I am LOST.

Anyone else as excited for LOST to start next week as I am? It is going to be so Bittersweet knowing that each episode is just one episode closer to the series finale. What will I do then?

I read that This is how the ending of LOST was going to happen: Dramatically and Ambiguously. Don't you think? There are still so many questions left unanswered. Is there enough time to answer them all? All I know is that J.J. Abrams better be plotting the next great show. I hearted Felicity with my life, and then LOST. (I never got into Alias). Wouldn't it be funny if LOST ended with The Island being inside of Megan's Mystery Box? If you know what reference means you are my new BFF! I think I am going to write J.J. and ask him to make an alternative ending.

So next Tuesday I will be bouncing off the walls, losing my mind, going bananas over the best show on TV!

I hope you will be joining me!!!

Winter Blahs

The winter is getting to me.
Lack of Sunshine
Lack of Warmth
Lack of Color...

Here are some of the things I am going to look forward to this summer...

1. Walking on sunshine, 2. My Temporary Peace, 3. The Famous Red Border at Hidcote in the Cotswolds, 4. The view from up here is just dandy, 5. Lazy days of summer, 6. Joy of Dive, Dive of Joy

A Book and A Giveaway

As I said I would be doing in my 7 Resolutions, I am reading a book a week. This past week I read the book Precious, based on the Novel Push by Sapphire. I'm sure most of you have heard about the movie based on the novel. The book club that I belong to is reading this book and now that I read it, I am going to give it away.

The book was very eye opening, raw. You really don't want to believe that children have to live like this, that this is reality for many children\teens. Incest, rape, abuse, lack of education, lack of everything! I know this stuff happens, but you don't want to believe it. I work at a Middle School, and I look around and wonder what happens to some of these kids when they go home. My heart breaks. It's not an easy read by any means, but it will make you think and feel.

If you would like this book just leave me a comment.

I'll post a winner on Feb. 1.

A Football Prayer

Dear football gods,
Please let us win! Please let us go to the Super Bowl! I can't handle a repeat of January 17, 1999. Thank you that Gary Anderson won't be kicking, (no, i'm still not over it). Thank you that we have a great team. Sorry I doubted the whole Favre thing. I'm on the bandwagon. Oh Please Oh Please Oh Please let us WIN!!!

GO VIKINGS!!!!

Amazing Women!

I spend a lot of time on my blog talking about ME! Yep, lil' ol' egocentric moi! So today I am going to do a shout out to some very special ladies... I hope you stop by their blogs and say hi!

The first one is an amazing lady name Susan. I heard about her and her story through my friend Beth. Sue is Beth's cousin, has gone through some difficult times with cancer. She recently had surgery... and it wasn't an easy one. She had to have cancer removed from her sinus cavity in her face. Please stop by and say hello to her here! She could use some "company" and happy wishes\prayers during her recovery! :)

The second lady is my blogging pal Michelle. I "met" her through Tuesday's with Dorie. Last year she sent me an AWESOME Christmas care package! Recently, she was deployed to Iraq to serve our country... only to find out... she was pregnant! Now she is back home, still serving in active military duty and living far away from her hubby who is serving in Iraq. Wow! She is amazing! Visit her here.

And of course I can't forgot about my most favorite blogger, Stephanie Nielson. She just went through more skin graft surgeries for her burns. I talk about her lots, but if you've never visited her blog you can check out Nie Nie here.

Spread some love around!

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Try Try Again...

I woke up this morning and decided to be in a good mood. The other day at work someone said I was always so nice and chipper. I don't feel that way. Today I made the choice to be happy. It's been a good day. It's amazing what happens when you give yourself a little attitude adjustment.

I have been doing fairly good on my 7 new years resolutions. I've been baking, writing real letters, reading, and crafting. But not as good as I hoped, so I'm going to try try again.

I keep hearing the line, "If at first you don't succeed, Try, try again."

But for the life of me I can't remember where that is from? A movie? A cartoon? Can somebody help me?

The next thing I am going to try try again at is, Running. I used to run, I didn't love it, but I considered myself a runner. I ran races and a marathon. I stopped after the marathon. So I have set a goal to run a 5k by June. I am going to pick a race, enter it, train for it and run it sometime this spring! I will keep you posted on my daily progress. The last race I ran was 8 years ago! So there ya go... Try Try Again.

Okay, If you were wondering, cause I know you were, if i ate at a buffet in Vegas, this should hopefully answer your question:

I don't mess around when it comes to Buffets!

....I will NOT be eating like this during my training.***

***(I will TRY to not eat like that during my training)

TWD ~ Chocolate Oatmeal Almost-Candy Bars

Despite the fact that I had a crazy weekend and turned another year older, I knew I had to make these bars! They just sounded too yummy to pass up! I followed the recipe, except that i didn't add the raisins. I also used buttered toffee peanuts instead of salted peanuts. This was done in a three layer process. Bottom layer was cookie\oatmeal\peanut base. Followed by a chocolate\sweetened condensed milk (i used non fat!)\peanut layer. The last layer was the oatmeal dough sprinkled over the bars. Super easy, very quick. Dorie recommends you serve these bad boys cold, but I just couldn't wait! I'm so glad I didn't! They were super duper delicious!