Virtual Girls Night Out - Heart Rock Stop #3

Party,Woman,Balloons,Ann Again... and again

Oh, how the rain has returned to the Pacific Northwest. Boo! I'm not ready. I feel worse for the people participating in the Portland Marathon tomorrow. They will be running right in front of my house and I will gather my umbrella, along with my Mimosa, and cheer them on. How about I do a little pre-race partying and get this blog-hopping Virtual Girls Night Out going?!

*The VGNO Blog-Hop began in the summer of 2008. Connecting, supporting, encouraging - those words describe the VGNO Guest. And hopefully we gain more exposure for your blog - that's the intent of the VGNO. So get on your bunny slippers, make yourself a cocktail add your blog link below and have fun! Join the Traveling Heart-Shaped Rock Project (details here). Happy VGNO!*

Time For Some Tunes!

Happy Birthday John Lennon

John Lennon "Imagine" (Live '72)

He would be 70 years old today.

Time For A Cocktail!

Jack-O-lantern

Ingredients:

3 oz. Three Olives Rangtang Vodka
¾ oz. orange juice
¾ oz. lime juice
Directions:
Shake with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass.
Garnish with an orange twist.

Time For The Traveling Heart-Shaped Rock!

Our delightful friend Martha, from "The Daily Grind", hosted our little "gem" recently. Here it is enjoying a cup of coffee...

The Traveling Heart-Shaped Rock is on it's way to North Carolina now. (It might already be there :-> ). It has made stop #3 on the list, it has 24 stops planned so far. Would you like to participate? If so, send your mailing address to me at annharrison@comcast.net and I'll send you all the information. Come on, it's fun!

Alright blog buddies, have fun at the Virtual Girls Night Out. Happy VGNO!!!

Miss Poodle Perm, That's Me!

Jill of Scary Mommy is doing a linky post about school pictures. You know the ones, possibly you didn't smile a sweet smile, just the smirk of panic. Or you didn't know it was picture day because you had been out sick for a week and you show up in your most comfortable shirt and bed-head. (Yep. That happened to me. The smile was good though!) Well, my scanner isn't working or else I would post a particular picture from Freshman year. Since I don't have a visual, here's the story: I remember my first day of High School. Actually what I remember is the picture taken of me leaving for my first day of High School. I'm wearing a brave smile, but the hair, the hair , my hair style was a nightmare. My two best friends and I were going to be attending a High School out of our district. That was stressful enough. To add to this new-ness we wanted new looks as well. K. was going to sport the Argyle and Alligator shirt look. W. was going for 'All Monogram

This Is Quite The Blog Party! Add Your Blog To Turn It Up Tuesday!

Ever dream of having a day when you receive breakfast in bed, not one lick of housework is done - by you! - and the weather matches the mood of the day, which is 'lovely'. Well, I had such a day on Mother's Day and I am so grateful to my family. ( Could we do it again soon? I vote 'yes! ') How was your weekend? Do tell. I'm so happy to be a guest host for the blog hop Turn It Up Tuesday. Add your blog link and meet some terrific Bloggers! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Happy Mother's Day!!!! What did you moms out there do today? We'd love to hear it! Share it here on Turn It Up Tuesday! Welcome to the 34th week of Turn It Up Tuesday! Thanks so much to everyone that joins us each week and makes this blog hop the best that it could be! As you may know, Turn It Up Tuesdays is all about being happy, excited, energetic...and having fun! Link up your favorite posts and meet some awesome b

My Questions Answered By Chef Pati Jinich - Video

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