100 Things....

I saw this on my friend Shannon's blog and thought it was fun....if you decided to play along on your blog let me know by leaving a comment!
Everything that I have accomplished off this list will be in red!

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo - in front of someone
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
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
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon (does 2 half marathons count?)
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing (fake wall only)
40. Seen Michelangelo's David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
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
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
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
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
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
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
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
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
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day


Looks like there are 52 things I haven't tried....perhaps a trip to Europe is in order to knock out a few of them....some I will be happy to leave undone though...hopefully no broken bone bones or ambulance rides are in the near future!
If you want to play on your blog leave me a comment so I can read your answers.
Have a great week!

Bitten

We have been 'bitten' by the Twilight Saga (I promise that will be the only pun) in our house! I read the first three books in the series earlier this year and have just about finished the final book Breaking Dawn. Emily has read all four in the last several weeks and has just stared reading Eclipse for the THRID time, it's her favorite of the four. These are all fun reads about a girl from Phoenix Bella Swan who moves to the small town of Forks Washington, where she falls in love with a mysterious boy in her class named Edward Cullen. Stephanie Meyer the author of the books is a fellow Arizonan, and I had heard lots of talk about the books I am sorry I waited so long to pick them up

The Twilight movie comes out this weekend and we are looking forward to seeing it on Sunday!

Rock On!

Just a quick Halloween update, I got a great picture from the Haloween party I went to last weekend and had to post it!

Happy Halloween!

Hands down, Halloween is our favorite holiday of the year, and it's not just because of the candy, but that can only make a good day better!

Emily and I both went to Halloween parties last weekend and had lots of fun!













Emily and Grey ready to party!

We are getting ready for our neighborhood trick or treat block party on Friday, this year we have lots of new friends coming to join in the fun and we can't wait! Costumes, candy, chili, sangria and good friends!






Tonight was time for pumpkin carving and we have a few last minute decorations to get ready, but we can't wait! Hope you all get more treats than tricks!


Happy Haunting!

Starting the day off with a laugh....

I think everyone can agree that getting out of the house in the morning is never easy and not even close to the best part of the day. We are always rushing to get lunch made, grabbing something to eat for breakfast in the car, making sure we have keys, homework, backpacks, teeth brushed on and on......And Monday.....don't even get me started!

Today was no different....we were running a bit late as usual, but we were on our way and had picked up Matthew the boy we carpool with and were sluggishly heading down the freeway towards school.

Since the beginning of the school year we have been playing a guessing game about the random things we see in the vacant lot at the corner of Hayden Road and the Loop 101 freeway exit. The first few weeks of school there was an old tire sitting near the corner and one day it would be standing up and the next laying down. A few weeks ago a junky old office chair replaced the tire, Emily and Matthew had seen it a day before and thought they were very funny by trying to fool me into thinking they had just guessed a chair would be there the next morning. We've been laughing about it and checking on it every day since. Last Friday morning Grandma and PePaw took the kids to school for me and they got in on the game.

WELL....this morning as we exited the freeway the kids were guessing about other things in the field.....and as we got closer something was looking odd......even closer.....someone was SITTING in the chair in the middle of the vacant field..... even closer now.....it's PePaw sitting in the chair!!!!! We all started laughing, rolled down the windows to wave and honk at him! It was so great, there is nothing better a good laugh to get the day started! We smiled and laughed each time we thought about it all day today! What a fun way to make us smile, thanks PePaw!

Only at the fair.....

Where else but the state fair can you get a corn dog, ride a giant slide, buy some really cool infomercial stuff, have a fried Twinkie, see some goats, get your picture taken in a photo booth, watch monkey jockeys race dogs and pose for a picture with cotton candy hair all in one place! I ask you what's not to love!!!!!!




It's probably been a good 15 years since I went to the Arizona State fair. Friday was opening day and admission was only a dollar! So Emily and I picked up my dad and headed downtown for some good trashy fun and lots of food!

I have to go wash my car with my new Sham-WOW....but I totally recommend checking it out maybe only in the day time though I hear things get a bit scary down there after dark.

Tag you're it......

I was tagged by Shannon and know I am really behind in updating my blog! I had a great time at CE seeing so many friends and working on such great projects! I will updated with some pictures here soon! Currently taking a great online E-Zine Bellaween from Teresa McFayden trying to get that fall feeling going but it's still so darn hot it's not easy!

So here are the rules for the tag....

1. If you've been tagged, you can put the logo on your blog.
2. Link the person from whom you received the award.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Put links to those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs you've nominated.

OK I am low on the number of blogs I can tag ...mostly stalk my scrap idols....so I will tag.....

Bill

Suzanne