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Optics Planet

Are you still trying to think of the perfect give for someone you know?  Have you thought about sunglasses? I know Chris would like a pair of Ray Ban sunglasses. I could really use new sunglasses as well. How about a new set of cool binoculars? OpticsPlanet.com has a huge selection of binoculars, telescopes, sunglasses, goggles, flashlights, and even microscopes!  If you know someone who plays golf, how about a golf range finder?  If your child is into astronomy, a telescope would make a perfect gift!  There are so many different possibilities.  You can check out their Gift Guide for yourself to find more ideas.  Check out OpticsPlanet.com today!

Thanks LSU

Surprisingly, my husband has held it together really well this week.  This past weekend, LSU lost to Arkansas. Yes, Arkansas, an unranked team.  They play Tennessee this weekend in the SEC championship game, but the hopes for playing in the national championship are officially over. Even though they lost two games, they had a heck of a season.  Several games went in to overtime, and could have gone either way.  It was an exciting and fun year to watch them play!

Paintball Anyone?

Do you like to play paintball?  My husband did it a few times in college, and had a great time. It looks like a lot of fun to me!  Chris is hoping to get a group of his buddies together to play sometime after Christmas.  First, he's going to have to find paint ball guns and all the supplies and protective gear that he will need.  Ultimate Paintball offers a paintball gun package that would be perfect for him.  The Spyder VS2 Paintball Marker Gun with Eyes Nitro Mega comes with everything he will need, and is on sale right now for just $239.95.  That's $110 off the original price!  Plus, with Ultimate Paintball, the shipping is free.  Check out Ultimate Paintball today!

Cam's Hippotherapy

Well, Cameron had another Hippotherapy session this morning.  He started in September, and has now had a total of nine sessions.  You may not believe this, but in that short amount of time, Cameron's strength has increased by leaps and bounds.  He started "army crawling" back in February or March, which was around his second birthday.  We continued to work with him to get him crawling, but he didn't actually start crawling on his hands and knees until after a few weeks of Hippotherapy!  Cameron doesn't talk yet, but now he knows how to "tap tap" the horse to make him "go" and he's even holding on to plastic rings while balancing and riding on the horse.  I've talked about it before, but it's truly amazing to see how much progress he's made in recent weeks. We are so proud of him.

Revenge and Sweeney Todd

I don't know about you, but I love a good movie about revenge.  That sweet satisfying quest to make someone else pay for what they've done...it makes a great movie plot.  One of my favorite movies is Double Jeopardy. Ashley Judd's character, Libby Parsons, is framed for murdering her husband.  She gets convicted, and then spends six years in prison.  After finding out that her husband is still alive, she learns that she can actually kill him and not be charged for the same crime again, hence the title, Double Jeopardy. I loved this movie for many reasons, but mostly because of the tenacity and strength that Ashley Judd brings to this character.  The look on her husband's face when he sees her for the first time in six years is priceless. 

Sweeney Todd is coming out on December 21st, and I can't wait. You should visit the official Sweeney Todd movie site to see the trailer.  First of all, it's based on a Stephen Sondheim's musical, so I already know I'll love it. The plot centers on revenge.  Sweeney Todd is unjustly sent to prison by the evil Judge Turpin, and seeks revenge for his cruel punishment as well as for what happened to his wife and daughter.  He reopens his barber shop to become the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.  You can visit Sweeney Todd on MySpace as well! 

Friday's Feast #15

Appetizer
What is your favorite carnival/amusement park ride?

My favorite ride of all time was the Texas Cyclone at Astroworld in Houston.  I also loved the Batman Ride.

Soup
How do you react in uncomfortable social situations?

I don't know, I don't seem to find myself in those anymore!

Salad
On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how much do you enjoy discussing deep, philosophical topics?

I spend a big chunk of my day discussing highly intellectual topics, such as: poopy diapers, baby games, who want's to ride the horsey, and many others that are probably way over your head...LOL

Main Course
Did you get a flu shot this year? If not, do you plan to?

I got mine in September at Kroger's. Chris got his at work, and Cam got one in October. We're big on getting flu shots.

Dessert
Approximately how many hours per week do you spend watching television?

Before I started blogging, the TV was on pretty much all day.  Now I mostly watch TV at night.  Let's say 25 hours a week.  My favorite shows are: Monday - Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men, Tues. - Nip/Tuck, Wed. - Pushing Daisies, Thurs. - ER (I won't give up on it, even though it's not nearly as good as it once was), and Friday - Friday Night Lights and Las Vegas.   

Score Learning Centers

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Thursday Thirteen #16

This week I read a short little article in Time Magazine, entitled "Stay Off the Street."  It explains how the newly released early episodes of "Sesame Street" on DVD come with a warning that the story lines "may not suit the needs of today's preschood child."  Time says that some of the concerns were that "Cookie Monster eats too many cookies, and Oscar the Grouch is too grouchy."  Hahahaha. Come on people.  To read more, check out this article from the Rock Chick's blog called Life is Rantastic.  So in the spirit of my favorite Muppets from "Sesame Street,"  here are some fun skits and cartoons from the show. Click to watch the clips on YouTube.

1. Sesame Street Pinball Cartoon

2. Number 9 Cutie

3. The Alligator King

4. Oscar sings "I Love Trash"

5. Telephone Rock

6. Rock N' Roll Readers

7. You're Alive

8. This Frog

9. One Banana

10.Grover Disco Dancing

11. Stevie Wonder Teaches Grover a Song

12. Grover Sings with Madeline Kahn

13. Bert's Lost Paper Clips

Great Gift Idea

Are you still trying to find the perfect holiday gift for someone you love?  Christmas is creeping closer and closer by the day, and your time is running out!  Have you thought about giving a Personalized Hi-Speed USB thumb drive?  These Personalized Flash Drives are made of aluminum, and come in fourteen different colors.  You can even have them custom laser engraved for free!  There are thirty two different themes from which to choose, like Happy Holidays or Butterflies, and then you can have the back personalized with two lines of text.  This is the perfect idea for grandparents. Just load it with a bunch of pictures of the family, decide on a sweet custom message, and you have the perfect gift!

Dad's Cool Finds

  Well, this past Friday, Chris went out and found a bunch of great deals.  He had his route all planned out. First, it was Conn's and Big Lots, then Walmart, and finally Target.  He found this really cute bean bag chair for Cam, a portable DVD player for only $40, and a regular new DVD player for only $25!  It works really well!  He also bought us a huge flatscreen computer monitor for only $168!  I was so impressed with what he was able to find for so little.  He also just ordered a bunch of random stuff through a mail catalog, like a set of Ginsu knives, really warm but thin gloves for me, and a neat headband thing that covers up my ears when I wear a baseball cap walking Buster at night.  Gotta love my little super shopper. 

San Diego Adventure

I have always wanted to take a sight seeing trip to San Diego.  We went to San Francisco in 2000, and had a great time.  But the next time we plan a trip to California, I'd like to see San Diego.  My aunt went there in the '80s, and I remember all of her awesome pictures of the San Diego Zoo.  I would love to bring Cameron to see the animals there.  What an experience that would be! 

Trusted Tours and Attractions offers different packages that I've been looking into.  My favorite package is "The San Diego Passport."  It  includes a Trolley Tour or the San Diego SEAL Tour which involves a trip out on the water in a Coast Guard approved Hydra-Terra amphibious vehicle. I would definitely pick the latter of those.  The San Diego Passport also allows you to visit the San Diego Zoo, with unlimited use of the San Diego Zoo tour bus, Aerial tram, as well as admission to the Children's Zoo. This would be our main reason for visiting San Diego! Also included with the San Diego Passport, is the San Diego Harbor tour and tickets to the Maritime Museum as well as the Museum of Art.  I'm hoping we can make this trip within the next two years.

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Tonight on Pushing Daisies

Tonight's all new episode of "Pushing Daisies" should be a good one.  Molly Shannon is guest starring as a mischievous taffy shop owner who is trying to run the Pie Hole out of business. If you're a fan of the show, I'm sure you won't miss it.  But if you still haven't seen it, you should check it out tonight on ABC. 

IOM Supports Cartoon Festival

I don't know about you, but I love cartoons.  I love to pencil sketch, so I have a lot of respect for cartoonists.  I'm always amazed at how quickly and accurately cartoonists are able to work!  If  you're interested in having a great time and seeing fantastic artwork, you should check out the Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival.  The cartoon festival is being held in  Shrewsbury, Shropshire in the Midlands of the UK on April 18th through April 20th, 2008.  What a fantastic opportunity to see artists in the act!  Some of the cartoonists will be working on huge boards in The Square, while some of the cartoonists will be out in the crowd doing caricatures. I've always wanted to have a caricature done of myself.  But maybe I'm secretly afraid to!  I'm sure caricatures are a lot funnier when they depict other people.   

You should  know that Intelligent Online Marketing supports Shewsbury Cartoon Festival.  Intelligent Online Marketing, or IOM, is a company that focuses on marketing websites on-line.  They offer services such as key word research, pay per click management, and search engine optimisation. They also offer analytics services, linking strategies, as well as newsletters and email marketing. Intelligent Online Marketing believes that Article creation and submission, along with Blogging and Online PR, is one of the best ways of getting links to a site. Contact this top notch company for your on-line marketing solutions.   

Please read the following:

PRESS RELEASE 27/11/07

Intelligent Online Marketing announces that it intends to support the Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival that is to be held in April 2008.

"I had such a great time at a recent business solutions event when a cartoonist drew a such a great picture of me. I've decided that we should do the decent thing and support the next cartoon festival." said Graham Baylis, director of Intelligent Online Marketing ltd.

"From the quality of the work I saw at the show and the images on the official website, it looks like being a really fun time" Graham said. "What's more we'll do our best to promote the show on the web as another way of helping them, that's bound to increase the awareness of the whole thing and hopefully get more people into the fun".

The Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival is being held in Shrewsbury, Shropshire in the Midlands of the UK on April 18th - 20th 2008.

Sunday on Dexter

Is anyone else I know watching this show???  Oh my goodness, it was so good on Sunday night.  I just knew that everything would get blamed on Sgt. Doakes.  With only a few more episodes left this season, I can't wait to find out what will happen next!  I'm wondering where the writers are going with the Lila situation.  If she's smart she'll back off.  If you are a fan of the show, please share your thoughts!

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Wordless Wednesday: Our Tree

Wow, I can't get a great shot of this tree to save my life!  When I leave the flash on, it looks like this, but when I turn it off, the tree looks blurry.  Oh well. I still wanted to show you our tree after it was decorated.  Now if I can just stop Cameron from running into it in his walker!  Every morning he looks at me as if to say, "Why is there a tree in our house?" 

 

Blueberry Lake Resort

Want to get away this holiday season?  Are you looking for a peaceful getaway to take your mind off of the Christmas shopping madness?  If you are planning a winter vacation, you should definitely check out the luxury hotels Quebec has to offer.  Blueberry Lake Resort in Quebec is just half an hour north of Mon Tremblant resort.  You'll find a fabulous log home with all the amenities.  This is also an ideal spot for a summer vacation.  It is the perfect place to spend quality time with family and friends.  Blueberry Lake offers a gorgeous natural landscape that you will never forget!

Heads or Tails #15

The theme for this week is Heads: Mark.

Here's Marky Mark "singing" Good Vibrations.

[Pay attention to these very deep lyrics] ; )

Vibrations good like Sunkist
Many wanna know who done this
Marky Mark and I'm here to move you
Rhymes will groove you
And I'm here to prove to you
That we can party on the positive side
And pump positive vibes
So come along for the ride
Making you feel the rhythm is my occupation
So feel the vibration

Head on over to Skittles' Place to participate!

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Weekend Snapshot

This weekend, Chris went out and found the perfect Frasier Fir Christmas tree.  This is the first year that Cameron's really interested in it, so I'm going to have to really watch him around it.  Last night, he threw his socks off into the bottom branches. Here's a shot of him headed for the tree in his walker, before it was even decorated.

To join in the fun, go to Weekend Snapshot.

Give Me Five!

Give Me Five pet peeves or dislikes associated with shopping.

1. I don't like finding parking spaces. 

2.  I hate the crowds.

3. I hate the stuffy claustrophobic feeling I get waiting in line with people who are wearing too much perfume.

4.  I don't like dealing with pushy sales people.

5. I hate shopping. Thank God my husband doesn't mind doing it, or we'd all be naked and starving.

To participate in Give Me Five, head on over to BeccA's Buzz!

First Letter of Your Name Meme

I thought this meme on Misty Dawn's site and it looked like fun. So, I decided to play along! 
It's pretty simple, just use the first letter of your name to answer the questions. They have to be real answers though, nothing made up and you can't use your own name as an answer. Since my name is Holly all my answers have to start with an "H".

1. Famous Singer: Whitney Houston
2. Four Letter Word: Host
3. Street: Hollywood Blvd.
4. Color: Hot Pink
5. Gifts/Presents: Headset
6. Vehicles: Honda
7. Things In A Souvenir Shop: Hats
8. Boy Name: Hunter
9. Girl Name: Hannah
10. Movie Title: Halloween
11. Drink: Hurricane
12. Occupation: Hypnotist
13. Celebrity: Halle Berry
14. Magazine: Health and Fitness
15. U.S. City: Houston
16. Pro Sports: Houston Astros
17. Fruit: Huckleberry
18. Reason For Being Late For Work: Hangover
19. Something You Throw Away: wire hangers
20. Something You Shout: Hush

I'm going to tag Anna, Becca, Kara, Michelle, and Alison to participate.

Poll #5: The Results Are In!

This week's results are in. The clear winner is "We Are Family" by Sister Sledge. This song was released in 1979, but it is just as much fun to listen to now as it was then.

Total Votes: 18

44.4% We Are Family by Sister Sledge Eight of you love groovin' to these ladies.  Who could blame you?

16.7% I Heard It Through the Grapevine by Marvin Gaye This is my second favorite song on the list. I really thought it would get more than three votes.  Come on, you know you loved this song way before those California Raisin commercials.

5.6% Crazy by Gnarls Barkley Only one vote?  I think this song's really catchy. It can really take your mind off of changing a poopy diaper.

16.7% Twist and Shout by The Beatles Does this song make you think of Ferris Bueller's Day Off?  Either way, this song  should get you moving.

16.7% A Little Less Conversation by Elvis Presley What can I say, this is my song.  It's pretty much the main reason I watch the show "Las Vegas."  Chris found the CD for me a few years ago, but I can't find it.  Thank goodness for YouTube.

Thank you for voting in my survey!

AAMCO

With cold weather here to stay, this is the time of year to make sure your brakes are in excellent condition. Icy roads and snow can make for dangerous and slippery roads.  Most of us will be doing some type of traveling for either Thanksgiving or Christmas.  Making sure our vehicles are safe is a must!  For our car and van, we trust AAMCO to check and repair our brakes, shocks, transmissions, exhaust and air conditioning.  They have been around for a long time, and they have an high standard of excellence in the car industry.  My parents have used AAMCO for many years, and they have nothing but positive things to say about this well established company.

AAMCO is offering huge savings right now.  Check out this great on-line promotion!  Christmas is only a few short weeks away, so every penny saved really helps!  Check out the AAMCO site for great coupon deals.  Right now you can get a free oil change or transmission fluid change with any fifty dollar service. They are also offering an online coupon for one hundred dollars off any rebuilt transmission repair. Check out their site today so that you don't miss out on these great deals!

Turkey Coma

Well, how was your Thanksgiving?  We had a nice day with my parents, my brother and sister-in-law, and their daughter.  For such a small crowd we still made enough food to feed about 25 people.  At least we won't have to cook for a couple of days.  Chris is out getting our Christmas tree, and I've been trying to get the house ready for our decorations. I love this time of year!

Thursday Thirteen #15

Thirteen Tunes Guaranteed to Put You in a Better Mood (click to listen). Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

1. I Heard it Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye

2. Simply the Best - Tina Turner

3.  We Are Family - Sister Sledge

4.  A Little Less Conversation - Elvis Presley

5. Your Smiling Face - James Taylor

6.  Beautiful Day - U2

7. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Tammi Terrell and Marvin Gaye

8. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

9. My Girl - The Temptations

10. What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

11. I'm a Believer - The Monkees

12. I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown

13. I Say a Little Prayer for You - Aretha Franklin

Televets

Buster is our West Highland White Terrier. It's hard to believe that he's already almost six years old. I remember when he was just a little four pound puff of white hair. He can be a handful, but we love him so much.  It's been really neat to watch Cameron interact with "B".  We are good about bring Buster to the vet for his yearly shots, and when he gets ear infections.  He is very prone to them whenever we bathe him.  But, sometimes, I have simple, non-emergency questions that I wish I could have answered without paying for a vet visit. Recently I was wondering about his itchy skin. At www.televets.com I can submit my question, and I know I'll get a reply back within twenty four hours.  I only have to pay a $6.00 one time fee, but I can keep corresponding back and forth with the pet advisor  until I am satisfied. The pet advisors consist of vets and veterinary nurses that have years of experience in dealing with pet issues.  Or, I can just check to see if someone else has already typed in the same question before, and if so, I can read it for just $1.00.  I love our regular vet, but his prices aren't cheap!

Cajun Cornbread Dressing

Well, Thanksgiving is tomorrow! Are you ready?  I'm in charge of the dressing this year, so I thought I would share the recipe.  All my husband's family is from Southern Louisiana, so they are very fond of cayenne pepper.  It takes a lot of ingredients, but it's worth the effort.  Honestly, I always loved my mom's stuffing, but this stuff is pretty darn good.

Cajun Cornbread Dressing

Ingredients for cornbread (make the night before to save time): 2 1/2 cups white corn meal, 3/4 cup flour, 1 1/2 tsp. salt, 3 TB baking powder, 1 TB sugar, 3 TB oil, 3 eggs, 3 cups milk (Bake at 425 degrees for about 30 minutes).

Other ingredients: 1 lb. ground pork, 1 lb. ground beef, 3 onions, 1 bell pepper, 3 cloves garlic, 3 stalks of celery, 3 eggs, 2 cans cream of mushroom soup, 1 can French onion soup, 1/4 cup fresh parsley, 1/4 cup green onions, salt, red pepper, black pepper.

Directions:  Make the cornbread the night before, and store it in large ziploc bags.  This makes it easy to break it up into the dressing. 

1. Brown the pork and the beef (drain well). 

2.  Add the chopped onions, bell pepper, garlic, and celery to the meat, as well as red pepper, black pepper, and salt. You'll want to season it well, it is Cajun Dressing.  Cook for about 45 minutes at low-medium heat.

3.  In a separate large pot (that can also be put in the oven) pour in the two cans of cream of mushroom and the one can of French onion soups.  Add the chopped parsley and green onions, and cook on the stove for about 10 minutes.  Now add the meat mixture (in the pan) to the large pot with the soup.  Stir really well.  Now, slowly add in the crumbled corn bread (I only use about 2/3 of the cornbread to keep it more juicy) as well as three eggs.  Make sure you stir this well again.  Put the pot (covered) in the oven and bake for up to 90 minutes at 350 degrees.  (After about one hour into the baking time, I pull it out of the oven to stir it - You'll want to watch it and make sure it doesn't get too dry. I usually bake it for about 80 minutes.)

Enjoy! 

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Friday Night Lights

"Friday Night Lights" is a really entertaining show.  Being from Texas, and from a town where football is still everything, I can totally relate.  This season I  like the show a lot more than the first season. I guess I had to get used to the characters.  If you're a fan of the show, you'd probably be surprised to learn the real ages of the actors.  If you're curious, click here for the IMDB link to the show.  My guesses were way off.  If you haven't seen it, give it a chance on Fridays on NBC. 

Bling It On!

Most kids love to decorate things.  Remember puff paint?  I liked to decorate T-shirts and sweatshirts with that stuff all the time.  I know I used to also love decorating my demin jacket with little rhinestones in the '80s.  Today, kids have bling! Blings are shiny little crystals that you can peel off and stick on anything you want!  There's absolutely no messy glue that could ruin electronics. The kits come with over 500 crystals each.  They even come in really cool patterns so that you can just peel them off and stick them on.  For example, there is a neat little silver heart that you can just peel off and stick on practically anything!

Young girls, teenagers, and adults everywhere are sticking blings on things like cell phones, ipods, belts, shoes, and even laptop computers!  Blings help little girls add cheap glitz to their favorite stuff.  What a fun activity for a slumber party or a birthday party.  It would also be fun to add blings before a concert.

Go to www.instantbling.com.  When you make a purchase, you will be entered to win one free Hannah Montana concert ticket at the closest venue of your choice!  Your odds of winning are one in one hundred.  What a fun way to show off all the bling!

Wordless Wednesday:This is Ridiculous

This was two years ago around this time.  I was determined to get a great picture of Cam with his Christmas buddies.  But, Cameron was not amused at all.  He was quite disgusted with me for making him play "photo shoot."  There are only a couple of smiles in the bunch, but there are about twelve other shots where he's looking equally annoyed. This one is my favorite. 

Ecommerce Software

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Heads or Tails #14

This week's theme for Heads or Tails is: Tails - What's one thing you have said or done that you thought you would never say or do?

Oh, things used to fly out of my mouth when I was a teacher and I was upset with kids at school. Honestly, it's hard to get 30 or more fifth graders to do anything, much less exactly what you tell them to do.  All those ridiculous things that my mom used to say to me when I was in trouble, or that I heard her say when she was scolding my brother were stored in my brain, just waiting to escape...There are so many, but I do remember saying "And that's not a threat, that's a promise..." Gheesh.

Here's Dave Matthews singing "I Did It." It's one of my favorite songs by DMB.

Go to Skittles' Place to join in the fun!

Need Ink Cartridges?

We only have one ink jet printer, but we seem to go through ink cartridges really quickly.  There's nothing worse than running completely out of ink!  It used to always happen the night before I would need something important for work the next day.  When the ink would get low, we would start rationing what to print. I would have to decide whether or not I really needed to print that grocery list, or that important e-mail.  Was it important enough to waste ink on?  But now, with Carrot Ink, there's no reason not to print away! 

I hate having to go into a store to find the hp ink cartridges I need. It's much easier to shop on-line.  At Carrot Ink, I can find everything I need for our printer.  I can always find the HP 56 black cartridges at a great price.  I found the type of ink cartridges that my mom's printer requires, and with such awesome prices, I was able to buy her a few extra ink cartridges.  I am just amazed at their selection and the cheap prices.  I love saving money, and now I am free to print everything I want to! Now, if we're getting low on ink, I just order more on-line from Carrot Ink!

Weekend Snapshot

Here's Cameron on his Zebra bouncer.   This was during the LSU v. Ole Miss game on Saturday.  The Tigers were able to beat the Rebels by a score of 41-24.  This is the second week in a row that LSU has been ranked #1 in the BCS.  There are so many different scenarios as to who they could play in the National Championship Game if they can win out.   This has definitely been the year of upsets, and there is still a lot of football left to be played.  I really hope that LSU will be playing in the National Championship Sugar Bowl this year!  But first, they must beat Arkansas this weekend, and then play in the SEC Championship Game.  Geaux Tigers!

To join in the fun, go to Weekend Snapshot.

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Give Me Five!

Becca, at BeccA's Buzz has started this cool new meme, called Give Me Five.  This is week three already!  Feel free to participate, and then enter your name in Mr. Linky at her site.

Give Me Five things you like and/or dislike about your birthday.

1.  I love presents.   If it means getting another year older, it's still worth the presents.

2.  I like seeing my family and friends.

3.  I don't really like getting older, but now that I'm 30 I'm feeling pretty young.  I like being settled now.  In my 20s I felt like I was working towards the future all the time.  But now, I feel like I'm living more for today!

4.  Did I mention getting presents? 

5.  I like that my birthday is in the late Spring.  Growing up, the weather was always nice, and we could have backyard barbecues.  My brother's birthday is only ten days after mine, so my parents would often give us a joint backyard party, or a big skating rink party. Those were the days. 

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Poll #4: The Results Are In!

Here are the results of my last poll question.  Which exercise machine is your favorite to use? The Treadmill was the clear winner, with six votes.  I voted for the Elliptical Trainer, which received a total of five votes.  Three of you voted for the Exercise Bicycle, but there were no votes for the Stairmaster. 

  I really love my Elliptical Machine.  It's great for your knees and joints.  It works your upper and lower body at the same time, so it burns a lot of calories in just 20 minutes.  I  like the treadmill when it's cold outside, but I would rather just walk or jog outside.  I like riding my real bike, but I'm not big on Exercise Bicycles.  I haven't used a Stairmaster since I was in college.  Those things are just torturous!  Thank you for voting in my poll of the week! 

Total Votes: 14