Gerard Proposed To Me!

May 13 is a special day for us. It's the anniversary of the day Gerard proposed to me and we always remember it every year. We have no plans today to do anything special, but we still both reflect back over the years and are both glad I said "yes." We've had some close calls along the way and one huge argument that almost caused me to call of the wedding, but I'm glad I didn't. Our 13th wedding anniversary comes up in August and we will be doing something special then. To read about our proposal day, here's the link to the post I wrote last year: Do You Celebrate Your Proposal Date.

Here's a fun little quiz you can take to see What Kind Of Love You Have:

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Who Says Men Can't Shop?

Gerard came home from shopping one Saturday all excited with a real bargain. He found this nice $26 purple polo shirt at Penney's. Guess what he paid for it. Leave your guess in the comments. Here's a clue: It was a door buster sale item plus he had a $10 coupon.  The price and winner will be announced tomorrow.

What's the prize?  There is no prize, it's just for fun and of course if you have a blog, you'll get some link love.  

By the way, he really appreciated all the nice comments he received on the post about his mother:  Best Mom Ever!

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For Those Who Don't Cook: Grilled Cheese Sandwich

I read a lot of blogs that give recipes so I know many of you like to cook. However, I am not one of them and I know I can't be the only one who doesn't cook so thought I'd share one of my quick, easy recipes with you. One of my favorite quickies that I'll even take for lunch and make at the office is a grilled cheese sandwich--technically it's a toasted cheese sandwich but it tastes the same to me.


 

Here is how I do it in case you can't view the video:

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The Hardest Puzzle We Ever Did--The Castle

My mom loved puzzles and I remember working on several with her. Not that I was much help although she was very patient and I did get better at doing them. I remember several very hard ones: the huge swan puzzle with mostly green pieces, a farmland puzzle with mostly blue and brown pieces and a very pretty bird puzzle that I bought for her. It had several colorful parrots and a cockatoo in it. The hardest one though was the 3-D castle.

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6 Things I Learned This Week-#70

Binky Fairy

Every parent needs to know about the Binky Fairy when it comes to to take away the binky. I learned about this at Ma, What's For Dinner's post about it. You tie the binkies to helium balloons and let them go. The Binky Fairy then plants the binkies and they grow into trees producing more binkies for others to enjoy. Then the Binky Fairy returns with a gift for the brave child who surrendered their binkies. I bet you didn't know this!

Networking Site For Authors & Readers

At A Book Inside I discovered that because ning is now going to charge, The Author & Book Event Center site has moved to http://bookeventcenter.spruz.com/. This is a place where authors and readers can get to know one another and people can get their questions answered about book publishing, editing, marketing as well as discuss books.

Woodrow For Governor

Woodrow, a dog, is campaigning to be the next Governor of Texas! See for yourself at The Next Governor Of Texas Could Be A Dog. He is running as an independent and hopes to get some write-in votes.  I found this piece of news when playing my Freekibble trivia.

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