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Life is good with a Snuggie

I have succumbed to the nagging pressure to update my blog. I have too much to say and nothing to say at all, if that makes sense. I have had really big life changes since my last post, and quite frankly it has been hard to be creative and witty.

Right now I am looking out the window in my new house, staring at the snow coming down. So fresh and pure and pretty (and cold, which is why I am inside...) Which brings me to an excellent topic... suggested by Cheri. 101 uses for snuggies... just in time for the holiday gift giving season.

1. Stay warm (duh)

2. Torture the cat (Jacob's favorite)

3. Gag a nagging friend

4. Cover a stain on the sofa

5. Cut it up for scrapbook embellishments

6. Sew the sleeves shut and give to someone for a great gag gift

7. Straightjacket for annoying relatives

8. Do like the commercial and wear it to a public event to embarrass your children

9. Customize it for a fundraiser

10. Make a YouTube Video

11. Become a flasher (a warm and cozy one)

12. Promote your new rock album like Weezer

13. Halloween costume

14. Snuggie Sutra (sex and the Snuggie)

15. Host a Snuggie party (like a toga but warmer and so much sexier)

16. Build a fort

17. Wear it with your Crocs and hit the fashion catwalk (see number 13)

18. Stitch two together (one upside down) and have holes for your legs, too.

Did she really think I could come up with 101? Um, I got nothing else. Maybe you can add to thelist. And if you have some time to waste (more than reading my blog) ... go watch the snuggie pun video.

This is Jacob today. You are going to have to trust that is him under the winter garb. He picked this coat because he said it would camoglauge him in the snow. Can you see him?

We went sledding and only lasted about an hour - too cold and too wet. But, because I have a Snuggie, my hands are free to type this post and I am warm.

Life is good.

Catching Up!

I am a bad blogger of late.

I am hereby blaming Facebook, especially Farm Town, for sucking away all my precious computer time. I now can proudly say that I am at level 16, can send my farmer friends cats and coconut trees, and have a barn. I am apparently forced to live in said barn, since I cannot yet afford a house.

Since my last post I have also managed to take that promised trip to Bethany Beach with Jacob to see Lorna and Jared. We had a fabulous time - she is a fun hostess! I snapped off a TON of photos with my new lens but because of Facebook, I have yet to transfer them from the camera. Lorna's studio is wonderful but we were so busy eating crabs, watching Mama Mia and going to the beach that we didn't play at all.

Here are a few pictures from my phone, just so that you can feel you were there with us... (if only you could have felt the burn on my chest and the sand in the suit.)

Snuggie Birthday

First, I want to say thank you to all of you who wished me a very happy birthday! I had such a nice day - even though I was traveling for work and didn't make it home on my birthday. A few highlights:

- The chapter where I was the guest speaker surprised me with a birthday cake. How is it that I can get up in front of 100 people to speak, and yet I blush when they sing happy birthday to me?

- My seats on US Airways might have been uncomfortable, but not as much as having five of the ticket agents sing to me in the Savannah airport.

- Jacob insisted on waiting up for me until I got home, which was 1:00 am. He had hidden clues around the house to help me find my gifts. Confessions of a Shopaholic movie, a new blender and a Snuggie (see previous posts here and here)

- Continued my celebration on the 13th with dinner at the Japanese steakhouse with Maggie and Dillon. The cute little stamp in the picture is from her, along with Snuggie #2. I am thinking people paid some attention to my previous blog posts!

Oh, and I had concurrance from several friends that since I didn't make it home on my birthday, I did not really turn 41! Right?

A Tribute

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Ferris Bueller

Take me home...

I hear her voice

In the mornin hour she calls me

The radio reminds me of my home far away

And drivin down the road

I get a feelin

That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday

Country roads, take me home

To the place I belong

Some people take vacations to exotic or faraway places. Where did I go this year? (ok, Hawaii, I know...) No, I spent summer vacation on the farm in Pennsylvania with Jacob and my family. It is what my soul needed. Here are some of the photos I took with my new lens. John Denver may have loved West Virginia, but it is on the country roads in Western Pennsylvania where I belong.