The Goody Life

(Not) Tagged

As I'm going through my daily blogs (love the Google Reader), I often come across people who have been "tagged" by other bloggers to answer random questions or surveys.  Well....I've never been tagged, but I don't feel like starting my day quite yet, so I'm going to borrow someone else's tag and answer those questions for you.  I guess technically I'm tagging myself....is that self-centered?

What is your current obsession? Babies.  Lilly Pulitzer dresses. 

What do you think your name says about you?   I really have no idea.  What can your name really say about you anyway?  I think Court makes me sound more fun than Courtney.

Who was the last person you hugged?   In my mind I gave a long-distance hug to Susan for my awesome birthday presents.  But in person it was the ESE teacher I work with....we both had a tough week (involving crying by both of us.)  Stewart gets more kisses than hugs. 

What’s your favorite dinner?  Anything healthy that can make under 30 minutes.  Usually this involves chicken, olive oil, garlic, and onion.  Although I do miss my grandmother's paella and have yet to get up enough nerve to attempt the dish myself. 

What was the last thing you bought?  Ingredients to bake muffins and coffee cake for our faculty breakfast yesterday.

What are you listening to right now?  The Today show.  Lester Holt sampling the best coffees to brew at home.  (Best overall=Dunkin Donuts Regular Coffee)

What is your favorite weather? 75 degrees and sunny.  Isn't that everyone's favorite?

What is your least favorite season?  Probably spring because of the pollen, and the fact that school is still in session.

What's in your bathroom cabinet? A big plastic shoe box filled with travel sizes of just about any product you could imagine. 

Say something to the person/s who tagged you.   Um....that's me.  Hi Court!

What is your favorite tea flavor? Tea....bleh.  Hot tea, green tea, sweet tea...I can't stand any of it!  I'll take coffee or soda please!

What did you want to become as a child?  I don't remember what I wanted to be.  I don't think I ever really knew.  Maybe a dancer?  Although I think I was realistic enough to know that wasn't going to happen.

What do you miss?  Living within short driving distance of all my friends and immediate family. 

What's your favorite brand of jeans?   I don't think I have found my ultimate jean yet, probably because of my reluctance to spend more than $50 on any item of clothing.  I did buy a pair of Seven jeans (not Seven for all Mankind, that falls in the over $50 range) at Filene's that I really like.  Although they're too long to wear with flip flops, so I haven't been wearing them much lately.  :-( 

If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?  Somewhere that has a private pool.  I could do with some quiet lounging for an hour.

What is your most challenging goal right now? Making it to June 2 (summer!) without having a breakdown over all the IEP's I have to do.

What’s your 5 year plan? Buy and house and start a family.  Continue to keep our marriage a priority.

Bonanno's or Jack Rogers? Jack Rogers have been on my wish list for a while now.  What are Bonanno's??  I might need to check them out!

What is my favorite sport to watch? Gator football, duh.  I've been enjoying watching Stew play softball, although his team only seems to win when I'm not there.

To play? Uh, yeah right!  Do kickboxing or step aerobics count?

What is your favorite piece of jewelry that you own? I know this is unoriginal, but my wedding rings.  I still love love love them and know I always will.  Stewie did very well.

If you could only listen to one band/artist for the rest of your life, what who would it be? Oh, I can never narrow these things down.  I think I would get bored with one artist.  Plus my musical tastes change a lot.  Right now it would be some combination of Ray Charles, Nichole Nordeman, Michael Buble, and Van Morrison.  Maybe some Alicia Keys.  But I'm sure I'd have a different answer next week.  

***Update: Whoops, I forgot the whole point was to tag other people (not just talk about myself!)  I'm tagging:

Angie @ the soon-to-be-renamed Snips & Snails
Adrienne @ Another Ordinary Miracle
Lea @ Tennessee Whittakers
Susan @ Slinkard Family News (password protected)

Have a great weekend everybody!

In the absence of new blog material...

...steal borrow from someone else's blog!  Here are three things that caught my eye today.

Spectrogram Jewelry via Planning to Elope

I spent a whole semester in grad school studying spectrograms, which are graphic representations of sound.  These wedding rings are the representation of the words "I do".  Vandy girls, don't you think Dr. Ohde needs to renew his wedding vows just so he can justify getting one of these rings?  Here is the artist's website...check out the Wow brooch and Giggle necklace.  

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Free Burgers! via Frugal Coupon Mom
 

Make a submission (video, audio, poem, essay, etc.) that tells why you love Ted's, and you get a free burger just for entering!  I'm composing my song already. 

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Doggie Dreams via Simply Seleta (LOVE this blog!)

Don't you hate it when you twitch in your sleep and it wakes you up? This poor dog takes it one step further. This was my laugh-out-loud moment of the day!

Helping Hands

My hands have been horribly dry lately.  They had gotten so raw that they stung when I started to sweat at the gym.  I had been trying to use lotion several times a day, but that just wasn't cutting it.  Well, let me tell you, I have found the winning combination!  First I switched to Dawn Plus Hand Renewal (although I hated having to ditch my Seventh Generation dish soap).

Then I bought this hand cream from Bath and Body Works (thanks to a gift card from Christmas.)

I use it once in the morning before I leave for work, and once before I go to sleep.  Let me tell you, my hands have never been softer.  And it only took about two days to get rid of any signs of dryness.  I highly recommend both products!

Hands off my sandwich!

These sandwich bags have green splotches on the bag that make the contents appear moldy.  Genious.  Nobody will be stealing your sandwich.  Until people figure out that you have really cool lunch baggies and start stealing your lunch just for those.  Via Daily Candy.

Where shopping is a pleasure

I'm a big fan of Publix.  It's been our grocery store of choice for as long as I can remember.  It was pretty tough when I first moved to Nashville and had to shop at the Kroger (*shudder*).  Luckily they opened a couple Publix stores after about a year, and my life became a lot brighter.  Did you know that if something rings up for more than the advertised price or more than the price on the shelf, they will give it to you for free?  You have to pay attention as they scan things at the register, but it can be worth it.  I've gotten several free items during the last couple years. 

Unfortunately, the last week Publix has let us down more than once.  First it was some nasty chicken wings that we bought for the National Championship game.  Then we bought some Publix brand ice cream sandwiches and half the ice cream was frozen outside the sandwich.  We threw away most of the wings and ate the sandwiches anyway (because really, ugly ice cream sandwiches still taste A-OK.)  But the last one was the straw that broke the camel's back.  Sour green grapes.  Inedibly sour.  Sorry Publix, but three strikes, and I complain.  So I marched in early this morning, grapes in hand, planning to ask for my $2.99 back.  But at the last minute I decided to ask for the manager and told him about all three of our unsatisfactory purchases.  He promptly apologized....and gave me a $20 gift card!!  How's that for customer service??  Publix is back on my good list. 

Cat vs Computer

This cracked me up!  Thanks Robin for sharing.

Pumpkins go political

These (from Better Homes and Gardens) crack me up...

 

 

 

 

We don't usually carve a pumpkin, but I hope someone will use this idea.  A certain Obama-obsessed family member comes to mind (I'm talking about you, little brother...)  Templates available here, along with a variety of other celebrities.  I'm loving the Colbert!

Quote of the week- October 3

"I know I've got my money in the right bank!!"
      -vendor at the farmer's market, as she pulled her wad of cash out of her bra to give us our change

Evidence that I'm still not a morning person...

 

This morning I poured water into my cereal.

Makeup tips from me? Seriously?

Mascara Wand
Originally uploaded to Flickr by yotababy

I am not known for my makeup skills. I remember once in high school when Robin's mom asked me, "Honey, is your eyeliner supposed to be that far above your lashes?" Then there was the unfortunate time that I let Erica talk me into wearing red lipstick at age 16 when we were in Italy (I'll have to pull out those pictures sometime.) The point is, I don't have the knack for make-up; however, one of the few things things that I try to wear every day is mascara. Several years ago I embarked upon a quest to find the perfect mascara. I've gone through countless tubes, but still had the same complaint: clumps! But no more! I have discovered the secret! Maybe eveyone else already does this, but it is news to me. A sweet little old Prescriptives sales lady passed this along to me....I just had too much mascara on the wand! She said when I pull out the wand, to wipe off all the excess mascara on the top of the tube before applying. Voila! No clumps! This has changed my life. Right now I'm using Diorshow, but I may go back to the cheap stuff (I've heard this is good), now that I know this little magic trick!