"Best Spot In The Lot" - Nice Peter [& ideas?]

"Put me in the zoo" was one of my favorite stories to read my niece & nephew [T1 & T2]. I love the story about "Spot".

Spot is a polka-dot leopard who can change colors and even juggle his own spots. The story follows him along his journey as he tries to convince two children that he is special enough to be exhibited in the zoo.

The spotted animal soon discovers he really belongs in a circus, not a zoo.  And how this location is so much cooler.

This was the first thing I thought of when I saw these yesterday.  Well, besides my first [first] thought that, "these are the freaking coolest sleeves I have EVER seen."

See I am Spot.

See spot run.

See spot/ Emz, the "circus chika" [one of my {too} many nicknames] run, in these sweet new sleeves.  All the way through the marathon circus. 
Thank you Angie B .

They rock.

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Tomorrow, tomorrow . . . .
 is my 300th post.  what?!  crazy.
 
Any ideas for me?
Topics?
questions?
Anything you want to see here in this little thing I call a blog?
 
Hmmmm, 300 followers on post 300 would be pretty cool. ;)
 
Happy Thursday!  My favorite Day of the week.  Even when I'm sick.

"We are Family" - Sister Sledge

Day.  Made.  Thank you "Baby E" .

I [finally] convinced a family member to run a marathon with me.

So I may not have "all my sister's with me" [yet] but I've got one.  And one. is. good. amazing. awesome.

We both ran this race last year [click here] but she ran the half while I did the full. 
Not this year.  YAY me!

It's a sisterhood run!  Here's the race. [click].

So now the next two months, racing schedule looks like this:

December:

* Tucson Marathon 12/12

January:

* RnR AZ 1/16
* ARR 1/29

"Baby E" [she's actually second oldest, I'm actually the "baby" but her name has a story] . . . I cannot wait to run with you.  This has been a HUGE dream of mine for the last year.

Thanks for letting me share this experience with you!

Happy.  Happy. Emz.

"Happy" - Natasha Bedingfield

Listening to:



Today's Happiness brought to you by . . .  the letter "P".

p e a n u t.

Lunch with my girl, "P" eanut.

Shopping for new glasses [last night] with my girl, "P" eanut.

Seeing sweet cars with my girl, "P" eanut.

Oh & that my toilet  "P"aper looks like this.

Hoping your day is a letter "P" kind of "happy".

"Got To Be Real" - Cheryl Lynn

Quick [Quote] post Tuesday.

Loving this.

Happy Tuesday!! : )

Stuck Like Glue - Sugarland

So last night was the E Family Halloween Spudnut fest.  Like donuts . . . only better. [click here]

awesome.

One of my most favorite days of the year.

It was awesome to see my family.  Yes.  We all live within 30 miles of each other BUT see each other ----- no way [near] enough.  I'm sure if I moved to Seattle, I'd probably see them more.

Got a lot of photos [Thanks M2].

So we got there first.  Peanut.  was. busting.  And Nana & Papa - yea, they are her favorite.

I did it.  What you all knew I had to do.

You bet cha ---- introduce them all to my buckle.  Boooooo yaaaaaa.  Yep, it's stuck like glue.

OMGosh, I drove my family nuts before the buckle.  Man, are they in for it.

Here's Nana & Papa frying away.

The Pita was eating them faster than Nana could fry them.  So he took over.  Ummm, he was way faster.

One of the very rare times you'll see us together in the kitchen without fireworks.  Nope, no middle finger since I am not holding the camera, nice & noted.

Ya, see, I have this nephew [I actually have like 34] but here are two of them . . . .

[M1 left, Tan on right].  M1 is the "buckle hater".  He was mumbling crap every time I introduced someone to my buckle.... "it sucks", "it's ugly", "it has gold", "it's fake gold", "I could buy a better one" . . . .so I decided the only grown-up way to settle this properly was to have an abs blow contest.

Contest rules?  easy.  one person flexes the abs while the other one hits.  Whose ever hand hurts first - loses.

Awwwww heck ya, I won.  Hey M2, where were all the photos of this action?  We did get one, since my hand was still fine from the jell-o I was hitting.  What?
o u c h. ;)

His excuse, "you don't have anything over them, like fat".  Ummm, isn't that the point?!  Who's the blonde here?!

Anyway.

Spudnuts.  Yum.

Making the spudnuts.  My Bro and Y-von by far the best helpers.  Sorry, Mom.

I was pretty good at eating them though. 

Pita family totals:

Peanut: 8 donut holes
Emz: 2 holes, 1 full [smothered in walnuts]
Pita: 6 full, 12 holes

Fun photo of Peanut & E2.

I think the Pita's face kinda sums up how we feel every year after spudnuts. 
Full.
Silly.
Tired.
Smell like oil.
and
Can't wait until next year.
M1 - make sure your abs are ready.

Thanks M&D for this awesome tradition.  love it.

"One Night in Bangkok" - Murray Head

Friday Funnies- brought to you by my Bro-In-Law [police officer] "buff".

The following 15 Police Comments were taken from police car videos around the country. Count down to #1...  the photo that's from a "gun show" I went to. 

I loved  the shirt.

#15 "Relax, the handcuffs are tight because they're new. They'll stretch after you wear them a while."
# 14 "If you take your hands off the car, I'll make your birth certificate a worthless document."
#13 "If you run, you'll only go to jail tired."

#12 "Can you run faster than 1200 feet per second? Because that's the speed of the bullet that'll be chasing you."

#11 "You don't know how fast you were going? I guess that means I can write anything I want to on the ticket, huh?"
#10 "Yes, sir, you can talk to the shift supervisor, but I don't think it will help. Oh, did I mention that I'm the shift supervisor?"

#9 "Warning! You want a warning? O. K., I'm warning you not to do that again or I'll give you another ticket."

#8 "The answer to this last question will determine whether you are drunk or not. Was Mickey Mouse a cat or a dog?"

#7 "Fair? You want me to be fair? Listen, fair is a place where you go to ride on rides, eat cotton candy, and corn dogs and step in monkey poo. "
#6 "Yeah, we have a quota. Two more tickets and my wife gets a toaster oven."

#5 "In God we trust, all others we run through NCIC."

#4 "How big were those 'Just two beers' you say you had?"

#3 "No sir, we don't have quotas anymore. We used to, but now we're allowed to write as many tickets as we can."
#2 "I'm glad to hear that chief (of Police) Hawker is a personal friend of yours. So you know someone who can post your bail."


#1 "You didn't think we give pretty women tickets? You're right, we don't. Sign here."  [ouch].

HAPPY FRIDAY!!

"More, more more" - Andrea True

IRONDIVA


"tagged" me for this "fun food tag".

So here's the dirty. dirty.


1. If you could eat anything without any health repercussions or guilt, what would your meal be?

bread pudding, carrot cake, smothered mashed potatoes . . . with a "chaser" of pickle juice.

2. If you could meet anyone living or dead who would it be and why?

Grandma & Grandpa E.  "Ummmmm, ya so where exactly did you put all my Dad's 1948 baseball cards?
3. Why did you start blogging and what did you expect when you started?

In all honesty, as a journal. I dislike [hand] writing things and I hate scrap booking. This way I can type [at a snails-pace] and insert photos without all the paper, glue, stickers all over my house.  I expected nothing.  Truly.  Actually thought my account was a "private" one until I received a comment from someone I didn't know saying my shoes [I had posted about wearing to church] were "inappropriate for church".
4. What is the one book you could read over and over again?

"Mama, do you love me?" --- About a little Alaskan girl who thought she had been soooooo bad.  Nope, not written by Bristol Palin.

5. If you could travel anywhere, where would it be?

Spain. Not completely sure why. But  n o w  that I know Spain is NOT in Mexico, I'd like to go there. Nothing against Mexico, just have already been there PLENTY of times.  My MIL lives in London, so Spain seems totally doable.



6. If you could have a TV show on the Food Network, what would it be?

Husband VS. Wife cooking competition.  "I [sooooooo] cook better than you!" 


7. What was the best meal you ever had?

At home: My signature birthday dinner my mom made me every year: marinated flank steak, mashed potatoes & gravy, corn, jell-O [uggg, yes, seriously] mixed with whipping cream, homemade rolls [with slabs of butter].

Dining Out: Morton's. Fillet Mignon, grilled asparagus, sauteed mushrooms

close second

Sushi: tuna, yellowtail, hana pride

8. Who has been the greatest influence on your love for food and learning to cook?

My Mom. without. a. doubt. Some of my fondest memories involve: my mom, food & our kitchen. Waking up 6 out of 7 days to a hot breakfast . . . awesome.

Walking in from school to the smell of fresh baked bread . . . even awesome-R. Red velvet cake on my birthday . . . bliss.

Here are my tags - no tag backs. hehehehee
 
1.  Caratunk Girl --- this girl.  is awesome.  just completely awesome.
2.  Carly - If you do not follow her currently.  you.  are. missing.  out.  hilarious.
3. Adrienne - i. adore. her.