Guess what today is? Or would have been? My wedding anniversary, were I still married. Guess what the great news about that is? I FORGOT. Until someone reminded me earlier... I forgot. When I look back to where I was on this day last year, I am eternally grateful that I have come so far in a year. I know with absolute certainty that where I am today is where I'm supposed to be and where I should have been all along. So - today, on what would have been my ninth wedding anniversary, I want to say to all my family and friends - THANK YOU. Thank you for everything you have done for me always and especially over the last year. Thank you for your love and support. Thanks for being there always. I love you all. You are all a huge part of the reason that today I am HAPPIER than I've ever been.
Guess what else? I got my Starbucks Gold card today. V. happy.
It's a good day. Life is good.
06 November 2008
01 November 2008
Video
Cobby learned this song in school:
There were five little monkeys sitting in a tree...
teasing the alligator, "You can't catch me!"
Along came the alligator, quiet as can be,
and he SNAPPED that monkey right out of that tree!
Here he is singing it, replacing Matt for the monkeys...
There were five little monkeys sitting in a tree...
teasing the alligator, "You can't catch me!"
Along came the alligator, quiet as can be,
and he SNAPPED that monkey right out of that tree!
Here he is singing it, replacing Matt for the monkeys...
Halloween
A few pics of the big day.... The kids got more candy that I can believe. We trick or treated for a full two hours.
So at Cobby's Halloween Party yesterday, the teachers were trying to get the kids energy out... They put on some music for the kids to dance. Cobby (in the red dragon costume) just stands there for about ten seconds before finally getting his groove on. I thought it was really funny. Check out the video:
More pics on our photo page: http://lizzyh.shutterfly.com/
27 October 2008
Why did the chicken cross the road?
This is an email I got, but I thought it was so funny it was worth a post....
Why did the chicken cross the road?
BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the road because it was time for change! The chicken wanted change!
JOHN MC CAIN: My friends; that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.
HILLARY CLINTON: When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure right from day one that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me.
GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.
DICK CHENEY: Where's my gun?
COLIN POWELL: Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.
AL GORE: I invented the chicken.
AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens.
DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his current problems before adding new problems.
OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.
NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because he's guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.
PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.
MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain, alone.
GRANDPA: In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.
BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.
ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.
JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.
BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2008, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken2008. This new platform is much more stable and will never reboot.
ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?
Why did the chicken cross the road?
BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the road because it was time for change! The chicken wanted change!
JOHN MC CAIN: My friends; that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.
HILLARY CLINTON: When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure right from day one that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me.
GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.
DICK CHENEY: Where's my gun?
COLIN POWELL: Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.
AL GORE: I invented the chicken.
AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens.
DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his current problems before adding new problems.
OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.
NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because he's guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.
PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.
MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain, alone.
GRANDPA: In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.
BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.
ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.
JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.
BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2008, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken2008. This new platform is much more stable and will never reboot.
ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?
20 October 2008
I'm so happy I might cry...
So last week I was reading my Washington Post magazine, and it was the issue with the best cheap eats in the city. You know me, I love good food, and even better if I do not have to cook it!
Rewind a little bit to my years in England... Back then my favorite "fast food" place was a South African chicken joint called Nandos. I missed it so much when I moved back that I even had friends buy my their sauce and send it to me so I could try to re-create it at home... (A failed attempt, I should note...) Their main ingredient is some kind of South African spice or chili pepper (not sure exactly which) called Peri-Peri. So for the last six and half years I have had to live without delicious Nandos... It has severely traumatized me.
But oh happy day, cause GUESS WHAT? According to my Post magazine, one just opened in DC! The first in the US apparently, and it's in Penn Quarter / Chinatown, which is in NW and close-ish to my work! I can cruise down there at lunch on a good day and be back in just over an hour. You can bet I'll be making the trek just as soon as I can find the time. Check back later this week for my own personal reviews... I can't wait. I literally was so happy I almost cried tears of joy.
http://www.nandosperiperi.com/index.cfm
Rewind a little bit to my years in England... Back then my favorite "fast food" place was a South African chicken joint called Nandos. I missed it so much when I moved back that I even had friends buy my their sauce and send it to me so I could try to re-create it at home... (A failed attempt, I should note...) Their main ingredient is some kind of South African spice or chili pepper (not sure exactly which) called Peri-Peri. So for the last six and half years I have had to live without delicious Nandos... It has severely traumatized me.
But oh happy day, cause GUESS WHAT? According to my Post magazine, one just opened in DC! The first in the US apparently, and it's in Penn Quarter / Chinatown, which is in NW and close-ish to my work! I can cruise down there at lunch on a good day and be back in just over an hour. You can bet I'll be making the trek just as soon as I can find the time. Check back later this week for my own personal reviews... I can't wait. I literally was so happy I almost cried tears of joy.
http://www.nandosperiperi.com/index.cfm
12 October 2008
Pumpkin Patch
Here are a few photos from our trip to the pumpkin patch yesterday... For more, check out our photo page...
11 October 2008
Ewww, ewww, ewww.
So I just found the grossest nastiest old smelliest bananas ever. They were black. And juicy. And DISGUSTING. Ewwww. Nasty, nasty, nasty.
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