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A Bit Grimm - Virtual Girls Night Out!

Ann Again... and again

If it's Friday it's time for our weekly blog party, the Virtual Girls Night Out!  Get your fuzzy slippers on and have fun.  And, if you like the t.v. show Grimm, there's a sneak peak below (they were filming in my neighborhood :-> )

Time For Some Tunes!

 Allen Stone  "Unaware"

He has a great version of Bob Marley's "Is This Love".  If you like this song, check that one out too!


Time For A Cocktail!

Ingredients:
2 oz Dry Gin
1 oz Green Chartreuse
1/2 oz Fresh Lemon juice
Instructions:
Mix all ingredients in a cocktail shaker / stirrer and pour into an unusually shaped glass. Add Crushed Ice. 

Did you know that Chartreuse is made with 130 herbal extracts? Sounds fantastic!  Cheers!

Time For Some Grimm!

I live in Portland, OR and if you're a Grimm viewer (NBC Friday nights 9:00pm) then you've been seeing a lot of my city.  It's filmed here!  So cool.  Yesterday they filmed in the little town of St. Johns that's within the city of Portland, and it just so happens to be my neighborhood :->  Here's a video taken by neighbor John David Van Beek of the afternoon's filming:


OH!  That looked like it hurt!  How do stunt people do it?  And the poor window of my favorite knick-knack store!  (Can't wait to see how it looks on t.v. :-> )

Time For A Party Game!

"I Would Like To Thank" 

If you're like me your mind can linger on the negative news items and lose some focus on the good.  There is good!  There are things to be thankful for!  Let's remind ourselves of that right now.  List 3 people/things/situations that you would like to thank.

1) I Would Like To Thank... my family for being some of the coolest, most supportive, people I know.
2) I Would Like To Thank... my car for starting every time I turn the key. 
3) I Would Like To Thank... my husband for working so hard for our family! 

Your turn! I look forward to reading what you're thankful for.  Leave them in the comments or add them to your blog today :->

Thank you for playing at our Virtual G.N.O.  Hope to see you next time!

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