Let's go choo choo trains!

Will thinks Barnes & Noble is just a place to "play choo choo trains." That's okay because it means I get to go to the bookstore all the time :)

Anyone have a pocket protector I can borrow?

I have to make fun of John for wearing glasses now because he always makes fun of me when I have to wear my glasses. He'll call me four eyes or tap on my glasses. He thinks its hilarious. Ok, I actually haven't been that mean. I've only called him a nerd a couple of times! I want him to wear his glasses so he can actually see and I think they look pretty good on him. When we first got married he had his eyes checked and got some glasses, but he hardly wore them and then they broke. His vision has gotten worse over the last year and I've bugged him so many times to get his eyes checked, but he never would. Well, he finally went and got some glasses and then the next weekend he broke them!! Luckily there was a 30 day warranty and he got them replaced for free, yay!!

Ode to Salonpas

You are smelly and sticky,
but oh what wonders you do!


So, ever since I was little, we always had Salonpas in the house to help relieve my dad's arthritis. They are just these sticky medicated pads that you put on for a couple of hours that help soothe minor aches and pains. My mom bought them from either the commissary or the oriental store, but I think they are in a lot more stores now. She was always trying to stick them on me when I had any kind of aches . . . "put on a Salonpas!" Well, I really appreciate them now that I'm older. I had a terrible pain in my shoulder all day yesterday. Probably from a bad sleeping position. I just can't sleep comfortably anymore since my belly is getting big, and I'm not used to sleeping on my side! I finally called John to complain to him and he said did you try putting a Salonpas on, there are some in my nightstand. He uses them all the time, by the way! I decided to wait to put one on until bedtime, so it would help me sleep. Worked like a charm! My shoulder didn't bother me at all and feels much better today. Hurray for Salonpas!!

Smack That

John: Did you ever notice that when you eat honey smacks, it makes your pee smell funny?

Me: Um . . . no.

John: Well, it does, check it out next time you eat them.

Me: I don't think I'll be eating them again, thanks though.

Awesome Husband

Ok, so I have to give love to John for all that he does for me. He has been doing so much more around the house since I've been pregnant. He is always doing the dishes (not sure how long that is going to last...) and helping me out. Last week I was invited out to do some scrapbooking. I haven't scrapbooked in years and I had a lot of fun! I got home a little late and found that while I was gone, John had given both the dogs a bath, cleaned off the back porch, cleaned out the dogs kennels and moved them to the laundry room, cut the grass in both the back and front yard. I was so happy, the dogs really needed a bath, and my back has been hurting too much lately to do it myself. A couple of months ago when I was out of town for work, I came home to find that my closet had been cleaned and everything put away. Hmmm, it seems he's more productive when I'm out of the house . . . maybe not, right now it's 9:30pm and he is outside cleaning the leaves out of gutters right now. Yay, so thanks John, for all that you do, I really do appreciated it!!!

Gotta love the head flashlight!

Oh, I found a better quality of that hilarious "The Office" promo Slap Face and I found a couple of other promos that I hadn't seen before. So this is for all you lucky people that have DVR and fast forward through the commercials!

I need a little Magenta in my Life . . .

A couple of months ago, I saw a Katherine McPhee video where she had magenta highlights. I thought it was so cool and decided I wanted to do that to my hair someday. Well, since I work at home now, I thought it was the perfect time . . . tada!



Pretty crazy, huh! It took forever for the stylist to do this. Because my hair is so dark, she had to bleach the highlights first, wash it out, blow dry the bleached pieces, apply the color to just those bleached pieces, wash it out, cut my hair, and then blow dry it! Whew, I'm tired from just typing all that!

She did a peek-a-boo type highlight. Which means when I part my hair on the side I normally do, not as much color shows through, but when I flip the part a bunch of color shows through. The picture above is of the "wild side part"!

John and my sister love it, my Mom really hates it. My dad hasn't seen it yet, but I know he's not going to like it. He doesn't like it when I do crazy things to my hair! It's a lot brighter than I thought is was going to be, but they say these colors fade pretty quickly, which I'm not sure yet if that's a good or a bad thing! Anyway, I love it right now, but we'll see how long before I'm sick of it!

Hammock Days

We bought this hammock a couple of months ago and it is awesome! Here are some pics of us lounging.

John and his guitar he won in a raffle at work.

I had my camera with me on the hammock because I was trying to snap a picture of a woodpecker that kept flying back and forth over my head. Once I got my camera, of course he never came back.

John says I look uncomfortable here, but it was actually really relaxing!

Tagged

I was tagged by Rachel awhile back, so here it finally is:

Attached or single: Attached at the hip
Best friend: John (this is half sweet and half pathetic)
Cake or pie: Ice cream cake
Day of choice: Saturday (According to Nick, I'm going to the fiery pit of you know where for not saying Sunday)
Essential item: Cell phone.
Favorite color: Maybe maroon, maybe I don't really have one . . .
Greatest accomplishment: Teaching myself to crochet
Hometown: C-Town
Indulgences: Chocolate
January or July: Definitely July - love the summer heat!
Kids: None yet
Life incomplete without: Johnny boy
Marriage date: August 3, 2002
Number of siblings: 1 brother and 1 sister...both older
Oranges or apples: yummy oranges
Phobias or fears: zombies
Quote: "A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read." - Mark Twain
Reason to smile: My silly dogs that always give unconditional love!
Season: Fall
Tag 5 friends: Nah
Unknown fact about me: I was salutatorian at my high school graduation. Yeah, yeah second place is the first loser!
Very favorite store: Book Stores!
Worst habit: Too shy, introverted, anti-social, socially awkward whatever you want to call it. Oh I guess these aren't really habits . . . what was the question again?
X-ray or ultrasound: Um, never really thought about it . . .
Your favorite food: Chinese
Zodiac sign: Virgo

Bowling Madness

A couple of years ago I started bowling on a league with some friends and co-workers. John bought me a bowling ball (hook ball, not sure the correct bowling lingo for that) and some bowling shoes. So whenever we went bowling just for fun, of course I brought my cool ball with me. John was so jealous of my hook ball, even though he still bowled better than me with just the ally balls! So when he said that he wanted to bowl on a league a couple of months ago, I knew it was just a ploy for him to get a hook ball! So we signed up on a league with our friend John, who is an awesome bowler. Of course he then proceeded to shop for a ball and bowling shoes. He got his ball and then searched for hours on the internet for some shoes. He finally ordered some and was so excited the day they were coming in the mail. Before he left for work he told me, "My shoes are coming today, don't mess with them!" Of course, as soon as they arrived, the loving and obedient wife that I am, I immediately took them out of the box and put them on. I then took the picture below with my phone and then emailed it to him. Needless to say, he was not thrilled to see me parading around in his shiny new bowling shoes!

Pretty Cool

I just wanted to share this clip that I saw on the best of youtube. Enjoy!

Blogging . . . Oh how I've missed you

Ok, It's been awhile since I have posted anything. I was getting ready for and attending YW Camp last week and then was sick all this weekend. I tried to get John to post something in my absence, but of course he didn't. LAME! I'll try to see if I have any good camp pictures to share and post more tomorrow.

I love to sing

Guys.....I want some advice here. I've been a huge fan of A.I. (American Idol) for a while. I'm thinking about trying out this next season. I sing all the time. I know so many songs it's not even funny. I sing to the radio and have a pretty nice collection of C.D.'s (Compact Discs). You name the song and I will sing it in at least 3 different languages. Music is my passion and David Archalletta is my hero.

My first TAG!

I got tagged by Jessie, so here it goes . . .

5 Things I was doing 10 years ago......
1. I was 19 and I think in my sophomore year of college, majoring in Biology at the time. I have a terrible memory!
2. I was driving a saturn, which I thought was awesome at the time, but I now think it was lame!
3. I was working as a secretary for a Real Estate Appraiser. The guy I worked for looked like an adult version of that kid from the movie "The Toy" with Richard Pryor. Oh and his last name was Player. What an awesome name for a bachelor!
4. I think this was the year I learned how to water ski.
5. I'm sure just hanging with friends and enjoying being young!

5 Things on my to do list today.....
1. Eat lunch
2. Walk my dogs
3. Try not to tell John he is annoying, even though he is
4. Do some freelance website work
5. Fold a butt load of laundry while watching who gets voted off American Idol (I know my goals are so high!)

5 Favorite snacks
1. Anything chocolate
2. Tom's Vinegar & Salt Potato Chips (dang, now my mouth is watering)
3. Cheese
4. Pickles
5. Graham Crackers and Peanut Butter

5 Things I would do if I were a billionaire....
1. Pay off my house and bills
2. Pay off my friends and family's bills and buy them fun stuff
3. Travel, travel, travel!
4. Set aside enough savings and investments for life
5. Give away the rest to charity, kinda cliche, but I mean who really needs billions of dollars, it would just get you in trouble! As the Notorious B.I.G said so eloquently, "Mo Money, Mo Problems" . . .

5 Bad Habits
1. I slouch when I walk
2. I crack my back too often
3. I procrastinate way too much
4. I fall asleep with the TV on
5. I like to eat cookies for breakfast

5 places I have lived.....
1. Columbus, GA
2. Athens, GA
Those are the only two places I've lived, so here are some places I would like to live.....
3. New York City
4. Hawaii
5. Florida on the Beach

5 people I tag.....
Since this is my first tag, I won't tag anyone else, besides 5 is a lot to tag!

Blog Geeks!!!

So the other day Angela and I were both sitting in the living room on our laptops just reading and posting comments on blogs. All of a sudden Angela gets up and sets the camera on the tripod and takes a picture of us. It was pretty funny...we had the TV on, but we were not paying any attention to what was on. You guys out there in blog world are better than reality TV, so keep up the good blogs. Below is the picture that she took, we kind of posed for it, but you get the idea. I guess you can say we are a couple of Blog Geeks.

Poison Ivy Sucks!!!

So, the last two weeks have been awful. I helped a friend from church clean up a fallen tree when I came into contact with poison ivy. Apparently, I have a severe allergy to poison ivy. After about a week of suffering and trying all the home remedies I had to go to the doctor (I never go to the doctor). They gave me a shot in the butt and I was put on a course of antibiotics. With Angela out of town for her new job I was hoping to bachelor pad it for couple weeks, but all I have done is take my medication and scratch like crazy all night. I can’t wait to be over it! Poison Ivy Sucks!!

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