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		<title>What&#8217;s For Lunch?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Laptop Lunches
I have hated the PB&#38;J lunch thing since I was taking my Snoopy lunch box to Kindergarten.  I just didn&#8217;t have a decent solution, until I saw these&#8230;..
Doesn&#8217;t that look a lot better?
I got one of these for Tech Support a while back.  I love it.  Want to get me one, not that I [...]]]></description>
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<p>I have hated the PB&amp;J lunch thing since I was taking my Snoopy lunch box to Kindergarten.  I just didn&#8217;t have a decent solution, until I saw these&#8230;..</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-4254" title="IMG_0603" src="http://annieology.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_06031-1024x768.jpg" alt="IMG_0603" width="1024" height="768" />Doesn&#8217;t that look a lot better?</p>
<p>I got one of these for Tech Support a while back.  I love it.  Want to get me one, not that I need it, but still.  I&#8217;m definitely getting one for each of the orphans.  There is an outer box and four inner boxes, plus the little one is for sauce, so that you can separate your fruits, veggies, meats, and sauces.  One of the things that I am a little worried about it the number of pieces, but all the pieces fit into the outer box like a puzzle.  I think that will help with knowing what needs to go back into the box.  It&#8217;s either that or three plus plastic bags per kid per day, not something I want to do with four kids taking lunches nearly every day.</p>
<p>As you all know, I am not a fan of the school lunch program.  It&#8217;s crap, and at our school they serve it in styrofoam boxes.  I am desperately hoping, now that we are the fattest city in America, that Jamie Oliver comes to our town.  I&#8217;m his biggest fan.  Not in the tie him to a bed in the back room until he teaches me to make bruschetta kind of way, (<span style="text-decoration: line-through;">except yeah</span>) Can you blame me?</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-4256" title="IMG_0334" src="http://annieology.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0334-768x1024.jpg" alt="IMG_0334" width="768" height="1024" />If a jury of my peers consisted of people who have eaten this, I&#8217;d totally get acquitted.</p>
<p>Either way, I know that the same old same old isn&#8217;t going to work for us.  I&#8217;m looking forward to more lunches like the ones that Tech Support is getting lately.</p>
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		<title>Another Blog Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annie</dc:creator>
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Tracey at Grace Comes By Hearing gave me this GREAT AWARD!
This award does come with a few rules;
Answer the survey below&#8230;you can only use one word answers!
Pass this along to 6 of your favorite bloggers!
Alert them that you have given them this award!
Have Fun!
_______________________________________________________
Where is your cell phone?- Someone needs to call it &#8211; I [...]]]></description>
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Tracey at <a href="http://gracecomesbyhearing.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Grace Comes By Hearing</a> gave me this GREAT AWARD!</p>
<p>This award does come with a few rules;</p>
<p>Answer the survey below&#8230;you can only use one word answers!</p>
<p>Pass this along to 6 of your favorite bloggers!</p>
<p>Alert them that you have given them this award!</p>
<p>Have Fun!</p>
<p>_______________________________________________________<br />
Where is your cell phone?- Someone needs to call it &#8211; I never know.</p>
<p>Your hair? -desperate</p>
<p>Your mother?- Crazy?</p>
<p>Your father? &#8211; Quiet</p>
<p>Your favorite food?-Carbs</p>
<p>Your dream last night?- unremarkable</p>
<p>Your favorite drink? Coca Cola</p>
<p>Your dream/goal? &#8211; Travel</p>
<p>What room are you in?- living</p>
<p>Your hobby?- Blogging</p>
<p>Your Fear?- Frogs</p>
<p>Where do you want to be in 6 years? &#8211; Somewhere</p>
<p>Where were you last night? &#8211; Out</p>
<p>Something that you aren’t? Patient</p>
<p>Muffins? Chocolate</p>
<p>Wish list item? computer</p>
<p>Where did you grow up? Wyoming</p>
<p>Last thing you did? TV</p>
<p>What are you wearing? sweats</p>
<p>Your TV? Awesome</p>
<p>Your pets? dog</p>
<p>Friends?  best</p>
<p>Your life? Interesting</p>
<p>Your mood? grumpy.</p>
<p>Missing someone? Yes</p>
<p>Vehicle? Minivan</p>
<p>Something you’re not wearing? parka</p>
<p>Your favorite store? Target</p>
<p>Your favorite color? Purple</p>
<p>When was the last time you laughed? Sunday</p>
<p>Last time you cried? hmm???</p>
<p>Your best friend? Best?</p>
<p>One place that I go to over and over? Vegas</p>
<p>One person who emails me regularly? Bloggers</p>
<p>Favorite place to eat? Chic-fil-a<br />
_____________________________________________________<br />
Now my 6 Blogs friends who deserve this award as well are:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.afamiliarpath.com/">A Familiar Path</a><br />
<a href="http://chinamommy04.blogspot.com/">China Mommy</a><br />
<a href="http://ouradoptionjourney-bm.blogspot.com/">Baby Mac Where are You?</a><br />
<a href="http://http://www.groovymarlin.com/blog/">Groovy Marlin</a><br />
<a href="http://mountainmommamusings.com/">Mountain Momma</a><br />
And I can&#8217;t not like <a href="http://theaccidentalmommy.blogspot.com/">Essie</a> plus she&#8217;s at the in-laws and needs some love</p>
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		<title>Here&#039;s Some Motivation For You</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love me a great motivational poster.  Enjoy!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love me a great <a href="http://despair.com/viewall.html">motivational</a> poster.  Enjoy!</p>
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		<title>&#8230;it&#039;s time for the Oscar&#039;s already?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think the only movie I&#8217;ve seen this year is Mall Cop.  It did not garner one nomination.  How can that be?  Bobby Canavale should get a nomination just for looking so Awesome.  I&#8217;ve been smitten since he died on Third Watch, yes I cried, leave me alone.
The idea of an [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think the only movie I&#8217;ve seen this year is Mall Cop.  It did not garner one nomination.  How can that be?  Bobby Canavale should get a nomination just for looking so Awesome.  I&#8217;ve been smitten since he died on Third Watch, yes I cried, leave me alone.</p>
<p>The idea of an Oscar Party though is appealing, not to watch the Oscar&#8217;s though, just for another excuse to have people over and eat good food. The last time we had an Oscar Party there was a wardrobe malfunction.  No wait, I&#8217;m confusing that with something else.</p>
<p>We watched the Oscar Red Carpet ceremony on E! last year.  Omom and Charlie were in the stadium seating just behind Ryan Seacrest.  Awesome. Luckily odad was about a foot taller than the rest of the crowd and has very distinctive features so he was very easy to spot.  We can only assume that was omom sitting next to him, we don&#8217;t have E! in HD.  I think we have been permanently banned from watching as we were more excited to see omom and Charlie than we were to see the stars.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s my brother in law working the Red Carpet at the Oscar&#8217;s. </p>
<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VMemBCUMYmE/SaFw6zSNMPI/AAAAAAAAAd0/mYKrFx3G8pA/s1600-h/Brent_and_Wolfgan.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VMemBCUMYmE/SaFw6zSNMPI/AAAAAAAAAd0/mYKrFx3G8pA/s320/Brent_and_Wolfgan.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305645991520448754" border="0" /></a></p>
<p>You can tell, because he&#8217;s standing on a red carpet, and the guy next to him has a plate full of little Oscar&#8217;s.</p>
<p>Since I don&#8217;t post pictures of us here, that&#8217;s what my husband looks like, only taller, darker and handsomer, but I may be biased.   We&#8217;re still so disgustingly in love, I only have eyes for him.</p>
<p>The last time I was excited for the Oscar&#8217;s we had three channels, and Kathy Bates won for Misery.  Yes, I grew all the way up without cable or satellite, to top it off the whole town only had four movie screens, six in the summer&#8230;.I miss the drive in.  I guess that explains the stunted development of my caring about the Oscar&#8217;s parts.</p>
<p>So, I&#8217;ll be watching the Amazing Race tonight.  I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll be able to find out who won tomorrow.  E! online will have all the horrendous dresses and embarrasing Oscar speeches and Red Carpet moments.  If you want to come over and watch the race with me, let me know, I&#8217;ll put on some hors de vours.</p>
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		<title>&#8230;possibly useless/ful information</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I often do on a Saturday, while my men are constructing walls and such, I was reading up on &#8220;Important Facts&#8221; they print on the back of medication ads.  This one happens to be for Vi@gra.
The instructions state that you should&#8230;
&#8220;Take Viagra about 1 hour before you want to have sex.&#8221;
Um, excuse me, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As I often do on a Saturday, while my men are constructing walls and such, I was reading up on &#8220;Important Facts&#8221; they print on the back of medication ads.  This one happens to be for Vi@gra.</p>
<p>The instructions state that you should&#8230;<br />
&#8220;Take Viagra about 1 hour before you want to have sex.&#8221;</p>
<p>Um, excuse me, I am pretending to be a guy.  I&#8217;ve wanted to have sex constantly since I was 12.  And prior to the moment I wanted to have sex, I didn&#8217;t want to have sex because girls were icky.  But since my &#8220;aha&#8221; moment, it&#8217;s been constant.  Is there a pill I can take to go back to an hour before that?</p>
<p>Now, I&#8217;m back to being a girl&#8230;.here&#8217;s the possibly useful information for you Viagr@ people at Pfizer Pharmaceutical.  Prescribe it to us girls, print in your info to give it to our guys 1 hour prior to <span style="font-weight:bold;">us</span> wanting to have sex.  It could even be used for foreplay.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s an idea.</p>
<p>******IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER FOR ALL OF HUBBY&#8217;S FRIENDS WHO READ THIS******</p>
<p>So not a problem here.  I still have to fight him off with a stick, (sorry) not that I would though, cuz he&#8217;s a stud.  Right honey?</p>
<p>Another side note on the possible side effects of Vi@gra</p>
<p>&#8220;Trouble telling blue and green apart&#8221;  REALLY?  Do you want to take a chance with that?<br />
Loss of sight or hearing or death.  &#8220;Most of these happened in men who already had heart problems&#8221;  and probably lied to their doctor.</p>
<p>ps I ran this by hubby as it involved Viagr@, he noted that <span style="font-weight:bold;">if</span> that were a problem, and he had to choose between blue and green differentian and sex.  He&#8217;d take his chances with blue and green becoming a muddled mess.  Just so ya know.</p>
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		<title>&#8230;I&#039;m putting me back on the list</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oprah has apparently challenged the drones to do so.  It sounds so grown up. But I guess list making is a pretty grown up thing to do.  Even Big Boy isn&#8217;t in the list making phase of life, that may have more to do with genetics however.  
Lists don&#8217;t work for me. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oprah has apparently challenged the drones to do so.  It sounds so grown up. But I guess list making is a pretty grown up thing to do.  Even Big Boy isn&#8217;t in the list making phase of life, that may have more to do with genetics however.  </p>
<p>Lists don&#8217;t work for me.  For one, I can never remember where I put the list.  For two, I am a rule breaker.  The &#8220;Shoplifting is a crime&#8221; signs only serve as a reminder that &#8220;I could steal this&#8221;.  I never have, stealing isn&#8217;t in my bag of evil goodies.  If they want to be more effective, just remind me to put it on your high interest credit card by offering me a free orphan with every credit card purchase, be sure to picture said pathetic orphan, it would get me every time.  If I put something on a list, it&#8217;s like I have to not do it, I&#8217;m a rebel. Just go and look in old posts for lists I&#8217;ve already made&#8230;.</p>
<p>Also, I would need more specific list activity.  If it were simply to say &#8220;me&#8221; on my list, I still wouldn&#8217;t know what to do with myself.  Nails, hair, lunch with a friend.  Me, is simply too ambiguous for me.  Of course, who needs reminded to get their nails and hair done, or to call a friend for lunch? I need to be reminded to clean the kids bathroom. I&#8217;m never in there, never interested in going in there, assuming someone else is taking pride in said bathroom and keeping up with it.  They&#8217;re not.  Those are the things I need to be reminded of, not &#8220;shopping for new shoes&#8221;.</p>
<p>So, I guess I lied.</p>
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