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There's your sign!

Just wanted to start out by wishing everyone a Merry Christmas! I thought I had changed by background, but I didn't and we still have turkeys! :)

I'm getting so excited about Christmas--it's my favorite time of the year!

This video may or may not stay posted. I was in a traffic accident today (I'm ok) and I'm trying to figure out how to get the video from my camera to my computer. It's on an SD card, so you'd think it'd be a breeze to transfer, but it's not... the only thing that shows up on the card is my music. ;p

I had just gotten onto the highway today, around noon, and was working my way over to the fast lane. (The highway is 2 lane southbound, 2 lane northbound.) Before I knew it, a "lane closed" sign appeared and there was nowhere for me to go. To my left there was an 18-wheeler, and behind me there were cars. If I had stopped there could have been more damage. I slowed down as much as I could, but there wasn't much time. Luckily no one was injured, but we did lose our right eye (our mirror), and a window on our camper shell. I pulled off the side of the road onto the shoulder and . . . freaked! While I was waiting, for troopers and insurance and the like, I whipped out my phone and shot some video. A second truck did the same thing!! Before the construction workers got a brain and brought more trucks out to alert motorists of the lane closure, a 3rd accident occurred, only it was in the left lane and 2 cars hit each other. They were able to pull off the side of the road, and no one was hurt.

A supervisor came out and told us that signs *were* out and that we couldn't talk to her, that we would have to wait for the Troopers, when it was clear there were no signs out before she came. (She brought 3 trucks out to alert motorists after the accidents had occurred.)

It pretty much put a dent in my day (no pun intended), but I'm really glad no one was hurt. So...be careful around construction zones, even when you don't know they're there! This video is footage of the truck that hit the sign after I did.

One more that didn't post

For all intents and purposes, she was on the floor where the cord is and jumped to the black couch. Gotta love her! :)

One more that didn't post.

Super Dog...not so much

This is what happens when a dog decides she can jump through the space dividing the lamp and the couch. Luckily, no animals, humans, lamps, couches or computers were hurt during this event.

*Thanks*, Chena!

Morning Run, er....Walk

Over the past few months, I've been paying more and more attention to people who run marathons. From friends to random people to celebrities who run, I'm starting to think, "Hey! This marathon thing might catch on!" :wink:

No, I haven't signed up for a marathon, but I did find this neat site. There's a lot of content on the site, 95% of which I will probably never ever use, but there's this training log where times, distances, running shoes, etc can be tracked. I usually take the dogs with me when I walk, but it's always a chore walking them both. So I went out by myself this morning, in order to have a relaxed walk. I logged my first 2-mile walk alone this morning at 38 minutes. I'm not sure that I will ever have the desire to run a marathon, but I'm excited about this site!

OUR Awards!

Ok, so I stole this post idea from my friend Alison, but I was going to post one of those "getting to know you" quizzes, so you can thank me later. ;) My choices are in bold below, and I've also added my thoughts here and there.

FAVORITE MOVIE ACTOR
Brad Pitt-I wouldn't vote for him if you paid me.
Hugh Jackman-for me, it was a toss up between Hugh and Johnny, but Johnny won
Johnny Depp
Robert Pattinson
Ryan Reynolds

FAVORITE MOVIE ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway
Drew Barrymore - I love Drew!
Jennifer Aniston - I loved her in Friends, but I'm getting tired of the "lonely girl" shpill. Sorry.
Kristen Stewart
Sandra Bullock - I love Sandra, too, but love Drew just a little bit more!

FAVORITE ACTION STAR
Christian Bale - Again, a toss up, this time between Bale and Diesel. How can I not vote for the "bad boy"?
Gerard Butler
Hugh Jackman
Shia LaBeouf
Vin Diesel

FAVORITE COMEDIC STAR -This was really hard for me, as I think all of these guys can hold their own against each other, except for Ryan Reynolds. I don't find him laugh-out-loud funny.
Adam Sandler
Ben Stiller
Jim Carrey
Ryan Reynolds
Vince Vaughn

FAVORITE BREAKOUT MOVIE ACTRESS
Anna Kendrick - Who?
Emily Osment - She's cute, but other than Hannah Montana, I'm not sure what she's starred in
Ginnifer Goodwin - Umm...I like her, just not over the top
Miley Cyrus - Highly successful, but sometimes she's not the best role model for young girls.
Zoe Saldana - She was the best choice! Love her!

FAVORITE BREAKOUT MOVIE ACTOR
Chris Pine
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Sam Worthington
Taylor Lautner
Zachary Quinto

FAVORITE ON-SCREEN TEAM
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Proposal
The Twilight Saga - You don't have to be a teen to fall in love with this movie!
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
X-Men Origins: Wolverine


FAVORITE INDEPENDENT MOVIE
(500) Days of Summer
District 9
Inglourious Basterds
Paranormal Activity
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail - This is the only one I've seen. I love Tyler Perry, but to be honest, the play version of this was much better than the movie. (If you haven't seen any of the play versions of TP's movies, you are missing out!) I want to see 500 Days of Summer, and I'm thinking that Paranormal Activity will win this award.

FAVORITE COMEDY MOVIE
17 Again
Bride Wars
He's Just Not That Into You
The Hangover
The Proposal

FAVORITE MOVIE
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Star Trek
The Hangover
The Proposal
Twilight - This is the only one I've seen.

FAVORITE TV DRAMA - No vote. I don't watch any of these shows.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Grey's Anatomy
House
Lost
NCIS

FAVORITE TV COMEDY
Desperate Housewives - I watch this show, but I wouldn't classify it as strictly a comedy.
How I Met Your Mother - Never seen it
The Big Bang Theory - Never seen it
The Office - Love it!
Two and a Half Men - To be fair, I've only seen reruns, so I don't know if the current ones are funny or not. Love the reruns, though!

FAVORITE TV DRAMA ACTOR - The only actor I've watched is Kiefer, and I'm not really a fan of him right now. no vote.
Hugh Laurie
Kiefer Sutherland
Mark Harmon
Matthew Fox
Patrick Dempsey

FAVORITE TV DRAMA ACTRESS
Anna Paquin
Blake Lively
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Katherine Heigl
Mariska Hargitay

FAVORITE TV COMEDY ACTOR
Alec Baldwin
Charlie Sheen
Jim Parsons
Neil Patrick Harris
Steve Carell - Hands down. He can make me cry from laughing so hard.

FAVORITE TV COMEDY ACTRESS
Alyson Hannigan
America Ferrera - Ugly Betty Rocks!
Amy Poehler - tried watching Parks and Recreation since it's from the creators/writers of The Office. Guess what? It's exactly like The Office! I don't like her show b/c it shows lack of originality.
Eva Longoria Parker - love her, just love Betty more!
Tina Fey - She truly is a funny woman, but I don't watch her show.

FAVORITE TV OBSESSION - None of these, really, but if I had to choose one it would be...
Dexter
Gossip Girl
The Hills
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
True Blood

FAVORITE COMPETITION SHOW
American Idol
Dancing with the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Survivor: Samoa

FAVORITE NEW TV DRAMA
Eastwick - LOVE this show, but I keep reading that no more episodes past the 13 have been ordered. That's not good.
FlashForward
Melrose Place
Mercy
The Forgotten
The Good Wife
The Vampire Diaries
Three Rivers
NCIS: Los Angeles
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FAVORITE NEW TV COMEDY
Accidentally on Purpose
Brothers
Community - Liked the first few episodes, just haven't been into it much lately. But I like Joel McHale, so I tune in when I can.
Cougar Town - LOVE IT!
Glee
Hank - awful! I hear it's already been scrapped.
The Cleveland Show
The Middle - The thing I don't like about this show is how the family seems so disconnected from each other.
Modern Family - LOVE IT!

FAVORITE ANIMAL SHOW
Animal Cops
Dog Town
Dog Whisperer - since it's the only show I've seen
It's Me or the Dog
Rescue Ink Unleashed

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST
Eminem
Jason Mraz
John Mayer - If you don't know how much I love John Mayer, then you really have no idea how much I love John Mayer!!
Keith Urban
Tim McGraw

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST
Beyonce - She's basically the only one who doesn't get on my nerves and who sets good examples!
Britney Spears
Carrie Underwood
Pink
Taylor Swift

FAVORITE COUNTRY ARTIST
Brad Paisley
Carrie Underwood
Keith Urban
Rascal Flatts - No contest for me here.
Taylor Swift

FAVORITE BREAKOUT MUSIC ARTIST
Adam Lambert If you were anywhere near me during the first half of this year, you'll definitely know why I chose him! However, if voting for the most flattering picture on the voting page, I'd have to choose Demi Lovato. I'm not sure why they posted some of the other pics!
Demi Lovato
Kris Allen
Lady Gaga
Susan Boyle

FAVORITE ROCK BAND
Daughtry
Green Day
Kings of Leon
Muse
Paramore

FAVORITE MUSIC COLLABORATION
Good Girls Go Bad, Cobra Starship & Leighton Meester
Lucky, Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat
Run This Town, Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West
Life Your Live, T.I. & Rihanna
I'm On a Boat, The Lonely Island & T-Pain - Toss up between this and Lucky. This song makes me laugh.

FAVORITE R&B ARTIST
Alicia Keys
Beyonce
Jennifer Hudson
Mariah Carey
Usher

FAVORITE POP ARTIST
Britney Spears -
Katy Perry - don't like her
Lady Gaga - I'm giving her tons and tons of points for creativity and on that level, she blew everyone out of the water
Taylor Swift - I'm not sure why, but she sometimes gets on my nerves
The Black Eyed Peas

FAVORITE WEB CELEB
Andy Samberg
Ashton Kutcher
Miley Cyrus
P. Diddy
Will Ferrell - I had no idea who ran funny or die.com

Alaska - Last Post

I hope you've enjoyed the posting of some pics of our visit. Here are a few more for ya! :) These are from our Saturday.

We had been riding around for a little bit and came to a stop to look at something or other. We got out and Chris says, "No wonder people were looking at us funny." Well, this was why. A nut holding down the wench on the front of the truck had broken and we were riding around with the wench halfway hanging down!


But, we rigged it until we could get back to our place of stay.


We ran into a couple of sled-dog teams, or mushers, on this day. Here's a picture of the dogs taking a run. What the locals will do is hook the dogs up to a 4-wheeler (b/c there's no snow on the ground yet), put the 4-wheeler in neutral and let the dogs do the pulling. This gets them ready for whatever they need to get ready for. Could be the Iditarod, or could just be this is their mode of transportation (see bottom right of 1st page "Vehicle Configuration") for the winter. Since the Iditarod official start point is in Wasilla, and that's where we were, I would say these people are getting ready for the race. We didn't get to talk to them, so I can't say with certainty. Either way, I thought it was so neat!


One of the roads we went down many, many times!


Chris' picture-taking skills. He saw the red berries and green moss and wanted to place them together. I just saw the red berries and took pictures of that. I would have never thought to actually move the berries to the moss.


And on this one, he moved the leave that was in the way of the red and green. I was amazed by his creativity! (It doesn't take much to make me happy!)


You would not believe how hard it is to get pictures of someone trying to throw leaves in the air! So...I'm signing off with these. Chris was behind the camera and I was having fun! :)


Thanks for tagging along and taking a look at our pictures! :)