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New Brighton Charm

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Ching under Wishlist.

We went to the mall today to get my ring inspected at Zales. While there, we browsed the Brighton jewelry at Von Maur. Brian got me the little camera charm. It looks great on the bracelet!

Now to get all the other ones on my wishlist…

New Brighton Necklace

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Ching under Wishlist.

I absolutely love my “Ching” necklace. It’s my new favorite. Now I just need to get the letters B, R, I, A, and N.

Would anyone like to get them for me? They’re only $7.50 each.

You can get Brighton at Aida’s, Wild at Heart, K. Lane’s, or Von Maur. Or if you find yourself at Country Club Plaza where we were over fourth of July weekend, you can go to the actual Brighton store there. That’s where I got my Baja Braid Necklace and Brighton sunglasses. Although, I only got a couple of beads while we were in Kansas City. I bought the other beads from Wild at Heart. Their East location is just down the street from where we currently live. They have my other letters on order so I should be getting those soon.

Here are some of the items on my wishlist:

ABC Baja Braid Bracelet (in brown) to go with my necklace ($28)

ABC Baja Braid Spacers (in cognac and black) – I already have two of these in cognac (none in black yet) but could always use a few more ($15 each)

ABC Bali Heart Beads ($8 each)

ABC Cathedral Beads ($12 each)

ABC Classic Short Necklace ($34)

ABC Fleur de Lis Heart Charms ($10 each)

ABC Lucky Charm Holder ($40)

ABC Madera Cube Beads ($18 each)

ABC Mini Charm Necklace ($26)

ABC Mini Contempo Beads ($7 each)

ABC Mini Shine Beads ($5 each)

ABC Mosaic Heart Beads ($8 each)

ABC Pebble Beads ($8 each)

ABC Rocky Road Spacers ($6 each)

ABC Slide Bracelet ($30)

ABC Soho Beads are my absolute favorite; already have half a dozen and could always use more ($8 each)

ABC Contempo Charm Clasp ($10)

ABC Soho Charm Clasp ($10)

I could go on and on and on.. but this should take care of gift ideas for the next few years. I’m quite easy to buy gifts for, don’t you think?

P.S. I’m not just posting this to get free Brighton stuff like I got that free Ladder Golf game last month either. Though, it would be kind of nice if I randomly got some beads out of the blue. It would totally make my day!

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Ladder Golf Weekend

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Ching under Family, Wishlist.

We played a lot of ladder golf this weekend. =P

We played it at the Phelpi during their wiener party, where the Blue Bombers (Jay and Hal) reigned the entire time.

Everyone tried, but the Blue Bombers could not be stopped.

Ronnie (who I’m told is good at EVERYTHING) finally got them in the end, but it took him a while. He had to learn how to play and hone his technique.

Check out Jay, all serious-like. =P

Here’s Cory, half of Phelpi. Not sure if he’s the better or lesser half. =P

When it got too dark to play ladder golf, it was time for Apples to Apples.

After Apples to Apples they started a poker tourney, which I opted out of — I was super tired. I had been up since six o’clock in the morning. I zonked out sometime after midnight. It was two thirty in the morning by the time Brian and I got home. I can’t believe we spent nine hours at the Phelpi. (Of course, I spent the first hour to hour and a half making French fries.) I’m pretty sure we overstayed our welcome.

The ladder golf continued the next day at my mom and dad’s. We just couldn’t get enough of it! =P

There, Brian was the champion. He was undefeated until the very end.

We all tried to beat Brian in vain.

Dad finally got him in an epic battle to the finish.

The first match between Brian and dad ended up in a tie-breaker. Brian won the tie-breaker round pretty easily. I had to give him a hard time for not letting dad win. Not even on Father’s Day!

Dad, who is pretty competitive but tries to down play his competitiveness, played another round right after that one. It was the best rematch ever. They were head-to-head and toe-to-toe the entire time. They were only one point apart for the entire game, with one or the other taking turns being in the lead.

A couple of times, Brian would land his ball then dad would knock it off and land his ball and then Brian would knock dad’s ball off and then dad would knock Brian’s ball off. It was intense and super fun to watch.

I really like our portable ladder golf game. It’s super fun! The only thing I don’t like about it is that it’s kind of flimsy. In fact, ours is broken already.

I prefer the wooden kind that we got dad for Christmas last year. It’s a lot sturdier.

When I have some extra money, I’m going to invest in the real deal. Then we can get rid of our cheap, generic ladder golf set. Then again, one of you guys could buy it for me for my birthday. (Hint! Hint!)

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I Bike Douglas

Posted on May 23, 2010 by Ching under Date Ideas, Things to Do, Wishlist.

Brian and I almost didn’t make the I Bike Douglas event today. As we were about to leave, we realized that my bike’s back tire was out. Brian suggested that we stop by Bicycle Exchange on the way. They have a location on Central, right by the Canal Route exit.

We had to wait a while for the tire to be fixed, but it wasn’t too long. While we were waiting, Brian checked out some bikes. I think he wants a new one. After talking about it, though, I think he will be fine with a new bicycle seat and handle bar.

I love that Brian is just as logical and pragmatic as I am. Replacing the handle bar and seat should be pretty easy. Besides that, it’s way cheaper than having to buy a new bike altogether. Although, he did find this one bike that he liked. I just have to keep him from buying it. =P

Since we had to make a pit stop at Bicycle Exchange, we were too late for the 2:30 pm bike tour. The lady at the WDDC office was nice enough to tell us where there were going though, so we could try to catch up. The group was easy enough to find. You don’t often see a large pack of bicyclists riding around downtown. We caught up with them at Century II.

Here’s our tour guide being interviewed by a local news station.

This is me with my 15+ year old bike. It’s the same one I’ve had since high school. I should probably buy a new bike, but I’m too cheap. Besides, my bike still rides fine (except for the seat, which is a bit uncomfortable), and it doesn’t look run down because I hardly ever rode it. I think this is the first time that Brian and I have gone biking in over five years.

The second bike tour at 4:00 pm took us through some interesting alleys. The theme of the bike tour was photography, so we had ample opportunity to take photos at each stop. (I didn’t bring a real camera. I just used my phone instead.)

Thanks to Chad Molen for taking this photo of me taking a photo of the fire escape.

Here’s the fire escape photo I took. This is my favorite out of several tries.

Since this is the first mention of Chad Molen in the blog, here’s a proper introduction. Chad Molen is Brian’s coworker and friend at Viega. I think he used to be over customer service. I’m not sure what his current position/job is, though. The only thing I know is that he seems to be into a lot of the same things Brian and I are into.

One of the perks of participating in these sorts of events (for me) is meeting new people. Here’s a photo of Brian chatting it up with one of our fellow bikers.

I really enjoyed the bike tours. I would be too afraid to ride around downtown otherwise. You’re talking about someone who is afraid to cross the street walking, let alone doing it while on a bike. There were a couple of times when we were riding on street with the other vehicles that I was afraid I’d get run over. There was comfort in riding in a pack, though. Brian pointed out, they’d have to run everyone else over as well. That’s highly unlikely.

I’d like to get into biking more so that I can be more comfortable and unafraid. But then, I’ll probably need a new bike. My old bike is good for occasional biking. If we go bike riding a couple of times a week then I’ll want an Electra Townie bike so that I can ride upright, rather than bent over like on my bike. It’s a lot easier to enjoy the scenery when you’re riding upright. Actually, it would be cool to have two bikes: one for cardio and one for leisure/sight-seeing. Maybe after we get a house and have ample garage space and I have extra money (that last one is the biggie; I’m just way too frugal to buy a bike when I have a perfectly good one that I can ride around in; I might do it if I had some extra cash, though) I can get me my dream bike.

For now, a new bike seat should suffice. My butt really hurts from all the riding around we did yesterday — one of the downsides of not riding regularly. I’ve been told that the more you bike, the more your butt gets used to it.

What about you guys? Do you enjoy riding bicycles? Where do you go biking? Let’s get together and go biking sometime!

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Brian Shops for Flip Flops

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Ching under Shopping, Wishlist.

He’s making a face because he can’t find any he likes. I, on the other hand, found some sandals that I really, really, really want.

They’re still a lot, though, so I will probably wait until the end of the season to buy them. Hopefully, they’ll be on sale at that point and I can get them for less.

Here’s how they look on my feet: