BEST Recipe EVER!!!

Okay, this is sooo easy-peesy with minimal ingredients. It seriously takes about 7 min from prep to eat (I make them a lot on Wednesday night's when we're rushing from work to church)! Sorry no pics to tantalize your tastebuds, but try it and tell me how fabulous it is. ;-)

Blackbean Quesadillas (or Mexican pizzas if you don't have a quesadilla maker)

Ingredients:
• 1 can black beans
• 1 jar salsa
• 1 packet taco seasoning mix
• Corn (optional)
• Shredded cheddar cheese
• Flour tortillas
• Sour cream (optional)

1) Mix first 3 (or 4 if you opt for corn) ingredients in bowl.
2) Spray a large skillet on medium heat with nonstick cooking spray and lay 1 flour tortilla down.*
3) Sprinkle cheese on tortilla (as much as you like)
4) Pour "some" blackbean mixture on top of cheese (thin layer, you judge b/c if it's too high, it's harder to flip).
5) Top with some more cheese and add 2nd tortilla on top
6) Spray the top of the 2nd tortilla with nonstick cooking spray
7) Use a large spatula and FLIP (I've found it to be best if you place one finger on top of the stack and toss it fast)
8) Let the 2nd tortilla brown (about a min)

Slide onto plate
Top with sour cream if you'd like and ENJOY

*If you have a quesadilla maker, then you skip all the skillet stuff and then it's REALLY easy.

Happy Thursday all!

It irritates me

When the other designer in the office sends me an email, asking me to then email out HIS email to all of the people in the Orient who need to be aware of HIS email.

HELLLOOOO, does it not make sense to type their addresses in the To: line and send the stinking email instead of typing a long letter to me asking me to do what you could have very well done yourself?!?!?!

I'd like to take this time to clarify that I am NOT this man's secretary. He's my coworker. The other designer. Normally he's the best coworker, but this morning he's lost his mind and I'm extremely easy to irritate today. ;-) (Hoping that my "sit here and say as little as possible so I don't hurt your feelings" method will get me thru to the afternoon...)

I've drawn my line and I suggest all stay far on the other side. hehehe

Happy Wednesday everyone! ;-)

Ten on Tuesday...

1) I pretty much love Dancing with the Stars. I watched it last night and promptly added it to my DVR listings.
2) I've decided to clean out my bookmark folder. It's insane what I've got marked. Everything from a mini schnauzer rescue site to how to get rid of hiccups
3) In cleaning out my bookmark folder, I'm also decided to stop stalking/lurking some random pep via the web. I'm breaking up with folks and they don't even know it!
4) I like drinking room temp water out of styrafoam cups with a lid and 2 slices of lemon. This is the only way I really LIKE water...
5) Went to the gym this morn and I think my body appreciated it. It knows it's 26, but I guess I'm still thinking it's 20...
6) I've just booked marked this site for ways to speed up metabolism It's replacing one of my recently dismissed "relationships" mentioned in #3
7) I'm trying to stay on the ball with making appts and getting things done. Within the last 3 days I have: a)Gotten my eyes checked b)Ordered air filters online (who knew 20x24x1 would be impossible to find locally) c)Tried to make a hair appt d)Tried to refill a prescription (and yes, trying counts)
8) I'm determined to be more productive at work by setting small goals. From 8 - 9:30 is my personal "check on everyone via blog and email" time and after that I'm trying not to check back in until the end of the day (some of you post in the morn and some in the afternoons...)
9) I'm trying to be more blunt with expressing my opinions and stop being such a sugar-coater. Sometimes I think my true opinion gets lost because I'm trying not to hurt someone's feelings and somehow I don't think that's fair to my friends. I'm not going to be mean by any means, I just need to know that they know and respect where I stand as I would do them.
10) Every Tuesday is Free Music Tuesday on iTunes and I LOVE it. Here's a little secret... if you go to the column under staff faves instead of the Free link then you can score as many as 3 free songs and some free tv pilots and episodes. This week all of the below is available. Yep, it's definitely what makes Tuesdays so bright for me...

Happy Tuesday all!

My cup runneth over

So much has been going on this way. Yea!!! I love when life steps out of the mundane. ;-)

Okay so my parents have come to visit. My mom, the best home interior cheerleader EVER came and me having mentioned wanting to paint a room, she was all gung-ho. My parents are the best painters in the world, a paycheck shy of being professional. So where I thought we might just talk about it and look at paint colors, WRONG, we were in Lowes with all the needed accessories and at home painting before 1pm.


So KJ now has his Crimson Man Room, which I had some really cute ideas for, but have been repeatedly told that it's "his room" to decorate as "he chooses" so no ultra-glam sooo chic decorating in there (think West Elm meets Pottery Barn and then has a little Urban Outfitter on the side.) Yep ladies, I'm offically taking my hands off the man room. I bought the supplies to create this calendar, but KJ wants me to make a huge UA dry erase board. Ummmm no. I'm going to sneak the calendar in and then I'm REALLY officially taking my hands off. ;-)


My Colein is quickly nearing the date of having the first baby born in my inner circle of girlfriends. Ummm, can we say SPOIL HIM ROTTEN? yep! So we had her baby shower and oh how glad I am that it turned out well. I'm the worst hostess in the world in that I always second guess anything artsy-fartsy right before the event and generally when I do things I go way artsy fartsy. hehehe Anywho, I had a great time and I think Colein (okay okay her name is truly Colleen, but she's been MY Colein for forever) and everyone else did too. {Side bar, to any one doing a baby shower: never do the rice and safety pin game. It's cute, but it just takes forever and only one person at a time can play so interest fades quick. I think I was just amazed at the "scientific" fact that safety pins and rice feel so similar. Other than that I think all the other games went well.}


A jack-rabbit has set up residence on the side of our home. I think because my neighbors have put up their side of the privacy fence all little critters are loving the open space we still give them. hehehe and granted, the rabbit doens't look huge, but the thing really does look like it could stand up and come to my knees when I'm pulling into the driveway. (See Colein, the thing is huge! Like a bunny on steroids... I think I'm going to start leaving food for it...)


Saw this the other day while pulling into my neighborhood. Rainbows. I don't think I could ever see too many of these. Simply a beautiful reminder to me of God's existence.


Kj's shaved his head. Totally bald. hehehe I love my husband and know that he is without a doubt the finest man ever (do you sense a but...), but the bald took a moment to get used to. (Yep Cindy, Lisa, and Connie- when he got home last night I decided that it wasn't near as bad as I was remembering). Anywho, it's different. I still love a close haircut, but it's the overall package and contents that make me melt, not just the ribbon on top (but ohh how I love when there's a ribbon on top...). I'll try to sneak in a pic.

My bham sisters came for a visit (with the exception of one missing... love you Kena) and it did my heart good to have them here. Talk about making a place feel like home. Ahhh, those girls never cease to amaze me with their love and this weekend I was reminded of how truly thankful I am to have been blessed to have them in my life. We laughed until my cheeks hurts. I was a little worried that having been away for a year that I'd be out of the loop (you know the inside jokes that form from being a everyday presence in someone's life), but they unconsciously reminded me that I'm a life member of the "crew" and that catching up is half the fun. Love you ladies soooo very much! (Excuse the blurriness of the pic, we were at the mercy of the kindness of a stranger, hehehe, hate to be like, ummm, no sir, could you retake this one and try to get us in focus...)


So if you can't tell, my cup is running over.
And THAT is a good feeling.

Happy Monday all!

Spring Break

This morn on the radio driving in to work, they were talking about songs that make you think "It's Spring Break Time!" hehehe
Man do I wish that the concept of "Spring Break" didn't die when you were handed a diploma. I almost think it's more needed in the workforce than any other time... (wait, I'm remembering college and how good that week of freedom was... nope it's needed in the work force and the educational field... DEFINITELY)
Anywho some of the call-in answers were:
1) Margerittaville - Jimmy Buffet
2) Up and Down - Coolio
3) Ignition - R. Kelly
4) Red, Red Wine - UB40
and I decided mine would have to be....
5) Back That Thing Up - Juvenille (hehehehe anyone who knows me knows that something about the start of this song used to...and still does... make me beam from ear to ear.) My life's different now, but ohhhh, if I had a Spring Break, this would still kick it off!


Out of curiousity, what would have been your SB song?
Happy Friday folks!

Emotional breakdown

So we all know how much I can't stand my supervisior, yes? Well, sometimes I feel like I'm handling the situation better and then whamo!, I realize I despise him just as much now as I ever did. Our personalities don't work well together (I think that's a little nicer than despise...) Anywho, for the uptenth million time (probably) this morn I was kinda-sorta complaining to KJ about going to work when he stated telling me about "personal affirmation" that if I kept saying how much I hated it, then I would only hate it more. Now he's right, and I myself am a firm believer in "change it, or don't whine about it", but this morn that didn't quite register well and I immediately got defensive thinking, "Fine, I will no longer share my grievences with you... EVER" Hellooo, I'm a nut and after the initial rage wore off I saw Kj's point (to his credit he had a few more really good suggestions on how to deal with this). So I kiss him, tell him bye and on my way out the door for work, I spill my juice and proceed to... cry. Yep. Only explanation is a brief emotional breakdown (that's even what I told KJ as he comes to the front asking what's wrong and telling me he'll clean up, so I'm not late for work). I spilled my juice and immediately thought 1) Man my floor is gross (when I moved the mat there was a ton of sand underneath...yep, we live in FL) 2)I'm going to have to mop and I hate to admit I don't do that often enough 3) Dog-gone that's less juice to take to work! Did I mention they were big silent alligator tears? The ones that fall in movies when a-long-lost-love-is-going-back-out-into-the-unknown-and-the-woman's-not-sure-if-she'll-ever-see-him-again-kind.

I'm okay now. I'm thankful for the 45-1hour drive to work that allows me to get my mind right. I talk to God and he listens. I'm thankful for the cds that Cindy and Lisa send (Committed's Victory really hit on everything I was feeling) because not only do they remind me of "home" but they remind me that work is just a small part of my life and I should look at it in that perspective. So happy Wednesday. It started off rocky, but it's going to get better.

Also, I got a letter from my "boyfriend" Lowes (see pic below). He loves me and I'm going to love him back. hehehe

Breakfast...

... because it's Friday...
... because my coworker brought in my order this morn...
... because I really only go to the gym so I can eat how I want, when I want...
... because next week I'm cutting back on my sweets (that's what healthy roz has dictated)...
... because i WANT them and CAN'T wait to devour them...

good enough?

;-)

Happy Friday!

A little late, but as promised...

Here are the beginning pics of my little home project. I'm changing out a few light fixtures and thanks to a little discount place back home, I found 2 great ones for really good prices. One catch, the finishes didn't match and both were ugly (yep, liz and colleen, even the brown one was old and dusty looking. In fact that should have been the name of the finish... Old and Dusty... hehehe). So hence one of my weekend projects. I proceeded to buy every can of brown spray paint at Walmart and only on Sunday after church did I discover the color I really needed at Lowes. sheesh! So of course I'm sure my local police force have been put on alert because it either appeared that I was going to have a huffing party or that I was going to do some major "tagging" around town. ;-)






(Ummm, and just so no one thinks bad of our landscaping... remember I was outside spray painting, so our grass could possibly be green under the brown...possibly...)


Oh yeah... I also bought this bad-boy this weekend! It's my first MAJOR power tool. It's a miter saw so that I can finish up the crown moulding in the house (and whatever else I decide to cut up...)! Whooo-hooo. Now, I just have to get some goggles... ;-)


Oh and I'd like to introduce Cybil Banana-fana to everyone:


My best friend's mom gave me this plant and told me that she was INVINCIBLE (hence the name Cybil) and that there was no way I'd kill her. Lets hope not! She had been in their family long enough for Liz to use her little "leaves" as Barbie bananas (hence her last name Banana-fana). So she's got some longevity to her. I'm pretty sure I repotted her funny/wrong, but so far she's still green!

Happy Tuesday all!

Speaking Up and Sounding Off

Happy Friday! I'd like to take this time to get a few things off my chest and out my mind. Sounds like I'm on a rampage, but I promise I'm not!! hehehe I've just been up for a long time (the effects of drinking cups and cups of tea before bed and then not being able to even close my eyes til 3am).

1) Am I the only one who started bawling when Burke came to the bar and told Christina to come say bye to her best friend. Her person. I also cried when Denny and Izzy have that moment in the hospital hall, all I could say was "OH DEEENNNNNYYYY" thru a runny nose and drenched cheeks while KJ proceeded to claim me the "wussiest woman ever". hehehe

1a) Was anyone else bothered by Bonnie's bleeding out moments?!?!? Shonda almost lost me with that. I thought it was going to be a corny episode, but really, Denny saved the whole afterlife thing. In my opinion.

2) I Rachel Ray-ed it again last night with some Swedish meatballs and egg noodles. Took a pic, but left camera at home. It was awesome if I do say so myself.

3) I hate when pep just throw gum in the trash and don't wrap it in a tissue. Ewww, yuck, yuck, gross!

4) I've had several pep ask me how long I'm going to grow my hair out. Ummm, I'm not sure how to take that. hehehe
Are they trying to say I need to do something with it? I'm lazy, I live in FL and my hair is the cleanest and most conditioned it's been in... probably forever... Plus I really like looking like a wild child.

5) Doing some home improvement stuff this weekend. No...really. I'll post pics on Monday to prove it!

6) Gotta plan a highschool reunion. Gotta. Highschool class office roles should come with the 10 year requirement plan...

7) I have dreams of being organized. Seriously, that's what I've dreamed about the past couple of nights and it's also one of my big aspirations.

8) I'm loving this song. Can you tell I'm Grey's addicted? This is from last week's episode. (trying a new thing, posting a music clip... may not work. Song is called Bitter Song by Butterfly Boucher. Okay, music clip post didn't happen. Here's the link to the making of the video. Bitter Song

9) REFUSE to go to another Sat morn aerobics class b/c there are 2 military men who come (the rest are ladies) and scream "Yes Drill Sergeant, Give Us More. We Like The Pain" when all us ladies want to do is moan as we do our pushups. For the record the aerobics instructor's name is Mary, not Drill Sergeant and we do not want more, we want to kick you in your face and knock your teeth out so that you'll hush. (I've got a little violent streak that I can be strangely proud of, I admit)

10) I miss you peeps! Are you out there? Are you well?

Here's a few pics from last weekend where I got a chance to catch up with some of my best girlfriends. Great weekend, makes it hard to come back across that state line...

Happy Friday all!!!

Everyone needs

a good "Day of Love" shirt. I've always had one in past years, but this year I'm going to have to just color code it with some red or fuchsia since I seem to have "out grown" all of my past day-of-love shirts...

Some that I'm considering purchasing after the holiday (love a sale and at least one of these bad boys should be $5 or less):





The last one's my fav, but I've got to give myself options so not to be faced with a big ball of buying after the holiday disappointment.

Happy Tuesday!

Am I crazy?

When did 7:30 on a Saturday morning begin to qualify for "sleeping in"????
Am I an 80 year old woman or what?

So I was going to take pics to let you know what the r-n-j household looks like at 7:30 on a Sat morn, but of course EVERY single battery I own needs to be recharged. So I'm just going to describe (b/c I'm also procrastinating doing a little work, thus the Sat. morning post, which I never do).

We have the best sunlight that comes thru our bathroom window in the morn. It's one of those bubble glass windows (for privacy, and that's a wonderful thing, as you know I have issues with curtains... maybe we should bubble glass all of our windows.. hummm) and the light get's all distorted coming thru. Like a prism. Corny I know, but it's a nice thing to wake-up to and stumble upon as I try to tiptoe on our crunchy carpet (to not wake up kj) to wash my face.

Apparently I'm unsuccessful on tiptoeing b/c without fail, I come back in the bedroom to KJ laying in "suffication mode" which is sleeping with my pillow over his head, to indicate that I did indeed wake him and he's not ready to be woke. ;-) That's okay, I know he won't say a word b/c that's how we operate, as I have walked into a kitchen full of last nite's dirty dishes (b/c he cooked, and it was wonderful, but he is NOT a dish man...) and I won't say a word. He knows I'm noisy in the morns, I know that when he cooks, it's still my duty to clean the kitchen. All's fair in the r-n-k household.

I'm sitting in the messiest office, that I had hoped to paint and begin organizing, but alais, as I mentally lay out what I need to do today, I don't think that there will be time. sigh. Today would have probaby been a wonderful paint the office day.

So quicky here's what I'm thinking today will consist of.
1) Finishing up some freelance work. ( I was NOT getting back on this computer after pulling an all-nighter Thurs nite)
2) Catching an aerobics class (previously mentioned all nighter, put morning gym work out in the back of my mind yesterday, so I did indeed skip and if you read about the King Cake, then you know that was a no-no)
3) Maybe rididng my bike (Mom gave me her's at Cmas and it's been to chilly for a ride. Did you hear that folks "TOO CHILLY IN FL" Ha!
4) Cooking black-eyed peas for Black History program at church today. (I really wanted to do the one's out the bag, that you have to soak all night, but A) I've never done those and though it seems easy, I hate to mess it up. B) Daddy didn't call me back with how to do the soak all nite ones (b/c he is a black-eyed pea master) C) the real reason- I'm lazy and last nite all I could do was watch my dvr'ed Grey's episode and fall asleep.
5) Going to the Black History Program at church, in which I fully expect to be reciting a poem to a room of adults, b.c. even though this if for the kids, we're a small church and the one man with all the kids (4 or 5) isn't going to be able to make it, and that's our "youth group". hehehe KJ was thinking of not coming, but I guilt triped him telling him that he didn't have to support my poetry reading, I'd just perform for the other 5 adults that would probably be there. ;-) I'll let you know if it worked...

Anywho, guess that's about it. Gotta get some work done now b/c aerobics starts at 9:30 and my only FL semi-friend, Mary is teaching and although she does a great workout, she sometimes needs someone to help her catch the beat. In comes roz, who, although I'm about to fall out dead after 5 min and I dance like a little ole woman (says my dad) or an uncreative video hootchie (says someone who will remain nameless), I can ALWAYS find the beat to Salt and Pepper's "Push IT" and any other 90s tune that Mary chooses to try to kill us to.

Happy Saturday peps! Happy Saturday!

King Cake

Okay, does anyone else out there have to fight the urge to make multiple stops by the company kitchen to pinch a piece off of the King Cake?
If you're like me, you're clueless as to what a King Cake even is. I learned about this tasty morsel while working here in FL. I don't know if pep send us one because the company pres is from New Orleans, or if we're just not that far from New Orleans and Mobile, but I love that they feel we should participate in the sugary celebration.
Yep, it's one, of many, reasons that I don't take Friday morning off from going to the gym...
;-)

10 on Tuesday (late edition)

1) Is it wrong to feel like all of the elliptical machines in the gym are mine and that someone should immediately get off if they see me "stretching and staring at them" for an extended amount of time?

2) I saw a magazine article entitled "It's OKAY" and the 2 things that caught my eye were 1) It's okay to not have a fabulous time on vacation. Some vacations are just alright. hehehe I could relate to that one, but don't you always feel like people want to hear that it was absolutely wonderful?? 2)It's okay to be mad if someone names their kid the name you were "saving" for yours. I have a girlfriend whose sister-in-law did this and to this day, I still think it's a point of tension. Understandably...

3)I had a horrible dream where someone was chanting "It's been too long since you talked to him" and I immediately knew they meant my father. No worries, I called him on my way to work.

4) Been working late and working on freelance when I get home. I miss Kj time.

5) Tonight I'm scheduling Kj time. ;-) I hate to feel disconnected from him...

6) Been at my job a whole year, yesterday. I have a past track record of lovin' um and leavin' um right at the year mark. Different reasons, all I'm proud to say lead to better things.

7) I have a list of about 20 books that I'm scooping from my People magazine Book Picks. My goal is to read atleast a book a month.

8) Now I'm reading In Her Shoes, and ladies, let me tell you the book far surpasses the movie!

9) I'm my best at 4am. My mind is clear and I'm organized and creative. Too bad that once I hit a good groove it's time for me to go to the gym and stare at folks on my elliptical machine. ;-)

10) This weekend I think I'm painting a room. Ahhh yeah, the interior decor bug has locked it's teeth into me. Only thing that intimidates me are curtains (for which we have none). They're the one thing that I can never picture in my mind's eye how I want them to be... any creative suggestions???

Happy Wednesday all!!

I killed it....

yep, my poor little rosemary is dead. Death by black thumb. Seriously, the only plant alive in our home is one that I rescued from my former apt. neighbors trash pile. I don't know the formal name of it, but I'm calling it DC (for Destiny Child, the originators of the Survivor theme song). Really, unless Kj's watering that thing on the sly (which I doubt in that he takes a small sadistic piece of joy in watching my "black thumb" and "plant killer reputation" grow darker and darker), it's just determined not to leave this world. Fine by me. ;-) So this morning I bid my fine little rosemary Cmas center piece - beginning of inspirational "I'll start and herb garden" thoughts-not quite as resilant as I thought- little plant, farewell in a trash bag that just barely missed the garbage man this morn. So she lies in wait in our garage in the big green trash collector. Kind of ironic that it's the biggest green thing I own. ;-)

Have a wonderful weekend!

10 on Tueday (plus 1 = 11)

1. Organization is not my strong point. Whenever I get things straight in my mind, then I'm at work or church or somewhere where I can't begin to implement my newly thought out plan...

2. For lunch today, I had the best black bean burger. I just hate that it's at a restaurant where they deliver your food, so thus I must deliver a tip. $7 lunches can't keep happening (burger was only $5 but with tax and tip, up to $7)

3. We're having a spa day at work. Really glad I stuck it out... Now after spa day, I make no promises. hehehe just kidding (sort of)

4. This morning I found a rat's nest in the back of my head (the object to curly hair is not to comb it... also the downfall) and proceeded to define what that was to kj as I contemplated having him shave my head.

5. I'm horrible about getting things in the mail... those of you waiting for packages know this about me...

6. I give my People magazines to my neighbor when I finish reading them, but I can never remember to right down the "Book Picks" for future reference. Would it be wrong to march next door and ask to see the pages I had dog-eared?

7. We have 2 sets of neighbors. A) The one mentioned above who are nice and courteous (Them: um, do you mind if our dog runs across your yard. Us: No, of course not). and then B) The others not the least be concerned about neighbor etiquette (Um, we bought our son a set of golf clubs for Cmas, do you mind if he pars in your yard towards your house... - this conversation did not take place, but the action does.)

8. Pic to show that the above happens. I've taken the liberty of circling the ball in pink and showing it's distance from our window. sheesh!


9. I used to create forms all the time, at this very moment I'm avoiding and have been avoiding doing this very task at work for about 2 weeks now... shameful...

10. Are you the least bit surprised that my house does not have a formal Super Bowl Sunday plan? I am! I'm sure that I will be briefed on a plan later, but for now, my football engulfed luv is undecided on just how we're spending the blessed event. (insert eye-rolling)

11. Saw the best movie last night. Duma. Highly recommend, if you're into that Discovery, Animal Planet, Born Free kind of thing (yep, again, I know I'm a dork.)

Happy Tuesday all!

Gotta love a tag!

1. What did you do in 2006 that you've never done before? Got married. ;-)

2. Did anyone close to you give birth? Yep, Kendi had my precious baby S

3. Did anyone close to you die? A few great aunts, but they were older and I believe had lived full lives.

4. What countries did you visit? LOL none other than the US. On Jan 2nd we were in the Bahamas... guess that doesn't count

5. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006? A fully decorated house. I'm a firm believer in enjoying what you put into something and if I wait too long I may do all our painting and updating for someone else to buy...

6. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory and why? Um, nothing but the wedding readily pops in mind, but I don't want to sound like my life revolved around me getting married (life is wonderful b/c of so many things/people)... plus my memory is horrible at times and needs a little jogging. Feel free to jog if we had a date/memory and I didn't chime up here... ;-)

7. Did you suffer illness or injury? Just a little intolerance to lactose... sigh... this ole' body

8. Who's behavior merited celebration? All my girls (childhood, bham, out of state... so glad that you can calm the spaz in me), kj and my sister (yep brit, i'm proud of you, don't always understand you, but still proud to be your sister)

9. Who's behavior made you appalled and depressed? No one comes to mind. Guess that's a really good thing. Kj's really helped me to realize that people are people...

10. Where did most of your money go? Ummm, home stuff I think. Oh yes and gas (a 45min commute to and from is no joke)

11. What did you get really excited about? Buying a house. 2 people just aren't meant to live in a 1 bd/1 ba apartment peacefully

12. Compared to this time last year, are you, a) happier or sadder, b) thinner or heavier, c) richer or poorer? Happier (with some things, missing some others...), heavier (yep, that's all I'm going to say to that one), richer

13. What was your favorite TV show? Grey's Anatomy, Girlfriends, One Tree Hill, Lost (07 we're picking um right back up), Talk Soup (garbage tv I know, but I'm addicted to celebrity news... satisfies the curiousity in me...)

14. What was the best book you read? In 06? I really don't remember... hummm... Oh I know, Memoirs of a Geisha. Hate I read the book first. Made the movie horrible to me. Really should watch the movie, then read the book. That way you can enjoy both... That's what I'm going to do with Pursuit of Happiness, and what I'm currently doing with In Her Shoes. Books are the BEST! (yep, I'm a dork...)

15. Is there someone or something you missed this past year? My family & friends (a state line does make a difference)

16. What did you do on your birthday and how old were you? KJ was out of town so I worked and then treated myself to a sushi dinner. 26

17. What kept you sane? The Lord and good friends

18. What is one new thing you'd like to accomplish this year? Hummm, so many. sewing, completing some long overdue projects, and one lil one I'm keeping a secret

19. If you could do one thing this year and not get chastised by or for it, what would you do? By chasitised I'm taking that as reap no negative reprocussions, and I'd say quit my job, open a pottery store and freelance design fun projects. Love being my own boss and working my own timelines...

20. If you could meet one blogger in 2007, who would you want to meet? So many: Tasha, JJ, Elizabeth D., The Image is Found photographer family, Erin's little Pigbear, and I could always use some one on one with my girls Tricey and Colleen (my Colein).

Happy Thursday all!

Hey hey hey! It's 10 on Tuesday!

1) Had a wonderful weekend. Lots of Women vs Men competition (air hockey- this was woman vs woman and I kicked Liz's bootie, bowling - the men bearly inched into a win, cards- no details here, the wound is still too fresh)! Great times, great times.
Here's Liz and I doing our Cmas:


2) KJ surprised me with a stay here for our anniversary. Absolute Luxury!

3) Hosted a Brainstorming meeting at work this morn. (Went well if I do say so myself) Finally some responsibility!!!!!

4) Last night my husband's bball team stomped their competition 72-41. (The really impressive part is that there were only 5 of them which means a whole game with no substitutions. Talk about tired)

5) I'm about to burst with hunger (is that possible) but I'm determined to get this posted before I do lunch.

6) Went to Books A Million last night and remembered how intoxicating the smell of new books is. I'm pretty sure it's laced with something to make you WANT to run up and down the aisles like a banshee grabbing every wonderfully designed cover. or is that just me?

7) This game was on sale ($20) at BAM and I want it sooo bad. It's definitely a girl game, or atleast a game that I envision being best when played with my equally food-obsessed girlfriends. Yep, headed back over to get it this weekend...

8) Mental note: Move girlfriends across the state line so growing board game stack does not become lost under dust (from no use, not bad housekeeping, hehehe). Any takers???

9) A coworker went to the Dr and brought us all back one of these. I'm constantly amazed at the food combinations that make my mouth water, just from the sound alone...


10) Melon wrapped in prosciutto sounds so nasty to me, but I love the ham and pineapple combo on a pizza. Weird? I think not! Oh yeah, so does sugar free tofu jello!!!! (Notice it kind of cut off at the bottom of the pink circle. YUCK!)


Happy Tuesday All!

BIG weekend

this weekend, she


is coming to see me. She's MY Liz and there are no words to describe how her visit makes me want to do a fantastically spastic body contorting happy dance.

Also...
1 year ago on Sunday (the 21st) this couple:


was doing this:


Really... it's been a year?!?!?! hehehe
Here's to many more my love, many more...

ummm... i seem to have fallen behind....

heheheh! HELLLLOOOOOO out there! It's been a month. I know, I know, a month. So instead of boring you with lots of typing (that will come later), get ready for a montage of pics (and a few descriptive captions). This post should come much to my sister's delight, who only checks this every blue moon on her way to myspace and promptly moves on if she scrolls down and sees no pics... hehehe love you brit (but that's more for those of you who read, so could someone pass my little message on to my sis...)!

Now briefly here are the things I will tickle your peepers with:
1) Alana and Roc's visit
2) Cmas Eve
3) Cmas Day
4) New Year's/ Early Anniversary Cruise
5) Youth Trip/ Stopping by Lana-lana's

Yep, that covers Dec and Jan up til now...
Hummm, let's see how Blogger lets me do this... I wonder if there's a picture limit... guess we'll find out ;-D

~ALANA N ROC VISIT~

~CMAS EVE~

~CMAS~

~CRUISE~

~YOUTH TRIP~

~LANA's KITCHEN~