He got here as fast as he could...

Bryan probably didn't expect the reaction he got when he played me this song for the first time. Tears. And I don't mean a couple twinkling in my eyes, I'm talking big fat tears. Happy tears, but still...poor guy. He got a repeat performance when we heard Josh sing it live at the fair, it gets me EVERY TIME. In my defense, they were showing pictures of real life couples at their weddings, with kids, grandkids, etc. on the big screen. Also: eHarmony commercials make me tear up now. (that's how we met) Now excuse me while I go find a kleenex, I watched the video before I posted it.



(Please excuse the shaky live video, there isn't an official one on his youtube channel)

People Who Understand You? Priceless...

I LOVE this commercial!! Last night we were watching a movie with George Clinton in it, and it took me until this morning to place where I remembered this song from :-)

Monday Links

I may not do this all the time, because I don't love it when other people post nothing but a list of links...but here are a few posts that have gotten stars on my google reader lately:

Chatting at the Sky about Grace

Flower tutorials from Oopsey Daisy

Simple Mom's ideas for Fall Projects

A sweet post at (In)Courage that reminds me of my grandparents

Five Things Friday

I forgot how fun this is!

1) Baby Pig in Galoshes. Go on, click on it. You won't be sorry.

2) A $16.67 natural gas bill. So. Happy. !!!

3) Cooler weather! Fall is probably my favorite time of year, with spring as a close second.

4) Burger King Fridays. The Double Stacker is my fav.

5) An upcoming weekend of beautiful weather with no plans...just me and my sweetheart ;-)

"The greater part of our happiness depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances" ~ Martha Washington

Fall Cookies

Marie and I made some decorated sugar cookies this week for girls night: sprinkles, cinnamon sugar, candy corn, and orange sugar. Orange sugar, by the way, is my new favorite thing. Just zest one orange and mix it with about 1/4 cup of sugar. DELICIOUS.


I went the simple route with the cookies, just pillsbury slice and bake sugar cookie dough. Lazy was the name of the game for dinner this week - chili dogs that took about three minutes total to make and then these.

Here they are in the oven! We were impatiently waiting...and drooling...



And pan #1 out of the oven! The orange sugar ones were a success, and of course the ones with the sprinkles. The candy corn, on the other hand, did this...


The candy corn melted through the cookies and stuck to the pan...I have yet to try one, when they solidified again the candy corn stayed really sticky. On pan #2 I also tried combining the orange sugar and cinnamon, which was good even though I got heavy handed with the cinnamon. Next time they will be perfect :-)

Wow...Time Files!

So...

::crickets chirping::

...Anybody still here?


Life happens, huh. I missed blogging! I think my motivation to blog has changed while I was gone though. My "Five Things Friday" was me whistling in the dark at first, but now it is a nice reminder to count my blessings. I'm going to switch gears a little and make this more of a normal blog and less the "Happiness Project" that it started out as. I miss photoblogging too, so maybe I'll combine the two. I said maybe. That would involve taking pictures, which I forget to do. Ahem. Where were we?

So if you've given up on me, come back! And if you weren't reading before, welcome! I'll be writing about life, love, family, friends, house projects, crafty things, flowers, babies, food (can't forget the food!), movies, books, yarn, music, tv shows, other blogs, road trips, legos, football, the cats that won't leave my yard, QT Cappuccino, purses, sewing, painting, and who knows what else. Something for everyone ;-)

Anybody know how to publish from a Blackberry?