Snacktivity

It has taken me many many weeks to finally get something going on this blog and actually write about the subject Snacktivity. You may be wondering what does snacktivity mean? Snacktivity is the action of snacking as an activity. It can involve any foods which one considers a snack.

What is snacks are considered in this category of fun and snacking? There are a few I have thought of.

Sunflower Seeds: These are the ultimate snacktivity. Even the bag states in the direction that it is a snacktivity. You just pop a handful in your mouth and place them to one side similar to a gerbil or squirrel. Crack one open on one side and spit out the shell and eat the contents. Delish and fun all in one!

Edamame: Great healthy snack, you know those green soy bean pods that have hairs on them which remind me of giant spider legs...maybe not a good image when thinking about eating those. But nonetheless you do have to work a bit in getting the contents out of the pods. Still very fun even if there is hair.

Crab Legs: Oh need I say more?...LOVE crab legs and those are 100% snacktivity certified if I must say so myself.

Tequila: You have salt, tequila and then the lime. Its a process and it is fun. This seems to be only fun for me because I never got sick off of tequila and apparently everyone else has :( So in this particular case it would be a fun snacktivity with friends and not just alone. Lick, shoot and bite!

If one day you are bored and hungry you can never go wrong with the snacktivity items listed above....Try it you'll see!

The Kissing Tree!

Today I was looking around at some usual blogs I follow, www.thebridescafe.com, and they mentioned this cute site called, www.kissthegroom.com. This peaked my curiosity. It is another wedding site but appears to be fairly new blog starting up. It is so much fun to look around and the site aesthetic are beautiful. They have this link on their blog that takes you to the kissing tree. You can enter whatever you like, for example, Koren loves Mervin or My True Love...anything even kiss my butt! - hahaha Anyway check it out so cute as you can see.

Moko Wants Candy Blog

So there is this blog that I occasionally venture to and although I don't know this person at all her blog stories just crack me up! She is a fan of candy and loves almost all things sweet. I believe she lives in London. So how did I stumble upon this wonderfully funny blog? It all started one day, I believe we were giving romantic advise to Dessi. We means Colleen and me. We all know that Dessi LOVES chocolate and she'd rather eat chocolate than real food. I know this because she has done it on more than one occasion. Anyway, Colleen found this hilarious story about Nutella, the yummy hazelnut chocolate spread. Here is the blog that we all read first: http://themoko.blogspot.com/2006/05/moko-solves-readers-sugar-problems.html

I highly recommend visiting this site cause her stories are so entertaining you'll just laugh out loud...just read another fav of mine that I seriously laughed out loud in my field of cubicles:
http://themoko.blogspot.com/2009/01/like-skinner-rat.html

Enjoy!

Meet the newest member of our family...

So we are finally here 12 weeks! Time to announce to the world that we have a little one on the way! It is such an interesting story how our baby came to be. We found out the week of Thanksgiving about 2 weeks before I was headed into surgery for a large (almost 4-inch) ovarian cyst. Needless to say we were pretty shocked when we left the doctor's office. I would say we probably didn't really speak in the car as Mervin drove me back to work. If we did we just looked at each other and chuckled. Now I've seen the baby's heartbeat, seen it move its arms and stretch out its back. Truly fascinating to see such a small little thing looking like an almost human. Who knew that you could get attached so much just by looking at it! It is more real now knowing how big it is (about 2 inches) and that it moves and has a heartbeat. We should know the gender of the baby in about 7-10 days. We decided to do some testing for Down Syndrome since they felt they found something in one of our ultrasound appointments. Very scary to know. But I just have to have faith that all will be right and God will only give us what we can handle and nothing more. I just hope I have as much faith as He has in me. :D

My ABC's

Okay so I read on my friend's blog about her ABC's and she mentioned that she would love to read anyone else who puts it on their blog...so I got the hint ;D. So here you go!

A. Attached or single? Attached.
B. Best friend? Many
C. Cake or pie? Pie - this also reminds me of a comedian who said Cake or Death!
D. Day of choice? Saturday
E. Essential item? lip gloss- I would have to agree with Mandy here!
F. Favorite colour? I have lots!! Red, Yellow, Black, Olive...
G. Gummy bears or worms? Gummy bears Frozen.
H. Hometown? Phoenix
I. Favorite indulgence? Shopping for makeup
J. January or July? January....I love winter
K. Kids? we have one on the way!
L. Life isn’t complete without? Laughter, Love, Friends and Family
M. Marriage date? November 11
N. Number of magazine subscriptions: I have 1...got it for a Birthday present...Domino.
O. Oranges or apples? Currently Apples
P. Phobias? spiders or anything creepy crawly and the boogie monster
Q. Quotes? I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. - John 10:9
R. Reasons to smile? Family, Friends and the future
S. Season of choice? Winter!
T. Tag 5 people. Bre, Ben and Colleen. (sad I can only list 5...my blog is not as popular D:)
U. Unknown fact about me? I used to write music...once.
V. Vegetable? Love them! All of them except eggplant :(
W. Worst habit? Smoking!
X. X-ray or ultrasound? I guess Ultrasound?
Y. Your favorite foods? Well currently it is these little sausages they are so fabulous. They replace the irreplaceable beef jerky!
Z. Zodiac sign? LEO Roar!

Conversation Skills

I have always had a fascination with the medical field. The idea that you would be trained to help someone or even save a life was such an amazing thing to be able to do. Those who felt uncomfortable in hospitals I did not. I loved going to the hospital. So a few weeks back I had to get my blood drawn (no worries we are all good). I decided that I would watch the needle this time and not be a wimp and close or divert my eyes. As the blood was taken and label I decided that I would hone in on my conversation skills and try to create conversation with the lab technician. I said, "Where you ever nervous when you take blood?" She replied, "No, I had a lot of practice." I thought to myself that even with all the practice in the world I would be a bit scared at least the first time. Then she continued, "when I was younger I had to give my brother shots because he had Leukemia. In the 80's they didn't have the medical technology/research they do now so he passed away." UGH!!! How horrible was this! I had to choose this poor girl just to practice my conversation creation skills and here she lost her brother. I of course said sorry for her loss but either way I felt horrible and from then on I need to be more careful in who I choose to create conversation with. How to tell not sure. I guess I will have to leave it up to them to start the conversations.

CT Scan

Yesterday I had the pleasure of my very first CT Scan. What an experience I must say. The day started out with drinking a "berry smoothie" which did not have any resemblance of anything berry and looked more like watered down Elmer's glue. The first bottle I had to drink at 6am within 30 mins. It went down okay no problem but the thought of drinking a 2nd bottle already was getting to me. Upon my arrival I was instructed to change into a very fashionable gown and to keep my shoes on. This day I had these really great suede and gold shoes so I was walking the red carpet on my way to the machine. I did have to say that this contraption was very fascinating and I found myself wondering how this machine was even invented and how it worked. Looks like I will be making a pit stop to either howstuffworks.com or wikipedia. Apparently while some of the photos are being taken it is necessary to hold your breath. At first for 5 sec and then 16 sec and lastly 10 sec. All my years of practicing holding my breath actually came in handy on this day. I also found that I get nervous trying to follow the technician's directions. Its like I am a 5 year old just learning to understand the words breath in and breath out. Needless to say everything took just about 20 min and I was out of there ready for a 4 hour nap when I got home. Now only if I can see what my insides will look like. Hopefully the doc will show me!