I am sure I have blogged about my love for the TV show The Amazing Race, well the new season started last night. Well I am just now watching the first show (thank you DVR!) because the MYF at our church put on a dinner last night so we missed it. I always like to think if Pat and I were on the show how we would do and which one of us would do the challenges. Here is my break down of the first show.
1st Challenge: Find a paper airplane that had the airline for some country on it. Yeah...we probably would not have done well with that. I had no idea what the answer was so we would have been blindly guessing!
2nd Challenge: Swim with sharks to find a clue. PAT! I am terrified of sharks. It all stems back to my sisters (they weren't very nice to me when I was little.) For some reason Michelle loved the movie Jaws but E.T. sacred her. Well I can't remember if she told me or I thought it, but I thought Jaws could come through the drains in our house. Not only that but I thought he could get in our pool. I still get a little leary being in the deep in by myself!
3rd Challenge: Decode a message that is coded using international flags. I think I would tear it up! I love puzzles and decoding messages and all that stuff. (Remember my post about why I am a dork? This could probably be added to the list!)
4th Challenge: Sail a 16 foot Skiff to a bouy. They get to work together on this but Pat would be awesome at this. He grew up on the water and drove a boat for his summer job so this would be a piece of cake! They also had 2 other people helping them so we would have been fine.
5th Challenge: Go to the beach to the Pit Stop. We do pretty good with directions but have gotten in arguments over it. I think that would be our rough spot if we went on this show. Our TomTom GPS system I think has really saved our relationship!
I make it seem that we would just be amazing at this show and would have no problem but really I am sure we would hit some snags and be eliminated the first round or something but I can wish!
Monday, February 21, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
The Talk
I have found a new show that I like and I don't think I have written about it on here yet (if I have just stop reading). This new show is called The Talk. It is very similar to The View. It is hosted by Julie Chen (The Early Show) Holly Robinson Peete (Hangin' with Mr. Cooper) Sharon Osbourne (you know who she is), Leah Remini (King of Queens or Stacey off of Saved by the Bell when they worked at the beach club and Sara Gilbert (Rosanne). I used to be a big fan of The View but then I got really annoyed by Joy and since Elizabeth is the only Republican and she isn't the best representation I quit watching. I fell upon The Talk during one of our 6 snow day (Gov. Kasich, could you please hurry up the process to give us our calamity days back?). I like it because they don't talk about the political side of things. They just talk about everyday things. One day they talked about deal breakers and another they talked about pet peeves with significant others and yet another about keeping momentos. They all have different viewpoints but they don't argue with each other which is another thing I really like. Since it is on at 2 in the afternoon I never get to watch them in real-time, so thank goodness for DVR. The episode I am watching today is from Friday and they are all talking about when they were proposed to, so I thought I would share how Pat proposed to me. As you read you will probably be wondering how dumb I could be and not know it was coming but I had no clue!
We were on our way home from college becauase Spring Break was getting ready to start. Pat was going to spend the weekend in Coshocton and then go on to Woodville. He had been telling me for about 2 weeks that he wanted to take me out for a nice dinner Friday night and kept wondering where I wanted to go. Well there aren't really any nice restraunts in Coshocton and we couldn't go out of town because we were going to a play that night. Unbeknownst to me, Pat called my mom and she suggested Raven's Glenn a winery. On our way home it was raining and Pat kept complaining about the weather and I had never heard him complain about the weather but I didn't really think anything of it.
When we got to Raven's Glenn one of my friends was a waitress and she came over and talked to us. She had just broken off her engagement and was telling me how to not get engaged and that boys were stupid and on and on. (Poor Pat!) So we had our dinner and Pat asked me if I was ready to leave. I said yes and started putting my coat on and told me to wait a second. He came over to my side of them table and said "Stephanie we have been dating for about a year and a half and I love you so much..." He starting pulling something out of his pocket and at this point I really thought he just got me a present and had no idea what was going on, then he dropped to his knee. I never thought I would cry but the tears were instant! He swears I never said yes but I am pretty sure I did.
I don't think I stopped smiling for weeks! I had to give my ring back for a little while because it was too big but I got it back before I went back to school thank goodness!
Now you are probably wondering why Pat was so worried about the rain. Well he had planned to go for a walk at Lake Park and have candles surrounding one of the gazebos. My best friends Shyanne and Kristal were behind it all and were going to help and video it any everything. Well first the rain ruined plans and then there was a miscommunication and Shy and Kristal weren't going to be home until the following weekend because their Spring Break was a week later!
Everything turned out great though and I have no pictures but I can still see Pat coming around the table and getting down on one knee!
We were on our way home from college becauase Spring Break was getting ready to start. Pat was going to spend the weekend in Coshocton and then go on to Woodville. He had been telling me for about 2 weeks that he wanted to take me out for a nice dinner Friday night and kept wondering where I wanted to go. Well there aren't really any nice restraunts in Coshocton and we couldn't go out of town because we were going to a play that night. Unbeknownst to me, Pat called my mom and she suggested Raven's Glenn a winery. On our way home it was raining and Pat kept complaining about the weather and I had never heard him complain about the weather but I didn't really think anything of it.
When we got to Raven's Glenn one of my friends was a waitress and she came over and talked to us. She had just broken off her engagement and was telling me how to not get engaged and that boys were stupid and on and on. (Poor Pat!) So we had our dinner and Pat asked me if I was ready to leave. I said yes and started putting my coat on and told me to wait a second. He came over to my side of them table and said "Stephanie we have been dating for about a year and a half and I love you so much..." He starting pulling something out of his pocket and at this point I really thought he just got me a present and had no idea what was going on, then he dropped to his knee. I never thought I would cry but the tears were instant! He swears I never said yes but I am pretty sure I did.
I don't think I stopped smiling for weeks! I had to give my ring back for a little while because it was too big but I got it back before I went back to school thank goodness!
Now you are probably wondering why Pat was so worried about the rain. Well he had planned to go for a walk at Lake Park and have candles surrounding one of the gazebos. My best friends Shyanne and Kristal were behind it all and were going to help and video it any everything. Well first the rain ruined plans and then there was a miscommunication and Shy and Kristal weren't going to be home until the following weekend because their Spring Break was a week later!
Everything turned out great though and I have no pictures but I can still see Pat coming around the table and getting down on one knee!
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Sydney White
My current Netflix movie is Sydney White. I decided to stay in bed a little longer this morning and finish watching it since I fell asleep last night half-way through. The basic premise is based around the story of Snow White. Sydney was raised by her dad and goes off to college hoping to join the sorority that her mom was a member of. The president of the sorority is not a big fan of Sydney and makes everything very hard for her, up to the point of getting in and denies Sydney. This of course crushes her and she runs into 7 dorks who take her in.
It was a pretty good movie. The main actress was Amanda Bynes and while she can be a good actress sometimes, she sometimes drives me crazy! It was a little corny at points and it isn't a movie I would suggest Pat to watch but it was alright. The reason I put it on my list is because one of my friends from college just loved it so I thought I would try it out. It has been on my list for a while because I have a bad habit of adding movies when I get bored. I think I currently have about 60 movies waiting for me! I could watch some instantly but apparently my Internet is too slow and it is more irritating the entertaining to watch. The one part that I did love is at the end, Sydney is campaigning and "outs" herself as being a dork. This causes a wave in the audience and soon people are standing up confessing what makes them a dork. I thought that I would share with my few readers of why I am dork (as if you didn't already know!)
1. I read like crazy! Someone asked me the other day how many books I read and then revealed my total number for the year. They looked at me like I was crazy! I honestly can't remember a time I didn't enjoy reading. When I was younger, I spent a lot of time in the car either going to my sisters' games or my own and I just read to make the time go quicker. My parents are both readers so I guess I just learned from them and I am glad that I did!
2. I love old television shows and movies. I mean come on, I Love Lucy is my favorite show! A League of their Own is my favorite movie (I know it isn't that old) and put in any old Disney movie and I will watch it and probably be able to quote it. I am not talking the animated ones either. The live action ones like The Ugly Dachshund, The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit and many others. I was just born in the wrong decade.
3. I would rather play Trivial Pursuit than any other board game. I love trivia! I also credit this to my parents. When I was little we would go to my Aunt Beth and Uncle Steve's quite often and they would play Trivial Pursuit. They would let me read the questions (maybe that is where the love of reading came from as well?) and I think some of it stuck with me. To go along with this one I also DVR Jeopardy. I am taking the contestant quiz next week!
4. I own a Nintendo DS. While this one makes me pretty cool to my nephew I am sure some people think I am a dork. My favorite game at the moment is Professor Layton. First the name and next his assistant is Luke! Yep my nephews. Now that isn't really why I like the game but it helps. The game is based around puzzles, logic puzzles! I love them! Again my mother's fault (it's ok Mom I am happy with it) She also loves puzzles and would always be figuring them out. I love looking at the situation in a certain way to figure it out.
5. I am an English teacher...enough said!
Well I am sure they are many more reasons why I am a dork but that is enough for now!
It was a pretty good movie. The main actress was Amanda Bynes and while she can be a good actress sometimes, she sometimes drives me crazy! It was a little corny at points and it isn't a movie I would suggest Pat to watch but it was alright. The reason I put it on my list is because one of my friends from college just loved it so I thought I would try it out. It has been on my list for a while because I have a bad habit of adding movies when I get bored. I think I currently have about 60 movies waiting for me! I could watch some instantly but apparently my Internet is too slow and it is more irritating the entertaining to watch. The one part that I did love is at the end, Sydney is campaigning and "outs" herself as being a dork. This causes a wave in the audience and soon people are standing up confessing what makes them a dork. I thought that I would share with my few readers of why I am dork (as if you didn't already know!)
1. I read like crazy! Someone asked me the other day how many books I read and then revealed my total number for the year. They looked at me like I was crazy! I honestly can't remember a time I didn't enjoy reading. When I was younger, I spent a lot of time in the car either going to my sisters' games or my own and I just read to make the time go quicker. My parents are both readers so I guess I just learned from them and I am glad that I did!
2. I love old television shows and movies. I mean come on, I Love Lucy is my favorite show! A League of their Own is my favorite movie (I know it isn't that old) and put in any old Disney movie and I will watch it and probably be able to quote it. I am not talking the animated ones either. The live action ones like The Ugly Dachshund, The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit and many others. I was just born in the wrong decade.
3. I would rather play Trivial Pursuit than any other board game. I love trivia! I also credit this to my parents. When I was little we would go to my Aunt Beth and Uncle Steve's quite often and they would play Trivial Pursuit. They would let me read the questions (maybe that is where the love of reading came from as well?) and I think some of it stuck with me. To go along with this one I also DVR Jeopardy. I am taking the contestant quiz next week!
4. I own a Nintendo DS. While this one makes me pretty cool to my nephew I am sure some people think I am a dork. My favorite game at the moment is Professor Layton. First the name and next his assistant is Luke! Yep my nephews. Now that isn't really why I like the game but it helps. The game is based around puzzles, logic puzzles! I love them! Again my mother's fault (it's ok Mom I am happy with it) She also loves puzzles and would always be figuring them out. I love looking at the situation in a certain way to figure it out.
5. I am an English teacher...enough said!
Well I am sure they are many more reasons why I am a dork but that is enough for now!
Snow Day #5
It is a windy day out there! School was cancelled yet again today, which was probably a good thing because our electricity went out at about 1 and didn't come back on until 7:45. Thank goodness for the power company guys that worked all night! We still have one problem, our pipes froze so we have no water! Pat had to go to Grandma and Grandpa's house to take a shower so he could go to work. On his way to work he called me and wanted me to make sure the pilot light was still on in the hot water heater but I couldn't even find where the light was supposed to be! Some help I was. So I cranked the heat and I am hoping they thaw out soon!
I thankfully was able to sleep in a little bit today. I think part of it had to do with not going to bed as early as usual. Pat and I usually go to bed around 10 so after I read for a little bit I am asleep by 10:30. Last night just as I started reading Pat gets a fire call and out the door he flew! I decided that I would put in my Netflix movie (I will write a separate post about it) because it was not one he was interested in watching. Since I hadn't done a whole lot through the day I wasn't that tired either so I got about halfway through the movie before I fell asleep and shortly after Pat came home. It was just about that time that the electricity went out.
I have decided that I could not be a housewife! I was so bored yesterday and while I had plenty of things to do I could not get motivated to do much. I did get some lessons planned but I ran into problems because I left some books at school and couldn't get too far. I did wash the bathtub (how does it get so dirty when you use it to get clean?), cleaned the stove and organized the pile of papers on the desk. I wasn't able to clean the oven because we didn't have any oven cleaner. I started to clean the office but most of it is Pat's tools that he got for Christmas that he hasn't carried down to the basement yet, so I quit. I am thinking today that I may get out the scrapbook supplies and start on some wedding pages. I don't like to scrapbook here though because I always think of everything that my mom has at her house that I could be using! Maybe that is my problem, I always think of a reason NOT to do something! Maybe I will see how the roads are and head to school to at least get the books I need to do some more work!
I thankfully was able to sleep in a little bit today. I think part of it had to do with not going to bed as early as usual. Pat and I usually go to bed around 10 so after I read for a little bit I am asleep by 10:30. Last night just as I started reading Pat gets a fire call and out the door he flew! I decided that I would put in my Netflix movie (I will write a separate post about it) because it was not one he was interested in watching. Since I hadn't done a whole lot through the day I wasn't that tired either so I got about halfway through the movie before I fell asleep and shortly after Pat came home. It was just about that time that the electricity went out.
I have decided that I could not be a housewife! I was so bored yesterday and while I had plenty of things to do I could not get motivated to do much. I did get some lessons planned but I ran into problems because I left some books at school and couldn't get too far. I did wash the bathtub (how does it get so dirty when you use it to get clean?), cleaned the stove and organized the pile of papers on the desk. I wasn't able to clean the oven because we didn't have any oven cleaner. I started to clean the office but most of it is Pat's tools that he got for Christmas that he hasn't carried down to the basement yet, so I quit. I am thinking today that I may get out the scrapbook supplies and start on some wedding pages. I don't like to scrapbook here though because I always think of everything that my mom has at her house that I could be using! Maybe that is my problem, I always think of a reason NOT to do something! Maybe I will see how the roads are and head to school to at least get the books I need to do some more work!
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Snow Day #4
Here I am on Snow Day #4. I got the call at about 5 this morning that school was cancelled and promptly went back to sleep. When Pat's alarm went off though, it was another story. I was in that state of being asleep but being awake enough that you can hear everything going on so I eventually just got up and came out to the couch to watch the news. Thank goodness I Love Lucy is on in the mornings so I actually got to watch it! I also got caught up on some blog reading and found some new recipes for dinner, all before 7:45. I thought that maybe I should do all the things on my list I didn't do on my last snow day, (You can read about that here ) but when I read the list I realized I had done almost everything on it. The only tasks that are left are
Cleaning the Shower
Cleaning the Office
Cleaning the Spare Bedroom
and
Scrapbooking
Now I could add these
Get lessons ready for the rest of the week
Read
Clean off stove
Clean oven
Grocery Shopping
Get tax stuff ready
Finish laundry
That is all I can think of now but I am sure there are more. Now we just have to wait and see how much I actually get done!
Cleaning the Shower
Cleaning the Office
Cleaning the Spare Bedroom
and
Scrapbooking
Now I could add these
Get lessons ready for the rest of the week
Read
Clean off stove
Clean oven
Grocery Shopping
Get tax stuff ready
Finish laundry
That is all I can think of now but I am sure there are more. Now we just have to wait and see how much I actually get done!
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)