Photo Mosaic Tag

This is a really cool tag... Try it out and post your results!





1. What is your first name? Krista - I love this photo. It was the first one that came up and I felt it suited me perfectly!

2. What is your favorite food? Potatoes - For some reason I cannot get this one to work.

3. What high school did you go to? Marshfield High

4. What is your favorite color? green - I love all the different shades in this shot.

5. Who is your celebrity crush? Eric Close - ya, the randomness of the photos that came up was hilarious!

6. What is your favorite drink? Water

7. What is your dream vacation? Soft sandy shores in a remote very warm location!

8. What is your favorite dessert? Ice cream

9. What did you want to be when you grow up? Physically I wanted to be too many things, emotionally I wanted to be loving and beautiful. I love the beauty of this flower!

10. What do you love most in life? FAMILY! This was cool to find on the family page since it is a photo of Ukrainian Palsinki eggs. A tradition with my family.

11. What is one word that describes you? Happy

12. What is your flickr name? Um, I don't have one of those, but I put in my yahoo name Louiegirl and came back with this!

Here are the instructions:

1. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.

2. Use only the first page of results, and pick one image.

3. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into Big Huge Lab’s Mosaic Maker to create a mosaic of the picture answers.

St. Michaels

For a little getaway before my friend Beth's wedding we decided to head to St. Michaels Maryland. Once there we stayed at the Five Gables Inn and Day Spa. Oh My! I do not know why I have not been to one before.

St. Michaels itself is a quaint town on the Chesapeake bay. It is full of little shops and unique items. Beth got some funky clothes at her favorite shop Charisma while I picked out a really pretty shell and silver necklace. We both got some fun gifts for family and friends.

Our stay at the Five Gables was a package deal. For our stay we had a little porch with Adirondack chairs. We also had unlimited lemonade. putting the two together we had hours of relaxation on the porch drinking our lemonade.

The next day after our continental breakfast we both had a one hour massage. I say Oh My again! I had no idea what I was missing. Perfect bliss! It also helped that it was an Aveda concept spa so the scents and little samples were already products that I loved!

I had such a great time! Between the above mentioned fun, plus the scenery when I was taking my morning walk, the gourmet dinner, and all the fun people we met, this will me a memory I will keep around for quite some time!

North Carolina

I had such a GREAT time!




Last Tuesday I headed out with the Gallagher's to visit the Grandparents in North Carolina. The drive took 8 hrs with stops for dinner and traffic delays.

Ryan spent most of his days golfing with his grandpa so that left Lisa, Megan and I to hit the Beach. I LOVE THE BEACH!!!! I have learned from past experiences and slathered myself with sunscreen. No sunburns here! The only nuisance we had was the seagulls. Man are they obnoxious. they would swarm around you if you had any food.

(seagull swarm)


(watchin' the waves)



Our one day we had Ryan with us we went to the Hard Rock Park in Myrtle Beach. This is the only Hard Rock Park in the world. Our thought is that it has... allot of potential. There was only one ride that was a thrill, Led Zeppelin- The Ride.

(Hard Rock Park)


(Led Zeppelin- The Ride)



We came back on Sunday with the same traveling conditions as before. Hooray!

Lisa gave me permission to take her car and daughter again anytime this summer.... hmmm... tempting!

New Address

I have officially moved back in with The Gallaghers for the summer!

12706 Maryvale Ct. Ellicott City Md 21042

Keepin' It Real Tag

My sister Darilyn tagged me for this. The rules are you have to take ten pictures of the following things. And you have to do it right away. No straightening, cleaning or wiping the snot from your child's nose. Then you tag five others. So here it goes.

1. The Fridge
This is a picture of my shelf in the fridge. I am thinking that condiments may be a family thing.


2. Your closet


3. Kitchen sink
I promise I have not been "doctoring" the photos, it just might be my lucky day!


4. Toilet
This is the newly remodeled bathroom. Oooooooh, Aaaaaahhhh!


5. Your favorite shoes
Do slippers count? I love these! All soft and squishy, yet lots of toe wiggle.


6. Favorite room
I don't really have one I am particularly attached to at the moment. This one used to be my study room, but my desk is gone now. I do go here every day though, and hide away with a book or a movie.


7. What your kids are doing right now
Well... since I don't have any kids this one was a hard one. I tried to take some random photos of Ryan and Megan Gallagher, but they did not work. So here is one of Megan and Sam in NY. Megan is on the right.


8. Laundry pile
(smile) I did my laundry yesterday!


9. Self Portrait

I just got my haircut today so you all get the oh so rare straight hair shots. I even threw in a self portrait side view. (Oh ya, if you take the shot from above it helps eliminate the double chin!)




10. Dream Vacation
I have been sitting here trying to think of "the dream vacation". I can only narrow it down to three.

India


Thailand


Italy


I tag Heidi, Nellie, Ganine, Jessica P, and Jamie L. I look forward to reading/viewing all your blogs!

Like a Vampire....

Every day at work at the hospital I get to have a little chuckle to myself.

One of my tasks as a Patient Care Tech is to do blood draws. I still remember being nervous the first few times I stuck someone. Now I just waltz into the room with my little kit in hand and announce, "I'm here for a little blood!" I then proceed to set up my stuff with am impish smile on my face, and a chuckle inside. This chuckle comes from the fact that I cannot help but think to myself, "I like to draw blood, I do it well, like a vampire!"

I admit that this new boost of confidence has come from my recent completion of reading Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" series again. Is this wrong? I have to think not since if I am enjoying it more my patients have to be also...right?

I love this series.









I am in anticipation of the next addition to the series. I am also quite curious about the significance of the book jacket cover.....

What we saw in NY

Besides Times Square and the other places I have blogged about so far we also introduced Sam and Denise to a few other NY sites.

I love how when you are walking down 5th Ave, or many other NY streets, amongst all the glimmer and glam there is still the historic and beautiful architecture.


One of those is Trinity Church. Some of you may recognize the name. I love this church well... because it is featured in National Treasure! "Heere at the Wall" Where Broadway (which used to be called Heere) and wall street meet! It is were the Templar Treasure was hidden!(I know it was only a movie!) Megan and I had a good time laughing and running up to see it. We felt so famous!





We also walked along Central Park.


Sam and a Statue


This day the city had shut down 6th ave and were having a street fair. As much as we wanted to stay and look around, after getting our snacks we head for Canal street for our shopping adventure.




Sam and Denise