{"id":2015,"date":"2009-10-27T01:57:40","date_gmt":"2009-10-27T05:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=2015"},"modified":"2009-10-27T01:57:40","modified_gmt":"2009-10-27T05:57:40","slug":"baltimorewe-love-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=2015","title":{"rendered":"Baltimore&#8230;we love you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some of you might be stopping by and thinking, is she EVER going to post something new??\u00a0 I&#8217;ve had my Easy Wire Blog Give Away post up since last week&#8230;and I&#8217;ll be drawing a name after midnight tonight!\u00a0 &#8230;.If you are a first-time visitor here (welcome!) there&#8217;s still time to enter the give away&#8230;just scroll down to the previous post.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday we went to Baltimore <em>again<\/em>, and this time for an awards ceremony for my oldest son.\u00a0 The boys got spiffed up in their suits and we enjoyed a wonderful morning on the campus of Johns Hopkins.\u00a0 Sure brought back memories from my college days.\u00a0 Back in the day, I received a minor in German here and it is my brother&#8217;s Alma Mater.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2016\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2016\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2016\" title=\"hopkins-award-ceremony-balt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/hopkins-award-ceremony-balt.jpg\" alt=\"We're proud of you, Big G!\" width=\"470\" height=\"622\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/hopkins-award-ceremony-balt.jpg 470w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/hopkins-award-ceremony-balt-226x300.jpg 226w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/hopkins-award-ceremony-balt-340x450.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2016\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We&#39;re proud of you, Big G!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2017\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2017\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2017\" title=\"hopkins_2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/hopkins_2.jpg\" alt=\"Life on campus \" width=\"500\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/hopkins_2.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/hopkins_2-300x217.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/hopkins_2-450x325.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Life on campus <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2020\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2020\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2020\" title=\"hopkins_3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/hopkins_3.jpg\" alt=\"Bronze tree stump sculpture...so realistic!\" width=\"500\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/hopkins_3.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/hopkins_3-300x269.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/hopkins_3-450x404.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bronze tree stump sculpture...so realistic!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Afterward we drove right up the street to <em>my <\/em>Alma mater and took the kids on a little tour of the College of Notre Dame.\u00a0 I\u00a0 missed this place. \u00a0 We stopped by the\u00a0 faculty mailboxes to see who was still there.\u00a0\u00a0 I only found 1 out of 5 of my psychology professors names.\u00a0 I left her a little surprise note!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2018\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2018\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2018\" title=\"hopkins_4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/hopkins_4.jpg\" alt=\"My boys on campus\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/hopkins_4.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/hopkins_4-214x300.jpg 214w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/hopkins_4-321x450.jpg 321w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My boys on campus<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2019\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2019\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2019\" title=\"hopkins_5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/hopkins_5.jpg\" alt=\"Gibbons Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/hopkins_5.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/hopkins_5-244x300.jpg 244w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/hopkins_5-366x450.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2019\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gibbons Hall<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We drove to the Towson area afterward for lunch, and would you believe I saw a childhood friend crossing the street!\u00a0 We had to pull over&#8230; I cannot believe what a small world it can be&#8230;even in a place as big as Baltimore! \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 Oh, I also made a point to stop in to the nearest grocery store and pick up some of those yummy Berger cookies&#8230;.I was in luck and they had them!!\u00a0 I mentioned them back <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=526\">here<\/a>&#8230;.and one of my blog friends will be receiving a package of them in the mail! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Thank you all for stopping by&#8230;and I wanted to also say how THRILLED I am with the incredible response to the blog give away.\u00a0 It won&#8217;t be long &#8217;til the winners are revealed!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2021\" title=\"siggie9\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/siggie9.png\" alt=\"siggie9\" width=\"138\" height=\"75\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of you might be stopping by and thinking, is she EVER going to post something new??\u00a0 I&#8217;ve had my Easy Wire Blog Give Away post up since last week&#8230;and I&#8217;ll be drawing a name after midnight tonight!\u00a0 &#8230;.If 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