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Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Things I'm Diggin' Part 1

Some completely random things I've been diggin' lately....




Why I love it: 
It isn't full of fake crap. It's ingredients are nonfat milk, heavy cream, sugar and natural flavor. It tastes good. And it's not so overpowering that you can't taste the coffee too.



Trumpette socks for babies
Why I love them:
They ACTUALLY stay on Chloe's feet! These (and Old Navy's) are the only socks that Liam, and now Chloe, seem to keep on their feet. Like all day on their feet. It's a miracle.




Why I love them:
Chloe loves them, Liam loved them. I give her a rusk and it keeps her happy for ten minutes. She eats the entire thing and they are NOT messy (especially compared to the Plum Organics Little Yums - which are so, so messy). No artificial colors or preservatives. Just rice/potato starch/sugar/sea salt. And you can buy them at Target.



Why I love it:
(It's pricey) but it does not clump at all! Every mascara I've ever bought eventually clumps. And because I've recently developed contact dermatitis from many cosmetics, this one does not cause me to have a reaction! It goes on great/stays on great. It's non-toxic and it doesn't smell.



 Why I love it:
It's so much fun! I picked up some packages at HobLob recently and have been messing around making some things with it. It's so easy to use and the colors are great. It feels good to get my hands on some art supplies again...


Why I love them:
They're so soft. They're fun. They're thin, which is nice for Springtime. And the Shea lasts within the socks for up to 25 washes in the machine. I bought this exact pair for myself for Valentine's Day :)


Why I love it:
It tastes really darn good. It tastes like actual home-made lemonade. And it's not too citrusy where you get a stomachache or heartburn afterwards. It's not too sweet & not too sour. For me it's just right. And the ingredients are water/sugar/lemon juice/lemon pulp & lemon oil. That's it. It tastes good with vodka in it too.


Why I love it:
I swear by this stuff! It is my new miracle product. It's inexpensive ($8 at Target and it lasts a few months), smells good, feels good, works good. It's organic and packed full of essential oils. It's another product I've found that's completely okay for my face and skin (it does not cause dermatitis). I'm going to start giving this to people as gifts!



Why I love it:
I love maple-anything, so this is a delicious yogurt to me. It's a 'runny' style yogurt, which I prefer over the thick stuff. The cows' milk the yogurt is made of comes from happy cows (grazing, open air milking, grass fed) and the ingredients are simple whole milk/organic agave nectar/maple syrup/ginger/cultures. It's more expensive than Yoplait, but I think it's worth the flavor and ingredients. And I think it tastes great on top of waffles or with oatmeal & dates. Liam loves it too.


Why I love it:
The songs are upbeat and it's hard not to move around when you hear it.  And if you don't agree, then I guess 'haters gonna hate.'  Liam, Chloe and I play this album almost every day and we dance, dance, dance. 


Okay -- so what are you diggin' lately?
Please share!


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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Novembuurrrrrrr...

Some things that have made me 
lately:



Liam enjoying the last bit of autumn leaves...


A couple of date nights with Matt...


Liam being a little artist...


This delicious (and dangerous) beer I discovered...
It's been a while since I've really enjoyed a beer - and this one did it for me!


The first snowfall of 2014...


A little snack tray I put together to eat during the Packers game...


Chloe finally loving solid foods! Red mess = pomegranate, beet & pear puree


Liam helping Matt make a pan of lasagna...
He's been SO interested in cooking & baking lately.
He gets mad if we don't let him stand on his stool and watch what we're doing.


Snuggles on the couch with my little peanut...


Liam listening to one my my favorite childhood albums!
Did anyone else grow up listening to this one?
"Where Do The Bubbles Go"
"I Like Peanuts"


And a plant that Liam insisted he "give mama" when he saw it at the 
grocery store. He's quite the little ladies' man already.


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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Sweet tea

This post is a quick shout out to Beef Tea -- the local bluegrass band that has stolen our ears and our hearts  :)

Matt and I love to see live music. It's one of our favorite things to do together. Some live music is "just okay" and some of it shouldn't even be allowed in public. But this live music was A M A Z I N G!

A couple of weeks ago we had the opportunity to see Beef Tea (who we've seen twice before) in the backyard of someones home! Our besties in Sheboygan (you know who you are) invited us to a private backyard concert/pig roast. The band played on the back deck of the home. It was a hot, sunny day and perfect weather to listen to some tunes. We feel so fortunate that we could see them in such a small, intimate setting.

If you want to hear some of their music, here's their Website and Facebook page . If you're a fan of Bluegrass music, I think you'll really like them.

And here are some photos from the private concert we attended!!

All of the members are talented in their own way.
The lead singer has the most beautiful voice.

I think it's so cool that she plays accordion :)

Matt and Brian giving the thumbs-up

Monday, March 11, 2013

No TV Tuesdays

I rarely watch TV during the day. Occasionally I'll watch fifteen minutes of Sesame Street or Clifford the Big Red Dog with Liam. And sometimes I'll catch a bit of something on MSNBC or E! while Liam is napping.

I'm more of a music girl during the day. I'll play iTunes or Pandora or the music channels through our cable. Or I'll pop some vinyl onto our record player. Liam and I like to dance around the house a lot.

Night time is a different story.

By the time we get Liam to bed, usually around 8 pm, it's already dark outside and we're so wiped out from the day. The TV and couch just call our names...."Erin...Matt...you know you just want to plop your butts down instead of exercise or read books."

This is what our TV schedule looks like during the week:

Sunday - The Walking Dead
Monday - The Bachelor and Castle
Tuesday - usually something on the Food Network or E!
Wednesday - American Idol
Thursday - Scandal
Friday - (I record Fashion Police and watch it while nursing Liam sometime the following week)
Saturday - we often rent a movie on Saturday nights

It's creepy, but we're obsessed with The Walking Dead...
...and we LOVE Scandal on Thursday nights!
How hot is this photo?

I'm not proud that we watch TV pretty much every night. But I guess because we really only watch ONE show per night, that's not too bad, right?

The shows that we do watch we LOVE. I would not be wasting my time on something I didn't think was worth it.

But in an attempt to 1) do something other than watch TV after Liam is asleep 2)  start crossing things of my DIY/craft list and 3) make more time for romance during the week (ooh la la), I've declared Tuesday evenings in the Bremser house as "No TV Tuesdays."

No TV Tuesdays.

Oh my gosh, we are going to get SO much done!

Starting tomorrow night I'm going to help Matt rearrange/clean/organize his man cave in the basement. There is plenty of shop-vaccing, tool organizing and cabinet installing to be done.

Now if only we have the energy, and the discipline to stay away from the couch and TV :)

We'll see how it goes...

Monday, March 4, 2013

Plop. Plop. Plop.

We are so thankful for the toys and books and clothes that Liam received last weekend at his birthday party. So this weekend we worked on the thank yous that we'll send to our families in the mail.

I know that Liam is really young yet and has no clue that we're sending out thank yous, but I still thought it'd be cool to involve him in the process. They're never too young to learn about appreciation, right?

We have a huge pack of blank note cards that we've been using for thank yous, birthday cards, etc. for the past couple of years. They work great for any kind of note or card because you can decorate the front of them any way you want.

I taped them all to Liam's little art table so he had a clean canvass to color on. Then I gave him a bunch of his washable crayons and he went to town.

Liam loving the BOX to his new crayons.

Testing them out.

Progress! Oh wait....he found the hole in the middle of the table...

He colored for a while, with some help from his mom. Then he discovered a hole in the middle of the table. Hi attention immediately switched to the hole. Each crayon, one by one, was dropped through the hole and onto the ground beneath the table. Then he would crawl under the table, pick up the crayons, and plop them, one by one, into the hole again! 

Plop. Plop. Plop. 

Okay...back to coloring. Almost done.

The finished product.

What a little artist we have on our hands already. His mama is pretty proud :)


So...last night Matt and I went to see the Pentatonix at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee. They're an extremely talented, instrument-free a cappella group. They won season 3 on the TV show the Sing Off. I need to promote them a little bit because I just think they're so good. Here's a link to their music. Please check them out:


A photo from last night


DAILY SMILES
Things that made me smile this week:

2.25.13
I got to take a nice nap during the day

2.26.13
Matt made his famous potato-leek soup for dinner

2.27.13
I got some good exercise shoveling snow

2.28.13
We enjoyed the beautiful snow-covered scenery outside

3.1.13
Liam's face lit up when Matt got home from a two-night work trip

3.2.13
We went to our local winter farmers' market

3.3.13
I got to go on a date with Matt - dinner and a concert!