Day 209 of 365: Life is like..

... a box of Swiss chocolates! Heh. I went to my friend Marcel's house for dinner tonight and his aunt and nephew from Switzerland were visiting. She made a fantastic mushroom/cream sauce on fettuccine with salad and then fresh fruit for dessert. I had a fun time catching up with them (I'd met them last year) and of course seeing Marcel and his new house! At the end, he gave me this box of Nestle Swiss chocolates. They are dark chocolate squares and are absolutely divine!! I'm only able to eat 2 or so at a time. I'm definitely hooked, though, and quite happy I don't have to share them with anyone!!

Day 208 of 365: Cheese to the power of 100

Here's the close up of the smiley shirts we all have to wear at work during the CRCT testing. Two days down, three to go... Yellow just really isn't my color! At least I get to wear jeans everyday....

Day 207 of 365: One ringy dingy....

This is my new phone! Yea!! It has loads of cool features (including a touch screen menu on the front part of the flip that you see there) and even a 2gb mini disc in it to save photos, etc on! I'm so glad I won't have to keep deleting every text since I only have space for one on the old phone. The flip joint also broke and I could see the wires inside. I figured it'd be best to go ahead and upgrade while I could still retrieve my information on the old phone. And for about an hour, I seriously was considering getting the iphone since they had a deal going. But in the end, I made the wise decision (financially) to go for this Nokia. I'm happy. It does what I need it to. Plus I have my ipod touch that does everything else!

Day 206 of 365: Yuengling night!!

Nothing like some hockey playoffs and Yuengling on a Friday night!! And I got to use my new glass I got at Taco Mac last week. Woo! I swear it actually tastes just a little bit better out of the glass. ;)

Day 205 of 365: I see YOU!

This creepy, winking smiley seems to be saying "I see you little girl. Come get in my creepy van and have some candy!" In reality, it's on a camping style chair set in the rotunda of school to encourage the students to do their "best on the test" during CRCTs (state mandated standardized tests). In fact, there are smileys all over the school- hanging signs on each hallway, stuffed smileys and smiley rugs in the hall ways, and best of all- every teacher and staff member is wearing yellow shirts with smileys and "Do your best on the test" in huge letters on the front. Yippee!

Day 204 of 365: Don't fear the Taxman

I e-filed my taxes this year at the last minute (even paid the $20 for State e-filing. Grf.) I got my metered stamps showing I'm mailing the payment as of 4/15/09. I love sending more money to the government.

Day 203 of 365: Punchbug red!

I recently revived this old game with a friend who had never played before. There had been two Beetles one behind the other, but one turned off right before I could take the photo! They are cute little cars.

Day 202 of 365: Back to reality

Great way to start a Monday morning back to work after essentially 2 weeks off. Bleh.

Day 201 of 365: Spring (salad)

Reason number 1 that I LOVE springtime!!!! Fresh salads every day!!!!! If you're curious: spring mix, chopped artichoke hearts (in water), carrots, sliced red pear, sun dried tomatoes in oil, squeeze of lemon, olive oil, salt, pepper and a bit of goat cheese on top!

I'm baaaaaack!

Hey folks! I've been soooo soo busy the past weeks that the blog just had to get put aside for a bit. I've taken some photos which I will upload here tomorrow as a sort of catch up in one post so you can at least see I hadn't totally forgotten. I just don' t have photos for each day, so I'm not going to bother to try to catch up for all the missed days. I'm just continuing from here! It's my 365 so I guess I can bend the rules when necessary! :)

3/17/09: Sunrise out back porch.


3/20/09: First day of Spring celebration- free Italian ice at Rita's!! (I had raspberry and mango- yummo!)


3/21/09: Kittye and her daughter Katie! Fun girls night out at Taco Mac. Go Wildcats!!!


3/28/09: Bib number for Georgia ING Half Marathon the next morning! My obsessive need to be prepared for races the night before.


3/29/09: Finisher's medal from the race. The little city scape that says "finishers" spins all the way around, too! Fun!


3/31/09: Went to the Georgia Aquarium. It claims to be the world's largest aquarium and opened in 2005. This was my first time going. Nothing like out of town visitors to get you to see your own city!


4/1/09: Blooming tree (I think it's a cherry tree) outside the High Museum in Atlanta. Went to see the Chinese Terracotta Army exhibit. It was fantastic, as was the beautiful spring weather!!


4/5/09: Giant guitar hanging outside Sun Studio in Memphis! Well worth a visit!! I loved being inside the studio where Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, U2, and even Elvis recorded!! You could just feel the music oozing from the walls. If they could talk....

4/6/09: Blue Plate Cafe where we had breakfast both mornings in Memphis. Southern diner feel, but really good, high quality food!!


4/7/09: Chattanooga Choo Choo! It really exists! :)


4/10/09: Watch out Toto!! We had major thunderstorms and tornadoes in Georgia just 3 days after there was snow. Must be springtime in Georgia....