No Distance too far for Friends!

I was "perusing" (is that a word?) through photos this evening to come up with something fun to blog about.

I came across a lot of fun pictures...and I actually had the nice surprise of talking to a couple of my friends today that both live far far away. It's always nice to be reminded that no distance is too far for old friends. :)

Anywho - I came across this picture tonight as I scrolled through different album folders. This one made me laugh because I can pretty much remember exactly what my dear friend was saying to me at this moment, "I can't believe you're going to wear lipgloss from Walgreen's on your wedding day!" hehehe. Still makes me giggle... yes - I had my fancy Mary Kay roll-out bag there, and my Walgreen's lip gloss.

Could Have Been Worse!

This is Dave again....gotta give Jill a break from her blogging blitz! I remember growing up as kid that we a had book entitled "Could Have Been Worse." It was about this poor guy that had all this terrible stuff happen to him, and after each tragic episode he would always say, "could have been worse!" My mom would go into her uncontrollable laughing spells that we loved so much as she would read it to us. It wouldn't be long before she would quote it back to us kids if we started complaining.

Tonight Jill and I went mountain biking out at Fort Custer with our friends Nick and Angie. Jill and I had been out last weekend and had taken the "yellow" trail which is the easiest one. We figured it was time to try out the "green" trail tonight which is the intermediate trail.

Everything was going fine and we were enjoying the added technical difficulty that the green trail offered until I had a little accident. I was in the lead and we came around a blind corner that dropped off very steeply and broke sharply to the right. There were also 2 logs built across the path to help stop erosion that had to jump over. I was going too fast for such terrain and ended up running off the path and flipping head first over my handle bars and landing head first like I was diving. (the slang word for this is hebb....ie, Dave had a total hebb on the trail today). My brother Chris did a lot of mountain biking in high school and he had better term for this but I can't remember what it was. I miss him and wish I could just pick up the phone and ask!

So back to my story my crash could have been worse! As you will see in the picture below the strap on my helmet left a perfectly round contusion on my neck....kinda like a cross between ring worm and a hickey. Should make for some interesting conversations next week in KC as I will be meeting all my suppliers. I'll just tell them it's contagious....

Birthday Salute to my Dad!!!

Big birthday wishes to my dad today!! He turned 45 today!! Okay, we all know that isn't true.... but, I do think he had a fun day of boating out on Lake Decatur.

Wish we could have been in town to hang with you - and I know Jamey & Joey feel the same way.

LOVE YOU SO MUCH, Jill

The Best Part of Waking Up.....

..... is Folgers in your cup!! I bet you could finish that line on your own, huh? The Folgers Jingle must be one of the best known TV Jingles in commercial history. Can you think of one that is better known? If so, please leave a comment.

I've been watching the following Folgers commercial lately - it seems to be on a lot in the mornings while we get ready for work. (We typically watch the Today Show while getting ready in the mornings.) It really does inspire me to 1. Drink Coffee, and 2. Take up Riverdancing!! I doubt that I ever do - but it just looks so FUN! (As if I need another hobby!?!) Here is the commercial along with three others that I either remember, or think are fabulous. I will label them A. Riverdance; B: Rockapella; C: Christmas Homecoming; D: Millers Morning (just for Dave my former milling man!) ...... Please vote in the poll on the right!!!!! Dave does drink coffee every morning by the way, I don't think it started when he became a miller, though..... ? Maybe he can blog about that next!

A. Riverdance


B. Rockapella


C. Christmas Homecoming


D. Millers Morning