if i had a million dollars

my first stop would be here. no question.

then of course, i'd give the rest to charity. i promise.

happy veterans day

veterans day facts:

• U.S. President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed an Armistice Day for November 11, 1919
• In 1953, an Emporia, Kansas shoe store owner named Al King had the idea to expand Armistice Day to celebrate all veterans, not just those who served in World War I.
• The holiday is commonly printed as Veteran's Day or Veterans' Day in calendars and advertisements. While these spellings are grammatically acceptable, the United States government has declared that the attributive (no apostrophe) rather than the possessive case is the official spelling
• I passed 39 american flags on my drive to work this morning.

i have a deep gratitude for those who have {and still do} serve our country. i have gained a greater respect these past few years as i have learned more about all the sacrifices that are made in the pursuit of freedom.

all the recents events, including Fort Hood and the Afghanistan War casualties, make me so sad... i think of all the families losing loved ones....people who are willing to give their lives for others.

that's heroic.

i believe in love

this week i've been thinking a lot about how grateful i am for my {excuse me if i sound "seriously so blessed" here} wonderful and amazingly hot husband. one year ago, november 8 2008, is the day that steve asked me to marry him. in a photobooth, in kmart. it was so perfect.

you can read about the actual proposal here.

i will always remember how happy {and slightly shocked} i felt in those beautiful moments that happened all too fast...

thank you baby, for asking.

"the way i fell for you, i'll never fall that way again"

xo. me

halloween {observed}

i lovelovelove halloween at work. it reminds me of elementary school.

also. am loving this webcam.

so much.

happy halloween weekend!

the trouble with facebook is...

most people don't know how to use it.

or...maybe most people are just not very smart.

falafelz

steve and i eat really healthy these days...minus the after dinner twinkies.

that steve makes me share with him.

okay, OKAY. so we are pretending to eat healthy. but in my efforts to pretend, i found a falafel recipe from this blog and we tried it out last night.

we LOVED it!

we put the falafels on a bed of spinach then topped with fresh tomatoes and homade hummus {my sister's recipe...yumm}

fortunately, we "shared" our last twinkie the night before so we were fresh out of temptation. instead steve made some fat-free brownies. that tasted like cardboard... {no offense love}

so...they ended up on someone else's doorstep. :)

a work story

about 4 little evaluators.

who sometimes get bored between the hours of 8 and 5.

they start out the day happy because they are excited to work very hard. then the phones begin to ring and emails fill their inboxes. and that makes them sad...

and they want to run away.
usually at some point in the day approximately 1-4 evaluators sneeze.

but only rarely all at the same time.

and sometimes they get caught playing with the webcam.

then they quickly get back to work.

the end.