I got an award!

My dear friend Mandie gave me this award today. She's one of the sweetest people I know and is always ready to help you out. I love reading her blog, not only to see her 2 beautiful kids but to get tips and bargains too! I wish she lived closer!

The rules of this award are simple:

1. Write 10 honest (and hopefully interesting) things about yourself.
2. Pass this award onto 7 bloggers who you find brilliant in content and design.

In total random order...

1) I talk a good game but never do anything. I always say I want to try do some craft and I'll buy the materials and never do it. I have ribbon and hair clips in my room as I type just waiting to be made into bows for Bella.

2) I'm not an organized person. Never have been. My desk is a disaster and how I find anything is a miracle.

3) No secret here, but I love Disney. I love Disney movies, Disney characters and especially the Disney parks. I could go every. single. weekend if allowed. Just move me into the castle right now!

4) I'm a TV addict. If not for my DVR I wouldn't know what to do. My bedroom is my hiding spot. I love to lay in bed and chill out.

5) I lost over 70 lbs 2 years ago via Weight Watchers. I've since gained back a little over thirty due to pregnancy and not eating right. I'm trying to get back on track though!

6) I love to listen to loud bass music- the kind that makes your trunk thump. Usually it's hip hop, rap or r&b. I do NOT like country music although there are a couple of crossover singers I like.

7) I'm already getting grey silver hairs at the ripe age of 34 ... ahem 29. Yes, I cover those suckers up!

8) If given the money I would totally do plastic surgery. Lipo, LASIK, boob lift and who knows what else.

9) I want a 4th child but I know I will probably never have him/her due to space constrictions and lack of money. Maybe if the economy ever turns around and dh gets more money we can look into it again. We'd need to add onto our house though and we don't have that kind of moola laying around.

10) My husband and I only dated for a few months (2-3?) before getting engaged and we were married one year from our engagement date. We'll be married 10 years in May. :)

So now I have to pick 7 other people. I'm going to follow Mandie's trend though and just pick one. I like this person's blog as she has such a sense of humor and I just love to see what she'll write next. She's also a great friend in real life. This award goes now to my friend Julie.

Fun New Meme!

I saw this on a food blog I was just browsing and thought it looked like fun!

So Me & So NOT Me

This is So me


This is so NOT me



This is so me


This is so NOT me



This is so me


This is so NOT me



This is so me (mmm nothing like eye candy in the morning- love his music too)


This is so NOT me



This is so me


This is so NOT me



This is so me


This is so NOT me


This is so me



This is so NOT me


This is so me


This is so NOT me


This is so me


This is so NOT me


I'm tagging anyone who wants to take the time to do this meme. It's fun I promise!

Tagged again

Here are the rules:

Grab the nearest book. Find the closest book...Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one. Pick the CLOSEST. Open the book to page 56. Find the fifth sentence. Post the text of the next two to five sentences on your blog along with these instructions. Tag five other people to do the same.

Here's my book. It just happened to be sitting on my desk.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J K Rowling

But the owl lay motionless and pathetic as a toy on the floor of her cage. He could not take it in, and his terror for the others was paramount. He glanced over his shoulder and saw a mass of people moving, flares of green light, two pairs of people on brooms soaring off into the distance, but he could not tell who they were --

"Hagrid, we've got to go back, we've got to go back!" he yelled over the thunderous roar of the engine, pulling out his wand, ramming Hedwig's cage onto the floor, refusing to believe that she was dead.

Poor Hedwig!!! Okay, I'm tagging Keela, Mandie, Alison Sage, Jen & Heather

Tagged!

The rules are, you have to answer with only one word. Then pass it on to 7 others.

1. Where is your cell phone? bag
2. Where is your significant other? computer
3. Your hair color? blah
4. Your mother? strong
5. Your father? moving
6. Your favorite thing? hugs
7. Your dream last night? frogs
8. Your dream/goal? happiness
9. The room you're in? TV
10. Your hobby? blogging
11. Your fear? death
12. Where do you want to be in six years? schools
13. Where were you last night? tumbling
14. What you’re not? single
15. One of your wish list items? lotto!
16. Where you grew up? Florida
17. The last thing you did? 90210
18. What are you wearing? pjs
19. Your TV? no
20. Your pet? dog
21. Your computer? quiet
22. Your mood? tired
23. Missing someone? nope
24. Your car? green
25. Something you’re not wearing? shirt
26. Favorite store? Target
27. Your summer? HOT
28. Love someone? Absolutely
29. Your favorite color? pink
30. When is the last time you laughed? tonight
31. Last time you cried? fortnight

Okay, I'm tagging.... Mandie, Keela, Alison, Lindsay, Kelly, Holly, and Debbie.
(PS It's not easy picking someone that hasn't been picked already when we're all in the same group of friends! So if you got picked twice, think of yourself as loved! LOL)

A new Meme- Tag!! You're it!

Okay, here's how it goes:
MEME Rules:
1. Put your iTunes/ music player on shuffle
2. For each question, press the "next" button to get your answer
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER WHAT
4. Post all answers on your blog and send a shout out back to this blog!
Here we go!

IF SOMEONE SAYS “IS THIS OKAY” YOU SAY? "Complicated" Hit Crew-Kid's Conga Party Music

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY? "Rub You the Right Way" Johnny Gill

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL? "Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop" DJ's Choice

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY? "Great Balls of Fire" Jerry Lee Lewis

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE? "Like Humans Do" David Byrne (I'm not sure where this song came from or why it's on my iPod??)

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO? "The Haunted Mansion Unauthorized" (speil from the HM ride at Disney- I guess it's fitting that's it's a Disney song!)

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU? "Find My Way" Laura Bell Bundy- Legally Blonde musical

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS? "Grease" Hit Crew- Kid's Conga Party Music (um okay)

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN? "Don't you Forget About Me" Breakfast Club

WHAT IS 2+2? "Breakaway" Kelly Clarkson

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND? "Everything I Do (I Do for You)"- Bryan Adams

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON IN YOUR LIFE? "When It's Over" 3 Doors Down

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY? " Dip It Low" Christina Milian

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW-UP? "The Party has Just Begun" Freestyle

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON IN YOUR LIFE? "One Love" Bob Marley (perfect!!)

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU? "Break On Through to the Other Side" Doors- Forrest Gump Soundtrack

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL? "Under the Boardwalk" Bruno Ratellini

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST? "Father Figure" George Michael

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET? "Do You believe in Us" Jon Secada

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS? "Riding Along in My Automobile" Chuck Berry

If you're reading this, consider yourself tagged. Enjoy. Just let me know you did it so I can read and get some more songs for my iPod.

Thank you to CIGMSF for this meme!

Tag! You are it!

Taken from Julie's blog... a new meme!

If' you're reading this and have a blog, you're tagged. This is a photography meme.
1. Step out your front door and take a picture.
2. Step out your back door and take a picture.
3. Put them on your blog, along with the rules.
4. If there are things in the photos that you particularly like or dislike, you can point them out, or just explain what we are seeing. Maybe changes over the seasons or some junk in your neighbor's yard that drives you nuts.
5. Tag as many or few people as you like - preferably at least one though.
6. Do it again next month if you like.

Looking out the front door (which I had to shut behind me so the dogs would shut up- they thought someone was there) Don't you love my patchy grass/weeds??



To the right- that bougainvillea(pink) is the one I thought died out this winter. No such luck. Dh really wants to get rid of it! We really need to prune. There's also an orange tree there that we hate.



To the left- all our vehicles and 2 of the toy vehicles dh brought home (ugh) plus the entertainment center we don't want to toss but don't know what to do with (he and my dad made it), the ladder and garbage can. I hate all of it but have nowhere to put it!



Looking out our sliding glass door- my big oak trees that need to be trimmed. Anyone want to help? And our playset that desperately needs to be cleaned and waterproofed. It also needs yet another new canopy although you can't see it thru the darn trees! Oh wait, you can- it's that green sheet that's hanging down! And yes, we have very little grass- it's a lot of weeds!


To the left- gas grill that hasn't been used since last summer, toys and more junk I can't seem to get dh to toss. I just told him we're breeding mosquitoes back there because there are some 5gal buckets full of water!



To the right- our yard, our dog peeing (sorry!), our shed and our very weedy "garden" way over in the corner to the right (sorry David!). The only thing we can grow is stuff you can't kill or pineapples in our case.



Here are said pineapples- we have 4-5 plants and 2 have flowered and are growing fruit right now. Aren't they cute?