Monday, March 31, 2008
you know how much i ♥ babies!
Saturday, March 29, 2008
EarthHour
sydney, australia 2007
Check out how much Earth is lit up at night! Thats a LOT of energy!
*In that ONE HOUR Bangkok already saved 73.34 megawatts of electricity which would have produced 45.8 tons of Carbon Dioxide. If you're like me "megawatts" means nothing to you so here's a little perspective....
- 73.34 Megawatts of electricity is equal to a little more than 2001 Gallons of Gas
- Todays gas prices in the US ranged from $2.57-$4.38, that puts that 1Hour of lights out, saving some where between $5142.57 and $8764.38. Wow!
- This intrigued me so to further your understanding.......
- Using my car (chevy cobalt) at roughly 24 miles per gallon, 2001 Gallons gets me in the ballpark of 48,024 miles.
- Stay with me.... it takes (via google maps) exactly 78.9 miles to get from our front door to my mom and dad's driveway. A total of 157.8 miles to drive for a trip home and back minimum, or 6.575 gallons of gas.
- The amount of energy in 73.34 MW/h would allow me to drive home and back about 304.335 times! OR Every single weekend for the next 5.85 YEARS!!!
- If you still don't get it here's one last try.....the 73.34 MW saved in that one hour equivalent to 2001 gallons of gas, would allow me to drive from our house here in Louisville, KY to Juno, Alaska AND back home again.....8 times!
- for one hour people. one. hour.
And you thought you were just saving a little dough everytime you flip those lights off when leaving a room! :)
Have fun in the dark :) It's just an hour!
Thursday, March 27, 2008
no pressure
I've gathered from discussions that when I was little, people thought i was really smart, like everyone does with their child or grandchild. But, i'm not convinced. I've watched family videos of me wandering around with a pacie (pronounced: PA-SEE) in my mouth until i was 3, grunting like a cave person, looking not just like i had dressed myself, but somewhat reminiscent of, a hobo.
E: "hers sick. yea. she has fevers so we cant play.
M: "well, nurse erin, what's wrong with them?"
E: "I dun-no. WELL... him got the chicken pox from her and and
Let's put it this way. If i was a crayola "crown" in the 96 box WITH the sharpener, i wouldn't be the brightest one catching your eye. In fact, you probably wouldn't color with ME, until you'd snapped like 64 of them in half. But that's ok. Your loss. 'Cause what you wouldnt know, is even if i looked like a yucky color, and my wrapper was sticky or a little disheveled...
mom. how's this for a post?
Random, possibly strange even, or disconnected at times...yet still entertaining ;)
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
a Brief Blizzard in the 'Ville
According to our field reporter "moose" we accumulated almost 8 inches
Our "igloo," made just for Rob.
I said, "hey go hang on that light pole"....
Friday, March 21, 2008
unbelievable
1st...KabaModern. These kids are from UCirvine and their attention to detail is mind blowing. I was so impressed with their version of "Thriller". It's probably in the top 3 of all the performances this year. Sorry Sara, no slicky suit involved.
Next up...this is JabbaWockeez. I know, hard to say, but you'll be impressed. They have a very different style. They combine tricks with the most amazing choreography. You may have seen them in StepUp2. They do every dance with these mask on, which sorta creeped me out at first but it really adds something. I think if I had to choose a favorite this season, this would be it. This challenge was the evolution of dance.
JabbaWockeeZ during the Michael Jackson challenge, perform to a mix of PYT.
Final performance from KabaModern during the evolution of dance challenge. They did such a good job. I really thought it should be them and JabbaWockeeZ in the finale.
which performance was your favorite?
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
carry a small piece and lighten the load.
Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you're going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus. ~Oprah
i must agree, too cute!
03/12/2008 3:28 PM
Monday, March 17, 2008
ERIN Go Bragh!!
Sunday, March 16, 2008
because u need a belly laugh...
Cindy.....the mom
mike...the dad, complete w/loops
tara...the baby
erin...your's truly
matthew...the son-in-law, complete w/ guitar hero
*warning: coverting your family and friends into south park characters is suprisingly addicting!*
Go HERE! may sure you click on "english," once you've created your new friend, hit the "print screen" button on your keyboard, then go into word and hit "paste". If you dont have a paint program you can email me the word doc and i'll fix it up and send the picture back to ya! (this goes for everyone and anyone reading just leave me a comment and i'll give ya my email. i'm serious people i ♥ these things!)
Hey, i got time to waste right?
I'm on Vaaaa-ccaaaa-tiion! (thats for my aunt denise)
HaVe a little fuN, on Me!!
Friday, March 14, 2008
random thoughts
*matthew lost his wedding ring at work the other day and someone "found" it, so keep your fingers crossed that he gets it back tomorrow at work :)
*need an uplifting moment? head on over to see Alison ....
*tomorrow mom and i are going to see the "bodies" exhibit at the museum center, i'm pretty excited about it.
*i got my mamaw a blog started today. No posts yet, and only the chosen ones can read it, lol. but i can't wait to read the things she's going to write.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
showers of love.
Picture from the Bridal Tea Wedding Shower, finally here.
Sorry they took so long :)
....i almost made it two in one day.....impressed? :)
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
for your viewing pleasure :)
On other picture news....I do solomnly (is that spelled right?) swear that I WILL work on my wedding pictures...no. at least finish my album, THIS WEEK! That's right people, I got married almost two years ago (holy hannah seriously?) and i STILL havent finished our wedding pictures. I've been busy ok? that and everytime i sit down to work on it, i think of a new photo project to start up. Its a problem, borderline obsession i think. Ease up. A girl needs a creative outlet.
Because i'm still editing pictures and everyone can always use a break in their day for a good laugh or a smile......here's some videos to watch, most are fairly short except one. ENJOY loves!
*Tara had greek sing a little while back so here's the video of the Delta Zetas, Theta Chis, and SAEs performing! I think they did a great job, I'm a little biased bc I didnt see anyone else but I still think they should have at least placed. I'm convinced its because they went second in the line-up.... it's always the line-up. always. :) The Bring It On section is by far my favorite part!!(the first few seconds are the announcers introduction, and you cant understand what they are saying so just wait a bit)
This video is of Lambda Chi and Chi O the 2008 Greek sing champs...Congrats!
It's a lot of time, money, stress, and argueing so they deserve it just as much as anyone. props.
(the beginning is good, and the final song is the best but other than that I wasnt "blown away")
For all you fellow EKU greekers.....ADPi and Sigma Pi placed Second, and Kappa Alpha Theta placed 3rd! Ahhh.....remember the days (all too clearly!)
*I stopped by A room Somewhere and Leslie had posted this video which, if you are a fan of project runway you MUST watch! Hilarious. If you have time check out a room somewhere, its a cute blog, most of the time she's short sweet and to the point and she's always finding great sites to share. It's a quick check. (I'm guessing this video came from the NBC webpage.) FIERCE!!
I really hope these videos work because i just learned how to do this.....obviously.
*OMG!! this little dude is awesome....i so wish my kid can do this shortly after being potty trained! LOL!! At first it looks like he's just falling a lot, but give it a second and WHOAA!
Last one....for today! Haha, sorry but i'll be posting videos more often at least until i get bored of it :) This one is because i seem to have a theme going and didnt even realize it, and because you've ashamedly done at least half of these at some point in your life!
~I'm out!
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
and the winner is....
but all i could think of was this piece from America's Next Top Model a few seasons back...and i like christian, but he totally swiped "fierce" from tyra
This Season of Project Runway was awesome, I ♥ 'd it! Did anyone else know that Jillian, Christian, Rami, Chris, AND SweetP all showed collections at Bryant Park?! When I found these pictures I was sooooooo happy, especially for Sweet P! She was heart-broken when she found out she was the only one that wasnt going to have a chance to be at fashion week. Here's a sampling of the other contestants, and some of their best pieces (in my opinion) which ones are your fave?
jillian...
rami...
chris...
sweet p...