Happy Birthday to a wonderful man!
Cheers to many more wonderful years to enjoy!
Happy Birthday Hubby!
Feb 13
1 Word Answers
Feb 11
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USING ONLY ONE WORD
Not as easy as you might think! If you want to play too, forward, change the answers to suit you and pass it on. It’s really hard to only use one word answers. Be sure to send back to the person you me! |
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| Where is your mobile phone? |
desk |
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| Significant other? | John | |
| Your hair? | brown | |
| Your mother? | mom | |
| Your father? | dad | |
| Your favorite thing? | hubby | |
| Your dream last night? | running | |
| Your favorite drink? | tea | |
| What room are you in? | office | |
| Your hobby? | exercising | |
| Your fear? | alone | |
| Where do you want to be in 6 yrs? | wealthy | |
| Where were you last night? | Costco | |
| Something that you aren’t? | tall | |
| Muffins? | croissant | |
| Wish list item? | furniture | |
| Last thing you did? | walk | |
| What are you wearing? | sweater | |
| TV? | always | |
| Your pet? | Phillip | |
| Friends? | yes | |
| Your life? | working | |
| Your mood? | sleepy | |
| Missing someone? | yes | |
| Drinking? | Paulaner | |
| Your car? | shared | |
| Something you’re not wearing? | hat | |
| Your favorite shop? | Target | |
| Your favorite color? | red | |
| When is the last time you cried? | book | |
| Where do you go to over and over? | out | |
| Five people who email me regularly? | mom, mom, sister, sister in law, hubby | |
| My favorite place to eat? | Hapa | |
| Favorite place I’d like to be at right now? | Ocean | |
Hubby loves color on the walls, I was brought up in stark whitenss and never thought anything of it.
I also hate to paint…
I figured we could start small or easy and add some color to the bedroom (I also figured out that hubby and I need to do home impreovement projects in phases and not together – meaning, i could tape off the room, cover all the stuff that needs to stay clean, hubby would then enter the project and do the painting part, once completed, i return to remove the tape, covering and vaccum up the mess)
So now, we needed to determine what color to paint the room. I decided to check out some Feng Sui sites to get “just the right color”! You can guess what colors we went with! (painting is still a distant thought)
Last year we were with Micky Mouse on your super special day!!!
Hope this day is just as wonderful!!!
I needed to find a gluten free vegetarian appetizer that i could make with what I had in the house… arg…
But then I came across this recipe and with some modifications made an amazing yummy dip!!!
The recipe calls for roasting the eggplant, I had already cubed and fried mine up for something else, so i used it in that fashion.
Grilled Eggplant and Yogurt Dip
Ingredients
- 1 eggplants
- 1 medium minced fresh onion, divided
- 3 minced garlic cloves, divided
- 1 1/2 cups plain low-fat yogurt
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh mint (or parsley)
Preparation
1. Prepare Eggplant: peel eggplant, slice in 1/4 – 1/2 inch slices. Place on paper towels. Sprinkle with salt and let sit for 30-60 minutes. Flip over, sprinkle with salt again and let sit for another 30-60 minutes. Pat dry and wipe off the salt. Cut each slice in little cubes.
2. Spray frying pan with non stick spray. “Fry” the eggplant till it has a char, spraying and stirring as needed. Set aside to cool or cool over night.
3. Spray frying pan with non-stick spray. Add 2/3 of the diced onion and garlic to the pan. Stir the onion and garlic till complete.
4. Meanwhile, mix the remaining onion and garlic with the yogurt; then season with salt, black pepper, and cayenne.
5. Once the eggplant, onion and garlic is cool a bit, mix with the yogurt dressing. Chill if time allows, or just serve at room temperature; garnish with mint or parsley.
It had a great flavor and made a ton!! Yummy as a sandwich filler!
Snow sculptures
Feb 2
Hubby and I took a trek up to Breckenridge to check out the snow sculptures over the weekend!
Such amazing talent, crazy detail with just snow!!
Things
Jan 31
Six names you go by (this is not easy!)
1. Nicole
2. Nic
3. Punkin
4. Sweet pea
5. Mrs. Wilker
6. Jwilker’s wife
Three things you are wearing right now
1. My run the republic reminder bracelet
2. pink shirt
3. down blanket
Two things you want very badly at this moment
1. something sweet
2. a nice glass of wine
Two things you did last night
1. Watched Benjamin Button
2. Made valentine cookies for the niece and nephew
Two things you ate today
1. yogurt parfait
2. cottage cheese
Two people you last talked to on the phone
1. My co-workers from india
2. mom
Two things you are going to do tomorrow
1. Put on a cool presentation
2. Go to the gym
Three favorite drinks
1. Red Wine
2. Latte
3. Wheat Beer
Last Name Game
Jan 26
Got this little ditty from my sister in law – seemed kinda fun, so play along if the mood strikes you! Let me know in comments if you do!
RULES:
IT’S HARDER THAN IT LOOKS! HIT FORWARD, ERASE MY ANSWERS, ENTER YOURS, SEND IT ON TO 10 PEOPLE INCLUDING THE ONE THAT SENT THIS TO YOU. USE THE 1ST LETTER OF YOUR LAST NAME TO ANSWER EACH OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. THEY HAVE TO BE REAL PLACES, NAMES, THINGS. NOTHING MADE UP! TRY TO USE DIFFERENT ANSWERS IF THE PERSON IN FRONT OF YOU HAD THE SAME INITIAL. YOU CAN’T USE YOUR NAME FOR THE BOY/GIRL NAME QUESTION.
Have Fun!!
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1. What is your last name
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Wilker |
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2. 4 Letter Word
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walk |
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3. A Boys Name
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Wren |
| 4. A Girls Name | Wendy |
| 5. An Occupation | Welder |
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6. A Color
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Watermelon |
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7. Something you wear
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Wet suit |
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8.A Beverage
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Warm milk |
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9. A Food
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Wilted Spinach Salad |
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10. Something found in the bathroom
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Wrinkled Towels |
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11. A place
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Wilmington |
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12. A Reason for being late
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Wet hair |
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13. Something you shout
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Watch out! |
Wordelss Wednesday
Jan 20
This is a tree that Miss Kim liked during out hike in the summer, and figured i’d try and “get a hold of it” for her in the winter!
RMNP in the snow
Jan 17
Last year hubby and i did a road trip that included the Grand Canyon and the purchase of a national park pass. Last weekend I suggested that hubby and I take a drive up north and see Rocky Mountain National Park in the snow!
We took a lazy morning and headed up through Boulder stopping at one of our favorite sandwhich shops (thanks mom and entertainment book) Cheba Hut for an early lunch! (Jumping Jack Flash – turkey and pesto with veggies on garlic bread….!)
We cruised through Este Park on our way and saw a pretty big herd of Elk just hanging on the front lawns. Lots of stupid tourits getting pretty close to them – didn’t see any ambulances, so i am guessing no-one was speered by an antler or kicked with a hoof – too bad…
We took the north route to get into the Park, stopped at the ranger station to get the low down on what routes were open – pretty much 1 – Bear Lake – Since I was here with Kim this summer I knew there was a cool hike to a waterfall. Figured it would be cool to see it frozen or near frozen… The ranger said it would be pretty hard packed so off we went!
It was cool to see all the layers of snow on the side of the road – all the snow storms layer by layer!
We did the hike up to the waterfall, it was beautiful! The altitude felt much different than last time. I was huffing quite a bit!
