Pics by Lance

I had intentions of taking people pictures at a birthday party this weekend, but it never fails…I get pet shots and some random house pictures. I don’t know why but I just can’t seem to take photos of people at parties. I think one of the main reasons is I’m afraid to be intrusive. I don’t want to be walking around taking pictures and annoying people. On the flip side, everyone gets mad when I don’t have any people pictures. I guess it’s the camera…it’s intimidating for both sides. I feel like the pictures have to be worthy of the camera, and I feel like I struggle with that when taking people pictures. So anyway, maybe next time.

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I ordered some Wild Alaskan Salmon online and cooked it up.

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PetSmart apparently misses me, because I’m not the person they are sending the post card to?

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Here are comparison shots of my bedroom. First up is from a normal digital camera (aka a realtor) and the second shot is my shot, aka Unique Exposure Photography.

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• #1 by mom on August 7, 2010 - 6:25 pm

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  ha..yeah, that name is close.

  Salamon(as Kelly Pickler would say) looks yummy!

Today Chris and I went to the Superdrome in Frisco. It’s a wooden outdoor oval track for cycling, with corners banked at 44 degrees. Unfortunately we didn’t have time to watch any races (we went and saw The Kids are All Right…good movie) so we only got to witness time trialing, with one cyclist on the track at a time. The fastest guy we saw had a 32mph average over 2 laps, starting from a stand-still.

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Today also marked my last day for my Pic a Day adventure. I no longer have to try to remember to get at least one picture a day to post! It was fun, but it takes a lot more work than you think … to remind yourself to snap a picture daily.

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• #2 by Paula on August 2, 2010 - 11:59 am

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  I guess they could hold rollerderby there….huh!

• #3 by Lance on August 2, 2010 - 12:16 pm

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  Now THAT would be an awesome show.

To those of you that saw the title and thought to yourself “Oooo, I’m excited to see what type of chicken recipe Lance is going to post”, I deeply apologize. Maybe next time.

Put on your favorite Martha Stewart Apron and let’s get cooking!

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray an 8-inch square pan with pam.

Put the honey in a microwave-safe bowl and heat for ~60 seconds. It should be runny with tiny bubbles.

Add cocoa, mix with a fork, and let it cool.

In a separate bowl (or in my case a pan because my other bowl is at the neighbors) whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

In ANOTHER bowl, combine/whisk applesauce, oil, egg and vanilla until blended.

Add honey-cocoa mixture and whisk until smooth (or draw circles in it and take pictures).

Add flour and… MIX!

Place into square pan.

Cook for ~25 minutes, or until edges are dry and toothpick comes out clean.

Pretty tasty! Very soft/spongy/moist, so not as tough as regular brownies.

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Ingredients

• Olive oil spray for pan
• 2/3 cup mild honey, such as clover or orange blossom
• 1/3 cup natural, unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup white whole-wheat flour
• 1/4 teaspoon aluminum-free baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 large egg, room temperature
• 3/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

16 total servings

• Calories: 86.2
• Fat: 2.2 g
• Protein: 1.3 g
• Carbohydrates: 16.0 g
• Sodium: 63.6 mg

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• #4 by mom on July 28, 2010 - 2:39 pm

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  aluminum free baking powder? Can ya buy some with added aluminum…or Xtra aluminum? lol

  look like they turned out yummy!

• #5 by Lance on July 28, 2010 - 2:49 pm

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  The crazy part is it is sitting in an aluminum can I think? haha No clue what the “full of aluminum” baking powder does to you.

Friday Chris and I went to Adam’s to play some xbox (that didn’t really happen), grill burgers and watch The Crazies.

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On Saturday we went bowling with Stephanie and Bill. I struggled the first game but I redeemed myself in game #2. As always, jokes were on me most of the night because I came prepared with my two balls and shoes. (The first game didn’t help either.) Thanks to the camera, the scores are posted for all to see at the bottom.

From a photography standpoint, it was very difficult taking photos. The lighting during the approach was rather dim but the lighting right at the foul line was extremely bright. The difference made it difficult to expose for all of the shots.

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• #6 by mom on July 28, 2010 - 2:36 pm

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  great bowlin pics

• #7 by mom on July 28, 2010 - 2:41 pm

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  you look great in your pics but don’t get a big head over it.

• #8 by Kwyn on July 28, 2010 - 2:58 pm

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  its kinda too late for him not to have a big head. have you ever met your son? Perhaps you should call him.

• #9 by mom on July 28, 2010 - 4:43 pm

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  Kwyn..you should know how sweet of a son I have…afterall he tells me he loves me all the time on instant messenger!

My neighbors have these flowers planted. This sunflower (at least I assume that’s what it is) is gigantic. I went over today to take some pictures of it, then noticed the purple/yellow ones in a pot.

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Because of the workouts I’ve been doing, I bought some rubber interlocking tiles to put in my living room so I don’t have to worry about sweat getting on the laminate flooring. It also keeps me from jumping and pounding my shoes all over the nice floor.

 

Of course what do you think happened the moment I put it down? KO decided it was a GREAT surface to dig his claws into. After I noticed claw marks in multiple tiles, I decided to do something about it. At first I put bed sheets down, but that’s not only ugly, but a hassle. (And when I came home after work, he dug into the bed sheets anyway…which means he also dug into the tiles…) I was going to get some spray that you use daily, but again, too much work. Solution? Back to soft claws! I have used these before but I stopped for some reason. Maybe because I got rid of the couch that he tore up. Now that all 10 front nails are covered, one will fall off randomly and I’ll have to replace it, but it’ll be easy maintenance as I’ll only have to do one at a time.

They only had mixed colors, unless I wanted clear…which would be too boring. So I went with grey/blue. The only other options was pink with glitter… And since I think KO is going to be the only one that would claw the flooring, I’m not attempting to put the nails on MJ yet.

 

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• #10 by mom on July 17, 2010 - 6:02 pm

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  poor grandkitty…the abuse!

• #11 by Lance on July 18, 2010 - 10:27 am

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  I know! I should have had his fingers sawed off at the knuckles instead.

• #12 by mom on July 18, 2010 - 10:26 pm

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  pfffffffft

Just some random shots. Poor KO, I guess he was curious about the flash on the ground. He might be blind now?

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