Friday's Feast

Appetizer
If you could be any current celebrity for one whole week, who would you want to be?
Ummmm, I guess I'm pretty happy being me because I can't think of any celebrity I would want to be. I was talking to Rich about this question and I said, "I guess if I have to pick someone I'd pick Angelina Jolie." So, he said, "Why would you pick her? She cheated with a married man. She ran off with Brad Pi....... Ahhhh- that's why you would pick her. She's with Brad Pitt. Is that why? You want to be with Brad Pitt? Why don't you just go be with him then?" As I laughed at him he said, "You're going to write that aren't you?"

Soup
On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being highest), how much do you enjoy talking on the phone?
For the most part I don't really like talking on the phone, I prefer to use email. But, there are certain people I do like talking on the phone to, so I have to say 5.

Salad
Name a charitable organization to which you have donated (or would like to).
American Red Cross

Main Course
What is a food you like so much you could eat it every single day for a month?
Chips Ahoy chocolate chip cookies

Dessert
Have you or anyone in your family had the flu this year?
Well, we all had our flu shots (which were apparently not very effective this year) and washed our hands a lot. So far we've been pretty healthy other than a few colds.

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It's A Party

Hello and welcome to my blog. I am so glad you’ve decided to stop by.

(For my non-blogging friends who are wondering what I am talking about- 5 Minutes for Mom is hosting the “Ultimate Blog Party” where all of us bloggers write a little post about ourselves and then sign Mr. Linky over at 5 Minutes for Mom inviting the other bloggers to stop by.)

I am a stay at home mom to 17 month old Hailey, step-mom to almost 16 year old Brooke and married to the love of my life, Rich.

I started blogging a little over a year ago- and what I thought would be a once or twice a month hobby, has turned into so much more. I now have two blogs which I update several times a day. Obviously I have found out how very addicting blogging is (be sure to check out my Blogaholics Anonymous Blogroll that I have on my other blog and let me know if you'd like to join).

I use this blog mostly for the different daily memes. I play along with Fun Monday, Menu Monday, Tackle It Tuesday, Wordless Wednesday, Thursday Thirteen, Friday's Feast and Photo Hunt Saturday.

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Thursday Thirteen #5

My goal is to walk on my treadmill everyday. Yet, everyday when I make my way to the treadmill I get sidetracked. So, my list today is:

Thirteen Things I Do On My Way To My Treadmill:

1. Get my water bottle.
2. Clear off the kitchen table.
3. Throw a load of laundry in.
4. Organize the bills.
5. Go through the junk mail.
6. Let Dottie (the dog) outside.
7. Certainly I have some new comments on my blog by now, so I have to stop and check that.
8. While I'm on the computer I might as well check to see if any of my blogging friends have added a new post.
9. Leave a few comments on some other blogs.
10. Let Dottie back inside.
11. Add a few items to my grocery list.
12. Try to find my water bottle so I can finally get to the treadmill.
13. Stop to check on Hailey and see that she is awake from her nap so now I can't get on the treadmill.

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Wordless Wednesday #47

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Another Tackle

It's time for another Tackle It Tuesday. I sure do love Tackle It Tuesday. It forces me to look around and find something that really needs to be done and then to do it.

So, for my tackle this week I decided to work on our filing cabinet. Usually once the new year starts I take out all of the old files and store what we need to keep in nicely organized Rubbermaid containers and throw away the stuff we don't need.

Since I just realized that it is already March I decided it was time to tackle the filing cabinet.

On the left is the inside of my filing cabinet before. It was packed so full that I couldn't have put one more piece of paper in there, let alone my hand to try to get papers in and out.
On the right is the top of the filing cabinet. And it just looks messy and annoying.

And here we have the after pictures.
As you can see there is now some space in the filing cabinet to add more papers. And, the files on top have room to be stuffed full of useless things I don't feel like taking care of for another year.

So, what did you tackle this week? Stop on over at 5 Minutes for Mom to join in the fun or to check out the other participants.

Menu Plan #1

I've decided to join Menu Plan. Every week I'll post my menu plan. This should help me with my grocery planning as well as actually having something planned for dinner every night. So, here is my first plan:

Monday: Chili
Tuesday: Macaroni Tuna Casserole
Wednesday: Cheesy Chicken
Thursday: Fish and Fries
Friday: Spaghetti Pie
Saturday: Tacos
Sunday: Beef Pot Roast

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I'm In A Movie!

This weeks Fun Monday is being hosted by Janet at From the Planet of Janet. Here is the assignment she gave us:

"Hollywood has come calling. They want to make a movie of your life story! So here's what I want to read about: Write the brief synopsis of this film that you might use to pitch this project and cast the principal players. Who would play you? You can either cast or ignore significant others, children and/or pets. This is, after all, YOUR movie about you you YOU! Illustrate as needed with casting photos or filming locations. Your life not interesting enough? Hey, this is Hollywood. Never let the facts get in the way of a good story! Leave a message on this post if you would like to participate, and if you would like to host next, next week (March 10).Ready? Quiet on the set ... and ACTION!!!!"

Wow, Janet- that is a really tough assignment. So, the first thing I did was decide who would play me. I went to myheritage.com where they will tell you which celebrity you look most like. Apparently, they think I look like Hayden Panettiere (from the TV show Hero's) and I take that as quite a compliment.

Now for Rich, according to myheritage.com Kim Rossi Stuart looks like him. Now I had never heard of Mr. Stuart before but when I saw his picture I knew he was perfect for playing the part of Rich.

So, that wasn't too hard. Now, the rest of my family will be in the movie also- but because I am incredibly lazy busy I will be leaving it up to the movie makers to decide who will play everyone else.

So, here is my story that will be sure to catch the attention of Hollywood. We are a regular family living a regular life.
We are tired of living in a cold snowy place, and Rich is tired of working a job he doesn't want to be working. So, we sell our house, pack up and move to Aruba. Other than that we don't have any plans. We move and live right on the beach. We live off of our savings account and money we made selling our house. But since we know that the money will not last long we have to try to figure out what we can do to survive.

There will be all sorts of funny things that happen along the way which will be written by someone else. Preferably someone who is funny. And in the end, since this is a movie, we will win the lottery and live happily ever after.

The End.

Now, go and visit Janet to see a list of the other participants. Hopefully participants who are a lot more creative than I am!

Photo Hunt- Party

You know how I am a blogaholic? Well, I've tried not to blog on the weekends, but I just can't resist. So, I've seen some of my friends doing this Saturday meme- Photo Hunters. Every week there is a different theme and everyone posts pictures about the theme. While some people who do this take excellent pictures, I won't pretend to be a photographer- I'm just doing it for fun and to meet some new bloggy friends.

This week the theme is party. So I am going to post some pictures of Hailey's first birthday party. I can not believe how much she has changed in the last 5 months since she turned one. She still looks like a baby in these pictures and she looks so much older now. Anyhoo- here are my pictures for the party theme.



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