Do you remember Captain Planet?

I ran across a group in Facebook today called "F**** Heart...Captain Planet doesn't need him".

I laughed hysterically. Out loud.

Simply because I couldn't agree more. Earth, wind, water, fire....and.....heart???? What sort of power was that? Everything else was an element, and then there's .....heart??? Do you remember the sound the rings made? Earth-Rumble! Wind-Woosh! Water-Wahhh! Fire-Sssshhhh! and Heart-wopwopwop. How lame.

Quick! The world is in trouble! I know - let's cause an earthquake or use the force of wind to blow the badguys away, or flood them out, or use fire to chase them away...Ma-ti? what can you do? LOVE them to death?!?!

wop wop wop

The kid to beat on American Idol

Are you watching?

David Archuleta sang John Lennon's "Imagine" and it was INCREDIBLE.

I'm sure I will be able to find it on Youtube later, but for now, I just needed to share...

WOW!!!

wedding projects

This is what I worked on Tuesday with my aunt. We made the ring bearer's pillow, which although it is small, it took a LOT of time! The little ribbons that are hanging down are going to be where the rings will be tied on. We'll be using fake rings (no offense, little guy!) but I don't think we should trust a 4 year old with the real ones. (although that leaves the responsibility to the best man - we might be better off with the 4 year old)

Next we tackled the tie. Ok - well Debbie mostly tackled the tie, but that's besides the point. We had to figure out how to take an adult-sized tie and cut it down to fit a 4 year old, so he won't look like he's wearing a clown tie. We needed to make sure it would fit a kid...so...
Here's my flower girl wearing it. Isn't she a cutie? :-)

snack

This was our snack yesterday afternoon. We had ourselves some beer and some bread and oil. The dipping set was from my cousin for a Christmas present. We tried the rosemary and garlic seasoning for the oil. It was yummy! The bread was from Tripoli's bakery, where we have ordered our wedding cake. mmm...

Has there been a time it didn't look like this?

Seriously, there's been a lot of snow this season. At least, I think so. However, the rest of the country doesn't seem to think so. The headlines at Yahoo! over the weekend was talking about how the Northeast was getting hit with a snowstorm, that was breaking up a mild winter. So maybe it hasn't been cold, but there's been a lot of the white stuff!

sssh...quiet....I'm going hunting...

House hunting that is!

We were pre-approved for a mortgage on Wednesday, so we can now start the process of looking for a house! It's exciting, but a very daunting proposition. There is a lot of money involved. It is definitely something we want to do, even though it's a little overwhelming. We've only been looking at houses online so far, but want to start looking at houses in person. We've been trying to decided on a real estate company and agent to go through. (so if you're a certain tenor sax player whose wife owns her own realty office, we'd like to chat) hint...hint...

:-D

no more snow!

I'm done! I have seen too much of the white stuff. This winter has had a LOT of snow, and I think it needs to end! Mother nature has gone overboard with the snowfall this year. What ever happened to global warming?

spiders!

I am the future betty crocker

Did she just bake? If she did, I mean someone else...

Wednesday I made fish stew. It was very good. Downside: I showed up to NVCB rehearsal REEKING of fish. :-(
Another downside: I brought leftovers for lunch and stunk up Ms. S's room for her students coming in after lunch. She didn't seem to care, but the kids sure did! ;-)

Saturday I made Shrimp Tettrazini. It's spaghetti in a creamy sauce with shrimp and peas, then baked with a topping of breadcrumbs and parmesan cheese. yum!

I also made banana bread yesterday. New recipe with cream cheese and a cinnamon/brown sugar streusel in the middle. VERY GOOD! :-)

Tonight's leftovers, but I might bake some bread to go with it. We have a lot of leftovers to use up.

Oh yeah, and the light has gone out in our fridge, which is making me constantly checking things to see if they're cold. I know the light doesn't make things cold, but in my head, it's apparently all connected.

my face hurts...

Sinuses, coughing, sniffling, achiness.

ugh.

my new toy

A Pentax Optio W30 Waterproof Digital Camera.





IT CAN GO UNDERWATER!!! Up to 10 feet for 2 hours!





How cool is that?

Here are some pics of me playing with just one of the MANY functions on the camera. There are a lot of of editing features as well as filter, flash and other features.


A pic of me using the self-portrait function.

The same pic with the red filter on, so that the red colors are made more prominent in a black and white photo.

I'm a baaaad blogger

I need to write more. I know it. You know it. Everyone knows it.

I'm sorry!!

:-(

more snow?

I am SICK of the white stuff!!

Kitchen Rug

I crocheted this using regular run-of-the-mill worsted weight yarn. I held three strands of yarn together and used a size N hook. It didn't take me very long at all. It was pretty easy. I have a number of other rug patterns in the book I picked up. It's pretty cool.

too good to eat?

The boy got this piece of chocolate from work. It was almost too pretty to eat.



...almost...

Shopping!!

Things I bought today:

The pattern and fabric for sewing my ring bearer's pillow. Now all I need are two fake rings to tie on there. (no offense Jack)

The flower girl's basket, and all the stuff I need to make a small bouquet inside (except the flowers)

Yarn on sale at the Christmas Tree Shop.

Cadbury mini eggs - the kind that are chocolate with the hard candy shell - my favorite easter candy!

Cape Cod Cinnamon and Sugar Sweet Potato Chips - I haven't tried them yet, but they sound good!

Soulja Boy Red Sox Remix

Youuuuuuk!

oh this hurts

I know it's past Christmas, but this made me cry I laughed so hard.

Dinner and a Movie

Saturday date night! Woohoo!

We went to eat at Hooligan's Bar and Grille off rt. 20 in Marlborough. It was a so-so restaurant. Not too bad for a bar. I don't know if I would go back.

After we ate, we went to see National Treasure 2. I thought it was really good. A lot of adventure-packed fun! :-) I would definitely recommend seeing it!

Candidate Matchmaker

My matches:

48% - Bill Richardson (I haven't even heard of this guy)
45% - Hillary Clinton (the boy might have my head for this one)
43% - John Edwards (I liked him the first time around)
42% - John McCain (how is this possible??)
40% - Barack Obama (I am surprised by this, I thought it might have matched more)
40% - Mitt Romney (eew)
38% - Chris Dodd (I don't even think he's still in the running)
38% - Mike Gravel (who?!)
38% - Fred Thompson (Law & Order automatically makes this guy cool)
35% - Joe Biden (again, who?!)
35% - Dennis Kucinich - (is this the guy who has the wife that everyone ogles?)
33% - Rudy Giuliani (good for NYC, but will he be good for the USA?)
28% - Ron Paul (any relation to RuPaul?)
20% - Mike Huckabee (no surprises here)
20% - Duncan Hunter (for the third time, or is it the fourth?...WHO?!?!)

I guess I am somewhat middle-of-the-road, since I have a couple of Republicans way up there on the list. I guess I really am telling the truth when I registered Independent!