Archive for January, 2009
A special request
Posted by: | CommentsHey, all! How is everyone out there in bloggy land? Long time no see around here right! 
Well, life just keeps me pretty busy. Plus, I’ve been having a little more fun with my facebook page lately so I’ve kind of neglected this. Anyway, I have a question for you. I just recently got a Sam’s card again (after MANY years without one) and I was wondering if any of you have a “must have” list from Sam’s. Are there any things there that you think are super great deals? Anything that is better to buy there than anywhere else? If you have some ideas I’d love to hear them!!
And I actually have a couple of other ideas for posts so you may even see me on here again soon! 
New beginnings
Posted by: | CommentsI’ve kind of been thinking about where I want to go with this blog lately. I haven’t spent much time on here in awhile and honestly I’m just not as interested as I used to be. I don’t necessarily want to shut it down or anything - I might have something I want to say from time to time - I just want to do some new things in addition to this.
My husband wants to do a blog with me where we write about things in life such as marriage, church, kids, etc. I think we’ll probably start that pretty soon so if any of you are interested in that let me know and I’ll let you know when we start it.
My husband has also been trying to get me to write a book for a while. I suppose if he’s crazy enough to think I can do that I ought to at least attempt it! haha! So, I might be spending some time doing that.
Another thing that has changed for me is that I’ve gotten into Facebook. It’s a lot of fun because it’s people that I know in real life and we just chat with each other and stuff. It’s also something that I can just share one sentence and be done whereas here I feel like I need to write a bunch or it’s not worth it. It’s just different than this. I enjoy reading everyone else’s blog still and commenting when I have time but for some reason I just never know what to sit down and write here. Know what I mean? Maybe I just need somebody to give me a topic list! 
Anyway, all that to say that I’m going to also start a new blog that I’m going to link with my Facebook page. It will be a blog where I share things on a more personal level – something I haven’t really done here as that was never my intention with this. I’m not going to make it a public blog like this one is. It’s not really “private” because it will be online but I’m not going to have it in search engines and stuff like that. I just want to share with people that I want to share with. Does that make sense? So anyway, if you are somebody that I “know” and have commented back and forth with and we read each other’s blog and you are interested I’d be happy to give you the blog address. Just leave me a comment or e-mail me and let me know. If you aren’t interested that is totally fine and you will not hurt my feelings.
So, that’s what’s going on for me right now! Of course, there’s a whole lot more but this is a start.
The 99 things meme
Posted by: | CommentsAs you may have noticed, I haven’t been on here much recently. I also haven’t spent much time reading other blogs like I used to. I’ve just been busy with other things. One blog that I always liked but haven’t been to for awhile is Five J’s. I finally had the time to sit and look through it and she had this meme on her blog and it looked fun so I thought I’d do it. It’s a list of 99 things and you’re supposed to highlight the things that you’ve done yourself. So, if you’d like to play along do it on your blog and leave a comment so I can see yours.
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars (if being in a tent counts – if not then I haven’t )
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii (I wish!!!!)
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain (not the whole thing but we climbed up part of Pikes Peak when I was a kid)
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris (in my dreams maybe)
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (hopefully someday!)
18. Grown your own vegetables (seems like I tried to grow something once)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train (I think this would be cool though!)
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked (that would be crazy!)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (Can I do that as a mom? Sign me up! )
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping (never gonna happen!)
27. Run a Marathon (running is not something that is fun to me so that’s not gonna happen either!)
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice (seriously, who has the money to flit around the world like this!! haha!)
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise (that’s my dream vacation and every year on our anniversary when we can’t afford it my husband says “maybe next year” – he says this will be the year – we’ll see!)
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person (twice)
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community (although I’ve been in areas where you can see the Amish driving their buggies around)
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (I like Joy’s answer for this one – still in debt, but content with our circumstances)
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person (again with the world travel!)
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke (not in public but in my home )
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt (it’s on my list of places to go!)
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa (good grief!)
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight (I’ve been to the beach – don’t remember if it was by moonlight!)
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted (drawn but not painted – and it was by my husband – he did a great job!)
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 (not sure about this one!)
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 (didn’t go so well)
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching (I would love to do this!)
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 (not on purpose, of course)
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial (believe it or not we went to D.C. and that’s one of the places we did NOT make it to. Long story! UGH!!!!)
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 (my nose)
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person (Again, believe it or not we lived in Phoenix and did NOT make it up to the Grand Canyon. long story again. UGH!)
80. Published a book (though my husband tells me I should – it would be kinda cool!)
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car (brand new to me – but never BRAND new!)
83. Walked in Jerusalem (that’s a dream of mine!!)
84. Had your picture in the newspaper (I know my name has been in the paper but I’m not sure if my picture has)
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House (outside the gates only)
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (eeewwwww!!!!!)
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life (not that I’m aware of!)
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 (just the outside)
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake (no, but I flew over it while flying in to Salt Lake City!)
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee (and hope to never be!!)
Whew! That took awile! It was fun though! Won’t you play??
