Published on October 17, 2010 By KellyW0498 In Blogging

1) The Jeep wave:  I was told about the Jeep club before I bought Ruby my red Jeep Wrangler who I love and adore so much by a fellow jeep owner.  This club was unknown to me. What happens is whenever you pass another jeep they do the one finger lift wave. It's true. Although the other Jeep models don't seem to be active members. It's wrangler to wrangler.

2.) When my puppy Goldberg has to poop he engages in the most amazing arch I have ever seen. He contorts himself into a giant horseshoe. We then refer to him as David Archuleta.

3.) My birthday gift is on it's way. A Kindle. I have mixed emotions. I am going to love having books at my disposal at any given minute. I'm scared that I"m going to have books at my disposal at any given minute. My friends who I give books to when I'm done are going to be bummed. Have no fear, I still have a bunch of unread books ready to share. I wonder if this is the upside to e-books. They are cheaper, but you don't really share one book among 10 people.

4.) My husband and I go on these great walks on the way to the park. During these walks we see what we like and add it to our ever growing design of our future home on the mountain. To date some additions to the design are a  large crows nest, a long mud room, a garden room surrounded by windows, not to mention the king sized jacuzzi bathtub, and floor to ceiling stone fireplace. The planning stage is the best part.

5.) I still think it's funny when somebody slips on a banana peel and falls.

6.) My husband and son took up bow hunting last year. This year he installed a trail-cam by the tree stand. I can't share the pictures with you under the law of hunter man. The location is top secret. I can tell you the sightings have been great. There have been does, fawns, bucks, bear,  and turkey. It's like our own little National Geographic show. Don't worry, they aren't very good hunters yet, so no animals have been harmed, just fed.

7.) I'm still having a love-hate relationship with myself over the Real Housewives show. I hate myself for loving them but I just love seeing the houses they live in. I have house envy.

8.) I heard awhile back about a strategy for boosting sales in stores. They rearrange where products are so you have to search for them and stay in the store longer, plus seeing other items. I'm here to tell you I hate that. I know my neighborhood grocery store so well I make my grocery list by the aisles. This keeps me loyal. When and if a store rearranges things it's my cue to check out other stores.   Or, if you sell me green ham I will never shop there again. This strategy:FAILURE!

9.) I love my newly purchased rice cooker.

10.) The receptionist on the show The Apprentice. What a great job. She sends the contestants into the boardroom and gives the appropriate pity look to the fired one as they make their way to the elevator as well as maintaining the busy look.  With the exception of the fired contestant talking about their experience on the show, she is the last face you see. I wonder if she is really a receptionist for the Trump organization or an actress getting into the business with this little resume' booster?


Comments
on Oct 18, 2010

We used to have a jeep wrangler and I never appreciated it until it was gone.  Jeep's are so much fun.

on Oct 18, 2010

Personally, I think the sugar, cake, cookie, chips, and everything-I-love-but-is-bad-for-me aisle in the grocery store, should be isolated, up two flights of stairs that you must pull and lift your grocery cart to get too.  That way, at least I'd think twice about "needing" those items...

I just bought a microwave rice cooker this weekend!!!  I love brown rice, but HATE how long it takes to cook, and frankly I can't ever get it right....so hopefully this rice cooker will be my salvation.

I'm looking for tasty vegetable as entrée recipes.  Just so you know

Your house will be lovely....one thing I've discovered about houses...I always thought I wanted vaulted ceilings, until I had them.  Tall ceilings are better, vaulted ceilings, uh not so much.  I can't clean high arch windows (Which seem to go hand in hand with vaulted ceilings) or paint easily, and I do those things enough that it's just not reasonable.

Our house now has a laundry room off the master bath.  And the laundry room has a door to the outside.  I LOVE THIS!!  I can come into the laundry room, drop my garden clothes straight into the washer, step into the master bath and shower....very very nice.  It also eliminates the need for a laundry basket in the master bedroom and/or master bath.  A few steps and laundry can be dropped into the appropriate laundry bag in the laundry room.

I'm tellin ya, the things we learn!  lol

on Oct 18, 2010

Loca: go get another one!!!

Tonya, I've made all kinds of rice in my cooker except for the wild rice one. I love wild rice too. I know it takes more water. Let me know how the microwave cooker works.  What a wonderful idea for the grocery store. We would ALL be healthier if that were the case. I'm definitely stealing your laundry room idea. That sounds brilliant!!!

on Oct 18, 2010

On the Hunter video - I wonder if you can edit it so as not to give away any locations and then post the pictures of the game. That would be great, but I do understand the need for secrecy.  If they ever get a turkey......the domestic kind are dumb, but the wild ones are very smart!

On the Jeep, yea, I have heard about that.  I do not own one.  It seems to be mostly a female thing (the wrangler), although my wife had a grand cherokee for 15 years.  She loved it.  But I never saw her do the wave either.

on Oct 18, 2010

never had a rice cooker.  What's the advantage over cooking it on the stove?  Lately my specialty has been yellow rice with chopped, red/green peppers and onions sauteed in olive oil while the rice is cooking and then just before serving I mix the two!  My favorite. 

on Oct 18, 2010

  Dr. Guy..I don't even think you can tell where it is, it's just my husband being secretive. Now, one day I will have to write about the secrets fishermen keep too. You would think they were bloody spies!

KFC..I love the rice cooker because I don't have to watch it and it cooks rice perfect every time. I made sticky rice yesterday and today we used it for fried rice. Besides, I only have one pot that cooks rice really good, when it wants to. Or it could be me. Anyway, I love the fact it makes it and I can do other stuff!!!

on Oct 19, 2010

Now, one day I will have to write about the secrets fishermen keep too. You would think they were bloody spies!

Fisherman have to!  Anyone can buy a rod and reel, and use it (not like hunting).  So good spots have to be guarded extremely well!