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I entered the Kenmore Genius Tips contest on Facebook. Right now, I'm in the top 6 ! If you can spare a moment (possibly a moment per day, as you're allowed to vote once every day) I'd really appreciate it if you vote for my tip. Ooh, and spread the word! Yeah, I know you're awesome ;) ***Click Here for Lamb's Fabulous Tip*** Wondering if my tip is worth your time? Here are my tip-related photos, taken in my downstairs guest bathroom: Before (Yucky!) After! (Snazzy!) Sexy Nerd did all the work, but I'm enjoying basking in the credit. Thank you for voting!

Freshly popped popcorn drizzled with truffle oil and tossed with Season All, garlic, and sugar kicks butt. Let's link up! Remember, sharing your favorite posts is the easiest way to make it onto the LambAround Pinterest, Facebook, and Twitter sites. I visit every link! Have a snazztastic weekend everyone! Yes, very snazztastic indeed.

Sexy Nerd and I spent Memorial Day Weekend enjoying a kick-butt road trip. We found something awesome/weird/funny within the first few hours of our vacation! We stopped in Gallup, NM for lunch at Jerry's Cafe, which I had read excellent reviews of before hitting the road. Can you see why Jerry's Cafe in Gallup is so highly rated? YUM!   They were packed when we arrived at 1pm, but we were helped to a table within just a few minutes by one of many friendly servers. How friendly were they? Sexy Nerd and I are budget travelers. Our order of two waters and sharing one of their cheapest (though super-yummy) dishes, the stuffed sopapilla, wasn't met with any eye rolls and they even divided up the entree for us. Above is one of two plates we received - most restaurants don't even offer us a second plate! Anyhoo, this post is not intended to be a Jerry's Cafe review. It's actually inspired by the artwork that was above our booth. Presenting... &quo

I hope everyone is having a fun holiday weekend! It's the perfect excuse to pig out on ice cream sundaes and chili dogs guilt free. Link up your favorite blog posts, then visit some amazing blogs you never knew were out there. Sharing here is a great way to get onto the LambAround Pinterest Board !

Sexy Nerd has enrolled in a second Master's degree program. All I have is my measly Bachelors. This isn't the overachiever part though. He's going to get a jump start on his new degree by taking classes this summer instead of waiting for the fall semester. Nope. That's not all. His first class is online. Sexy Nerd got a hold of his syllabus a week before class began. He completed and submitted his first assignment, which was a long essay. Class hasn't even started and he has already turned in his first homework assignment! It was fun for him. I love you, Sexy Nerd, but classmates like you used to really annoy me! It's a good thing his class is online. Sexy Nerd is totally that guy who raises his hand with a question right after the teacher says they're going to let everyone out early.

Finally, right? I'd love to say that this delayed blog hop posting is due to a case of The Weekend Lazies, but I've actually been quite busy (you know, according to my typical weekend standards). Still planning that Arizona road trip. Not sure when we're going. Also planning a much longer (though not nearly long enough) trip to visit my family in Australia! My cheapness is making these travel plans really, really hard. Now, we're off to see The Lorax in 3D, while it's still playing at the $1 movie theater. Deep down, Sexy Nerd and I are just big kids. Kids with old, responsible souls.

Good morning, bloggy friends! We should be blog hopping within just a couple of hours. In the meantime, Sexy Nerd and I are enjoying our day with chili dogs and chocolate Oreo ice cream, which we just picked up on our morning bike ride. It's a super weekend! We're in the midst of planning a road trip from Albuquerque to the Grand Canyon, then down through Phoenix and Tucson before looping back up home. If anyone knows of any great places to stop along our route, please share!

Since writing my last bike post , in which attempting to ride just about killed me, I have become a bike riding pro. Okay, maybe not a pro in the eyes of actual bike riders, but I did recently pass an obese rider who looked impressed. Sexy Nerd and I took our bikes out this morning and are so fitness minded that we even passed up the opportunity to buy ice cream when we stopped at the grocery store. Even though it would have fit nicely in my super-stylish basket: The Kent La Jolla Women's Cruiser Bike Ain't She a Beaut', Clark? Yeah, that's a big lie. The entire reason for stopping was to buy ice cream. I just cheaped out. Did you know that Dryer's has replaced their tiny ice cream cartons (which I'm pretty sure they slyly downsized to get more money for less product not too long ago) with new, 1/2 gallon cartons? They want $7.99 for them! WTF?! Dryer's has clearly gone bat crap crazy, along with anyone who would fork over that wacky amount. It al

Q. Would you rather have all the ice cream you want for the rest of your life, in all sorts of yummy flavors and with exotic toppings and mix-ins but you could NEVER have any kind of cake again, ever ... ...or vice versa? Stumped? Be glad I didn't propose a choice between cake, ice cream, and cookies!

I recently purchased the second bike I've ever owned in my life. Well, I guess the third if you count the pink and purple plastic one I had when I was four. It was stolen from our yard and I've been grouchy about it ever since, BTW. Saturday, Sexy Nerd and I went for a bike ride. Holy freaking heck. I suck at bike riding. It kicked my ass. That's the only time I've ever written that word on my blog, out of 981 posts. I'm writing this shortly after returning home from said ride and my mind is in a swearing kinda mode. Okay. To be fair, I just searched my site and the word 'ass' has actually appeared a handful of times. It's a small handful though. I'm a lady. Coasting downhill is great! I could just sit there on my pretty new bike and coast forever. Well, except that the seat is a bit firm. And my thumb keeps accidentally dinging the little bike bell. And the wind hurts my ears. Which reminds me of my pre-ride preparations. I packed water,

**UPDATE** This giveaway has ended and the winner has been emailed. Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter!  Just in time for Mother's Day, Easy Canvas Prints and LambAround have teamed up to give one lucky reader a free 8x10" canvas print. And, yes, shipping is included and the print can be your very own design. It even comes framed! I just tested out the software for myself. In less than 5 minutes, I was able to turn this photo from our San Francisco vacation into a work of art: Taken outside the Exploratorium, where I often visited as a child and was so happy to return to last fall, this time with my very own science nerd to explain all the craziness! Want to win your very own Easy Canvas Print? Or, you know, your very own Easy Canvas Print to give to your mom? (Sorry, mom, but I fully intend to keep mine. You can see it when you visit.) (Geez, that sounded more cold-hearted than I'd intended!) How to Enter (Mandatory) (So Easy!) &

I've been updating my site (surely you noticed!) and have several new features in the works, including a 52 week series of simple, self improvement posts called "Today I Will...". Stay tuned for more! And in the meantime, here's a peek at the new blog banner that didn't quite make the cut: Nyah, nyah! Like the changes? Hate the changes? (OH NO!) Send me an email with your thoughts.

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*UPDATE* This giveaway has ended and the winner has been contacted directly by Shabby Apple. Thanks so much to everyone who took the time to enter!  It's time for another Not "Baaad" Sundays blog hop. But wait - there's more! This week, I'm teaming up with Shabby Apple , which you may recognize from big-flipping-deal magazines like Oprah, Teen Vogue, and Self, to give one lucky reader a $50 Shabby Apple gift card! Yeah, it's pretty awesome. Remember my beloved Shabby Apple Baja dress that I wore in the snow (like a GENIUS) last July? It's on sale now and your $50 gift card would cover it completely! Or perhaps you're in need of a new swimsuit for this summer? Of course, the Shabby Apple Bon Voyage dress could be nice too. There are also children's clothes to choose from, along with maternity dresses, aprons, and jewelry.  Wowza! Mandatory Entry Entering is super-easy. Just like Shabby Apple on Facebook and lea

Alternate Title: You Can Eat Rubber, Right? Braces suck. Have I mentioned that before? The other day, I placed two new rubber bands from canine to canine, then proceeded with my day and forgot all about them. For lunch, I heated up some leftover ground lamb and made a burrito. Two bites in, I realized something unnerving. I had eaten a rubber band. According to Dr. Google , eating one orthodontic rubber band isn't any cause for alarm. I was cautioned, however, that a person should not polish off an entire bag of rubber bands. Umm, why would they feel the need to need to warn against this, right? Braces and Rubber Bands Fast forward to this evening. I toasted up a plate of 3 Minute Toaster Oven Smores for me and Sexy Nerd to enjoy while chatting about our day. Despite my orthodontist's insistence that braces and rubber bands go hand in hand, plus request that I wear my rubber bands 24/7, I placed my rubber bands on the edge of the plate.  It was nice to relax with

Happy Sunday, everyone! Sexy Nerd and I just returned from a walk with perfect weather. It's going to be a great day. I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone has been up to this week and to pinning a bunch of nifty blog posts!

It's lucky that we still have a few years before starting construction on our dream home. Okay, so this is "lucky" in the sense that, in the meantime, we are stuck listening to our trashy neighbors blast their car stereos so loudly that our walls shake. I hope their overstressed cars explode with them inside. Whoops! That got a bit off topic, didn't it? Anyhoo, I mean we are lucky because we have time to plan exactly what kind of house we want to build. I've been saving photos for years! Below are some of my favorite living rooms that I've come across. If anyone knows the site the photos originate from, please let me know so I can add a link. Just a few more years of dreaming. *Sigh*

Remember my Kids are Weird post from last week? It really always boils down to the parents, doesn't it? I got into an argument with a mom at work today. She was insisting that I schedule her daughter at 4pm and I was insisting that we save the after-school appointments for school-age children. It's hard for high schoolers to miss school for a dental check-up. The upset mother: Are you saying that my child's education isn't as important as a high schooler?? I would never say that. Oh, except for the fact that the patient who would be missing school is 18 MONTHS OLD ! Yes, lady, your daughter missing school is not as important as a high school student missing school. That is exactly what I am saying.

I'm participating in BlogHer's Life Well Lived campaign and have been asked How do you organize paperwork both online and off? Hmmm... Online, I think Pinterest is a handy new way to keep track of things. Before this site came along, I relied heavily on bookmarks. The problem? Soooo many bookmarks! It's much easier to find the recipe I'm looking for or the website I'd seen earlier when there is a photo accompanying it. As for offline, I'm afraid you may be better off skipping my advice! This morning, I went to grab my Free Lunch at Tucano's birthday coupon. But, of course, it wasn't inside my restaurant coupons envelope. It wasn't inside my coupon tin at all. It wasn't even in my office. So much for that organization strategy! There are more Life Well Lived tips here and you can even enter the Life Well Lived Sweepstakes . And then you will surely learn how to organize your coupons in a way that lets you actually find the crazy things

Today, I am 28. I feel so old! Where have my 20s gone? And where is my chocolate birthday cake?! I may be turning into a geezer, but I'm still not ready for any kiddos though. At work (pediatric dental office) the other day, a mother with 2 children came in. The older boy was 7 and the younger boy was almost 2. The brave big brother went back on his own to have his teeth cleaned, leaving mom and the toddler in our waiting room. Mom was fine. Big brother was fine. The little brother, however, was NOT okay with being left behind. He kept pressing his face against the glass door, looking for his brother, and he constantly called his brother's name. When his brother came back up front, the little boy went running to give him a big hug. "Awwww," said his mom and all of our staff. It seemed like such a sweet moment, until an instant later when the 7 year old exclaimed "OUCH!" and shoved his baby brother away. That adorable hug that we had all been a