Meme – Day 9

November 9th, 2008

I got the idea for this post from Melissa at Sarcomical, and thought it was a pretty cool meme.

  1. What is your first name? Amanda
  2. What is your favorite food? Pizza
  3. What high school did you go to? Salem Park Academy
  4. What is your favorite color? Pink
  5. Who is your celebrity crush? Clive Owen
  6. What is your favorite drink? Mojito (hey, we have the same favorite!)
  7. What is your dream vacation? Europe (over several months, especially the UK)
  8. What is your favorite dessert? Caramel Walnut Brownies
  9. What do you want to do when you grow up? No idea!
  10. Who/what do you love most in life? My Nieces
  11. Choose one word that describes you? Mellow
  12. What is your Flickr name? Little Miss Magic

Now, the pictures that represent the words…

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(photo credits: 1. Amanda’s Pennant (Celithemis amanda), 2. Shakey’s Pizza, 3. USS Salem park: what appears to be a World War 2 Nazi German miniature submarine, 4. The closed window, 5. _MG_9768, 6. sunset mojito, 7. Over the mountains and the sea…..:), 8. caramel walnut brownies 012, 9. The Way To The Unknown, 10. through the looking glass, 11. Key Biscayne scene on 22sep06, 12. IMG_0775)

Dog/Cat

November 3rd, 2008

IMG00051.jpgI drive by this vet clinic on the way to take the bunnies and guinea pigs to the vet. They’ve remodeled in the last year, and I think the exterior design is so cool.

NaBloPoMo – Day 1

November 1st, 2008

It’s that time again – November is the REAL National Blog Posting Month, and I’ve signed up like I did in March. I think this will get me back into the swing of posting more often, because I’ve been very neglectful lately.

Mom’s here visiting this week, so naturally we’ve been spending a lot of time with my brother and his family. Tonight we went down to Conseco Fieldhouse for a free Blues Traveler concert. Ryan and I saw them ten years ago at the Horde Festival, and they were just as good tonight as they were way back then.

Blues Traveler

They only played for an hour, but they played some old favorites along with a couple of songs from their new album. The girls enjoyed their first concert, dancing along to the music and generally being as cute as they could be. Emma is not so happy with crowds and loud noises, apparently… after about 45 minutes or so she stuck her fingers in her ears and said “TURN TOFF”, which I took to mean she wanted the noise to stop. I love being there for first experiences like this… the girls’ reactions are always surprising, and always entertaining.