Friday Feast #3

Appetizer
What is your favorite herb or spice?
Cinnamon and garlic (not together!)

Soup
Name a song you like but haven't heard in a long time.
I know it's silly, but "Sugar Sugar" by the Archies. It always makes me smile and think of my childhood.

Salad
If you were to take just one minute to write down as many things as you can think of that you need (not want) to do, approximately how many things would there be?
If I could write fast enough probably at least 20-25.

Main Course
Tell something interesting about one of your family members (nothing scandalous, please, just something unique).
Most people find it interesting that my husband makes video games for a living...tough life, huh?!

Dessert
What's the latest you've ever stayed awake?
All night, so no actual time. Didn't everyone do that in college?

Thursday Thirteen #9

13 shows I have looked forward to all summer

1. Veronica Mars
2. Smallville
3. 24 (normally no, but my fav comedian Eddie Izzard plays the bad guy this season!)
4. Bones
5. Scrubs
6. My Name is Earl
7. Two and a Half Men
8. How I Met Your Mother
9. Desperate Housewives
10. 30 Rock
11. Lost
12. Ugly Betty
13. Ellen Degeneres Show
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Wordless Wednesday #6

More like her Daddy every day!

Baseball, movie and stuff...

So, last night we went to the Rockies game with our friends and we beat the Braves again. Yay! The last game for us for the season. Our daughter was at her first sleepover, so Hubby and I took advantage of the free time and hit a midnight showing of "Feast". First off I haven't been to a midnight showing of anything in quite a few years. Let me just say....Wow!...I'm getting old! When I was in college I'd stay up every night until 2 or 3 in the morning and then be in my first class at 7. I never batted an eyelash! How did I do this?! It was all I could do to stay awake for the 95 min of the movie. Mind you it was a gory horror film, so this should not have been hard, but it was. Of course I did work all day yesterday and cheered my heart out for the Rockies, so by the time I hit the movie I was ready to sleep. So anyway, "Feast" was the movie made on the last season of "Project Greenlight". We've been waiting more than a year for this. Actually I think closer to two. Anyway, it was about what we expected. It was actually pretty funny. I always enjoy my horror more if it's funny. It was over the top gory for me though. The camera shots were very erratic during the action and that always makes me dizzy, so I got a little sick to my stomach. That could have been all the "Mike's Hard Lemonade" that I had at the game though ;). It was good to finally get to see the movie and see how the special effects played out. It was good for a giggle. The way they introduced the characters was really funny and unique.
I'm excited about tonight. "Desperate Housewives" premiers tonight....Yay! Even though I enjoyed last season, they did drop the ball a little. Everything I hear now though says they realized their mistake and that this season will be more like the show we fell in love with the first season.
Cheers!

Friday Feast #2

Appetizer
Measured in minutes or hours, how much exercise have you had in the last week?
Pretty much nothing, I've been sick for the last week and a half.

Soup
If you had to change your blog title to something else, what would it be?
Muffy's Ramblings since it's my nickname. It's meant as a joke since I am definitely the anti-Muffy.

Salad
Name one television show you watched when you were 9-12 years old.
"Love Boat" & "Three's Company" were my absolute favs.

Main Course
If someone gave you $50 to spend with the one condition that it had to be educational, what would you purchase?
Foreign language tapes/CDs. I love to learn different languages, but never have the time really.

Dessert
Do you tend to prefer dark colors, neutral shades, or lighter/pastel hues?
Always dark colors. I look horrible in pastels and I prefer dark anyway.

Thursday Thirteen #8

My 13 favorite Horror movies(usually the cheesier the better!)in no particular order

1. Halloween
2. April Fool's Day
3. Nightmare on Elm Street #3: Dream Warriors
4. The Shining
5. Evil Dead Series
6. Shaun of the Dead
7. The Lost Boys
8. Dracula (1931)
9. Nosferatu (1922)
10. The Fog (1980)
11. Scream Series
12. The Sixth Sense
13. The Others
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Nothing much to say...well, maybe a little

Well, actually I've still been fighting this cold. I guess I'm pretty much over it, I just can't seem to get my head unclogged and my voice back to normal. Now Gary has the cold too and you know men when they get sick...need I say more?
I was quite upset today to find out that I had completely missed the televised memorial to Steve Irwin. I guess Animal Planet carried it live yesterday and then they reran it at midnight. I knew they were doing it soon, but somehow I completely missed it. We were really bummed until we found out that someone had taped it and posted it on Youtube.com. The best website EVER!! Hubby and I plan to watch it after the wee one goes to bed, which will happen shortly.
I'm a little nervous this week...my daughter is going to her first sleepover on Saturday. She's spent the night many times at my parents and at my sister's house, but this is the first time at a friend's house. She goes to Montessori with the other little girl and we have socialized quite a bit with her parents and completely trust them. I'm just nervous for no reason, I guess. My little girl is growing up. I should be excited actually. Hubby and I get to go to the baseball game with our friends that night. We are also hoping to go and see "Feast" at the midnight showing. That's the last movie that was made on "Project Greenlight". It's been held back for like a year or two and we have been very impatient to see it. It's fun to see behind the scenes on a movie being made and then see the final product. I don't have high hopes for it, but it'll be cheesy horror fun I'm sure.
Cheers!

Friday Five #5

1. What's your favorite line from a movie, and why?
I couldn't decide which one I like better, so here are both of them.
"Hey, careful man, there's a beverage here!" and
"Oh, but "baby fish mouth" is sweeping the nation?"

2. Who's your favorite villain from a movie, and why?
Hans Gruber "Die Hard" and Severus Snape "Harry Potter" (but is he a villain?) - because both are played by Alan Rickman who I just LOVE!

3. Name one movie everyone else loves that you hate.
Pretty Woman - Why does everyone idolize the "heroine" who is a hooker? Not something I'd want my little girl watching. IMHO

4. Name one movie everyone else hates that you love.
I find this happens most of the time, but most recently "Lady in the Water"

5. What's your favorite Pixar film, and why?
Finding Nemo - The colors are so amazing and it really makes me laugh! With a 4 year old in the house I get to see it alot!

Thursday Thirteen #7

Thirteen things I want when I am sick

1. Movies/TV - Duh!
2. My Mom - doesn't everyone?
3. Orange Juice - vitamin C
4. Hot tea w/honey - feels good in the throat
5. My bed - Comfy!
6. Comfy PJs and slippers - again, Comfy!
7. Celebrity gossip mags - can't concentrate on a book
8. Puffs tissues w/lotion - super soft!
9. Cherry Nyquil - kuz green is gross
10. Cold Eeze - need the zinc
11. My cat - cuddly
12. My Dad's Hot Toddy - nothing clears me up like that!
13. My ugly 70's afghan - my grandmother made it

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Wordless Wednesday #5

Grr!

Sorry....been sick for a few days

My daughter and I have been fighting a terrible cold for the last few days. Her temperature even hit 104 briefly. She's feeling better today, but I'm still pretty bad. I decided to work today because as I have said before I do not like being home when the workers are there. No...they are still not finished. That is a whole other story! Four months and counting. Should have been one month. Hubby told them not to be there until 10am today since I've not been well. What time did they show up? 9am!!! Since they have keys I had to rush out of bed, get ready in record seconds and get the dog outside before they came in. That's not something a sick person enjoys doing. I rushed out of the house so fast and was to the store before I realized I had forgotten my prescription. Luckily they were not working the last two days, so we had some peace. Unfortunately, our big screen TV went out yesterday! We've been waiting, since it was starting to get old and we wanted a new one. WHY did it have to go out when all we wanted to do was veg and watch TV all day. I can't do anything when I am sick, but watch TV. We had to bring in the small 27" TV. I felt like I was squinting all day to see it. It just felt tiny. So...long story short...no reason to stay home today. Plus, my daughter loves to cuddle w/me when she is sick and I'd be lonely without her today.

I'm it!...Word Association Meme

Kailani tagged me with a Word Association Meme. She gave me 5 words and I need to list the first thing that comes to my mind.
Here it goes:

Fertilizer - smell
Visible - slip (I know makes no sense since they are supposed to be invisible.)
Compete - race
Undershirt - white
Pink - baby

I'm a sucker for stuff like that. I love quizes. The more stupid they are the more I enjoy them!
Thanks Kailani!

Friday Feast

Appetizer
Name 3 things that you are wearing today.
Green cargo pants, Black cotton shirt & Black Crocs

Soup
Who was the last person you hugged?
My daughter

Salad
What do you like to order from your favorite fast food place?
Arbys - Cheddar Melt

Main Course
What time of day do you usually feel most energized?
late at night

Dessert
Using the letters in your first name, write a sentence. (Example: Sweet unusual spaniels are nice.)
Don't ever buy baby yams.

Thursday Thirteen #6

This week is inspired by Steve Irwin and everything he accomplished for wildlife conservation. Though I love all animals here are my thirteen favorite wildlife, so not counting cats and dogs.

1. flamingo
2. elephant
3. penguin
4. dolphin
5. bear
6. turtle
7. kangaroo
8. koala bear
9. wombat
10. monkeys & apes
11. camel
12. raccoon
13. polar bear

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Wordless Wednesday #4

My hero is gone...

As everyone knows, Steve Irwin aka Crocodile Hunter, was killed by a stingray on Monday. No doubt this has affected many more people than just me. I've wanted to say something about him on my blog, but I wasn't sure what. I finally realized that I would just say how I felt. My husband wrote a wonderful post on his blog Developer Dispatch that just inspired me. He is even more affected by this than I am. Steve Irwin was his hero and it hit him harder than anything I've ever seen.
Hubby and I discovered him back in 2000. We had heard of him, but had never watched the show. One night while flipping stations we came across his show and we were hooked. He had such passion for what he did. He wanted the world to see these animals up close and really understand them. He made it interesting. I remember growing up watching the Mutual of Omaha show on Sundays. I loved the animals, but it was so dry. Everything was filmed from far away. Granted there was no danger, but it made it all fel far removed from our everyday lives. Steve made us care about these dangerous animals, made us love them. We looked forward to every episode and never get tired of the re-runs. We have even introduced our daughter to his shows. She just knows him as the "crocodile man", but we will continue to watch his shows, so she will understand what he was trying to tell us all. We got to the point, as many did, where we felt like we knew him, his family and everyone that worked at the zoo. There is nothing I can say that will change what happened or make it feel better for anyone reading this, but I needed to say something for me. He will be missed by his family and friends obviously, but he will also be missed by millions of fans. He made a difference in our lives and he died doing what he loved to do. We'll miss you Steve.

I just don't have the energy or time...

I am so bogged down with work that I just can't get anything done. Normally I would have done the Friday Five today, but honestly I just couldn't even handle the questions this week. I sat and stared at them for a while and then realized that I could barely muster an answer to the easy ones. Too much is going on in my life right now. I just want it all to slow down! I guess I really haven't recovered from my Grandmother dying. The whole mess with my Aunt running off has thrown my whole family into a tailspin. It seems the more work I have to do the slower I move to get them done. With being out of town on and off for the past 2 weeks I am so far behind. What's worse is this is our busiest time of the year at the bookstore. I can't afford to be sluggish right now. Sorry...just a rambling post about nothing in particular. Feeling very blah about everything and over tired. I need sugar and caffeine desperately! A little sleep wouldn't hurt either...:)