Tamera Michelle Clark http://clarkcreations.net/blog Life at the Osburn Hideaway Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:19:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Lobster Macaroni and Cheese http://clarkcreations.net/blog/2012/02/07/lobster-macaroni-and-cheese/ http://clarkcreations.net/blog/2012/02/07/lobster-macaroni-and-cheese/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:19:10 +0000 Tamera http://clarkcreations.net/blog/?p=447 I have been wanting to make Lobster Macaroni and Cheese for a long time, I would reckon it goes all the way back to the day I discovered that Carrabba’s was no longer offering it.  I searched for recipes and this is the first one that stuck in my head.  Don’t worry I have another one to try.  I started with Ina Garten’s recipe and worked from there, you know adapting it and making it my own.  We were joking that this was the most expensive experiment we’ve ever done, however now it was totally worth it.

Ingredients: 1 pound cavatappi (cork screw pasta) 1 clove of garlic whole 1 quart . . . → Read More: Lobster Macaroni and Cheese]]> http://clarkcreations.net/blog/2012/02/07/lobster-macaroni-and-cheese/feed/ 3 Bye 2011, a recap of the 11 goals http://clarkcreations.net/blog/2012/01/31/bye-2011-a-recap-of-the-11-goals/ http://clarkcreations.net/blog/2012/01/31/bye-2011-a-recap-of-the-11-goals/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:11:10 +0000 Tamera http://clarkcreations.net/blog/?p=555 Well to start out the 2011 year I made a list of personal and professional goals.  I think that over all I am pleased with my results and I am really looking forward to the 3 yes THREE category of goals that I will be setting for 2012. 

So let’s review the personal list:

Keep up with holidays/gifts and etc. Stick to the budget and the plan.

I am not so certain how we faired on this one.  I tried to only do what we said but then again I don’t keep the finances KLT does.  It was a bit difficult keeping this in check since my dad moved in . . . → Read More: Bye 2011, a recap of the 11 goals]]> http://clarkcreations.net/blog/2012/01/31/bye-2011-a-recap-of-the-11-goals/feed/ 0 Get Hawt – Week 3 Tools http://clarkcreations.net/blog/2012/01/28/get-hawt-week-3-tools/ http://clarkcreations.net/blog/2012/01/28/get-hawt-week-3-tools/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:09:55 +0000 Tamera http://clarkcreations.net/blog/?p=563 Week 3  – The question is what tools are you going to use to help you acheive your goals.

Measuring Tools

A couple years ago I spent a few weeks measuring out exactly what a serving was and I have to tell you this did two things. First the obvious, dirty a lot of dishes. But I have to tell you it was totally worth it. Second it put into perspective just how much we over eat without even trying. Here are a couple examples.

The left is an actual 1 oz serving of chips for 150 calories the right is 1.8 oz which looks more like what . . . → Read More: Get Hawt – Week 3 Tools]]> http://clarkcreations.net/blog/2012/01/28/get-hawt-week-3-tools/feed/ 1 GET HAWT! My delayed start. http://clarkcreations.net/blog/2012/01/28/get-hawt-my-delayed-start/ http://clarkcreations.net/blog/2012/01/28/get-hawt-my-delayed-start/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:49:31 +0000 Tamera http://clarkcreations.net/blog/?p=560 This is my first Get Hawt post and it’s not because I didn’t have good intentions, it is because I just can’t seem to find the time to write anymore. I will however fix that!

Ok, first of all I need to introduce to you Get Hawt.  Two awesome gals (of course friends of mine on the internet) have teamed up to host blog parties.  A place for folks to get together and make public their 2012 fitness/health goals and update regularly on their progress. I am excited to join this group and hope that having a bit of morale support along the way will help. Jen McCown (twitter|blog) and . . . → Read More: GET HAWT! My delayed start.]]> http://clarkcreations.net/blog/2012/01/28/get-hawt-my-delayed-start/feed/ 1 Post #SQLPASS http://clarkcreations.net/blog/2011/11/14/post-sqlpass/ http://clarkcreations.net/blog/2011/11/14/post-sqlpass/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:10:55 +0000 Tamera http://clarkcreations.net/blog/?p=540 I have been to conferences in the past, so I didn’t quite feel like a “first timer”.  PASS held several things for first timers and I opted not to go to them, I did hear from my co-workers that they enjoyed the activities.  I thought I had prepared for everything on this trip but I was wrong. I really had no idea that I would get to hang out with the cool kids and that by doing so I would have to learn to live on a few hours of sleep.  I didn’t know that I would need more than a cure for my hang-over.  I wasn’t prepared for the . . . → Read More: Post #SQLPASS]]> http://clarkcreations.net/blog/2011/11/14/post-sqlpass/feed/ 0 Leading up to #SQLPASS http://clarkcreations.net/blog/2011/11/08/leading-up-to-sqlpass/ http://clarkcreations.net/blog/2011/11/08/leading-up-to-sqlpass/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:42:28 +0000 Tamera http://clarkcreations.net/blog/?p=537 I have deteremined that my stress level the last 1.5 months has been pretty high and I am sure it revolves around #SQLPASS.  Here let me explain.

First there is my company that made me dance around like a puppet and sit on pins and needles while waiting to find out if I was going to get to attend this year.  You see last year the “boys” went and I didn’t get to.  One of them, who happens to be my boss’s boss would come by and rub it in that he was going and that I wasn’t then I got the drop by stories from PASS  for months after.  There . . . → Read More: Leading up to #SQLPASS]]> http://clarkcreations.net/blog/2011/11/08/leading-up-to-sqlpass/feed/ 0 #SQLFAMILY http://clarkcreations.net/blog/2011/11/07/sqlfamily/ http://clarkcreations.net/blog/2011/11/07/sqlfamily/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:26:19 +0000 Tamera http://clarkcreations.net/blog/?p=541 #sqlfamily

It started feeling real on Monday night of #sqlpass week.  It was at a very late dinner with @airbornegeek and my co-workers; we were sitting at The Tap House when all of the sudden (you know at nearly midnight) walked in a large group of my favorite people in the #sqlcommunity.  I walked over to say HI to all these “strangers” I had never met in person, there were hugs and laughs and OMG! Everywhere.  I walked back to our table and said “Guys MY FAMILY is here, we have to go sit with them!” they replied with “we are going to the hotel and to bed”.  I followed . . . → Read More: #SQLFAMILY]]> http://clarkcreations.net/blog/2011/11/07/sqlfamily/feed/ 2 What to do with so many herbs? http://clarkcreations.net/blog/2011/07/30/what-to-do-with-so-many-herbs/ http://clarkcreations.net/blog/2011/07/30/what-to-do-with-so-many-herbs/#comments Sat, 30 Jul 2011 17:25:59 +0000 Tamera http://clarkcreations.net/blog/?p=523 It’s about to storm here at the Hideaway, if you don’t know yet we call our home The Osburn Hideaway and Hideaway for short.  I am really upset that we didn’t get to the garden in time to get green beans as I would rather be doing that crummy inside work during a storm that later this after noon.  So the air was cooling off a bit I decided to take a little trip to the herb garden.  Now I went and busted up my ankle 2 weeks ago so my ability to handle the uneven terrain and the wet grass has been difficult so I was a bit of . . . → Read More: What to do with so many herbs?]]> http://clarkcreations.net/blog/2011/07/30/what-to-do-with-so-many-herbs/feed/ 0 Meme Monday 5/2 http://clarkcreations.net/blog/2011/05/02/meme-monday-52/ http://clarkcreations.net/blog/2011/05/02/meme-monday-52/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 14:14:29 +0000 Tamera http://clarkcreations.net/blog/?p=525 “I got 99 problems but a disk ain’t one”

I am not a DBA, and I have only pretended to be one after KLT had moved on to TN.  But I have seen all of these items cause problems for databases and as a customer of these databases I found it to be extremely annoying.

users who don’t care users who have too many rights USERS who have no knowledge of how a DB works or how to write SQL and those who have no idea what could make a query slow A bad data model Forcing size limit on a DB and requiring a DB to fix it.  BAD! . . . → Read More: Meme Monday 5/2]]> http://clarkcreations.net/blog/2011/05/02/meme-monday-52/feed/ 0 Meme Monday – April “WHY YES!” http://clarkcreations.net/blog/2011/04/04/meme-monday-april-why-yes/ http://clarkcreations.net/blog/2011/04/04/meme-monday-april-why-yes/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:55:05 +0000 Tamera http://clarkcreations.net/blog/?p=509 Why yes I would LOVE to troubleshoot your crappy code!

Thanks TOM for something so fun and differnent.  And yes, it’s Tamera like camera but no, I don’t have someone to tag.

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