Monday, May 30, 2011

Putting a feather in my Cap[itol]

I'm sure that I will have much more to add or that my travel companions will but this is a start... DC here we come
-White House
-The Capitol check 
-National Cathedral- $5 M-F 10a-5:30p T-Th- Nave level open til 8p (limited touring Fri)
-Lincoln Memorial check
-Washington Monument check
-National Museum of American History check
-Union Station  check
-Georgetown Cupcakes- check Mon-Sat 10a-9p  (Thurs chocolate Pb swirl, Fri chocolate Pb chip $2.75 each)
-Holocaust Museum- check (A) Admission Free 10a-6:30p  Passes are distributed from the 14th Street side of the alley with benches.  There are "other exhibits" that do not require a pass.
-Einstein Memorial- across from the Vietnam Memorial on Constitution Ave
-Big Chair- debatable http://cicotello.com/Pictures%20and%20Information/USA/States/Washington%20DC/Attractions/Worlds%20Largest%20Chair/The%20Big%20Chair.htm
-Ben's Chili Bowl... debatable

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

A penny for your time


Sometimes we forget that pennies are valuable.  Sure maybe when they stand alone they can't do much but when gathered together they work just as well as any other money.  There are some things (some super annoying things) that deserve to be paid for in nothing but pennies.  Maybe that would get the point across that each of these things is tedious, like all the pennies that have to be counted one by one.

-Toll Booths
-Tow Trucks
-Stamps- Although I do love to get and receive mail, a little piece of me dies each time postage goes up.
-Speeding Tickets
-A slow/rude waitress
-Parking Tickets

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Fight the Bite

Reasons to stop biting my nails

1. It is not sanitary AT ALL
2. I will get a present :)
3. It will be easier for my bff to paint my nails
4. Polish won't get all over the my finger tips
5. People ask to look my rings all the time, and I won't be embarrassed to show them my hands
6. Maybe then my hands won't look so undersized
7. It makes me seem like even more of a little kid
8. It hurts my fingers sometimes
9. Nails get stuck in teeth sometimes... which is gross
10. I hate the bad habit

Saturday, May 14, 2011

I Bleed Garnet and Gold

A picture list of my epic FSU moments
The Man, The Legend, Bobby Bowden!
The Gator Bowl - Bobby's last game 1/1/10
The Bobby Statue
Unconquered
Living it up at the Doak

I look like I own that
Graduation Day
Daniel & I with Cheif Osceola
Me & Jimbo!


Taking a dip in the Landis fountain
Garent & Gold Guys Pic #4 (Joe & Ray)
Garnet & Gold Guys # 3 (Caleb & Ray)
I was called onto the soccer field to participate in a contest during the blackout game
On the Soccer field witht the Coach Sue (Women's Basketball) and some of the players
 Picture #1 with the Garnet & Gold Guys... in reverse (Ray & Caleb)
 The Seminole head in the middle of Bobby Bowden Field in the Doak
 True fans go to away games too... Clemson 2009
 Alan & I showing our Nole spirit at the Lichgate tree
 Kristin, Kayla, & I in front of the Doak
 Mickey Andrews' last game
 Garnet & Gold Guys Pic #2 (Caleb & Ray)
 
 Me and TMac... Taylor McCarthy FSU Feature Twirler
Rain or shine we never miss a game
Chillin in the Seminoles' baseball dugout

Monday, May 9, 2011

Southern Hospitality

"Growing up Southern is a privilege, really. It's more than where you're born, it's an idea and state of mind that seems imparted at birth. It's more than loving fried chicken, sweet tea, football, and country music. It's being hospitable, devoted to front porches, magnolias, moon pies and Coca-Cola... and each other... We don't become Southern - we're born that way."

I just love being Southern... when I describe myself one of the first things that comes to mind is that I am Southern, and proud of it. 

- Sweet Tea... I found out the hard way that sweet tea is found almost exclusively in the south.
- Saying Yall... What a great contraction, why would anyone ever want to say you all when YALL is available?
- The accent... I quite enjoy my accent and wish that it was even thicker so maybe I would talk a little slower.
- Calling people from the North "Yankees".
- Drinking out of a mason jar... It's so nostalgic and old fashioned.
- Fried Food... Fried anything really, fried chicken, fried fish, fried green tomatoes (which is a great movie by the way).
- Grits... A southern delicacy, good luck trying to explain these to a Yankee.
- Paula Deen... Nothing says "welcome to the south" like adding a stick of butter.
- Honey Child, Sweetie Pie, Suga... So many sugary sweet names given to loved ones, as well as complete strangers.
- Country Music... Ok this can be hit or miss, but nothing tells a story like a good country song.
- Talking about the South Rising Again... There are not many southerners who you meet that don't think the "South will (somehow) rise again" or most at least like to say it at any given opportunity, like when the Braves beat the Yankees and so on.
-Denying that southerns are raciest
- Farming... There is nothing like fresh farm grown food
- Fishin and Huntin... not fishing and hunting

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Milk's Favorite Cookie

- Add mini oreos to milk and eat like cereal
- Make oreo balls
- Add oreos to ice cream
- Have an oreo ice cream sandwich
- Twist apart and share with a friend
- Oreo Cupcakes
- Oreo Cake
http://hubpages.com/hub/Oreo-Balls

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Life Ruiner... It ruins people's lives

SPANISH
1. It is a foreign language...so when it's hard and I don't understand I can't say "this is like a foreign language to me... because it literally is.
2. I am southern and me speaking it is a joke.
3. It has put my life on hold.
4. It... (along with other stress) gave me shingles.
5. It has a different alphabet... probably just to confuse things more.
6. The letters that are actually the same as English letters don't even make the same sound.
7. It consumes way too much of my time.
8. It is spoken waaaaay to fast.
9. I hate it
10. It's gross

Monday, May 2, 2011

The Happiest Place on Earth

May 21-24, a few of my favorite people and I are going to all four Disney parks and there are a few things I just have to do!

1. Picture with Woody
2. Space Mountain CLOSED!
3. Thunder Mountain
4. Blue Glass Mickey Ornament
5. Picture with Piglet No where to be found!
6. Epcot Coke Store
7. Dinosaur
8. Honey I Shrunk the Kids set
9. Toy Story Ride The line was insane
10. Good pic with the Eiffel Tower
11. Italy
12. Eat cookies on Mainstreet ...I'm not sure why this didn't happen...A?
13. Spooky Haunted House
14. Eat Chocolate Mousse in France (Creme Brulee for me)
15. Corndog bites from Casey's Corner