Wow. Who knew my little list of foods I dislike would cause such a stir?! Let me tell you, I’m no skinny mini. I eat.
Here’s a list of foods I love. (more…)
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While we were in the mountains we had a conversation with my MIL about this Christmas. We are spending this Christmas day with CSP’s side of the family. MIL asked what did we think about a Christmas goose for dinner? I’d only ever heard about Christmas geese in Christmas stories and carols and thought that they only ate geese until turkey and ham was invented.
CSP & I exchanged a knowing glance that did not go unnoticed by MIL. She asked what was going on and we admitted that if she were to serve goose that we’d be eating before we came over for dinner. This led to the admission that we’ve pretty much made a habit of stopping at Jack in the Box on the way to dinner at their house. A lot. What can I say? They cook weird food. And it’s not just me. CSP has enjoyed many a road burger on his way to his parents’ house for dinner.
So MIL said we could stop being polite and just tell her what we don’t like to eat. She asked me to write up a list. I pulled out my new, handy notebook from Carolina Pad (more on that later) and started writing. And writing. Who knew I was this picky?
Here is my list. Please tell me I’m not the only one out there who’s a picky eater! (more…)
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Always planning ahead. Christmas cards are a big undertaking every year. I believe in hand written, hand addressed cards with personalized messages
to my loved ones. This means starting early to get them out on time. And that means I need your help. When my Blackberry died I lost some addresses. And during the year people move. My address book needs updating. So, if you’d like to be on my Christmas card list, please shoot me an email at heyshanny at gmail dot com with your current address. You’ll get a fun Christmas card and a cute pic of the pugs. Plus a whole lotta Christmas spirit and cheer from me! And I don’t know anyone who doesn’t love fun mail! -
As you know, the iPhone comes with Apps. And the App store on iTunes is so FULL of cool, useful apps. And a lot of them are free! Which is fabulous because I am not a fan of paying for something I might not like.
One of my favorite apps is Card Star.
It is so awesome! Card Star is a member card manager. Like your CVS card and Petco card, etc. You input your card numbers. Then when you go to the store you don’t have to take your card. You just scan your iPhone! 
Genius! No more rifling through the stack asking the store clerk “what color is this store’s card?”, no taking up a bunch of space in your purse/wallet with a stack of cards. Genius I say! I used it for the first time in the mountains last week. Worked like a charm! Lots of oohs and ahhs from the store employees.Another app that I loved being able to use in the mountains is the Directv app. I didn’t realize that some shows I was interested in watching were having their season premieres but we were away and I’d forgotten to set the dvr. It was so easy! I just pulled up that night’s schedule and boom! Community was being recorded that night. I was so excited to get home and see that it had worked! Brilliant!
My list of fun apps that I like is too long for one post. What apps should I have? Which ones do you love?
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So I had to replace my Blackberry. I went a week without a mobile phone while researching phones on the internet. During which time I found out that Apple iPhones have a 3G model that is the same price ($99) that we paid for my Blackberry. Well! That was certainly good news! All the recent commercials talked about the 3GS which was out of my price range.
Lucky for me it was recently my birthday and I had received just enough cash to cover the $99 price tag. I had been coveting an iPhone since its release a couple years ago. Now, it’s no secret that I’m a techno geek who loves gadgets and Apple. But y’all. Srsly. I am so in love with my iPhone. I literally lost sleep playing with it the first couple nights. I spent way too much time downloading all the free apps ever made. I have a few apps to tell y’all about that I just love, but that’s another post.If you know me and my history with electronics, one of the first things I do is buy the accessories to go with them. I totally scored when I ordered my iPhone accessories. Wanna know what I got for $22 including shipping?
Yeah that’s right, all that for $22 including shipping. Where? Here. At Cellphoneshop.net AND they partner with Ebates so after my purchase another $1.90 went into my Ebates account. Oh snap.
Who out there also has an iPhone?
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One of the many things that suck when your phone dies is that you lose information. Luckily I had backed up my Blackberry to my home computer. What’s not so lucky is that I had to use a 3rd party app (that I had to pay for) to be able to back up my Blackberry to my computer. This app was full of bugs and often it would error out and would not sync. So, Blackberry dies. Fast forward a few weeks and I’m starting to realize a lot of the information that I’m missing. Like dates I’d put in my calendar on my phone that wouldn’t sync to the computer. Like the doctor’s appointment I missed last week while I was in the mountains. I’d forgotten all about it because I’d scheduled it quite a few weeks ago. On my phone. Which wouldn’t sync to the computer. Ugh. I’m also missing all my lists. Lists of books I want to read, movies I want to see, quotes I liked. Photos taken with my Blackberry. All gone. Mainly because the app I mentioned above didn’t quite jive with all the apps on the phone so there were some things that just would not sync no matter what.
One of the things I really miss is a text Morgan sent me one day. I’d asked her something to which she replied “No! Geez la weez!” I thought that was so cute! I didn’t correct her. I guess she doesn’t realize that people are saying Jeez, Louise. I guess now I’ll just have to carry that little bit of childlike talk from an almost grown woman around in my head from now on. I wish I could sync my head.
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While we were in Vegas last month my Blackberry Curve died a terrible death. It was only 14 months old!
I had plugged it in and gone to bed. I woke up in the middle of the night and picked it up to use it as a night light to get me to the restroom. I got into the restroom and turned the phone around and looked at the screen. Where all the icons should have been was just a big white screen with a box. Inside the box was a triangle, circle, & a square. Around the box was the ghostbusters symbol. 
I tried to turn it off. I pressed all the keys. NOTHING worked. The screen stayed white with that bizarre symbol. While pressing buttons the trackball fell out and rolled across the floor. Well, once the little trackball is gone you can’t use the Blackberry at all! The only think that worked was pulling out the battery.
When we got home I took the phone to the cell phone place and asked the rep if it could be fixed. She took one look at it and declared it dead beyond repair. She said she’d never seen that screen before. This makes 3 broken Blackberry phones in the last 2 years. They all just up and died mysterious deaths! My first Blackberry lasted me over 2 years but then one day just wouldn’t charge anymore. Took it in and nothing could be done for it. Then my first Curve did the same thing when it was just a month old. Now this. Safe to say I will never give Blackberry another dime of my money. -
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Apparently there is an actual (well, fictional) Captain Underpants! He stars in a series of children’s books. Thanks to Super Sleuth Susan for finding him. When she emailed me the lowdown on CU I about died laughing. I know what CSP is getting for Christmas! :D -
CSP is my husband. He is a wonderful, loving, funny, amazing man. He is also very, very shy. Another one of his attributes is that he’s extremely safety conscious. Hence his nickname Captain Safety Pants, CSP for short. He doesn’t like for me to use his real name on the internet for safety reasons so I was lucky that Susan came up with CSP. If you’ve read this blog for a while you’re probably more used to CSP than his birth name. Which rhymes with John. A lot. :)Remember at the beginning of the last paragraph when I told you CSP is shy? Keep that in mind. He came home from work the other day and was getting things out of the car when a neighbor spotted him. The neighbor we’re talking about is Sabrina. I adore Sabrina. She battled breast cancer last year and won. She is incredibly outgoing and positive. She also is NOT the quiet type. I think she scares CSP a little. She also is my Pampered Chef rep so go buy things from her!
Sabrina and CSP had a brief conversation then CSP came inside. He never told me about it. The reason I know is because when I was speaking with Sabrina a couple days later she mentioned it.
Sabrina: Did CSP (insert real name here) tell you about our conversation the other day?
Me: No he didn’t.
Sabrina: Well I was in my yard and I saw him so I waved and called out to him. (she kept talking as she walked across the street toward him. Keep in mind she’s NOT QUIET and CSP is a big fan of quiet)
HEY CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS! HOW YOU DOING CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS?? I bet you’re wondering how I know that you’re CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS huh? It’s because I’m one of Shanny’s followers on Facebook CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS! She’s so funny calling you CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS! I just love reading all the little things she writes on Facebook about her and CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS!
Then she said to me “Then he just said he had to go inside and ran in so fast! Wonder what that was all about? Anyway, …” and we continued our conversation. Well, as soon as I could catch my breath.
When we hung up I asked CSP about it and why didn’t he tell me?
CSP: Because, she JUST KEPT SAYING CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS. I don’t ever want to talk about it again.
Lucky for him I certainly don’t mind talking about it! :D
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