To tweet... or not to tweet?

After I said I wouldn't do it... I joined Twitter a few months ago, I thought it would be interesting to see what so many people were so excited about. Well, despite my best effort, I have not been able to get really into it. I like to check it occasionally to see what other people are up to, but I am terrible about updating my own status.

Maybe it is because I don't have a Blackberry or I-phone so I can only "tweet" when I am sitting in front of my computer. Thus, I never really have anything too interesting to say because I am probably either at work... or messing around on the computer at home.

Thus, I think I am going to stop pretending that I "tweet," and come out and say I think I am going to be a Twitter dropout. I at least need to take some time to give it a break... besides I have this new blog to worry about.

Coming up Friday... I am preparing to start a weekly feature... it will be exciting!

Brittany is HOME!!!!

This post is a little delayed... she actually got home July 31st... but what can I say, I am still super excited! I have not seen her since a quick visit in May 2008, and as I prepare this week for her visit next week... I thought I should write a little about her...

Little B is one of the coolest girls I know... she is great cook, fantastic crafter, and overall just a fun gal to hang out with. We share a love for the Bulldogs, Mexican food, and a little known TV show called Related. We have so much fun when we are together! Plus it's not very often that I am the tall one.

Her time abroad was in many ways a contrast in old vs new. We could set a Skype date and video chat any time. She didn't look like she was in the next room every time... but it definitely felt like she was just down the street. On the other hand, when I sent her anything via "snail mail" it would take anywhere from 3-5 weeks to get to her. It usually took one week to get from America to SE Asia... then it spent the rest of the time moving within her country. Luckily none of my packages ever got lost is transition. This exercise served as a great reminder of how small the world has gotten... but also just how HUGE it really is!

I missed my Brittany so much while she was on the other side of the world. I am so glad she is home! Now she is just a short drive away! We are so blessed!

Science and Snow-cones

Day Two of my adventure to visit Patrick:

After a delicious omelet for breakfast we headed out to explore the North Carolina Science Museum in downtown Raleigh... the best part, the museum is free!

There was a beautiful planter full of HUGE sunflowers outside the museum... too bad it was covered in bees!

Inside the dinosaur part of the museum... we are getting to be pros at taking pictures of ourselves.

Watch out for giant bugs!!! They also had the largest cockroaches I have ever seen... too gross for a picture though.

Sorry Mr. Frog... I'll just have to blow you a kiss...I'm sure you've heard the story about the girl who kissed a frog then he turned into her prince. Well, this girl found her prince without ever kissing any frogs... I am so lucky!!

Have you ever heard of the comedian Brian Regan? He has some pretty funny sketches... one of our favorites is about snow-cones, so when we saw a stand outside the museum selling them we had to get one!!! It was banana flavored.

After a quick drive through the N.C. State campus. We stopped at Snoopy's for a hot dog lunch. It is local favorite, and it was GREAT!

Off to Raleigh I go...

I have been making regular trips to Raleigh ever since Patrick and I met back in December. I usually set out early on my "Saturday" morning and head back to Atlanta very very early "Monday" morning. It's been a while since I made the trek north, but I was happy to see that all my quirky but familiar landmarks were still there. More on those in later posts...

This time, I planned a picnic surprise for Patrick a few days before my trip. So prior to arriving at his apartment I had to make two quick pit-stops. The first place I stopped was Cafe Carolina. It is a bakery that Dana introduced me to a while ago, they have GREAT cupcakes! Patrick and I also ate there once and we still talk about how delicious they are... if you are ever in the RDU area I recommend you try them!

My second stop was at Kroger... I picked up the rest of our picnic foods including one of Patrick's favorite... steamed shrimp!! Apparently, while I was in the store Patrick tried to call me 3 times because I was later arriving than usual. When he didn't get me he decided to go looking for me... luckily I was coming down his street as he started to leave, so the search was called off.

Our picnic was a little rushed because we got to the park at 4:40pm... and it closed at 5:30pm... so here we are about to get kicked out of Falls Lake Park... it is so beautiful there!

More Raleigh adventures and photos in my next post...

Why the Blog: Part Two

You are probably wondering why I called this post "Part Two"... no it's not a typo... I called it this because it is my second start at blogging. I did it just over a year ago but then stopped... my very first post is "Why the blog".

Well friends, I have decided to pick it up again. I love looking at other people's blogs, keeping up with them, and learning how they do life each and every day. I plan to blog about what's going on with me... I'll also post some of my cooking and crafting projects. It will be an interesting outlet for me to use my journalism background (my degree is in broadcast, so don't expect any long drawn out sentences. The simpler the better, that's what my professors taught at least.) I think it will be fun to marry this with my creative/crafty side.

So as I set out on this new expedition into cyberspace... I am hopeful that I will be able to keep it up this time.

Until next time... Happy Blogging!

Explosions!

Let's just say I had an explosive weekend....

Saturday morning before heading to work, I planned to get gas and put some air in my tires pre-trip to Alabama.  As I was checking the tire pressure... my gauge exploded... ten different parts went all over the lot... so much for that attempt at car maintenance.

Then at work that afternoon... I accidentally missed my pocket when I was putting my cell phone away... it dropped into my bag... causing my Diet Coke to EXPLODE... (see the picture)... my bag was soaked... my phone however, seemed to be working fine.  But after a while... that all changed.  After much worrying... I got it back up an running, finally.

Now, the question is... why did the cell phone make the drink explode... contemplate that today.

That's a steal...

I am the first to admit that I am bargain hunter... of that I am not ashamed.  I have come from a long line of bargain hunters so for me searching on the sale rack is habit... and looking at full price items is just weird.  I am used to finding good deals... but today exceeded even my own expectations.  I was shopping for a present at Dillard's when I came across a set of 3 silver platters (small, medium, large... see picture below).  Regular price... $59.  When I was checking out... it didn't ring up... so the woman typed in the ISBN #... the price that came up $5.90 (that's right 10% of the original price).  She didn't believe it either... so she went and got the hand scanner used to price merchandise... the price agaib $5.90.  So needless to say I bought all the sets they had... sadly there were only two.  The icing on the cake came however when I went to another store (Macy's)... and found the exact same set of platters.  Their price... $120.... that's right they were charging 24 times what I paid.  That is a GREAT deal... even for me.