One Word

I stole this from Becky Orton...feel free to steal it from me!

Answer the following with only one word.

1. Where is your cell phone? ....................kitchen

2. Your significant other?.......................awesome

3. Your hair?....................................blonde

4. Your mother? .................................friend

5. Your father?..................................spiritual

6. Your favorite thing?..........................Oliver

7. Your dream last night?........................wierd

8. Your favorite drink...........................water

9. Your dream/goal?..............................travel

10. The room you're in?..........................living...room

11. Your children?.....................................exersauser

12. Your fear?...................................family-less

13. Where do you want to be in 6 years...........kids kids kids!

14. Where were you last night?...................bedroom

15. What you're not?.............................quiet

16. Muffins......................................blueberry

17. One of your wish list items?.................CuisinArt

18. Where you grew up?...........................Australia (Center Harbor and New Hampshire are more than one word!)

19. What are you wearing?........................green

20. Your TV?.....................................nill

21. Your pets?...................................nill

22. Your computer? ..............................Alienware

23. Your life?...................................Oliver

24. Your mood?...................................happy

25. Missing someone?.............................seester

26. Your car?....................................ancient

27. Something you're not wearing?.....socks

28. Favorite Store?..............................Target

29. Your summer?.................................surprises

30. Like someone?................................mom

31. Your favorite color?.........................blue

32. Last time you laughed........................today

33. Last time you cried?.........................funeral

An Evening with Diane Rehm

For our two year anniversary Shane and I went to see Diane Rehm in the Lebanon Opera House. First of all, she looks and acts so much more vital than she sounds. For anyone who doesn't know who she is, Diane hosts her own show (The Diane Rehm Show) on NPR and about a decade ago she was diagnosed with Spasmotic Dysphonia so when she talks it is very slow, and she sounds like she's about 200 years old. But as she pointed out, this slowness of her speech really forces her guests and listeners to really listen and digest what is being said and not to just jump to the next comment. Diane has met so many influential people in the world, it was really great to hear a bunch of stories about her experiences.
I will say, though, that we were probably the youngest people there by about 40 years. I'm glad that we could "represent" her younger listenership, and that all the oldies knew that there are young people out there that listen to her as well. I wanted to ask her a question, because half of the evening was devoted to asking her questions, but the people with the microphones were not using their brains that evening. An example...for the last questions, Diane shouted "A woman! A woman! We've only heard from one, get a woman!" so what do they do? Hand the microphone to a man! They promptly took it away and gave it to a woman when they snapped back to their senses but it was very frustrating. We were sitting in the very last row (by choice) so the odds of me getting my question in were quite slim! We sat in the back because we brought Oliver with us so we wanted to be able to dash to the exit if he decided he didn't want to be there anymore. He was a complete angel, though! It really was a blessing; for all of you that have seen him in church and have seen how he can't get through the first half hour with out being taken out, he made it through the entire hour and a half!
To conclude, I would really encourage everyone to listen to The Diane Rehm Show on NPR daily from 10-12. The first hour is political, the second hour she interviews authors, doctors, artists, etc. On Fridays is the Friday News Roundup which is a good way to get your week's worth of news in a a two hour block!

Oh third graders...

This is a "free write" that one of my mom's students wrote. $100 for who ever can make sense of this!


"Some things can be long and
some things can be short.
But some things can be long and
short or some things are supost
to be long and some things
are supost to be short.
But some times it can
be a family tree that can
be long or it can be a family
tree that can be short.
But that dosen't mean
that you can make fun of
them. Don't laugh at them
ether so don't be cryer or
a hater or make fun of ether.
So don't be a bully.

BK Loaded Steakhouse Burger

Loaded Steakhouse Burger ________Recommended Intake
cal 970 ______________________2,000kcal
fat 55 _______________________40-60g
satfat 22 _____________________>10% of daily fat
transfat 2 ___________________as little as possible
chol 155 ______________________>300mg
sodium2190___________________ 2300mg
carb 63 _______________________45-65% of daily kcals
fiber 5 _________________________35g
sugar 12 ______________________10% of kcals
protein46 ______________________?g
weight in g 339

So yeah, I'm feeling pretty gross right now. But somehow it was totally worth it. Oh, I'm such an American!

For some reason I can not for the life of me find a picture of this burger online, so I will describe it...
A huge burger patty, American cheese, bacon, steak sauce, fried onions, mashed potatoes, chives, and bacon bits! It took me a half an hour to eat it! I don't know if I'll get it again anytime soon, but it definitely satisfied my craving!

My little Wildcat

Many thanks to Misha for this romper from my Alma Mater! Now we just have to get him to pose with the wildcat statue!(puke)

Congrats to Shane!

Just in case you can't read what that says, it is Shane's acceptance letter into the Masters program for IT at Southern New Hampshire University! Hopefully in a year and a half's time Shane will have a graduate degree in Information Technologies. Congrats Shane, I'm so proud of you!! I know you'll do great!

Signs of spring

The daffodils have come and gone but there are plenty of other beauties in the yard!