Cute Kid...and funny

I stole this first video from Madi, but it's pretty funny. When I went to look it up, I found couple more with the same little guy. Check out the karate one I also posted and you may want to check out one that sounds like commentary from America's Funniest Home Videos..."He kicked him in the..."

25 random things....

So I've been tagged several times with this thing on facebook, but I have neglected the blog so long that I thought it would be smarter to do it here. So with no further adieu...

1. I can't whistle. at all. and trust me, this is not for lack of trying.
2. I love peanut butter. seriously- we have a love affair. My favorite brand is jiff, and it has to be creamy.
3. I love the smell of chlorine on a person. I think it goes back to my days of constant smelling like that.... oh how I want to go back.
4. I will dance anytime, anywhere, and to any music. I just love to dance!
5. This ties in to #4, my husband swears that I am part "black girl" as I love to dance, enjoy some pretty ghetto music, and can shake my thang (if you know what i mean). However... I am missing the booty. I have none!
6. I watched the movie "Remember the Titans" every night my senior year of high school... and I STILL love it. Cried 3 times watching it last night.
7. I don't like coffee. I think the smell is heavenly... but the taste is sick. however, I still really enjoy starbucks. conundrum?
8. I was on the spelling bee team in elementary school and won 2nd or 3rd place... I don't really remember.
9. Sticking with the nerd theme, I love to read. anything and everything.
10. I have a slight interest/obsession with the Amish. I don't know why- I really want to travel to Pennsylvania to visit.
11. I really enjoy organizing and I like things clean. Dave calls me "monica" as in Monica Geller from FRIENDS when I'm getting a little too organizational happy.
12. Dave and I are both huge FRIENDS fans.... we own all 10 seasons, and when we met we knew it was meant to be as our seasons matched up... He had 1,2, and 7... I had the rest. We quote it constantly to each other and our (cool) friends (who know it too).
13. It really bothers me when people use the wrong forms of your and you're and other simple spelling and grammar mistakes.
14. I can't imitate any accents at all. I always sound retarded- Dave can do any and all and never fails to make me laugh really hard.
15. I'm secretly obsessed with Taylor Swift. When she first came out with the "Tim McGraw" song, I thought she was lame. Now, I can't get enough.
16. I love to cook and bake and constantly watch Food Network, however when I get to the grocery store I never really know what to buy and always end up short a few ingredients for meals I want to make.
17. I love to work out... a lot. But I also like to eat... thus it's hard for me to lose weight.
18. I have always thought that one of my children would be special needs... I don't know why.
19. I am a big blog stalker... I have a list of blogs that I must check daily. I love all the neat home ideas, recipes, and funny tidbits. However, I am a really bad blogger to my own.
20. I need a lot of sleep. We're talking at least 8 hours a night or more.... I'd be happy with 10 each night.
21. It's not womanly at all... but I really enjoy the flavor of a good dark beer. Some of my favorite well known brands include Downtown Brown Nutty Brown Ale, and Negra Modelo.
22. I am allergic to milk. I get sinus infections about a week later after I eat too many milk products. But, I loooove cheese and all food (see #17) so I often eat foods I shouldn't.
23. I enjoy trashy tv far too much... The City, The Hills, Real Housewives (Orange County and New York are my favs), Desperate Housewives.
24. My emotions are linked to the amount of sunshine.... Bright sunny days= happy me, dark gloomy days= sad, slightly depressed me. Good thing we have more sunny than overcast days.
25. I look forward to the Clovis Rodeo every year. I'm not necessarily a "country" person. I do listen to country music year round and this one weekend I just embrace my small town, Republican, cowgirl roots. I love it!

I now tag all of my friends who don't update their blog anymore. You know who you are.... all those people linked on the side there. Do it!

Cuppy Cake Sam

So Sam is a young boy that was on the Tyra Banks show evidently and has quickly gained popularity on youtube with the following adorable video. Sam has a kidney disorder and the medication he has to take to combat that disorder has had certain side effects, including his cute chubby cheeks. We wish him a speedy recovery and a healthy life.

I have to mention that my favorite parts of the video are in the middle when he makes his squishy face and at the end with his eyebrows. You're going to love it!

SO PUMPED!!!

Just have to share how excited I am. One of my very best friends, Russell Weaver, got married on 07/07/07 in Virginia to his sweet wife Ann. Long story short, they decided to move to North Carolina to train Russell in pole vaulting because of his natural skills. So needless to say, I haven't been able to see him much since then.
However, two of my other good friends, Chris and Humberto, and I just booked a flight to go see Russell this summer and we are all incredibly excited about it! We're taking a red eye to get there, but it's well worth it. Can't wait to spend so much time with you buddy

2 down... 2 to go!

My 2nd internship is OVER!!!! Last day was yesterday and the feeling is great. I actually really enjoyed this last one.... my CI was really laid back, easy to talk to, fun, and to top it all off I learned a lot. But WOO HOOO!!!! only 2 more to go after I graduate in May and I will be DONE.

sigh. back to school on Monday.

Food Poisoning is not fun!

so sorry we've been MIA for a while now. as you can probably guess from the title.. we got food poisoning. and it knocked us on our butts!! we had a great weekend with Chris and Kalia on the central coast surfing and hanging out- so we wanted to prolong our weekend and we stopped at got take-out from Tsing Tao on Sun night. it tasted good at the time...

well needless to say about 8-12 hours later.... it came back. dave got sick first, and since i had monday off of work i planned on just taking care of him. boy was i wrong! late mon morning i joined him in puking our guts out. we found out that day kalia also was violently ill. woo hoo! so it totally knocked us for a loop and we both had to miss tues this week too! ps- have you ever been super sore from throwing up? not fun my friends. not fun

so a big thanks to both sets of our parents who brought by love packages filled with gatorade, chicken soup, popsicles, and of course lots of love. it is so great to live close by our parents, especially at times like this! (side note- dave and i have only been really sick about twice this entire year+ of marriage... both times together! which makes i really hard to take care of the other one, ya know?)

anywhoo... we will be back to blogging soon.

The Drink of The Gods

I was just reading a book given to me for Christmas from the Armstrongs titled Beer, by Michael Jackson (Side note: This is not the one-gloved, baby dangling over the balcony, Jesus juice popstar, but the highly respected in the beer community beer enthusiast pictured above). I read something rather interesting and wondered if we should have been drinking that mock wine during communion. Here is the excerpt:

"The Aramaic scrolls that were the foundation for the Bible have Jesus miraculously turning water into "strong drink." The Greeks translated this as "wine," but the Saxon version of the Gospels refers instead to "beer.""

Makes you wonder a little bit doesn't it? It makes me even more excited about a possible future in the beer industry.
-Dave