Kerry On the Spot

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on December 24, 2008

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The Bloscars (Blog Awards Extravaganza!) - Part 1

Over the last few 6 months, I have been literally showered with blog awards. I have “accepted” most of them by adding them to my Major Awards page. However, posting the fact I was given an award is not proper etiquette, nor does that express full appreciation to the awarder OR the blogging community. Not at all! The spirit of bloggy awards is to appreciate fellow bloggers, and give linky love as a Hippie embraces “free love” …

Over the next week (or 2) I will be properly accepting, and handing out 7 awards… I could do it all in one post, BUT that would include over 50 links to bloggers I enjoy and admire. If I listed over 50 links in one post… that would just be overwhelming, wouldn’t it? I don’t want them to get lost in a one-post-linky-frenzy! I want my peeps to be recognized and appreciated!

Because there are too many awards to list in one title, this little award-fest has a name - THE BLOSCARS. That’s good, huh? My husband came up with that. He’s so creative… and cute.

*****The Brilliante Premio 2008*****

Bubba’s Sis gave me this one Back in July. Can I just say, I adore this woman. A to the D.O.R.E. You must swing by and tell her I said “hi”….

So… pretty much I’m brilliant(e). In 2008. So much.

Aaanywho… here is how this award works:

1. When received, you may post the Premio to your blog.

2. Link to the blogger you received it from.

3. Give it to 7 bloggers.

4. Link to those 7 blogs.

5. Leave those 7 bloggers a comment about receiving the Brilliante Premio.

I am going to change it up just a little. I am giving this award to 10 bloggers… my top 10 commenters since November 1st! Why? Well, isn’t that pretty darn obvious? Hello?…

It’s November, so that makes sense.
These people visit my blog.
They comment.
How much more brilliant can a person be???
Also, they deserve SOMETHING for consistently enduring my relentless insanity and rabbit trailing…
I love comments. What better way to appreciate those who give to me, than to give to them… MWAH! MWAH! MWAH!!!

Without further ado…

Dumblond at Dumblond Utterances.

Kathleen at Forging Ahead.

Jubilee at Notes of Jubilee.

Jen at Preteens, Toddlers, Newborns, Oh My!

Debbie at Suburb Sanity.

Lisa at Blozulfog.

Maggie at Life with 2 Boyz.

The Ladies at Where’s My Damn Answer?

I should add that Bubba’s Sis actually tied with Dumblond, but she already got this award… However, Bubba’s Sis - I’ll have a little something for you later :)

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on November 23, 2008

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I have met my match.

And I am not speaking as if I were a single sock.

I am speaking of the great game of ping pong, also known as table tennis.

It has been 3 days since my last table tennis match, and my ankles are still aching. I could use my words to explain… Heaven knows I could come up with plenty, but I think I will go ahead and let my pictures do most of the “talking”.

You lookin’ at me? You better be wearin’ your mouth guard.

Whut, ladies? You don’t think I can take you?

That’s right. Take that!

And that!

And that!!!

Tired? I’m not tired. I suffer from narcolepsy. Yeah… narcolepsy…

Scorekeeping is for enemies! We practiced serving off the walls and ceilings, and despite a few aching muscles, we left the rec room smiling with no idea who won :)

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on November 12, 2008

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A little project…

I enjoy photography… do you enjoy photography? I like playing with perspective-n-such. However, I do not consider myself a “photographer”… I would probably place myself into the category of “Woman who enjoys taking pictures and does a pretty good job considering she still doesn’t grasp that whole ‘aperture‘ thing”. That’s a long descriptive, isn’t it? I’ll shorten it: WWETPADAPGJCSSDGTWAT. Hmmm… even when I look at that side ways it lacks a certain “punch”. Ah well… My friends Lisa (The Blozulfog) and Kathleen (Forging Ahead) have husbands who rock that whole aperture concept - they can keep wrapping their brilliant minds around such things. I will just keep playing and taking pictures like this:

Or did you take that picture, Lisa? Whatever. I’m in it. Hair in mah mouth and all… But I know I took this one:

What’s that? You want to see more of evidence of skillz… Ah-ight…

No YOU! My Public… YOU Da Bomb!

I digress. I was supposed to be writing about me 5×5 project. Have you been there yet? Why? Well, not just because MY photography is featured there today… 5 brilliant pictures of my own little discovery of something new… not just because of Me…

You should add 5×5 Project to your feeds because Krysta (also the brilliant and lovely author of Evil Chef Mom) has a wonderful calendar of photo-themes going - all taken by folks like us! It’s a great place to go to get a visual “fix” and discover new bloggers. Another bonus - you can get in on the action too, My Public! Click on the “project” tab and see which projects still need photographers! Grow with me people, grow with me… Visit 5×5 Project… dare to leave a comment… dare to take on a project!

Peace, yo.

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on October 15, 2008

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I am more confident in the kitchen than ever…

now that I have a new Confidence Apron!

When my husband came home Monday night, one of the first things out of his mouth was, “I have a confession… … … I bought an album.” I said, “Before you go any further, it’s O.K. with me as long as it’s as cool as this… *saunters toward husband from behind the counter and twirls* … My new CONFIDENCE APRON!”

It’s amazing what a Confidence Apron will do for a timid stirrer… (and it’s amazing what Picnik can do for one’s complexion when editing one’s photos…I *heart* Picnik!)

And the finished product… Oh how a girl can rock the stove in the right kind of apron…

Are you wondering what “Confidence Apron” and I made for dinner??? Only the World’s Best Baked Potato Soup! That’s all! Potatoes… milk… bacon… celery… green onions… bacon… garlic… bacon… chicken… topped with cheddar cheese… My husband realized what was on the menu and asked, “Oh. Is that Baked Potato Soup, baby?” With a velvet whisper I baited him, “Yes it is baby…” Even just TALKIN’ ’bout food changes when “Confidence Apron” has my back.

I would like to give a shout-out to my very talented photographer and photo-shoot designer - my lovely 6 year-old daughter Cole. I was just going to have her take a full-apron shot. But then she said, “Hey Mom, what if I take a picture of you COOOKING!” My. Gosh. My daughter is a flippin’ genius!

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Continue reading ‘Me and Lance Armstrong - Same!’

on September 23, 2008

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Me and Lance Armstrong - Same!

O.K., MAYBE that is a slight exaggeration.

I am a woman and he is a man.
He has prolly no body fat and I have… do.

BUT, for a brief moment (approximately 10-20 seconds) I was Just. Like. Lance. Armstrong. You see, it is rumored he races at 95% of his maximum heart-rate. And for 10-20 seconds, I raced at 95% of mine! BFF, Lance!

On Saturday my sister and I ran in a local 4 mile race. Picture. Picture. We were so race-ready, on the heels of disco-ing away Friday night at a local casino. We danced from 9 to 1:30 - and only took breaks when the band did. And might I mention it is imperative that one maintains adequate hydration when one is disco-ing like a fool the night before a race.. and only gets 5.5 hours of sleep.

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on July 30, 2008

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Zumba!!!

Ya’ll heard of the newest workout dance craze - ZUMBA? Oh wait, it’s only new here… a mere technicality… It’s a Salsa-esque dance/aerobic class. My gym just started offering it. I resisted at first because I really only like to dance when it’s dark and the reality that others perceive is altered - a lot. Ya know, so even the moves of a big purple dinosaur could pass for the chillin’ moves of Vanilla Ice if the conditions are…. Just. Right. I have not been introduced to others as the best dancer in Kitsap County (OK, once) fer nuthin’. I’m serious.

I decided to give the class a try this a.m. My brave mother and sister came along. I am so proud to call them family. We swizzled and cha-cha’d and step-double-ha-ho-yipped all around a floor that usually hosts a boring ‘ol step class.

A gal I have come to know and adore was there too! She may not know I have a crush on her though. Why the crush? She sings in a band, that’s why! She also rocks the tambourine, and in case I haven’t mentioned I also seriously ROCK the tambourine (I confess, it’s air-tambourine, but… anyway…). She and I have so much in common! BFF!! 2 cute + 2 be = 4gotten!!!

I hope no one tells her about my blog.

So, I got to “Zumba” next to my local real-life-rock-star-friend… singer and tambourine vixen of the local band One Shot Molly. Oooh - check ‘em out!

Still curious about Zumba? Here’s a video. There are many videos out there and I chose this particular one because of the older gentleman in the black shirt (look for him at seconds 9-12). I think he and I could do some serious Zumba damage…

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on July 24, 2008

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Make Me Laugh Monday

We went to the glorious land of all childhoodness Chuck E. NoIDon’tWannaGoPleaseDon’tMakeMeTakeYouThere Cheese for one of my kids’ birthdays. I have 3 of those little people. All 3 have birthdays. All 3! Every. Year! How am I supposed to keep track whose birthday was what…?!? Oh the judgement… I can’t breathe….

Anyway.

I took a moment to stop shoving my face full of that really awesome pizza and I spied saw this guy:

I nudged my husband, and scream-whispered, “Hey! HEY!!! Take a picture of that guy!” IIIIIIII certainly wasn’t gonna take the picture - he coulda killed me! I made Paul do my dirty work.

Hmmm… maybe the Chuck E. Cheese Corporation would like to pay me the big bucks for their new advertising campaign. Ya think?

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on July 14, 2008

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Never mind.

First off, yeah. It’s Dara Torres, not Dana Torres. My bad.

To refresh your memory, she is the 41 year-old superwoman of all swimmingness… who won a spot on this year’s U.S. Olympic Team to become the oldest woman to ever swim in the Olympics. Sha. Zam.

Anywho. In this post, I wrote her name as “Dana” because the article I linked to in that post gave her that name too. In the spirit of journalistic integrity, I feel I should correct my error. It’s Dara.

Dara. Dara. Dara. *** not unlike Jan Brady’s jealous whine, “Marsha. Marsha. Marsha.”***

My good friend Julie Leung sent me a link to an article in the NY Times about Dara Torres.

***crickets chirping***

***stunned***

***eye twitching***

Did you that picture?

The woman is a machine. And she has a staff that helps keep her primed. And she is 6 feet tall…

Torres’s retinue includes a head coach, a sprint coach, a strength coach, two stretchers, two masseuses, a chiropractor and a nanny, at the cost of at least $100,000 per year.

I have written a poem:

Why I Will Never Rock the Water Nor be an Olympian Like Dara…

I don’t have a head coach.

Nor a coach for sprinting.

Nor even a coach made of a pumpkin.

Neither like Dara, nor Cinderella am I.

No strength coach…

no stretcher-people neither.

Masseuse?

Schmasseuse!

2 Masseuses?

Double Schmasseuses!

I have no nanny.

I haven’t seen my chiropractor

since December.

$$$,$$$

No. Words.

I. Eat. Sugar.

Go. Dara. Go.

The end.

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