Surprise!

I decided with a year under my belt and a new prospect (school) on the horizon, I'd spruce things up around here a bit! What do you think?

Don't forget to leave me a comment if you'd like to win the subscription to the magazine!

Wordless Wednesday

Giveaway

Hi guys, random giveaway! I have a subscription to Fitness magazine for you. If you are interested, leave me a comment telling me what your favorite workout is and why.
Mine is kickboxing. I really enjoyed the classes I took. It was fun beating the heck out of that bag. I'm going to miss not being able to take it this semester. But, on to more important things. I guess it's the Step video at home! :) Happy Tuesday!

LOTR

Did you have a good weekend? We had a Lord of the Rings movie marathon. We have all three movies in their extended versions and I love them. We didn't get through all three, so I guess the marathon will continue some time this week. The extended versions also have 2 discs each of appendices, which I watched some of while quilting an overdue Christmas present. I've started to read the books more than once, but always get bogged down and stop. My usual reading material is light, easy, and predictable. I started The Fellowship of the Ring again this weekend. We'll see how far I get this time.
I've been skimping on pictures of late because something is amiss with my camera. I delete pictures regularly, but I guess it wasn't deleting them from my card. I put the card in the computer and tried to delete them from there, but now it's giving me an error message. Any ideas?
What did you do this weekend?

It's My Blogiversary

I just made up that word, I think. One year ago today, I began this awesome blog journey! I have learned a lot, met some awesome new friends, and have had a creative outlet that has lasted! When I started I wasn't sure it would stick. Not much does. I'm Teflon.
I thought of having a giveaway, but I've nothing to give away that would be legal (anyone for a teenage daughter?)...Then there was a chance of a new blog starting, but that hasn't come to fruition yet, so I figured I'd share some of the great friends I've found this year! I use the term 'friends' loosely, as some of these people have no idea I even exist.
Top Ten (in no particular order):
1. Ree~my motivation to even think about doing this. If you don't know her, go. Now. We'll wait. On second thought, you could be there for hours. Let's proceed.
2. Scrappy Gal
3. Alex
4. Tins
5. Ryan
6. Diber
7. Jess
8. Post Secret
9. Owlhaven
10. OMSH~though she's no longer blogging and I cry about it frequently....
As you can see I have varied interests. And these are just a few....I could go on.

Here are some people I know that have started blogs this year. I'd like to think I had some kind of positive influence on that happening, but you know, the whole big head thing....plus, half of them aren't even still blogging. Well, OK, not half because that would be 2 and 1/2 and that's not quite possible. OK, so 3 out of 5 of them still are. That's ok odds....
1. Kelli
2. Lisa
3. Caitlin
4. Taryn
5. Heather

Ok, two more, I couldn't resist:
1. Geo
2. Tallgrass~yummy eye candy!

Jokes

My husband can attest to the fact that I am not a joke person. I don't find them funny. I'm usually rolling my eyes....especially at his which are generally my father-in-law's first. But, first graders are very funny about jokes. They are getting old enough to realize the concept of humor, but not quite well enough to completely get it. They've heard jokes and want to retell them, but it quickly deteriorates to them making up their own "jokes." Here are two that were pretty cute before we got completely silly today.

Kid: What word do even teachers spell wrong?
Me: I don't know!
Kid: Wrong! Get it? Wrong? Peals of laughter ensue...

Different Kid: Why did the football coach go to the bank?
Me: I don't know, why?
Kid: To get his quarter back!

Heard any good jokes lately?

Pops and Benjamin

Hi all! I'm so lame during my school breaks. I think I'm going to blog more, but in actuality my brain takes a little vacation, too! I go back to work tomorrow, so we'll be back to our more scheduled random babble.
This weekend, we went to Pops on Route 66. We've been meaning to go for awhile and we finally decided that Christmas break is almost over and we needed one last adventure.
This place is a gas station, and seemingly a favorite of bikers along Route 66. It has over 500 different kinds of soda pop (coke if you're from Texas) and we had a great time. It was a beautiful 72 degree day so during our wait we walked around the shop and sat outside and enjoyed the sun. The building is all glass and there are soda bottles floor to ceiling and wall to wall, but I discovered they are glued down! We got a six pack before we left, each of us choosing two, so we have a little more yet to enjoy.

Last night we went to see The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

I loved it. Three hours, so make sure you go to the bathroom first, but it was a great story of life and relationships. Check it out!