Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Don't forget!!!
Don't forget to catch The Price Is Right tomorrow!! I'm sitting about three rows from the back in a dark pink sweater. If you miss it www.cbs.com has the full episodes available for about a week. Let me know if you catch it!!
Sunday, April 27, 2008
We got nothin'...
Sorry for the lack of new posts lately - I can't really say that we have any great excuses. Well, other than the fact that much of my immediate family was visiting for 5 days starting last last Friday (1.5 weeks ago now...) so we were busy hanging out with them and then I came down with a cold the day they left town and started feeling better by last Friday (2 days ago). Otherwise, there just really hasn't been much going on.
We did have a great celebration of our 5 year wedding anniversary last last Saturday - we had a total of 10 adults at our house from our two families over for dinner and we drank a 3-Liter bottle of wine of the same variety that we drank at our wedding (not to mention the four or so other bottles we flew through...) It sure was a good time and a fun party!
What else is new.... um.... not much I guess! We put some seeds in our garden this weekend and I can't wait to see the veggies start growing! Jeff's started working on our "kitchen remodel" project, which amounts to lots of demolition work for now.
Kate's doing great - still not crawling, but she's getting closer and closer everyday! We did finally get a highchair for it and she loves it - I think she thinks she is the queen of the house in her thrown when she's sitting in it! She had so much fun seeing Nana Karen and Papa Joe, Aunt Kristin & Mike and Uncle Mateo over the weekend - thanks to everyone for all the love and help with Kate while you were here! She's woken up at 4:30 AM the last two nights for no apparent reason, so we keep saying that she is obviously teething (that being said, we've been claiming that she's been "teething" for about 6 months now and still there are no teeth in her mouth)!
I now have accounts on both www.linkedin.com and www.facebook.com - maybe that's what I've been doing.... So look me up if you're on those sites at all.
I hope all is well and hopefully some events that are blog-worthy will happen to us so that we have something to write about! But for now, we've got nothin'!
We did have a great celebration of our 5 year wedding anniversary last last Saturday - we had a total of 10 adults at our house from our two families over for dinner and we drank a 3-Liter bottle of wine of the same variety that we drank at our wedding (not to mention the four or so other bottles we flew through...) It sure was a good time and a fun party!
What else is new.... um.... not much I guess! We put some seeds in our garden this weekend and I can't wait to see the veggies start growing! Jeff's started working on our "kitchen remodel" project, which amounts to lots of demolition work for now.
Kate's doing great - still not crawling, but she's getting closer and closer everyday! We did finally get a highchair for it and she loves it - I think she thinks she is the queen of the house in her thrown when she's sitting in it! She had so much fun seeing Nana Karen and Papa Joe, Aunt Kristin & Mike and Uncle Mateo over the weekend - thanks to everyone for all the love and help with Kate while you were here! She's woken up at 4:30 AM the last two nights for no apparent reason, so we keep saying that she is obviously teething (that being said, we've been claiming that she's been "teething" for about 6 months now and still there are no teeth in her mouth)!
I now have accounts on both www.linkedin.com and www.facebook.com - maybe that's what I've been doing.... So look me up if you're on those sites at all.
I hope all is well and hopefully some events that are blog-worthy will happen to us so that we have something to write about! But for now, we've got nothin'!
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Kate Joins a Swingers Club!
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Okay so it really isn't a club but she has developed quite a liking to her newest toy, an outdoor swing. While Stacey and I are slaving away breaking our backs tilling soil, moving landscaping rock and just generally getting far too much exercise, there is Kate swinging away and loving every minute of it. Much to Stacey's dismay and chagrin, Daddy dearest really enjoys pushing the limits of the swing (that being said, it is entirely safe). The higher she goes, the smiles and the laughter get bigger and louder. Which is turn only provokes and motivates Daddy dearest to continue pushing the envelope. The older Kate gets, the younger I feel. I can only hope that this trend continues. Enjoy the video, as you can tell Kate certainly enjoyed when the camera started rolling.
(This post contributed by, Well mostly Jeff)
Okay so it really isn't a club but she has developed quite a liking to her newest toy, an outdoor swing. While Stacey and I are slaving away breaking our backs tilling soil, moving landscaping rock and just generally getting far too much exercise, there is Kate swinging away and loving every minute of it. Much to Stacey's dismay and chagrin, Daddy dearest really enjoys pushing the limits of the swing (that being said, it is entirely safe). The higher she goes, the smiles and the laughter get bigger and louder. Which is turn only provokes and motivates Daddy dearest to continue pushing the envelope. The older Kate gets, the younger I feel. I can only hope that this trend continues. Enjoy the video, as you can tell Kate certainly enjoyed when the camera started rolling.
(This post contributed by, Well mostly Jeff)
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Pedicure, Anyone?
After years of begging and pleading for Jeff to join me in the absolute joy and fun of getting a pedicure, he finally gave in! We went yesterday after work and sat in the pedicure chairs of the local "NAILS" salon, Kate was very well-behaved and enjoyed her time watching the ladies working on our feet. I happen to believe that a pedicure is one of the more enjoyable treats around and after Jeff got one too, I think he is in agreement!!
When they asked Jeff if he wanted any polish, he said - well, I've come this far I might as well go all-out. "Big Apple Red" was his color of choice and I have to say that he can pull it off much better than I could with his skin tone! Don't our feet look good?
When they asked Jeff if he wanted any polish, he said - well, I've come this far I might as well go all-out. "Big Apple Red" was his color of choice and I have to say that he can pull it off much better than I could with his skin tone! Don't our feet look good?
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Don't Come on Down, Stacey Harper!
This week I attended a small team meeting in Los Angeles with the Western 1/2 of the the work team I am a part of. While my job is like most, far from perfect at any given time, they do throw me a bone once in a while to be sure I'm still interested. So, this week we not only went to opening day at the Los Angeles Dodgers game, but we also talked my boss in to a trip to watch a taping of THE PRICE IS RIGHT!!
OHMIGAWD - it was so much fun. We had to wait for several hours amongst the typical Price is Right crowd, which made for some superb people-watching. Once we got in the whole experience was quite surreal. First of all, the Price Is Right set was VERY small, I'm guessing the auditorium only fit about 200 people (which isn't very many for a "theater" sort of setting). Secondly - it was super dingy and not glamorous at all, very 1970's-ish. On the plus side, as we all took our seats they were playing great music to get everyone's energy up. Before ya knew it I found myself dancing next to my dancing boss to "I Will Survive" and the Jackson 5.
Now - as the taping began, let me just say I was so completely convinced that I was going to be called up to be a contestant. Afterall I was looking pretty cute that particular day, the interviewer seemed to be very friendly with me and I am a fairly well-spoken individual with a funny joke to crack once in a while. It was really hard to hear the names being called though, so every time they called a name I was so worried that I didn't hear my name (because of course they were going to call me up!) and that I would look stupid not reacting to my own name being called. Well, lo and behold we made it through the whole hour of taping and they didn't call me up (they didn't realize what they were missing out on with that choice), which is probably a good thing because my knowledge of the Price is Right is very limited and I would've put way too much consideration into the guesses on the pricing of items.
All-in-all the taping was super fun to go to. Our group of 5 was definitely the most conservatively dressed group this show has ever seen in their audience (we were donning business-casual from our meetings earlier in the day). The people-watching was amazing, which included an apparently low-income cross-dresser hugging Drew Carey during one of the commercial brakes. Drew Carey was a great host, he was talking to the crowd during commercial brakes, cracking jokes and singing, etc. He really did seem like a very nice guy.
To cap off the evening we ate at the Maggiano's right across the street from the CBS studios and apparently Queen Latifah stopped by while we were there, but didn't stay for dinner because her dinner companion was a vegan and so they needed to go somewhere else for food. We really didn't have any celebrity spottings, but the inside scoop is that Ryan Seacrest has recently invested in butt implants - I was searching for him everywhere we went so I could check out his new butt!!
Anyways - it did occur to me that it is pretty fun to watch tapings of shows you enjoy (not that The Price is Right is my favorite show), so maybe we'll try to go see Ellen or something the next time we're there! Oh, and I did get a picture or two of me wearing my name tag and in line outside of the studio, but I can't figure out how to get the photos from my cell phone to my computer. If I figure it out I'll edit this post and add them.
PS - The show we attended is being "aired" on April 30th, for those of you that have time to watch game shows during the day (I'm the cute one in the pink shirt towards the back of the audience!)...
OHMIGAWD - it was so much fun. We had to wait for several hours amongst the typical Price is Right crowd, which made for some superb people-watching. Once we got in the whole experience was quite surreal. First of all, the Price Is Right set was VERY small, I'm guessing the auditorium only fit about 200 people (which isn't very many for a "theater" sort of setting). Secondly - it was super dingy and not glamorous at all, very 1970's-ish. On the plus side, as we all took our seats they were playing great music to get everyone's energy up. Before ya knew it I found myself dancing next to my dancing boss to "I Will Survive" and the Jackson 5.
Now - as the taping began, let me just say I was so completely convinced that I was going to be called up to be a contestant. Afterall I was looking pretty cute that particular day, the interviewer seemed to be very friendly with me and I am a fairly well-spoken individual with a funny joke to crack once in a while. It was really hard to hear the names being called though, so every time they called a name I was so worried that I didn't hear my name (because of course they were going to call me up!) and that I would look stupid not reacting to my own name being called. Well, lo and behold we made it through the whole hour of taping and they didn't call me up (they didn't realize what they were missing out on with that choice), which is probably a good thing because my knowledge of the Price is Right is very limited and I would've put way too much consideration into the guesses on the pricing of items.
All-in-all the taping was super fun to go to. Our group of 5 was definitely the most conservatively dressed group this show has ever seen in their audience (we were donning business-casual from our meetings earlier in the day). The people-watching was amazing, which included an apparently low-income cross-dresser hugging Drew Carey during one of the commercial brakes. Drew Carey was a great host, he was talking to the crowd during commercial brakes, cracking jokes and singing, etc. He really did seem like a very nice guy.
To cap off the evening we ate at the Maggiano's right across the street from the CBS studios and apparently Queen Latifah stopped by while we were there, but didn't stay for dinner because her dinner companion was a vegan and so they needed to go somewhere else for food. We really didn't have any celebrity spottings, but the inside scoop is that Ryan Seacrest has recently invested in butt implants - I was searching for him everywhere we went so I could check out his new butt!!
Anyways - it did occur to me that it is pretty fun to watch tapings of shows you enjoy (not that The Price is Right is my favorite show), so maybe we'll try to go see Ellen or something the next time we're there! Oh, and I did get a picture or two of me wearing my name tag and in line outside of the studio, but I can't figure out how to get the photos from my cell phone to my computer. If I figure it out I'll edit this post and add them.
PS - The show we attended is being "aired" on April 30th, for those of you that have time to watch game shows during the day (I'm the cute one in the pink shirt towards the back of the audience!)...
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