Thankful Humor

Found this while browsing the internet, thought it would fit nicely into my week of Thanksgiving posts..

I AM THANKFUL...

• For the taxes I pay, because it means that I am employed.
• For the mess to clean after a party, because it means that I have been surrounded by friends.
• For the clothes that fit a little too snug, because it means I have enough to eat.
• For my shadow that watches me work, because it means I am out in the sunshine.
• For a lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning, and gutters that need fixing, because it means I have a home.
• For all the complaining I hear about the government, because it means that we have freedom of speech.
• For the parking spot I find at the far end of the parking lot, because it means I am capable of walking, and that I have been blessed with transportation.
• For my huge heating bill, because it means I am warm.
• For the lady behind me in my place of worship when she sings off key, because it means that I can hear.
• For the pile of laundry and ironing, because it means I have clothes to wear.
• For weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day, because it means I have been capable of working hard.
• For the alarm that goes off in the early morning hours, because it means that I am alive.

After reading this list..I realize I have complained about ALL of these things..and instead of complaining I should have done what the end of each point did.. found a blessing in it all. Today, I am so very thankful to have a roof over my head, a job to pay the bills, and clothes on my back!

As a side note, Happy Birthday to my best friend, my Mother! (isn't that cute how my Fathers birthday is one day before my Moms..even though he's a bit older!) I wont tell you how old she is..because a lady never shares such a thing..but I will say that she looks DARN good for being her age!!

Pajama Program

Blog friends, we are very blessed! I am sitting here now in cozy PJs sipping on hot chocolate and thinking of all of the things I am thankful for. (and writing them down for my upcoming 'Thanksgiving' post.) I realize that from now until after Christmas things are going to be pretty hectic around blogland and more importantly in our real lives, but I want to do something..I want to make a difference.

Pajama Program serves children who have been abused or neglected, and many of them have spent YEARS in foster care. They provide them with a pair of pajamas to call their own so that they do not have to wear either the same clothes they wore that day or no clothes at all. I am not going to make my words sound cute and tug at your heart strings, but I would LOVEEE to get a big box of PJ's together to send off to them so that I (and I hope 'WE') can help a child in need.

The only real "rule" of this is to buy brand new clothes, not used. I know Christmas is coming up and money is probably tight, but I think we can all shell out a little money to buy help those less fortunate than us.

If you would like to join me in making a child's day (and night!) e-mail me at megchidATgmailDOTcom or leave your e-mail address and I will contact you. I would like for the PJ's from any of you to be postmarked by the 10th of December so that I can receive them and get them where they need to go before Christmas. (That's almost 3 weeks! Should be enough time to scrape together a couple dollars to buy PJs!)

Friday Fill-In

1. Please feel free to be honest with me in all situations.
2. When Dave leaves for the day, I switch our pillows so I can still have him with me, and I can't help sniffing it occasionally.
3. My favorite thing to cook is perogies! (mmmm).
4. Reading is something I can't get enough of.
5. That's the thing I love most about reading, it allows your mind to wander and be somewhere else for a little while.
6. Drivers always makes me think to myself, what the heck?
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to knocking out some tests, tomorrow my plans include sleeping in and Sunday, I want to go to church!

Do you want to do it too?

Thanks Melissa for my award! :0)

Mmm..

I am not the best cook in the world..in fact, I wouldn't even use the word cook in describing what I do. However, I try to put together a meal every night. "A" for effort right? I haven't killed Dave yet, so I must not be doing too bad. Tonight's meal was one that I was especially proud of. And it was SO easy!

Upon my trip to Food Lion yesterday I saw that London Broil was on sale for around $2/pound as opposed to over $5/pound. I decided to buy two (for less than the price of one!) and make one today and freeze the other. I may go back to the store tomorrow and get some more because we're all about saving money, right!

And then I saw this.

Since Pot Roast is a lot like London Broil..I decided to try this out instead of using gravy. And it was SOOO good and VERY low maintenance. You just use one of the packets, which comes with the seasoning and the cooking bag. Put meat into bag, mix seasoning with 1/4 cup of water, pour over meat, close bag, poke four small holes in bag to vent, and put into oven at 350 for two hours. Take out, and Enjoy!

Nicknames

Here we are at Mama Kat's writers workshop again this week! I chose to do this one....

When out to lunch with co-workers, you bump into a close friend who refers to you by a nickname. Because of its unusualness, the nickname catches the interest of one of your co-workers who asks for the story behind it. Start your story with, "This may come as a surprise, but ... " and end it with, "And that's how I got the nickname (fill in the blank)."

I once again have to change it up a bit.. Do you hate me for doing that, Mama Kat? I sure hope not. See the thing is, anyone who has given me a nickname, was during childhood and usually they were not nice, and I don't really consider them close friends--I may or may not have a voodoo doll of them. (kidding) I know, I'm just blabbing on..now to the good stuff!

There were two nicknames I got when I was younger, that you could ask around and someone would be able to tell you these. Kids can be mean!
President. This one seems nice, right? Well, you may want to know what I was the President of.. They shortened it to be able to say it in front of teachers without getting in trouble. I was named the President of the Itty Bitty Titty Committee.
Hoover. This one came during softball. I played t-ball as a child for one year and then stopped. When I was 11 I got this bright idea to play again. Hence where I got the nickname, Hoover. When you hear the word hoover you may think of a vacuum. I thought I was given the nickname because I could suck them balls up!! However, it was just because I sucked.

What were some of your nicknames as a child?

Our family is growing!!

No, I am not pregnant.

Guess there is a new member of our family
Dave wouldn't let me throw that stupid thing away
..because it was "cute"
(shakes head) Men...

I was tagged by All things Fluffy, Fashionable, and Famous. ..so here we go!: (forgive me for not having the time to look up cute pictures!..I have charts out the wazoo to complete today!!)
Clothes: Whatever fits! My lets are too short, I have pretty big hips for such a small girl, and no boobs. So you try to find a certain brand that fits me! I love Ann Taylor & Loft for business, but now that I work from home I haven't stepped foot in those stores!
Furniture: I think I suck at this survey. We have furniture from all over in the house. My favorite are our big fluffy couches from Haynes.
City: DC BABY! DC will always hold a special place in my heart. I currently live outside of Richmond, VA.
Sweets: Anything. Seriously..i'm like a fat kid!
Drink: Diet Coke with Lemon, Sweet Tea, and because I am sooo healthy water! (yeah, right!)
Music: Everything but bluegrass and heavy metal.. I could listen to Beach Boys all day long, or Carrie Underwood.
TV Series: Depending on the day we have.... Jon & Kate Plus 8, 17 Kids & Counting, MTV Stuff, The Housewives of Atlanta, THE OFFICE, Friends, Everyone Loves Raymond, Wife Swap, NIP TUCK, 24. (Okay, Since I work from home I do have the TV on in the background, but I don't really watch it!)
Film: Ok I just realized I am either really easy going or a big pain in the as.... I can't choose just one thing! I like horror, comedy, action, everything. Excited to see Saw V this weekend!!

Workout: Cardio. Ran a little over a mile & biked two miles yesterday. Hoping to run a mile & half today and bike two & half miles!
Pastries: Do doughnuts count? I don't think I am a big pastries fan..
Coffee: Tall Vanilla Iced Coffee from Starbucks... Thank you.

Did you know?

DID YOU KNOW...

The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.

The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.

Cat's urine glows under a black light.

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

The average secretary's left hand does 56% of the typing.

If you keep a Goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.



So you MAY have known some of them...but did you know that this past weekend was spent cleaning, decluttering, and changing out summer clothes for fall/winter? No, you probably DIDN'T know that. During all of this I found an oldddd set of PJ's. I can still fit into them nicely, but they are old. ..Not to mention ugly. Doing what anyone would do I made Dave try them on....
Even though they are extremely tight..they still look like they COULD fit..as long as he doesn't bend down.
This is how we had to get the top on. It broke going over his shoulders...so, we made a new outfit. Sexy huh?? You can thank me for cropping this picture and not scarring you (women) or making you jealous (men) :0)

It is a shame the pictures were blurry.. I was laughing too hard and didn't have time to set up the camera since I knew I couldn't keep him in this too long.

He asked later, "You deleted those pictures right? You aren't going to post them on your blog are you?"
My response, "Of course I deleted them.." -That's right folks. I deleted them. But that was only after I saved them to my computer.

Newest Addiction

Normally I have Liz make headers for me (cause she's freakin awesome!) BUT... Becky posted about how happy she was that she made her own header.. and it was freakin awesome! Becky was KIND enough to tell me how she made hers...and I tried it, and found it to be SO SO SO easy..and so much fun! (thankyousomuchbecky! yourock!) If you go to Scrapblog you can make your own to..it is pretty self explanatory. After you are done, you have to publish it to the website in order to then export it as JPEG. From there, it will be saved to your computer as a picture and then you will be able to put it in for the header.

Here are a few "headers" that I worked on after I completed my Halloween one... I foresee myself spending WAY too much time with this program...

Baby Girl..

Came across this website that will put your photos together and make a baby... I am not sure how I feel about our "baby". She kind of scares me....

God, I will be delighted with whatever bundle of joy you send my way. BUT if we can make children like Build-A-Bear...

I would like a BLONDE hair BLUE eyed baby.. With a forehead smaller than her mamas and a nose not quite as round.

Candy Corn & Costumes

(I carved the star pumpkin last year)
Halloween is just around the corner.
We are going to a costume party hosted by my friends from college.
BUT we need to figure out our costume..

Here are the top ideas:

• Mom & Milkman
  "Mom" dressed in regular clothes, but "pregnant"
  "Milkman" dressed in all white clothes carrying a milk carton
• Gold Digger & Mr. Money Bags
  Gold digger in gold dress - spray paint small shovels (like kid sandle pails) and make a necklace..big rings, fancy..
  Mr. Money Bags - Nicely dressed with glittery dollar signs
• Beauty & the Geek

What is your vote??

Ideas for the BIG day..

Even though we haven't set a date for the 'ceremony' yet.. (I believe it will be August 1, 2009--since that is a Saturday and makes perfect sense..since it was the same day we..well, you know.) We, okay let's be honest, I have ideas of what I want.

The Colors: Black, White, & Red as the accent color
Time: Evening
Place: The location will be at my home church, and it is special because it is the same church my parents got married in. The church sanctuary is really pretty, and it is the church I grew up in. We can have the reception down in the "reception hall" and that is VERY nice because we will not have to pay for the ceremony location or reception site.. which is something that brides/grooms spend a lot of money on.
After party: I would like to be able to go to the local country club after the reception to "boogy down" and drink a few.. We cannot do that at the church, but I really think being able to dance and drink a little really makes weddings fun.

I like this idea for the set up of the reception..but I think it is too much black..needs a pop of color. I would like to have something red as the centerpieces..

Having something along the lines of red roses as the centerpiece would be lovely..and of course some tealight candles and other things around the centerpiece would tie it off nicely.

I am IN LOVE with this cake. I am not sure how I feel about using fresh flowers on the cake..so maybe fake ones?? And I want a sparkly "G" wedding topper.

Bridesmaid dresses.
Not sure if I am crazy about the bow.
A dress like this paired with a beautiful red necklace.
Ah, I'm in Heaven.

Can you tell I have spent a lot of time thinking about this? What are your honest thoughts!?!? I know it is "MY DAY" and all, but I like honesty. I want the black/white/red theme because I think it is classy && the bridal party pictures will be amazing.

It's Almost Here!

Thursday
September 25, 2008
9 PM

I am so excited for this season.

Here Zebra Zebra Zebra..

I was transferring my pictures from my older laptop to my newer one and came across these..

If you ever find yourself in Natural Bridge, VA make sure you check out the Virginia Safari Park. It is one of the.coolest.places.ever. You can drive your car around and feed and be face to face with camels, zebras, elk, llamas, bison, ostich, lots of different deers & antelope, giraffes... and.so.much.more (See if you can tell which is my favorite animal)

(The above Zebra is one I want to frame)

Pretty Things..

Since I probably had a TMI post earlier
I thought I'd take another stab at blogging today..

You see, I am one of those TERRIBLE gift givers. Meaning, I always spoil the surprise. My mother LOVES Thomas Kinkade. (almost as much as I love sex...whaaa?) So, I was online browsing all of the wonderful things I could get her for Christmas (I know it isn't even cold out yet, but I love buying things for people) and stumbled upon this:

A Thomas Kinkade Welcome Flag

I know she loves his work so much I couldn't make her wait until Christmas to get it. So I called her and told her I was sending her something, but I wasn't going to tell her what it was! Before I got off the phone, she knew what she was getting and when it should arrive. Arrrgh.

One day I will keep a birthday/Christmas/special occasion gift a secret!

What I would do..

Yesterday I texted Dave and said, "I think we should buy a lottery ticket" and then last night I was flipping channels and on TLC was a show about winning the lottery and how it changed their life. Talk about jealousy! I know that I will NEVER win the lottery, but if I did... this is what I would want to do with the money:

• Buy a nice house && decorate it..
  
• Give our parents money (after all, if they won, I would hope they would give us some money!)
  
• Donate to a church (that should be first on the list!!)
  
• Make a college fund for Josh (Dave's nephew..sweetest thing.. weird mother.. long story)
• Buy two new cars
  
• Give the brothers & sisters some
• Travel..(Bora Bora, here I come!)
  
• Put money aside for future children
• Depending on how much we won, QUIT our jobs!
• Invest the rest.

What would you do if you won the lottery?

Football!

The only thing I know about football is what cheers to cheer when. I was a cheerleader (football and basketball) for 8 years and coached for 3 years. I miss coaching. I will have to dig up some old pictures to post. I was always a Cowboys fan, for no reason other than that was what my family was..but Dave is a HUGEEE Redskins fan.

Yesterday I pledged to become a Redskins fan too.
I am sure that the biggest sin to switch from Cowboys to Redskins

I think for Dave's October birthday (the big 25!!) I am going to take him to a Redskins game.. Which would be fun, I have never been to a big game like that.

I am happy football is here, because that means COLDER WEATHER IS COMING!! I loveeee Fall & Winter.

Catch-All

Birthday Stuff!

Dave got me two gift cards: for Target & Kohls (he doesn't suck at presents, it's what I asked for). I lovvee both of those stores. I still have SO much money to spend at both places so this was step 1 of my birthday gifts. The brown thing is a really cool thing to put my laptop on if I want to work from the couch, it keeps it so I don't have to look down and hurt my neck.
Lovely Lizzz got me these wonderful gifts!
I have already used the lotions & bath stuff.. Thanks Liz!
Instead of going to Red Lobster, I decided I wanted to go to a Japanese Steak House. (which is like tied to RedLobster with my love, but I didn't know there was one close by, but there was!!) It was a lottt of fun. Two things from this picture...1-i'm not that white. 2--my arm is not that fat. k? Thanks.

& as I promised...

A few shots around my house:

Half of the Kitchen
[Black, Red & White theme]

We got our couches today!
Now we just need a coffee table...

:D :D

Tomorrow is my birthday!

We're going to my favvvvorite restaurant, Red Lobster.
Because THAT is exactly what I wanted =)
Crab Legs, here I come..
Our apartment is finally coming together!
We have the couches coming on Tuesday..and then I will post pictures!

Have a GREAT weekend!

Survey Says..

I have A LOT to do at work today,
but who thinks I am actually going to do all of it?
Yeah, Me either. TODAY IS THE DAY WE MOVE IN!



I figured I would do a survey, because if I actually blogged today it would be mushy gushy stuff, and everyone likes a survey!

Where is the person who has your heart at the moment?
In Richmond---Moving the big things into our apartment && then on his way later to come get me and alllll my stuff !!! :D :D


Are you waiting for something?
YES--it's been TWO weeks since I saw Daviddd. I wont finish my thought..haha ;)


On the opposite sex where do you like them to have piercings?
Eh, Not really.


Have you ever kissed someone and hated it?
haha No.


Would you kiss the last person you kissed again?
DEFINITELY.


What's the biggest turn off?
Hmm.. lying.


What do you like most, physically?
Hmm.. :) --Dave's muscles.

Have you ever dated someone more than once?
Yeah


Could you handle a long distance relationship?
Yes, but they SUCK!


If you could go on ONE DATE with any celebrity, who would it be?
Vin Diesel....Check please! ;)

Do you like cuddling?
Yes


Do you regret dating anyone?
No, I am thankful---everything happens for a reason!


Hugger or kisser?
Both Please.



Missing someone?
Always



Whats the most important thing in a relationship?
Trust--Love.



What would make you break up with someone?
Cheating



Have you ever loved someone who didn't love you back?
Probably.



How important are looks?
Well, there has to be the initial connection, so I'd say they are a deal breaker.



Do you like someone at the moment?
Oh yahh


When was the last time you wanted to punch someone in their face?
Not in a while..


What was the last thing you cried about?
Honestly, I have NO idea.


Do you have a friend you can tell stuff to and you're sure they won't tell anyone?
I do, more than one! Also blessed with some amazing sisters too.


Who did you hangout with last night?
Carolyn, Regina & Katie. (Roomies)


What are your plans for the weekend?
Buying a couch && other things.
Cookout with Dave's family.
Hopefully sleeping in!!


How many hours did you sleep last night?
Uhm.. 8.5



Have you ever cried while in the shower?
I'm sure I have.

Does the last person you held hands with mean a lot to you?
Everythinggg.

Could you go a day without eating?
Me? No way.

Is there someone you want to fight?
no.

Has anyone ever told you they're in love with you?
yes

Do you believe in true love?
Yes.

When was the last time you were disappointed?
Two days ago.

Do you miss your past?
No. Thank. You.


Honestly, when was the last time anyone saw you in your underwear?
Oh man, it's been at least 2 weeks! hahah

Men, you probably don't want to read this!

You're probably thinking, "What the heck is that?!?"
Well friends, THAT is my NEW BEST FRIEND!
It's called a "Diva-Cup"
It is used in place of tampons.
(Saves money, economically friendly)

You can reuse it over and over. I used mine this whole week during my period & it was so greaaat. No leaks, spills, or anything of that sort! You can't feel it, so it doesn't "hurt"--It took a day to get used to, but I will never go back to tampons. The best part is, that it can be left in for 12 hours! You can even sleep with it in. So, basically you empty it in the morning & night--and waalah, no remembering to change the tampon every 4 hours.

You should REALLY get one of these!