tagged.

i've been tagged.
twice actually.
so i figure i better hop to it.

the first.

List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether or not they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your LiveJournal/blog along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they’re listening to.

alright, so i could only come up with 5 without stressing myself out... so i'm cheating a bit, but here is the list...

1. Sexyback – Justin Timberlake
2. Buttons - The Pussycat Dolls featuring Snoop Dogg
3. Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
4. London Bridge - Fergie
5. What Hurts the Most - Rascal Flatts


the second.

The rules:
1. List 5 weird things about yourself or your pets.
2. Tag 5 friends and list them.
3. Those people need to write on their blogs about 5 weird things, and state the rules, and tag 5 more people.
4. Don’t forget to let the people you tag know by posting a comment on their blog!

here we go...

1. my maiden name is the same name of the town i 'grew' up in.
2. i like all kinds of music. really. i pretty much like everything.
3. i am attracted to snoop dogg, and scar face from grease :) teehee. that's weird, right?
4. i have braces. lol...
5. i can be obsessive compulsive...

...nothing too weird i guess... lol.

if you haven't done these yet, and you want to, consider yourself tagged :)

skating.

we took lilly skating for the 1st time this past weekend.
dave bought her a tiny pair of Graf skates (same brand as his of course). (don't pay attention to the prices... it's sick. and lilly's are an old pair off of ebay) public skating prices are a bit of a rip... but oh well, lilly is growing up in a skating family, so i'll have to get used to it :) we have to have fun every now and then...

telepathy.

remember that popcorn that i posted about JUST yesterday?
well today, the UPS man drops off this box.



to lillian.
from aunt melissa.
from Dale and Thomas Popcorn of NYC.



in that box.
9 bags of delicious popcorn.
in an adorable crate.


thank you aunt melissa :)

almost FREE popcorn...

Dale and Thomas Popcorn

...this is the BEST popcorn EVER.

my sister had 2 bags waiting for us in NYC when we visited her.
we ate that and went and got more while we were still there.

i've been wanting to order some...

and looky here

must be time to order some :)

only $2.95 a bag, for shipping and handling.
TOTALLY worth every penny.
i'd even spend full price, and you all know how i am with money ;)

if you like popcorn, please. treat yourself.
believe me, you'll be happy you did.

if you aren't so much into popcorn... get a bag or two and give them as a gift.
the receiver will thank you.


ok... off to order mine :)
yummmers...........

here you go...

i can see by the number of replies on my last post that you are on the edge of your seats waiting to see these fabulous videos... so here is a link for your viewing pleasure (since i am having problems getting them here from youtube.)

see buckeye rap videos here


enjoy. seriously. hehehe.

linking videos

i tried to link 2 different videos to my blog, but im not sure that they are going through. they'll probably show up while im watching TV tonight... so here is an explaintion for them if they show up before or after this post.

2 buckeye 'rap' videos.
dave sent them to me.
as a rap enthusiast, they are a bit hard to watch.
besdies that, they gave me a nice little laugh.
(and it was neat seeing all the placed they taped...)

i so wish i would have run across these guys filming.
to see this as it was happening, would have been hilarious.

ok, so if they show up... and you have 10 minutes to watch some entertaining video... go for it. if they don't show up, ill try to get them here somehow, but don't get your hopes up for anything too exciting.

jackets game.

went to the blue jackets game tonight.
got to sit in the "Sky Terrace".
very fun. very fancy for a hockey game :)

stinger came up to visit.
lilly was a bit shaken by him... lol.
even though shed been talking about him all day, and was looking for him during the whole game. something about mascots... they look so cute and tiny far away, but when they are standing right next to you... well, they are pretty big. massive to a 2 year old.

when we left we rode in the elevator with Manny Malholtra.
VERY handsome man :)
lilly gave him a high five...
ahhh, if only she knew :)
that'll be a fun story to tell as she grows up :)

and of course, we forgot the camera.
but, im not worried...
the story is just as fun without pictures.
and it felt good to treat a 'famous' person like a person, and not like a celebrity by asking for pictures and autographs. i bet he appreciated that too.

the jackets won 2-4.
against last years stanley cup champs.
thats impressive :)

today.

today i get to scrap.
all day long.
with adults.
im a tad bit excited :)

then and now

hockey.
it really is the thing that led me to dave.
you see, ive always had a thing for hockey players.
here's dave his senior year of high school...
(he's the one in the back row right behind the goalie.)



and here he is today.
the men's B league champs... hehehe.
he's the third one in on the top row.
(i usually describe him as the bald one... that won't help too much here!)



and here is our little hockey girl.
excited to wear her hockey bear shirt on this chilly day and to get out her own hockey stick.

jus ike daddy. (just like daddy)

here's lilly

here is lilly.
8:15 am.
saturday morning.
she'd been up for over two hours already.



go bucks.
but lilly, go back to bed.
the game isn't til noon.

fun things

Not much substance to my blog entries these days.
I guess substance is not the point with a blog though.



Fun things.

Heard this song on the radio the other day. Hadn’t heard it since high school, but remembered all the words. Fun.

This boy. Daniel cook. (Or “cook cook” as lilly calls him.) He is wise for his years. He’s on the Disney channel. Check him out. Very funny boy.

Sent these to my sister a while back. Found them in line at the grocery store. We had the 'original' ones when we were 'kids'. I think I still have mine somewhere... Funny.


Monday art project with the kids: Buckeye necklaces. They could thread the beads all by themselves… VERY fun.

Still plugging away at the new MP stamps. If only my eye could detect 1/4 and 3/8 inch spacing I’d be set to go. Will be fun. eventually...

These shoes. A very unexpected gift from some very special people in my life. People who know I don’t treat myself, and make it a point to make me feel special. (Thank you again if you are reading!)

Ate tater tots for lunch. That’s all. not hungry. Not jen. Not fun.

Ok, now I feel better.

a visit with lilly

i made this little envelope album a while ago as a thank you gift for friends that came to visit us. now i can post it here since they got it in the mail :) (and i actually remembered to post it...)

nothing fancy, but fun to make, and that is all that matters!

friday night fun

here she is.
the little fishergirl.
she caught 9 fish.
her first time out.
daddy caught zero.

more random things

been feeling pretty sick for a few days now... so i wanted to make a quick list of happy random things.


*new magazines from my sister :) ...living and blueprint and everyday food... love love love them all..

*a great sale at Island Girl Scrapwear which means i finally bought a scrapping shirt :)

*fall tv is starting... prison break is in full swing, house is new tonight!! yeah!!

*have a few paste ups started for new MP stamps... working hard to have them mailed out for production by the end of the month!

*tylenol is my friend these days :)

*shaving cream, 3 spatulas and 3 toddlers in dave's undershirts at the kitchen table = at least a half hour of fun

*and a quick update from a post in May...

Missing:
1. eyelet tips (2) ***FOUND***
2. eyelet setter ***FOUND***
3. cord to hook camcorder up to TV
4. my hair brush ***FOUND***
5. zoo membership passes ***FOUND***

4 out of 5 is pretty good :)
all of which were found in pretty logical places...
still on the look out for item #3

happy day everyone :)

It's Coming....Ohio State Football



im not a crazy football fan.

im not even a crazy sports person in general.

i dont know if i can even really be called a true buckeye... besides the fact that i was born and raised here in ohio.

but living in columbus has turned me into a buckeye fan.

through osmosis i guess.

its hard to escape, even if you wanted to.

and it doesnt help that lilly is a fan :)
(...and she was born in columbus, so she is official)

"whose da boy's name?"

no love on my last post... boohoo.
moving on...


lilly is is obsessed with knowing people's names.
people. animals. anything that seems to be alive.

"whose da boy's name?"
"whose da girl name?"
"whoosa baby name?"
"whoosa big one name?" (in reference to the person with the baby)
"whoosa doggie name?"
"whoosa big one name?" (in reference to the dog owner)

most of the time we tell the truth.
"i dont know their name, lilly."
"we don't know them, so we don't know their name."
"mommy and daddy don't know everyone's names."
"that's a stranger. we can just call them ma'am or sir."
"if you don't know their name, we probably don't know it either" (that's my new favorite one from dave tonight... heheh)

we usually get an unsatisfied reply... which is the repetition of the initial question (ie: "whose da boy's name?")

realizing that the 'truth' of not knowing the person's name was insufficient, we started answering like this...

me: "not sure lilly, maybe their name is ben?"
lilly: "no!"
me: "um... how about tom?"
lilly: "noooo... (giggle giggle)"
me: "steve?"
lilly: "no, mamma."
me: "i dont know lilly. sorry"

so tonight in the car, the conversation starts again.
(let me also inform you that lilly has recently started the fine art of conversing with herself.)

lilly: whose da boy's name?
lilly: i dunno.
lilly: whose da boy's name?
lilly: bob.
lilly: bob?
lilly: yeah bob.
lilly: no gramma.
lilly: gramma. bob.
lilly: gramma. bob. gramma. bob.


this while dave is keeling over the wheel trying to hold in his laughter, and pay attention to stop lights :)

josh & lilly

lilly and her long term boyfriend...
they've been going steady since august of 2003 :)



that cool stamp?
got it at a garage sale :)

that font?
do you like it?

well, you may just may be seeing it soon at MP :)


...speaking of Mandarin Pixie, shipping is $1.00 for the rest of the month!

happy weekend :)

nail biter

lilly is a nail biter.
she has been for a while now.
which is why we don't paint her fingernails.
she knows she'll get her nails painted if she stops biting her nails.
and she is not shy at all to tell anyone those facts.

the other day she is chewing on something...
as usual, i think that is her job

me: lilly what's in your mouth?
lilly: hangnail
me: spit it out (holding my hand to her mouth)
lilly: (spits out nail)
me: where'd you get this nail? (way too big to come from any of her fingers)
lilly: toes

yeah, she's gnawing at her toes now.

to the point where it bled and needed a band-aid.
(a plain adult band-aid... no garfield for that habit)
oh. my.
this girl.

a list of things

havent blogged in a while... here's a list of happy things.

1. this toothpaste. it foams. it tastes like halls. straight from NYC from my sister, because i can't seem to locate it here in ohio. although now i have the box, so i may have better luck. im sure its been staring me in the face.

2. haircuts on the deck... hehhe. (now taking appointments.)

3. food and herbs from the garden (snow peas, carrots, basil, mint, and LOADS of tomatoes)

4. the garlic festival (yep, you read it right). that's erin, lilly and i with "Garlica".



5. free tickets to the Crew game.

6. edamame... could eat this everyday.

7. food on the grill.

8. visits from friends, even if they are from Michigan :)

9. new MP stamps in the works!

10. back to watching the kiddos 'full time'.

11. feeding the ducks with old stale moldy bread :)

12. taking the boat out... (see pevious post).

13. scrounging up enough change in daddy's car to get a baby ice cream in a dish from DQ. mmm... i forgot how much i like DQ :)

14. the family stack (lilly had been wanting to do a pic like this since we took the one of my aunt, uncle and cousin at lakeside...)


have a great week everyone!

lakeside slide show

found a little site...
www.onetruemedia.com
...made a little slide show of our vacation
seeing how it works here :)
you should be able to click the pic, and itll take you there


Lakeside 2006

hope it works!!
much easier than the power point i 'used' to do... (even though the quality isnt all that great, it serves its purpose...)
if anyone is curious... the song is an actual lakeside song :)