Monday, January 18, 2010

a little potty humor

the view from inside our front door:

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“hello, won’t you come in? i’m so glad to have you. please, let me take your coat.

do you need to use the restroom? my husband has it all ready for you.”

that is, if you need to “hurl”.

oh yes, such a nice thing to see as you walk in. am i the only person that’s bothered by this picture?

am i being way too picky? is it too much to ask to put the toilet seat down? (at least in the one bathroom that’s visible from the front door?)

well – i say - drastic times calls for drastic measures! (& the Chalk Ink Wet Wipe Markers)

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but first, a disclaimer! i do not have a dog. nor do i have a dog who can read! what i have is a husband who needs to put the toilet seat down!

and no, i don’t call him “boy”. the phrasing is for emphasis.

and now – my chalk ink solution to my toilet seat/non-compliant husband:

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i showed this picture to Jen at Sanctuary Arts & she thought it was hilarious. that gave me the courage to show it to the rest of you.

so far – he’s complying about 50% of the time. that’s a great improvement.

for better or worse, i’m linking up to a soft place to land’s diy tuesday.

DIY Day @ ASPTL

hope you all have a great week – things are a little crazy around here at the moment. hope to start blogging regularly, again, sometime soon!

Monday, January 4, 2010

eat*mor*chikin

we received the most unusual invitation a few weeks ago.

we were invited to attend the “Premiere Night” at the new Chick-fil-A in our area.

the invitation came from the owners, our new neighbors from philly.

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they are such a sweet couple (don’t they look sweet?) that we decided “why not?!?” “let’s go!”

santa was there to welcome us to the party

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first – we were served these yummy chicken bites

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next – they asked us if we would like soup.  i asked an incredibly intelligent question.  “what kind of soup?”

quess what the answer was?  of course, chicken!

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it was delicious.  tasted like chicken n dumplin’s!

santa kept checking me out!

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i think the rose was from santa, hah!

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after serving us the appetizer & soup, we went up to the window to order anything we wanted.  we were stuffed by then – so i ordered a chicken salad sandwich & can’t remember what shelly ordered.  the chicken salad was good, but very southern style.  had relish in it & was served on sweet bread. 

then there were som drawings & after that we were all given an enveloped filled with  coupons for free sandwiches.  the only catch was they weren’t for us.  we had to be made an “ambassador” & have to invite people to go with us to chick-fil-a & use the coupons on them. 

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this is shelly being sworn in as ambassador.

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the last part was the best – dessert!  they served each a plate full of goodies.  i was so excited i forgot to take a picture.  fudge nut brownies, cheesecake & the best lemon meringue pie i’ve had in a long time.  oh, and itty bitty milkshakes, too.  delicious!

Nope!  That’s not true.  That wasn’t the best part of the night. 

Get ready for what i have to tell you.

People, get ready!

Before we ate, one of the visiting people from management(in atlanta) did something you just don’t hear of. 

Can you guess what he did?

He prayed.

Yes, he prayed.

He thanked God for the evening, for all of us, for the owners & their employees & for our dinner.

Isn’t that fantastic?????????????????????????????????????

I sat there & cried!

 

all in all, it was a fabulous time!  our first premiere & our first dining experience at chick-fil-a.  this one has an indoor playground so we’ll be visiting there often.

and don’t forget – eat mor chikin!

Friday, January 1, 2010

happy new year!

go Bucks!

& beat the Ducks!