Cabbage Soup Anyone??

Ok, so it has been crazy in the Carpenter household. I've sold my car, been shopping for a replacement (actually Ken is doing most of that) and we booked a cruise that leaves ONE MONTH FROM TODAY!
Work is going great and everything else is falling into place, but with a cruise only 4 short weeks away...I have GOT to get some inches off so I look good for this vacation! After talking to my girl J, I decided to do some research on this "Cabbage Soup Diet". She told me that all the cheerleading mom's swear by it, so I googled it and found some interesting information. It seemed like something worth trying, so tomorrow is the start of this interesting plan.

The plan lasts for 7 days, of mostly eating this soup (which actually looks a lot like vegetable soup, and smells pretty tasty...along with eating some fruits and veggies, with the addition of some beef toward the end of the week. Hey, if it will get a good jump start, then I'm happy to give it a whirl.

I'll keep you posted as to how it tastes and how things work with it as this week goes along. WISH ME LUCK!

Oh When The Saint's Go Marching In

Ok, love em or hate em, they came to win and they did it! They broke the curse and won the Super Bowl. I am normally not a Saint's fan, because they are in our division, and therefore they are rivals...but I was SOOO happy that Brees was able to win a Super Bowl title.

The hubby was rooting for the Colts because he is such a Peyton fan, and to be quite honest, I like him too, but everyone deserves to win the Super Bowl once, right? AND, they Saint's really did kick some butt.

Now, what about those commercials? There were a lot that I loved, but then again, there were some that really annoyed me. Needless to say, I could have done without all the beer commercials EXCEPT for one. The one with the baby clydesdale horse and the bull. What, you missed it?

Then there was the Doritos commercials...WAY TOO MANY, and many were just ridiculous. But, this was the best...


But this Doritos commercial was a close second...


BUT THIS WAS MY FAVORITE!

Caption This...

I'm a member of a network site just for women here in the Charlotte area.

www.womenofcharlotte.net

I really am thankful for this site because when I moved here from Florida a couple years ago, I didn't have a single friend, and as women...we need girlfriends! It was hard to make a transition into a new city and state with no female friends. Anyway, I was introduced to this site, and through it I have made some really good friends.

The reason I bring this up is because occassionally on the forums there is a "Caption This" post done by the website queen herself, Ms "T". I love these photos and seeing what all the other ladies have to say or "caption" the picture as. I thought, what a cute idea to start adding to the blog, so occassionally I will have a "Caption This" addition to my blog. I can't wait to see what all of your captions are for these interesting photos.

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Snowed In...Cabin Fever

And it was only for 1 day!

We had a pretty bad winter system come through the Carolina's this past weekend. I must admit that I had to eat my words, because on Friday I was sure that we weren't going to get anything that was worth mentioning. I mean during this winter season we have heard, more than once, that snow was coming our way...and nothing. So, this time I thought the same thing, I mean we were coming off of a week of having 60 degree weather!
Then it came....

Most of what we got in our area was sleet. Matter of fact, all through the night on Friday, it sounded like a hail storm with all the sleet coming down. When we woke up Saturday morning, we had close to 3 inches of solid ice. Of course I thought it was snow (I'm from Florida, remember?), but the hubby quickly nipped that thought out of my head. He's from here, and I should listen to him...but sometimes it's hard to admit when he is right.

The poor dogs were slipping all around the back yard on the ice we had, and I have to admit...I laughed about it. COME ON, IT WAS FUNNY...AND THEY DIDN'T HURT THEMSELVES.
Due to the weather, we stayed in all day on Saturday and watched movies. Some of them were kind of stupid, but we watched them anyway. We were trying out the Netflix instant movies online. The hubby just connected a cable from our laptop to our TV and surround sound. I was actually pretty impressed with the quality of the sounds and picture.

By Sunday night they had cancelled all but 1 of our church services (we normally have 3 morning services). All life groups (what we call our Sunday School) were cancelled, which totally stunk, because we LOVE our classmates. But, by 1pm we ventured out to see what the roads were like. Thankfully they had cleared off quite a bit (enough for me to feel ok to drive to work today).

It's kind of funny...I always thought it would be great to be snowed in for a few days...but after the one day, I was ready to get out and get doing something. I'm so glad that I was able to.

They are calling for some more freezing rain tonight, but I'm hoping it won't be anything too serious, because us Florida people don't know how to drive on icy roads. I think this guy must have been a Florida driver!