So I was perusing around on my fave blogs and ran across a dialect Vlog both with Hannah and Jessica and thought… I’ve been wanting to try my shot at a Vlog… why not!
There are a list of words to say and then some questions to answer. I hope you’ll all decide to participate because I’d LOVE to hear what you sound like too. Don’t laugh to much at me and the white cord around my neck were iPod earphones that I kind of forgot were there… woops 🙂
a.area code: That is a 3 digit prefix so that the phone company knows where in the country you are 🙂
b. bed size: I’m in love with my Queen size… it’s hard to share a bed with my husband when it’s a full now… 🙂
c. chore you hate: Unfortunately my downfall is folding laundry and actually putting it away. I don’t mind washing it… it’s just that damn folding it… and putting it away that gets me
d. dog’s name: Well that would be Audrey or my dog at my parents (he stayed with them) is Morelli
e. essential “start of the day” item: a bathroom… LOL
f. favorite color: That would be purple!
g. gold or silver: I like silver a lot but my wedding ring/engagement ring are gold.
h. height: I think I’m shrinking :(… I always thought I was 5’8 but the “school nurse” (aka the nurse we see at work here) measured me in at 5’7
i. instruments you play: in high school I went to band camp playing the Clarinet 🙂
j. job: .I work in the Risk Mgmt department of my company, plus I’m starting up my own business on the side 🙂
k. kids: I have 1 step-daughter Tbug and my fur-baby Audrey
l. living arrangements: in my house with my husband and dog (and every other weekend my step daughter)
m. mom’s name: Mom 🙂
n. nickname: Cole
o. overnight hospital stay: So far I’ve been lucky and haven’t had to….
p. pet peeve: Rude people and people who think they deserve things they didn’t earn.
q. quote from movie: “I like that boulder, that’s a nice boulder”
r. righty or lefty: for the most party I’m a righty
s. siblings: heck no, my parents stopped with perfection!
t. time you wake up: well I used to not be a morning person and had to drag myself out of bed… but lately I’ve been getting up between 5:30 and 6:30
u. underwear: Yup have them on. Thanks for checking!
v. vegetables you dislike: .Beans. The only kind I like are green.
w. ways or reasons you are late: My husband misplaced my car keys!
x. x-rays: yup, I’ve had them
y. yummy food you make: mmmm food! I have a few faves that I/husband make.
z. zoo animals you like: really the ones I don’t like would be easier to name… aka snakes!
Last night was a Spanking Good Time… LOL… Nope, it wasn’t dirty, get your mind out of the gutter… well you might keep it slightly there but let me explain!
I was invited to an invitation only event, just for women aged 18 years old +.
It is called the Diva Paddle Party (as their shirt states)
Taken with iPhone… Not the best quality
OMG was it fun and hilarious. And as the back of their shirt states:
Taken with iPhone again…. But all the rest are taken with my Nikon
So here’s the gist of it….
10 different vendors got together
Premier Design Jewelry (duh it’s jewelry)
Mishe’ Bags (The purses with the magnetic covers)
Scentsy (The newest and latest craze, the smell good stuff)
Longaberger (The basket company)
Pampered Chef (The cooking company)
Tupperware (The storing company)
Home & Garden Parties (The decorating company)
Mary Kay (Make-up)
Tastefully Simple (quick and easy fix meals with 2 ingredients or less)
Passion Parties (Think sex toys… LOL)
They host these 1 night a month. It is by invitation only, however if I get the invite, I can bring as many friends as I would like.
So you pay $3 to get in the door. That gives you one bidding Paddle. Then you can pay $3 and buy more but every paddle is $3. Now every month they do proceed donations… this month the donation was for the Laffeyette House (They help women in the area with different needs, take them in, etc) so if you brought paper towels, toilet paper, etc (2) you got a free paddle. (Last month was a canned food drive, 2 canned goods got you an extra paddle). Anyway so you put your name on a ticket (plus your address and which of the 10 ladies that invited you), that got thrown in a pot and then you got your paddle.
My fave color & that number were not a good combo for me last night… LOL
So then you bring a roll of quarters, or if you are me, a plastic baggy full… LOL (just don’t have my luck and let the baggy split out and quarters go flying!)
There were 5 tables set up at the front of the room, each vendor got 1/2 of the table to set up their displays.
Here we have Tupperware, Home & Garden, Mary Kay and the far right there is Tastefully Simple.
Then here’s Pampered Chef along with Tupperware and the Home & Garden
Premier Jewelry, Mishe’ bags, Scentsy & Longaberger
Here were the line of ladies coming in the room, paying.
At this point I put away my camera… I know I’m a bad blogger… LOL
So anyway There are 40 items put up for bid, no more, no less. Each vendor puts in 4 items. The items are priced at $15 or more.
Let the bidding begin….
So if you want to bid on the item up for sale (auction) you place your paddle in the air and a quarter in the cups of the ladies walking around. You have to pay 25 cents per bid… so if you have 4 paddles, you put in $1 in quarters. Then they draw a number out of the bucket. If your number is drawn and you bid on that item, you win that item for 1 quarter. So you jump up and down screaming that you won. Some of the reactions were hilarious!
Now if you didn’t bid on that item and your number is called, everyone boo’s you and they draw another number.
When the Passion Parties lady put up some of her items, there were some funny embarrassed looks from people. It was hilarious!
So 1 paddle and bidding on every item, you are out $13 for the night. Plus they have door prizes, that first ticket where you put all your information, if your name is drawn out of that pot, you win a door prize.
THEN… if that wasn’t enough…
When you first come in and are paying your $3 to get your paddle, you can buy raffle tickets. 1 ticket for $1, 6 tickets for $5, 12 tickets for $10.
The baskets are friggin awesome. There are 2.
The first basket, each of the 10 vendors put in a $15ish item. If your name is drawn you just walked away with 10 items equaling $150.
The second basket is a gift certificate to each of the 10 vendors equaling $15. So if your name is drawn for this, you win $150 in gift certificates.
Let’s just say, this was so much fun and I can’t wait for next month! I didn’t have much luck last night, however my mom walked away with a Mishe’ wallet, a Mishe’ bag cover & a door prize.
We laughed because she got 2 Mishe’ items, another gal got 2 jewelry items and another gal got 2 Longaberger items.
Until next time, this is Nicole reporting for, That’s Life Signing Off
My mom gets so tickled at me… I absolutely love to cook! In fact, I shared with you my passion for cookbooks… remember that?? For Christmas they added to my already large cookbook collection… last night when I went to add them to the shelf, I was out of room… YIKES! I guess I’ll just move all my cake decorating books to make room for cookbooks.
Anyway the reason my mom gets so tickled at my cooking love is because she HATES to cook. In fact her mother (aka my grandma) always claimed to HATE cooking. Funny thing about grandma though was she loved food. When I was a kid and I would say food was nasty, she’d get mad at me and tell me I wasn’t allowed to say that about any food, but I could say I didn’t like it.
Now on the other hand, my dad’s mother (aka my grandma… LOL) Loves to cook. My mom thinks that I must have gotten my love for cooking there. My mom always claimed while dating my dad that my grandma could make a gourmet meal out of trash… LOL.
But I do have a passion for cooking.
I remember my love for cooking came about strong when I was in college. I happened to be home one Christmas break and bored out of my mind… I’m not sure how stay at home mothers do it (btw back in the day they were called House wives… wonder when that changed). I like to be out and about and talking to everyone :), I guess I’m kind of social like that… a couple days locked up in the house and I’m stir crazy, but I digress…. moving back to topic…. Just shy of 5pm I stumbled across a Rachael Ray 30 Minute Meals segment on Food Network. Now first off at that time I had no clue what Food Network even was… I was just perusing through the tv stations. After that episode, I was hooked! In fact that night or maybe the next I made her recipe for Mexican Lasagna (minus the beans… shhhh don’t tell her ;))
I think I have been a Rachael Ray fan ever since. Ok now she has a tv show, how awesome would it be to be on her show! I know right 🙂
Anyway I have recently taken on an endeavor that may prove to be positive, it may not… but we’ll see. I’d like to say that I was going to attend the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) I would choose Hyde Park, NY or Le Cordon Bleu in either Paris France or London England but… I’m not that rich! Or maybe I’d like to say I had my own cooking show (maybe someday but not today)… so anyway I took a leap of faith after much deliberation with my husband and my family and much praying to God about sending me down the right path… so here’s to 2011 and an open door of endless opportunities.
On a side note… have you been to the Rachael Ray website? She has some pretty cool gadgets! I’m jealous… LOL
Check out these bad boys!
or this……
or even these… oh wait I have them 🙂
And nope, not getting anything for showing you these products… these are just some… keyword some… of my favorites. I don’t know Rachael Ray but how cool would it be to know her 🙂
Note this is China, not Lena (who the poem was actually written about)
I just don’t have any show photos of Lena that I can find right now 🙁
Third in the draw, its time to get ready, Still plenty of time Lena feels good and steady; Turn some small circles get her head on straight, Then lope three more rounds before heading to the gate; With the help in place it’s time to go, Entering the gate Lena’s walking real slow; Help’s saying don’t cut the Brammer, Black Mott or Charolais cross, Cause the last one to try it rode out with a loss; Cut what waits, don’t get in a hurry, They act a little spooked but now’s not the time to worry; Trust your horse, Lena will carry you through, Cause with all that training she knows what to do; With the time line crossed, the clock’s a runnin, The herd moves out and the Brammer comes a gunnin; Too late to change, the cow’s been chosen, The Brammer’s mesmerized, like a statue she’s frozen; The sorrel mare controls the cow like a freshly whipped pup, No chance to lose that one as Lena’s hooked up; Head to head and toe to toe, Across the pen and back they go; The help yells quit as the Brammer turns away, Yes, the red mott’s fresh let’s see if she’ll stay; Again to the herd, a minute thirty on the clock, Butterflies in your stomach feel just like a rock; The red mott stays as the others go by, Would rather cut her standing still, ‘stead of on the fly; Lena drops down with that look in her eyes, The cow can’t get by though she really tries; Corner man says “5 seconds on the clock,” Butterflies feel more like a hawk than a rock; Press her to the left with the spur on your boot, Now the cow’s standing still like her hooves have taken root; Finally the buzzer signaling time is through, Leaves thanking the help as the last thing to do; Take a deep breath and listen for the score, Good-bye butterflies, as the announcer calls out 74.
Copyright www.midwesternatheart.com 2011 aka don’t reproduce it without my permission please 🙂
A cowboy’s life is what he dreams his job not quite as great as it seems, The day begins with the financial news some days it leaves him with the blues, Long before dawn the alarm clock rages awakening him to the financial pages, The Wall Street Journal and The Morning News all have to be read while the coffee brews, Then like a flash to the office he races talking on the phone round his desk he paces, Faxes, computers, and sky pagers are an evil must with the money he wagers, Business Analysts, Bankers and Economic forecasters lead the list of people and things he masters, The stress builds up as the day goes past and has him musing to himself how long can this last? At long last comes the 5 o’clock bell to take him out into “rush hour” hell, Takes the back way home to catch the business reports can’t even take time to watch the kids play sports, Finally it’s late all the news has been watched all his trades went well with nothing botched, Then its off to bed and finally some rest he’s proved once again why he’s the best, Now here it comes the recurring dream of the cowboy’s life rising to the top like cream.
It’s hard to believe that she is 8 first of all, and second of all, that she’s been in my life for 1 1/2 years now. Of course she’s been in her daddy’s life her whole 8 years 🙂
She’s celebrating with her mom & step-dad and family this weekend, we’ll get her next, and I’m so excited to give her her birthday present!
Although I still believe that we should celebrate her birthday halfway around the year so she’d get presents year round as opposed to all at once and then she doesn’t get any for the next year… but what do I know 🙂
Maybe someday she’ll understand my reasoning 🙂
Here she is with her daddy the day she came home from the hospital (or so I’m told, I wasn’t there… LOL)
And here she was last year on her birthday
Here she is in April of 2010
Here she is with her daddy at our wedding (Sept 2010)
And here’s the ornery turkey on Christmas Day
Tbug I hope you have a wonderful birthday!!! Although, boy do you make me feel old! 😉
