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HGTV Dream Home : How We Choose the Dream Home Winner

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:04:46 +0000

Just got a powerball, I like to have many oranges in my hat ;D and if that does not work I will finish my book, hope it will be a bestseller or oppen up a gallery in 10 years, but not in Killdeer lol. I do hate to let that dreamhome go, but who knows, I might just build my own one day ;)

HGTV Dream Home : And the Winner Is...

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 07:16:18 +0000

U2 God bless

HGTV Dream Home : And the Winner Is...

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 07:07:14 +0000

well love is hard work ;)

HGTV Dream Home : And the Winner Is...

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 06:57:47 +0000

by the way I think 40 million is less then how many play the powerball, so chin up everyone ;)

HGTV Dream Home : And the Winner Is...

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 06:53:41 +0000

See, you are soooo lucky ;DDD

HGTV Dream Home : And the Winner Is...

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 05:18:49 +0000

I think the most important thing is to be happy for other people, and even be happy yourself :) I am sure we all Pray for those who needs help right now, I am. But why not pray to God and hope, because if it can happen to you, it can and might as well happen to me to :) I was homeless for a time, but it did not stop me, from felling happy for someone more blessed. I will have my time, if only we all belive and keep a spirit of love. Bless you.

HGTV Dream Home : While We Wait

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 05:09:08 +0000

that is the cutest little house for the kids, very dreamy and room for imagination. But that Kichen look even better, let me show you how to make some Danish Frikadeller (meatballs) :D

HGTV Dream Home : And the Winner Is...

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 04:58:50 +0000

wow you are all so lucky with all those phonecalls and mails. No one ever calls me ;D

HGTV Dream Home : And the Winner Is...

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 04:57:18 +0000

lol :D

HGTV Dream Home : Drape It Like Woodrum

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:05:29 +0000

HGTV Dream Home : Drape It Like Woodrum

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:04:18 +0000

Here is some historie :))) The city was founded in 1706 as the Spanish colonial outpost of Ranchos de Alburquerque[citation needed]; present-day Albuquerque retains much of its historical Spanish cultural and heritage. Albuquerque was a farming community and strategically located military outpost along the Camino Real. The town of Alburquerque was built in the traditional Spanish village pattern: a central plaza surrounded by government buildings, homes, and a church. This central plaza area has been preserved and is open to the public as a museum, cultural area, and center of commerce. It is referred to as "Old Town Albuquerque" or simply "Old Town." "Old Town" was sometimes referred to as "La Placita" ("little plaza" in Spanish). The village was named by the provincial governor Don Francisco Cuervo y Valdes in honour of Don Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, viceroy of New Spain from 1653 to 1660. One of de la Cueva's aristocratic titles was Duke of Alburquerque, referring to the Spanish town of Alburquerque. The Alburquerque family name dates from pre-12th century Iberia (Spain and Portugal) and is habitational in nature (de Alburquerque = from Alburquerque). The Spanish village of Alburquerque is within the Badajoz province of Extremadura region, and located just fifteen miles (24 km) from the Portuguese border. Cork trees dominate the landscape and Alburquerque is a center of the Spanish cork industry.[6] Over the years, this region has been alternately under both Spanish and Portuguese rule. It is interesting to note that the name of the New Mexico city of Albuquerque follows the Portuguese spelling with only one 'r'. Historically, the land around Alburquerque was invaded and settled by the Moors (711 AD) and the Romans (218 BC) before them. Thus, the word Alburquerque may be rooted in the Arabic (Moorish) 'Abu al-Qurq', which means "father of the cork oak", or "land of the cork oak" (the land as father – fatherland). Alternately, it may be Latin (Roman) in origin and from 'albus quercus' or "white oak" (the wood of the cork oak is white after the bark has been removed). The seal of the Spanish village of Alburquerque is a white oak tree, framed by a shield, topped by a crown.[7] Alburquerque is also thought to have possibly come from the Arabic 'Al-Barquq', meaning "apricot" and having worked its way into formerly-Moorish Spain as "albaricoque" in Spanish. The settlement of la Ciudad de Albaricoque was established near an apricot tree, and American frontiersman were unable to pronounce the word, hence "Albuquerque." [8] Spain established a Presidio in Albuquerque from 1706. After 1821, Mexico also had a military garrison there. Following the American occupation of New Mexico, Albuquerque had a Federal garrison and quartermaster depot, the Post of Albuquerque, from 1846 to 1867. During the Civil War Albuquerque was occupied in February 1862 by Confederate troops under General Henry Hopkins Sibley, who soon afterwards advanced with his main body into northern New Mexico. During his retreat from Union troops into Texas he made a stand on April 8, 1862, at Albuquerque and fought the Battle of Albuquerque against a detachment of Union soldiers commanded by Colonel Edward R. S. Canby. This day-long engagement at long range led to few casualties. When the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad arrived in 1880, it bypassed the Plaza, locating the passenger depot and railyards about 2 miles (3 km) east in what quickly became known as New Albuquerque or New Town. To quell its then rising violent crime rate, gunman Milt Yarberry was appointed the town's first Marshal that same year. New Albuquerque was incorporated as a town in 1885, with Henry N. Jaffa its first mayor, and incorporated as a city in 1891.[9]:232–233 Old Town remained a separate community until the 1920s when it was absorbed by the City of Albuquerque. Albuquerque High School, the city's first public high school, was established in 1879.

HGTV Dream Home : Drape It Like Woodrum

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:57:44 +0000

The community was named for the Sandia Mountains, which were named for the Spanish term for "watermelon" Now is that not cool ;)

HGTV Dream Home : The Best HGTV Dream Home Videos

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:49:47 +0000

Move over you all Miss Denmark 1989 is moving in :D But you are all invited for the house party ;) But you Gail will have a special seat :)

HGTV Dream Home : What's Your Dream?

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:00:18 +0000

My dream is this dream home, and to make art every day, read and write books and enjoy every second in the new mexico dessert together with my family :) Cooking up a storm in Danish Frikadeller and soak in that beutifull private tub ;D DONG!!! :)

HGTV Dream Home : It Might Be the Coolest Place

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:50:51 +0000

Ohhhh man does that meen I don't have to get in the car and do my laundry in town ;D I love it

HGTV Dream Home : Can You Haiku?

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:47:23 +0000

HI-coo just learned about that art, it is really nice :)

HGTV Dream Home : From Desert to Dynamite

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:43:00 +0000

Hi what about if I invite you all over lol ;)

HGTV Dream Home : Your Own Private Island

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:39:21 +0000

I am in love with the sunrise room, it is so cute and relaxing. But I have to say that Danish meatballs will taste way better in that kitchen hehe and you are invited Super Fan ;) and I will make a nice gravy with that :D

HGTV Dream Home : All About the Artwork

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:34:07 +0000

I love the artwork. I am an artist myself doing digital art collages, and I could see my art in this wunderfull dream home. Americans are so special in their way of building and modeling homes I just love it. If I win I will move to new mexico in a sec, and get myself a horse or 2 lol, and I would show of in Denmark, because I am so proud to be here in the states, where dreams do come true ;) Thanks for a really good blog toooo :D