I've been tagged...twice...

My friends Wendy and Alisa have both tagged me! Here's how it works:
-You have to tag 5 people (you can't tag the person that tagged you)
-You leave them a comment on their blog (‘you’re tagged’ and ‘why’)
-Direct them to your blog for instructions…when you get tagged, you post ten fun facts about yourself!
So, here are my ten:

1. I love to cook! I love cookbooks, but more for reading and getting ideas than actually following the recipes. Luckily I have a wonderful husband who will eat pretty much any concoction that I put in front of him!

2. I gave up soda Jan. 1, 2007 - haven't had one since and don't miss it!

3. Summer is my favorite time. I'm a big fan of the outdoors and being in the sun. I even enjoy picking weeds....it's relaxing. I love having the windows open! Poor Greg, the last 5 years it has been almost 4th of July weekend before we've turned on the air. It's kind of a running joke w/ our neighbors.

4. I'm kind of "granola" (as my old supervisor would say). I try to buy as much organic as we can afford - especially fruits and veggies, I juice, I cook with tofu, and I love doing yoga.

5. I hate turtlenecks - too suffocating!

6. I have a love/hate relationship with naps. I enjoy a nap, but it must be cloudy, cool, and/or raining. I can hardly stand to take a nap if the sun is shining and I could be outside instead! Now, napping in a lounge chair...that's a whole different story!

7. I have the best husband in the world - he's my best friend and I have so much fun with him. If we had it our way, we'd have our own business so we could be together all the time...or just move to Kauai and live on the beach (either would work).

8. If I had to do the whole college/career thing over again, I'd probably be a dietitian or nutritionist. I'm very interested in the role our diet has in keeping the body healthy and even healing the body.

9. I love music - pretty much all kinds - we usually have music playing most of the time at our house.

10. I don't particularly like talking about myself, so this was slightly painful for me! :-)

I know I'm supposed to tag 5 more people, but I only know 3 others bloggers out there (besides the 2 that tagged me). So, Mandy, Missy, and Misty - you're it!!

Friday Fun

Check out this link for some laughs...

Warning: there is sound once you click on a horse.

Tip: It's a little tricky getting the timing just right, so here's a tip for some good harmonizing... Click on a horse, then go to the next horse you want to sing and click & hold. Wait until the one(s) singing get to the end of their phrase and then release the mouse to start the next one. You can click the horse again to get them to stop if they miss their cue. We would like to suggest this order (left to right)... 1, 3, 4, 2. Play around and make your own mix. Enjoy!

A little afternoon fun...

This is pretty much how we spent the day...

Hope you all are surviving the ice storm and staying warm!

Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday to the best husband in the world!!

Name That Bird

I happened to glance outside yesterday afternoon and saw this bird sitting on our fence. Unfortunately, it flew away to quick for me to snap more than one picture. We've been searching the internet to figure out what it is...what do you all think??

Happy Halloween!!!

Can anybody guess who this handsome devil is??

Here are a couple pictures of our 1998 1st prize Sumo pumpkin (back when we both worked at Bank of America).

Hope you all have a happy and safe Halloween!

p.s. In case you haven't figured it out yet...that handsome lounge lizard above is my husband! He fooled quite a few people that year! :-)

Wii for Wednesday

Okay, so we don't have a Wii, but we love the song on the commercial. Here are the actual musicians behind the song. Wii love this song.

Happy Friday

Has this been a long week, or what!?! We hadn't seen much of each other this week, so last night we had a great evening at home consisting of carry-out sushi from Haruno (we're convinced we could live on the Miami Roll!!), a walk with the dogs, an ice cream run, and catching up on the last 2 weeks of Top Chef. It was nice to see each other for a change and have a relaxing evening at home!

Here's your Friday Fun Video. This is pretty much the cutest thing we've ever seen... What a little actress!

Happy Weekend!!!!

Here's a clip of one of our favorite SNL skits from last season. Maybe this will get your weekend started off right!



Be sure to check out the link for Joel and Misty's new blog with their exciting news!!! Also, check in on Missy and Brad - they have some exciting news as well!

Have a great weekend everybody!

The Great Outdoors

Over the weekend, we got a chance to do a little camping. We used to go quite a bit, but haven't been able to get away in some time. We don't usually like to go in the middle of the summer due to the heat, but when we saw the mild temperatures forecasted we decided to pack up the camping gear and the dogs and hit the road. It turned out to be a beautiful weekend and we all had a great time.

So, we thought we'd give you a glimpse into one of our favorite ways to take it easy, enjoy some good food, and be one with nature. Here are a few pictures from our version of "roughing it".

We're heading out of town early Thursday morning for a couple of days, so we probably won't have time for a post this week. Have a good one!!

Death,Taxes and the Frosty...

Isn't that the quote from Benjamin Franklin...

"In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes, and the Frosty."

You see, we developed quite a taste for the Frosty when we were living in Arkansas about 6 1/2 years ago. First it was just once in a while, then, gradually, 8:00pm would roll around and it was like we just couldn't watch TV without that Frosty in our hands. The great thing about it was that 2 small Frosties only cost us $2.11...no matter what, we could always find $2.11 in change around the house.

Once we moved back here, we recognized our addiction and retrained ourselves to watch TV without that Frosty. Since then, we're able to maintain with a Frosty every month or two.

So, a few days ago, when we were at the Wendy's drive-thru ordering our 2 small Frosties and the man in the box said "that'll be $2.11", we realized that you can always count on the Frosty. Here we are 6 1/2 years later, and we can still scrounge up $2.11 and head to Wendy's to enjoy one of our favorite, most reliable treats.

Have a good weekend and long live the Frosty!

Need a laugh?

We found these videos on a couple of other blogs and had to share them with you... (you might have to click the play button twice to get it started)






Don't you know these are two lively households!

Have a great weekend everybody!

Ultrasound

Saw this on another blog... thought it was cute...