Welcome to the 2008 edition of getting to know your Friends. The theory is that you will learn a lot of little things about your friends that you might not have known!
1. What time did you get up this morning?
5:30 Miles is an early riser.... just like his mama :)
2. Diamonds or pearls?
absolutely diamonds. I wore my grandma's pearls to my wedding though.
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
Batman. that's how long its been
4. What is your favorite TV show?
Mad Men (but it would be Arrested Development if it were still on)
5. What do you usually have for breakfast?
I am really into steal cut oatmeal, (which I had to buy in TX) but have to admit that I don't love eating breakfast.
6. What is your middle name?
Ann.
7. What food do you dislike?
Brussels sprouts. But I do love cabbage, isn't that strange.
8. What is your favorite CD at the moment?
Duffy
9. What kind of car do you drive?
Subaru forester
10. Favorite sandwich?
Pressed panini's with Gruyere or goat cheese...yum
11. What characteristic do you despise?
making fun of others (I was made fun of a lot in High School, it kind of ruined me)
12. Favorite item of clothing?
My new cozy Uggs!!!
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go?
Thailand
14. Favorite brand of clothing?
Seven jeans, nothing else fits like they do.
15. Where would you retire to?
Santa Barbara!!!
16. What was your most recent memorable birthday?
My 21st. not that I remember a lot of it, not the proudest time of my life. But it was the last time I celebrated my birthday.
17. Favorite sport to watch?
Gymnastics
18. When is your birthday?
April 23, 1981
19. Are you a morning person or a night person?
Morning for sure.
20. What is your shoe size?
from 7 -8.5 I swear it depends on the brand.
21. Pets?
Nope
22. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us?
Nope
23. What did you want to be when you were little?
a psychiatrist
24. How are you today?
A little under the weather.
25. What is your favorite candy?
Right now its hot tamales.
26. What is your favorite flower?
Cymbidium Orchids, and Calla lilies
27. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to?
Tomorrow. James has the day off.
28. What is your full name?
Elizabeth Ann Checchio. (yep no Dayley)
29. What are you listening to right now?
The ocean from Miles' sound machine as he naps.
30. What was the last thing you ate?
Homemade buttermilk biscuits. Last night with dinner.
31. Do you wish on stars?
Absolutely
32. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
Aqua
33. How is the weather right now?
About to rain, in the 40's...yuck
34. The first person you spoke to on the phone today?
No one yet, its only 830 am
35. Favorite soft drink?
Diet coke
36. Favorite restaurant?
Chad's in Santa Barbara
37. Real hair color?
Dark dark brown (not black) with streaks of gray
38. What was your favorite toy as a child?
Rollerskates: I had navy blue PacMan ones. They were awesome!
39. Summer or winter?
Summer!!!
40. Hugs or kisses?
Both
41. Chocolate or Vanilla?
chocolate
42. Coffee or tea?
neither
43.When was the last time you cried?
The other day at church. It was the primary program where all the kids sing the songs they had learned throughout the year. It is so sweet, and gets me every time.
44. What is under your bed?
Built in storage with extra bedding and some photo albums
45. What are you afraid of ?
Being left behind.
46. Salty or sweet?
Both, but maybe sweet right now.
47. How many keys on your key ring?
4: house, car, bakery, mail
48.How many years at your current job?
3 years
49.Favorite day of the week?
Saturday
50. How many towns have you lived in?
5- Novato, SLC, Santa Barbara, Siena, Philadelphia
51. Do you make friends easily?
I do, but not GREAT friends. Those are rare.
Ok, so if you learned something new about me, than maybe you should do this too, so I can learn something new about you!
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Dance Party!
Miles' new favorite thing is having dance parties. We have our Ipod docked up in the kitchen and Miles demands almost every morning that we turn it on and have a dance party. Because of his new love of dancing, and his plethora of jump suits, we thought a perfect costume for him would be a break dancer. Unfortunately Miles had a doctors appointment the day of Halloween, and had to get shots, so he wasn't up for the Halloween festivities. So instead of seeing pictures of Miles in costume, you get to enjoy a very bumpy video clip of one of his dance parties! Hope it doesn't make you sick.
Sorry it took so long...
So here are our pumpkins carved. We did it the night before Halloween, and had a lot of fun. I did the one with the big eyes, and the little guy, and James made the one with the teeth. :)
I know I look awful in this pic with no makeup and unwashed hair, but I think James looks so cute, so I couldn't resist showing of my man.
I know I look awful in this pic with no makeup and unwashed hair, but I think James looks so cute, so I couldn't resist showing of my man.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Our Pumpkins....
These are the pumpkins that we picked last weekend. Aren't they great! Stay tuned for what they become....if we have time :)
The Pumpkin Patch
We finally jumped on that band wagon and took Miles to Linvilla Orchard. We are so glad that we went last Friday and didn't wait, since it has been raining since.
Miles of course loved the giant pumpkins. These ones were my favorite. There were called Fantasy pumpkins. Aren't they so cool. I wanted to buy a ton of them and fill up my planter out front, but sadly I am not insanely rich. :)
Miles was not into the camera, he was so annoyed that we kept having him stop to take pictures...can you tell?
James and Miles enjoying the hay bales. We were letting Miles climb all over the place and have a blast, but as we were leaving I heard someone that worked there telling all the other kids to get off....Ooops!
And here is the last shot since my camera died within 5 minutes of us getting there! Lame, I know. We also got to see chickens, ducks, pigs, and horses. Miles LOVED the ducks, and was trying so hard to get into the pond with them, but when we took him over to the pig he started crying almost instantly. Ducks-yes, pigs-no. He wanted to give the horse a kiss...man I wish my camera didn't die!
Miles of course loved the giant pumpkins. These ones were my favorite. There were called Fantasy pumpkins. Aren't they so cool. I wanted to buy a ton of them and fill up my planter out front, but sadly I am not insanely rich. :)
Miles was not into the camera, he was so annoyed that we kept having him stop to take pictures...can you tell?
James and Miles enjoying the hay bales. We were letting Miles climb all over the place and have a blast, but as we were leaving I heard someone that worked there telling all the other kids to get off....Ooops!
And here is the last shot since my camera died within 5 minutes of us getting there! Lame, I know. We also got to see chickens, ducks, pigs, and horses. Miles LOVED the ducks, and was trying so hard to get into the pond with them, but when we took him over to the pig he started crying almost instantly. Ducks-yes, pigs-no. He wanted to give the horse a kiss...man I wish my camera didn't die!
Sunday, October 26, 2008
High Fructose Corn Syrup...
So I am hating this commercials that they have right now for high fructose corn syrup. Some idiot person is eating something totally sugary with HFCS and some other idiot comes up and says that he shouldn't eat that stuff. The first idiot says "Why, HFCS is made from corn and tastes just like sugar" And the second idiot is lik..."Great! Lets all just eat a ton of it then!"
First of all...sugar is not the greatest thing for you in the first place, especially for developing children. And secondly HFCS doesn't get broken down in your body like sugar does. It stays in its bonds, therefore not releasing insulin into the blood stream. That insulin is what tells your brain that you are full. Soooo....if you are eating and eating all this yummy cereal or whatever and it has HFCS in it, you won't feel full, will eat more, and then it will get stored directly as fat!
I am hating these commercials! Definitely try and stay away from the stuff, especially if its in the top 5 of the ingredient list.
OK, I said my piece, I feel better.
First of all...sugar is not the greatest thing for you in the first place, especially for developing children. And secondly HFCS doesn't get broken down in your body like sugar does. It stays in its bonds, therefore not releasing insulin into the blood stream. That insulin is what tells your brain that you are full. Soooo....if you are eating and eating all this yummy cereal or whatever and it has HFCS in it, you won't feel full, will eat more, and then it will get stored directly as fat!
I am hating these commercials! Definitely try and stay away from the stuff, especially if its in the top 5 of the ingredient list.
OK, I said my piece, I feel better.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Baby Shower!
Clar, Jen and I threw a baby shower over the weekend for Danica and Genevieve. It was so much fun to get together with people that i don't get to see very often. The pregnant women looked fabulous, and we all enjoyed delicious food, and a lot of laughs (courtesy of their husbands)
I got to make the cake, and since I was holding a precious six month old during the present opening, I didn't bust out my camera until the end. Everyone was so stuffed that we couldn't even think of eating cake, but I made the girls slice into it. It ended up looking like a wedding photo which is hysterical!
Here's the cake. I actually did it all at home...a first for me. It was stressful not having my bakery to fall back on, and interesting trying to fit it into Miles' nap time, but overall it turned out fine.
My favorite part was making the diaper bags. I obsess about cakes, and have seen people do things like this before, but never have had someone order it, so this was a great opportunity to try something new.
Each bag had all the essentials....a blanket, bottle, diapers, pacifier, and stuffed animal.
I got to make the cake, and since I was holding a precious six month old during the present opening, I didn't bust out my camera until the end. Everyone was so stuffed that we couldn't even think of eating cake, but I made the girls slice into it. It ended up looking like a wedding photo which is hysterical!
Here's the cake. I actually did it all at home...a first for me. It was stressful not having my bakery to fall back on, and interesting trying to fit it into Miles' nap time, but overall it turned out fine.
My favorite part was making the diaper bags. I obsess about cakes, and have seen people do things like this before, but never have had someone order it, so this was a great opportunity to try something new.
Each bag had all the essentials....a blanket, bottle, diapers, pacifier, and stuffed animal.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
5 Things...
I was tagged by Amanda....so here goes!
5 Shows I watch
1. Heroes
2. Desperate Housewives
3. Biggest Loser
4. Project Runway
5. Mad Men
5 Restaurants
1. Chipotle
2. Mika (Sushi)
3. Chad's
4. Ray's
5. Training Table....gotta love cheese fries.
5 Thing that happened yesterday
1. I completed my Pay it Forward
2. I found out Clar and Chris are having a boy!!!
3. I made a lasagna from scratch...noodles and all, Yummy!
4. I found out my family is foregoing gifts this year in order to adopt a refugee family.
5. I took Miles to the dollar store to replace a truck that got destroyed the first time we took it to the park. I guess I can't expect much more from a truck that cost $1.
5 Things to look forward to
1. Leaving Philly...not my friends here, just Philadelphia.
2. Nov 1. Family pictures with Danica!!!
3. Christmas. I can't wait to see my family.
4. Every morning with Miles.
5. Every evening with James.
5 Things I love about fall
1. The colors
2. Sweaters
3. Thanksgiving
4. Pumpkin cheesecake
5. The primary program
5 Thing on my wish list
1. To be stationed in a nice place next year.
2. James to get into the Ortho program
3. For my family and friends to be healthy and happy.
4. To be willing and aware when I can serve others.
5. To always be grateful for the life I have.
5 Things important to me
1. James and Miles
2. My Family
3. Friends
4. Being productive
5. Food
5 People I tag
Anyone who needs a new post :)
5 Shows I watch
1. Heroes
2. Desperate Housewives
3. Biggest Loser
4. Project Runway
5. Mad Men
5 Restaurants
1. Chipotle
2. Mika (Sushi)
3. Chad's
4. Ray's
5. Training Table....gotta love cheese fries.
5 Thing that happened yesterday
1. I completed my Pay it Forward
2. I found out Clar and Chris are having a boy!!!
3. I made a lasagna from scratch...noodles and all, Yummy!
4. I found out my family is foregoing gifts this year in order to adopt a refugee family.
5. I took Miles to the dollar store to replace a truck that got destroyed the first time we took it to the park. I guess I can't expect much more from a truck that cost $1.
5 Things to look forward to
1. Leaving Philly...not my friends here, just Philadelphia.
2. Nov 1. Family pictures with Danica!!!
3. Christmas. I can't wait to see my family.
4. Every morning with Miles.
5. Every evening with James.
5 Things I love about fall
1. The colors
2. Sweaters
3. Thanksgiving
4. Pumpkin cheesecake
5. The primary program
5 Thing on my wish list
1. To be stationed in a nice place next year.
2. James to get into the Ortho program
3. For my family and friends to be healthy and happy.
4. To be willing and aware when I can serve others.
5. To always be grateful for the life I have.
5 Things important to me
1. James and Miles
2. My Family
3. Friends
4. Being productive
5. Food
5 People I tag
Anyone who needs a new post :)
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Saturday, October 18, 2008
And the Winners are....
Kelsey, Preethi, and Riliegh.
Congratulations ladies! You are the three that commented first and therefore are my winners for Pay it Forward. I love that my winners are spread throughout the country. Kelsey from SLC, Preethi for Philly, and Riliegh in Santa Barbara.
Please leave me your addresses and I will get you your gifts!
Congratulations ladies! You are the three that commented first and therefore are my winners for Pay it Forward. I love that my winners are spread throughout the country. Kelsey from SLC, Preethi for Philly, and Riliegh in Santa Barbara.
Please leave me your addresses and I will get you your gifts!
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