December 3, 2008

  • What am I? #10 (WINNER!!)

    Repetition is my game,
    Over and over we go.
    If I had a mate, we'd be the same,
    But they wouldn't be my bow.

    What am I?
    Additional clues: I get pushed around a lot.
    I won't break (knock on wood). Still, handle with care.

    Guess it right and win a prize!

    Spread the game around—recommend to your friends!

    RULE: one guess per comment, please ...


    The answer has been guessed!
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  • Attack of the killer trapper keeper.

    My dad called the other day. He recently got a "new-fangled" Blackberry for work and needed help setting it up. "It's got so many different functions! 25 years ago, we never worried about missed calls, voice mails or text messages ... it's hard to keep up with it all! Technology is going to take over our lives."

    Well, dad, it's supposed to help you keep up with life.

    Take my iPhone, for example. This baby is cutting edge. I can surf the internet, keep up with email and stock reports, view the weather or a street in New York, all with the touch of a finger. I can head over to the app store in iTunes and download just about anything my life requires. It's practically a full computer and life organizer. In. Your. Pocket. Continue reading →

December 2, 2008

  • Mystery Blogger, Part Deux. (UPDATED)

    Carrying on in the grand tradition of mystery blog posters—one that dates back to, well, last week—I present this totally mysterious slice of blogging greatness.

    Who it is is anyone's guess. In fact, it's so secretive, even I don't know who it is! Help me figure this one out, will ya? Leave your thoughts as to who, and why ...

    And in the words of BigShow: I promise that one of them is the mystery blogger. ooooooh.

    You're beautiful, everything I've ever wanted. You light up with my touch and have stayed faithful for almost two years. We have traveled the world together—your company was the best, and our times together, amazing. The qualities you posses have surpassed any other I have known. I mean, sure, you have yore shortcomings, but I've always been willing to accept them.

    Until now.

    I know it sounds harsh, but I just can't do it anymore. I feel trapped. You demand more than I can handle right now. Don't get me wrong, I love you, but I simply can't be with you anymore.

    If you're afraid I'm making a rash and sudden decision, I'm not. I've thought about this for hours, trying to convince myself that I'm wrong. In a different time and place, and under the proper circumstances, we could make this work. For now, I'm just not able to support myself AND you. Honey, you're just too expensive!

    I promise you'll find someone else. In fact, I think I've found someone that would be perfect for you. It's the least I could do, after all. Strange, right? Even stranger: he's coming by tomorrow at 11 to pick you up. I'll admit it, I'm a cheap jerk, but he made me an offer I couldn't refuse: a whopping $450 for you! It's better than you lying around the house doing nothing, right?

    Now go, enjoy your new man. He may not love you as much as I have, but at least you can leave, knowing I did my best.

    To my beautiful iPhone 3G, I will miss you so much.

    It's not you, my love. It's me.

    Now, YOU choose the mystery blogger:
     

    *UPDATE*
    It's official, I suck. I had a fabulous annoucement post for last Thursday, and it looks like it didn't go up. Totally my bad for not double-checking! (Thanks to Quell for telling me ... that's good looking out right there!)

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  • I lost my wedding ring!

    I have always believed that a ring is not required in order to get married. It's important to have a marriage based on love, trust, passion and respect, not material things. The beautiful symbol is just the cherry on top of the love cake.

    My wedding set isn't actually the one he proposed with. The first one was a simple beauty ... a classic yellow gold solitaire. In fact, it was the same one his father used to propose to his mother over 20 years ago. No, it was never what I pictured for myself, but it was everything I wanted (because of the man and the memories attached to it, not to mention its SPARKLE!).

    Flash forward a few months. My mother was cleaning out her jewelry box, and ran across my great-grandmother's antique wedding set. Nearing 100 years old, the platinum bands and baguette diamonds neared perfection. She immediately offered it to me and husband, but I was torn—it felt like I would be disrespecting his family if I took it.

    Ladies, here's how you know you're marrying into a great family: they not only okay, but insist that you merge their family's beautiful stone with your family's ring.

    Thus, our two families became one in more ways than one that day ... helloooo, second ring!

    So you'd think I'd never take it off, right?

    Wrong.

  • What am I? #9 (WINNER!)

    I take it in, then let it go,
    Talk about an ebb and flow.
    There's more to me than what you see,
    Any guesses? Do you know?

    What am I?

    Additional clues:     The audition shouldn't make you nervous.
    I keep you grounded.
    I'm not shallow—although I look like I could be.

    *I'm gonna have to do an explanation on this one after it's guessed ...*

    Guess it right and win a prize!

    Spread the game around—recommend to your friends!

    RULE: one guess per comment, please ...


    The answer has been guessed!
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December 1, 2008

November 29, 2008

  • Christmastime is here!

    Yes, friends, it's a picture post.

    I did a little decorating, both for the holidays and "just because."

     

    Here's my hutch, decked out for the holidays.

     

    Our modest table, with our modest tree.

    The mantel SCREAMS for Santa.

    A Christmas tree filled with our wedding ornaments ...

    My desk, with new aqua blue colors.

    Husband's side of the room:

    Our awesome blue tree:

    My new red bedroom:

    Husband's childhood ornaments on his very own mini-tree!

    And my work-in-progress bedroom ... it's gonna be sa-weet!

    Besides shopping, what did YOU do today?

November 28, 2008

  • Attention Black Friday shoppers:

    I am thankful for love in my life,
    I'm glad for family and friends.
    I rejoice for it all—both good fortune and strife ...
    Pray that it all never ends!

    Happy Thanksgiving!


    husband and I on Thanksgiving day


    a portion of my beautiful family ...


    we even put up a few of our Christmas decorations this morning ...

November 27, 2008

  • The last day.

    As most of us prepared to leave work for the Thanksgiving holiday, over 60 people boxed up their desks and walked through the door for the last time. The layoffs had been announced over a month ago, but today was their last day.

    While we worry about side dishes for tomorrow's dinner, they're thinking of how to pay for dinner ... mortgage ... car ... and provide for their family.

    Tonight, I say a prayer for those who were laid off; I also thank God for everything I have.

    *speechless*