2009 March

ALMOST FAMOUS

March 31, 2009 By Michelle Leave a Comment

Guess who is on the homepage for Momlogic?

Yep, that’s right. ME!

(and, no, I’m not talking about the stripper story…sheesh!)

I’m with some good company, too…I mean, Momlogic has the best members (so you really SHOULD join to see what the fuss is all about!!). Moms, dads, those with kids, those without kids, those having kids…it’s all for you! Just think, you could see your smiling mug on the homepage of Momlogic, too (that’s me in the bottom right-hand corner!!).

For a direct link to the featured article:
Momlogic’s Best Kept Secret: FREE STUFF!

Filed Under: community, friends, fun, MomLogic, website

I have the nicest friends…

March 31, 2009 By Michelle 2 Comments

It’s always nice to get a big ole cyber-hug from time to time…this time, it was my friend, Becca, who was tooting my horn. It was nice seeing her over the weekend…even if it was only a brief visit that consisted mostly of us eating the best frozen custard ever!

Visit from My Shell

Now go read her blog…she’s got a knack for finding deals!

Filed Under: Food, fun, girlfriends, love

THE ATMOSPHERE FARTED

March 30, 2009 By Michelle 5 Comments

So, last night around quarter ’til 10 there was a big ole rumble outside. A rumble so big that our house shook…just enough to spook me and send Betsy, one of our cats, who was sleeping with our daughter into a frenzy. It was a rumble loud enough to cause me to say, “What the hell?” while on the phone with my father. It was a rumble loud enough to send Adam outside to see what could have caused the rumble…even though he swears he didn’t hear it (men…seriously).

I thought it was a thunderstorm, but the star lit sky totally destroyed my theory…not to mention that my quick search of The Weather Channel’s website showed no green on the radar in our general vicinity. So, we just kind of brushed it off. I mean, there weren’t any sirens blasting after the boom and we didn’t see or hear anything else until this morning…

Apparently we missed one hell of a space show because when I woke up this morning the news was all a-buzz about the different things people saw: fiery orange streaks, shots of white blue light, a ball the size of a grapefruit, a bright object traveling in the sky that was as big as a refrigerator (really??). What people thought was a meteor turned out to be space trash barreling it’s way through our atmosphere and hurling itself towards the earth. Good thing it didn’t land on my house…that would be one hell of an insurance claim to deal with!

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,511501,00.html

Updated to say, well, I guess it wasn’t space trash at all…or at least that is what’s being said today:
http://www.insiderspassport.com/mysterious-light-over-virginia-beach-explained

Filed Under: Babble, space, trash

FREDNECKSBURG

March 29, 2009 By Michelle 2 Comments

Edited this post to add pictures!!

After driving through torrential down pours and crazy wind on Friday night, we finally made it to my parents’ house in Fredericksburg – which I lovingly call Frednecksburg. This is the house that I moved into in the late 1990s after my sister graduated from high school and my mother finally moved so that our family was whole once again (a long story that included a retirement from the Navy, a job in NoVa and a family split by 200 miles for nearly 5 years). This is the same house I lived in after returning to school at Mary Washington College (granted, I lived in the dorms for one semester after I returned to school, but it was cheaper and just made sense to live at home after that). This is the same house that I came home to after giving birth to Malia in 2001. This is the same home that I finally left when Adam & I got married in 2002. I come back from time to time…not often enough according to my parents, but when they seem to be at my house all the time, well, you know why!

It’s been a great weekend so far — but we’ve got to head home today. ~~I do have pictures to share and they will be uploaded once I return home.~~ We’ve been busy…

We went to a home & garden show at the Fredericksburg Expo Center and I got to meet Vern Yip (the kids also got hopped up on sugar thanks to the ridiculous amount of candy being passed out…worse than Halloween…and the Fudgie Wudgie stand that sold the chocolate-covered strawberry kabobs).

Us – me, Malia & Mom – with Vern…sorta looks
like a family pic, doesn’t it?! LOL

We got our drink on at the Fredericksburg Pub…hooray for the beer sampler! It’s a newer restaurant that is located at the Spotsy Mall (that’s Spotsylvania for those who don’t know the county F’burg sits in)…well, not IN the mall, but out back in the new “village” area they are building (go figure that all of this is happening well AFTER I leave the area).

Queen Malia & King Aidan (drinking his Abita Rootbeer)

After coming home and dozing off, we decided NOT to head to Falls Church for a Peking duck dinner at Mark’s Duck House and, instead, opted for some yummy Korean food at Choi’s Korean Kitchen. Mmm…nom, nom, nom. I think I have some leftovers…it’s not too early for some Jap Chae is it??

Aidan enjoying KimBob and Malia having some tempura shrimp

This is how we roll…

So, a trip to Bruster’s didn’t happen last night after dinner, but ~~I’m hoping that we’ll make~~ we made it to Carl’s ~~at some point before we leave~~. ~~I’m~~ I also ~~hoping to get~~ got to see my friend, Becca, before we headed southbound on I-95 today. It’s been a busy weekend…busy, but fun. Anytime spent with family is always fun and, if it’s time spent with my family, then you know you will never go hungry!

Waiting in line at Carl’s…

My friend, Becca

Filed Under: Family, Food, YUM

Summer Sunset

March 27, 2009 By Michelle 3 Comments

I participated in a “Name that Piece” contest over at Savvy Girl & Company and I woke up this morning and found out that I was one of three winners! Wow! What a way to start the day!

This is the piece I named: Summer Sunset

You should really go check out Cydney’s site — aside from the beautiful jewelry she creates she also has the latest fashion trends & ideas posted as well as yummy recipes!