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Debi hosts the Baby Picture Sundays. Hop on over there to see who’s playing, and join in too!
This week’s theme is Buddha Bellies. Since my babies are little peanuts, I thought I’d post *my* Buddha belly.
One Month Before the Twins Were Born
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Last night I was holding Logan while looking for some PJs for him. I was just kind of chatting with him like always, “Okay…we need to find your PJs….wonder where they are…oh – there they are!” And pulled them out saying, “Ta da!”
Next thing I know, he’s smiling and said “Ta da!” right back. It was super cute.
We, of course, ran downstairs to demonstrate to Daddy.
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I found this meme while blog hoppin‘ and thought it was kinda cool.
Things I have done are highlighted:
1. Started my own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (Does a high school band count?)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than I can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sung a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught myself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown my own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchhiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught myself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had my portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle (ANY speed on a motorcycle seems like it’s speeding.)
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had my picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
Not sure why there aren’t 100, but there you have it. 48 out of 99. Suppose I should get to work on some of these, except that I really don’t want to kill and prepare an animal for eating – so I’m definitely not going to get to them all. 😉
Let me know what YOU’VE done.
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As a companion to my Ladies of Loserville post, I’m sharing my Chicken Ole’ recipe. Okay…so it’s not really my recipe. A very good friend made it for me one day, and I adapted it for my crock pot. I’ll include directions for both versions.
I love this recipe because it’s super easy and tastes SO good! And one serving – if I calculated correctly – is equal to 4 WW points. Mike and I ate this dish long before I decided to join Weight Watchers – so it’s not diet food! I was just super excited to see that it’s one of the better meals for me 🙂
Chicken Ole’
Ingredients:
Directions:
If you don’t have a crock pot, cube the chicken and then put everything into a frying pan and let it simmer until the chicken is cooked all the way through.
Serve over rice. (1 cup of white rice is another 4 WW points. But add a salad with no-fat dressing and this is an entire meal for 8 points!)
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Candid Carrie sponsors this one – head over to her blog and find LOTS of links for bloggers who’ve joined in! (You can join in too!)
I didn’t take this picture, but I found it in my camera after visiting my Dad’s house this past August.
Grandpa and Maggie
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A blogger who really writes well and captures your attention sent this award my way – so I have to say that I’m humbled. Thank you Debi 🙂
“Diverting the internal traffic between the Writer as Angel of Light and the Writer as Hustler is the scribbling child in a grown-up body, wondering if anyone is listening.”
~Herbert Gold, Elder Statesman of The Beat Generation~
As always, here are the rules:
And the award goes to:
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Bunches of you expressed an interest in knowing more about the coloring book/comic book pictures I posted last Friday. I thought they were cool too!!
I got the software with my camera, so here’s a big plug for Kodak… It’s the EasyShare software…and it looks like it’s free! I don’t know if that download is the same as what I’ve got … but if it is, it’s a much later version – so maybe there are cooler things to do now 🙂
Here is one picture with all of the different “fixins” done.
Original Picture
I enhanced the picture first so that the manipulated ones would turn out a little bit better. Enhance the picture by editing the picture and then clicking Enhance.
Enhanced
To get to the good stuff, you edit the picture and then click Fun Effects.
Spotlight
Coloring Book
(The coloring book one looks better bigger – you can click to enlarge it.)
Cartoon
Fish Eye
You can also change the “scene” if you click Scene Effects. These looked better when I started with the original picture (which is why I always save the new ones with different names 😉 )
Black and White
Sepia Tone
Happy manipulating! Let me know if you decide to do some…
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The Music to My Ears post made me want to document my musical-like ventures as well…so here we go!
My musical experience started when I was pretty young. My mom used to do shows at the local Lyric Theater, so we’d get to go see her. Then, when I reached junior high/high school, the band (lead by my step-mother) used to take field trips into NYC to see musicals and museums. In college, Clarkson was so close to the Canadian boarder, we’d have field trips to Montreal to see theater productions there. When I lived in New Jersey, I had lots of opportunities to skip on over to Broadway. When I moved to the Boston area, I was able to attend shows here. Not as many as I’d like, but I’ve definitely hit a few.
Broadway/Boston/Montreal/etc
Community Theater
Shows that seemed huge at the time because I was much younger…
(not quite Broadway, but close enough when you’re in Vermont and there IS no Broadway.)
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Cheryl over at Twinfatuation hosts this one. Go on over to see who else is playing – and join in too!
This picture was taken on March 1, 2005. The kids were about a month and a half.
Nana and Grandpa feeding the twins
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An in-real-life friend and blogger buddie, Goddess, has thrown down the gauntlet. She’s challenged fellow bloggers to join her in “searching for the wagon” – losing some weight. I’ve decided that I need to do just that and will be joining her. Goddess even set up a new blog for us to complain about track things. I’ll also try to be brave and keep updates going here – but I’ll mostly be tracking over there. Let’s just suffice it to say that I’m starting out at large.
Why crazy, you ask? Because I’ve joined the online version of Weight Watchers at prime foodie time. Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner. Not to mention all that Halloween candy that we can’t let the KIDS eat… *sigh* This is going to take a *lot* of will power…I’m totally a meat and potatoes kinda gal. Although, I do really like WW’s zero point soup…
Poor Mike. I hope I don’t get too grumpy 🙂 And I hope he doesn’t mind some of my WW recipes…
Keep your fingers crossed for me! And here’s to hoping that I don’t chew through my desk.
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The Zimmer Zoo 