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Katie’s fun Tips :)

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July 15, 2011

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I have kind of a fun idea I wanted to share with you all I get asked quiet often what I do or for tips about exercise, diet, health, beauty, you name it so…. I thought I would start Katie’s tips a chance for me to share random tips or ideas that I do to help keep myself feeling healthy, looking good, feeling good etc. What do you think? fun idea right lol

For today’s health and diet tip here you go…… drum roll! HOT WATER!!! not just for showering and bathing. Every morning before I eat breakfast I will take a mug fill it with cold tap water then nook it in the microwave for about a minute (feel free to use a kettle, I just find that it’s too hot out of the kettle and I have to wait for it to cool down. 1 minute in the microwave makes it kinda the perfect temperature for me ) Why hot water? let me give you the back story.

You might have already heard from James and Bryci (maybe you didn’t) that over hydrating is an excellent way to shed a few extra pounds, look more refreshed, have clearer skin and just in general feel better. Most people do not get enough water and are dehydrated. You’d be surprise just how many people actually over eat when they are thirsty. You body makes you hungry when you just need a drink. So instead of having another snack try drinking a glass of water.

You should be drinking roughly your own body weight in ounces of water. For example if you way 120 lbs = 120 ounces of water, 120 ounces of water = 3.6 liters of water. A much easier way to remember and keep track is to get a 500 ml water bottle and fill it 7 times or a large glass. That’s what I do, I drink roughly 8 glasses of water a day. Sounds not soo bad if you break it down over the day. 2 glasses around breakfast, 2 around lunch, 2 around dinner and then all you have left is 2 more glasses to have with a snack before and after lunch that’s easy right!!

Now back to the whole hot water thing I drink 2 mugs (medium sized mugs that hold about a cup – 250ml of water, so 2 mugs = 1 glass) before I eat anything in the morning. What does this do, it helps to flush out your system, it gets your digestive track a flowing, warms you up if your cold, wakes me up even and makes it easier for your body to digest the food your about to eat. It’s also therapeutic cause it helps to trick your body into the same pattern you have when you have a cup of hot coffee or tea in the morning. I am trying to cut back and actually stop drinking coffee, this has helped a lot cause it’s the same feeling. Try it out for yourself add a slice of lemon if you wish to give it a little flavour. You can also try a slice of cucumber in your cold water if you want a little flavour.

Any who, I just had this idea while I was sitting at the computer sipping my hot water and reading women’s health

It’s Friday today so that means it’s the weekend woo hoo!! time to kick back and relax. I don’t have much planned for this weekend, mainly just house work, laundry, taking the dogs out to the park or something, maybe catch a movie, go visit my mom…. I don’t know to be honest. My weekend is wide open and I love that feeling I’m sure it’ll fill up fast but for now I’m taking it easy and seeing what happens

I hope whatever your up to this weekend you have a blast just remember to be safe

xoxoxo Katie

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Who Loves Pizza!

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May 14, 2011

Here’s an oldie but a goodies, this was taken hmmm…… i’d say a coons age ago lol Back when I first started going to the bar. Oh and yes my hair is kinda dirty blond here. No that’s not my natural colour I just so happen to be in a stage where I though blonds had more fun so I streaked my hair blond on a regular bases making it look dirty blond Don’t worry it was just a faze and I don’t plan on repeating it any time soon. I love my natural dark hair way more Oh and heres a candid of my boobies that I snapped this morning.

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It’s a busy day at the Banks residences today, we have been go go go since first thing this morning. I definitely feel like things are back to the usually swing of things what with errands, house cleaning and the whole bit. We were up early and out the door to catch up on some much needed activities that kinda took the back burner this week as it was apparent after the first day that leaving the two dogs together was going to be a little harder than I thought. But I decided that today was D day and it was getting done come hell or high water.

Eva is sleeping through the nights now which is freaken awesome No more late night bathroom wake up calls, now she just hops off the bed first thing and goes on her pad yayayyay little miracles are huge right now. So I’m back to sleeping my regular amount of sleep and feeling human again. Eva tried to hop in the shower with me this morning but I quickly shoed her away as Chihuahuas tend to get ear infections really easily when they get water in their ears. I blame the shire size of them lol, their ears that is She felt a little put out so settled for licking the glass shower door while mommy showered lol I’ve nick named her the little stinker!! Just cause she seems to get into everything and well manage to mess it up like a little stinker. No no not in that way ewwww why would I tell you about that that’s grouse. I know I tell you all everything but there are some things I won’t don’t worry.

I had to pick up a new dog dish for the little stinker cause she insists on flipping, dumping or dragging her dog food dish all over the house wether it has food in it or not bahhhhh!!! It wouldn’t’ be so bad if she would at least eat what was spilt but sadly not she just makes a bigger mess playing with it.

I once heard a funny joke and I will admit it is a little grouse, horrible and disgusting but I understand it a little better now. It goes something like this, do you know why puppies are so cute? SO that you won’t want to drown them. Horrible I know but geeze I love the little monster but I seriously can’t turn my back for 1 second without her doing or getting something she shouldn’t. I have a new found respect for parents of babies, like real ones not the furry kind. You guys put up with a lot holly crap! All I can say is I’m glad that’s not me right now a puppy is already like way too much.

Tonight is Pita pizza night yum yum yum I have my mom and our mutual friends coming over for home made pita pizza, drinks, cards and a movie Don’t forget the walk to the park too. I’m excited. We always have such fun together. I know what your thinking, your excited to hang out with your mom and her mutual friends? Aren’t they all like double my age? Yes yes they are and yes I am. I have a very large variety of friends and very different ages. I love hanging out with my mom she’s one of my best friends and well why wouldn’t I have mutual friends considering we hang out.Don’t knock the older generation just cause they are older. I find that they are quiet often way more adventurous and well wild than my friends my own age. Plus they tend to have way cooler toys and hobbies to share.

I can’t wait to play hearts or ramoli. I usually can only play crazy 8′s cause well it’s usually just me and Join or Jlo that will play cards and well there aren’t a hell of a lot of games you can play with just 2 people now is there. I’ll make sure to snap a few shots along the way and show you guys just how to make your own pita pizzas at home, it’s super easy and really yummy. It can be as healthy or as unhealthy as you want

I’ve been feeling camera happy lately so have been snap snap snapping some dirty pictures for my member’s look for them soon in my member’s area I love playing around with my camera or my webcam and snapping away. I’ve even got addicted to the camera on my iphone the last few days. It’s like I just remembered that it was there or something. I’ve been posting away on twitter so check them out if you haven’t already over at www.twitter.com/katiebanksdd They’re an inside look at me right now doing whatever zany thing I seem to be doing. In short their fun and flirty.

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Oh here are some really beautiful pictures of some rather rare flowers that only bloom for about 3 days a year that my friend Cutman sent me. I thought they looked beautiful! That and I just love the vibrant pink on white peddles very me No idea what they are though, they just make me think of a tropical beach.

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Cooking 101

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May 4, 2011

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OK today’s blog is all about cooking I would call myself a good cook. I’m not excellent by any means, but I know how to cook healthy home cook meals and I do it pretty much 7 days a week. I tend to stick to chicken or fish rather than beef or pork. I’m not a big red meat fan, although the occasional all beef hot dog or hamburger does make it into my diet over the summer because I love having a back yard BBQ or a back yard fire and roast some wieners But other than that I just don’t both with beef. I know your all thinking what about a steak? well I grew up with a dad who loved steak so we ate steak probably about 3 times a week so after about 21 years of this I’m a little staked out. I occasionally have pork or beef when I got for dinner at my mom’s but it’s usually pork tender loin or roast beef.

When I grocery shop I usually only buy boneless skinless chicken breasts by the big box gotta buy in bulk so you go lots. Or I’ll pick up some fish, shrimp or prawns depending what is on sale. I usually only buy fish just before I’m going to use it like yesterday I stopped at the grocery store to buy the fish I wanted for dinner. That way I can buy fresh and it won’t magically sit in my freezer and go bad like last time Other than that I will buy a shrimp ring when they go on sale cause it’s an easy way to get cheep shrimp that doesn’t have the shells on the outside. I kinda hate having to take the shells off, it grouses me out.

Other than that I will buy beans (whole white and red kidney beans, black beans or pinto beans) that come just as beans with no sauce and make sure to rinse them really really well cause the oil/water stuff they come in is high in sodium. Beans make an excellent source of protein and fibber if I’m feeling lazy I’ll put them on a salad or add them in instead of chicken or prawns in a stir fry. I’ll have the occasional egg, usually hard boiled or scrambled with lots of veggies in it and that’s about it for the protein portion of my diet.

I buy lots and lots of produce from a local fresh fruit and veggies market. They tend to be cheaper and have a better selection of different kinds of veggies. My staples are

Veggies: Always buy

- broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, purple cabbage, bell peppers (usually red, orange and yellow, I find that the bag of prepackaged peppers that comes at the grocery store is usually the cheapest way to buy them)

Buy depending on price:

- zucchini, asparagus, yams, radishes, mushrooms

Fruit: Always buy

- apples, bananas, oranges

buy depending on price:

- strawberries, kiwis, raspberries, grapes, pears, mangos, pineapple

One of my favourite deserts is just a fresh fruit salad that I make myself. This is part of the reason that I love summer so much cause there are sooo many fresh fruits available for cheap

Last night I made what Jlo calls the fish dish It’s one of my favourite things that she makes in the summer and well I decided it’s about time I learn how too. You see Jlo grew up in the oakanogan which means she grew up with a family that did a lot of fishing and drank a lot of wine so she is a very good cook and is excellent at cooking fish. Me on the other hand grew up in a family where my dad would so not eat fish no matter how much you tried to cover it will tartar sauce or anything else, so I have no idea how to cook fish.

The fish dish is really really easy to make and only takes about 15 minutes to make other than the time to cook your rice.

Ingredients:

2-4 white fish fillets, boneless n skinless

3-4 medium sized tomatoes

2 medium sized bell peppers

1 onion

celery

2 tlbs fresh chopped basil (if none is available dried is fine)

1 tlbs chopped cilantro (optional)

black pepper

brown rice

OK so you got all the ingredients here’s how you do it

First thing first take care of the thing that takes the longest to cook, the rice. Measure out about 1 cup brown rice into a medium sized pot. Add 4 cups water and a tiny few drops of olive oil into the pot. Place on a medium sized burned on a medium to high heat, put the lid on and leave to cook. You’ll know it’s done when there is no water left in the bottom of the pot. It’s a good idea to stir occasionally. Make sure to check often so it doesn’t burn on the bottom.

Defrost your fish fillets, if you bought them fresh and never frozen then skip this step cause they are already defrosted. The fish you want to get is a white rather tasteless fish, something simple. I usually use Basa, but any white fish will do. I usually look for what ever is on sale at the time. Halibut is amazing but really expensive. Last night I used Tilapia fish cause it was on sale

Finely chop up the tomatoes, onion, peppers and about 2-3 stocks of celery (2-3 pieces). You can also add any other veggies you want as long as you finely chop them too. I sometimes add broccoli, mushrooms, asparagus, ect. Place all chopped veggies into a large skillet or frying pan preferable non stick. Sprinkle in 2 tablespoons of fresh chopped basil and I tablespoon chopped cilantro (cilantro is optional cause some people don’t like it) I always add a dash of pepper cause I like pepper too Place skillet of frying pan on medium to large burner depending on the size of the pan. Cover and cook on a medium heat stirring occasionally. Cook veggies till they are warm and a little soft.

Place fish into a separate frying pan or skillet, preferable non stick as well. Cook on a low heat flipping once the once side is white. Cook until the fish is white all the way through. If your not sure just split one of the fillets open with the flipper and see.

Once the rice is done, the fish is cooked and the veggies are soft and warm you good to go that’s literally it. The rice takes about 30 mins to cook so start that early. You can always start the rice before you chop the veggies cause even if the rice is done early you can just take it off the burner and leave the lid on and it will be warm enough to eat still. The fish and veggies take literally only about 15 minutes to cook.

This is a really easy and simple recipe, it seems harder than it is I assure you.

I usually serve it with a side salad or steamed veggie. Up to you which one, go with what ever is easiest and that you have on hand. If you don’t like rice then just skip that part and serve with buns or a fresh loaf of bread of some kind. Or hell don’t serve any bread or rice at all just have the fish and the veggies with a salad of some kind.

So there you have it, the low down on my regular shopping habits and a very easy very yummy healthy fish dish to try this summer. I hope you like it.

Have a killer Hump day everyone, I’m on my way out to go help my grandma clean house and go through her spare room of storage crap and get rid of stuff she hasn’t used for probably about 20 years. This should be….. fun, interesting ahhh what can I say I’m a good granddaughter who helps her grandma so she doesn’t hurt herself. Again like last year. Yah she kinda had a few boxes fall on her when she tried to do this last year and she broke her arm. SO this year she brought in reinforcements Me!! Have a great day

Xoxoxox Katie

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The Tuesday Shuffle

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May 3, 2011

Hey everyone I thought I would just take a few minutes to put together a little preview of my latest set to go live in my members area. I love this set It looks soo cool!! Needless to say these are literally only 6 pics out of like 30 that I liked. THere was just so many cool shots with the tie that I had to save a butt load of them for myself on my computer This was a really cool concept that I had seen somewhere before and just loved the idea of a cute girl half naked wearing her guys shirt and tie after a little afternoon delight. This concept was just flirty and well fun. All I needed to do was raid my brother’s closet before I left. Heheheh in fact while I was in Arizona he texted me asking if I had seen his favourite sky blue shirt and yellow with blue silk tie? hmmm no not at all bro, no idea shhhh don’t rat me out now. Good thing he was away for school for firefighting in Texas when I came home cause I was able to sneak into his room at my parents and put it back without him ever knowing it was missing. I’m sneaky I know

I’ve been kinda MIA lately on MFC sorry guys, I’ve been all over the place. First with Jlo hurting herself in a dirt bike accident and needing help to do well everything including washing her hair, helping her grocery shop, helping her cook… you name it. She sprained her whole right side of her body and nearly broke both wrists. THank goodness for a lot of rest cause she was feeling way way better by the end of the week and we were still able to go out for her birthday saturday night as planned. All of us girl shad so much fun

One little snag though, I was in such a hurry to get out the door cause I was running late cause well I stopped to make a video for you all and forgot that they were already down stairs waiting oops OH well! it probably didn’t help that I felt tongue tied and had to redo my video a few times before I was actually audible in the video. Apparently mumbling comes along with temporarily being tongue tied. Any ways I forgot my camera on my kitchen counter so I couldn’t take any pictures Luckily Jlo’s friend Bee remembered hers so we snapped snapped snapped away and took a few dirty pictures for yah… take a dirty picture for me, take a dirty picture lol sorry got side tracked there. That song was playing in the car on the way home this afternoon and is apparently stuck in my head who knew? SO Bee’s camera had all the pics from the night on it. Well guess who got drunk and misplaced her camera? …. I’ll give you 3 guesses but you will only need the one.

No it wasn’t me it was Bee. I handed her her camera just before i left and watched her put it in her purse, where I then informed her that she was not to take it out for the rest of the night cause she would probably loose it. Yep she did. so no pics for us, but lucky for someone who picked up that camera cause man did they just get a camera loaded with hot pics of me and all my gfs lol damn. No no nothing that dirty come on guys it’s not my camera. I only get nakie for mine cause well I can make sure I get them. There might have been boob groping both by me and of my girls what everyone stairs at your boobs long enough and they soon ask to touch if that person just so happens to be a hot chick who I know I don’t mind letting her feel if she lets me feel too what it’s win win then right?

Amy who who’s so yah I’ve been all over the place the last week or so. On top of that I am trying to get things together for getting Eva, including finding another crate that won’t be too big and won’t hog my back seat beside Kinzie’s crate for the car. Yah they now have to ride in crates cause it’s just too hard to drive with two little dogs on my lap. Plus if we get in a car accident they are toast and if they are in the same crate they will get bashed together so they need separate crates. Hard ones too not soft ones so that stuff won’t squash the crate with them in. So much to think about I also have to get puppy food that has no chicken in it cause Kinzie is allergic to chicken and we both know she’ll be sneaking some puppy food if Eva doesn’t eat it all in one sitting.

Ahhh I’m getting nervous guys :/ what if I’m bad at this the second time around? it’s just me this time, no one’s living with me and can help me. What if Kinzie tries to eat her or beat her up, what do I do then? What if she pees on everything ? ahhh too many ifs I just need to breathe. I’ll do great I have to right I’ll learn on my feet. I got friends who can help part time too so I have support all will be well. Well look at that you guys rock! you give the best pep talks every

Thank you thank you thank you Eduardo for Eva’s and Kinzie’s very cute matching smart, thought invoking toys Good to know someone else is thinking about my little monsters too. This is in fact Eva’s first toy Cool!!! And a great big thank you to who ever was so cool as to buy me my pink Macbook covers yayayyayayyay I now have a pink computer I love love love it soo much! I already put it on too, doesn’t it look cool? The dog toys are in the dishwasher Eduardo, but I promise a video of them playing with it. Well of Kinzie at least, it might take Eva a while to figure her’s out lol

I will for sure be on MFC on Thursday. I gotta hit the gym in the morning but then I’ll be on asap after that I can’t wait I sure miss everyone, it’s been too long. I’m going through withdrawals ok not withdrawals but it sure is way lonelier when I don’t’ get to talk to everyone. I think we’ll do something fun for sure, maybe do a worn panty and signed nude pic raffle too for the day We’ll see. I’ll try to be on by about 3 pm EST, be there or be square

Don’t forget that I also moved my member’s chat at 10 pm est right after the very beautiful Miss Talia Shepard’s member’s chat. It’s a back to back Bella feature for you all and I have some fun props I’m thinking about bringing. You guys can decide actually…. would you rather do a baby oil cam sho, bubble bath cam show or a bikini n popsicle show yummmm??? Let me know. The votes will decided cause yah we are interactive over here

In the mean time don’t forget to check out my auctions for cool stuff that I wore in photo shoots for my site, cool props I’ve used and of course panties lol Follow this link to see all my current auctions on abibids.com, http://www.abibids.com/index.php/page,Search/searchtxt,katie

I’m really excited cause I’m cooking this really yummy, really healthy fish dish tonight called ‘the fish dish’ lol my gf Jlo makes it all the time and it is soo good that I am going to give it a try. I’ll take a bunch of pics and post the recipe complete with instructions for you all on my blog either tonight of first thing tomorrow I hope you all have a stellar evening. I’m head to take Kinzie for a nice long walk in the sunshine.

Xoxoxo Katie

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Hello March!!!

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March 1, 2011

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Greetings and salutations from me to you on this fine March morning… heheheh Yayay it’s spring soon! FInally! Don’t get me wrong i like winter, it can have it’s charms too but honestly it isn’t one of my favourite seasons of the year. Well ok it does contain Christmas and New years which are pretty freaken awesome, but still nothing beats sunshine and nice weather. Which I am still stuck with freezing temperatures and snow on the ground, I mean come on where am I the interior or the Antarctic? lol ok not quiet but this is very odd weather for Vancouver in February. Besides I thought we were suppose to be having an early spring? didn’t the ground hog see his shadow or whatever? Isn’t that shit accurate? I mean come on now….. it’s rocket science to determine the change in seasons based of wether or not some fuzzy little temperamental rodent like thing can see it’s shadow and wether or not he gets scarred of it. I know I feel 100% confident that that is the best way to determine future events…… NOT!! lol I know it’s only superstition but come one puggsy (pugsitony Phil or whatever his name is, I probably spelt it wrong oops) don’t let me down now.

Ahh either way you swing it I love March! It could be Antartica out there right now and I would still be just as excited that the 1st day of March is here. Wanna know why? of course you do My birthday is in 21 days yayayyayay I’m really excited. Not sure what I am doing just yet.I keep having all these really crazy fun ideas but then end up writing them off cause well they just don’t seem right or they seem like a lot of work to organize. I really wanted to go see Burlesque after seeing the Christina Aguilera movie, but sadly there aren’t that many Burlesque places in Van and well the ones that are here either weren’t really what I was looking for or they didn’t have a show in the month of March at all So on to the next idea. My buddy Robin suggested the strip club (of course the guy in the group wants to go see titties lol big surprise there) but I’m not really feeling that either. I think in the end what will end up happening is just me and a few good friends (of course this means Joni, Jlo, Robin, DeeDee, Hatty, Amber Wamber and a few others) will head out for a nice dinner and then back to my place for some drinks, games or a movie and of course BIRTHDAY CAKE!!!!

hehehehhehe the best part of a birthday is the cake of course. Now I usually get an angle food cake with strawberries and whip cream but I’m not feeling that this year. I thought maybe an awesome ice cream cake from DQ, but I’m not sold on that one either. I was kinda thinking something yummier but lighter and fluffier. I head on a TV show (I think it was Grey’s Anatomy) talk of a red velvet cake. What ever that is, either way it sounds yummy. Not sure what’s in it though? Any ideas? Or any other suggestions as to a good cake? I’m all open for ideas.

Hmm now all I can think is cake mmmmm yummy! lol ok gotta think of something else lol!!!

Not too much happening this week at the Banks’ residence, just the usual tomfoolery you know taking the puppy for walks, playing xbox, popping on MFC for some fun, gym time and well of course hot baths, baby oil shows, good movies and maybe even a friend or 2 over for fun. Wait a minute that sounds like a lot I guess I’m never really aware of all the things that I manage to cram into one day. I guess I just kind of keep going and keep doing and well all this stuff seems to get accomplished I’m rather proud of myself right now and I have no idea why.

I think this weekend I am going to invite Joni and Hatty over and have a guitar rock out session heheheh I haven’t done that yet and it seems like it will be a lot of fun. A drink or 2 might be needed just to loosen up, especially if I am going to get on the mic and sing along lol. No no no youtube videos of that thanks! At least not until I figure it out and don’t sound like a dead duck being stepped on. Maybe I’ll do a vid with the guitar soon for you guys to see…. I’m at least 1/2 decent at that. The drums are well hard I tried I really did but I got booed off stage like almost every time….. lol I’ll just have to keep practising I’ll get it I know I will. I better hurry up and figure it out though or Eduardo might kick my ass when I play him on xbox Live. Might take a bit though Eduardo so don’t hold your breath just yet, you a little far for me to just run on over and give mouth to mouth to

Oh Oh before I forget I better give you an update as to what is happening with my cousin. Well after some deliberation she decided that she wasn’t ready to talk so we didn’t meet for coffee on Sunday after all. Which is probably for the best cause I was a little wrilled up and ready for a fight myself so I can only imagine what she was going through. If we had of met I’m sure things would of escalated and either one of us or both of us could have said things that can’t be taken back. And once you say certain things it doesn’t matter how much you apologize or take them back, they still have a huge impact on the other person and that can leave a mark or a stain on your relationship for the rest of it’s life. Things have already been said that will be hard for me to forget and to be washed clean so I think waiting to calm down is a smart idea. I’m still very hurt as I am sure she is so I don’t expect to talk any time soon. For now though I am done talking about it, worrying about it and fussing over it. It’s a new week, a new month and a new season. Time to take a deep breathe and start fresh!!! Try it it feels great no joke!

Ok well I better stop rambling and just get my butt in gear lol, Kinzie is starring at me she definitely wants something… the question is what? hmmmm that’s the million dollar question around my house today ‘what on earth is Kinzie thinking?’

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