Manic Monday

Manic Monday #144

It's "Cyber Monday" today, the ceremonial kick-off of the holiday online shopping season in the United States. Do you do much online shopping, holiday or otherwise? Yes...I am kind of an amazon.com addict! But it's cool, I got most of my shopping done earlier in the year, so it's a much less stressful holiday this year!

Are you a Mac or a PC user? Why? I am a pc user just cause I can't afford a Mac! I would love to get one someday. I love the one my older brother has....very cool :)

What website do you spend more time on than you care to admit? Facebook! It's quite addicting :)

Is he Korean?

This weekend we went to the commissary @ a "nearby" AFB ....we go every other week or so and stock up on baby food and whatnot. Anyways...most of the people who work the check outs are older Korean women (I think I have mentioned them before?), and there is this one lady who says the SAME thing to us every time! We go often enough for her to remember us, but she still acts as if she is seeing us for the first time...and she always points to my husband and asks, "Is he Korean?", and I say no, he is Chinese....I don't even go into the whole Indonesian thing now cause it just confuses her. Then she will say to him, "You look more Korean then Chinese!". He just smiles and nods and we try to get out of there as fast as possible before the other ladies come over and hijack Peanut from us and show her to the other ladies. She did look at Brayden this time and said he looked more asian then Bella. That's a first, nobody says that! I think it's true though...Bella looks like her dad who is asian so they just think she looks more asian...when really, she is just a white version of Dave. Brayden has the same coloring as Dave and his eyes are definitly more asian....Bella just looks like an Anime character, hehe.

So, next time she asks, I think I will just say...why yes, he IS Korean....good eye!

Thanksgiving MEME

1. Which do you like better: Cooking at your house, or going elsewhere? I like going somewhere else, it's less stressful!

2. Do you buy a fresh or frozen bird? well, considering that up until last year all I ate was TOFURKEY, I haven't had much experience with turkey, so we get frozen.

3. What kind of stuffing? cornbread!!!! I am a southern girl at heart :)

4. Sweet potato or pumpkin pie? Pumpkin pie...which we FORGOT, omg, I am heartbroken

5. Do you believe that turkey leftovers are a curse, or the point of the whole thing? Who doesn't love thanksgiving leftovers?

6. Which side dish would provoke a riot if you left it off the menu? Green Bean Casserole.

7. Do you save the carcass to make soup or stock? EW, carcass? seriously? why on earth did I stop being a vegetarian?

8. What do you wish you had that would make preparing Thanksgiving dinner easier? my mom and nannie...this year it's just me, Dave and the kids

9. Do you get up at the crack of dawn to have dinner ready in the early afternoon, or do you eat at your normal dinner hour? I like late afternoon

10. If you go to somebody else's house, what's your favorite dish to bring? Green Bean Casserole or Broccoli Casserole
11. What do you wish one of your guests wouldn't bring to your house? sweet potatoes, yuck!
12. Does your usual mix of guests result in drama, or is it a group you're happy to see? At my mom's house their is always drama, Thanksgiving or not,lol

13. What's your absolute favorite thing on the menu? it's a toss up between stuffing and broccoli casserole

14. What are you thankful for this year? My children

photo fun with picnik!

The one thing I might love more then blogging is photo editing...I am not a professional, but it's so much fun! I have a few programs on my pc, but my newest fave is one I can use right online, it's called picnik ! Here are a few I did today {can you tell I love Polaroids?}, I am actually going to incorporate them into the banner for my "first year blog" for the twins!

These are just a few options....there are 1,000's of other things you can do with your pictures. Let me know what you think of picnik... if you use it, I'd love to see your photo projects too!



p.s., the white borders around the pictures are not apart of the pictures themselves, blogger just adds them to the pics I post for some strange reason....argh!

Monday's a Bitch

Pop

1. If you had to join a pop band, which one would it be? NKOTB, I would be their water girl :)
2. Go back to the early 00's. Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera? Why? C.A., she is far more talented
3. Hanson or Jonas Brothers? ew, neither!
4. Backstreet Boys or N'Sync? Why? I love my Justin Timberlake, so I'm gonna go with N'sync
5. What's the most embarrassing CD or song you own? (BE HONEST) I don't think I am embarrassed by any of my musical preferences

Sunday Stealing

Sunday Stealing: The Favorite Meme

Fill in your favorite for each of the following:

1. Political show: SNL

2. Picnic food: egg salad sandwiches

3. Mixed drink: one I made up myself! I call it the Zinger...it has Malibu, Raspberry Vodka, and Coke (or Pepsi)..it tastes just like a Raspberry Zinger! *yum*

4. U.S. President: nobody has stood out as really great since I have been old enough to know better, but I have high hopes for our president elect Obama

5. Kind of student to teach: my little ones

6. Hobby you do or wish you still did: scrapbooking...I'd love to start again when I get some free time AND free space!

7. Sports commentator: I have no idea

8. Sport to watch on TV: baseball

9. Animal to have as a pet: my akita, Ziggy

10. Halloween costume you have worn: my Geisha costume a few years back, that was fun!

11. Kind of dessert: Cherries in the Snow...google it, it's delicious!

12. Comic strip: Garfield of course

13. Ice cream flavor: mint chocolate chip

14. News source: CNN

15. Vacation spot: any at this point!

16. Wine: the sparkling kind

17. Way to waste time instead of working: blogging!

18. Reality show: Jon & Kate plus 8...of course

19. Childrens movie: Brave Little Toaster

20. Celebrity you wish would retire: Tom Cruise

Weekend Pix

Here are some pics of the kids from this weekend in a photobucket slideshow. No special occasion, just some candids!

Saturday 6

1. How often do you visit a coffee shop? If you do, do you drink coffee there, or just pick it up to go? I don't get to go as often as I like since we now live in the middle of nowhere. I probably go once every other week when we are at the airforce base shopping. And I always take it to wander around the stores with.

2. What is the latest time of day you can drink regular coffee (or tea) without messing up your sleep? I can drink it anytime.....for me, when it comes to bedtime nothing keeps me from falling asleep.

3. What is the highest number of cups of coffee (or tea) you’ve had in a single day? I had a couple of pots...it was a bad day, haha

4. Take the quiz: What flavor of latte are you?

You Are a Pumpkin Latte

You are always up for a celebration. You are a very festive person. You look forward to every holiday, and you are nostalgic for good times after they're over. You appreciate the small things that make life special. You love little treats. You often look at the world with childlike wonder. There's so much to enjoy!

What Flavor Latte Are You?

5. Consider the highest price you’ve ever paid for a cup of coffee and the highest price you’ve paid for a gallon of gas: which of the two items was more expensive? Sadly, I think it was coffee! But that's my bodies fuel, so it's as important as gas :)

6. What is your favorite holiday-flavored coffee? I don't like Holiday coffee, it always tends to have too much cinnamon in it for my taste.

once bitten twice shy

Here is a bite that I got yesterday on my arm...Gross, isn't it? I was hoping it would look a little better today, but it looks worse!

What horrible little creature would do such a thing you ask?

Yes, that would be my son Brayden! He has bitten me 3 times now...this one being the worst. I don't know what to do...the sad part is, I think he is doing it out of affection, cause that's how he "kisses" his stuffed monkey. Either that or he is practicing for the sequel to Twilight!

*ouch*

under construction!

Hey everyone! My blog is going to be under construction over the weekend...so I apologize if things look out of whack the next few days :)