I’ve been trying to think of some other games that might be a little bit more fun, like a version of musical chairs. To be perfectly honest, I think that I am going to have to go online and try to do some searches on Google for “baby shower games.” The last baby shower I can remember going to was over twenty years ago! And I don’t remember playing any games at that shower at all! Hmmm… I better get cracking on that!

The last baby shower that I was invited to attend was for my sister-in-law about six years ago. I had bought a gift and was planning to bring a cake to the party but that party never happened because the baby decided to be born the day before the baby shower! I hope that Marnie’s baby holds off and waits until after the baby shower!

I used to love watching martial arts movies when I was a kid. One my favorite movies was Karate Kid. Usually after my brother and I finished watching one of these type of movies, one of us would end up crying within the next 10 minutes. We would try out our awesome karate moves on each other and usually one of us would get hurt. Ninety percent of the time it was my younger brother, since I was so much bigger than him. I was flipping through the channels on my DIRECT TV the other day and saw that this movie was on. It brought back so many other memories of us playing and fighting as kids. The only one around for me to practice karate on today is my wife. I am sure she would not be too impressed if I tried to spar with her. Actually, I would probably be the one crying. She is one tough cookie. I learned this after she gave birth to our first child au natural.

A local sandwich shop had spread out a couple of logo floor mats in front of their booth. They were selling cold cut sandwiches, apples, chips, chocolate chip cookies, bottled water and an assortment of sodas.

There were a couple of hundred cloggers that showed up to the day-long workshop, so I’m guessing that several of the vendors that had set up
trade show displays there probably made a little bit of money, but I really do have to wonder if at the end of the day the vendors actually made enough money to justify the time and expense for that day. The biggest reason that I am saying that is the workshop was set up in such a way that the participants had very little free time to actually visit the vendor booths. Sure, the food people made money, but I can’t imagine that the other vendors went home happy.

Some of my friends are going out and want to arrange their dinner around the movie start time or game time. Other people are going out on dates and want to pick the restaurant ahead of time so they know if they are going casual or need to dress up a little.

Me, I’m staying home and cooking something healthy. I’m thinking about getting some fresh fish at the grocery store on the way home and maybe a loaf of crusty french bread. If they have fresh asparagus, I’ll buy some of that, too.

Just because we live in a small town in Tennessee, doesn’t mean I cannot keep up with things going on in the world. Anyone that knows me knows that I love to be on Facebook. I just know that the boy who invented it is such a genius. It is a tool that can be used for so many different things. The other day I was clicking around looking at all the channels that we have on television since we switched our cable television to www.direct.tv. I found a movie called The Social Network that is about how Facebook got started. I am sure that parts of it were fictional, but I liked seeing the thinking that went into getting such a huge project started that ended up changing so much in the world we live in today. The guy that actually started Facebook is named Mark Zuckerberg. I think that I would like to talk to that kid someday and pick his brain. But the guy that played him in the movie made him look like a weirdo. I saw there is another program coming on that looks more like a documentary called Mark Zuckerberg – Inside Facebook. I hope that Mark will be interviewed for that show. I kind of want to hear him talk.

I am the oldest of four kids. We all have our unique qualities. My youngest brother is the artsy one. He is the person you can go to for any type of art and he is able to produce it quickly. One of my sisters is the smart one. I think she could win any kind of trivia game because she knows everything there is to know about anything. I have always been the technology one. I think it will forever be my place with my family. Everyone always comes to me with any and all technology questions. Sometimes it is questions about Microsoft Word, sometimes it is questions about direct tv vs cable and sometimes it is questions about operating a computer. I am always happy to help and I love my family, but the world is getting so advanced with technology that they might need to start learning some things. My mom can’t keep calling me every time she needs to turn on the computer or open a webpage. I keep hoping she will remember, but I keep getting calls about simple things.

We looked into wireless internet service plans and found the best plan for our speed and data needs. Now, I can use the internet to pursue one of my hobbies. I love to collect vintage china. I have several patterns that I am collecting. They are antique and cannot be found at a regular retail store. I have had to piece them together by buying on-line and trading with vendors. My favorite pattern that I have been collecting since I was in my early twenties is a beautiful pattern by Staffordshire. It was produced from 1918-1938. It is called “Chelsea Bird”. It is a beautiful hand painted bird on delicate china. There are different colors of the pattern. The most that I have is of the burgundy. I have collected an eight-piece setting with some serving pieces. I want to collect the cobalt blue, mustard, and Kelly green colors too. They are more rare and really hard to track down. I got lucky on Ebay last year and got six dinner plates from a lady in Kentucky. It is rare to find so many together!

Gosh, I don’t really know what else to do to save my marriage. It’s harder to be a couple living together than I imagined it would be and I’m finding out things about my husband that I just didn’t know until we moved in together. I just can’t imagine a time when I’m going to be used to all his stubble in the sink and the way he snores at night…ugh! The worst thing is that he’s just really inconsiderate – I know that it comes from years of living alone and not having to share a space with anyone but hey, I’m his wife and I know there’s something he’s got to give to be a better partner. I asked him to go to SatelliteTVFamily.com to look into cable for the house the other day, for example, and he said he didn’t have time. Then he got all pouty a week later when we didn’t have the TV channel that carried the football game he wanted! We’ve both got a lot to learn.