We Have A Winner!

As you may know, JumpStart was gracious enough to let me review their new Get Moving Family Fitness games for the Wii and giveaway a copy to one of my bloggy friends.

I am happy to announce the winner is

Susan from Crave The Savings!

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So many thanks to all of you who entered, I wish I had games to give to all of you.

I do think it's cool that Susan won, though because her daughter goes by a nickname like I do.  One guess at what it is...yep, Mimi!

I hope Mimi and Susan love their game!

My Baby Hummingbirds

 

Well as you may have read on Oskar's Blog I have a humming bird feeder next to my computer desk.  This week there has been 2 or 3 baby hummingbirds visiting all day.  Finally with a great amount of stillness & stealth I was able to catch some photo's.

It's so cool to see them come all day.  You can hear the flurry of their wings as they approach.  The second picture was taken through glass while the rest were just taken through the screen. 

I wish I could mark them so I knew how many of them there are.  It's really cool, cause they come about 20 times a day!

Check out what all the other Camera Crittters are up to!

Look Alikes?

My Jack, who didn't want his face shown...



And this pup from my Cute Overload calendar.

Back To School Tag!

My great bloggy friend Amy from Keeping Up With The Schultz Family, started a new tag game & I wanted to play along!

Amy says, "I thought it would be fun to do a new tag.  I wanted to do a back to school tag.  I know some of us may have children who are attending school.  Or remember our back to school days.  I hope you enjoy this tag and join in.

Answer these 5 questions below.  Then tag 5 blogging friends to play along. Be sure to let everyone know who tagged you."

Here goes!

1. What was your favorite back to school item to buy? There's no way I could pick just one!  I loved having new notebooks & pens.  I still lurve me some office supplies!
2. What was your favorite subject in school?  Theater classes, also english.
3. Did you ride the bus or get a ride from Mom/Carpool?  I walked to elementary school, got bus for Jr. high & the beginning of high school and then drove or rode with friends for the rest of high school.
4. Do you have a sack lunch or cafeteria food?  In elementary school sometimes I walked home for lunch, sometimes I took my lunch (bologna & ketchup on white bread was a favorite!) & sometimes I bought it.  Jr. high I almost always bought cafeteria food and high school either I bought at school or drove to a fast food place.  I still remember loving pizza burgers & turkey slop from my school cafeterias!
5. What is your favorite memory from your school days?  All the new friends and people I got to be friends with.

Now I get to tag 5 friends to play along!

1.  Emily from Marvelous Recipes. 
2. Jeanny from Jeannie's Happy World.
3. Sweet Tea.
4. SueAnn from SueAnne's Journey.
5. Carolina from Brinkbeest In English.

Obviously if you want to play along, just go for it!  Have fun & tell us about your school memories.

Music Can Change Everything

Today while driving from yet another doctors appointment I was feeling pretty sorry for myself & then a great set of songs came on the radio & changed everything.

First it was Donna Summer with Dim All The Lights - GREAT SONG!



That set the pace and next was Kelly Clarkson with Since You Been Gone.



Next up an 80's classic, Cutting Crew with I Just Died In Your Arms.



Then U2, With or Without You. If you don't watch any of these other videos, watch this one if you're a U2 fan. This girl is just so lucky & Bono was just so sweet with her.



Next was Shania Twain, who makes me gag like I have a hair stuck in my throat, but that was saved by the Plain White T's and Hey There Delilah. If you don't know the story behind this, he wrote the song for his girlfriend while he was touring and she was an Olympic skier in training.



That line, "Times Square can't shine as bright as you" gets me every time.

When I got home I dug out a bunch of my old CD's. Everything from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Billy Joel, George Strait, to Lionel Richie.

I'm transferring them into my computer and then onto my Ipod and am making a mental note to all music back into my daily routine.

Felling low? Get out some old CD's or even cassettes and sing into your hairbrush!

Breaking News

OK, maybe this isn't really breaking news, since the story is from 2008, but I just heard about it so I'm bringing it to my loyal Screaming Mimi readers, umm 2 years late.

Anywho,

Taiwan being on the forefront of all things cute have opened a Hello Kitty hospital. Yes that is the nursing staff dressed in the Hello Kitty aprons.



"A Hello Kitty-themed maternity and pediatric hospital has opened in Yuanlin, Taiwan. The small 30-bed facility is authorized by Sanrio."

I don't know if it's fascinating or horrifying, but it's sure different.

This picture and story came from Boing Boing.

This concludes your (old) breaking news for today.

My Own Little George Gobel!

My husband always get me cute things to put around me. He loves to put a smile on my face. Yes my husband rocks!

He got me this little Chia Pet kind of guy that grows grass "hair". His hair got too long so Chris gave him a haircut. (Yes Chris goes along with my bloggy madness, too).



Time for little Georgie to have get a haircut.


Barber Chris thought a flat top was in order.


Here he is in his place of honor with all my other happy things that surround my computer.


For those of you who are too young, this is the real George Gobel.



Today Chris brought me in roses from the garden, cleaned out the drain in the bathroom, totally cleaned the living room and cleaned out the cat boxes. Once again, my husband rocks & I think I might be the luckiest woman alive!