Popcorn People

I had to send in my laptop for repair - so I'm a little impaired for the next few days! I'm borrowing Dave's computer so that I could post something! :)

Anyhow - we've been popping a lot of popcorn lately on our stove! Dave is an expert popcorn popper. Some evenings by the time we get home from our evening activities we are just too tired to think about anything big - but popcorn is such a great treat..... also, it feels healthier making it on the stove --- no butter, and only minimal salt added! ;) Here's a picture:

Favorite Photo Friday

LOVE the lowering gas prices... this is how much I filled my tank up for today! Yippee!! What is the gas price in your area?

Happy Veteran's Day!

Happy Veteran's Day to all of you who have served our country!! THANK-YOU & WELCOME HOME SOLDIER!!

Snow in Michigan today!

Yep - it snowed off and on all day today! Snickers loved it --- his long lost friend finally came back.

Michigan Happenings

Well - I missed Favorite Photo Friday...woops!

We've been staying busy here with our jobs (mostly) - which are going very well. I've been hitting my sales numbers and Dave is finally wrapping up budgeting. I have driven 45K miles in one year's time - WOW, just typing that exhausts me... Also hanging out with friends...we saw Lonestar in concert last night...they were pretty good, and right in town... Also church happenings... I thought I would post a picture from the first drama that we did with the Junior High group at church. It went really well - and I was so proud of them!! We are next working on what is called a human video. It's where they act out a story to a song. It's going to be awesome - really excited about this one!!

Here they are performing their first skit:

Oh yes - Dave just got glasses! They are mostly for driving at night... he actually doesn't need them according to the DMV... BUT, we thought it might be important for our safety. ha. He looks quite handsome in them, and I will post a picture in the near future.

We are heading to a Cheap Flick tonight --- Cheap Flicks is a local theater that shows slightly old movies for $3.00!! WHAT A STEAL! :) We are going to see "Nights In Rodanthe" --- so, obviously it's my turn to see a chick flick. It is a Nicholas Sparks book made into a movie (sorry Mel, I know you don't care for this native NC'an! ha) I do enjoy his books.... he also did "The Notebook", and "A Walk To Remember." Catch Ya'll Soon!

Voting Day!

A sense of relief that it is all coming to an end..... and a sense of history being made! No matter who is elected we are making history!!! So, hopefully YOU went out and made your vote count!

JSUK (Just So You Know) - Monday

Michigan produces 250,000 pounds of potatoes for Frito Lay! [I read this on a billboard that I drive by almost every day.]

This from the Michigan Agricultural web page [MDA]: "We’re not the BIGGEST potato producer in the United States—we’re tenth. Yet Michigan grows a special kind of potatoes—Snowden, Pike, Atlantic and Frito-Lay varieties most commonly used for chips. Three quarters of Michigan’s potato crop is used for potato chips. And potato chips are America’s most popular snack food.

So here comes one more monster fact: Michigan is the largest producer in the United States of potatoes used for potato chips. Envision millions and millions of potatoes growing in Michigan fields. It takes monster equipment and monster production techniques to make the millions and zillions of chips for Super Bowl celebration and for all year round. Potato chips are an American invention, and Michigan has a special role in helping that invention take top honors as America’s most beloved snack."

Isn't that fascinating? And you thought all we did was make automobiles & cereal! ;)