anEEakwImY2tb_gLene6mqpnEsN-5VeOtYMO7Weqs5qBB6UMVhiIzdKwkjfUrUYphj5URhoYFxwGT-IrYdhjtV64KJS2ex24g/s640/550390_10150982235860295_665400294_12522918_1214615275_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> As the home improvements slow down , due to a little bit of burn out I am enjoying my new kitchen from time to time. I finally hit the restaurant supply store finally that I have been meaning to do for a while. I found the ice cream scoop section , there were many different sizes to choose from. I chose a 2oz scoop , which happened to be the yellow handled scoop. For me this is going to be used for cookies and cupcake scooping only. It works beautifully unlike my cheap semi-broken one.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJd-8BL47zgB9pr2tfENbz9IdIohWhSeVpzIj_S8MlCNIJfl9PlScXtl6sS2Tt7m-MMjQ1NxDn-aKRX-Vk-dDY8dUMWpUS-M4PH95AvtvozOCwBXNzbM49X5rNiu7hfj6hPENf7lSdy0/s1600/598941_10150982581015295_1345185265_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJd-8BL47zgB9pr2tfENbz9IdIohWhSeVpzIj_S8MlCNIJfl9PlScXtl6sS2Tt7m-MMjQ1NxDn-aKRX-Vk-dDY8dUMWpUS-M4PH95AvtvozOCwBXNzbM49X5rNiu7hfj6hPENf7lSdy0/s640/598941_10150982581015295_1345185265_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> What a perfectly scooped cookie.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYu-rzW_C-HZFTYdej3AwdHGRqSLb9q1ZjQDZYHVsSl8vGdA2HN0JFLjpsRWOZ3UlwARGnfs5BgVkDna-0g2a8ggNEw4v3BLEGIOO1mF1kTbrw6RnWOj9dUmBb5p4qb5_4AKQ8Q0AJ4Q/s1600/fan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYu-rzW_C-HZFTYdej3AwdHGRqSLb9q1ZjQDZYHVsSl8vGdA2HN0JFLjpsRWOZ3UlwARGnfs5BgVkDna-0g2a8ggNEw4v3BLEGIOO1mF1kTbrw6RnWOj9dUmBb5p4qb5_4AKQ8Q0AJ4Q/s400/fan.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> I have been hunting for a ceiling fan for our bedroom just to get the air moving a little. I like how quiet ceiling fans can be, I like the little bit of air movement in the summer especially. I have seen so many hideously ugly fans , they are so horrible. Who designs these things? I can not find one single fan with a light attached that I would want to see hanging over my bed. Something needs to be done, really. So my goal was to find a SIMPLE plain fan with no light. I am happy to say I finally found it , made by Monte Carlo. Its small simple and plain , just what I was looking for .<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMgCOc1cIPdEu5sEEfT553na-FiInFvkta8DPqsahVxhpcB-zBB1N9hIBwC0lZAmVe2LXaWcK_OoniF6Un39LXjxqDJTOGuPcRjG2v92sKuK5-kFRyAxeKnywPEkxDIXIeEiIJ3IxPudo/s1600/398963_10150981213980295_1176895656_n+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMgCOc1cIPdEu5sEEfT553na-FiInFvkta8DPqsahVxhpcB-zBB1N9hIBwC0lZAmVe2LXaWcK_OoniF6Un39LXjxqDJTOGuPcRjG2v92sKuK5-kFRyAxeKnywPEkxDIXIeEiIJ3IxPudo/s640/398963_10150981213980295_1176895656_n+(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div> Just in case you have been living under a rock 1D is is One Direction , a little boy band from Britain. My oldest Mason just loves them. The t-shirts they are wearing , well my husband made them for the kids, I guess it was a family affair. Of course getting tickets for any big concert is impossible, as soon as tickets for these kinds of concerts go on sale they are gone. Some of us tried online over and over and resale sites of course and some of us even tried our special connections , but we were not successful at making their dreams come true of seeing this concert . So sad , I truly tried and felt badly we couldn't get tickets, especially because Mason didn't whine and complain but just accepted she wouldn't be going , I mean she was sad but she was not awful.<br />But on Tuesday I remembered that the concert was going to take place and I figured I would try ticketmaster again , and to my complete shock , it WORKED!!! I was able to get three lawn seats , that's twice now that I have been able to get tickets on the day of an event. Her dad and I were so happy to make this dream come true. She cried of happiness....I was so happy I didn't give up. There's nothing like your first real concert.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwJAfT2y2AXdCmtdLTj22Jvs5QRbZHoZeWkinqfSPE8vpVDVxygFcXfYoOa6qotimAmg3lpTThbYojcfYayW5kJvIriD_grY3V-EMemCOrXi0wjxgNUGbkCnsfBYloWg2uhMXLoSKX6JU/s1600/389254_10150981217140295_665400294_12519722_2097699695_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwJAfT2y2AXdCmtdLTj22Jvs5QRbZHoZeWkinqfSPE8vpVDVxygFcXfYoOa6qotimAmg3lpTThbYojcfYayW5kJvIriD_grY3V-EMemCOrXi0wjxgNUGbkCnsfBYloWg2uhMXLoSKX6JU/s640/389254_10150981217140295_665400294_12519722_2097699695_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> So with just a moments notice we all got together , two mom's and three girls and headed into the city along with I don't know 20,000 other girls. It was craziness , but it was fun. We handed them off their tickets , um scary, and they were off.<br />Where they had the concert there is really nothing to do unless you have your yacht handy, mine was in the shop....so when the ticket scalper asked us if we wanted to go in , it seemed like a good idea. They have food , washrooms and a PARENTS LOUNGE , ha we were there, $15 a ticket to chill in comfort , it was perfect.  I texted Mason to tell her we got into the concert too , she said " your joking , please say your joking" LOL!!!! nope ...I'm such an embarrassment to her , but I'm in her good books for now.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXrR3UkMPBJ6MnhQlDI7_nY4vvzXtSI2Zyym0YdF8ojzcpYCTNU0V5jeBEP7I2nhMM9tp-addAiRayjlAE2aivOfExJdPUW489kBO7kPpcC6_gEzC2beNZs1GotJ7XB1B5PENztQyyksY/s1600/1d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXrR3UkMPBJ6MnhQlDI7_nY4vvzXtSI2Zyym0YdF8ojzcpYCTNU0V5jeBEP7I2nhMM9tp-addAiRayjlAE2aivOfExJdPUW489kBO7kPpcC6_gEzC2beNZs1GotJ7XB1B5PENztQyyksY/s640/1d.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Just in case you aren't sure who One Direction is , well this is them . They had the time of their lives , and cried their eyes out, ha ha . I guess it was emotional , Mason said it was the best day of her life , what more could a mom hope for. So cute, oh to be a teenager again .<br /><br />I'm trying to deal with my grass allergies and trying to muster up the energy to do projects around the house. I am currently trying to install the last set of drapes in the master bedroom , that's 4 in total, installing filler strips and gables in the kitchen , finishing up the stair wainscoting then I will move on to the upstairs hall and finish the floors and railings. But I have slowed right down as you can tell.<br />Hope you are enjoying the weather where you are. I am a sucker for summer weather.<br />Bye for now,<br />Chris

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It’s rustic and sophisticated. It’s extremely poor and obscenely wealthy. It boasts exotic natural reserves and massive man-made dams. It is a place where horses and carts pull up by Mercedes Benz cars, artisans’ workshops abut glitzy shopping centers and Jesuit ruins in rural villages near <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=363382">Encarnación</a> are just a few kilometers from sophisticated colonial towns like <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=363375">Asunción</a>. Steamy subtropical rainforests with metallic butterflies contrast with the dry and wild frontier of <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=363376">Northern Paraguay & the Chaco</a>. Here, many Mennonites have created their haven, living alongside some of the country’s many indigenous groups, while the European influence is particularly strong in the laid-back towns like <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=363378">Filadelfia</a> and the more chaotic capital. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoGVA9ge2_BbfQoA2Gp-tiguniVWzGRaDZl_CtanL9ToZBTMJUE__-pUndt-j2HwidECz9C7W5muhjC7cG0OIJQHBXQke0mmxcdt98VemYRr1AJUiAuudkLFQBe_cRJADu863lCtjY74o/s1600/Paraguay+22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoGVA9ge2_BbfQoA2Gp-tiguniVWzGRaDZl_CtanL9ToZBTMJUE__-pUndt-j2HwidECz9C7W5muhjC7cG0OIJQHBXQke0mmxcdt98VemYRr1AJUiAuudkLFQBe_cRJADu863lCtjY74o/s320/Paraguay+22.jpg" width="320" /></a>Surprisingly, backpackers are rarer than pumas in Paraguay, but travel is always do-able – whether on a bone-rattling kamikaze-style bus trip or leisurely bobbing up the Río Paraguay aboard a rickety boat. 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The seaside resort of <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=359985">Santa Teresa di Gallura</a> offers all the attractions of the coast without the sometimes-soulless glitz of the Costa Smeralda. Further east, <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=359984">Palau & Arcipelago di la Maddalena</a> are pretty laidback, too: the archipelago itself comprises a national park with loads of island-hopping opportunities.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjygtVkDqFHLCtwRZTA-h_ENSstNxS0UYPArPI5ilyLwQTL_0eZtV_S9gFdux_h9UcXNXA5AKQn1GTRu_MooGaB3yznQ8wUu9pJ49ENK3recxwrsLgXsMe216j_AciDUk0vpxD1IsTDNug/s1600/Sardinia+13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="123" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjygtVkDqFHLCtwRZTA-h_ENSstNxS0UYPArPI5ilyLwQTL_0eZtV_S9gFdux_h9UcXNXA5AKQn1GTRu_MooGaB3yznQ8wUu9pJ49ENK3recxwrsLgXsMe216j_AciDUk0vpxD1IsTDNug/s200/Sardinia+13.jpg" width="200" /></a>Away from the coast, the scenery can be similarly stunning with a pastoral quilt of forested mountain peaks, valleys of citrus groves and pastures of happily grazing cattle and sheep. In contrast, the urban scene can be disappointing. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjVowQo_wDheDf9X7ouybOqCJ7mn0I-5bxMzgIRDOtSa9DtX2KjddUsQHDkF8CRN94Fr__EyseGy1EDeVBCSyN30Y-eA-mi9_Ep7c7pXVeOhzng8y1U2_QJldBTLRP7eYhaJiOQcEf52Q/s1600/Sardinia+16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjVowQo_wDheDf9X7ouybOqCJ7mn0I-5bxMzgIRDOtSa9DtX2KjddUsQHDkF8CRN94Fr__EyseGy1EDeVBCSyN30Y-eA-mi9_Ep7c7pXVeOhzng8y1U2_QJldBTLRP7eYhaJiOQcEf52Q/s400/Sardinia+16.jpg" width="300" /></a>Some towns are, frankly, dull and depressing with breeze-block buildings and graffiti. Others, like medieval <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=359991">Bosa</a> in the west, are impossibly picturesque with their pink-and-golden buildings flanking the river. <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=359982">Alghero</a>, in <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=359981">Northern Sardinia</a>, has a fascinating Catalan history (the language is still spoken here) and a delightful old centre; the lively town of <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=359988">Iglesias</a> also retains an appealing Spanish legacy. Calgliari is historic and cosmopolitan at the same time, while the equally historic <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=359992">Oristano</a> is quietly elegant.<br /><br />Traditional culture thrives most vigorously in the heartland where the elderly women are still draped in black; here tourists are rare – stared at – but ultimately welcomed.<br />Across the landscape are scattered 7000 <i>nuraghi, </i>strange conical stone fortresses seemingly built by a Sardinian Fred Flintstone. Curious temples, tombs, mysterious menhirs and remains of entire Bronze Age villages complete the prehistoric cartoon. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyS0kKRgAjySXfjxmjjQ7-Iv7zd8LYXhtf7wdi2_SJfoqy1RX97Nr9ycMKcvoI2TlYBcg3S5bk1Q2Jm8amVx_PWUQROA8THErQcE5nzP8mMiJxq7thvb1smCz6bL7o7KO_nhZ3nzL4tUU/s1600/Sardinia++32.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyS0kKRgAjySXfjxmjjQ7-Iv7zd8LYXhtf7wdi2_SJfoqy1RX97Nr9ycMKcvoI2TlYBcg3S5bk1Q2Jm8amVx_PWUQROA8THErQcE5nzP8mMiJxq7thvb1smCz6bL7o7KO_nhZ3nzL4tUU/s400/Sardinia++32.jpg" width="265" /></a>Sardinia distinguishes itself in the kitchen with hearty pastas and a love for pungent local cheeses, like <i>pecorino </i>and smoked ricotta. Sardinians also produce notable wines and a head-splitting firewater, <i>filu e ferru</i>.<br />Avoid visiting during broiling, crowded July and August, as well as in winter when the island goes into hibernation and many restaurants and hotels are closed. The best times of the year to visit are in the spring, when the wildflowers are in bloom, and during the early autumn when the temperatures are still pleasantly warm and most of the tourists have left.<a class="pin toggleMap closed" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/italy/sardinia#" id="pinToggleMap" style="display: block;"><span class="showMapText">Show in Lonely Planet</span></a><br /><b>Ready to go?</b><br />This tour makes it easy:<br /><ul class="inBody"><li>Cycle from <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/italy/tours/self-guided-cycle/sardinia-cycle?lpaffil=fbta1">the mountains to the coast</a></li></ul><div class="relatedLinks clearfix"><h3 class="themeHeading"> More about Sardinia </h3><ul><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7teDR_cgaXf8xWpZreM3or0h5nP_1uvuoKYyr_clJ8cKsLgUOBmHekFkyKmeekCBHix4zNfEICe22MJ1gwCbnr2HFt5ZvyqMqQXNT8m0y9SO_r-iGkOLvmBkzY5i00K5V25GroS_V2k0/s1600/Sardinia+14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; 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