Friend Makin Mondays- Confessions

It's FRIEND MAKIN MONDAY!!!! To check out all of the other bloggers Confessions or to join Friend Making Monday, go check out Kasey's blog over at All That Is Good.

Today's task is CONFESSIONS! Spill your guts! :) I am pretty much an open book, but I'll see if I can come up with a few.

1. I apologize WAY too much, to the point where it can be annoying, and I apologize for things that I may not have even done wrong. I would sometimes as a kid growing up, even get in trouble for always saying I'm sorry, and then I'd say I'm sorry for saying I'm sorry. (see my point! :) Not always a good thing.)

2. I cry WAY to easily. I swear to you, I think I have sprinklers behind my eyeballs. I can cry to commercials, books, So You Think You Can Dance, you name it, if it is happy or sad, I can cry to to it.

3. I am a hypochondriac, and tend to over react at most things. Especially when it comes to my nieces and nephews. If they have a bump or complain of something hurting, I nag my sister and sister-n-law about making sure they get it checked out by a doctor until they are ready to kill me. I do this all out of love because I care so much about them, but I can see why they get annoyed with it.

4. I ate so much sugar this weekend that I am surprised I didn't go into a diabetic coma, and I'm not even diabetic (yet).

5. Most of the time I am blogging when I should be working on other things. :)

6. I am a night owl, but trying desperately to become a morning person. Today I got up at 6:30 a.m. to do my Bible Study and it was so nice to start my day with this. (Today was day 1. Days left; the rest of my life!)

7. I love all Reality Shows. Well, I take that back, there have been a few on like VH1 that I haven't liked (flavor flave!)

8. I sometimes work all day long in my pajama's. Not always a good thing. ;)

Becoming a Canner!

I had my first experience with canning on Tuesday. I have a neighbor who I walk with weekly and she is a canning machine. So she is going to teach me everything I don't know about canning. (which right now, is very little, actually I know nothing!- about canning that is.)

I started off pretty easy (at least I thought so).


On my way home from Yakima, we stopped at a fruit/veggie stand and I bought 20 lbs. of asparagus for $16.99 (that's .85 cents a lb.) pretty good deal!


And the canning began.


We filled each jar with a HUGE clove of garlic, one tsp. of dill weed, one tsp. of red pepper flakes, asparagus, brine (which consisted of 4 cups vinegar, 4 cups water, and I think 1/2 cup of canning salt). And then gave them a water bath (basically let water boil over the closed and sealed jars for 10 min.) and then they were done. Pretty simple! I think I like canning...

The finished product!

Next I will be canning peaches, tuna (which I am the most excited about), stewed tomatoes and pepper jelly. :)

Girls Weekend- Yakima, WA Wine Country

Last weekend I had a girls weekend. It was such a GREAT time. We went wine tasting, which I had never been before, and it was so much fun. It was just nice to be with the girls and chat about girly things which is probably my most favorite thing to do. I had never been wine tasting before, and although I do like wine, I don't drink it very often because I would prefer to eat my calories instead of drink them. I am a 100% water girl. :) I did buy a few bottles of wine from the wineries, two dessert wines that I am SO excited about, one is called 'Twilight Harvest' (which I HAD to buy because it said 'Twilight'- I heart Edward Cullen) and they said to marinate raspberries in it and pour over vanilla ice-cream- YUM! Can't wait to try that. And the other port wine you pair with Chocolate, like brownies. Who wouldn't want that?! The weather was also beautiful that day, and we got in our chauffeured limo (or mini-van, same thing!) :) and then headed out to 5 different wineries. We came back to the hotel where I was given the DL (down low) on Bravo's hit reality show, The Real Housewives of New Jersey. (I had never seen it before, but it is a fave amongst all the girls, and they happened to have a marathon on.) We napped, relaxed, then headed to a FABULOUS Mexican Restaurant for a great meal and then bed. What a wonderful weekend. Thanks girls! :)

Anne & Andrea

Jennifer, Me, Brenda

All us girls at Bonair Winery (I won't tell you what we called it all day) ;)

soon these will be mini wine grapes

Anne & Andrea at our picnic lunch at the Silverton Winery.

Bachelorette Recap

As I mentioned earlier, I have a lot to write about and I am a day late in my Bachelorette recap, so I'll start off with a quick update on my thoughts in regards to the guys, because I am SURE that Jillian reads my posts and decides on who she is going to choose because of what I say. LOL- she did send David and Juan home- FINALLY- but for some reason she still has foot fetish Tanner around (I think because she wants to get the skinny on who has a GF back home, which HELLO- WES- I think we would all know this even if Tanner didn't spill the beans. But maybe by some slim margin it's someone else.)

But....... Something B.I.G. happens next week. According to Chris Harrison, something unlike anything else that has ever happened on Bachelor/Bachelorette history. Drama, Drama, Drama. :)

Okay, so the episode was kind of boring for me. It didn't really get into it until towards the end. I still love Ed, Jake and I am starting to kind of like Kiptyn- not that I hated him or anything, but I just don't see him with Jill, but I think he'll make it pretty far, and Robby is a cutie pie.

Mark- Where did he come from? I didn't even recognize him at all with the scruff he had on his face (he shaved before his date with Jill) and I couldn't even remember him from the other episodes. I thought for sure she would send him and Mike home together and not give either a rose, but I don't see him sticking around much longer.

Michael- I think I have said this every week, you are HILARIOUS (I hope the rumors are not true! I read WAY to many blogs and message boards about this show).

Reid- I can't get past the fact that you look EXACTLY like Chandler (Matthew Perry), especially with the glasses, and I'm not really feeling it with you and Jillian.

Jesse- You made some progress in Monday nights show, but yours and Jill's kiss didn't do it for me, I thought she looked like she was pulling away from you when you were kissing, maybe it was just me.

Tanner P.- Okay, so I'm not even going to say that what I'm about to write is a spoiler, because it's not really about the show but about his life. On the message boards and other entertainment blogs they are stating that Tanner P. is a single Dad. I am NOT saying that this is true, because I really don't know, and the guy kinda really creeps me out with his whole foot fetish thing, but I do have to give him props if it is true, and hopefully he is a really good Dad.

One of my favorite blogs to read about the show is by a guy named Reality Steve. He somehow gets insider information, but doesn't usually write about it until the show progresses. He knew about the Molly/Melissa incident last season way before it came out. If you want to check out what he has to say about the bachelorette check him out at: http://realitysteve.com/blog/?s=jillian+harris.

PS- I think Jillian is a doll, but has anyone noticed that she squeals every time she see's one of the guys for her dates? and numerous other times in the show? It kind of drives me bonkers.

Have a Fabulous Wednesday!!!

quick update

I just wanted to write a quick post to let all of my blogging buddies know that I have been out of town, but back today and I have A LOT to blog about (Bachelorette, my girls weekend, canning) and I need to go visit all the posts I have missed. I am super busy at work today, but will try to catch up this evening. Can't wait to catch up on all of your blogs! :)

Starbucks- I LOVE YOU (but not for your coffee!)

So I have to share my most favorite new purchase! I am not even a coffee drinker, but I am a sucker for good marketing. I bought this reusable (but looks like a throw away) plastic cup from Starbucks. I LOVE IT!!!!! And by LOVE I mean, it is like a new member of my family, it goes with me everywhere, it fits perfect in my car cup holder too! And call me crazy, but I actually have been drinking more water because of it too. Normally I drink about 4 pint glasses of water daily, with my new Venti Tumbler, I have been sucking down about 6 full glasses a day, that equals out to about 96 ounces a day! (let's just say, I go to the bathroom about ever 15 mins.) I never used to drink out of a straw (because I am SUPER paranoid about getting the sucking wrinkles around my lips, like when someone puckers- I know I'm a freak!) but I use the straw in this cup (off to the side and I don't pucker to avoid those wrinkles-LOL- but true) and I think the straw is what is making me drink more. I know it's all mental, but it really is working. So, I guess my whole point to this post is, this cup is SO WORTH the money. Have a FABULOUS Thursday! :)

Bachelorette Recap- The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly!

hehehe, I couldn't resist on the title, if you watched the show you totally know where I stole it from. :)

So this post is going to be about all the boys who made an impression, whether it be a GOOD one, or a BAD one!

Lets start with the B.A.D.!

• OMG, Tanner P. HAS. GOT. TO. GO! Can I say that loud enough? The foot fetish has been taken way too far, and I threw up in my mouth a little every time he talked about sucking on her toes. EWWWWWWWWW. (Jillian, send him home already!)

• David- I am ashamed to say that I even liked you on the first episode, your mouth is disgusting. There is no need or reason to ever have to swear that much, and yes, I too, do not like Juan or think he is a good match for Jillian, but come on already, lay off the guy and let Jillian see it for herself. Fortunately from the previews, it looks like you make an even bigger fool of yourself next week and then I think we will be saying bye bye to you my friend.

• Juan- something about you just really bugs me. I guess I just like men to be masculine and there is some kind of feminine quality you have that really bothers me. I also think you are trying way to hard and the times you are with Jillian don't seem natural, but almost rehearsed. I don't think you deserve being treated badly by David, but I do agree that you need to go, sooner rather then later!

• Wes- Okay, so you have a nice voice and you can play the guitar. I too have been wooed by a singing, guitar playing, want-to-be musician, it can be quite mesmerizing, but seriously, that is all it is. I hope that Jillian wakes up soon, because truthfully I don't think you are in it for her, and you two will never work. I am looking forward to the day you do not get a rose. Unfortunately I think it won't be for awhile because lucky for you, she needs to weed out some pretty bad guys first.

• Brad- needed to go, and he did!

Now to the G.O.O.D!

• Michael- You are still HILARIOUS! and I am glad you are still around, again, I don't think you are the right one for Jillian, but you seem super cool and a very nice. You would be the perfect guy best friend: lots of fun, good looking, good dancer. :)

• Robby- You came out of the wood work for me today. Nice move on the set! :) I think you are super sweet. Glad you are still around.

• And I saved the best for last- ED! You are my front runner. Last week, I talked about how I felt you were under the radar and that I had a sneaky suspicion you would make it to the end. This week confirmed it for me. If you are not in the final three I will be SHOCKED, and I will be ecstatic if you are the last one standing. I think you are genuine, sweet, super good looking (beautiful teeth), and you know how to eat the right way with utensil's (something I learned on my reality show during our etiquette training on American Princess). I can't wait for you and Jillian to spend more time together (and I hope you don't make me regret anything I just said!) :)

The rest of the beau's that I have not mentioned have not made an impression on me either way. So we'll see how they do in the coming weeks.

Next week looks FABULOUS!!!! Lots of Drama, can't wait until the rose ceremony~ :)