Wednesday Bites - The Photo Edition

Here are some pictures from my Nashville trip this weekend. My sugar took me there for Valentine's Day. We saw Rick Springfield on Friday night, and went to the Blues/Predators game on Saturday. It was a lot of fun. I took some pictures of Rick Springfield on my phone and I'm having trouble downloading them. He was thisclose to me, it was awesome.

The view from our balcony. We stayed at the Gaylord Opryland.

Anthurium in one of the many indoor gardens.

Go Blues! (They lost)

Three Truths, Four Lies

I've seen this on other blogs, so I thought I'd play along, too.


Here you go - see if you can figure it out. I'll reveal the answers next week.



1. I have never watched an episode of Survivor.



2. I have never travelled outside the US.



3. I cut down a tree while my brother was still in it.



4. I won a beauty pageant.



5. I have watched every episode of Melrose Place.



6. I was named after a famous Texan.



7. I sang the national anthem at a professional sports event.

Breaking News

This just in...

I just did all 42 floors of my building in 21 minutes.

Back to you, Bob.....

Love and More Love

One of my blogging buddies, Janet, does a Love/Hate blog every so often. I thought, with this being the Day O'Love, I'd do a variation on theme and call it Love/Love More.

Love: That the sun is shining today
Love More: It is supposed to be above freezing, too. Score!

Love: Chocolate
Love More: Caramel-filled chocolate Ghiradelli bites

Love: Roses
Love More: The two(!) dozen deep pink roses that currently adorn my desk

Love: That I'm off tomorrow
Love More: That I'm off Monday, too

Love: Taking a hair color chance that works
Love More: Taking a hair color and highlight chance that works (it was a bit tense last night!)

Love: My Maddy
Love More: My Maddy when she opens her Crayola Cutter and says "YES! I love it!" (Whew!)

Love: Having someone to love on Valentine's Day
Love More: Having someone to love every day

Tell me your Love/Love More.

Wednesday Bites - The Valentine's Eve Edition

Friendly reminder, tomorrow is Valentine's Day. Just in case you live in a cave and have missed all the jewelry, flower, chocolate and restaurant ads, or the shiny red foil hearts EVERYWHERE. I've seen houses that are decorated. Seriously? When did this become a light-up-your-house holiday? Or did they just hang red and clear lights at Christmas and figured they'd use them again?

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I'm not running on St. Patrick's Day now. Instead, I'm doing this. Today was my first day of training. Yeah, I know, it's two weeks away, but I'm taking someone's place. I went 19 floors, just under halfway. I also walked back down. That was a killer. By the time I got to the lobby my legs were shaking. I was quite impressed that I made it as far as I did. I should be all the way to the top in no time. (NOTE - if you'd like to donate, either a general donation, or specifically to my team, please do. It's for a great cause, and it's tax deductible. I'm on the Senniger Powers Nosmo Kings team. Isn't that a clever name? I had nothing to do with it.)

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Why am I not running? I'm trading my running shoes for my racing shoes - I'll be here. It's hard to convey my utter and complete excitement in this forum but if we ever meet and you ask me about it, I'll start jumping up and down and speaking in tones only dogs can hear. Because that's how excited I am. Did I mention I'm excited? Dude, I'm totally stoked. I've been to Gateway here and that's a blast but OHMYGAWD this is a whole 'nother level. And a whole 'nother blog idea.

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I'm getting Maddy this for Valentine's Day. Apparently it was on her Christmas list, and "Santa" missed it. It was also mentioned as a potential birthday gift but again, I missed it. I hope she still wants it now.

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Here's wishing you a Happy Heart Day. I leave you with this.

Tag, I'm it.

She Who? tagged me for my first meme. I'm so honored!


Here are the rules:


1. Pick up the nearest book. (of at least 123 pages)
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people.


My book is The Other Bolyen Girl by Philippa Gregory.


"The Bible orders a man to choose between sisters and to stay with his first choice. Anything else is a cardinal sin."


Lord Henry Percy laughed, "I'm sure I could get an indulger," he said. "The Pope would surely grant me a dispensation. With two sisters like this, what man could be made to choose?"


I finished this book before Thanksgiving. I admit it, I bought it because it's going to be a movie soon and I'm very picky about reading a book before seeing a movie. I'm also very picky about how books are made into movies. I'm still mad at The Firm for completely re-writing the entire ending of the book. WTF?


Anyway, it's a very good book, lots of history without being boring. I'm looking forward to seeing the movie, if only for the costumes. Those dresses were gorgeous but I bet there weren't very comfortable, especially in the heat and humidity.


I tag MP, Lynn, Andrea, Frogdancer, and Kelly.

Flippin' Sweet

Maddy's interpretation of a hairstyle from one of my favorite movies.

See the resemblance? (Sorry, the picture isn't too good)

Vote for Pedro.

Tina, eat the ham!