Marriage

At church we have been going through Corinthians lately and talking about marriage etc.,. Its been amazing. Anyways, this last Sunday Todd was talking about this study that some guy did on married couples and what people want. It's pretty interesting.. and totally dead on I think.


A Woman’s Top 5 Needs in a Marriage
1. Affection
2. 2. Conversational Support
3. Honest and Open Communication
4. Financial Support
5. Maintain Family Commitment
(no cheating)

A Man’s Top 5 Needs in a Marriage
1. Sexual Fulfillment
2. Recreational Companionship
(sit and watch ESPN with him)
3. An attractive Spouse
4. Domestic Support
5. Admiration and Praise from his Wife

Four ingredients for an Affair
1. Out of the Word
2. Out of accountability
3. Out of discipline – too much free time
4. Out of the groove

Storm

This is the tornado that hit the boyscout camp! How freaky is this.. Mother Nature is crazy!

You know what job would NOT be fun... putting sunscreen on a whole class of 2 yr olds before they go out for recess...
Thank you to Kate's teachers for protecting her against skin cancer! :)
And don't you love that smell... sunscreen on little kids.. ahh the scents of summer.

If I were to enter a lip synching contest I would sing this song. ... and I would probably win.

News

1. I have little sprouts in my garden - garlic and edemome! Woo hoo!
2. Low Fat Ben and Jerry's - Half Baked ice cream is NOT as good as the regular. Just a warning to everyone.

GArden

Jim made me a nice garden last weekend and I planted some seedlings on Monday and Tuesday night. This Sunday.. mother's day.. I looked out the window to show Janelle my nice garden and stared in horror as all my little plants had been eaten already by stupid rabbits! AHHHH!
So Jim and his mom ran to Lowe's and we spent Mother's Day afternoon building a chicken wire fence and drinking momosis and having a nice time. What do you think of that silly rabbit. Tricks are NOT for kids!

Arkansas Traveler

Did anyone play that song on the piano? I had to play it at a Piano Recital once when I was about..10yrs old. And I got up and told everyone I was playing "Arkansas Traveler" but I pronounced it Ar-Kansas, like the state.. Kansas. stupid grown ups not telling me how to say it.

Anyhoo, since Nici and Brian are moving there I thought I would google the town on Bentonville and see what it has to offer for the Spanglers.

1. In 2005, the population of the city was 29,538, ranking it as the state's 13th largest city, behind Texarkana

2. Jim Walton, the world's 23rd richest man, lives in Bentonville

3. Karri Turner, actress on the adventure/drama television show JAG, grew up in Bentonville

4. They have a nice Farmer's Market in downtown

5. You can go to the famous Walton 5 and dime Museum to see how Walmart started as a little Mom and Pop store and grew to its size now

6. Bentonville square has some of the best shopping in the area

7. Chicken is the main thing to eat: try Slim Chickens.

8. Go to the Crystal Bridges Museum

If we had our own reality TV show.....

So, I'm kinda of addicted to "reality" tv shows (since most of my favorite shows still aren't on since the writers strike) and as I was watching the real housewives of New York City (not as good as Orange County) I began to think about what our reality show would be like...here's what I see...Nici is the high-power exec who spends loads on fashion, drives fantastic cars, buys her friends nice cars and is always in on the fun, Jill is the social gal who loves to throw poolside dinner parties has 14 dogs as well as their own "dog nanny" and chairs some sort of fancy organization(maybe a"go green" organization) and owns her own magazine company, Jami is the completely stylish mom who is dressed to the nines(whatever that means) hair always done up, house looking spectacular, seems like she always has it all together and loves to contruibute and help out anytime her gal pals need it. She and Erica do a little interior design business on the side and she was also voted Best Nurse of 2008 in the New York Times, Erica is the remarkably fit super-woman who makes designer clothes, has her own childrens fashion line, as well as dabbles a bit in interior design with Jami. Now me...hmmm, I guess the Photographer of the group who does photo shoots for Vogue, Cosmo and People. We could call it, "the real housewives of Douglas County" What do you think?

Earth Day

crap. I forgot about National Earth Day whatever.. where we were suppose to be turning off everything for an hour on Saturday night at 8pm. There I was.. watching a DVD.. i think making microwave popcorn.. and maybe blow drying my hair.
Did anyone else do this?

Dear Summer,
I had corn on the cob for dinner tonight and thought about you... Please come soon. I can't wait to see you.

Sincerely,
Jill

Some thoughts from this weekend

• It bothers me when two different colors of play-doh mix together. It apparently doesnt bother Jim... since there were two mixed together and Jim was the last one playing with it with Kate.
  
• Regarding painting - I like trimming way better than rolling. Thank goodness Jim likes to roll. When I trim I feel like a real painter.. like Picasso or something. I also wear a baret usually..
• When its sleeting outside, its not a good idea to wear glasses. It makes it hard to see..
• I LOVE netflix. I have been watching past seasons of Laguna Beach.. so awesome.
  
• When we painted this weekend we used these furniture slider things. they are wonderful and made moving our huge dressers a piece of cake
• I went shopping at Costco this weekend. I haven't gone bulk shopping in a long time.. i love it! But again am reminded of.. where the heck do i put all this stuff!!
• I hate winter
  

Another Reason I LOVE Chipotle!

So, I just read that Chipotle only uses "naturally raised" meat! This is their exact remark, "We use the term "naturally raised" to describe meat which comes from animals that are never given antibiotics or hormones (or drugs that act like hormones) at any time during their lives. They eat a pure vegetarian diet, are never fed animal by-products and are raised humanely, never in confinement." When I read this I was thrilled! Not only is the stuff so freakin' tasty it is actually good for you too!! Also, avocados and black beans are two of highest fiber content foods I you can eat. A serious bonus for my "situation!" I think maybe I should buy stock in this place!!

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Where is everyone's "List"?! Slackers. ;)

I might have a crush

on that young kid from American IDol... did everyone see him Tuesday night?
Check out this link to listen. He will for sure win I think.
http://www.americanidol.com/videos/?vid=966&pcs=499

It was such a wonderful surprise to check the mail the other day.. when it was about 2 degrees out and windy... to find my new Miracle Bra swimsuit had arrived from Victoria Secret. It was great trying it on..imaging myself on the beach.. drinking a daqueri.. in about 2 weeks. :)
on a side note.. I got this miracle bra top.. and for some reason in my mind i was expecting it to make me look like Pamela Anderson or something..
but it just made me a cup size bigger - a whole B :)

My List

So Jill's last post talked bout her "List". I only have one guy, as a lot of those Hollywood types do nothing for me. He is Michael Mantenuto from the 'Miracle' movie, about the 1980 gold-medal winning olympic hockey team. The movie casted real college-aged hockey players, as they thought it would be easier teaching hockey players to act convincingly rather than vice versa. Jay even approves. He read up about him and likes where he played, is a Massachusets boy, worked on a fishing boat, yadda, yadda. I lurve him. He resembles Jay, so Jay can't be too mad at me, right?!

I also saw Enrique Inglesias on the Today show, and might add him. Now, the Latin Lovers do NOTHING for me, but he always seems so genuine in interviews, is never cocky, is always polite, doesn't do that stupid Hollywood scene, and was so sweet to his fans while he was singing. And I think he's a cutie. He's grown on me over the years. AND, his tunes are catchy. Anna Kornikova is a lucky girl!

Who's on your List? It's a challenge. Get it done, girls...let's go!

This one is pretty funny too.. from Ikea

Aren't these sheet sets/duvets cool? They are on sale now at CB2.. Kinda want one. I wish the first one was in brown or a wine color.. that is more our color scheme in our room.

and also.. the voice of Prince Eric is.. the guy who played Greg in "The Brady Movie". what? he is not handsome and sexy like PRince Eric!! I Thought it was the guy who did the voice of Alladin.. the same guy who was DJ's boyfriend in Full House - Steve. but it wasn't. it was the brady bunch guy. :(
remember STeve? he was always eating.. and Danny Tanner was like, "Steve.. do your parents feed you? Stop kissing my daughter. "

hmm...

so... we recently watched Freedom WRiters (loved it) and Hilary Swank's character has the kids read the Diary of Ann Frank.. blah blah blah.. they find out the lady who housed Ann and her family is still alive in Germany.. they bring her to California.. she speaks to the kids.. whatever.
So tonight I was looking online to see who does the voices for Little Mermaid (we have been watching it the last couple days.. I HEART Little Mermaid..) and the voice of Ursella.. is... the lady from FReedom Writers.. who I thought was a REAL German lady.. who REALLY housed Ann Frank. but she was just an actress.. who also was the voice of Ursella. ..
I feel duped.